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Best Superhero Game Ever.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: July 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

A little while back the greatest superheo game that has ever been made came out. That title was, for a time, attributed to the much-hyped flop "Superman: Man of Steel" (see review). However, I can say with the greatest confidence that Spider Man 2 is doubtlessly the head-and-tails best superhero game ever made. It's visually solid, playable, relaxing, challenging, and overall, totally solid entertainment.

How can a game be both relaxing and challenging at the same time? Why, open-ended gameplay, of course! This innovation that Grand Theft Auto pioneered FINALLY finds its way into the superhero realm with spectaular results. Spidey can really take on whatever he wants to. On the one hand, he can complete the storyline challenges, which interwine the events of the movie with characters from the Spidey mythology. On the other, it seems that there are plenty of petty crime and hidden hideouts to keep Spidey busy outside of the main story.

Of course, there's always the fun of just swinging around New York City. Spider Man 2 boasts an impressive and convincing map of Manhattan. When introducing the game, climbing to the top of the Empire State and looking around (before the jump, of course) never fails to impress. As the media has told you, if you can see it, you can go there.

On top of the great sandbox, Spider Man's physics are convincing and the control scheme is tight. Once learned, this combination makes for an extremely playable game. Learning to web-swing takes a little investment, but pays off as the game plays. There's also a pretty cool fighting system that's always available. Spidey-sense give you hints when to dodge, and spidey reflexes give you the bullet-time style upper hand in a tight spot. Upgradable attacks and combos make for constant button-mashing fun.

Some X-Box owners will doubtlessly whine about boxy ported cutscenes, the occasional bug, and eventually the repetitive nature of the on-the-street missions. However, I will gladly trade fully articulated New Yorkers for miles and miles of fluid Manhattan to convincingly swing in. The Atari 2600 proved that playability is more importnat than eye candy any day of the week.

The Lowdown: After a long evolution that dates back to PS1, Spider-Man 2 gets the title: Best Superhero Game Ever. Well done.

Judging by previews, you're in for the ride of your life.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 16
Date: June 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When the first game came out, we all loved it, only if it was for the websliging. Sure the combat was ok and the whole adventure itself was a good experience in itself, but there was always something missing. Where was the freedom? I mean, you were spiderman, but you couldn't go down to the streets? That took a lot away from making it the great game that it should have been.

Now with the sequel, the developers are doing things right by allowing total freedom with missions and websliging right out of the movie. Just with this information, how can the game not be good? With only one more day to go, the anticipation is unbearable. This game is gonna rock my Xbox all day and night.

Not as bad as they say

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: July 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I didn't check out many reviews before buying this game. I was such a big fan of Spider-Man I just picked it up to try it out. After playing it constantly, im glad I didn't read the reviews. This game is absolutely amazing. I don't understand some of the bad reviews, but I agree with some of the comments. It is true that the pedestrians mouths don't move. Not a big deal to me as I deal with them very rarely...I mean, it is just a little cut scene to explain the basic mission. I also agree that there are only about 8 types of missions. I think the amount is fair, but could be better. More missions would be excellent, but at the same time, with the huge combo system, and various ways to take out the bad guy, it makes those 8 missions pretty fun to play over and over. I dont know about you, but swinging to a tall building, jumping off and piledriving a thug into the street below is pretty great. The story missions are fun, but I find myself swinging around and stopping random crimes more than I play the story. This game gives you so much to do, and the swinging is so excellent, I cant imagine giving this game anything less than 5 stars. This game plays completely different than the first title, and although there are some improvements to be made, I think this was an excellent release. The open areas, huge maps, tall buildings, and various missions are much better than pedestrians moving their mouths for 2 seconds...definitely not a problem in my opinion.

Excellent

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: June 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Played it last night before it came out! AMAZING! The game is simply a dream come true, the first was great this one is TOPS! you can do so many things in this game its unreal! You can grab the baddies and flip them over poles with your web! You now have a power jump also. The momentum of your body makes you swing as fast as you possibly can imagine. You can't just shoot web anywhere but it makes the game more fun and challenging to actually have to look where you shoot your web. Haven't gotten to any bosses yet but being able to move around the giant city is basically spiderman+Grand Theft Auto....its great, its fun and caters to both new gamers and experienced ones! Its gonna be one of the BIG games of the summer right behind Halo 2!

What Is Everyone Talkin About.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: July 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Spider-man 2 Is the Best game i have ever played. People need to get over the web slinging. Its trying to be like The movie. So everyone needs to get over it. Like o man if spider-man gets shot he dies. Of course if he got shot in the movie he would die to, I am tired of people complaining about this game. Trust Me go out and buy this game its good for the family.

-The Movie Guy

You CAN Do WHATEVER A Spider Can!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: July 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I'm sorry, but i don't know what the hell most of you are talking about. This game RULES!!! I'm a HUGE spider man fan (i'm also almost 21 years old.. got a problem? :P) and this game just falt out makes me HAPPY!! I've spent hours on end just swinging around the city, jumping off buildings, saving people, stoping peddy crimes, and learning teh controls. You can go anywhere in the friggin city. You can even latch a web on the a helicopter and fly out to the statue of liberty. The moves are just flat out amazing and the swing system is like no other. this is more of a spider-man simulator then anything. This had to be the polar opisite of the first game!!

Spidey's back!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: May 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is an awesome game. First off, your web lines attach to buildings and not clouds and air (finally). Also, you will earn more moves which you get by spending hero points. You get them by helping citizens of NYC, whatever the problem. You can also walk on the streets of the NYC and talk to people. There's more enemies. It's so cool I could go on forever. So far I don't see any cons. Seriously, preorder Spider-Man 2 now!!!

Seems awsome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

All though I'm so angry that I can't find the release date for this game in New Zealand and am very angry that it won't come out for ages I'm still looking foward to it. In this one your webline actually attaches to the buldings or something instead of thin air, you can also land on the streets and go up in the sky, the downside to this game is it still features Shocker and Vulture who were in the first game, I was kinda looking foward to battling new enimies, but at least Doctor Octopus will be in it. If you live in the U.S then I have a few words of wisdom: GET THIS GAME NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LUCKY YOU ARE TO BE GETTING IT SO EARLY!! SO HURRY UP AND ORDER IT!!

Can't Wait!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

To tell you the truth, I've never been more exctited about a game since KOTOR hit the X-Box and got it the first day. Besides the advanced spider-sense and web-swinging, this game allows you to finally walk on the street, fight with allies like "The Cat", and when people insult, you can talk to them! Also you can choose the moves you want to get, go in an out of your apartment, and, if you want, you can check this out at(...)! It's really cool!

A must have

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is really cool. It's also great for littler kids because they can just swing across town and not have to worry about doi9ng any missions. They can just do what they want. Plus the narrator, Bruce Campbell, is funny and great at walking you through the controls of the game. This game is just like Grand Theft Auto except... it's OK for kids and there's no driving (although you can ride on top of cars). It even keeps all of your stats for everything you do in the game, such as what the longest swing you had was, how many miles you've traveled, etc.
I usually just rent my games through Gamefly, but I'm buying this one.

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