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You know, the side missions wouldn’t be so bad if they either had an actual purpose other than XP points, or if they weren’t ‘forced’ on you at times. Then there is a cut scene to a news report detailing information around your side mission which is also generic and repeated ad nauseum. You fight the same guys over and over, which is followed by the same wisecrack from Spider-Man which is funny the first time but not the ten times after. The thing is that every single side mission of its particular type is EXACTLY the same. They are split into various kinds whereby Spidey saves civilians, stops a petty crime, stops a car chase, takes photographs of crime scenes, breaks a deadlock between criminals and police, checks out hideouts, disposes of bombs and searches for voice clips. Sure, it’s all part of the larger story, but it actually works better separated.Īs for the side mission I mentioned earlier, these work okay to start off with, but soon become very repetitive and limited. Such as the cat and mouse game between Spider-Man and Kraven, and the Carnage Killer sections which have you looking for a villain who is taking out criminals. Sadly.Īnd it’s a pity too, because the parts that are fleshed out a bit really work well. This all seem very vague? Good because that’s what playing the game really feels like. There’s also something to do with the Kingpin in there trying to become the crime lord, Black Cat tries to do something with her boobs… I mean she tries to steal stuff and you stop her. In fact, the story is so incoherent I can’t really explain to you what it is about, other than Spider-Man wants to save lives, villains want to cause havoc, Spidey wants to stop them and so on and so forth. It gets worse towards the end where you just fight boss after boss after boss for seemingly little to no reason. Characters just suddenly have their powers and want to fight you. There is almost zero story surrounding probably six of the boss fights. What follows in the story is one hell of a mess which includes villains popping out of nowhere for almost no reason to suddenly fight Spider-Man. In truth, it’s quite a nice touch to the game as Stan Lee ‘meets’ his most iconic character and has a heart to heart with him. Here there is probably the most awkward conversation as Stan Lee (killer of Uncle Ben, technically) explains to Peter why his uncle lost his life and what it means for him. The story starts with Spidey saving Stan Lee from a building on fire, who he then returns to Stan’s comic store. While the first game followed on from the first movie, this game seems to mash up different story elements, all of which come together in a tornado, as in not really at all.Īctually, it starts off okay with Spider-Man swinging around New York, which is still fantastic fun, looking for some crimes to take care of, which introduces you to the side missions (more on those later). You see the story line doesn’t really have a place anywhere. Why you ask? Well true believers I will tell you just exactly why, excelsior, and all that. Not even Spider-Man’s cheeky repertoire of comments could save this game from being a ‘mediocre’ affair. So it was with great excitement that I popped in Amazing Spider-Man 2 (I am a total fanboy you see) in the hope that Beenox had learned from their mistakes and finally delivered the ultimate Spider-Man game (ironically, Ultimate Spider-Man is the ultimate Spider-Man game, play it if you haven’t).īUT… they haven’t. But at the same time it had some clumsy story moments, some very repetitive mission structures and all in all the combat was a tad too easy. Things like the brilliant web slinging, combat modelled on the batman games, and of course the Web Rush ability. It produced its own semi-decent, yet enjoyable story, and it also introduced some great mechanics.
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It wasn’t without its faults, but it slotted in nicely as a follow on from the movie rather than a tie-in.
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It returned Spider-Man to New York and gave him the freedom he deserved.
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Of course, a slew of games have released over the years also, and while many have been great, some haven’t quite lived up to the description of Spidey himself, in other words, less than amazing.Īmazing Spider-Man 1 from Beenox brought a fresh approach. Now we have the reboot movies which have been absolutely splendid. It resulted in the comic being hugely successful, a trend which has stood until today.Īt the same time we have also had those original three movies, which apart from Spider-Man 3 and having to put up with Toby McGuire, were considered hits. Did you know that in a time of turmoil for Marvel, The Amazing Spider-Man comic almost single handedly kept it afloat? It was a time where readership was dwindling, but Spider-Man saved the day.