I could sit here and complain that the fights are too easy, or that they aren’t particularly exciting but truth be told they were a welcome break from the rest of the rubbish, with the major downside of any fight (and indeed anything that the new ‘morality system’ has a play in) being that each were accompanied by more mind numbing five second long news bulletins that I’d seen enough of after the first one. When you do come across any enemies you’ll find that other than the big bosses, all standard enemy types can be quite quickly overcome with a few taps of the web shoot button and then a pounding of attack and counter options.
Whilst on the old webbing subject, you can obviously tie up or pin enemies to the floor but by doing so there is no mechanic to stop victims and Spider-man from partaking in a bit of character combining, instead allowing characters to walk straight through each other…something else we haven’t seen for many a year! It’s all old hat and makes you want to help Spidey hang himself from one of his own webs. Whilst the actual storyline is of a decent enough quality, you’ll constantly be finding yourself laughing and then quickly crying at how abysmal the voice acting and character movements are. It’s highly disappointing to see and a massive step back from anything else we are used to, especially if you also own an Xbox One. Poor graphics, crazy flickering lighting effects, bland textures and sudden pop ups mean the vast majority of what you see on your screen will be coming at you straight from 2008 or in some cases, much earlier. Which is a bit of luck really, because you won’t wanna be taking in the sights and sounds of downtown Manhattan, as any views that could (and really should) have been so good, have turned into a right old mess.
With car chases, photo ops, fire rescues and bomb disposals littered all over the city, you certainly won’t find a spare minute to just sit in and take in the sights and sounds of downtown Manhattan. Well, further good news is that there are a fair old amount of these to be found in Spidey 2. You may remember that one of my favourite bits of the first game were the numerous side missions and collectables available to find.
Spider-man fans will get their fix and should just about be happy enough to take in the story, swing their way around the city, deal out some justice and help save citizens from near death, but if you don’t have too much of a fondness for our hero then don’t expect to find anything here which will swing it your way. The main bulk of the story revolves around a load of Russians, Kingpin and that old Spidey favourite, Oscorp and as is normally the case, it’s up to us and Spider-man to save Manhattan from meltdown. That’s pretty par for the course, as are the numerous villains you’ll find yourself up against with The Green Goblin, Kingpin, Shocker and Electro amongst others all present. There are a whole load of things wrong with it and unfortunately for Beenox and Activision, not an awful lot of good to write home about. But we shall indeed start with the positives, so sit back, grab a super stiff drink and read on for the next 30 seconds or so before we get to the negatives.įirst up, and in case you weren’t sure, Spiderman is involved a fair old bit. Where the first one was okay at best, this sequel doesn’t even match up to that. And so when I heard The Amazing Spider-man 2 was coming along I instantly sat up and took notice, ready to experience the latest story and hopefully go back and collect even more comics. Boy I wish I hadn’t.
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