The Amazing Spider-Man 2

I was only able to get maybe halfway through the game before disc wear prevented further play. (Thanks to Gamestop's complete lack of caring about games' conditions.)

However, as the gameplay barely varied, I felt like I'd seen all there is to see. And that's what is holding this game back. Most video games are incredibly repetitive, as that's the nature of the medium, but there is no imagination or innovation to push this game above average. For example, while the combat animations are nice to look at, the fighting /moveset itself offers no substantial variation. The upgrade system doesn't change the combat in any meaningful way like it does in Web of Spider-Man. The costumes don't change the combat like playing as different characters does in Shattered Dimensions. What is here in ASM 2 isn't awful. But nothing here is great. And adding to the blandness are some annoyances, the worst of which is having to constantly interrupt the main story to fight 'street' crimes. Spider-Man is quickly vilified and even violently engaged if these these crimes are ignored. And by the way, it is impossible to fight all the street crimes and help everyone in danger of burning alive in an apartment fire. So its automatically Spider-Man's fault when these things happen. Spider-Man is blamed. You're the bad guy. Just like that. So you can pursue the game's main storyline to finish this grind or pull your webs out by the roots combating thugs and fires in overwhelming plethora. Yes there is a balance to achieve here, but it's skewed far too much to ignoring the main storyline to pursue these activities that ultimately feel like busywork, rather than enjoyable distractions.

Everything in ASM 2 is done better in other Spider-Man games, leaving this game solidly behind those better titles. If you can grab this game for like $10 or less, go for it. But personally I didn't--and wouldn't--pay more than that. If I had paid full price for this on release, I'd have felt pretty ripped off. The lukewarm-to-negative reception this game received is understandable.

I had to return my copy to Gamestop since the copy they sent me was badly scratched and stopped working after just a few hours. (I kept only 2 out of 10 games from my order. Not good, Gamestop.) But I'm in no hurry to replace the copy I had. A PS3 /PS4 blu-ray copy would be nice since those disc surfaces are scratch-resistant, unlike Xbox 360's dumb proprietary DVDs. However, I wouldn't be able to transfer my save file from my Xbox 360 to those versions, obviously, and I really don't want to have to replay the first 1/2(?) of this game. A just-okay-not-great game. A game that's worth a single playthrough if you can find it for cheap. A game that's playable if you're a fan of Spider-Man. If you're not a fan, I'd definitely skip this one.

Pros: Web-slinging feels pretty good. Combat is pretty to look at.

Cons: Everything else.

The game is pretty good but way too repetitive like the first one and the cut scenes in some missions can be very annoying because its the same thing always at the missions when we need to help policeman or the fireman.still great to. Become spidey but a little bit boring after 2-3 hours.

This game bagan so well but by the end, it had fallen so flat. Let's start with the positives. The boss battles were good even if they were few. All battles required strategy, quick-thinking as well as timing and I also liked how cinematic they could be. Another great thing about this game is the fun combat. The animations are fluid and very satisfying. I appreciate the improvement they made for the stealth gameplay. If you're into stealth, then you're in for a treat. It's not a perfect mechanic but the game has made stealth a gameplay focus.

Now the negatives: The game became repetitive mid way until the end. The story was strong in the beginning but the ending was shaky and rushed. I prefer the web swinging in the first TASM as the 2 buttons in this game felt unpolished and unresponsive at times. The Hero/Menace system was a good idea but poorly implemented. This mechanic ruined my experience with the game. One of the worst things an open world game can do, is to constantly force players on how they should play it. I loved swinging across the beautiful city, retrieving collectibles and doing hero missions that came my way. But this hero/menace system makes mobility so cumbersome. More annoying is the fact that, no matter how many hero missions you do, the menace system will still put heat on you some 1 minute later because the hero missions spawn infinitely. This will leave you either in a constant heat wanted level or you must do all infinite hero missions as every minute passes. Which is completely unrealistic and I don't know how the developers didn't see this coming.

TASM 2 is an okay game from start to finish. But it could have been a whole lot better.

How do you know you messed up your Spider-Man game? When the LAST thing I want to do is wen swing. The animation is horred, the acting sucks, the controls okay when they work, and the camera with make you stick within an minute.

There are a lot of ideas here that would be out to better use in Marvel's Spider-Man on the PS4. Just play that instaad

I bought this game on ps4, and it really isn't worthy of a next gen console. It is a straight port from the old machines so the graphical quality is just not as good as it should be.

I have played every Spiderman game that Beenox has made, and this one continues to be an adequate game, the story pays plenty of fan service to readers of Spiderman comics, the side missions add a bit more content for longevity and the rewards for doing it make it worthwhile. Although the game is quite fun and is an OK addition to the Spiderman games, It fails to offer anything that has not been seen in the other games, and sometimes just feels like a re-hash of the previous game.

The voice acting is not brilliant, but it does the job. Stan Lee has a brilliant part in the game and deserves the respect that he gets for his creations. To summarize, its not bad, but its nothing special. I wouldn't rush out and buy it unless you are a massive Spiderman fan, or have finished your other games and need something to play.