Spider-Man 2 (2004) (VG)

Writer:

Matthew B. Rhoades (writer)

Release Date:

29 June 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Crime | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Nowhere you can't go. Nothing you can't do.

Plot:

Spider-Man/Peter Parker struggles between his personal life which involves Mary Jane Watson and his superhero life where he joins up with a vigilante known as Black Cat battling a series of foes including the mad Doc Ock.

Plot Keywords:

Spider-Man | Scientist | Hero | New York | Superhero

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Tobey Maguire	...	Peter Parker / Spider-Man (voice)
Kirsten Dunst	...	Mary Jane Watson (voice)
Alfred Molina	...	Dr. Otto Octavius / Doc Ock (voice)
Bruce Campbell	...	Tour Guide / Usher at theatre (voice)
Charles Klausmeyer	...	John Jameson / Misc. Voices (voice)
Holly Fields	...	Black Cat (voice)
Mindy Sterling	...	Aunt May / Misc. Voices (voice)
John Di Maggio	...	Rhino (voice) (as John DiMaggio)
Michael Beattie	...	Herman Schultz / Shocker / Misc. Voices (voice)
Josh Keaton	...	Harry Osborn / Reporter 1 (voice)
James Arnold Taylor	...	Quentin Beck / Mysterio / Misc. Voices (voice)
Mike McColl	...	Misc. Voices (voice) (as Mike Mccoll)
Joe Alaskey	...	Dr. Connors / Misc. Voices (voice)
David Sobolov	...	Shocker Henchman / Jewel Thief (voice)
Jeff Coopwood	...	Robbie Robertson / Misc. Voices (voice)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:T

Company:

Columbia Pictures

Trivia:

Best selling video game of June 2004.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Collision lines (the usually invisible areas that tell the game whether or not you're colliding with something) are constantly visible. Look for the white line around characters.

Quotes:

Man: Get a job.
Spider-Man: If you only knew.

Movie Connections:

References A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Soundtrack:

Beat your heart out

Boring.

Though miles better than the (awful) first game this still suffers from major bore. The free-roaming game play would be great if there were a bit more variety and things to do. The main problem is that the gaming area is absolutely immense. While this may be a good thing (a whole state is your gaming area in the upcoming GTA: San Andreas) there are very few definitive landmarks to give you some kind of orientation. It's based on the real New York, with all the famous buildings, but literally hundreds of streets look the same and it's very, very easy to get hopelessly lost. Plus the only method of travel is swinging. Yes, it's cool, but very slow considering the area you have to cover and not to easy to control unless your a genius with the control pad.

And the missions are all the same. Stop an armoured car hijack, stop a guy stealing a car, save some idiot hanging off a building, beating up nameless thugs, save some guy hanging off a building, stop some guy stealing a car, save some guy hanging off a building...boring. When you complete a mission that should be it done for the whole game, none of this again and again and again trash. The average score for completing these missions is 250 hero points...you need 1, 000, 000 to reach Doc Ock at the end of the game. Sorry I ain't sticking around long enough to 4000 tedious missions.

The only cool thing about this game is that it's narrated by Bruce Campbell. The rest seems like a rushed movie tie-in, not a real game.