ok at first you are gonna love this game i can understand i mean the 1st one sucked!!! anyway i loved this game but after you beat this game and (while you are playing it) it gets SOOOO OLD!!!! you end up saving the same people doing the same city events!!!!(grand theft auto way better) its a fun game but it gets old!(by way this is my moms acount)

I love Spidey, but this game really disappoints, unlike the first one you don't really fight anyone here, except Doc. You have to do over and over and over like 50 times each the same "clumsy" missions: catch a flying balloon, kick robbers behind, and delievering pizzas, it gets boring, the real mission are as lame as they can get. The "last" mission against Doc Ock is very tough, but not because its hard, but because the controls are not as responsive as you wish they were.
Rent it.

Although, very fun, it has many flaws. At first it seems to be great, but about halfway through glitches pop up everywhere (my disc has no scratches on it)! And why couldn't Actvision make the mouths move? But, worst of all, the fire graphics are horrible! It is still fun exploring New York though.

Not all movie based and licensed games have to be completely average or just plain bad. Spider-Man 2 isn't just the best Spider-Man game of all time, it's possibly the best super hero game of all time as well. Stepping above and beyond the first game, Spider-Man 2 allows you to take on the role of the web-slinger as you swing and fight your way through a completely free roaming New York City. And when I say free roaming, I mean free roaming. For the first time ever in a Spider-Man game, you can touch down on the ground and interact with pedestrians and accomplish missions to earn points to build up your stats and abilities. Along the way, you'll take on villains such as the Rhino and Mysterio, and of course Doctor Octopus, and film stars Tobey Maguire, Kirstin Dunst, and Alfred Molina reprise their roles from the film (and the great Bruce Campbell is back as well as your helpful guide throughout the game). The voice acting is great, the graphics are pretty good while your swinging (once you hit the ground running some of the other character models become a bit blocky), but the biggest downside of Spider-Man 2 is that the missions get repetitive after a while. Mostly it's rescue him/her, beat up group of people that's jumping you, stop robbery, help out cops, etc, etc., but you can't argue with the overall package. Between the Spidey games and the X-Men Legends games (don't get me started on the X-Men 3 game though), Activision knows how to do licensed super hero games, and Spider-Man 2 remains the best Spidey game of all time. All in all, if you've never taken the game for a spin, what are you waiting for?

There are many flaws with this game. The voice acting is cheesy and nobody moves their mouths. The combat is very hard to use because when you try to execute a combo, someone shoots you and messes you up. The graphics are sub-standard.
It is pretty realistic in that you actually have to be under something to use your web. That's pretty much it.

This game is great. Like any game, it has some good things & some bad things. Let's talk about the good things first. You can web-swing around almost all of the big apple. You can go almost anywhere in Manhatten. You can also go to the Statue of Liberty, Roosavelt Island, just about anywhere but Brooklyn and Bronx. You can get all kinds of sweet upgrades from the spidey store. You can even pick up bad guys and throw them around. Much better then the PC version. Now let's talk about the bad things. All the thugs and regular people look the same. They also say the same lines over and over, and play the same music over and over, so after a while you just wanna mute it. The bad guys keep commiting the same petty crimes over and over, and that gets kinda annoying. But sometimes I do like fighting muggers, 7 against 1. I like those odds. There is 1 part when you have to stop these guys from robbing a museum, and there's 15 thugs you have to fight your way through. Overall, the real strong point of this game is the web swinging. That's what really makes this game fun. This game gets a 4/5.

I got this game a few months ago and I bought it at my local ebgames and it cost like $17.99,my dad payed for this game.When I started playing it,it was so amazing and it is better than the 1st Spider-Man game I have.This game is the most amazing game I ever played and don't listen to other people who gave it bad reviews because they just couldn't beat it for an hour.Get this game it is the most amazing game.If you want this game so bad,go ahead get it it is worth it.You should check with your local ebgames,they have it!!!!!!!!!!!I give this game 5 stars for being the most amazing game ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A scantily clad animated woman known as 'The Black Cat' shows up repeatedly to help or hinder Spiderman. If the reader is a responsible parent he WILL NOT buy this game for his child.

P.S. to those young men who will be enticed to buy this game because of this information; shame on you.

I got the first game and I liked it alot. I bought the game the first day it came and LOOOOVED it.The web slinging has impoved and new moves and you won't die when you touch the groud, its awsome!!I still don't know why it's rated T

Man i cant say enough about how this game is way better than the first one. Guess what? You dont die when you go down to the street anymore!!! explore. This game is the best especially when you jump off really high buildings such as the empire state building. it's just sweet. Why is it rated T? It's no different than the other game. There's no blood, no cusses, no bad stuff. Just like the first where you punch people. Simple as that. Great game. It lets YOU be be the guy in the red and blue tights.

This is VERY much better than the PC version, which I played before this PS2 version. In this version, you get to go ANYWHERE!!! ANYWHERE, ANYWHERE, ANYWHERE!!!!! Some of the famous places I went to were: Central Park, The Empire State Buildng, and The Brooklyn Bridge, and I'm working on getting to Lady Liberty!!! I recomend the game!!!

I really liked this game a lot. Of course, me being me I never actually play it. I like to watch my sister and my dad play it actually. but when I do play it I swing around the city. It is so much fun! the graphics are great and the characteristics of the characters in it are so mcuh like the original. PLEASE buy it it's the best PS2 game out.

Spiderman 2 is the best superhero game ever! I love web slinging from one part of the city to the other part of the city! Some things aren't as realistic as it's supposed to be, though. I'm talking about no big traffic on the streets and no big crowds in the sidewalks. It would be cool if crowds cheer for you, instead of one or two people cheering for you. I wish you can go Inside OSCORP and the Empire State Building and other skyscrapers and you can go everywhere in those skyscrapers, but technology isn't that advanced yet, so when Spidey 3 comes out, i hope these new features would be available!

This game is better than the first game but the story line is gay just like the movie.But the part about fredom through the city is awsome.another draw back is the citizons that you help on the streets get old after you beat them about 100 times.overall this game is pretty awsome.

okay, i have this game luv it and that and i know its getting old now i wrote this like a year after it came out but r u guyz retarded? u can go to the statue of liberty any time not just the mysterio level. okay? just go to the tallest building by the island across from the statue, look for the helicopter to fly its way over to u, web onto it, let it carry you out until u c the next helicopter, web onto that one which will fly u over to the island. then go to the smoke stack thats closest to the statue and wait for the next helicopter to come and find you. then web onto that one and let it carry u over to the statue. TaDa! ur at the statue of liberty. any real gamer would explore the city more and would have figured that out themselves.

this is a really cool game. fighting all the bosses and doing the story mission was fun but when you complete the game there is basicaly nothing left to do than to start over. i would have liked some side missions or extra boss fights with new bosses. all in all i love this game.

Spider-man 2 kicks butt! I think Spider-man 2 is way better than the first one. I say that the best thing about Spider-man 2 is that you can go anywhere any time! (and web slinging.)I give it 4 stars because I cant find,THE FREAKIN STATUE OF LIBERTY!!!!!!!!!

First off, I must say that this game was positively excellent. Though it had little replay value, I really enjoyed it while it lasted.

The Pros!

The web-slinging is AMAZING. For the first time you are given an entire island to websling around. The environment is practically endless and there is so much to explore. The random crime setup is nice, since they give you extra brownie points. But oh my goodness, there is nothing like diving off of a tall building and watching Spidey tear through the sky. And the rebound of the web slinging is positively perfect! The basic mechanics that are signature to Spiderman are here, and it makes for a fantastic time. Webslinging is by far the greatest aspect of this game.

The random crime system as mentioned before is also an interesting addition. If you ever played True Crime, the system is sort of like that. You'll hear somebody shouting for help and it is your choice whether or not you go to help them, much like the feds would prompt you in True Crime. If these random crime missions are completed successfully, you get extra points so that you can buy speed boosts and more moves.

The purchasing system! Now it's been a very long time since I've played the game, but I'm pretty sure that whenever you go into a library or coming book store you can spend your skill points on buying new moves and speed boosts. Some things are superficial, like air tricks when you release your web, and others are helpful like mid air strikes and web throws. Each attack has its own special purpose, and it is up to the player to deicde which one is best.

The Cons

Activision is not famous for its good graphics. The graphics in this game could have been executed on the PS1. They are really really bad. Unacceptable. I don't know how many copies of poeple I have seen crammed into one street, but it is ridiculous. The cars look like boxes covered in cheap paint. The graphics were just...bad.

Also, the game was very repetative. Luckily it was short though. But if you are the type of person that needs something new every mission, you won't finish this game. After a while it just dragged on...

But overall, the game was good. The 4 Stars were very well earned. The game Followed the orignal Spiderman 2 plot reasonably well with some additions to put more action sequences in the game. The gameplay is great while the nature of the game's progression is not. For the price, it is worth it.

Spider-man 2 for the PS2 is awsome!!!!!!!!!! not only does it follow the movie story line but also includes a few other villians like mysterio Black Cat The Rhino and Dock Ock (of course). The game starts with you spider-man (duh) and the narriator guy is tellin you all the controlls what to do and not to do. The Web slinging is 100% better then the first game's. In the first spider-man game all you had to do was hold down a button and there you go, but in this game you can pull of all these tricks in the air and hold down the jump button so you can reach extreme hights! the combat as in fighting the bad guys is ok, not the best but you can pull of all these awsome moves like webbing the guy up to a street post. you also have a spider-sense which alows you to become in a slow motion type of style. you can pull off cooler moves and nail the bady's harder in spider-sense. thats really all i can think about...my advice is to BUY THIS GAME!!! you will get sick of it after like a couple of months but those coouple of months will be worth your money...

I have been playing this game for days straight and I have to say it is well made. The swinging and diving is the best part.

Some things that were a bummer is that Lizard IS NOT in the game. One of the help markers says that it is just a rumor and not true. And I know that this is not in the comic but I wanted Spiderman to begin dating Black Cat and dump his other girlfriend. Lol. Another bummer is I wish spiderman could swim. I mean anyone really could learn to swim and if you were a hero you should. Lastly the fact that you can't get to the other island from the bridge.

This is one of my favourite games ever.

It's not quite perfect, though (might as well start with the cons so I can end on a good note). For one thing, while the action graphics (as in, while you are actually playing the game) are superb, for some reason the cut-scene graphics are horrible. Characters are square-looking, glitchy (Peter Parker shakes uncontrollably whenever he makes a hand gesture), poorly defined and generally irritating to look at. Also, the anonymous characters' (random passersby, etc.) voice dubs are rather annoying as well.

Apart from that, however, I have to say I love this game. Its best aspects are definetely the controls and camera angles. The controls are a bit complicated at first (although I've seen worse), but there is a clear tutorial at the beginning of the game and, once you get the hang of it, it's smoooooooth sailing. Actually, the basic controls are pretty easy, it's up to you if you want to learn the combos and the more fancy tricks. Spider-man's movements are incredibly fluid and pleasant to look at and New York City has been recreated in very great detail. The game has the same format as Grand Theft Auto, which means you can take breaks in between missions and just explore the city and do smaller missions or just swing around as much as you like. And the camera angles are very well-placed, which makes this game a real visual treat (apart from the cut-scenes): you'll be impressed by views of the sun setting over the Hudson river, seen from the top of the Empire STate Building - and then, jump and stop yourself at the last minute and see if your head doesn't spin and your doesn't heart race just a little... That alone is worth the price of the game.

Also, the dubbing by Tobey Maguire et al. is a nice touch and the dialogue isn't too bad (although they could have chosen a less used line than "He did kill my father, someday I'll get him for it, too." - but hey, let's not nit-pick) and the narrator's snide comments to the gamer are pretty funny and set a good atmosphere. There are tips and challenges scattered all over the city, too, in case you want a change of pace.

I haven't finished this game yet (I love video games, yet I'm really quite bad at them). I'm having some trouble with a particular mission, but I don't think this game is that difficult, it's a matter of practice. At any rate, it's a LOT of fun!

Simple as this:

Buy it for the city-slingin'-action

It's amazing..

The story and acting is quite lame .. but its worth the money if you can get it for a few bucks.

It may be repetitive ( like most games ) but its worth the money

this game is the best! you can free roam almost very thing. but i still think this game could be better. the game is VERY easy. one thing, if you played the first game... the grafics in GAME PLAY seemded better. like if there was a movie, the game would look like that the whole time. not in this. the movies are much beter than in the first game. but the look of spider-man in game play sucks. first of all, he looks skinny. the spider on this chest look a little bit weird. it's only day time or night. IT NEVER RAINS OR SNOWs! the free roaming is very fun unlike the first game with swinging on air. the colors could be better. and there's one place you can't go...across a brigde. the mouths of the characters DON'T move in missions. but still, the new added fight combos are the BEST!!!!!DOC OCK is much better than the green goblin, he's harder to beat too. this is probably the BEST game for spider-man there ever was!

OK so on the game overview right here on amazon it says that Lizard is a bad guy in tha game. He is not there! BUT a lot of other sites say that too AND in the battle arena level there are LIZARDs to fight! PLUS a hint marker actuallly hints that he is in the sewer! Lizard is in this game but WHERE!? someone please pot a review confirming and saying where to find this fool!!! Oh yeah and this game is very good very fun lots of stuff to do gets old fast though so I need the lizard!!

Usually the sequel to a game is similar and redundant, but it is not the case in this game. In the last game you had to follow the storyline immediately, which is normal with this type of game. Spiderman 2 goes a step further, you are allowed to veer from the storyline and fight crime in the streets on NY and then go on with each chapter when you feel like finishing the previous one. If you liked the movie and liked the previous game you will Spiderman 2

This game is fun up until you have to complete the Bugle moving platform game. It is a series of moving platforms, some of which you can grab, and others you can't. The only way to find out is through trial and error and it's very very tedious(also, you constantly battle with the always changing camera angle which is very annoying). If you fall off, you have to start all over. There is nothing really fun about this. But I can spend hours and hours on the petty crimes and other happenings around the city just because the graphics are fluid and they are fun to play. Kind of like a grand theft auto environment but you get to be spidey.

I love Spiderman 2! This game is so much better than the last game. You can do many more things. You can go anywhere in the city! You can even diliver pizzas! You can run around on the ground and beat up criminals! Get this game!

This game is so awesome.I dont own this game but both of my best friends own it.The graphics are really good.I would say this game is the best game ever made in history.They should keep the price at $39.99 which is the price right now.People say just like me this game is awesome.Fighting the villains like Quinntin Beck,Doc Ock,and Rhino is the life.In this game spidey can jump really far and high.Spidey can sprint so fast that he can go faster than a car.Never say this game sucks.

This game is so awsome! the possibilities are endless! you can do anything anytime anywhere! This game ROCKS!

Don't listen to those people who say this game sucks. Their wrong. It's great the graphics and things you can do are awsome just like the movie! You can go on the streets not like the first one. The action is very exciting and gets you into the game. Must Buy!

This game is action packed. It's just like the movie. I loved it because in the first one you couldn't go on the streets but this one you can. The only thing that is poor about this game is that you can't swim. BOO! The characters are just like the movie same characteristics. When your controlling the game it's like your in the movie actually their! I love this game. Must Buy!

In this game, it gives you the feel of being Spider-Man. If you don't want to do one of the missions, you can do something else. Battling Doctor Octopus on the train is really fun because you get to dodge every single one of his tentacles and punch him really hard! This game is the best game that I have ever played!The music makes you get into the game. The graphics are very good for GameCube, PS2, and XBox. I also like the web slinging because it gives you the thrill of swinging through the New York City skyline. I liked the villians they chose for this game.

If you ever wanted to feel like what it was like in Spiderman's shoes, Spiderman 2 by Activevision is one of the closest experiences you'll ever have. Following the plot of the movie fairly closely, with a couple of irritating detours, you get to swing from the buildings in a virtual New York that's expansive and fun. The thing that impressed me the most was having total control of Spiderman, and if a challenge proved to be too pesky, I could restart that chapter from the beginning and swing around town until I went back to the challenge. If I earned points for everytime I went to the top of the Empire State Building and swan dived off from it, I'd have won the game earlier. Kudos to the Activevision people for making a truly enjoyable romp!

This game is so weak. The graphics suck. You got to be mad if you buy this game and the cars are all boxy and stuff. The buildings are really bad too. If you have played DRIVER 2 for PS1, thats what the buildings look like. This game is fun for like 15 minutes and dont get me started on the voices in this game. MJ's voice is really badly done. The only that sounds right is Peter Parker and that's only because he is the star. But anyways you can still tell thats not his voice. This game shoulda been like 35 dollars.

This game started out decently. I was very impressed by the freedom the game gives you and the size & detail of the map of NY. The combo moves and web swinging are fun, if a little hard to control. Sometimes you find yourself going the wrong direction without really knowing why. But overall, combing the streets, rescuing citizens and beating up muggers is pretty fun, if a bit repetetive. Another problem is the camera. While you can control the camera while still, it "corrects" itself if you move. If you climb or swing, the camera often points you in the opposite direction of where you were aiming which causes some difficulty.

Then the "boss levels" begin. Most of the chapters have an ending "boss level" where spider-man must complete some task or fight some fairly difficult bad guy. However, these levels are not based upon skill or very enjoyable. Its a matter of memorizing a pattern by getting killed over and over again.

The last fight with doc ock is terrible. You have almost no control over spider man. You get killed over and over. You have to shut off all these power switches but meanwhile bursts of plasma hit you repeatedly, this giant shield hits you (and there is no "spidey sense" warning to help you avoid this) and doc ock keeps walking up and pounding you. If he hits you once, he's pretty much going to pound you 4 or 5 times and you can't really do anything about it. Oh and to add insult to injury, if you fall in the water (which there is tons of) you die. Doc Ock is invincible this whole time. He can't get zapped by the power surges and punching him does nothing. I haven't yet beat the game so I'm assuming (praying really) that he'll die after you disconnect all the power switches or he'll be severely weakened.

I'm afraid all the boss levels are like this although the last one is by far the worst. I'm assuming the game designers were trying to make it "challenging" but its really just pure frustration. its all based completely on luck rather than skill. The entertainment value provided by swinging thru the city is negated by the frustration of the boss levels and the overall repetitiveness of the game.

Overall, a good effort but it fell short of the mark.