Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a movie based game, that includes very little of the actual movie. I thought the second movie was better, but I think the first game is the stronger one.
Movie games are often bad, this one doesn't even have the cast or their likeness from the film, so why even have the film's name? Kingpin is the main villain, he wasn't in the film this game is based on in case you didn't watch it. I like the way this and the first game have their own story and have elements from the movies, but they may as well be their own thing. It's even worse that they set up a third game, but obviously this franchise is no longer around and we have a new Spider-Man.
The swinging is better, I hated it at first. The left trigger controls your left hand and right trigger is your right, so you can aim your swinging and make it easier to manoeuvre with each hand. The stealth is way worse, it's been dumbed down to the point where it doesn't work. You have to go about five feet behind an enemy to stealth attack, you're Spider-Man! The guy who can shoot webs far away! Why do you need to be so close? So many glitches that make the game look cheap as fuck.
When you finally have a showdown with Kingpin, it's not over. You're then thrown into boss fights on after the other. The pacing is way off. Here's how it goes; Kingpin fight, Electro fight, Goblin fight and finally, Carnage fight.... Electro appears twice in the whole game and the second time is the boss fight, he's the main villain in the fucking film!
There's very little improvement in the graphics, they still suck ass. The voice acting is ok, I like the voice actor for Peter Parker, he reprised his role. The cutscenes look ridiculous, the way Spider-Man moves in the m is annoying, he's so over the top you have to just skip them, he moves too move and it looks awful. like the amount of villains that feature, Kraven and Shocker show up too, they are just bundled in poorly near the end. There's a bunch of new costumes to wear while you play, most are terrible, but the Carnage-Spider-Man is awesome.
The story is quite lengthy, not overly long to be fair. There's a bunch of side missions, but once you've done one, you feel you've done them all. Spidey sense is useful, but there's no reason to keep playing once you finish the story. The game sucks. I was looking forward to it, I enjoyed the first game even though it wasn't great, but this one wasn't fun, it was a chore. Spider-Man games have always been fun for me, this is the first one I've played that has failed.
Fuck this game and give us Insomniac's Spider-Man game, it's going to be Batman Arkham tier.
6.3/10
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