Spider-Man 2 Game Goes Spider-Man Theft Auto?

Thanks to IGN Xbox for its review of Treyarch/Activision's new Spider-Man 2 console game, debuting simultaneously alongside the recently Slashdot-reviewed movie. The fairly positive review suggests: "What Treyarch has done... is to blend in that nearly unattainable addiction so inherent in Neversoft's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series and meld it with Spider-Man's web slinging in a Grand Theft Auto-style open city." However, the reviewer tempers this praise with comments on "dull repetition of the Hero missions... and the boss fights range from stupid to incredibly annoying", and GameSpy shows similar barely-reserved enthusiasm, noting a returning Bruce Campbell "is perfect as the narrator", and praising the "fantastic web-slinging and the huge city environment", whereas GameSpot is a little more tepid, arguing the game "bites off a little more than it can chew with its attempt at an open-ended design." [It's also worth noting the "kid friendly, intentionally simplified control scheme"-toting PC version of Spider-Man 2 is almost completely different from the console versions.]

Comments

Killing playability:

[tod_miller]

[..]Spidey can beat up thugs like nobody's business, though he can't actually harm innocents or their cars, in case you were wondering.[..]

Oh man! That sucks! Just the fun of webbing a subway full of commuters to justify all the bad press about me would be fun!

Oh I forgot, I am not Spiderman. ;-)

Or a good game of pedestrian skittles always helps while away a quite day crimefighting... geroonimo! :-)

Re:I'm a little skeptical about the game

[nukem1999]

At worst the game will be crap. At best it will not be as good as Tony Hawk or GTA
You mean the game will fall somewhere between horrible and perfect? WHAT A DARING PREDICTION!

On a more serious note, the game is great, I highly recommend it.