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

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday June 30, 2004 @12:08AM from the previous-big-thing dept.

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.]

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GTA-style open city/open-ended games by Senator+Bozo · 2004-06-30 00:14 · Score: 5, Insightful

like Mafia, Privateer, Freelancer or Elite have never worked for me. In reality, your possibilities are very limited and the randomly generated missions are almost always mind-numbingly repetitive.
I will always choose a game with an excellent, but short (20h) story and scripted missions over an "open-ended" one with a dynamic universe until they come up with a mission generator and good enough AI to create decent missions.