Spider-Man 2
The PlayStation Portable version of Spider-Man 2 uses the same engine as 2002's Spider-Man. Because of this, the gameplay is virtually unchanged, and many locations from the first game are reused, as is its…
Spider-Man 2 is an adventure developed by Vicarious Visions, released 23 March 2005 on PlayStation Portable.
What Spider-Man 2 is
Spider-Man 2 is an adventure game developed by Vicarious Visions and released in 2005. It is available on PlayStation Portable only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
While patrolling the city one day, Spider-Man spots several thugs attempting to rob a bank and stops them. Later that night, after having dinner with his friends Mary Jane Watson (for whom he has hidden feelings) and Harry Osborn (who despises Spider-Man, blaming him for his father's death), Peter spots a van being chased by the police and follows it to the Queensboro Bridge, where the chase has led to a massive traffic accident. As Spider-Man, he rescues several endangered civilians and cops before following the van to a warehouse, where he finds thugs unloading explosives. While fighting the thugs, the explosives provoke a massive fire, but Spider-Man is able to put out the flames and…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Marvel series
Spider-Man 2 is the 100th of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was Elektra in 2005. Its critic score of 63 is almost exactly the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes at 90.
How it was received
Spider-Man 2 holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 22% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Spider-Man 2 launched on 23 March 2005, within three weeks of God of War, God of War I, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and SWAT 4. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: God of War, God of War I, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, SWAT 4.
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