The Amazing Spider-Man 2

 Xbox 360
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6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 75 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 31 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 26 out of 75
  3. Negative: 18 out of 75
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  1. Storm1672
    Jun 21, 2014
    7
    Not even one bit as bad as they all say, but on the other hand, it is a let-down. Technically inferior to the previous game, this tried to push for something better with more ideas but lots of them just don't work. All in all one of the better Spider-Man games, better story, great villains, but needed a lot of polishing...
  2. Post_Cursed
    May 2, 2022
    6
    Historia: 4/10
    Sonido: 5/10
    Jugabilidad: 5/10
    Graficos: 7/10
    Duración: 10/10
    Total: 6.2
  3. chocolatebutter
    May 11, 2014
    6
    If you like Spider-man it is probably worth a rental, but overall it is a pretty mediocre experience. The game is short and repetitive and most fights often feel like a glorified button masher. Web slinging doesn't feel near as fun as I had hoped. Something about it just feels slow and stiff, not much improvement from a game like Ultimate Spider-Man that is nearly 10 years old now.

    At    If you like Spider-man it is probably worth a rental, but overall it is a pretty mediocre experience. The game is short and repetitive and most fights often feel like a glorified button masher. Web slinging doesn't feel near as fun as I had hoped. Something about it just feels slow and stiff, not much improvement from a game like Ultimate Spider-Man that is nearly 10 years old now.

    At fist glance the city looks very impressive, it is a huge area with a very accurate layout represented of the real life Manhattan along with all of the expected landmarks. But as you get down to street level and are swinging through the streets every block of the city pretty much feels the same as the last. Doesn't make exploring very fun.

    The graphics in general aren't anything overly impressive, especially the cut scenes that involve webbing any of the bad guys. It looks like the web is just floating around whatever its on instead of actually sticking to it.

    The story is pretty boring and cheesy with one "twist" that any Spider-Man fan will expect coming from a mile away. The attempts to tie in scenes from the new movie into some of the levels are also ridiculously corny and poorly done. Harry Osborn's voice actor is also incapable of anger, during what should be one of the most heated exchanges in the game he sounds like nothing more than a man that is just ever so slightly agitated.

    Overall the game itself is probably a 5/10 but I enjoy the character of Spider-Man enough that it bumps it up to a 6 for me. It extremely short with only 14 missions to play through and can be beat in a weekend pretty easily. There are collectibles throughout the city but nothing about them makes me really want to go out and find t hem all. Rent it, don't buy it unless you can get an amazing deal on it.    … Expand
  4. Kerberos07
    May 30, 2014
    7
    Im struggling to understand how anyone can give this a bad review. For a start it is stunningly beautiful with a great atmosphere, very playable, with an excellent and challenging battle system.
  5. Ramon4567
    Aug 10, 2014
    5
    The Amazing Spider-Man 2 for Xbox 360 is nothing mind-blowing, but if you like quick rounds of action-packed insanity, then you're in luck. The problems, however, are so frequent that you might have to restart your game every now and then. Furthermore, I recommend playing on the hardest difficulty setting; with a simplistic combat system and generally weak enemy attacks, even a beginnerThe Amazing Spider-Man 2 for Xbox 360 is nothing mind-blowing, but if you like quick rounds of action-packed insanity, then you're in luck. The problems, however, are so frequent that you might have to restart your game every now and then. Furthermore, I recommend playing on the hardest difficulty setting; with a simplistic combat system and generally weak enemy attacks, even a beginner should decide to choose Super Hero difficulty. Going through all of this game's problems will be a long rant, so understand this: if you don't mind mediocre video games for their many mistakes in game design, then buy it. Otherwise, watch the movie... Which would be a really smart move.… Expand
  6. Tomskinator
    Oct 13, 2014
    5
    The Amazing Spiderman 2 is disappointing
    Spiderman is my favourite superhero so the announcement of this game got me excited and when I found out the features and villains In the game I was sold, I bought this on day and played it straight through in a couple of days. It wasn't what I was expecting.
    I bought the game on the 360 and the graphics were rather impressive, Spiderman looking    The Amazing Spiderman 2 is disappointing
    Spiderman is my favourite superhero so the announcement of this game got me excited and when I found out the features and villains In the game I was sold, I bought this on day and played it straight through in a couple of days. It wasn't what I was expecting.
    I bought the game on the 360 and the graphics were rather impressive, Spiderman looking the best in the game. The combat is taken straight from the batman arkham games (like the first game) the only difference is that you can preform signature moves at certain times which causes Spiderman to flip around and use his webs to finish the enemy off, these moves look great and were cool to see but there are only around 6 of them in the entire game. The web swinging mechanics are vastly improved from the first game with webs connecting to buildings and using both the left and right trigger to change directions easier.
    But the game has so many problems, there are only 14 main missions in the game and there is little to no story at all, the game crams in around 8 villains all of which are easy to beat and present no challenge at all, even the final boss is simple and anticlimactic. The game gave itself some freedom when it decided not to follow the movies storyline, but instead it just threw in a pointless uninteresting plot that had no effort put into it. Only one side quest in the game is actually quite fun and requires some stealth skill in order to complete them, all the others however are completely forgettable and take no time at all to complete. The game doesn't have any characters that are memorable or interesting other than Spiderman, Kraven the Hunter is given the role of a mentor but he isn't developed any more than that. The only likable character (excluding Spiderman) is Stan Lee, he runs the comic book store which allows you to view action figures, comics or play the arcade machine which is just facing waves of enemies in a row. In the game you can play as Peter Parker, this is completely pointless as it is just used to ask certain characters some questions or take a few photos. Also there is no Gwen Stacy in the game, she was in the first one but is absent from this game for an unexplained reason, they don't even say her name and she has practically disappeared from existence. WHY!! The biggest complaint about the game is the hero or menace system, events occur all over the map and if you don't do them then you will become a menace and get the taskforce to try and take you down, this is one of the stupidest systems in any game to date. You are basically unable to just swing around the city at you leisure you are forced into doing the same repetitive missions over and over again or you will be attacked no matter where you go.

    Overall the game is a disappointment, it isn't the worst ever game or even the worst Spiderman game ever but it just needs more, there needs to be more missions, more characters development and there needs to be an actual story. At its core elements such as fighting and web swinging the game can be very entertaining and fun to play but with all its problems it becomes a painfully average game with only echoes of its previous games greatness.
    However I don't believe that the game was ruined because of lack of interest, but because of time restrictions. The game only had around 1 year in development as it is needed to be released at the same time as the film. The game should of been given more time to be made and only then will it of been the game that should of been released. It isn't the Spiderman game that I was hoping for and I can only hope that The Amazing Spiderman 3 will be the game that we've been waiting for.    … Expand
  7. Archangel330
    Aug 22, 2014
    7
    The only thing I really loved is the freedom which isn't something new to Spider-Man games, story was okay but the idea of carnage was good. Ending boss fight wasn't as satisfying as I thought it would be. I didn't like Kraven. I don't think the game would be different if Kraven wasn't in it. But I love Spider-Man so I will give it a positive(ish) score.
  8. Alex_Pilgrim008
    Aug 30, 2023
    6
    An inferior sequel to "The Amazing Spider-Man", but it can be fun at times. If you're a fan of the original game, you'll probably be somewhat disappointed. This sequel has a better web-swinging mechanic than its predecessor. However, it downgrades everything else. The graphics aren't as impressive either. And the gameplay has been simplified. Still, the story's missions are decent fun.An inferior sequel to "The Amazing Spider-Man", but it can be fun at times. If you're a fan of the original game, you'll probably be somewhat disappointed. This sequel has a better web-swinging mechanic than its predecessor. However, it downgrades everything else. The graphics aren't as impressive either. And the gameplay has been simplified. Still, the story's missions are decent fun. Sub-missions, however, get repetitive. Still, it's fun to unlock costumes and classic comic-book issues. I would rate "Amazing 2" with a 6.4 out of 10.… Expand
  9. farrrullll
    Jan 27, 2023
    5
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55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 7
  3. Negative: 2 out of 7
  1. GameOver.gr
    May 16, 2014
    60
    From developer Beenox we expected something more than a bland, open-world Spidey game that loses almost all its interest after 5 hours.
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  2. X-ONE Magazine UK
    May 13, 2014
    30
    Beenox deliver a buggy, messy game that misses the essence of Spider-Man by a wide margin. Here’s hoping Activision entrusts the popular licence to another developer for the inevitable sequel.
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  3. Gameplanet
    May 12, 2014
    55
    The Amazing Spider-man draws too much direct inspiration from the Batman: Arkham series, implements it too unevenly to warrant much praise.
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