Amazing Spiderman 2 (PS4)

Such a marked improvement on the last Spiderman game. No more web swinging from the sky. You either stick your web to something or you fall. This changes the game quite a bit as you cant just swing across in a straight line to chase something anymore.If the game has a fault, it's that it takes a while to come up to speed. Once you open up some web powers though,it gets really good.Gone are the sewers and linear levels in place are open freeroaming enviroments you can solve in your own way. Whether that is stealth,or full on combat or a mix of the two.Side missions have been redone and a lot less repetative than they were. Boss fights are varied, and there are plenty of things to collect.The graphics won't win any next gen awards, but are really crisp and clear on a 1080p TV. The framerate is very stable and the game runs smoothly. Load times are a bit long, but it's loading a lot of stuff.Stan Lee gets a much bigger part than his usual cameo and there are a plenty of Spidersuits for the comic book readers.Well worth a go and probably movie based game of the year.

THIS IS A REVIEW FOR THE PS4 VERSION:This is a generally fun game, and a brilliantly crafted spiderman game, yea sure its not exactly Next Gen graphics but those saying it looks like a PS2 game are way off and obviously have completley forgotten what PS2 graphics look like.Gameplay:Simple, yet fun. They tried for a Arkham Feel with the gameplay but it slightly misses the mark.Graphics:If you played Amazing Spiderman on ps3 or the 360 then this is only a dlight upgrade from that, it still looks nice but not next-gen nice, it has its moments though like when its sunset and the sun gleems through the buildings.Audio:Voice acting is pretty solid, the guy that does spideys voice is just awesome.Length:If you constantly just go for the main missions its around 5 hours, but if your a spidey fan like me and like to explore the city and do a ton of comic collecting and side missions which are random and always pop up then this will last you awhile.overall a good game that has gotten some bad press for some unforseen reason. just a case of people jumping on the bandwagon i think.

If you liked the first Amazing Spider man game then you will like this. It feels much the same except the swinging mechanics are now done with the left and right triggers which works great in my opinion. It is fun just swinging around the city, the game runs smooth and looks good although lacking anything amazing or as somebody else said "wow factor" there is however a nicely made environment with nice lighting and ok textures and ok character models. I haven't had any frame drops or screen tearing and no crashes or other bugs.The combat is much the same as the last game and very similar to the Batman games, most encounters have you bashing square and then countering and dodging with triangle when you notice the "spider-sense" flash around Spideys head. There's nothing great but it works.Spider Man now has the ability to use spider sense by pressing up on the D-pad, this shows enemy locations and their field of view, I think this is great and allows you to be a more stealthy Spidey if that is what you want to do.There are quite a few suits to unlock which are done by completing stealth missions in closed locations you have to take out guards without being seen and then activating a terminal of sorts which holds the suit. The first time I tried one I thought it was annoying how you had to do it all again pretty much if you are caught, but once you upgrade your spider sense to allow you to see enemies properly then they're actually quite fun.The most annoying part of the game for me is the new menace/hero system where by saving citizens and performing heroic tasks gives you hero points which give a boost to your costumes abilities (each costume has different boosts). This works good in concept however the game quickly degrades your hero meter and then goes into menace which gives you negative boosts to your costumes abilities.. so basically the game is forcing you to continually do boring repetitive side missions which are very tedious and unrewarding. That is my biggest gripe with the game really.I'm having a lot of fun with it, could of been a lot better but thankfully it wasn't worse.

A complete lack of originality, creativity and imagination. If all Beenox can do is badly rehash the first Amazing Spiderman game(which I enjoyed immensely) then they should quit and let someone else take over the reins. A few "new" tweaks here and there does not take away from the fact that this game is sub-standard in every way. This game is poor, story wise, graphic wise and just about every other kind of wise you care to think of. Beenox should be ashamed of themselves. Little or no effort was put into the making of this game and it shows time and time again. Boring and repetitive. Boring and repetitive. Boring and repetitive.....you get the drift. If someone offers to give you this game for free....punch them. They deserve it. As for Beenox...a good swift kick up the backside is urgently required. Don't waste your money on this crap, not even as a rental. Truly awful. oxooxo