Spider-Man 2

Doing whatever a spider can?again

Good move by Sam Raimi to save Doctor Octopus, Spider-Man?s best villain (a statement not open to debate), until the second film. This game is the handheld tie-in, and though the name says Spider-Man 2, it?s actually the third Spider-Man game released on the GBA. As the man who does whatever a spider can, you deliver pizzas, rescue corporate monkeys from office fires, quell prison revolts, and avoid riot police throughout a platform-peppered Manhattan before going toe to toe against Rhino, Mysterio, and Doc Ock. Of course, you have to do all this in time to get back to your job at the Daily Bugle, where J. Jonah Jameson berates you.

Spider-Mod
This time out, Activision has added an experience system in which bopping muggers, rescuing hostages, and taking pics earns you points to unlock new fighting combos, enhance your speed and jumping height, and purchase web upgrades like web nets and web whips. The concept makes the beginning of the game a drag because even lowlife thugs can easily knock you out, so you?ll spend a lot of time repeatedly hitting, then running away, hitting, then running away like a cheap little man. However, your hard work eventually pays off, and once you have an arsenal of moves at your disposal, the game gets quite fun.

Sticky Fingers
Problematic, though, are the sequences in which you have to swing around confounding and shoddily rendered 3D hub areas to capture Doc Ock, access new chapters, and unlock bonus missions against a timer. Even more troublesome are the (literally) sticky controls, which cause you to get stuck on walls and ceilings when you don't mean to. Trying to pull off special attacks demands extreme patience as you'll often crouch and punch instead of throwing a web net like you intended. Overall, though, Spider-Man 2 boasts good production values and is solid fun. It?s worth checking out

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