{"id":60194,"date":"2014-05-13T12:40:58","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T11:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=60194"},"modified":"2014-05-13T12:40:58","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T11:40:58","slug":"the-amazing-spider-man-2-videogame-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/reviews\/the-amazing-spider-man-2-videogame-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Amazing Spider-man 2 videogame review"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s easy enough to blame the Batman: Arkham<\/strong><\/em> games for making us harbour lofty expectations for games based on licensed properties, but there\u2019s simply no excuse for barely competent videogames in this day and age.<\/p>\n

Beenox has delivered one of the worst Spider-Man<\/strong><\/em> games in recent history, which fails to not only replicate the glory of 2004\u2019s Spider-Man 2<\/strong><\/em> in any attractive fashion, but still succeeds in falling short of other Spider-Man<\/strong><\/em> games the studio has delivered in the last four years.<\/p>\n

The Amazing Spider-Man 2<\/strong><\/em> uses the recent Marc Webb directed sequel as a starting point, before spiralling out of control into a narrative and gameplay mess of epic proportions.<\/p>\n

Your time will be spent swinging around a New York stripped of all visual interest, personality and splendor; stopping on frustratingly frequent occasion to lay the smack-down on eerily similar-looking thugs, rescuing trapped people and disarming bombs. It gets boring, quickly. If Peter Parker has to endure this sort of nonsense on a daily basis, \u2018patience of steel\u2019 should be added to his power-set in the next Marvel Universe handbook.<\/p>\n

The swinging mechanics fail to replicate the simplicity and nuance of the aforementioned Spider-Man 2<\/strong><\/em>, while the combat isn\u2019t a shadow on Beenox\u2019s 2010 release Shattered Dimensions<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sadly, the story missions don\u2019t fare much better. Unless being pushed through a gauntlet of tedium is your idea of an evening well spent. Fetch quests, repetitive missions and uninteresting combat (that borders on broken) quickly stamps out the Spider-Man<\/strong><\/em> fan buried deep inside us.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s only so much you can forgive, even when dealing with a lifelong favourite franchise. We\u2019d happily take a game centred on exploring the nuance of the Clone Saga<\/strong><\/em> over another swing into this wholly uninteresting depiction of Spidey\u2019s world.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing Amazing<\/strong><\/em> about Activision\u2019s latest attempt to give Spider-Man<\/strong> <\/em>an entertaining digital outing. In fact, there\u2019s barely anything serviceable about it.<\/p>\n

The Amazing Spider-Man 2<\/strong><\/em> is a dull, uninteresting take on one of Marvel\u2019s most interesting and complex characters. Can\u2019t blame the Parker luck for this one, folks \u2013 the problems run deeper than superhero superstition.
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