Spider-Man 2

Plot synopsis:
The video game picks up two years after it's predecessor with an opening narration by Spider-Man/Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) and a pan through the large city of New York. After touching bases with the Narrator/Tour Guide (Bruce Campbell) and learning the basics of crawling and charged jumps through the tutorial, Spider-Man is late for his class with Dr. Curt Connors (Joe Alaskey). While swinging to the university, he is disrupted by a cry for help and swings over to stop a group of commandos from stealing a mysterious yet precious briefcase from a woman.Resuming on his personal life, Peter is disgraced to find he is late once again for his professor's class. As if things weren't any better, Peter realizes he is going to be late for his birthday dinner with Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst) and Harry Osborn (Josh Keaton). Fitting into the Spidey suit again, he swings over to the restaurant and learns that Mary Jane is in a play and Harry Osborn is funding money for a brilliant scientist- Otto Octavius, soon to be Doc Ock (Alfred Molina). Mary Jane offers to give Peter a free ticket to her play and Harry agrees to set up a meeting so Peter and Octavius can meet.The following night, Peter meets Mary Jane by a museum to collect the ticket. Only seconds after receiving it, he notices a band of thieves breaking into the art museum and after humiliating himself in front of Mary Jane, reluctantly goes after the thieves as Spider-Man. Moments after Spider-Man's victory over the thieves, a strange figure catches his attention. The figure is Black Cat (Holly Fields) who leads the enticed Spidey through a chase across the rooftops of Manhattan. Black Cat rests and moment and then disappears without a trace.The next day, Spider-Man stops by the Daily Bugle and as Peter Parker- collects information for a Bugle Mission and heads off. After the mission which lead him to taking pics from the top of the Empire State Building, an explosion occurs a few blocks down. Investigating the area, Spider-Man meets the Rhino (John DiMaggio) and the two brawl only to have Spider-Man web up the burly and obnoxious foe. That night, Peter meets Harry outside of Octavius's large apartment by Central Park for dinner. Ocatvius's scientific ambitions are somewhat vague to Peter and come off as a subtle tone of greed as opposed to mankind benefit. The meeting is postponed as Rosie Ocatvius (Susan Egan) promptly calls for dinner.While making photo rounds in Greenwich Village, an alarm goes off at a jewelry store. Spotting the suspicious Black Cat, Spider-Man once more chases her across the rooftops and crevices of skyscrapers. After Cat flirts with Spidey and disappears, he realizes he must meet Mary Jane at a movie theater.The following day after the date with MJ, Peter is at the Bugle and J. Jonah Jameson (Jay Gordon) informs him of a special effects movie star from Hollywood named Quentin Beck/Mysterio (James Arnold Taylor) who is claiming that Spider-Man is a fake. Peter rushes over to Madison Square Garden for pictures- while in reality he will appear as Spider-Man against Beck.Beck and Spider-Man meet amid a fake cardboard audience and phony announcers and Beck declares a series of three challenges. The first two consist of rounding up captured criminals from a prison that Spider-Man had collected and the third is a challenging obstacle course. By the end of the competition, Spider-Man conquers and Beck is both upset and humiliated at his loss. It is during this time that one of the criminals, Herman Schultz/The Shocker (Michael Beattie), unknowingly escapes from both security and Spidey during the highlight of Beck's loss.A day later, Octavius invites Peter to come back to his apartment to discuss the science behind his vision. After the visit, Peter puts on the suit and rushes over to Mary Jane's play before he is too late. Unfortunately, a gang of robbers with snipers and explosives rob a gem store and Spidey forcefully commits to his hero work. Much to his further dismay on missing Mary Jane's play, Spider-Man arrives in the knick of time to catch Mary Jane talking with her new boyfriend, John Jameson (Charles Klausmeyer).Before Spider-Man can intervene, Black Cat sneakily appears once more and informs Spidey that she knows where the art thieves from the museum attempt to attack next. The time arrived yet again for another dazzling night chase through the rooftops in following Black Cat. It ends when Cat leads Spidey to an alleyway where the thieves are boarding crates into a getaway truck. While Spider-Man does the amazing and puts a stop to them for good- Black Cat manages to sneak away once more and this time, she's taken a golden artifact with her.Deciding to visit the Bugle the next day, Peter is instructed by his boss Jonah to go down to the press conference building where Quentin Beck shall speak about Spider-Man. Swinging over there, Spidey only finds trouble as the theater is burning, the conference reporters are in danger from alien-like machines and a large holograph of Mysterio appears centerstage. While Spider-Man saves the reporters and defeats the robots- the Mysterio hologram beckons Spidey to Lady Liberty where an alien invasion is about to occur.Surely enough, Mysterio has created a massive mothership atop the Statue of Liberty's torch where the main brain is kept. Spider-Man swings from the hovering UFO's above the water and to Liberty Island where he destroys 8 orbs and finally the brain that controls the alien illusion. As the extra terrestrial material evaporate, Spider-Man is given one final invitation by Mysterio to come to his funhouse of doom.Spider-Man gets back on the mainland and swings over to Beck's apartment where Mysterio's funhouse lair is hidden behind a bookshelf. In the first room of the funhouse, everything morphs upside down and Spider-Man faces giant, laughing toys known as Mr. Hop-N-Hack. After defeating them, he is brought into a circular room with mirrors where disfigured duplicates of him arise from the reflections. Destroying all of the mirrors brings Spider-Man out of the funhouse and to another dead end as Mysterio escaped in the nick of time.The conclusion of Mysterio's alien invasion is followed with the disastor of the birth of Doc Ock. Racing over to Octavius's apartment for a demonstration of his fusion reactor- the demonstration goes array and Rosie ends up dead while Octavius passes out with the mechanical arm aids attached to him. Even as Spider-Man shuts down the fusion reactor machine, he is too late to save Rosie and Octavius is taken to the medics.While swinging to another class of Dr. Connor's with the mindset he will finally arrive on time, Mysterio's alien robots attack and Spider-Man fights them. During this time, Octavius (now as Doc Ock) has escaped from the hospital and threatens Connors to help him. Declaring him insane, Connors attempts to escape only to be brutally wounded by Ock who flees the scene. Spider-Man arrives seconds late to find his professor in need of medical assistance.Remembering he was going to visit Aunt May (Mindy Sterling) at the Bank of Manhattan, Peter arrives to discuss money matters with a loan officer. The payment is disrupted as Doc Ock and a handful of henchmen rob the bank. Quickly outfitting in his suit, Spider-Man arrives and battles Ock. After knocking out various thugs, Ock seizes bags of cash and Aunt May and flees the building. Matters worsen when Ock as a helicopter and places Aunt May on the El Barrio train tracks and the speeding train is about to kill the loving, senior citizen. Once more, Spidey saves the day and his aunt's life by catching her in the knick of time. However, Ock is still on the loose.Spider-Man arrives at John Jameson's banquet under orders from J. Jonah Jameson- but upon the news that Mary Jane will wed John, Peter is furious and cowers in dismay upon the rooftop. Suddenly when Black Cat arrives, Spider-Man's mood changes, especially when she mentions that Shocker is out and on the loose. Following her to an old warehouse, The Shocker and Spidey have a rendezvous like old times. Shocker escapes as Spidey checks on an injured Black Cat, who is insistent on her condition that she is ok.Later, Mysterio is found in a Speedy Mart harassing the cashier until Spidey arrives and puts Beck in police custody for good. However, when J. Jonah Jameson prints the paper with Spider-Man as the villain, Spidey is furious but promptly stopped by Black Cat who states that she has once again found out where Shocker is hiding. Following Black Cat under the Queensboro Bridge and to Roosevelt Island, the chase ends at an old, run down Oscorp Factory.Once more, the Shocker and Spider-Man duke it out- and with aid from Black Cat- place him back behind bars. Black Cat disappears however before Spidey could thank her, so he decides to see Mary Jane's play in hopes he can make it. He is late however and even though he saves her from three thugs about to mug her, Mary Jane is upset at Peter and repeats that she is marrying John.Deciding to seek Black Cat for girl advice, Spider-Man finds her atop one of the gargoyles on the Chrysler Building. After a brief talk, Cat cheers Spider-Man up by racing him to a warehouse where a group of gangsters are illegally selling armored battle suits. Spidey and Cat crash the party and put an end to the dealing. With one final word of advice from Black Cat about his personal life, Spider-Man goes to MJ's apartment as Peter and tries to talk to her only to end up humiliating himself. Later that night in the Oscorp building, Harry is visited by Doc Ock who demands for more tritium in order to power his fusion reactor. Harry agrees but only if Spider-Man is captured and brought to him personally. He then reveals that Peter is the key to finding him.The following day, MJ thought about what Peter said and decides to meet him at a small cafe'. The meeting is shortlived for Doc Ock comes crashing through the window and kidnaps Mary Jane while telling Peter to have Spider-Man meet him at a tower in El Barrio. Agreeing to his demands, Spider-Man swings over to El Barrio and battles Ock atop the elevated train. However, Spidey passes out from exhaustion at the end of the bout and is brought to Harry.Unmasking him, Harry is horrified to see Peter is the real identity of Spider-Man. Promising he will talk about this matter later, Peter begs Harry for the location of Ock's lair stating that he has MJ hostage. Hypnotically telling him the location, Spider-Man swings over to Doc Ock's waterfront warehouse.The final battle occurs and after Spider-Man shuts down Ock's fusion reactor and knock's some sense into the maniacal 8 limbed supervillain, Ock agrees to destroy his own machine and sacrifice himself by drowning with it in the river. Mary Jane finally sees the truth about Peter and in the end, she goes to his apartment and tells him that she cannot live without him.Police sirens interrupt their love moment but MJ acknowledge's Peter's curse and lets him swing outward as your friendly neighborhood, Spider-Man.

Tags: good versus evil, revenge, psychedelic, violence

Review:
One of the best games of the year..
An infinite number of times better than the first game.
There is so much to do that even if you beat the game without doing anything else, you won't scratch the 50% bar.
There's so much to do that doesn't have anything to with the storyline you can spend a month just swinging around collecting icons and helping people without doing much of anything to the storyline.
Having the people from the movie do the voices for the game does wonders for the feeling of being sucked in to the game.
The one I probably enjoyed using the most cold only happen in spider reflex mode.
You would kick the person up in the air and proceed to pummel him many times like you were performing a bicycle kick on him.
You could probably spend the better part of a month just trying to find all the hint markers.
You really cannot beat this game in a month.
Spider Man 2 the game is the virtual monostat of the film you get everything you got in the movie plus more when I say more I mean more villains more characters more action and more freedom.
Villains include Doc Ock, Rhino, Mysterio, and Shocker, plus your tribune of criminals at your disposal.
Ally's include black cat this time around and she will assist you through most of the shocker missions.
Freedom allows you to complete missions from the Daily Bugle to delivering pizza at Peter Parkers day jobs.I really enjoyed this game to its full extent and you should to.
Some of the reasons you should love it is because you can do anything a spider can with breathtaking new moves and amazing combos.
You can web swing for the first time from street to rooftop across the entire city.
But one of the biggest reasons you will love this game is because authentic characters from the movie do voice overs including Tobey Maguire, Alfred Molina, and Kirsten Dunst.One Game this Game is Similar to is Grand theft auto 3 and vice city primarily because of the fact that you have unlimited freedom.
combat has changed from the first game which earns it a 10 and the characters are unlimited and lively which earns it a 10 again resulting in this game getting a perfect10 out of 10.
I got this game for my Christmas some time ago and I enjoyed it * a lot*!
The game consists of you running around New York doing random crimes and of course, story mode which includes Doc Ock and other super-villains.
Spider-Man has some really good fighting combos this time around, he can swing faster, the city is larger than ever and the graphics are about decent.There are a few minor flaws such as no subway entrances or subway tunnels and there sure aren't any pets in the city but it is a great game.After story mode, you must work your way up to 100%, which is a very long devoting process in which Spider-Man must complete challenges, missions and find all exploration tokens.
But this is still a great game and really fun for those who are not allowed to play Grand Theft Auto because of the rating.
Go out and buy this game and beat it!.
Spider-Man 2: The Movie Game is by far the best super-hero game ever!In the sequel to its predecessor, Spider-Man 2 gives the player the opportunity to actually live the life of a super-hero, with the abilities to interact with people and objects.
The layout for the game is very similar to that of the Grand Theft Auto series, so you can do what you want, when you want, and how you want to -- an experience that Spider-Man: The Movie Game lacked.
Being more open-ended, you have a choice of which assigned mission you would like to do first in special layouts called 'chapters'.
Accomplishing each mission grants you Hero Points (the modern currency for all tight-wearing heroes), which you can use to buy special combos or locomotion upgrades.
Accomplishing each mission makes you one step closer to entering the next chapter.In this game, locomotion and combat tactics are completely advanced.
Instead of sticking to the clouds, Spider-Man's web connects to any building that it is pointed to, allowing Spider-Man to swing and gain momentum for the next thread.
You can swing the corner of a building to make a turn, or swing from a skyscraper to gain tremendous speed.If you don't want to swing around, then you can do what was well-needed in the previous game: Sprinting.
This leap uses Spidey's strength to leap tremendous distances, allowing you to leap from building to building.Combat has changed with new combos and dodging enhancements.
The Spider-Sense is now triggered whenever Spidey is about to be attacked, and precise timing will allow Spidey to dodge the attack with ease and execute a counter-attack.
If you are having trouble, Spidey can also enter into Spider-Reflexes Mode -- a special combat mode that allows Spidey to move far faster than his enemies for a limited time.
This mode can change the way Spidey attacks and can sometimes allow Spidey to execute special combos.
Fortunately, you have unlimited -- yet harmless -- webbing that can give you an advantage over well-armed foes or over a group of enemies.Classic characters have entered into the game and some are making a come-back.
The mighty Rhino robs a bank; the previously captured Shocker escapes; the master of illusion Mysterio causes havoc by causing an apparent alien take-over; and Doc Ock threatens the lives of your friends and family.Also, the well-known Black Cat makes her premiere in this game as an ally for some of your many missions, especially those involving the Shocker.
As usual, the game will eventually go along with the movie, but the game still possesses its open-ended layout.In fact, combating these foes is also completely different.
Instead of blindly pummeling the foe in the previous game, Spidey's villains have many tricks up their sleeves that may turn the tide on Spidey.
Some will unfortunately get away, but you will be prepared for them next time.This game actually possesses more of the legendary Spider-Man comedy than its predecessor.
Either way, you may just belly-laugh at most of his funny moments.Overall: well-built game-play; tremendous amount of opportunities to 'do whatever a spider can'; includes classic Spidey villains and allies; terrific graphics and special effects; excels in providing both direct and tactical combat; and amazing movies.Rating: 10 out of 10.
THIS is a Spider-Man game done right.New York not only looks like New York, but you can explore it to the fullest!
The boss-fights are creative and expansive, and there is a lot to do in the city without having to follow the main plot.
The best part about the shoddy first game and definitely a great addition to this one.
When the main story is finished, the only thing left to do is finish gathering all the various icons in the game.
The game has replay value, but it's very limited.Overall, a great movie game and definitely sets the bar for any hero games to follow in the free-roam format..
In this game, you are Spider Man. You deal with super villain threats as Spider Man, and personal relationships as Peter Parker.
I think the best part of this game is the gameplay.
You can explore the enormous New York map while web-slinging, beat up thugs with upgradeable combo attacks, and climb up (and jump off of) buildings.
The web-slinging has been improved since the last game, so now you can web faster, and on buildings instead of thin air.
The storyline follows the movie decently, and throws in a few extra super-villains and the black cat to enhance the experience.
Most of the characters have poorly animated faces, with the exception of Spider Man and Doctor Octopus.
The biggest issue with this game is the lack of variety in side missions.
This is especially a problem once you beat the game, because from there, the game will have you playing the same (about 8) side missions over and over.
despite it's issues, Spider Man 2 is a fun and rewarding experience that texts your skill as a gamer..
I still miss the original game play of the first Spider-Man game.
While the first game involved missions of kicking butt and doing investigative work, the sequel is about saving people from New York of all kinds of threats from Sinking Boats, Armed Robberies, Carjackings, Muggings, Explosions and more.
I'll admit, the game play is great because you're still experiencing the same excitement as the first game when you follow the movie plot; just like in part 2, Parker has to deal with responbility on his alter ego while Mary Jane Watson is going out with John Jameson.
Also the bad guys are no picnic either; you deal with the main villain of the movie, Dr. Octopus along with Rhino, Mysterio, and Shocker.
The bad news is that the game is incessant, meaning never ending.
As you finish playing the movie version, you are on your own getting points to earn bonus moves and I would say just play the movie levels and that's it.B+.
Swinging through new york never felt so fun.
Spider-man 2 is a very fun game, the 3rd does beat it, but that's in opinion to me, it's awesome how you get to swing through new york freely and interact with many people, the voice acting isn't great, but its passable, The web swinging was improved in Ultimate Spider-man which is really just an upgrade of this, I say, either buy this game, ultimate spidey, or spidey 3, they're all great, and I own em all, but at least get one of em.The only thing i dislike is that the final boss doc ock, is sooooo freaking hard, i mean, he's near impossible, will take a long time to beat him, if you beat him on your first or second try, then you are a master at these games..
The best Spider-Man game ever created..
This game have fun mission but one thing sucks about this game is the Doc Oc boss fight like it's hard but I manage to beat the game.
I'd have to admit Trayac is better then Benox when it comes up with Spider-Man games.
This game need to be backward compatible because most of these new kids doesn't know how fun the game is like most of them are into them damn graphics now a days like this is the reason why I still keep my Original Xbox, PS3, PSP, and Xbox 360..
the first game was OK but the sequel to it Blew Me Away i had to rent it a million times because every copy i received had a glitch and it made me angry but after finally securing a copy for gamecube this game was totally the best spiderman game ever while the graphics and details are not as bold as the 1st the gameplay overall is way better the combos are more realistic and the web swinging has been upgraded to actually attach you to buildings the villains were more or less easy to beat but the story line actually made me feel like i was in the game itself i love this game and the movie by far better than i expected like its proceeder i love spiderman so much i couldn't stop playing it this game deserves the title for best superhero video game ever.
Vastly improved web swinging, but the fighting is lackluster..
I never won this game, but I got through enough of it to review.
Let me just say that final fight was super hard and was really ticking me off so instead of going into a Hulk like rage and smashing the television screen I just gave up.
As for the rest of the game it is a mixed bag, but for the most part it is good as there is a nice couple of story lines in it featuring The Shocker and Mysterio.
In fact, I think I enjoyed those two stories more than the one that was based on the movie.
The fighting was okay at times, but strength seems to have been taken out of Spidey's repertoire.
This happened in the next game as well, why they never want to make Spider-man super strong and just make him agile and swing around the city.
However, that is the high point of this game, the web slinging is simply great fun.
During your web swinging you also have to save people and stop random crimes, this too is a weak point as they just did not add enough variety to the random crimes.
Still, this game has its moments like the final fight with Mysterio as that one was not hard but humorous and the voice over work by Bruce Campbell.
I just wish they would make a Spider-man game that includes his strength, great web swinging and a lot of super villains..
When I got this game I thought, 'Wow this is fun!' ...but it gets very old very fast.
You see, the GTA series has found a way to make their cities have a different look for different areas.
It almost feels like you're web-slinging through a map of cubes rather than buildings.
Also, the graphics look like they were made for the original Playstation as opposed to PS2.I wouldn't recommend this game, in my opinion, the original Spider-Man video game for the PS1 was much more fun than this one.
This game leaves you wanting more.
Though miles better than the (awful) first game this still suffers from major bore.
The free-roaming game play would be great if there were a bit more variety and things to do.
The main problem is that the gaming area is absolutely immense.
While this may be a good thing (a whole state is your gaming area in the upcoming GTA: San Andreas) there are very few definitive landmarks to give you some kind of orientation.
It's based on the real New York, with all the famous buildings, but literally hundreds of streets look the same and it's very, very easy to get hopelessly lost.
Yes, it's cool, but very slow considering the area you have to cover and not to easy to control unless your a genius with the control pad.And the missions are all the same.
When you complete a mission that should be it done for the whole game, none of this again and again and again trash.
The average score for completing these missions is 250 hero points...you need 1, 000, 000 to reach Doc Ock at the end of the game.
Sorry I ain't sticking around long enough to 4000 tedious missions.The only cool thing about this game is that it's narrated by Bruce Campbell.
The rest seems like a rushed movie tie-in, not a real game..
Best of all three Spider-Man Movie games!.
I love all the games (except for Spider-Man 3, sadly.) Spider-Man 2 was a HUGE step up from the first game.
Tobey came back for voicing Peter and Spidey, Alfred Molina left me gaping at his performance as Dock Ock, and Kirsten, wow, Kirsten!
She left me speechless providing the voice for Mary Jane.
Sadly, she didn't come back for the third game.
The second game is overall, ten time's better!
Tobey is hysterical in the second game!
A VERY ADDICTING GAME!
A VERY ADDICTING GAME!
Five Million thumbs up for the ceators of such an awesome game!
Sadly, the third game isn't all that great.
Kirsten didn't come back due to a hectic schedule, and, what really ticked me off, was that Gwen Stacy, who is in the third film, isn't in the game!
So, Bryce Dallas Howard who played Gwen in the film, didn't have a chance to provide her voice.
On the plus side, James Franco who plays Harry Osborn in the films FINALLY provided his voice for Harry.
Overall, the second game IS THE BEST!!!!
I am commenting on a video game.
Well, let me tell you this, it is a darn good video game.
One of my favorite video games.
In fact, it is definitely the very best video game based on a movie ever.
The game-play is addicting.
The dialog is really cheesy, though, and most of the levels are really hard, but there is one huge thing backing this game up.
You can go all around New York City.
You can also chase a train if you want.Here is the idea for the video game.
It has a similar plot of Spider Man 2.
Peter Parker is back as Spider-Man but now the scientist Doctor Otto Octavius fused his body with tentacles and is now Doctor Octopus.
Not only that, you also have to fight Rhino, Shocker, Mysterio, and numerous thugs that are across New York City.
You also meet Black Cat, who you chase through the city.
In the meantime you also have to take photos for the Daily Bugle, try to get to Mary Jane Watson's play in time, and try to get to Doctor Connors before school is over.
In the end you can just roam anywhere collecting 50,000 Hero Points.Overall, this is one addicting and great video game.
One of the highlights is that the actors who played the characters in the movie actually voice them in the video game.
Also, Bruce Campbell narrates the video game.
All you do is roam around town, helping people out, beating up thugs, and earning 50,000 Hero Points.
Still, I am not the biggest fan of comic books and I still loved this game, yet, I do not think that this is for everyone.
There a couple glitches here and there and some people will give up at the hard levels.
Anyway, this is a great game.9/10