There's almost noting to dislike about Marvel's Spider-Man by Insomniac. The game offers a cool, original Spidey universe the somehow manages to make some of the longest-lassoing elements of Spider-Man lore feel fresh. I didn't love all of it, but every bit of it was entertaining and enrapturing.

The best Spider-Man game ever made… but only just, since it fails to move the superhero video game genre forward in any important way.

Sky high production values and an impressive open world map; Web-swinging and combat are fun, if shallow, and there's plenty of upgrades and side content

Almost every element has been seen before in previous Spider-Man or Batman games; Gameplay lacks depth and variety and the semi-grounded storytelling can be rather dull

If you were to sit people down and ask them what their favourite Spider-Man game is, chances are you'd get the answer of either Neversoft's game on the original PlayStation or Treyarch's Spider-Man 2 from 2004.

Spider-Man games have a long history of being disappointing on some level, but Insomniac has crafted a game worthy of the name. They've managed to capture the essence of what controlling Spider-Man should feel like and surrounded this core idea with an incredible presentation and level of depth that...

Every so often, a piece of media becomes the gold standard for a genre; the benchmark which all subsequent efforts attempt to surpass. Super Mario Bros. was one of those games, Grand Theft Auto 3 another.

Absolutely gorgeous; Tight and effective storytelling; Feels so f***ing good

Limited variety of crimes to stop; Some stupid AI

This was a gift for my grandson and he loved it

Spider-Man has been one of the most prolific and popular superheroes for Marvel since his inception, and that has spun off into him appearing in dozens of video games. Since the medium became popular, he's been the main character in several of them just in the past 15 years or so.

Tight, precise controls; fantastic gameplay, with everything serving a purpose by improving your character; mind-blowing graphics; great story and acting; lots of playtime for your money; Spider-Man is (mostly) a paragon of virtue and a good role model

Some side missions seem like odd, boring tasks to bother a superhero with; if you only play the main story your character will be very underpowered by the end of the game; some missions are difficult even on easy

a classic hero gets the game he deserves

It has been a number of years, but finally we have a new Spider-Man game, and it's good to have the web slinger back once again. Simply titled Marvel's Spider-Man it may be, although at least the game doesn't take us back to the superhero's over-told origin story.

Did you know Spider-Man sells way more toys than any other superhero More than gritty Batman, more than wholesome Superman and even more than super squad-goals, The Avengers.