The Amazing Spiderman 2 Developer: Beenox Distributor: Activision Format: Reviewed on Xbox One digital download from Xbox Live Reviewer: Edwin Millheim We had been hoping to see more Spiderman action, and thankfully Beenox who has handled other games featured everyone's favorite wall crawler stepped...

When 2004's Spider-Man 2 hit theaters, the video game tie-in was an example of how licensed products could be done right. Ten years later, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is on the big screen, but this time the game is just an empty commercial cash-in.

After all the confusion surrounding the Xbox One version of this latest movie tie-in, a digital version of the title popped up on Xbox Live Marketplace yesterday. We downloaded and played through.

Improved swing mechanics

Poor graphics; poor storyline; repetitive fights; bad AI

Purchased digitally as Titanfall is becoming so repetetive. Lots of fun, improved game mechanics, multiple suits that give various upgrades to attack, webbing etc. The same suits all level up while in use through XP. Fast movement through New York, some boss battles are actually challenging.

Excellent game, my son and his friends absolutely love this game..

I'll begin the main section of this review with the visuals of TASM2 . While visuals are by no means the be all and end all in my book, you still hope that certain games hit a minimum standard, especially on the new gen consoles.

Follows a different storyline to the sequel movie; New web-swing mechanic works well once use to it

Visually does not look new gen; Heroic missions feel a burden and repetitive; Recycled dialogue; Unimaginative boss fights

Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a Spider-Man can. Unfortunately, Spidey still can't seem to make a decent video game. With the exception of Spider-Man 2: The Video Game in 2004, the comic book star has failed to impress critics and gamers alike on consoles.

Storyline will please fans; Web-swinging feels more natural; Lot of solid ideas

Repetitive combat; Repetitive missions; Long loading times

I should probably explain. I love Spider-Man. Out of all the superheroes, he's the one that I immediately identified with as a kid. He's the one I watched through cheap cartoons and lousy live-action TV shows.

Not that many missions though. There is also a lot of loading screens. But overall I am happy with my purchase.

Cheap

Lots of loadung screens

Ok game, passable graphics. The controls are so clunky that you get the impression it's punishing you most steps of the way. No inpiring combos or decent advantages during combat, feels second to Last-Gen games and others like Prototype, which has it's flaws but is more intuitive to work around.