Does the Spider-Man 2 Game still hold up 19 years later?
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2023
- The Spider-Man 2 Game would go on to influence pretty much every other Spider-Man and superhero game that came after it with it’s revolutionary swinging mechanics and open world design. It’s a game that makes me feel very nostalgic playing it all these years later, but does it still hold up in 2023? Please Like, Comment and Subscribe for more content like this.
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This era of gaming had some of the funnest games of all time. It's like that era of gaming was full of so many creative ideas. A lot of developers took risk and concentrated on making their games...fun. Definitely a great era of gaming.
R.I.P for the people who didn't grow up playing the these gems!
Back when games had no set standard and you had to create your own standard.
I'm 30 so I pretty much grew up with these games lol but spider man 2 I played that game alot back in the day
They focus on the story and creative contents...not like the latest games just focusing to graphics and dlc packs
I been gaming since 1983 and I always say the 6th generation of gaming 1998-2004 (I include PC, Gameboy Color/Advance, Dreamcast, PS1 and N64 , Gamecube, Xbox, PS2, ) etc was the best and last peak creative sense of gaming whereas now it's just bumping the graphics and adding more scope and size from that era of games. PC had some of the best games every during that era. November 2004 we ended up getting Halo 2, Half Life 2, WoW, Nintendo DS and so forth to conclude it) Every console still had some console only great games...think Halo, Smash Brothers, PS2 in 2001 got Tony Hawk 3, Metal Gear Solid 2 and GTA 3 all within like 8 weeks of each other, also Omnimusha, Devil May Cry. Dreamcast had amazing arcade ports and Sega fun, Xbox put out Halo, Gamecube was fun, N64 and PS1 got some of their best games during this era from Perfect Dark to Tony Hawk 1 and 2, Majora's Mask etc. , Gameboy Advance really ushered in a new era of what portable gaming could eventually be with SNES ports and 32 bit 2d games and the PSP and DS came out after and refined that.
I used to play this game every day religiously when I was a kid for many years, I could never complete it 100% since those challenges were very hard, but hell did I enjoy the game.
same, it was my first time sync game and I think the only one I completed twice. Mysterio Funhouse of Doom was unforgettable.
mannn i swear this game was soooo hard to beat. I miss this feeling z
Most games were hard back then!! Had to earn everything.
Tucking challenges
@cartoonistlouis773 I went through 3 copies of this game in like a year. I remember getting it for Christmas and madly playing it every chance I got. Burned through 1 copy cause I was playing it like 10 hrs a day during days off school.
Looking back I do think I overdid it as a kid. Remember my mom being very concerned for me. But at the same time it was amazing. I rememeber trying to explore every corner of the game. Beating it over and over. Great times
Spiderman 2 is a proof that a simple game made with care and effort can be a gem.
Btw, the fact that you can still punch enemies when they're dead is hilarious 😂
I like how you wrote "when they're dead"😂😂
Spider-man doesn't kill people.
The game sucks. I played it on emulator. 4k, higher res than the original. I didnt grow up with that outdated rubbish
@@marsdenit2845 "I'm different! I'm cool!"
@@marsdenit2845:(
I think the reason this game sticks out so much compared to the others is just how much power they squeezed out of these consoles. To go from the original Spider-Man game to this in the same generation was absolutely bonkers. And the swinging wasn’t matched until PS4.
spiderman ps4's swinging is nowhere near this the only one who gives this game competition is web of shadows
@danieleanzaldi I feel like Web of Shadows is the True successor to this game.
The first spidey game was on ps1.
@@danieleanzaldiyou people always want to be different lol
@@danieleanzaldiyou smoking crack? Spiderman PS4 is superior to this game in every way including swing mechanics and this was probably one of my top 3 ps2 games too…
The thing that always stuck with me regarding Spider Man 2 is how drastically different to its predecessor it was, from it’s graphical style to the gameplay. It felt like an actual sequel, and not a just a new version of the previous game that tends to happen with sequels now. Granted, that’s not exactly a bad thing, that’s just something that makes a sequel stick with me more.
The SM 1 PS2 game was technically just the PS1 Spider-Man games in a hot new console (at the time), so yeah it is really gamebreaking and not to mention, in the era where tie-ins were things and their notorious quality due to tight release date, SM 2 came out as one of few diamonds in the rough.
You basically just described the new spiderman. It's really buggy and the interaction with the world isn't as in depth
@@fixthesegames6303the new Spider-Man is better and less buggy than this game despite having a bigger world
@@fixthesegames6303this Spiderman 2 didnt even have that much great reviews when it came out. They said it was "okay."
I’m so grateful I had the opportunity to play groundbreaking games like this growing up as a kid. People just don’t understand the nuances.
I LOVED the "fight" with Mysterio in this game!!! His health bar charges up THREE times and you're thinking, "Oh crap, I'm screwed!" then you just hit him once and it's all over! lmao
Lmao bro I never understood mysterio as a kid💀 until now.. he's just a regular dude with special affects 😭
The same thing happened to me, i was so shocked when i played that as a child
Wow, that balloon line brought me right back to 2004. I LOVED this game when I was a kid, especially the side missions, tokens, and exploring the open world. What a golden age for gaming.
When you unlock max swing speed, it becomes very clear that this game still has the best traversal of any Spider-Man game to date. GOAT
To expand on this, the perfect interplay between web swings, both one and two handed, swing boost, storable charge jumps and wallrun are the most crucial things that make this game so endlessly absorbing. It starts to feel almost like operating a vehicle.
@@MB-hq3rvummm sorry to say this but WoS takes it.... just look at any web swinging video on it
@@godzillazfriction I have hundreds of hours in WoS - my opinion is firm
@@MB-hq3rv bullshit
@@MB-hq3rvwos,this and ultimate had the best swings
I miss being able to steal a kids balloon..and webbing up multiple enemies and swinging them around 😂
My favorite game of all time personally. I used to play all night long as a kid.
I prefer Spider-Man 3 really. So underrated.
Combat animations in this were surprisingly good for the time.
DAWG U REMINDED ME HOW GREAT THIS GAME N TIME WAS IN OUR COLLECTIVE LIFE
This game is a masterpiece.
I can't even begin to count how many hours of my childhood I "wasted" simply by swinging around the city for fun. But man, at the same time I'll be the first in line to admit it's visually kinda rough going back to SM2 after the more modern games.
Man Black Cat is hot in this game, i just wish her hair was longer.
Don't worry, She has long hair, but tied in a ponytail
The black cat theme is so nostalgic to me
I still can't understand how this game was so fantastic and then spiderman 3 took like 10 steps back
The graphics were much better in Spider-Man 3. This game does not age well visually it's not textured, detailed or appealing for the eye. It looks unpolished, lifeless and dull. The vividness in the city was more in Spider-Man 1 & 3. Here it's almost completely empty with few bystanders and cars here and there. Not that impressive. Like playing Minecraft or something there's no point to it other than to fart and roam around for a while and then it gets tedious and you want to do something else with your valuable time.
@@Sigurjon96drop the booze
@@Sigurjon96 You're talking about a 20 yo game.
@@Sigurjon96Who cares bozo when this game had better gameplay and story
Spider-Man 3 was way better lol
My favorite random crimes were the Gang Wars. I remember when one of the thugs said "You sent my brother to the Joint!" and Spider-man blandly responded "Who says 'The Joint,' anymore?" 🤣🤣🤣
the banter in this game was top tier
The thug should've replied obviously people in Paris spiderman
I remember playing this game endlessly when I was a kid. So lucky to play games like this and the 1000s of others I must’ve of played
yea me too czcams.com/video/fp3obM_1bC8/video.html
Truthfully this game was a master piece and is just so nostalgic, gives me memories of middle school when I’d play this all day long trying to get as far as possible because I didn’t have a memory card😂😂😂
When JJJ is telling Peter to go down to the Sports Arena, it's almost like he's saying "Peter, you need to get suited up and take on Beck while taking pictures."
Hands down the best Spider-Man game I’ve ever played for its time
No, it's the greatest superhero game of all time bar none. Nothing comes close
@@sirmustardofhousemayonnais9907batman Arkham? SM2?
haven’t played in years but the shit is engrained into my mind
"Hey Spiderman you're the man"
"NO YOU'RE THE MAN!!!"
Tobey did it before Keanu
The cutscenes were really good and talk about the music and great voice acting
NGL one of the coolest things about this game to me was the fact that you fought doc ock without the mask
I miss so much the old days....
Seismic toss easily the best move in game lol
"Problem with your Lazer Beck?? I hear there's pills for that now" 🤣🤣 Classic adult humor I totally missed as a kid
It was so relaxing to web swing for hours on end.
Loved this game. Spent so many hours just swinging around beating up criminals long after i finished the game. I loved how quick it loaded too! Wish insomiac brings back the ability to tie criminals up to lamp posts
The Mysterio quest line was my absolute favorite, this game in general was fucking awesome
Edit: I forgot how thicc black cat was 🥵 my first childhood crush, no shame
“Where’d you get your license from!? A cereal box!?” 😂😂😂
*Reads title*
Yes.
Great video on one of my all-time favorite games!
I remember seeing the commercial as a child when the game first was released and my dad randomly bringing it home that day… ya that was a good day :)
The Spider reflexes meter is filled by being stylish. That means combos, dodges, uninterrupted swinging and air tricks.
This game was so fucking fun
The web swinging was amazing on this back in the day.
They need this game on ps classics id buy a subscription just for that
0:38 Even watching it for a brief time, I Immediately get that feeling of momentum I couldn't find anywhere in Insomniac's Spider-Man 1.
It MORE than holds up. I absolutely adore this game.
I like how far he is from the Camera it makes the city look bigger
I see some combos here i've never seen before, that multiple kicking animation while airborne looks sick af
Nice to see a video of this game where someone finally mentions my two favorite things about it. The move where you string guys up from light poles, and the balloons. I LOVED THE BALOON MISSIONS. I wish they brought that back in the new games.
I got so happy when he talked about those moves 😭😭😭😭
A nice touch about this game that nobody ever mentions (or at least I haven’t seen it) when you swung the web was still left in the building *chefs kiss*
Hulk Destruction was also another gem. Those were the only superhero games I played on the ps2
Is that Spider-Man 2 in 4k 60fps!?!…..my childhood just cried a little
How are these graphics so good? That suit shine is ace! Don’t remember it looking like that on the ps2
It’s the Project RE texture pack for Dolphin emulator
On my phone I cranked the resolution up that's probably what he did
Even though I didn’t get very far in this game as a child , it’s still one of the best games that ever came out
Off topic but whenever people say Arkham Batman was brutal, I immediately think of Spiderman 2 Spider-Man. Dude is a straight up menace. He can take a criminal up a skyscraper with a criminal in hand, and jump off and pile drive their head onto the concrete from 1000 feet. Lets not mention he can throw them into moving cars and even throw them into the ocean to drown. Spiderman 2 Spiderman is a straight up stone cold killer and Jameson has every right to hate him. Arkham Batman has NOTHING on Raimi Game Spider-Man
BRO I LOVED THE “TIE ENEMY” MOVE WHEN I WAS A KID. IM SO HAPPY YOU’VE MENTIONED IT
Black Cat is the reason this is great, love the assets!
Too bad, They didn't include Black Cat role in the Sam Raimi Movie, because Sony wouldn't allow it 😔
I kinda miss the ragdoll effect, it kinda made the game even more fun to play haha and would have me cracking up dying sometimes how much damage I could inflict on a common thug.
My heart still pounds when I hear the pizza music
Nobody is surprised to get a pizza from Spider-Man.
Great to go back through the story of the first two games like this - is a video for the third Raimi film game coming?
Thanks, I do plan to review the third game soon. I remember it being decent, but not as good as the first 2 Spider-Man movie games, but then again I played it on the PSP. I will get hold of the console version and see how it holds up.
Still prefer this swinging and these side missions to Spider-Man PS4
Same
Spider Man 2 is a waaaay better game than ps4 Spider-Man imo. Granted, I was a whole 22 year old grown man by the time the ps4 one came out lol, but it was meh.. surprisingly restrictive and lacking that fun factor.
7:02 I love how the makers trolled the hell out of us there😂😂😂😂😂
I know right? I remember when I came across this and was expecting a reality warping, epic boss fight so I was hesitant at first only for him to go down in one hit. At first I was so stunned I couldn't move but then I started laughing at how ridiculous this was.
This is still one of my favorite moments in video games.
I like that the swings have more momentum and an impact on his movement.
spidy was so chill here
All the Mysterio stuff in this game was incredible and I'm so glad they decided to add all that.
Me and my best friends played this game so much, its a freaking amazing game
not sure why this showed up in my recommended, but well done on the video. very enjoyable to watch. usually I don't come back to a CZcams video, but I wanted to finish this one.
Got tears in my eyes man, what a game 🥹 👏🏾👏🏾my childhood 😭❤
I will die on the hill that the swinging in this game is the best we’ve had to date; the speed you could get was insane. The new Spider-Man ps4/5 games were close but have yet to get it perfect
I love the ragdoll effect in this game it makes the game ten times more fun and hilarious the spider reflex just hearing bad guys talk and cops talking in slow motion has had me dying lol
Mysterio straight up breaking the 4th wall saying, its hollywood special effects. 😂
No lie I miss the ragdoll physics of fighting the enemies 😂
Also the part where you mentioned the combat i think the arkham games took pointers from this. There really wasnt any type of combat system before that time except this game
Gosh this game was so much fun to play as a kid, watching this video unlocked a lot of old memories.
The countless hours lost in just web swinging around the city for hours 😂
I rememebr tbis game had a cheat code. When entering in your player profile name, if you input TREYARCH backwards, you skipped to the post game free roam with enough hero points to buy all abilities
This brings so many memories man times were simpler
You can grab an enemy and do a spinning pile driver on them from the top of the Empire State Building if you carry them up there.
This game is such stupid fun. One of the best games on each of their respective platforms.
"Problems with your lazer, Beck? I hear there are pills for that now."
WTF
This was literally my favorite in the series to this day. That final mission where you have like idk how many seconds to reach one part of the city to complete the final camera mission 😅 Man takes me back watching this video. Such a awesome trip down memory lane 🎉
Much better physics than ps4 spiderman
physics are great in both
Damn this brings back memories, played this game so much as a kid, a real banger and does indeed hold up in my opinion(if you disregard graphics obviously, such a wave a de ja vu
I was on the fence with Spider Man 2 after how disappointed I was with Spider Man 2002 but after reading the Games Master Review and said it felt like you were spider man I bought straight away and loved it. I think I swing around the city more than I played the story lol.
I just finished it the other day. It's amazing how well this game held up!
Once I got my reaction times back up, swinging was still the best in franchise history. Plus, spinning piledrivers off the Empire State Building...so yeah.
Also, it has my favorite version of Black Cat. I was heart-broken that he left her for Mary-Jane's fugly ass. I knew it was going to happen, and it still pissed me off lol
And yet it is a goddamn masterpiece until this very day!
Really great content!
I remember I was so obsessed with this game when it came out. I beat it a total of 17 times. Lol.
Good content, i want to see Spider-Man 3 review as soon as possible!
Bruhhh this game use to be my favorite, damn this a throwback frfr 😂
I wish I could play this game again 😢 no spider-man game I’ve played so far has come close since. I hope they at least bring the mechanics back
@ 4:30 “Problems with your laser beck? I heard there were pills you can use now!” 🤣🤣🤣
14:40 "I-I suck, I know." 💀
Great video lad. Playing as a 5 year old and hearing Bruce’s voice is still ingrained in my brain
You probably won’t see this but I appreciate the effort and passion you put into these videos. you should definitely continue making videos like these. I’m for sure subbing
To this day, I’ll always love how anticlimactic the final Mysterio “fight” is
lol facts, I remember when I ran at Mysterio and knocked him out with one punch, I was like nawww get your ass back up im not done 🤣
I remember that part! My brother was like ‘oh crap’ then he punches mysterio and he was like ‘well that was easy’
@Ben10girl1001 🤣🤣🤣 too damn easy but im sure they're gonna make it a little more challenging in Marvel's spider man 2
@@S.Dot87lmfao we was kids then bro this shit is awesome we was already lit
@nutszlydagoat lol ayyyyy facts, those was the days, im looking forward that DLC for the game
This game is great, but the true underdog was Spider-Man 3. Still very fun to play
This game and batman begins is my childhood memories 😢
since 19 years the best combat system i've ever played
Great memories
I remember as a kid friends would tell me if I did everything I unlock the symbiotic suit 😂
This was my first Spider-Man game as a kid and it hit sooo different at the time 🥹
It's the best game outside the Insomnia ones, so if it doesn't "hold up today", then none of the non-Insomniac Spider-Man games do!