The "Amazing" Spider Man 2 in 2024

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What's the worst Spider-Man game you’ve ever played? Chances are, you said The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Now, what's the worst Spider-Man movie you’ve ever seen? Uh oh, that’s a pattern. Nearly everything tied to The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was a disaster, and while the discussions of the movie's good and bad aspects have been talked about at length online, The video game never got the same attention, at least, not the attention it was looking for. Yea, this game was panned heavily on release, and I want to find out why. I have a soft spot for this game because, for years, this was the only Spider-Man game I could play on my PS4, as I sold my PS3, and my other Spider-Man games, to get said PS4, which does mean I sort of had to like it at the time. But, now I have access to a ton of great Spider-Man games, so I can look at the game with a critical lens.

So, I want to answer; was The Amazing Spider-Man 2 good, if so or if not, then why? Or perhaps, should you buy it? Well I can answer that one for free; no, because you can’t buy it. Activision did not renew the licence for their Spider-Man games, meaning any old Spider-Man game needs to be bought physically, or you gotta sail the high seas. Now, we would never condone piracy here on the That Boy Aqua channel, but I can say that purchasing these games through classified vendors is extremely easy, except for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and I think this says a lot about the games reputation. Many of these vendors have mission objectives along the lines of wanting to preserve abandoned games so they aren’t lost to time, and yet, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a tough find. So basically, these websites are saying we want to preserve video games, but not this one, cause this one sucks. Well, does The Amazing Spider-Man 2 suck? I mean, sort of, but it's more complicated than that.

Before we get too ahead of ourselves, I have to mention that while you may seem stuttering or performance issues here I don’t want to hold it against the game, because there's a good chance that I’m not playing the most up-to-date version, as when purchasing the game through aforementioned vendors, you can’t always get an update. I can in good faith assume that performance issues, of which there were plenty, are likely fixed, but no amount of patches, plastic surgery, or even paper bags could fix the monstrosities on display. This is what most astounds me about The Amazing Spider-Man 2; it looks worse than the first game! How, the heck, does that happen? Keep in mind, The Amazing Spider-Man one released on the previous console generation, and while it too had some questionable art decisions, the massive phone for a minimap that takes up what feels like half the screen was a head scratcher, but genuinely everything here looks worse.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a movie unlike any other and The Amazing Spiderman 2 game is much the same. A sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man movie, not The Amazing Spiderman game, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in 2024 is regarded as one of the worst Spider-Man games ever. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 game was panned upon release, and considered worse than The Amazing Spider-Man game that came before it. After Marvel's Spider-Man 2, looking at The Amazing Spider-Man 2 years later is a sobering experience in terms of realising how good we have it. The not so Amazing Spider-Man 2 is something I planned to look at with more depth. I intended for this The Amazing Spider-Man 2 critique, part of my ongoing Spider-Man retrospective, to be really positive. The That Boy Aqua Spider-Man videos have generally been positive ones, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Game was supposed to follow this trend, but alas, TASM 2 the movie and TASM 2 Game have a lot in common in terms of quality. This The Amazing Spider-Man 2 review aims to explore that.

All Comments (21)
  • @pedrobernardes98
    Fun fact: this game has a cameo in across the spider verse. The uncle ben death scene pops up in the scene where miguel is explaining the canon
  • @Gabrilos505
    Man, I remember having tons of fun playing Amazing Spider-Man 1 and 2 back in the day. I even liked the damn movies. Oh, the nostalgia...
  • @hardhitter5099
    Harry literally dying while Peter just gives him a pep talk☠️😂
  • @ehmehsmeh824
    This game was actually the very first game I played on my Xbox 360 when I was 8, and the first game I rebought and played on the PS4 when I was 11. Still cant believe I bought this game twice and finished it twice. I still remember kid me grinding for all the skins, grinding to keep my good karma, and constantly going back and fourth from Aunt May's house to change the time and my suit every five minutes. The only other Spider-Man game I had to compare this to were the Spider-Man games on mobile, so I thought this was a masterpiece back then. It may be crap, but its still very special to me.
  • @L321
    I remember hating this game so much back in the day. Mainly as I was shot and killed by the task force every 2 seconds. Great video.
  • @maleehadamda6814
    i watched radbrads entire playthrough of this game. i thought it was a masterpiece. it was essentially the first spiderman game i was exposed to before all the good ones. crazy how far we've come.
  • @tparkerevans7165
    I love TASM2 film. Worst Spider-Man film is definitely Far From Home doesn’t even feel like a Spider-Man film imo
  • when i was binging all your spider-man videos i wondered why you never covered tasm 2. let’s go!
  • @PizzaMan879
    Funny enough, I can occasionally see a copy sold at certain GameStop locations.
  • @srcoeiu6100
    "By the time The Amazing Spider-Man came out, we hadn't received a widely praised Spider-Man game since Ultimate" Shattered Dimensions, by the same developer:
  • @mensatico
    This is very unpopular, but ever since Spider-Man 2018, I just wanted so bad for insomniac to try to replicate this web-swinging system. It's not great. Hell, it's not good. But I've never been so immersed in a spider-man game as I was with the dual trigger system, and the cool dynamic animations for the web rush.
  • @ycarusgamer5187
    Fun fact, this game was preparing the 3rd game with the Sinister Six formed by: Vulture,Hobglobin or Green Globin/Harry,Rhino,Doctor Octopus,Sandman and Mysterio Being led by the Chameleon and Wilson Fisk/Kingpin and there are villains who were arrested by police officer Jeandewolf and they exist in this universe are they: The Hood,The Rose,The Enforcers and Big Man/Crime Master and a curiosity about the two games: It was for the Wolf-Man,Morbius,Doctor Octopus,Vulture and Kraven It was for him appear In the first game and Kraven would hunt all those creatures that we fight that are classic villains in this game but they are hideous horror creatures even so this idea went into the second game in Kraven's mansion but with few villains In the game the amazing Spiderman 2 Morbius and his gang of vampires would appear but were deleted Several others villains exist in this universe that have not yet been shown as: Wolf-Man,Morbius,Hydro-Man and The Hammerhead vs Mister Negative the Gang War that Shocker says in one of the lines that they hate each other and are trying to kill each other and finally the Venom being the final boss of the 3rd game alongside the Sinister Six Based on Andrew Garfield's Movies from an alternate universe Being the end of the game trilogy With Venom alongside several villains That exist in this universe and were not placed and used yet.. They left it for a sequel that will never happen.. To close this Saga unfortunately very sad.. Who knew that? and wanted All these things and one more game? 🤔🥺😭😔🤧 like and Bye!
  • Someone finally shares the same amount of love for the vigilante suit as much as I do. I spent the whole game in that suit when i played on the wii u
  • Extra Hint: If you wish to explore the city while worrying less about the Hero/Menace system, put on the Vigilante Suit, level it up to the max, and with its Heroic Bonus, the meter will decrease slower and gain Heroic points faster.
  • @spifer2003
    And certain people say Marvel's Spider-Man 2 was rushed but had 5 years after the first game to be developed. While TASM 2 game had 2 years after the first to be made. I won't be ungrateful for Insomniac for actually putting effort into their games unlike to Activision's latest games.
  • @joelowery3342
    Dude you put so much effort into your work and it shows. You’re definitely on of my favorite content creators. I hope that you have a great day and that your happy with your life
  • The only positive I can say is that the combat is better than people make it out to be. If you time your taps right instead of button mashing, you'll do more powerful and advanced combat just like in the Arkham games. TASM 1 doesn't have the same level of depth in combat but I still prefer that game overall. Also I'm pretty sure the game doesn't even tell you about the button timing outside of a loading screen lmao
  • @ConstantAce
    probably an unpopular opinion but i highly disagree that Tasm 2 is the worst spider man movie. Andrews Spider man actually feels like spider man in terms of his quips and humor, imo far from home is the worst one. also the Mcu spider-man has some of the worst action and visuals of any spider-man movie