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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 REVIEW - The Mediocre Spider-Matt!
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I love how Spider-Matt puts his Spider-Man mask over his Spider-Man mask.
What's under my mask a another mask
Don’t you mean he puts his Spider-Man mask over his Spider-Matt mask? 😋
And the fact that he puts his hand right over *that* part of his Spider-Gwen body pillow
LoL Halo reference
I think this game mentions Gwen's name literally once, in the bio for the default costume of all places
He also mentions Gwen before the Oscorp mission, when talking with May.
It's so weird because the movies kinda center around their relationship.
@@Scarletpanic750 it was due to spoils, the first game came out I think a week before the film and since it's a semi-sequel. You get the picture
no it was twice once in the bio and another one in a cutscene using her as an excuse for pete to leave and save people
That is a great pfp sir. 😄
This was the last major Spider-Man game before Activision lost the rights, then Marvel got them back, and licensed it to Sony, the absolute power gap of quality between these is night and day.
You know what's weird, Yuri's first time voicing a Spider-Man wasn't the IOS version, or The Spider-Man Unlimited mobile game... It was in 2011's Marvel Superhero Squad Online, as Spider-Man Noir... What a journey into from being considered one of the great Spider-Man voices! lol
GOD I REMEMBER SUPERHERO SQUAD ONLINE. iirc deadpool was locked behind a membership and since he was my favorite character as a kid that made me SUPER upset
@@toastwings9358 That's Pay to win games in a nutshell
Insomniac created the best spiderman game. But i hate tgat sony holds everything spiderman
@@3456halo thank god insomniac came
@Donald's Brother It's been shut down since 2019, but apparently there's ways to play it, I've never tried though.
I think it's interesting that Spiderman gets "Menace" points for not showing up when he's considered a "Menace" by some because of him doing vigilante justice.
Some people can never be satisfied
And everyone also gets mad at him when he can't single-handedly solve all of the city's issues
@@DrewKW96 yep.
Society moment
@@jacknthat7500 If I was Spider-Man I would say
“IM JUST ONE PERSON IM DOING EVERYTHING I CAN”
I really respected Beenox as a studio during the time they made Spidey games, because they CLEARLY appreciated the source material. There were plenty of little references to then-current comics or lesser-known characters in those games. How many games back then let you play as fricking POISON? And when I played Edge of Time and I found one of my favorite all-time Spider-Man suits, the Last Stand Suit. It's still one of my favorite costumes to wear in the Spider-Man PS4 game.
Personally, I think Edge of Time had potential to be the best game in their lineup if it only had the time and budget, because the basic points of the story and the character interactions Beenox had there were pretty good.
Even though I am very happy with the current Spidey series on Playstation, I wish Beenox got more time on their Spidey games and weren't tied to the movies.
Edge of Time is the one of the most, if not the most underrated Spiderman game ever
Both Beenox and Treyarch were done dirty by Activision's actions and time crunch, Spider-Man 3 and TASM2 had pretty good ideas but bad/unpolished execution but I bet both could've been excellent if they had the time and budget
It's honestly sad how this story of bad management repeats itself on the movie franchises
I had TASM2 on the 3ds when I was a kid. Recently picked it back up and completed the story in under 2 hours. I felt literally nothing afterwards.
Wow
I’ve had the 3ds version too. Wasted my time playing that
@@gykeewheeler2015 😂
I still don't understand how they went to 3D games like home consoles in Spiderman Edge of Time and the first The Amazing Spiderman on 3DS, but in the second game they made a simple 2.5D game.
I believe this is due to the fact that the Wii was discontinued (since the Wii and 3DS version were the same for both consoles in the other two games it ended up being more profitable to make a version for two different consoles. ) but still... disappointing that they didn't even try.
I remember beating Carnage so easily back then that I thought I was a genious since it actually was the final boss. So one time when I invited my friend over to play I asked him to do that boss fight knowing he's never played that game before and he was just as good as me
😭😭 man I felt so defeated
This game came out when I was like 13 or 14, and I remember really liking it a lot at the time but haven't played it since. The one big gripe I had was that after a certain point in the game, enemies will set up giant laser walls inbetween buildings that prevent you from swinging. It was extremely annoying.
To get rid of them, you had to get your reputation back up.
Or you could just walk under them.
"Really liking it" for what ?
@@user-ek2xg3ps5s for being a teenager with not much critical sense that just liked to play as spiderman
Same thing for me
@@boldone66 Plus I loved the fact you could read the comics in an actual in game comic shop
The Kraven storyline to this game is literally top 3 best Kraven storylines of all time and it deserves to be adapted into something far, far better.
Which, given the recent Spider-Man 2 trailer, maybe they'll do.
@Marvin Pugh the new Spider Man games aren't Movie games at all though????
@Marvin Pugh you really think the new Spider-Man games follow the MCU?
The story summary has me thinking
Insomnia: hey can I study off your notes?
Activision: yeah but just make it look different.
Activision: wtf how did you get a higher mark?
Insomniac: I did what you did but better.
That’s how i felt about web of shadows
@@random_comic_fan Spiderman 2018 was Web of Shadows, TASM 1&2. They took notes and for the most part it worked.
Nothing will ever top spiderman 2 game with Tobey. I've never played a better pizza delivery simulator in my life.
@@Gatorade69 my pokeman mud kip you missed it how many pizzas you deliver to the people of new york in spiderman ps4 0 terriable pizza delivery simulator now spiderman 2 you deliver multiple pizzas better pizza dleivery simulator
@@ginker4658 don't forget the absolute hot jams
True, but throwing cars at innocent pedestrians in Web of Shadows will never get old.
Funiculi funicula is a certified hood classic
Yeah but in Spiderman miles morales you have a Spider cat,Did tobey got a Spider cat?No,i dont think so,So spider Cat is clearly better than Spiderman 2
Edge of time is still one of the most underated spiderman story and videogame dedicated to the character.
I feel the same about Edge of Time. The character interactions (namely between Peter and Miguel) was the best. It felt like I was hearing characters from the comics somehow, even though I'd never read the 2099 comics before. If the game had the time and budget to add some depth and better diversify the two Spiders's combat styles, Edge of Time could have been really great instead of just okay for a few playthroughs.
Facts
The Hero and Menace system is just the guy who designed the Ballon missions in Spider-Man 2 punishing players who ignored his hard work.
The Spider-Matt theme song always pumps me up.
Main thing I remember from this game is Spiderman repeatedly screaming "YEAAAAAHHHHH!!!" and "WOOHOOOO!!!!" whenever I would swing and it annoyed the crap out of me to the point I muted my TV every time I had to swing around.
I liked this game, it was mediocre. The only thing I reeeeeeeeally disliked was the hero/menace meter. I maxed out the hero meter and if I had to stop a car or rescue a civilian when I was doing a story mission it would still go down incredibly fast. It really killed the nostalgia factor for me.
@Marvin Pugh never played the new ones since I don’t own a ps4/ps5 and I’ve heard they are amazing. I loved changing the costumes and the swinging was great, I just did not like the morality. I played web of shadows u til I maxed everything out and obtained all achievements and collectibles and my only complaint was that there was no epilogue since it would either restart the final day or restart the story
To give a bit of credit to this game, a lot of concepts are indeed reused for Insomniac's Spider-Man game. In fact, they were done marvelously better. This game really is the epitome of "good concept, horrible execution".
The first game was at least decent with a pretty cool story and nice combat imo. This game was just a sadly rushed mess with so many repetitive gameplay and missed story opportunities.
That's Activision for you they set Beenox as a production company to pump out endless games. A better example is everyone's favourite punching bag Call of Duty
I think that the reason why Gwen isn't in the game is probably due to Captain Stacy's promise before his death. So maybe this game is trying to improve the story from the movie? They didn't shoehorn Peter's parents in the game since the story is already shown in the first movie. I guess.
*Applause*
I’m genuinely happy you made this. I also played this when it came out, & am slightly nostalgic & embarrassed about it. It’s good to see some more content about it
13:07
It's not about the money, Spider-Man.
IT'S ABOUT THE METS BABY
i don't remember much about this game, but man did the webslinging feel good
The sad thing is that this is the only Spider-Man Game for Xbox One
Web slinging in Lego Marvel 2 just isn't the same 🥺
That's really sad . The moment that spiderman ps4 got reveal i knew what i had to do as a spiderman fan.
I’m on pc and I’m still boutta cop a ps5 when I can way too many good exclusives to skip out on
I was just binging this series! Glad to see there is more.
3:27 Does Sammy Davis Jr's estate know this game used his likeness for Electro?
I would love to see a What Happened on not just Amazing Spider-Man 2 but also Spider-Man 3
I think this game might have the best stealth system in an open world Spider-Man game. The enemies line of sight is really easy to gauge and the takedowns work really well. The biggest thing that bugs me about this game is how the random city events are integrated. I hate that they have to be “activated” then the game fades out, fades back in and that’s how the missions start. I think what makes city events cool in other is that theyre seamlessly integrated in the moment to moment gameplay.
I think Spider-Man: Miles Morales does the stealth better. It has challenge, and way more different takedown animations.
@@Wol1427 yes but I think tht guy meant back in the day like 2017 tasm 2 pc had the best Stealth system before 2018 Spiderman came
That Tales of Symphonia track threw me back
I swear, with just about every new Spider-Man game, the web swinging is vastly improved. Miles Morales has the absolute best I've ever experienced. I can't wait to see just how much they improve upon it in Spider-Man 2
How was it different from the original?
@@Bulletproof_Trump momentum. moves. fluidity. animations flowing freely from one to another and into web swinging. it's all just better,
@@Bulletproof_Trump yes
Ever since i noticed it it's been so cursed that spider man in tasm game (played that one a lot) and Viral from gurren lagann have the same VA
I wish you could lower the FOV in insomniacs Spider-Man. I love the tighter FOV in this game, especially for swinging. Wouldn't want it all the time but would love the option
I actually really enjoyed this game when it came out. It had the best web swinging at that point and i thought the story and villains were all cool, not to mention great costume selection. Whats funny is ive only ever seen 30 mins of Amazing Spiderman 2 but i 100% this game lol. Had it on ps3, and besides some small bugs here and there and long load screens it ran fine!
I remember when this game came out, I loved it. I beat it in about a day. My favorite part was the suits. As this was really the first time I could play as Miles Morales or at least wear his suit. I recently bought all the spiderman ds games because I've really been wanting to experience some spidey game nostalgia and I'm thinking I might just have to buy this for my ps4.
Do you have Dlc pack?
Search tasm 2 dlc activator battery on Google only works on pc
It felt like a retread of everything we did in other Spider Man games a hundred times in the past with basically nothing new.
Man, you talking about the inaccessible retailer-exclusive skins made me think at how Arkham Knight had PS4-exclusive skins and content that is somehow STILL inaccessible to PS4 users even now.
13:55 - 16:35
Oh Tales of Symphonia Battle Theme. How I love you so.
Fun fact, the PS3 version of this game is one of the few with a blue banner, instead of black, on the top of the box. Sony played around with this in 2013 and 2014, then went back to the black banner later. Other notable titles with the banner include Drakengard 3 and Mugen Souls Z
I love your channel, matt. You're one of my favorite tubers of the you. Keep up the great work friend and stay safe
Honestly, I think this game had a lot of good ideas, it feels like the developers wanted to make something on the scale of Insomniac's Spider-Man later, but didn't have the time or the budget. It's not great, but it feels like it REALLY tried.
Matt, you can't put off reviewing the Exaggerated Swagger forever...
ASM2 Peter looks like Mike Matei
Hey Matt, great vid. You see eyepatchwolf, I see Mike Matei formerly of Cinemassacre.
Every time I hear Peter talk in the Amazing Spider-Man games all I hear is Donatello
He’s the reason I explored these games last month. And I really don’t appreciate all of the negativity people are giving both the games and the Amazing Spider-Man movies.
This marks end of licenced Super Hero game era.
When (relatively) smaller studios and/or budget was used for the game's development + having weird handheld/mobile spinoffs.
Now it's either AAA console game (SP PS4, Arkham Knight) or mobile f2p stuff.
They somehow made this worse than the first game.
I wouldn't exactly agree with that, myself. While this game has issues, I found it more enjoyable to play overall than the 1st.
@@MattMcMuscles personally combat and swinging were not as satisfying in Tasm 2 as they were in Tasm 1
@@MattMcMuscles based.
disagree . you obviously never played this
@@mjxbox Yeah, the hundreds of reviews across the internet that score this worst than the first game must all be people who haven't played the game.
it’s funny becuase getting this game physically is pretty hard now
I can at least say they improved on the stealth mechanics over the first
There are three points in the story or your morality gauge becomes -1 to 3
when that happened I had to max out each time
Shattered dimensions is my favorite especially the stealth levels
All the dlc costumes were bundled in a digital complete edition, I got the game on my PS4 with all the dlc for $20 before it got delisted on the PSN store.
Gwen is name dropped twice, once in the game by Aunt May, before you go save Max at Oscorp, and the other is a tie-in with the movie prequel comics that explains his second suit.
He damaged his first suit from it getting torn up by a big a$$ fan. So Gwen made his second suit.
In the thumbnail why is Mike Mateis face on Spider-Man's body
id argue web of shadows has the 2nd best web swinging
Web Of Shadows is underrated. I just wish there was free play after you beat the story with maybe the option to reunlock the black suit. Oh well, I have the PC version so I use mods to give me the Rami Red and Black suits so it's like Spider-Man 3 except better.
@@Webshooters1 not underrated at all
Say what you will about this game but having Stan Lee Own a comic book store was absolutely amazing
The 3DS version is alright for what it is, tho the downside is that it's a pretty mediocre platformer and there's not really much to it. It plays similarly to the other DS Beenox games that were made. The only cool thing I rememver from this game is that you get the Black suit for completing everything but that's it really
I'm still surprised The Amazing Spider Man on 3ds was a port of the missions from the console version (of course the framerate was atrocious in that version).
Speedster Blur Wait till you see Edge of Time on the 3DS.
@@mechashadow Yea, as far as I know, only Edge of Time and The Amazing Spider-Man had some good 3DS ports
cloud swinging more like...
uncle ben holding you up swinging HEHEHEEHEHEHEHHE
WAY BETTER THEN AVENGERS WINGING THOUGH LOL
@@kermitgotthesickkicks4265 HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE
I remember loving this game. Ran flawlessly on the Wii U. I hadn't played any of the other Beenox games, so I guess that's why the combat didn't feel tacked on. The only part I remember absolutely hating was the fire rescue missions. I just ignored them. Working the other missions kept my morality meter high enough that there weren't any consequences.
I still remember the cinematic point to point traversal system in this game was super rewarding, I actually missed it in PSpider-Man (even though that still takes the cake due to the awesome depth.) One of my favorites from the Beenox era for sure!
What are the odds this video came up when I was finally playing Miles Morales?
I remember in Spider-man 2 that I could switch between the normal swinging and being able to use the left and right triggers to swing.
Might be an unpopular opinion but I still much prefer the Amazing games' time stopping Web Rush system over Insomiac's.
Haven't played the ps4 spiderman and likely never will but this web swinging feels near perfect. Once understanding it, which will be only a few hours in, you get to swing extremely fast with amazing physics
I'm so glad to have discovered this channel, So much nostalgia. I always saw this game for sale on Wii U and I never picked it up so I'm glad you reviewed it, curious to see if I missed out or not
the hero/menace meter is what broke the game for me and watching clips of it in this video brings back the ptsd
Is that Mike Mattei on the thumbnail?
Strangely enough the first TASM game is one of my absolute favorite spider-man games ever, up there with Ultimate Spider-Man on PS2 and the PS1 duology.
I don't get how they dropped the ball so hard on this one.
The whole hero or menace thing and the absolutely awful "save people from burning building" city events made the game such a chore.
Still platinum'd it though
I've not played this, but glad I nabbed it in a steam sale at some point in the past. I generally try to do so with anything I might be semi interested in given the way rights are looming like the sword of damocles over anything with a notable IP. I'll no doubt get around to playing with it at some point - that web swinging looks particularly fun.
Man these Spider-Man games have really got me interested in playing some of these, especially the Mobile Spider-Man games, they seem super dope.
The swinging was a case of me almost liking it but it always felt too, I don't know, digital? Like the height you swing at was relegated to distinct tiers or levels above the ground, if you shot out a webline in between a level you'd slide into one. Likewise if you released a web and shot another one on the same level, you'd just kinda continue your journey in a perfectly straight line.
Its not BAD necessarily, but it's one of those things that once you notice it, you can't unnotice it and it throws the feeling of the mechanic way off for me.
This is still one of my favorites games, I'm happy you made a video on it!
THIS IS THE ONE I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR
Can I just say that, while I am unhappy with how they handled Kraven towards the end, both his visual design and the scene where Peter visits him at his appartment are fucking amazing?
I really like this take on the character. Too bad his "training of spider-man" that they talk about never actually occurs, and that he afterwards is quickly disposed of with a shitty betrayal and a lame bossfight.
Also for sure, the whole "Hero or Menace" bar is a terrible idea, or at least one which was terribly executed. Feel like if there was more variety to the crimes, and actual unique events which you could miss, that would be a far better way to inscentivize players to actually check things out. It is hard to make a player feel "empathy" towards abandoned NPCs (when these NPCs are merely random pedestrians), but one thing players will care about is if what they lose out on is unique fresh content. Understandably providing that throughout a whole open world experience isn't exactly fesible though with the time limit and budget they were on. Hell, even Insomniac didn't fully deliver on that yet. Though Miles' phone app was leaning in the right direction. The missions just need to actually not like.. wait for you to arrive and actually do them.
Last thing. On the topic of the webswinging, I must say I hard disagree with you unfortunately. I think Spider-Man 2 still trumps all the other systems, with probably Web of Shadows and Miles at second (the latter either tied or very closely behind)
TASM2's system definitely has this sorta.. tactile feeling to it with the left and right trigger input, but the actual arc you travel isn't very greatly affected by where the web is actually spun, meaning it kinda loses that layer of complexity it could have added. You are perfectly fine to throw out a web exclusively from your right hand for the entire game and will still get any turn to the left done without issue. Idk. There isn't actually much wrong with the system I just think some of the other games offer more.
Also I feel like the lack of a charged jump, sprint button, and the "hardcoded wallrun" allow for less dynamic movement.
I might be alone in this, but I much more prefer how the Spider-Man 2 wallrun, even if it could be sorta messy and fucked up sometimes, allows for such a great variety of interactions simply through the way of how freeflowing and dynamic it is. TASM2 and PS4 with their wallruns that trigger automatically when you swing near a wall and which always make you travel at a consistent speed lack the feedback and possibilites that offers.
Those TASM2 traversal web rush animations do be pretty tight tho, I won't lie.
Anyway, I lost track of where I was going. Sorry for my obnoxious rambling. Fantastic video and hope you have a great day
I love how the intro is the most replayed part
The intro animation was great dude.😂
Intro for this series of videos is one of greatest intros I saw in my life
Thanks for your hard work Matt. I know playing video games and making videos is more laborious than most people recognize.
So in this universe Mike matei is Spider-Man
Does Spidey need to do push-ups?
The Amazing Spider-Man 2(IOS) A Spider-Man game with Yuri Lowenthal as Spider-Man and Venom as a villian.
Insomniac's Spider-Man 2. A Spider-Man Game with Yuri Lowenthal as Spider-Man and Venom as a villian.
Guess we're going full circle with this.
*Maybe Spider-Man Can cloud swing... real spiders use their webs like parasails.*
How some people get to sell used copies for 150 dollars is beyond me
A 'Wha Happun' video on TASM2 would be great since Sony also had plans for a whole TASMverse that would've span over 10+ movies including a TASM4 and an Aunt May prequel spy thriller (no really).
I remember when I first got this game I was just running back and forth on Oscorp tower and found a glitch that turned Spidey into a broken ragdoll.
I'm loving going through the Spider-Matt videos, though it did shatter my memories of Maximum Carnage (I remember it being so much better as a kid lol). Any chance of taking on Separation Anxiety? Or have you already and I've missed it?
I just checked the Mediocre Spider-Matt playlist to confirm: you haven't done Spider-Man & X-Men: Arcade's Revenge yet! If/when you choose to tackle this..."uncut gem" of a game...on the channel I'd suggest the SNES version over the Genesis and following it up with the classic arcade 4-player Spider-Man beat 'em up by Sega. You know, the one that has Black Cat and, for some reason, Hawkeye and Namor as player options.
I remember playing this game on ps3 as a kid. I loved it so much, especially the web swinging.
Me, watching The Amazing Spiderman 2 at the cinema when Rhino appears at the end of the movie: "That's not a unit from C&C Red Alert 3?"
One thing that can't be denied about this game is that the orginal song for the release trailer: "I Am" by Digital Sons
It was so sad walking in quebec city in front of beenox and just seeing people go in go out and all I'm thinking is: that must suck making nothing but sub par Spiderman games...
I’m happy to see this game covered in a more positive light. There was a lot of give and take with this release, but I did enjoy it quite a bit for what it was. I spent so much time collecting comic pages… so many comic pages.
I always thought TASM 2 swinging was kinda slow, idk. I think Web of Shadows had the fastest feeling swinging. It was kind of ridiculous to be honest, but stupid fun!
I love your game reviews and would love to see you review more Spider-Man games and games outside of this series!
Mike Mattie as spiderman
I'm digging the thick outlines in the intro. Kind of want a Spiderman Archer crossover now lmao.
Thumbnail looks like sleep deprived Mike Matei
Peter looks more like a young version of Frank West, since they're both photographers
I honestly forgot how decent the game was after the movie was SO BAD. But im glad we got this stepping stone to the Insomniac title.
Genuinely would love to hear Matt voice Peter for real.
So canonically, Sony's Spider-Man been around as long as that mobile game
Tales of Symphonia battle music!
Yooo, that Mighty Switch Force music at 11:40 though!
This is also one of, if not the only Spider-Man game playable in Xbox One.... rip
You know...years after the game releases these game companies should give access to those pre-order costumes. Nobody is going to get butt-hurt about it then, but its probably a licensing issue or some crap.
The pre-order costumes were available, the game is just delisted, so newer consumers of the physical copy can't get it.
There was a small mention of gwen peter says or its written somewhere that the tasm 2 suit was made by gwen improving peters original design