Description
Spiderman 2 Game Boy Advance
Spider-Man 2 is a 2004 action-adventure video game, based on the film of the same name, while incorporating additional material from the comic books. Published by Activision, the console versions were developed by Treyarch, while the others had different developers. The game is a follow-up to the 2002 game Spider-Man, itself based on the 2002 film. The Treyarch versions incorporate a full open world design, being the first superhero game to do so.
All versions of the game follow and expand upon the film’s plot, depicting Spider-Man’s struggle to balance his civilian and superhero lives. Meanwhile, his mentor Dr. Otto Octavius becomes supervillain Doctor Octopus and attempts to recreate a dangerous fusion power experiment, forcing Spider-Man to stop him before he destroys Manhattan.
Spiderman 2 Game Boy Advance
Tobey Maguire, Alfred Molina, Kirsten Dunst and J.K. Simmons (PSP version only) reprised their roles from the film, as Spider-Man, Doc Ock, Mary Jane Watson and J. Jonah Jameson, respectively, while Bruce Campbell, who played an usher in the doors of Mary Jane Watson’s show, narrates the game.
The game was released on June 28, 2004 for the Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox, followed by N-Gage and Nintendo DS versions, both released later in the same year. A PSP version, which uses the same engine and graphics as the first game, was released almost one year later, on March 23, 2005.
Spiderman 2 Game Boy Advance
The Game Boy Advance version, developed by Digital Eclipse, was re-released on Twin Pack cartridge and bundled with Spider-Man: The Movie in 2005. The console versions of the game received critical acclaim, with critics lauding the realistic Manhattan and web swinging mechanics, with many calling it one of the best superhero games of all time, with some crediting the game for helping revolutionize the open world genre. The handheld versions received mixed reviews, while the PC version received largely negative reviews.
The game was followed by Spider-Man 3 in 2007, itself based on the film of the same name.
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