Most of the game takes place in the fighting third-person, with Spidey beating up enemies with punches, kicks, leaps, and his web moves. Along the way, familiar voiceovers from Tobey McGuire, Willem Dafoe, and Bruce Campbell add a sense of cinematic authenticity to the experience.Īt it’s heart, Spider-Man is a console port and has many of the same hiccups we’ve come to expect – odd controls, washed-out textures, simplified gameplay, but also a good deal of fun once you ditch the keyboard and hook up a gamepad. It’s up to Spider-Man to make the city of New York safe from the Green Goblin and the rest these menaces, both on the ground and in the air.

As the “Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man,” Peter Parker faces the usual assortment of bad guys, from masked thugs and gangsters, to foot soldiers and robots. The story of the computer game Spider-Man loosely follows the plot of the film.

Does everything a console Spider-Man can.