Nevertheless, you will have to tackle them on occasion, since there are a few instances where the only requirement to progress in a mission is “explore the city. This will knock the enemy out for a short while giving you the opportunity to perform a signature move. During phase two he will jump from pillar to pillar, and like phase one, make sure all the incinerators are on. The first time I made a crazy dive from a skyscraper and attached a web to a building right before hitting the ground, I could finally relate to the common scene that’s played out in just about every Spider-Man movie over the last dozen years.

The game's map has been expanded compared to its predecessor, and now also features a subway system that allows the player to travel to Peter Parker's home in Queens, which serves as a hub.

Your web lines have to actually attach to a nearby building or structure, so you're encouraged to swing close to the ground where taxis and other vehicles honk as you narrowly miss them. The Xbox One version was released alongside the other platforms digitally while the release of physical copies was delayed by two weeks. Missions in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 are significantly shorter than its predecessor’s, but the running time is roughly the same seven hours due to undesirable padding. The digital version of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was delisted alongside the first game on January 4, 2017 across Steam, Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo platforms.

Archive footage from the game is featured in the 2023 animated feature film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, in which the game's depiction of Uncle Ben's death is used during Miguel O'Hara's demonstration of "canon events" across the Spider-Verse. Revealing his real name is Cletus Kasady, the Carnage Killer claims that he and Spider-Man are very alike and should join forces, but is promptly defeated and arrested. The game introduces a new morality system known as the Hero and Menace System, where completing these side missions will increase Spider-Man's reputation and cause him to be seen as a "Hero" by the general public, and failing to respond to certain crimes in time will result in Spider-Man's reputation decreasing and him becoming a "Menace".Our initial thought was that additional detail may be procedurally generated - or random to a certain degree. The only good ones are the Russian mob hideouts, which are always just the right length and unlock cool new costumes. Expansive NYC: Explore and take on villains in a more expansive Manhattan cityscape than the previous Amazing Spider-Man.

All-Star Villain Cast: Wide cast of Spider-Man universe and movie villains, each with their own unique boss battle encounters. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.It's a different story on Xbox One, where we see the implementation of an adaptive v-sync - the game caps frame-rate at 30fps just like the PS4 version, but unlike the Sony platform, frame render time often slips over budget. Meanwhile, Kasady discovers how to bond with the symbiote he has been injected with and becomes " Carnage".

Once you get the XP for the fight, reload the save and you'll start back at the beginning of the fight. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 doesn't just fall short of being a good next-gen title, it's feels sub-par when compared against the best open-world games of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 era. Villains from the film as well as fan-favorite, classic Marvel characters are woven together in a twisted web of adrenaline-fueled, *-roaming, web-slinging action that puts players on a collision course with an evil far beyond Spider-Man's reckoning.The biggest difference is the ground traffic in New York City, where the rush hour of more powerful platforms turns into 3AM Tuesday midtown traffic on the older systems.