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Spider-Man 2 on the PS2/Xbox nonetheless stands as one of the best superhero games yet. It gave you all of the powers of the hero along with a huge city to use them in. With Spider-Man 3 hitting next gen consoles, it wasn’t unreasonable to expect improvements over SM2 to make this the best superhero game yet. Unfortunately, that isn’t the case. Glitches, lazy game design, and an unmistakable feeling that the game was rushed to meet the day-and-date deadline of the movie drag Spider-Man 3 down from one of the potential all time greats down to mere bargain bin fodder.
Similar to the Spider-Man 2 game before it, Spider-Man 3 is an open world “sandbox” game where you are free to swing, jump, and crawl around New York City any way you want. As you play you earn new moves and abilities and combos that allow you to travel around faster as well as fight more effectively. There are ten different storylines you can play through which have you doing things like fighting gangs and classic Spider-Man villains as well as follow the main storyline from the movie itself. In addition, there are races spread throughout the city as well as hidden tokens to find. There is a ton of stuff to do in Spider-Man 3 in addition to the time you’ll likely spend just swinging around, so you can easily spend a good 15-20 hours with it in order to complete everything.
