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Spider-Man 2

In the console version of "Spider-Man 2", Manhattan becomes a gamer's playground as you take the role of Spider-Man in a battle against the nefarious Doc Ock. Based on the plot of the movie Spider-Man 2 and…

68 28 June 2004

Spider-Man 2 is an adventure developed by Activision, released 28 June 2004 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The main story takes about 4 hrs to finish.

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What Spider-Man 2 is

Spider-Man 2 is an adventure game developed by Activision and released in 2004. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It runs on Treyarch NGL.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The console version of Spider-Man 2 is a third-person action-adventure video game, set in an open world based on New York City and composed of Manhattan, Roosevelt Island, Ellis Island, and Liberty Island. Players take on the role of Spider-Man and complete missions—linear scenarios with set objectives—to progress through the story. The story is divided into multiple chapters, each with its own set of objectives, such as purchasing upgrades for Spider-Man, or acquiring a certain number of hero points from completing side missions. These side missions are given by random pedestrians across the game's map, and mainly consist of battling criminals, stopping speeding cars by jumping on top of…
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Marvel series

Spider-Man 2 is the 91st of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was Spider-Man 2: The Game in 2004. Its critic score of 68 is 4 points above the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes at 90.

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How it was received

Spider-Man 2 holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 2 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 72, across 274 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 4 hrs.

What it launched against

Spider-Man 2 launched on 28 June 2004, within three weeks of The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, Silent Hill 4: The Room, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures and Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, Silent Hill 4: The Room, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

All media

Dlc

Quick answers

Spider-Man 2 — frequently asked questions

When did Spider-Man 2 come out?
Spider-Man 2 was released on 28 June 2004 for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
How long does it take to beat Spider-Man 2?
The main story of Spider-Man 2 takes around 4 hrs.

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