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Tobey’s performance in this game is hilarious. He’s more quippy than he ever was in the movies but he says them all in the same monotone.

People don't know how groundbreaking this game was when it came out. It broke the stigma of movies not translating to good video games.

I completed this game 100% as a kid. Even after endgame I completed all the hero points and I loved every minute of it. There were so many easter eggs in this game as well. The combo system was so deep and revolutionary for its time. This game still has more air tricks for Spider Man compared to all the newer Spider Man games. I wish a remaster or remake of this game could ever be made. That would be so cool.

still the definitive spiderman game. The fact that it's still not ported to modern consoles is a crime against humanity

18:00 I think what helped Spider-Man 2’s case over ultimate is that you didn’t need to do races or find tokens to continue. All you had to do was get a certain amount of points, and just about everything gave you points in Spider-Man 2, so in my experience, I was usually already moving to the next chapter not too long after completing the last one

Shoutout to the two MVP's for this game: Jamie Fristrom, the main guy behind the swinging mechanics, and Bruce Campbell for his hilarious hints and narration

Got laid off today Matty even though I was performing well. Thanks for entertaining me through this!

I utterly adore how the web's physically connect to every building so cool

I'm surprised you didn't mention the scariest line of dialogue in the game. "Oh no my balloon!" Every time I heard this I made it my life's mission to catch that balloon, because if I didn't the game would punish me by forcing me to listen to what felt like 10 minutes of a child crying. What's worse is that this was a random event you couldn't opt out of and sometimes the balloons were actually hard to grab. I absolutely hated failing these lmao.

The goat spider man game of my childhood!

Wow great timing, I literally replayed this game for the first time since it dropped and it still holds up. It took me 5 hours to beat the story and then almost 14 to buy every upgrade. Sucks that there's no reward for 100% everything, so now I just web swing around whenever I want to remember what it was like the 1st time.

It's one of those old games that you love but don't want to ever replay, because you know it probably hasn't aged well.

Oh man... I remember playing this on XBOX when I was around 6 years old. Really loved it. Couldn't understand english at that point (I'm from Finland), but games like this and the Harry Potter games made me check the dictionary and learn the language. Video games do teach valuable skills in life. Languages. Patience (thank you Dark Souls).

@16:28 You can actually run on the side of buildings in spiderman 2. I remember that and looping on street lights were the first things i tried as a kid.

I still like spider-man 1 and enter electro on ps1 but when i played Spider-Man 2 on ps2 i absolutely loved it. Being able to go to the ground was big. I can even remember the house and room i lived in at the time. It’s a strong core memory

This game is legendary, it has the best swinging of any Spider-Man game, along with a game changing open world. Thank you for shedding light on this classic.

THE PIZZA MISSIONS 😂 I LOVED THOSE!!! Watching this video was amazing but the pizza missions were something I had completely forgotten about WOW 😆

This game will forever be one of my personal favorites. I’ll never forget playing this with my brother taking turns on missions. I still quote the line the NPC’s say “there’s always something in this town” 🤣

I just want a PS5 Spiderman 2 trailer, man.

I loved the pizza side missions, the greatest song ever 😂

Currently replaying the game myself and I'm blown away. The combat is amazing, you can jump cancel and do all kinds of difficult tech that I thought was only in later games. I wish I could record my Xbox O gameplay

This and KH2 are games that are always in my ps2. Can't get enough.

First of all, I've been watching you since months, and i love your channel and content. You know there's actually a special version of Spiderman 2 which is exclusively for PC, it had graphics and gameplay wayy ahead of its time, which was a reason why this Spiderman was not available on consoles. Console one doesn't compare to that one.

2004, the year this game and GTA San Andreas came out. Good times!

When I think of good superhero games, this game is still the benchmark I use to compare other games too. This game went to daring new heights, reached for the stars, and it paid off in spades. This game not only re-defined what a GOOD superhero game was, it, alongside the likes of GTA3, helped set the gold standard for open world games, standards we still see even to this day. It has it's flaws, as any game does. I'm not even going to try and pretend it's a perfect game. But it's still one of the web-slinger's best outings ever made, and if anybody, ANYBODY, wants to be a Spidey fan, they kind of have to play this.

I still remember staying up all night till sunrise on this games release. Having a true open world as spiderman was so mind blowing. I remember trying to explain to my mom how cool and new it was to walk on the streets lmao

The web slinging mechanics were actually made during the development of the first game, but it was so late that they couldn't put it into the game, so they held it off for the sequel.

the main difference between sm2 and usm "bottleneck"-wise is that the former's requirements are just "get hero points," which you can get by doing whatever you want. usm demands you to get like x tokens, win y races, do z combat tours, etc., which is a pretty big difference in terms of freedom. with usm, each bottleneck felt like i was driving down to the store with a grocery list

This was one of my favorite games as a kid what a classic and an amazing game and The Benchmark for Spider-Man games this game brings me back

You mentioning recreating the moves makes me remember there was a kind of "Superman Leap" in Spider-Man 3, and I recreated that in my front lawn.... I sprained my shoulder extremely bad doing this and couldn't lift anything with my right arm for weeks.

Retro rebound is my favorite channel it’s so nice to watch videos with someone talking about the games I love

Spider Man 1 had the most funniest lines. “Circus in town?” “Looks like the freak wants to play!” LMAO

The song, “Spider Egg” from this game’s OST will forever live rent free in my head.

There's still a lot to love about this game, like things that haven't been repeated to this day. And there's still a lot in this game that it does better than Insomniac's. Overall Insomniac's yes is a much better game and maybe experience. But like the combat for example in Insomniac's is kind of bland. Like the gadgets are pretty cool, and there is some variety, but they're for the most part kind of one note, and the ground stuff is very, very bland. Like you don't see Spidey dodging and then helicopter kicking a bunch of dudes ya know? You can't web people to poles. You can't even swing around poles. So there's still a lot to enjoy about Spider-Man 2 that you still can't get anywhere else. Like you said there's buildings you can enter and discover stuff, that's not in the newest titles. There's not REALLY side villains in the new titles. Though- admittedly I don't know that SM2 has any side quest villains.. But like the random crimes and things are more interesting in SM2, like stopping someone from falling from a building, or having to bring them to a hospital. Even though it's dopey the pizza missions. Like yeah- point is SM2 still has a lot of great things.

Man what a nostalgia trip I remember watching the movie and being so devoted. I would play with my spiderman action figure trying to recreate the same scene from the movie again and again. This game was a major period of my childhood and it was the 1st game I thought of when I added a ps2 emulator to my pc after all these years.💙

The voice acting of random npcs were legendary

Being 9 when this came out I was absolutely blown away playing this.

7:27 yes please cover both x-men legends 1 & 2 also the X-men origins wolverine game and high moons Deadpool game

I used to rewatch the trailer for the Spider-Man 2 game over and over from the special features of the DVD, and begged my mom to get it for me. All we had was a PC, so imagine my disappointment when I finally got it. Still pushed through and played it to the end though. But don't worry, I got a Gamecube and another copy a little while later and was finally satisfied.

I adore this game and I've played it a lot back in the day. I just love going back to that old - or more like young - mindset and mood of childhood. You definitely deserve the praise from me for this video, but I also have to correct you with at least one thing. You CAN run on walls, but it is not as easy as they made it later. You have to pay attention to the speed, angle and gravity - I freakin love how they made this game mechanics so deep and close-to-realistic. Basically you have to crawl up on a wall, jump forward and when you touch the wall, press spring again. You won't spring forever, because Spidey will lose balance and speed but it is possible to pull it off and later on in the game, to master the races, it is essential

This was my favorite spider man game as an early teen, growing up with my cousins us all playing the hell out of it.

3:39 so nostalgic I miss my GameCube days

So excited for this video. Best Spider-man imo, still very fun to play. This was the first game I got for my ps2 in 2004 and I was addicted lol the swinging was absolutely mind blowing and so fun I spent hours just swinging around the city. I loved how they followed some things from the movie but also added their own parts like the mysterio boss battle, and Rhino. This game will always have a special place in my heart. Ultimate Spider-man is a close 2nd to this one imo

haven’t had the privilege of playing this game, but i’m definitely gonna have to pick a copy up now!

omggg man this video has me so happy and just bringing back deep memories in childhood. this is so amazing. 1:21 that cute scene i remember vividly just being AMAZED by it. never seen your content till now but you just got a sub lol as i’m watching this i’m now remembering how amazing this game was and how cool it was to roam around on this game especially.

When i was a child (like 4-7 years old) i could never finish spiderman 2 pc because i would always end up stuck in the bank phase, bc i was scared shitless by a room that happened to be darker than others that contained a group of thieves (or maybe it was just one lol)

This was one of my first ever games back on my first ever console the GameCube. Special memories

I used to love opening the game and reading the manual in the car while trying not to get it dirty from fast food

14:15 Mane you got wrecked hard ouch!

I'm still playing it on my PC at 4k. Its like as good as spiderman ps4 with it's actual momentum swinging and being able to shoot 2 webs at the same time

Bro!!!😂😂 don’t forget “Looks like the freak wants to play” 😂😂😂💀

8:58 don't be sad you have us bro we love the same things you do we'll always be here as long as you are

Loved this game to death as a kid and I like it even more than 2018 spiderman. Theres no other spiderman game as open world as this one. Glad I still own it but not my ps2 anymore sadly

In terms of quality, I can't think of a more fitting match in history than this movie and this game

You can sprint on walls by holding Right trigger and holding the wall crawling button

You can run on the wall in Spider-Man 2 on PS2. It’s the first and only game that lets you run down a wall too.

I played and loved Spiderman 1 on the Gamecube as a kid, but I remember only playing like an hour of Spiderman 2 as I think it was at a friends house or something. Im absolutely going to have to pick this one up soon and finally give it a full try.

I loved diving head first off the top of the empire state building with the dramatic fall to your knees and collapse death hahah! As well as the spinning pile driver smash their heads move on thugs from off a building, the combo moves in this game were next level

Still arguably the best web swinging mechanics in a Spiderman game to this day

I’ll never forget playing this game then watching Toy Story 2 on Christmas Day it was magical

FINALLY someone respects the PSP game! The last time I heard anyone talking about it on YT they only called it a slog. I remember getting my sister's husband to beat the Vulture for me back in 2009 because he was a gamer, only for him to get stuck too. Now they are divorced and he is refusing to pay ailments for his daughter, and he even called her a crybaby when he took her to the movies last week, but that's another story.

My first Spider-Man game was Spider-Man 3 for the wii. I can’t wait to get 1,2&3 for the PlayStation

I love your Spider-Man hoodie it's great

This game on PS2, Xbox, and GameCube had an awards stat mechanic which was something like being the first ever Achievements list for a game.

I remember i got this game in 7th grade (2004) and i was suspended for a week from school so i was putting HOURS into this game. Truly revolutionary after playing spiderman 1

The GBA game was a major step up from it's first outing too. Hell, even the DS game was fantastic. Spider-Man 2 was just bangers on all fronts, minus the PC version

not gonna lie when I first saw him pop open that case and saw the disc I thought it was a poorly drawn spider LOL

Salutations Mr Matty!! 🎯

I've seen The Distillers live in 2019! That's dope they are in the booklet lol

16:22 Uhhhhhh... Not to be rude, but Spider-Man 2 totally lets you run up buildings. It actually has one of the coolest most dynamic wallruns in any game ever. There's so much you can do with it and the way it is affected by your momentum makes it consistently engaging, as opposed to the Insomniac wallrun which is just a "hardcoded animation" Just hold sprint as you're pressing circle to attach to the wall and run. And you can charged jump out of it to dash up buildings like a madman. It's like the coolest thing

The stairstep attack move is also my favorite move on this

I was DEADASS saying "i bet he's gonna talk about the stairstep move" that was also my favorite move. Even tho i never could pull it off. But i could wallrun. Wallrunning after accidentally swinging into a wall takes A BIT of finesse 😂😂😂

One of the rare times the movie and the game are both great.

Before Marvel's Spider Man came came out THIS GAME WAS THE GOAT OF SPIDEY GAMES none are better

The craziest thing about this game and me is I remember loving it and it being one of my favorite games of all time. But I kid you not I never even beat the first pizza mission. I would literally just swing around and beat up people and use the helicopters to get to the Statue of Liberty. That's all I did in the game I never experienced the story cuz I could never beat that first Pizza Mission

I remember seeing ads for this game when I was younger. I wanted so bad but couldn't as I didn't own a PS2 at the time. When I finally got it was impressed by how well-made it was. I mean licensed videogame with a massive open-world, huge amounts of content, AND barely any loading screens? Even more impressive was the world felt sprawling with dozens of npcs moving around and building interiors added. Spider-Man 2 is definitely one of the important games of that generation given the impact it had on other superhero games that followed. Summation: love this game, hope it gets a remake one day.

I just bought this game I haven't played it Since I was young I'm gonna pop it in later today and play it I can't believe you made a video on this I'm glad this game is getting the attention it deserves. Keep up the good work!

The PSP is like Sonic CD, where it stays more in line to the first game while the actual sequel gets daring kicking ass.

I remember doing a decent amount of jumps in a row without swinging (reason why not sure) but there was the over voice cut in saying this 'So what are you doing in a Spider-Man game and not using web swinging? This is Spider-Man not (another super hero)!' I will not forget that about this game.

I played both the PS2 version and the Gameboy version. The Gameboy version was a lot of fun too, but I played it after I beat the PS2 version as a kid so I only really played it a few times😂

the coolest late game upgrade ability in spiderman 2 on gc/ps2 was the ability to tie enemies to the street light i used to dick around and hit them while they were tied to the street light honestly i need to check out the psp version soon

I LOST MY BALLOOOOOON. Still have ptsd from that.

This is a great game man I had fun every moment playing this game even the pizza delivery missions

One of my favorite moves was hanging thugs by their legs on lamp posts

16:25 but you can run on walls in this game. Hell you can buy an upgrade for it to help you run on walls longer

I remember i got the spider man training dvd that came with an inflatable venom and i too tried to do some spider-man 2 moves of it

Spider-Man 2 hour count would be up there for sure. But I want to check: Perfect Dark and WCW vs NWO Revenge too

Found your channel from the DBZ BT videos and man I gotta say, I love your content bro. Great video

I played the hell out of this on the GameCube. It was the Spidey game I'd waited 23 years for! It was my favorite Spidey game until he hit PS4

Played this on the original Xbox. I love remembering this game.

Bro the pizza mission is all I remember it’s probably as far as I got I used to SUCK at video games

Spiderman 2 with electro on the n64 was my first Spiderman game when i was little... holy shit, such nostalgia.

I have all 3 Spiderman games on the Ps2, good shit

Do Batman arkham origins , that game with christopher drakes score and the snowy gotham just hits different , not to mention the first encounter of batman and the joker is peak voice acting

I pull out that “stair” move whenever im tryna argue that spiderman 2 is still the goat game.. no other game lets you use your enemy as stairs

Hey retro rebound you can enter Peter parkers apartment in spiderman 2 as well although you can't really do anything and the bank but you can't do anything inside the bank either

Would you consider doing a video were you show your entire game collection?

Spent so much time just swinging around the city! One of my favorite games on PS2!!

I beat Spider-Man 2 for the PS2 in under 24 hours when I first got it. I got all the way up to the final mission or two in one day. That might explain why I forgot about any level gating.