Staying true to the open-world superhero genre is a must, though, as the first game and Miles Morales did it so well. It can’t pull off what Miles Morales did with minor adjustments to the previous game’s formula.

I feel disappointed and cheated, and I hope I can get my money back.Gameplay innovations are what will take Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 to the next level. The biggest shame, however, is that Activision has duped gamers into purchasing a totally linear, almost thoroughly unenjoyable product that is wholly different from the one that has been advertised excessively in the past weeks.

The Unreal engine can blow away even the Xbox's best efforts, and it's a shame that its power wasn't harnessed.

Most of all, the free-roaming environments and non-linear gaming so touted in the promotional materials _are not part of this game._ Even though the structure of the PC version seems designed for a console ('save points' instead of save-anywhere design only one game can be saved at a time) it lacks any of the special features advertised for the console versions. The graphics are horrible (the Unreal engine is capable of ten times more yet half the cutscenes are prerendered anyway by what seems to be an old, half-broken Nintendo 64), the same five enemy characters are re-used ad nauseam (and use the same taunt dialogue again and again), and the controls are non-standard and generally annoyingly difficult to use. After witnessing the deluge of advertising (including the 'Making the Game' special on MTV) and seemingly universal critical praise for the After witnessing the deluge of advertising (including the 'Making the Game' special on MTV) and seemingly universal critical praise for the console version of the game, I purchased the PC version expecting to play the same thing.

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