Spiderman is shiner....now for the bad stuff....
But the Cinematics....absolutely horrendous. The animation is horrible. The faces look like blobs moving. The attempt at facial emotions? Kills the feel. Peter Parker, and any other main characters for that matter, are bug eyed, all with similar expressions (For some reason they move their heads around, and there neck gets plump. I assume this is frustration?) I wouldnt say it is cartoony, for it is just plain bad, but the characters are all overlarge, and their emotions poorly overdone.
Sound: The Score from the Spiderman movie series, fits in great, but hardly ever plays. The Voice Overs are great, and Spiderman's commentary is just as great as ever. Also, when the rare techno kicks in, it suits the combat scenes well. Overall, the sound is good.
Gameplay: Ok, so lets lay down some of the good points. Basically, every thing that was cool about SM2 is here. That is good. It is still a lot of fun to swing all around new york, and climbing and combat are still relatively ok. But the real error made in the way the game flows, is the utter confusion of the entire process. The only way to attain new moves is to progress through the game, a system hardly as well done as that seen in the GTA series. Basically, you check the map for any quests, and hope they are there. The quests are, admittedly more exciting in essence than those of SM2. But the thing that ruins them is the God-Awful camera. The camera is the worst enemy in this game. You must single handedly attempt to manipulate it, WHILE going about normal playing. It kills so much fun of the game, that it can make quests in small places disasters. Disasters are not fun! However, the achievements are well placed.
All in all, Spidey Fanboys will worship this game and do all in their power to ignore the horrible animation and camera, and probably give this game a 9.9, however, coming from the standpoint of a Spidey Fan with a sence of reality, this game is, in the end, just a mediocre action game that gives you the option of web slinging as Spidey. This does great for the game, but by no means saves it. Rent it!