I totally disagree with Gamespots review...this game is a blast to play and will consume hours of playing time.
1 - Free roaming capability through the city to look for hidden tokens, fight crime, do challenging activities or play missions. It's great because you can take your time or jump right into the story.
2 - By allowing smaller "missions" that can be done at any time, it allows you to step away from the story to almost take a break and change things up.
3 - THE WEB SLINGING! If you played the last Spidey, then you know how fun it is to sling around on the buildings. This is what I do when I am spent from miisions and activities and want to check out the detail of this city. They even have Ground Zero. All in all, this is a great game to play that isn't too difficult but will definitely take some time to beat.