One of Spidey's most underrated adventures ever.
The game's story is based on that of the movie but expands on the movie's story, as most movie games do. Adding classic Spidey villains Shocker, Vulture, Scorpion, the infamous Spider-Slayer robots and Kraven the Hunter exclusive to the X-Box version of the game. The story is a great one that has a real vintage-Spidey feel to it; the same feel that the movie evokes, which is exactly what the game should do.
Graphically this is one of the best Spidey games to date. This was truly a next-gen game at the time and the ole' Web-Head and his cast looked great. The only gripe about this that I have is when characters move their mouths; they look terrible when they do this. Thankfully this aspect improved by the time the sequel came around. But that shouldn't distract you from how visually great the game can look.
There are many varied types of levels in the game; as with the previous Spider-Man games. Some levels have you swinging around expansive cityscapes, some are stealth orientated missions, some are boss fights, some are indoor levels, some are frenetic chase levels, some require a certain number of enemies defeated, etc. The amount of variety here is appreciated.
Even after you finish the game's story mode there is still much to do. Unlock many pieces of concept art, movie photos, special cinematics, alternate costumes and the pretty funny Pinhead Bowling. When you unlock the Alex Ross designed Spidey suit; when you fight the Green Goblin he will be in his early-unused suit that Ross also designed. There's even another whole run to unlock where you play every single level again as the second Green Goblin, Harry Osborn himself in a quest to find who murdered Norman Osborn.
Fight system may be a bit basic but it does what it needs to do and gives you the ability to pull off some pretty cool combos. The web swinging was great, too. Sure, it isn't no SM2 but it still worked just fine back then. I like the nice detail in the fourth level in where when you swing closely to the streets people will sometimes say lines from the 60s theme song. And just one other thing; Bruce Campbell rocks as the all-seeing and all-knowing tour guide.