Spider-Man 2 (2004 video game)

Spider-Man 2
Developer(s)	Treyarch (PS2, GC, Xbox) The Fizz Factor (Windows)[a] Vicarious Visions (DS, PSP) Digital Eclipse (GBA, N-Gage)
Publisher(s)	Activision[b]
Director(s)	Tomo Moriwaki
Producer(s)	Jeremiah Maza Jonathan Zamkoff Nick Doran
Designer(s)	Akihiro Akaike
Writer(s)	Matthew B. Rhoades
Composer(s)	KMFDM Michael McCuistion
Engine	Unreal Engine 2 (PC)[1]
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2 GameCube Xbox Windows Mac OS X N-Gage Game Boy Advance Nintendo DS PlayStation Portable
Release	June 29, 2004 PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Windows, Game Boy Advance NA: June 29, 2004 AU: July 2, 2004 EU: July 9, 2004 N-Gage EU: July 2, 2004 NA: July 6, 2004 Mac OS X NA: August 16, 2004 EU: 2004 Nintendo DS NA: November 17, 2004 AU: February 24, 2005 EU: March 11, 2005 PlayStation Portable NA: March 23, 2005 PAL: September 1, 2005
Genre(s)	Action-adventure[2]
Mode(s)	Single-player

Spider-Man 2 is a 2004 action-adventure game based on the 2004 film of the same name. The game is the sequel to 2002's Spider-Man, itself based on the 2002 film of the same name. It was released on June 29, 2004, for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, and Game Boy Advance, followed by N-Gage and Nintendo DS versions later the same year. A PlayStation Portable version was released almost one year later, on March 23, 2005. The Game Boy Advance version, developed by Digital Eclipse, was re-released on a twin pack cartridge and bundled with that system's version of the 2002 Spider-Man game in 2005.^[3] A tie-in game, titled Spider-Man 2: Activity Center, was also released in June 2004.^[4] Published by Activision, the console versions were developed by Treyarch, while the others had different developers and are drastically different as a result.

All versions of the game closely follow the film's plot, but expand upon it by including scenes and characters that do not appear in the movie. Set two years after the events of Spider-Man, the game finds Peter Parker struggling to manage both his personal life and his duties as Spider-Man. When scientist and Peter's mentor, Dr. Otto Octavius, becomes the diabolical villain Doctor Octopus after an accident, Spider-Man must stop him from recreating a dangerous fusion power experiment. Tobey Maguire, Alfred Molina, Kirsten Dunst and J. K. Simmons (PSP version only) reprise their roles from the film, as Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus, Mary Jane Watson and J. Jonah Jameson, respectively, while Bruce Campbell, who played an usher in the doors of Mary Jane's show, narrates the game.

The console versions of the game were positively received, with critics commending the realistic Manhattan setting and web swinging mechanics. The handheld versions received mixed reviews, while the PC version received negative reviews. The game was followed by Spider-Man 3, itself based on the 2007 film of the same name.

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