Spidey simply shot webs and, as in the cartoons, no one ever really cared what they were attaching to.

In some of those earlier games, zipping along was a simple and elating affair. And the worst part is, Beenox has broken the cardinal if-it-ain't-broke-don't-fix-it rule by messing with the one thing that made its previous games enjoyable: web-swinging. Terrible writing, outdated menus, frequent load times, repetitive missions and bugs galore – we're not talking spiders – conspire to make this latest release a chore to play through. Those efforts, from Shattered Dimensions (2010) and Edge of Time (2011) to the eponymous game tied the 2012 movie, at least served up enough Spidey-ness to please die-hard fans. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is an inauspicious fail for Beenox, the Quebec City-based developer responsible for the previous trio of console games starring everyone's favourite wall-crawler. 'Terrible' might actually be a more accurate description. 'Amazing' is hardly the word to describe the latest Spider-Man game.

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