For nearly FIFTEEN years, Spider-Man 2 for the PS2, original Xbox, and GameCube was the reigning king of Spider-man video games. It featured web-slinging that, until now, was unsurpassed by any other game made after. Enter Insomniac's amazing take on the wall-crawler, as he faces the greatest challenge in his 8-year career as a masked hero. Simple and intuitive, the game's web-slinging will make you feel like you're Spider-man as the amazingly well-crafted intro cinematic seamlessly transitions into the swinging, thrusting you headlong into an amazing adventure that rivals, and in some ways, surpasses the six feature films about our favorite web-head. Combat takes a cue from the pages of not only the many previous Spider-man titles, but also the successful Batman Arkham series, boasting a surprisingly deep system that will see you webbing up enemies and dishing out punishment to the many wicked foes infesting the virtual Big Apple. With a variety of gadgets, costume powers, and various skills that blend perfectly together, every fight will feel as pulse-pounding as anything seen in the movies. A few bugs, and some questionable difficulty spikes, there's not a lot to fault the game that isn't outweighed by the sheer fun of swinging around Manhattan and laying the beat down on thugs. And this is only the beginning of what could very well be a series to surpass the previously mentioned Arkham games and redefine the superhero video game.