New York stretches out below you, and just swinging from one skyscraper to the next makes you forget the objective.

No gut pick recorded here, so we read it criterion by criterion. Two peaks stand out clearly. The one you would take to a desert island, ahead of 94% of games, and the feel with a controller in hand, ahead of 91%. That is the promise kept: it moves wonderfully and you never tire of it. The rest sits around the middle, the fun, the rediscovery, the art style, the soundtrack, all near the median. Careful though, almost all those lines rest on one or two votes, so trends more than verdicts.

Against other open-world superhero games, Spider-Man 2 reigns over what matters most, the sense of motion and the urge to come back. The rest, mood and music, does its job without breaking the ceiling.

So, who is it for? You, if you want the pure rush of movement, the gesture that becomes a reflex, the game you keep within reach. Much less so if you expect art direction or a soundtrack that brands itself into you.