If you had to close your eyes and think about Spider-Man, you'd think of an awkwardly fun character, dressed in red and blue, swinging around in New York, fighting crime. It's the most basic thing that makes the webbed hero who he is and this game manages to nail this and a lot more than any Spider-Man game before it.

The events in the game occur after Spider-Man has established himself as a superhero in New York by taking down most of the supervillains. He has the support of the cops and the love of the citizens — at least most of them; J Jonah Jameson is still not a believer.