Back in 2005, I was enrolled in a crazily difficult, intense course at uni. This involved writing 6 exams (most of which were 8 hour written exams) and a short research thesis within a 10 month period. Not surprisingly, I've managed to repress most of those horrible memories, and thinking back, the whole year seems a blur to me.
What I do remember is being hopelessly addicted to Spiderman 2 for a good few months. We played it on our old PS2. I don't think I ever played any of the other Spidey games, though the general concensus seems to be that this was the best one.
Spiderman 2, though based on the movie, was all about the side missions for me - saving falling window cleaners, delivering pizza, finding those pesky tokens (oh yes, I will obsess about tokens forEVER). Being able to explore the entire city of New York was absolutely amazing. When I stopped over in NYC for 24 hours in 2008, I even made a point to go visit one of the cathedrals that I swung around as Spidey. Heh.
Thinking about it now, I'm seeing the similarities between Spidey 2 and the Assassin's Creed series. You're up high on rooftops, and able to swing/leap/jump off great heights with little or no consequence to your health. You've got a massive map to explore, and you get that whooosh feeling when you're going somewhere (usually vertically) really fast. And there are hidden tokens every-freaking-where!! No wonder they're both on my list.
So here is a clip of someone playing through one of my favourite parts of the game - a frantic pizza delivery mission! Brilliant. :)
Next up, the final game on my top 5 list (took me long enough, didn't it) - Lode Runner Online: Mad Monks' Revenge!
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