15 Best Open-World Video Games Of All Time

9. Spider-Man 2

When it comes to superhero games, especially ones that are tie-ins to a blockbuster movie, the gaming audience tends to be wary of the potentially disastrous results. It's a genre that is wrought with poor, abysmal titles that only serve to leave the player wishing they could watch the movie instead.

So when a Spider-Man game released alongside the 2002 sequel, it's safe to say that there was some concern about a mediocre title. All of those fears were completely washed away when Spider-Man 2 proved to be the best superhero game ever made, a title that it held comfortably until it was dethroned by Rocksteady's Batman games.

More on that later. In the case of Spider-Man 2, it set you loose on the city of New York as the web-slinger, allowing you to swing about at your leisure. It was a dream come true for Spidey fans, as you were in complete control of his extraordinary powers and web-shooters.

That first moment you shot out a web-line, soaring over the cityscape below you, it was exhilarating. The speed, weight and velocity at which you could travel was simply mind-blowing, and it opened up a whole new world of gameplay styles. There was no feeling like it, as it gave you the only chance you'd ever have to feel like Spider-Man, completely altering the way superhero games were made forever.