Spider-Man 2 - 10 Essential Fan Demands It Must Include

8. More Varied Street Crimes

Ever since Treyarch's movie tie-in for Spider-Man 2 gamers have spent most of their time with the wall-crawler's games swinging around the city and avoiding the main story. Granted you shouldn't do that forever, but most open world Spider-Man experiences have let players fulfil their fantasies swinging around NYC and stopping the occasional crime, just like a real friendly neighbourhood vigilante.

Insomniac's game was no different, but there came a point where taking down crimes didn't pay. Players would find themselves swinging back and forth through city blocks as the story approached its endgame, looking for crimes to generate in specific districts in order to get 100% completion. The formula of 'there are X crimes per district' ended up making the encounters feel less organic, and with only a set amount to deal with, the tasks soon got repetitive.

Granted, any element of repetition is inevitable - even for Spider-Man in the comics. There are only so many ways you can break up a drug deal or stop a car chase, but there are also other activities Spidey would get up to.

What about helicopter crimes? Runaway trains? Heck, even children who've lost their balloon? There are plenty of ways to make street crimes more varied, and it would be great to see Insomniac implement them going forward.