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Spider-Man 2 Activity Center
- Windows
- Price: $20
- Genre: Edutainment
Common Sense Media says
Seven fun activities to play with Spider-Man.
Parents say
Kids say
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that while this software doesn't track your child's performance, it does offer seven activities that are a nice blend of learning and fun.
What's it about?
The SPIDER-MAN 2 ACTIVITY CENTER offers seven activities that are a good mix of learning and just-for-fun. The software, which features the voice of actor Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man, invites kids ages 6 to 12 to help Spider-Man fight evil. Some of the games are variations on typical arcade gaming such as stopping falling debris with Spider-Man's webbing, moving through a maze, and directing Spider-Man's progress up the side of a building.
Other activities are more educational. In one, kids try to identify the perpetrator of a crime by putting together a mug shot after looking at him for a short time. Kids select from a set of eyes, noses, mouths, and hair features. In another, children help Peter Parker (Spider-Man) finish schoolwork by following directions about mixing and measuring ingredients in a laboratory setting.
Is it any good?
The realistic sounds of Spider-Man's webbing expanding and stretching, coupled with rapidly passing graphics, greatly enhances an activity in which kids fly with Spider-Man as he web-slings between skyscrapers in hot pursuit of escaping criminals.
The games offer multiple levels of play and keep track of the highest score earned. But there are no sign-in and no save features, so kids start on the first level of an activity every time they play. Kid-testers didn't mind the replay, and they enjoyed finishing levels to unlock printables and video sequences from the Spider-Man 2 movie.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about which activity they enjoyed most, and why. Is it more fun to play Spider-Man games or watch Spidey TV shows and/or movies? Why?
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great game for little ones
sure doc ock throws stuff but great
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| Topics: | superheroes |
| Platforms: | Windows |
| Available online? | Not available online |
| Genre: | Edutainment |
| Developer: | Activision |
| Release date: | February 24, 2005 |
| Price: | $20 |
| ESRB rating: | E |
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