History YMMV / SpiderMan2000

* OlderThanTheyThink: While [[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 Insomniac's take on Spidey]] (23 years old) is frequently praised for depicting an older Peter, this Spidey game depicts Peter as an ExperiencedProtagonist almost 20 years prior. He's married, well-known to the superhero community of New York, and [[spoiler:Mysterio]] even comments that he's been active for decades, making him much more experienced than Insomniac's version - if [[spoiler:Mysterio]]'s claim is to be believed, this Spider-Man could be in his 30s or possibly even ''40s'' ([[AllThereInTheManual however, the manual states he's in his early-to-mid 20's]]). The Spider-Man games before didn't make a big deal about it (being based on what was happening in the comics at the time) and most of the ones after were based on the movies, where Peter was still in high school and/or college, making the "older Spider-Man" stand out more.

* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: On top of playing reasonably well, it's clear that the people at Neversoft had a lot of affection for Spider-Man and the greater Marvel universe as seen by the many references and cool unlockables, and the entertaining story and character writing that does a great job of replicating the feel of the comics. In fact, this game was considered the best ''Spider-Man'' game until the [[UsefulNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames sixth-generation]] ''VideoGame/SpiderMan2'' licensed game based on [[Film/SpiderMan2 the 2004 film]] was released four years later -- and even then, this game is often considered a close second to that one. Of course, both have long since been overshadowed by [[VideoGame/SpiderManInsomniac the 2018 game and its sequels]] -- but even then, this game and ''Spider-Man 2'' are ''still'' considered a close third and second, respectively.

* PolishedPort: The Dreamcast port did a complete graphic and model overhaul to match the system's capabilities compared to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation original. And they didn't stop at in-game models, too, all of the FMV's were re-rendered to not only update everyone's character designs, but also contains additional animations for better reactions (albeit at the cost of some [[SpecialEffectFailure missing effects and minor desynced audio]])

* BestBossEver: The game has a whole bunch of fun boss fights, ranging from several encounters with Venom, the first of ''many'' a BullfightBoss battle with Rhino, and a battle with Scorpion where you can [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking trash Jameson's office.]] One of ''the'' standouts is the boss battle against a giant Mysterio, helped by his magnificent boss theme.

* HamAndCheese: Daran Norris was clearly ''very dedicated'' in his portrayal of Venom, delivering a hamtastic GutturalGrowler voice on top of the game having a lovably goofy comic book story.

* MagnificentBastard: [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Dr. Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus]] serves as the [[BigBad secret mastermind]] of the game's plot. [[FalselyReformedVillain Faking redemption]] so as to divert suspicions from himself, Ock leads a breakout of New York's most dangerous supervillains and harvests the power of alien symbiotes for his plans. Using the villains to distract Spider-Man while personally pulling off heists to further his research, Ock also kidnaps [[Characters/BlackCatMarvelComics Black Cat]] to prevent her from aiding Spider-Man and keeps the psychotic Characters/{{Carnage}} under his control. Ock successfully unleashes hundreds of symbiotes across New York City before revealing his plans to further humankind's progression as a species by forming symbiosis with the alien lifeforms, proudly bragging that those who do not share his vision will be crushed by it in his "new world."

* OlderThanTheyThink: While [[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 Insomniac's take on Spidey]] (23 years old) is frequently praised for depicting an older Peter, this Spidey game depicts Peter as an ExperiencedProtagonist almost 20 years prior. He's married, well-known to the superhero community of New York, and Mysterio even comments that he's been active for decades, making him much more experienced than Insomniac's version - if Mysterio's claim is to be believed, this Spider-Man could be in his 30s or possibly even ''40s''. The Spider-Man games before didn't make a big deal about it (being based on what was happening in the comics at the time) and most of the ones after were based on the movies, where Peter was still in high school and/or college, making the "older Spider-Man" stand out more.