History YMMV / UltimateSpiderMan2005

* ThatOneBoss: The Second fight with Blue Beetle. The problem is you're playing as Venom who slowly loses health unless he feeds on civilians and you fight Blue Beetle in a warehouse with no one but him and Venom inside. He constantly flies around which makes it harder to hit him by jumping high and trying to control the camera. The second phase has the same problem, but Beetle activates a force field and opens electric pits that can drain your health. Once again, there are no civilians to eat to heal yourself and overall the whole battle becomes a test of endurance and patience.

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: Venom's voice is an ''awesomely'' terrifying GutturalGrowler courtesy of Arthur Burghardt, even if he does not have a great amount of dialogue throughout the game.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: This game had Kevin Manthei, one of the people who did the music for ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', as the composer of the game; as a direct result, the whole soundtrack could quality as absolute gold.

* HilariousInHindsight: The ''Marvel Database'' (that is, the Marvel Wiki) is usually pretty damn reliable, so you can take the fact that the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Universe and its version from [[VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan2005 the video game]] aren't the same universe as borderline WordOfGod (which got confirmed anyway, as the ''[[VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan2005 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' video game fell into CanonDiscontinuity). Flash-forward to the latest events and to Peter's death. Once you think about it, you realize that thanks to the video game version of the ''[[VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan2005 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' we still have an alive-and-well Ultimate Peter Parker - [[MoodWhiplash and an active and uncaptured Ultimate Eddie Brock.]]

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* {{Narm}}: Spidey's game over screen is pretty melodramatic, with the web-slinger exaggeratedly falling to his knees as the ashamed faces of his loved ones look on in the background. It becomes even more hilarious if you failed something as simple as catching up to the Rhino after you exposed his weak spot, making it seem as though Peter had absolutely failed everyone by not being able to stay close enough despite the villain only traveling to a parking lot not far from where they started.

* HilariousInHindsight: The ''Marvel Database'' (that is, the Marvel Wiki) is usually pretty damn reliable, so you can take the fact that the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Universe and its version from [[VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan2005 the video game]] aren't the same universe as borderline WordOfGod (which got confirmed anyway, as the ''[[VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan2005 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' video game fell into CanonDiscontinuity). Flash-forward to the latest events and to Peter's death. Once you think about it, you realize that thanks to the videogame version of the ''[[VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan2005 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' we still have an alive-and-well Ultimate Peter Parker - [[MoodWhiplash and an active and uncaptured Ultimate Eddie Brock.]]

* BrokenBase: Whether this game or ''VideoGame/SpiderMan2'' is superior. ''Spider-Man 2'' is considered to one of the best superhero games ever made and was really innovative back in the day, which nobody denies, but its graphics[[note]]They look ok for [=PS2=] open world standards, but depending on who you ask, they haven't necessarily aged well; Character textures are noticeably mirrored from the middle, and non-cutscene [=NPCs=] don't move their mouths when talking, for example[[/note]] and the fact that only the console versions avoid TheProblemWithLicensedGames are points of contention. Whether or not the better graphics, larger map, [[JustHereForGodzilla Venom]], the original story, the slight gameplay changes, and the PC release make ''Ultimate'' an EvenBetterSequel is up on the air. Pretty much nobody considers it a ContestedSequel, however, and both games are still loved by many.
* HilariousInHindsight: The ''Marvel Database'' (that is, the Marvel Wiki) is usually pretty damn reliable, so you can take the fact that the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Universe and its version from [[VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan the videogame]] aren't the same universe as borderline WordOfGod (which got confirmed anyway, as the VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan videogame fell into CanonDiscontinuity). Flash-forward to the latest events and to Peter's death. Once you think about it, you realize that thanks to the videogame version of the VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan we still have an alive-and-well Ultimate Peter Parker - [[MoodWhiplash and an active and uncaptured Ultimate Eddie Brock.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: The ''Marvel Database'' (that is, [[TheWikiRule the Marvel wiki]]) is usually pretty damn reliable, so you can take the fact that the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Universe and its version from [[VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan the videogame]] aren't the same universe as borderline WordOfGod (which got confirmed anyway, as the VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan videogame fell into CanonDiscontinuity). Flash-forward to the latest events and to Peter's death. Once you think about it, you realize that thanks to the videogame version of the VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan we still have an alive-and-well Ultimate Peter Parker - [[MoodWhiplash and an active and uncaptured Ultimate Eddie Brock.]]

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: Was well-liked by critics and fans at release and is still remembered fondly to this day, thanks to its charming cel-shaded visuals, offering a completely different and very fun gameplay experience as Venom, and being a good representation of the Ultimate Spider-Man comics. It helps that the game developers got the writer and artist behind the comic, Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley respectively, involved from the beginning to help ensure its faithfulness to the source material.

* JustHereForGodzilla: While the game on the whole is well-liked, many players cite the Venom segments as the most memorable part of the experience, not only because of the inherent cool factor but also because he plays very differently from Spider-Man, in a way that completely sells the brutality and power of the character, with him being able to leap several feet into the air and replenishing his health by eating people.

** The track that plays during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMiDyDVlFlU Spider-Man and Venom's first and final battles in the game]] is probably the best in the whole soundtrack, and perhaps one of the best tracks in a ''Spider-Man'' game. It just starts UpToEleven, goes even higher from there, and just. ''Never. Stops''.