![This game is canon, but is it good? [Ultimate Spider-Man] @Octo-genius](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ixMdKa71ktA/maxresdefault.jpg)
Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Gamecube and PS2 game Ultimate Spider-Man had a tough act to follow coming off of Spider-Man 2 setting a high standard for Spidey games. But it had a big advantage in the form of Venom being playable in an open-world Spider-Man game for the first time. And using the then-ongoing-and-popular Ultimate universe version of Spider-Man to tell a unique and canon-to-the-comics story.
I decided to revisit the game and see how well it had aged since I last played it... back in 2005? Oh my god this game's over 20 years old???
Watch live at twitch.tv/octogenius every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday at noon eastern.
Streamed 8/18/2026
0:00:00 Intro
0:02:16 Venom fight & Spider-Man tutorial
0:21:30 Venom tutorial & Wolverine fight
0:26:58 Open World & Story gameplay
3:05:39 Green Goblin mission & fight
3:29:01 Outro
Gamecube and PS2 game Ultimate Spider-Man had a tough act to follow coming off of Spider-Man 2 setting a high standard for Spidey games. But it had a big advantage in the form of Venom being playable in an open-world Spider-Man game for the first time. And using the then-ongoing-and-popular Ultimate universe version of Spider-Man to tell a unique and canon-to-the-comics story.
I decided to revisit the game and see how well it had aged since I last played it... back in 2005? Oh my god this game's over 20 years old???
Watch live at twitch.tv/octogenius every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday at noon eastern.
Streamed 8/18/2026
0:00:00 Intro
0:02:16 Venom fight & Spider-Man tutorial
0:21:30 Venom tutorial & Wolverine fight
0:26:58 Open World & Story gameplay
3:05:39 Green Goblin mission & fight
3:29:01 Outro
![This game is canon, but is it good? [Ultimate Spider-Man]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ixMdKa71ktA/mqdefault.jpg "This game is canon, but is it good? [Ultimate Spider-Man]
Gamecube and PS2 game Ultimate Spider-Man had a tough act to follow coming off of Spider-Man 2 setting a high standard for Spidey games. But it had a big advantage in the form of Venom being playable in an open-world Spider-Man game for the first time. And using the then-ongoing-and-popular Ultimate universe version of Spider-Man to tell a unique and canon-to-the-comics story.
I decided to revisit the game and see how well it had aged since I last played it... back in 2005? Oh my god this games over 20 years old???
Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/octogenius every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday at noon eastern.
Streamed 8/18/2026
0:00:00 Intro
0:02:16 Venom fight & Spider-Man tutorial
0:21:30 Venom tutorial & Wolverine fight
0:26:58 Open World & Story gameplay
3:05:39 Green Goblin mission & fight
3:29:01 Outro")
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The truth about Serra is revealed in my continued blind playthrough of stylish cyberpunk mystery game of the Devil. Things are getting extremely complicated, and Morgan is drawing a lot of attention from The Company. Not good attention, not bad attention... but a lot of attention. Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/octogenius")
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