I may buy Spider-Man this weekend. I had a lot of fun webslinging in Web of Shadows with my own custom soundtrack of music from the movies and tv show themes.
It's a good game. It's too bad Sony will probably never let it go on PC because it would even be better if you could run it at 60 fps. In my opinion the one thing they nailed without question in the game was the movement in it. There is fast travel in it, but you never feel like using it because moving around is that satisfying. The fighting is very much like the Batman Arkham games, which is just fine by me as it works well for this type of thing. It's not just the countering system that's similar. Spider-man also has gadgets that he can work into fights like Batman did. While the plot isn't award worthy, it's also not bad either. I didn't really have a problem with it. There are also times where I find what people like Spidey and J Jonah Jameson genuinely funny. I don't usually pay $60 for the games I play anymore, but I'm a big enough fan of Spider-Man it was worth it to me, and it's generally getting good praise. I don't know if I would wait for it to come out cheaper in the future on a game of the year edition with the DLC included if I wasn't a fan, but I don't think it would be the worst video game purchase to get at full price.
There is also something I like about it that the Arkham games didn't have that most people I've read reviewing it don't bring up. The city has a lot of normal people walking around that makes it feel more alive. As much as I liked the Arkham games it does go to show they didn't need a contrived set of circumstances in them to explain why every game was deserted.
One minor grip I have is that all the bullets being flung around by NPCs that aren't aimed at Spider-Man seem to be worthless and only for show. If you brake up a fight between rival factions and pay attention to it it can break immersion when you see somebody sit there and get hit a dozen times and have the shots not do anything. It makes it look cool, and maybe that was the point, but I would have liked them to be able to effect each other more.