Shaba's developers must have anticipated the gamers' desire to escalate the highest buildings and plummet to earth, throwing the silk thread in the very last minute for the adrenaline rush, as they delivered a virtually indestructible hero. So if you fall from the top of a skyscraper, Spider-Man will get away without a scratch, even if he was transporting a critically injured citizen, on route to the hospital. While this is basically a good thing as it makes sure the game will be fast flowing, Spider-Man is not invincible either and the villains, especially the bosses, can sometimes win a decisive fight. On the bright side there are plenty of occasions to save and even if you fail to defeat the enemy, you'll be just a couple of minutes behind, ready to give it another shot.

Sometimes the victims of firefights find it difficult to let go even after you've transported them to safety and you are forced to load from the last checkpoint, but I've encountered this bug just twice and rescuing civilians is just a side quest after all. Much more frustrating is the camera that can occasionally malfunction, especially when you are forced to climb a wall, and the angle remains unchanged after you get on top. If you have the bad luck of chasing an enemy or are supposed to complete a mission in a given time when this occurs, than the outcome can be no other than failure.

It's only fair to say that while the camera can turn into a nuisance when you switch from walking to wall climbing, it provides the player with a delightful experience during the never-ending dangles between skyscrapers. There are of course some awkward moments when Spider-Man swings on a thread that isn't really attached to anything, simply pointing to the sky and an imaginary support, way up there. While these slip-ups are not affecting the gameplay in any way, they are so frequent that it's impossible not to be noticed and you'll need a lot of benevolence to dismiss them as insignificant.

The AI is not particularly impressive and most of the villains act in the same way, but sometimes their behavior is simply disturbing, these problems occurring more often in the second part of the game when crimes are virtually everywhere. It's not unusual to see enemy units stuck into a wall, together with regular citizen walking like they're on the boulevard with no reaction whatsoever to your presence. They are nothing more than sitting ducks and while this makes your mission much easier it is still disappointing and it's ruining the mood.