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Continuing with same concept as previous alliance. A unique and different set of heroes. Very good graphics although gameplay tends to get muddled a bit with viewpounts. The combination of heroes combining unique powers is refreshing. But having to restart from checkpoint instead of where you actually left off takes a bit patience. While cheats do add depth and the ability to explore landscape your just not rewarded here. If you use them no " savies" have to play through which can take on your level 6 or more hours,again if using cheats. And have to play always until you get to change team members. But all that nit- pickn' aside,it's still fun to alternate characters,especially new ones hardly used in games,venom,juggernaut,gambit..few more. Great moves,amazing specials so all in all do expect a great representation of everything Marvel here ( makes it more appealing that xmen and fan 4 are back where they belong!) So enjoy have fun keep expectations and patience in check. Excelsior!!!Read full review
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Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 is the sequel to the popular video game, Marvel Ultimate Alliance. MUA 2 is an action RPG that lets you assemble a team or superheroes from the largest cast of Marvel heroes in gaming. The game revolves around you creating and customizing a team of four superheroes that counterbalance one another's weaknesses and strengths. The gameplay revolves around this fact too as you have four playable characters on screen at all times. The game's story is actually very good, and revolves around a superhero civil war which is created by Congress passing a Superhero Registration Act, which forces superheroes to register their secret identities or become fugitives. This makes for an interesting story, however somewhat flaws the main feature of the game. Like I stated earlier, the game revolves around you creating and customizing a team of your favorite superheroes. However, during the civil war, some superheroes are always assigned to a certain side. For example, Iron Man and Mr. Fantastic are always Pro-Registration and Captain America and Luke Cage are always Anti-Registration. This makes for a very interesting plot, but if you just have to have Iron Man an Captain America on the same team, than you are out of luck. One the postive side however, the civil war adds replay value as most will probably want to play through the game twice, once as each side. In terms of gameplay, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 plays almost identically to its predecesor. You punch, kick, claw, and generally smash your way through long, linear levels with several boss fights along the way. It is still a good formula, just do not expect anything new. In addition to all the action there is an RPG feature which is actually very interesting and left me wishing there had been more of this implemented throughout the game. This feature allows you to talk to other characters in the central hubs and take an aggresive, diplomatic, or defensive approach in your respones. Each different response type awards a unique bonus. However, the game does have one other main feature. Since you always have four playable characters on-screen, this allows for single system or online co-op. This adds another dimension to the game and replay value. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 is a good game. It is nothing great, but it is certainly not bad. If you know the gameplay (four playable characters onscreen at all times, button mashing, action RPG, etc.) and love it, than even for $60 this is a good pick-up. If you only like the gameplay I suggest renting it first or trying to buy new or used for around $40 or less. If you are unfamilar with the gameplay than I suggest renting the game or the first MUA to see if you like it. All-in-all, if you liked the first MUA, than this is a great game to add to your collection. If you did not like the first MUA, than this will not change your opinion.Read full review
If you're looking for the world's best isometric top-down dungeon crawler RPG (which is one of the most specific game genres I've ever encountered), this may not be it. It lacks certain elements of an RPG, with your options for upgrading heroes being fairly limited, and the combat can get somewhat repetitive at times. However, if you're looking for the best large-roster superhero fighting game there is, then by George I think you've got it. It has a little over 20 heroes/villians once all is said and done and this game makes several improvements over it's predecessor. 1) The graphics are quite good which makes a huge difference in how the game feels. 2) Many of the characters combat styles are improved and while their power selections are more limited, the developers kept and improved on the best powers from the first game so there's nary a lame one that you wouldn't use. 3) The story is also compelling and keeps you wanting to play through the whole thing, and then do it all over again as the other side of the registration debate. All in all, this game represents hours of fun, and lots of superhero-ing which will satisfy even the biggest of comic book fans, such as myself.Read full review
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I'll be honest. I didn't expect much from this game when I bought it. I had already read the reviews and noted the overwhelming lack of excitement through others' opinions. However, it is a Marvel game, has my childhood heroes, is multiplayer, an action/adventure and an RPG. Considering the price I paid for it, it was a great deal. Considering I barely paid more than 20 bucks, you can clearly see the issue of standards. The best thing is has going is the fusion attacks. For the most part, they are all powerful yet, some of them are more creative and useful than others. Another improvement, though a small one, is the camera angles being more than overhead and pans out when your team scatters. It helps a lot when you can see more than 10 feet ahead of you. As for the environments, I could sing praises about the creative use of the Havok engine. Things looks pretty and blew up in awe-inspiring ways. Best of all was the final battle. It was easy but it was EPIC!!! I wish all boss battles were that intense. Now the bad things. The leveling system has been streamlined to the point of having a lobotomy. In all the previous games, I would tinker with at least one character's stats and powers so I could play the way I liked. In this one, characters only get 4 powers and some abilities are locked out depending on which side of the civil war you pick. It was such a pain to work with that I just set everyone on auto. Speaking of the characters, almost all of them were making very, very bad puns about their powers. It wore thin very, very, very fast. And some, like Deadpool, were annoying from the moment they opened their mouths. I also found myself fighting with the camera as much as I was fighting the bad guys. About half the time, it's impossible to move it which really sucks when enemies are shooting you from off screen and you can't get a clear lock to shoot back at them. Ally AI has much to be desired as sometimes they'd walk into traps over and over again. Some powers had way too long of a start time to be useful. The dodge had this as well which made dodging pretty much pointless. Using the Civil War storyline was a mistake in and of itself. It wasn't popular in the comicbooks so the translation was all but doomed to follow in its footsteps. I give kudos to the staff for trying to sell it but both sides had heroes acting in ways that were way out of character. Worst of all, the downloadable content wasn't available for very long. I would have dished out $10 bucks to play Psylocke, Cable and Black Panther. But, seeing as I bought it this year, I'm out of luck. That really kills the game's replay value. All-in-all, I'd say it wasn't a bad game... for $21.50.Read full review
Can’t believe I waited so long to play UA2 when I absolutely loved playing UA1 on PSP. The screen might be a little chaotic at times and each hero only has 4 moves BUT I think given the number of heroes in the game, it makes sense to limit the number of moves per hero. I am only 30 min into the game, but so far so good!
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