My Marvel - Ultimate Alliance Review

In Marvel: UA, you play a cast of super heroes trying to stop Dr. Doom and his team "Master of Evil" from trying to take over the world. The game hits all spectrums of the comic book world, giving you plenty of characters to choose from: Spiderman, Wolverine, Deadpool, Captain America, Blade and many more. Recently, downloadable content was release for you to be able to play as some villians as well, including the infamous Venom. You can play by yourself you with three teammates, and these teammate can either be bots or human players. Think of this game as a super advance type of Gauntlet.

Each character has a host of special moves, and better yet, when used at the same time as another character, the moves combine and have special effects. The graphics aren't mind-blowing, but they portray what it needs to with all the characters moves. You are able to upgrade moves to make them stronger or to have longer lasting effects. Most of the characters are well-balance, minus the very few that are a little too overpowered....Wolverine for example.

For a game that comes free with some of the 360 consoles, this game is great fun. If you talk to everyone in the game and do all sidequests and subplots, and collect all comic books, this game does well in longevity. I definately recommend this game, even if its just for a rent.

From a comic boook lover's/normal gamer point of view

Okay, if you want another title for your xbox because good new ones are scarce here it is. this game offers much excitement and happiness as this game features many playable characters and many locations and villains from comic book history. Now, heres what it offers to fanboys and everyone else. A great plot/storyline. not just the normal "stop the bad guys" thing but a well thought out plot of deception, action, and criminal conspiracy. It also offers great action, abilities, and fighting for everyone. Graphics are solid and the audio is great. Gameplay follows the xmen legends games but it works well. My only complaint is that there are only three playablle xmen in the xbox version!!!! Not enough to make a team for the game! Overall, this game is worth getting and offers re-playability for any gamer who picks it up.

Finally Comic Books and Games Have Something in Common... A STORY

I have been playing comic book games ever since the term was coined and we have come to see and expect... Well, very little in the way of a good storyline. Today's market demands a more sophisticated story. Gamers are grown men and women of the world now and expect to be treated as such, and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance really gives a hearty helping of content and story-line. The basic premise is that Dr. Doom has put together a new super-evil group called the Masters of Evil, and has the antithesis to every good guy you can play on their side trying to take over the world. You travel an amalgam of Marvel favorite places such as Stark Tower, Mephisto's Realm, Arcade's Fun-House and eventually Doom's Castle. Its obviously the supers' job to stop Doom from taking over. To look at it from a completely graphical standpoint, close-up it isn't the prettiest game out there, but its still a contender for effects of the year in my opinion, because from the distance you are from the characters you really don't have to have that much minute details in there and the sheer scale of some of the characters and battles (Fun house robot and GALACTUS!!) you really get a sense of the enormity comic book characters must feel going into battle against some pretty insane odds. The first few times you are a little hesitant to jump in, but by the time you get a few hours into the game you are in the fray tearing apart anything in your way. Controls for the XBox version were pretty simple. One of the criteria for purchasing a game at my house is: Are the controls simple? The second criteria is: Is the game co-op? You see, I play games with my wife as a family bonding time. She doesn't really get into many games, but she does like the ones where we get to be on the same team. We are both fiercely competitive but she doesn't have the luxury of having played thousands of hours a year for the last 20 years to really compete. And, when she loses, I lose, too. So, is in my best interest to keep those two criteria in mind if I want to get much play-time in on any game. The simple default control scheme is really something that any 3rd person top-down adventure player will be used to. You hold down R for your special moves, L to block and your buttons are layed out to where all moves are very easilly attainable. It took my wife only about 10-15 minutes to really get the basic hang of it if that tells you anything. The voice acting was pretty good in some places, and pretty bad in others. I think they tried hard and meant well with it, but it just could have used a bit more refinement for me. The rest of the game felt very meticulously planned out, but the voices sounded like a last-minute slap-on to me. I felt that Doom, Loki, Wolverine and Fury were the best of the crop. Others were pretty much O.K. at best. As far as overall fun - I say that the variable missions plus the comic book missions, trivia, and (mostly) optional sub-plots make for a robust game that will eat up many hours of your time. At the time I'm writing this, my wife and I are almost through the main story, but I plan on playing all the comic missions and sub-plots before we do. Sometimes we bicker about whether to move on or to talk to that one last guy with an exclamation point over his head. I gave it a 4.25 because it really was a great game. Well above-average for the genre. However, it was really not anything spectacular or ground-breaking. The team system we've seen before, if not in this exact iteration, and the sound really detracted from some of the enjoyment for me because it just was hard to shut it out. I still highly recommend it to anyone looking for a fun single or multi-player experience.

marvel ultamate alliance

i like this game for the umm xbox because you fight and stuff. i like hulk the 2nd one because he is better

A Very Good Game

I was pleasantly suprised at this title when I first picked it up. My first impression was a revamped x-men legends game, but ultimate alliance is alot more then that. First, just being able to play as your favorite super heroes is one thing, but then to be able to create a super team with your own logo and name, nice! Where the game really takes of is the plot, i won't spoil it for anyone but trust me it's a great story. just wait til you see what Dr. doom does to collosus and the hulk towards the end.