Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2

good but not there yet

its very fun to play, i didnt play the first one, so i said i will give it a try. i have play it with my cousin since then trying all the combinations posible on the game.
the controls are easy to use, even with multiplayer.
the bad is that from the first to the last mission you always do the same. and the camera sometimes annoys since it places on a box or an invisable wall or something but after you get over it you really enjoy this game.

Not for fans who read Marvel Civil War

Overall this is a great game and highly polished. It plays just as you would expect from an Ulitimate Alliance or X-men Legends game. The leveling system is top notch, lots of options, and the best part is no penalty for switching around your experience points. All characters level up almost equally, so if you decide to try out the invisible woman, it won't hurt your leveling up of Storm but taking her out for a mission. Also you can change heroes on the fly at any time (except bosses), so the action stays are fresh and varied as you make it. It does get repetitive, the missions all seem to last a half hour or a little more.

So hows the story? It's excellent. One of the best Marvel stories in a long time. But the videogame does not capture the emotion of the characters or go into why they are at a civil war. It will mention why the war started, but it won't show the emtional turmoil of more than two characters in a quick cutscene before you choose a side. If you read the Civil War comic, expect to be dissappointed. Many heroes who chose one side or another can actually play for either side. There is no switching of sides for spiderman, it was ignored. Also you can play as several x-men (storm, wolverine, iceman, Juggernaught if you preorderd). In the comic there were no x-men when the civil war started, they stayed neutral, but here it doesn't seem to matter. Normally this wouldn't bother me, and if I hadn't actually read one comic in the last year with this being the one storyline, then I would have loved the game. As it stand its only 4 stars. Even without reading the comic, I would still not have given it 5 stars since they emotions are horribly bland in the game (so I'm not totally biased).

MUA 2 is a Good game but Fails to Fill its Big brother's shoes!

Having played both Marvel Ultimate Alliance games I must let fellow gamers know that MUA 2 does Not reach the bar set by the first! Like great movies this game suffers from the curse of the sequel! Overall this game is quite good and most Marvel fans should enjoy it. Gamers new to the series might prefer to rent this first and/or buy the 1st title New at most retailers for about 1/3 what the slightly inferior sequel currently costs.