Essential for comics fans and great fun for everyone else.

User Rating: 8.6 | Marvel: Ultimate Alliance PS2
Made by the same people who made X-men Legends, this is largely an updated version of that game but with more characters and a brand new storyline. Story 10/10 The game starts with Dr. Doom with his Masters Of Evil, which is the largest group of supervillains ever essembled, attacking the S.H.I.E.L.D. Hellicarrier and a task force of heroes are essembled to stop Doom in his quest for ultimate power. I have to say that this is one of the best game storylines I have ever seen and has plenty of twists along the way with some movie quality CGI cutscenes.

Gameplay 9/10 While it is basically the same game as before, its still as addictive as ever with great pick up and play action RPG gameplay. The range of characters has been expanded as well with over 20 marvel characters to play as, though some characters are better than others, with heroes like Captain America, Thor and Iron-Man being amazining and over characters like Blade, Deadpool and Elektra being practically ueless. Graphics 7/10 and Sound 8/10

While not the best graphics ever, they certainly do the job and are very vibrant and colourful with a great comic book look but are never outstanding. The sound fares a bit better with some great music and voice acting. Value 9/10 The game lasts about 20 hours on the first playthrough and is well worth replaying and features lots of unlockable comic missions and characters, plus the game features multipul endings that assess your progress through the game.