A button-masher designed for fans of the comics

User Rating: 7 | Marvel: Ultimate Alliance PC
I heard a lot of good things about this game, so I decided to give it a try. This is going to be confusing: the game is good, but I don't really like it. I had really high expectations, and this game misses on several fronts, technically-speaking. This game is really designed for the comic book fans, who look past the crust and see the core of the game. But if you're not a comic book fan.. you'll be more confused than impressed, and, the technical problems will seem more apparent. As well, you'll find the button-mashing gets tedious if you're not focused on the comics-aspect.

For example, the game starts off in the middle of an aerial attack on some helicarrier. Captain America, Spiderman, Wolverine, and Thor show up and start killing robots. Now, if you're like me, you're wondering "WTH is Thor?". The level continues to introduce several other comic-book characters, and if you're not a fan you'll be confused, wondering "Hey, who's that?" or "What's going on?" (For me, that's this game in a nutshell.)

Pros:
-Playing as Wolverine, Spiderman.
-A whole bunch of characters to choose from, and earn costumes for, organize a unique team.
-The plot is complex.

Cons:
-This game doesn't seem to have the Skills Customization, which was something I was looking forward to.
-Bird's eye camera view can spin out of control, but even normally it's hard to tell what's going on. Zoom doesn't zoom too much.
-Levelling system is confusing and hard to operate.
-WAY TOO MANY ITEMS! I mean, why is there so many things to destroy for money? You'll spend more time doing that than fighting bad guys.
-Dialogue seems generic and dry most of the time.
-Too many small-time villains/heroes/characters that I've never heard of. No Mary Jane Watson.
-Button mashing gets really boring after a while.

*I never finished this game, it got really repetitive and I didn't care about the story enough to finish.