Although its missing the charm and the cell shaded visuals of the X men Legends games, everyone can have fun playing it
User Rating: 9.4 | Marvel: Ultimate Alliance X360
GAMEPLAY-The gameplay found in Marvel Ultimate Alliance is basically the same as in the X-Men Legends series and it is still very fluent, intuitive, and fun. You do light attacks with the A button, heavy attacks with the B button, and you can perform combos by pressing them sequentially in different orders.You can also pull off the super powers of the inclined super hero by pressing and holding the right trigger and pressing the A, B, or X buttons.When momentum fills up from using light and heavy attacks in a meter in your HUD, you can use the ultra power of your character, which can be devestating to your enemies.Using these powers, in turn, causes your energy bar to wane down, which can then be filled up again by killing enemies which explode and give you energy and health when you kill them. When all your heros health is depleted, you get a game over, and have the choice of either starting at the last checkpoint, and the checkpoints are pretty reasonable, or loading up your saved game from a shield access point which are convenient and found in pretty reasonable locations around the levels. There are over 24 characters to be used in the game, and they all play pretty differently from eachother. Most of the characters are available from the start of the game, but to unlock the remaining characters, you will have to search for hidden areas or bonus objectives. The action RPG feel to this and the X-Men Legends games has always been appealing, and is pretty awarding to you after earning experience by killing foes and doing certain tasks. It is a surprisingly deep system that allows you to upgrade powers, equip gear for adding points to attack and defence, and building up your suit. It is a pretty deep and sometimes complicated system that can be liked, but if someone justs wants to beat up bad guys, it can easily be modified by the computer. Although the different pawns and henchman look different, but dont have much variety in terms of attacks, the boss battles are outstanding.OUTSTANDING.There is so much variety in the bosses.From battling Arcade in murderworld, to Galactus on an ancient Skrull planet, you will never see more enrtaining and smart boss battles. Ill wrap this up by saying the gameplay is superb. I didnt explain the story because it is great and I dont want to give it away.
GRAPHICS-The graphics are not the best on the 360.However, it makes up for this with great level design, and awesome visual effects and player models, and sweet looking bosses. Lets hope Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 looks better though.
SOUND-Amazing audio is to be found in this game. Incredible voice acting, including work from Phil Lamarr, can be highly respected for the over 140 characters found in the game.It can be a little cheesy at times, but you cant complain for it being a superhero game. The games sound effects are also well done with great destruction sounds and blasts from the heroes. But, I think the best part besides the voice acting for audio, would have to be the fantastic soundtrack. From rock, to orchestral scores, to techno, these beats and tunes go perfectly with the different atmosphere of each level. Great audio.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance lasted me about 25 hours. This is a long and satisfying game that is filled with plenty of secrets and alternate endings for playing through again, also with the fact that there are over 20 characters to play with a second time through. Plenty is to found in Marvel Ultimate Alliance.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance is a great game anyone can enjoy, Marvel Fan or not. RPG fan or not.Go save the universe.
