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Great Fun for All Ages - and Super Co-Op Mode!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 33 / 42
Date: November 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Marvel Ultimate Alliance lets you play with a team of your favorite superheroes. Choose from Wolverine, Spider-Man, Thing, Storm, and many others!

You can sort of consider this a Diablo style game with a much more upbeat style. You are one of four characters on the screen at any time, and can quickly flip through them. You go through the rooms hacking, slashing, slashing, and then hacking some more. Along the way you grab colored orbs and glowing coins to help you level up your own character and unlock goodies.

It's disappointing that at the beginning your four starting characters are Spider-Man, Thor, Wolverine, and Captain America. As much as I like those guys, couldn't ONE of them have been female? Still, it's only maybe 10 minutes later that you get to the "team switching" spot and can begin to design your own team. They're not stingy with the characters. Right from this point you can immediately begin to use spider-woman, deadpool, iceman, colossus, elektra, human torch, iron man, thing, luke cage, invisible woman, storm, mr. fantastic, ms marvel, and moon knight. There's also other unlockable characters that you can get as you go.

Each character can be levelled up to gain new abilities and outfits. You can choose characters that "traditionally" (in comic book stories) work together, and they will actually know to do combos in gameplay.

The characters personalities really shine through in the cut scenes. Wolverine is stand-offish and a bit arrogant. Spiderman cracks jokes the entire time. Captain America feels he's in charge. I realize that it would be IMPOSSIBLE for them to have redone the cut scenes for every single combination of characters that you could have done! So again, I wish they had a woman in the set :) Maybe kick out Spidey and his incessant comments ...

The graphics are rather good, from the flickering flame to the shadows and reflections. This isn't a game of subtleties, though. No textured fabrics or flower petals here. Everything is shiney and plasticky.

On the sound side, it's a comic book adventure. You have incredibly cliched dialogue given by over-the-top voices, and lots of booming going on. It's to be expected.

The storyline is also a traditional comic book story but heck, we all grew up with them! You're saving the world. Depending on how well you play, you achieve that mission to different degrees. They did a great job getting you to replay it over and over again in order to unlock the best ending you can.

I really give the game great kudos for their multiplayer and online options. If you're playing at home, you can easily co-op in four people, one for each character, and go to town. There aren't many games where four people can easily have great fun playing together. For online, the same is true - you can really have a lot of fun conquering levels as a wide range of characters, interacting with players all over the world.

This isn't a heavy thinking game, and it doesn't involve complex concepts. Instead, it's a game that adults can easily play with kids, and that can give you a few hours of fun relief from the real world. Well recommended!

One of the best PS3 games yet!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: January 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This has got to be one of the best launch titles for the PS3 yet. The graphics are very nice (full 1080p!) and the sound fits in well. If you liked any of the X-Men Legends games for the PS2, then you'll like this action/RPG. You take on the role of four superheroes of your choosing (from about 40), including many of the X-Men, Fantastic 4, Spider Man, Captain America, etc. Highly recommend it!

Very good game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: March 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I loved this game right out of the box. I do not know why people are knocking it. It is fun, especially the co-op mode. I would suggest this to any PS3 owner.

Alliance rules

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Graphics are great. game play is easy. story is fun. Great over all game.

Great Graphics, Fun Fighting, and Awesome Audio

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you like comics and RPGs, this game is for you. Looks really good in HD and sounds great with Dolby Digital Surround.

I like the way they give alittle backstory on each character and there are lots of hidden items and unlockable characters and costumes.

Well worth the price of admission.

Marvel Comics is now my fan of it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: April 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

That game look tight because of Spider-man, Captain America, Iron Man, Luke Cage, X-Men, Fantastic Four, etc. on that Marvel Game

Best Marvel Game Ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: February 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The World's largest army of Super Heroes is under your control. Assemble your ultimate four-member strike force from over 20 Marvel heroes. Become your favorite legends, then interact with more than 140 characters in this epic action-RPG. Since it's on PS3 though, you get HD graphics in 1080p, sixaxsis wireless controller for dynamic gameplay, and 2 extra playable heroes. Innovative Combat. Determine the fate of the Marvel universe. Online Cooperative and Competitive modes. Do you need more?

Great game PLUS 4 players!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My kids were looking for a PS3 game that 4 friends could all play at the same time at their sleepover. This was it. They love it.

1 of the few games you can play with 4 people co-op

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The only reason i bought this game was becuase of the X-Men Legends for PS2. I Love this game and good for 4 players in co-op. I was on deployment and we had a blast when we were off of work. Since we have to share a TV between 20 of us, it is either this, X-men Legends or Madden. Just being able to play with 4 people and each person can pick ther favorite charachter is awesome!!! Anything under 4 stars is a garbage review.

Fun game, especially for comic/hero fans !!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 12
Date: December 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Hey, I admit, this may not be the game if you are looking to highlight the grand capabilities of your PS3. But if you wanna have some good, old fashioned rock'em, sock'em with Spider Man, Captain America, Thor, and lots of other classic Marvel heroes, then this is the game for you. If you have played either of the X-Men legends games you get the idea of what this games' set up is like. It is mission based as the heroes battle Doctor Doom and a legion of other villians.

Don't get me wrong, the graphics are an upgrade from the X-Men Legends graphics, but don't harness the full capaability of the PS3, which I doubt we will see harnessed by any game until sometime next year.

The story of the game is long and will provide hours of fun and entertainment. To be honest, I feel that some of the other reviewers here have been a bit harsh. Stop expecting too much, too soon from your PS3. Better and better game will come, just as they did with PS2, you just have to be patient and in the meantime, have some fun. Ultimate Alliance will provide you with that fun.

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