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A Very Fun Comic Epic. Play as your favorite heroes!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

A Superhero videogame (when it is done right) is a thing of joy. A great deal of the fun of videogames is sliping into the skin of your favorite heroes and kicking evil booty.
And that is what this game does.
I've played Ultimate Spider-man. Smashed my way through Hulk Ultimate Destruction. Those games were excellent free-roming action games where once the story played out you could still wander the city bashing badguys and doing amusing side missions to your hearts content.
Well, that is fine and good but what about those huge Marvel comics crossovers where Spider-man, Thor, Daredevil, and the Fantastic Four are whisked off to Asgard to fight Loki? Or the X-men travel into space to help the Inhumans? Could those kinds of stories really be done justice in a videogame? Apparently.
Ultimate Alliance is what I think is referred to as a "hack and slash dungeon crawler." I remember playing Balder's Gate a few years ago and thinking, "Eh. It's okay." And truthfully, Ultimate Alliance is that same type of game (going back to the arcade game Gauntlet I guess). But the big difference is: It's MARVEL.
Anyone who has ever read a Marvel comic will get a kick out of all the characters in this game. Favorites like Wolverine, Daredevil, Captain America, The Fantastic Four and more "specialized" characters like GhostRider (who I guess is in this because he recently had a movie), Doctor Strange, Luke Cage, and Deadpool. That's just to name a few.
You can play these characters in solo missions as you collect "simulator discs" along the way, but the big draw here is the epic story.
And this game looks better than Balder's Gate (about the only dungeon crawler I've played besides this).
The characters have a lot of alternate costumes, many of which are easy to unlock. I preferred Thor in his old 60s get up. Daredevil also has his old yellow and brown costume. Spider-man can wear his traditional red and blue, or his black costume, or the "Scarlet Spider" costume that briefly appeared in the comics.
The characters have their special attacks as well. Actually each character has 2 or 3 of those. Spider-man has "web-bullets." Iron-man's distance attack are his laser beams. Thor and Storm can create lightning. I found it amusing that Spider-man could swing in environments with nothing over his head. It's actually part of the charm of the game that you can do that.
I can't really explain all the experience points and role playing game terms. I don't understand all that myself. I suppose that helps, but just a minimal grasp of that stuff is enough to enjoy the game. Just upgrade your heroes abilities from time to time or experiment with character combinations and items you collect and see what happens.
I'm playing it on easy mode and it's easy enough (yet some parts are certainly challenging) while enjoying the story as it unfolds.
Knowing about the Marvel Universe might be more of a requirement than any RPG knowledge. For instance, if you know who the Watchers are and what a Kree Skrull is, you will really get a kick out of this. If you don't you can wander around the headquarters (basically a superhero lounge where all the heroes can tell you where they come from and what thier personal issues are) and get information.
There are also a few puzzles along the way. Basically it's like moving furniture here or there to open a door, but there are a few riddles and some brain power is involved. Thankfully there is not a Sudoku challenge here, or I would never make it out of the first chapter.
A couple more things: 1) Daredevil is such a cool character that I feel I should mention you have to find 5 Daredevil action figures to unlock him to play. They are pretty easy to find, but if you don't find them by the time you get halfway through the Asgard chapter go back and look again. There's always someone on the internet sharing cheats for such info if you need it. 2) I think I should mention there is a level where the heroes are basically wandering through a dimension that is supposed to be Hell (the call it some other "dimension") in order to save one of the X-men. I know a lot of parents might freak out with all the pentagrams and fire and stuff, but it's really nothing worse than your kids have read in the comics (and it is not like you meet Marylin Manson there or anything. It is not nearly as freaky as Devil May Cry or God of War). If you are offended by that you might not like the game. But Marvel comics' whole mythology is played out here and really it is hard to take all this so seriously. I mean, you go to Asgard with all the Norse gods, you meet aliens and planet eaters. It's all pretend and fun so if you are not uptight you can enjoy those elements for what they are: just fun mythological storytelling.

AVERAGE GAMER

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

FOR A PERSON WHO DOESNT PLAY GAMES MUCH AND DOESNT PLAY THEM UNTILE THEY ARE BEAT. THIS GAME IS PRETTY GOOD...U CAN JUST PLAY FOR A BIT THEN NOT TOUCH IT FOR A WEEK OR SO AND PICK RIGHT UP WHERE U LEFT OFF...PLUS IT HAS A CRAZY AMOUT OF CHARACTERS FOR THE BIG COMIC FANS...HOPE THIS IS USEFUL...

Great deal!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

For $12.99 what a deal. My son really likes this game. Normally he doesn't play these types of games. I thought I'd get it & see if he might like it.. He did, to even his own surprise.

Great comic book action

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you liked X-Men Legends, you'll like this game too. The individual character missions get a little cookie-cutter, which brings down the re-playability a bit, but adventure mode is solid and will take a good 25-30 hours at normal difficulty. All the usual suspects show up, including some very silly/lame Marvel heroes and enemies, so there's more than enough to chuckle at and make fun of.

"What are you girls looking at?"

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you dont get this game then you lost a chance to play a game with dazzling efofects and the best players you can find like spidey, ghost rider, wolverine, cap america, blade, fantastic four, iron man, and much more but one thing gets to you is it the ultimate universe or 616 but whatever it could have better players like gambit or hawkeye, nightcrawler, and venom but what can you do. well cant wait for the sequel rage of galactus!

OMG!!! This game is AWESOME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you are a fan of the Marvel universe, then don't hesitate, double-take, or think twice...you will LOVE this game!!!

Best Marvel Comics Game Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game has it all. Every character has unique moves that add to the feel that you are watching a top rate Marvel Comic unfold before your eyes. The story is unique and has enough twists and mysteries to keep the story interesting and game play addicting. A must have for any Marvel Comics fan.

X-Men Legends Redux

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

To put it simply, if you've played "X-Men Legends" or "X-Men Legends 2" then you've pretty much already played "Marvel Ultimate Alliance." It's by the same companies, has the same feel, and the same controls. But instead of just the X-Men you get most of the Marvel heroes from the iconic ones like Spider-Man or Captain America to the lesser known like Deadpool and Luke Cage. Unfortunately unless you buy the XBox 360 Gold edition you don't get the Hulk, which is enough to make me turn green--were that possible. And except for Doctor Doom you're pretty much taking on the lesser villains of the Marvel universe--Magneto being added to the aforementioned Gold Edition.

Like X-Men Legends you get your pick from too many characters really. Unless you're a fan of Luke Cage is there ever a need to take him instead of Wolverine or Ghost Rider or someone like that? Probably not. Because I'm only a casual fan I stuck mostly with the ones I knew like Spidey, Wolverine, Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America and I got through the game all right. There are team bonuses if you take certain groupings like all female characters or the Fantastic Four or the New Avengers, but still it might be nice if there were some built-in reason to take some of the more obscure characters.

But anyway, this plays like one of those epic crossover story lines with the heroes getting together at some threat, remaining consistently a step behind as Doctor Doom plots to take over the world--with a little help from his friends. Then of course he does his Dr. Evil impression by toying with the good guys when he could easily destroy them. In the meantime you get to go everywhere from China to Asgard to deep space to tangle with Galactus--who will be starring in the inevitable sequel, where most likely you have to unite with the villains to destroy him--and finally a very creepy level in Doom's castle. Like the X-Men game, the final confrontation was a little disappointing when compared to some of the earlier boss tussles.

Now if you haven't played "X-Men Legends" or its sequel then all this will be new to you. Get used to running around asking moronic questions to various characters--why would Thor need to ask about Asgard or Captain America about Super Serum?--and beating up hordes of bad guy goons as you try to unravel Doom's plot. And then of course it gives you bonus optional missions to achieve on your spare time; if you think those aren't important, just wait until the end of the game.

What I do respect about this game is that the controls are very easy to master. No long strings of buttons to push most of the time, unlike fighting games. The camera angles get a little confusing at times, especially fighting a giant like Galactus or the Frost Giant leader. And sometimes your allies end up standing around while you're getting beat up. It's not perfect, but it is pretty fun, especially if you haven't played the X-Men games.

That is all.

PS - after you beat the game (it isn't THAT hard) be sure to listen all the way through the credits not just for the voiceover gags but a little snippet at the end that ties up the Weasel/Black Widow subplot.

Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Me and my two 5 year olds played this game and had a blast (using Multi-tap /player from GameStop). It was easy enough for them to play but needed an adult to help them neg. the more complex parts of the game. I grew up on Atari so this was a blast. We have several multi-player games and this was by far the most fun. Highly recommended for many hours of fun.

good game overall

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Found this gsame very enjoyable. Interesting trying different character on the same level.

I would recommend this game.

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