Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: The Good, The Bad, and the Superteam

If anyone remembers the first game that came out way back when, i think 2006 it was, you should remember running around with your team of heroes fighting villains and bad guys until you beat the game. There are some boss battles and more, when that game came out, I thought it was great. Before I bought the new game, I tried playing the old game and realized it wasn't that good. Maybe three years ago but today's game are alot better. But this set me up for not a good approval rate for the new game. But I was truly wrong. As the game started the graphics for the movies were pure amazing and it felt like a comic book movie being revealed. As you start the game your have to play as four characters just for the first level. Ironman, Captain America, Wolverine and Spider-Man. The game opens up with you and your heroes buddies all working together fighting dooms soldiers and robots.

As you progress through the game it reveals the a great plot. The civil war. No, not the civil war with Abe Lincoln and the confederacy. But for you comic book like me, the civil war where heroes are fighting each other. The Pro-Registration act is being attempted to become a law because after the heroes failing to stop the death of over 600 civilians in Connecticut the government and American people for the Heroes to become known to the public. Ironman and Mr. Fantastic are fighting for it. Captain America is fighting the government (I know right, Captain America) with the Heroes to Hire for the act to be dismembered. This brings heroes to each others throats. That's a quick grasp of the civil war plot but the game offers another whole storyline. The best part is that you can choose a side. So not is there only one storyline, but two. Also the fusions are incredible. Two team members can set up for a powerful move after fighting enough enemies.


In conclusion this game offers a good amount of characters. You can play as villains like Venom and Green Goblin, neutral characters like Gambit and Deadpool and of course heroes. The unlockable characters are only unlocked by playing the game and collecting items and beating bosses. For me this game should have had all the characters from the first game, into this game. I know alot of characters aren't part of the civil war but alot of those characters were enjoyable to play with. Plus I'm still mad that the Punisher has still not been included in the game, thanks to licensing. Keeping out Ghostrider and Blade from the first, plus Silver Surfer and more was not a plus for this game. But the game play is very good, up to four players either online or at home, pretty good graphics and a solid story. For my final score Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 gets 3.5X points out of 5. Also now the game offers a new character for download. Carnage! Thats pretty awesome but with Carnage and Venom on the same with Spider-man and Green Goblin, I don't feel safe for Spider-man. Well since thats been said, i'll back again with another review.

-T

Batman Checked into the Asylum

You've heard of Batman I mean no duh, Only the greatest movie since the giant sinking boat love story movie, but if you don't read comics, it's conceivable that you might be unfamiliar with Arkham Asylum. The iconic psychiatric hospital is essentially Gotham City's Alcatraz, and it has housed just about every villain Batman has ever tangled with at one time or another. Arkham is also the setting for a great third-person action game in which the lunatics take over the asylum and only Batman can stop them. As Batman, you not only get to go toe-to-toe with thugs in fast-paced punch-ups, but you also employ satisfying stealth tactics, play with great gadgets, solve some remarkable riddles, and do a decent amount of detective work. In short, you get to do all of the things that you want to when you don a Batman costume in a game, provided you weren't hoping to get behind the wheel of the batmobile.


The Good:

Story mode really sucks you in, Uncomplicated combat is fast-paced and looks fantastic, Tons of cool stuff to unlock, including Challenge mode maps, Audio and visual presentation is uniformly impressive, You won't want to stop playing even after you've solved all 240 riddles I know I didnt!

The Bad:

Too tempting to play through the entire game in detective vision mode and Supervillains that you don't get to fight feel like missed opportunities.

All in all great game Q gives this game a 4.5 X points out of 5. It's been SMACKDOWNED!!!
-Q

Marvel Vs. Capcom is BACK! Plus an old favorite...

Sorry for the long delay, been busy with college and moving in and everything. But as I settle into my high speed Internet and Xbox live I have come to grips with my old favorite fighting game franchise. Marvel Vs. Capcom 2! There is no doubt in my mind that this is the greatest fighting game ever made. I mean not only do you have the regular street fighter characters but you have Capcom characters also like Jill from Resident Evil and Mega Man. But then you have the marvel fighters which are the X-Men and Avengers and Villains. Wolverine, Storm, Ironman, Captain America, Spiderman and more. Everything from the old game is back mostly. Except for the fact that you are actually not playing arcade mode to get points to purchase characters. All the characters are previously unlocked which is kinda not good because you would play the arcade mode over and over again just to unlock Omega Red or Sentinel.

The game only cost 1200 points and is extremely worth it. I mean the game costs over a hundred dollars in stores, if you can find any. One very cool thing about the game is that they brought online mode into the mix. So you can finally play people from all over. But its not like the good ole' days when you were at your local arcade and you had a bunch of people lined up to play with against you. But this game is one of my favorites and worth every point. For my final rating Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 for the Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network gets 4.5X Points out of 5. The original might still be better because of the extra playing you had to put yourself through but I am still pleased with this games success.

One last thing i wanted to share with you all is that the original Comix Zone is out for Xbox Live arcade also. For only 400 points you can own the game. Now not too many people have played this game but when my friends showed me this game I fell in love with it. I mean the cool combos and action was better than any other genesis game I have played. So if you have some cash or points pick this fun game up. You won't regret it. For this games final rating I give it a 3.5X out of 5X because it was good back in the day and its good now.

-T