Marvel: Ultimate Alliance for Xbox Reviews by Gamers

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance takes over 20 superheroes from the comic book pages to the console so they can fight... Dr. Doom? Okay, there are a few problems with this game, but it's a comic book junky's dream come true. The story takes our heroes all over the Marvel Universe, from Atlantis to Murderworld to Mephisto's Realm to Asgard to the Skrull home planet to basically everywhere else. And along the way you'll fight big bad enemies like Ymir, Mandarin, Galactus and Loki, as well as less intimidating enemies like Shocker and Rhino and even lesser enemies like the third Arcade Clown from the right. Gameplay is ripped straight from the X-Men Legends top-down four-character beat-em-up mold. In fact, slap a prettier coat of paint on it and change the characters and this could be X-Men Legends 2. The powers, combos and levels are very similar, but there are a few differences: you can only use one piece of equipment per hero, extreme powers are activated simultaneously and alternative costumes offer different advantages when you sink some money into them. While almost all the greats are here, there are some notable absences from the Punisher and the Hulk and some characters like Colossus are next-gen only. But the great reason to play Ultimate Alliance, besides being a lot of fun, is that someone who has no experience with these characters can get a virtual compendium of the personal biographies and mythologies on them. It's a great game for comic book fans and a fun distraction for the Diablo II set.