Marvel Ultimate Alliance - PlayStation 3

Posted : 2 years, 11 months ago at Jan 20 14:53

When we first booted this up I thought I was going to hate it once the gameplay started. I thought "Oh great another third person button masher". But fairly soon the game became a bit more complicated. There are lots of heroes available, and choosing a favorite and selecting and upgrading his/her different super powers is part of the fun, as well as swiping the various secret power ups and items before your partner does (you can play two players on the same screen). Different heroes also begin to work better with one another after experience (there are usually 4 heroes in a group). Another surprise was the motion controls. Tossing bad guys around and dodging monsters is controlled by the motion sensors in the Sixaxis, and is quite fun. The BAD: The storyline and the levels designs a...Read more

Rating : 6/10

Posted : 3 years, 1 month ago at Nov 26 16:47

Had a chance to play this over the holiday weekend on a new PS3.

Game play experience was good with friends and quite a lot fun but after that it tends to fall apart a bit. The storyline seems very forced and becomes monotonous. Also there tended to be some very odd sub-level tasks based on other games such as Pitfall and Brick Blaster which could become very tedious.

On a technical level, graphics was alright but nothing extraordinary or special. Unfortunately there were a few bugs and glitches in the game play which really dropped down the rating, sometimes they required a restart of the system.

Rating : 4/10