Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

[ROMate]

GAME ROCKS. Twenty characters to choose from, all of them excellent Marvel classics, each with a unique role to play in the story and the party. Stats level up all on their own, so all you need worry yourself over are your skills. Costumes are for more than just appearances this time, too: Rather than spend money acquired on extra equipment, you spend it to upgrade your hero's costume and increase their powers further than ever. Each hero has 4 unique costumes from various eras of the Marvel continuity. You can also create your own unique team of heroes with their own special bonuses.

The combat system has been improved and streamlined to make combat a breeze. Heroes can now block and dodge-roll in fights for added survivability. Heroes with flying can do so without having to spend skill points. Also, flying heroes can now use their powers in the air. X-Treme powers return, this time with a new mechanic: Momentum! Build momentum in combat with combos and powers, then unleash your character's attack when the time is right! X-Treme powers now activate all at once, too, so you can easily combo them together to wreak unimaginable havoc.

And this is just the start. So far I've made it into the beginning of Act 2, and I've experienced more Marvel ownage than in any other Marvel game previous to it. My whole dorm room has banded together to make a killer party out of Spider-Man, Iron Man, Silver Surfer, and Captain America. I also have my own personal team going in a separate save game consisting of Spider-Man, The Thing, Ms. Marvel, and Spider-Woman. I've got plenty of characters to unlock still, but it's going to be awesome getting to them. The game is so worth the 50 dollars I paid for it.

[Centurion]

Cool bro. I cant wait to play it at greater length. I dunno who my bias will shine upon in this game...

[Spaceworlder]

After I get Superman Returns, this is probably going to be the second game I'll be picking up for my Xbox 360.

[ROMate]

Cool bro. I cant wait to play it at greater length. I dunno who my bias will shine upon in this game...

The world owns. There's no such thing as a shitty character in this one. Also; today Claver came up to UWG and we played the training missions for a while. Had fun stealing weapons from enemies and clobbering 'em with their own stuff. Even though my gigantic positive bias for Spider-Man has had me playing him the whole time, I also really like The Thing and Luke Cage.

Spaceworlder: Let me know how Moon Knight is. I got it on PS2, and he's next-gen exclusive.

[MMX]

Who are the playable characters again?  This isn't coming to Wii/PS3 is it?

are there any current-gen exclusives?

[Spaceworlder]

Ultimate Alliance is being ported to Wii as well. No idea about a PS3 version.

[ROMate]

I dont' know if it's on PS3. Right now, it's relased for Wii, X-Box 360, PS2, and PSP. The only current system to get exclusives is the PSP version, which got Hawkeye and Black Widow. Maybe one or two others, but those two are the only ones I know right off the top of my head. Moon Knight and Colossus are the only next-gen exclusives. Otherwise, everyone else on this list is playable:

Captain America
Spider-Man
Thor
Iron Man
Luke Cage
Spider-Woman
Blade
Black Panther
Daredevil
Elektra
Ms. Marvel
Deadpool
Mr. Fantastic
Invisible Woman
The Thing
The Human Torch
Storm
Wolverine
Iceman
Nick Fury
Ghost Rider
Dr. Strange

Also, something I found out: If you start a new game, and you have another save file on the memory card, it imports all the things you've unlocked in the other save. I started up a new game today to screw with some other characters, and had so much crap open already it was stupid. The only things that didn't carry over are the stat upgrades I found, character action figures, and training simulator discs.

[Ellendesu]

Dr. Strange?!

I'm buying this.

[ROMate]

Strange rocks hardcore. He's got a power that either:
A) Does obscene damage
B) Turns the enemy into a box

And either way, it owns. My friend who plays him always says incantations and stuff when he does it, like "By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth, I transmute your form into that of a box!" Then throws the box at another guy, stunning that enemy, then transmutes THAT one into a box, and...well, you get the idea. XD

[ROMate]

Recently unlocked Black Panther and Ghost Rider. Those two own so hardcore. Black Panther's made a decent substitute for Moon Knight (still wish I could play him though) and Ghost Rider's such awesome crowd control it's putting my Spidey to shame.

[Snorlax.RAYZR]

I got the PSP version. Hawkeye, Black Widow, and two others (I forgot, don't have them either) are exclusive to it.

I'm not far yet, I've been playing in the car and it's the first game that actually gave me a headache. It doesn't help that the framerate's lower than the consol version.

But I like. I played Gradius Collection a lot more, though.

[ROMate]

I wanted Hawkeye and Widow on the console version. I just hate that there are playable X-Men, since they got 2 games all to themselves.

[MMX]

Damn them putting both Hawkeye on Black Widow on the shitty PSP.

I can't even see the fu cking screen.  God I hate that fucking system.  Bah!  I'll just have to make do with Moon Knight.

[Snorlax.RAYZR]

Lalz. You must be blind xD

[MMX]

No, bu the gigantic flash from the blaring screen no matter what lighting condition you're in can sometimes make you that way.

[ROMate]

Spider-Man has one of the hardest training sim missions ever, but his unlockable costume is SO worth it.

[MMX]

It's not man spider is it?

[Spaceworlder]

Man Bat > Man Spider

[ROMate]

It's his Stark Armor from Civil War.

[MMX]

yeah that's pretty cool but Man Spider so much cooler >o>