Marvel Ultimate Alliance was the dream game of any comic book fan, as it included tons of Marvel characters in the same game, all playable. However, the dream was cut short by lackluster gameplay and bad design choices. The sequel, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, tries to correct many of those errors, and, for the most part, it succeeds. But by focusing too much on fixing what was broken, they forgot to do something equally important: add something new.

The story of Ultimate Alliance 2 is based on two Marvel stories, Civil war and Secret War, and if you’re into Marvel comic books, you’ll know exactly what it is. For the rest of us, the game does a good job of setting it up, which basically goes like this: the Government wants super heroes to legally register, which splits the super heroes into two factions, those for and those against. The player has the liberty to chose either side, which means you can play the campaign as both sides, twice, which is a great way of adding replay value. READ ON »