Many video gamers may remember a game called Marvel Ultimate Alliance that came out on PS2, PSP, XBOX and many   other consoles many, many years ago. It was a fantastic piece of gaming which was very well received by many people. Due to its success, it was only a matter of time before a sequel was made.

This version of the game is from the PS3 console that was released in 2009.

The game is based around playing up to 24 Marvel characters including superheroes and supervillains who have to stop a virus epidemic that is spreading across the world which infects all beings in order for this newly created race to enslave the Earth to ‘create peace’. How this virus came about is something you will have to figure out yourself.

During the story, a law is put in effect called the Registration Act where all mutants are to sign up and make themselves known to the government so that they can be kept in check. However there are many mutants that disagree with this act and decide to rebel. I will explain more about this when I come to the game play…

Now personally I was quite disappointed with the plot as it seemed just too bland and dull. The first game had it all: twists and turns, shocks, horrors, sadness you name it it had the lot but this game does not give of the same emotions at all. The only real shock was at the very end which I will not spoil for you.

The game play more than makes up for this absence though. Much like the first game, you can pick any 4 characters out of the 24 optional choices that you can put in your own personal team whom you can upgrade and change appearance with. However most characters you have to unlock first by collecting tokens or progressing through the story. This brings me back to the story briefly. During the game you have to choose whether you wish to sign up or rebel against the Registration Act. Once you choose there is no going back. Half of the super characters then get automatically locked until the last act of the story. So if you had a character you loved playing and it turns out they want to join the other side… you are going to be very disappointed.

Each character has a unique ability which you can use throughout the game. Sometimes you may need a particular ability so you can get to secret areas in order to unlock medals, upgrades, audio and documents.

There are also powers that have been newly introduced called Fusions which allows you to combine your powers with another character that is in your team. I could spend hours looking though all of each combination for each character.

The graphics are… O.K. The only problem I have with it is that the cinematics look a little different than the average game play. They tend to make it look more like it’s from a movie which to me doesn’t seem to make the game play run smoothly.

The music is brilliant. It is very catchy and epic. So much emotion can be portrayed in the music. There is an example of the music below. It is the official theme tune for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Main Theme

So apart from the Story and the slightly rough smoothness of the game, I feel that this could have had much more potential but it seems the game play is the reason to buy the game. That is why I have decided to rate this… 6/10