Fun to play and excellent character selection.

User Rating: 8 | Marvel: Ultimate Alliance PC
This is a fun game to play right from the first time you insert the DVD and start to play. The cut scene before the game actually starts is juicy and introduces some of the may characters that we know of like Spiderman, Wolverine etc.

The gameplay is great because I can change the characters when I want and these characters have different powers as they progress through each stage. The A.I is also great and I hadly find pathfinding problems. They attack the right targets and once you loose control of the characters, they dont dissappoint. As each level progresses, it gets harder and the bosses are difficult to beat without solving some puzzles first and taking them down. Character animations are great but when you get up close they don't appear to being saying anything although they are expressing themselves with body movement. That is just weird. One annoying aspect of the game are the jokes. Some are funny and some are not especially the ones made by the webslinger. Another thing I dislike is the save system, you cannot save when you want. Saves only happen when blue circles appear on the floor and these circles only come once in a while but there are other ways of saving like creating a portal back to HQ and actually going to a blue circle and saving it there. Daunting. The story is pretty good and the level design is also good from metallic corridors to ice lands, etc.

The graphics is good, I was not expecting anything groundbreaking and neither should you. It fits the module of the game and I have to say that it is pretty demanding when you turn shadows from low to medium (PC). Power display has been done right. Each character has its unique power display and it looks good to see fireballs going from character to the next.

Sound is very imprtant in this game and I have to say that it is hit and miss. There are some times when the music overwhelms the dialogue and I have to rush to the menu to do something about it. It should have been better. The overall value in this game are the characters themselves because you can play the game again with different characters and also complete some mini quest when you pick up a simulation disc. This is a satisfying game from start to finish. I would recommend this game to anyone who does not want anything serioua.