Achievement weekend.

This weekend I played through Marvel Ultimate Alliance again just to get the achievements released for the DLC and others I was missing. I got about 300 points over the weekend. Here are my thoughts on the new characters:

Sabretooth: At first he didn't seem all that great but once you get that "Claw Frenzy" move, or whatever it's called, he's fricking awesome, especially for boss battles. I think he's the best of the new characters. The claw frenzy move is where you repeatedly press "A" and Sabretooth just runs all over the place slashing whatever he comes in contact with and doing massive damage. It's best when you use it in combination with the berserker rage move cause then you do more damage and he slashes even faster. I also had the "Atuma's Wrath" item equipped the entire time so he always did a ton of damage. I used the Age of Apocalypse outfit and maxed out the claw damage stat. I also used Sabretooth for most of the game.

Magneto: I found him to be decent but not all that great. I think I should have used him more though. Once I got up to Mephisto's Realm and got his achievements on that level(both the costume one, talking with Prof X and Widow maker) I quit using him. His telekinesis move is great but the other moves weren't all that good. I guess if I unlocked the last two moves he might have been a lot better.

Dr Doom: Doom is a great character, one of the better DLC characters. His face mask laser blast is extremely powerful but his other moves weren't all that effective. I just used that one move the whole time. I ended up using his Secret Wars outfit and I used him almost the entire game.

Venom: This was a disappointment for me. Venom didn't have that many good moves. I found myself using that one move he has that is very similar to Thor's lighting attack and Silver Surfers rage attack. His other moves were just complete crap. Once I unlocked his costumes I stopped using him immediately.

Hulk: At first I thought Hulk was going to be awesome but he's just too slow and his moves suck. I wound up using his foot stomp move most of the time. Again, once I unlocked all his outfits I quit using him.

Hawkeye: At first I thought he sucked completely but once I got that Ice Pick move and that paralizer move, he is easily one of the better DLC characters. The ice pick freezes all enemies and then you can shoot them with the paralizer and it usually kills them in one hit from that. I used his modern outfit with the bow damage stat maxed out. Great character for bosses to, especially in tight corridors. If you save his Xtreme attack and use it on a boss you can kill them with one hit usually. He spins around firing tons of arrows and they all richochet off the walls to hit multiple times. A fun character to use overall.

Cyclops: At first he kinda sucked but then I unlocked the richochet blast move and he ended up being a decent character, especially in an area with walls, as the optic blasts constantly richochet and hit enemies multiple times. His other moves kinda suck though. I used his ultimate outfit.

Nightcrawler: Fantastic. He has a similar move to Deadpool's sword spin attack. Kills the bosses with little effort. He has a great moveset too, lots of effective attacks. I used his Age of Apocalypse outfit. My final team for the battle with Doom was Dr. Doom, Sabretooth, Nightcrawler and Cyclops.

I mainly went back to MUA to get a break from Forza 2 but after finishing it I went back to Forza once again. I got 4 achievements in like 10 minutes lol. 5 points for winning a race when you started in last place,5 points for winning a race and having the lowest PI, and 10 points for winning a race with no assists and on hard difficulty. I used that 1970 Porsche for the first achievements and then I used a maxed out U class Skyline in the Nissan Manufacturer race to get the second two. I raced on the oval track so I didn't have to change gears much, even on hard difficulty I won by a mile.

In other news I've gotten into the import video game scene and I will soon be witness to the greatness and the wackiness that is Japanese gaming. More info on that later!