Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion (360, PS3, Wii, DS)

[Sparta*]

Quicksilver would be fun in this game

 

[Spider-Vader]

Hmm, looks like I can't have my classic Avengers lineup anymore. (Cap, IM, Thor and Hulk).

Guess I'm going to have to replace Cap with someone else.

Well there's always the chance of Hawkeye, Quicksilver, one or both of the Pyms & Scarlet Witch in the game.

Yeah, I have MUA for the PS2, but I want MUA2 for the Xbox360.

Then rent MUA for the 360. It's good for achievements.

 

[Manic]

I just finished replaying it on the PS2. I'm in the middle of replaying XML2, after which I'll replay XML. Maybe if I'm not tired of the franchise all over again, I'll rent MUA for the 360.

 

[Havok83]

Quicksilver would be fun in this game

His mod is one of my faves in XML2. Id definetly love to see more Avengers in this game

 

[Matt Murdock]

Can't wait.

 

[Spidey17]

Still replaying XML2. It really did have the best leveling system. Oh, and how I've missed the Danger Room!

Changing costumes without losing stats was also better, but I'd forgotten just how terrible some of these costumes were. Anyone else remember the Extreme skins that looked like S&M gear?

Was that another universe or something? Cuz those costumes were odd. I will admit using Colossus' Extreme costume occasionally.

 

[Manic]

I think they made up the Extreme costumes for the games. I remember them first showing up in XML1 as the only alternate costumes for half of the characters.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

the extremes looked like weird camo... some looked alright, they looked more like field agents, but they were still very bizarre

 

[Matt Mortem]

They outta bring Ghost Rider in......for grins and giggles.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I just finished replaying it on the PS2. I'm in the middle of replaying XML2, after which I'll replay XML. Maybe if I'm not tired of the franchise all over again, I'll rent MUA for the 360.

I'm replaying MUA on the 360 right now. I played it on the PS2 initially. It sucks that cheating locks all the achievements, though. I'd really like to play with all the costumes and stats unlocked.

 

[Brainiac 8]

Quicksilver would be fun in this game

I hadn't thought of Quicksilver, but you're right, he would be pretty fun.


Also, how cool would it be to play Blackagar.

 

[Nathan]

NYCC '09 - The Marvel/ Activision Panel

The forces of comic books and video games collided once again at the New York Comic Con on Sunday. This time the team-up was between Marvel Comics and Activision, a team that has come together several times before, with quite successful results. The eagerly anticipated games being showed off included the movie-based X-Men Origins: Wolverine and the gigantic Marvel Universe action RPG, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.

Ricardo Torres, E-i-C of Gamespot led the panel, with three representatives from Activision on the dais.

A trailer for the Civil War inspired MUA2 was shown to kick things off, with several scenes from straight out of the comics shown in animated form. The usual suspects of characters were shown, with all characters on display being ones from the first game. It then said Fall 2009 for release.

Evan Skolnick is the lead writer on MUA2. He is a former Marvel editor now working for Vicarious Visions. After his introduction, we were told that we wouldn’t get any new roster members at this panel.

Torres had some questions from the game’s forums, and the first was about the character selection process. Skolnick said a combination of forum requests, story, meaning characters necessary to this comic adaptation, and who is going to be fun to play as.

The story being based directly on a comic storyline this time allowed them to choose key moments, and they really liked being able to have people choose a specific side in the game. Some things will be done differently for the game, though. For example, in the comic, Captain America winds up giving up, and the “give up” button was pretty boring.

Very destructible environments are back and better than ever, now powered by the HAVOK physics engine.

A huge cast is a difficult proposition for this style of game, and many variations have to be written to cover all possibilities. Skolnick said, “We have to write 60 or more lines” for a conversation that only lasts a couple seconds.



The panel then moved to Q&A.

• A fan who loved Ultimate Alliance wants to know about what platforms the second will be available for, but they couldn’t talk about that yet.
  
  
• The teaser at the end of MUA featuring Galactus may still get picked up in a sequel in the future.
  
  
• The fusion system adds uniqueness to characters with similar powers like Thor and Storm in MUA2
  
  
• No DLC is announced yet for either game, but it is always a possibility.
  
  
• Being forced to choose a side in MUA2 does not cut your roster directly in half, but Captain America and Iron Man won’t be able to be on the same team.
  
  
• Voice talents for the game will be a mixture of old and new in MUA2, and camera angles will be similar to the first, but brought in closer a bit more often.
  
  
• Any Special Editions planned? Can’t talk about those quite yet.
  
  
• Characters that didn’t appear in the comic Civil War can still show up in the game, with Hulk being specifically mentioned. They’ll try to make sense of the choices as to where they fall on party lines, “and if it doesn’t make sense, it’s Skrulls.”

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[TheCorpulent1]

I don't like that they won't reveal which platforms it's available on. That makes me think they may be in talks to make it exclusive to one console, which would suck beyond belief.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Yeah, I hate when that BS happens

 

[Sparta*]

• Being forced to choose a side in MUA2 does not cut your roster directly in half, but Captain America and Iron Man won’t be able to be on the same team.

Rough! now that its official that sucks even more


not being able to play as Cap and Iron Man on the same team is very stupid IMO

 

[Nathan]

Yeah, it sucks. But as long as the story is good I can overlook that annoying fact.

 

[Team Andino]

I don't like that they won't reveal which platforms it's available on. That makes me think they may be in talks to make it exclusive to one console, which would suck beyond belief.

It would be so odd to see the 1st game be on every platform yet there's a chance the 2nd game might be a console exclusive. I don't understand why they wouldn't announce at least this much by this point

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Rough! now that its official that sucks even more

I don't mind it. I like Cap more and I agreed with Cap's stance in Civil War anyway. So long as I can get Cap and Thor together (which I should be able to, since there's no way in hell Thor would go for registration or fight Cap), I'm good.

I'm particularly looking forward to a boss battle with Clor. It'll be a little awkward given that Thor is a playable character in the game, whereas the whole reason Clor existed in Civil War was because Thor was dead at the time, but if they don't include that fight, it'd be a huge oversight.

 

[Nathan]

I really hope Thor goes for Anti-reg, or that we can choose the side. I'm a little worried, seeing as he's on that little Pro-reg banner together with Iron Man. Or his Fusion attack with Reed Richards in the Trailer.

But then again, Spidey is on the Pro-reg banner too. And we know he switched sides later.

 

[Iron_Stark]

Well there's always the chance of Hawkeye, Quicksilver, one or both of the Pyms & Scarlet Witch in the game.


Then rent MUA for the 360. It's good for achievements.

It'd be cool if they had Giant Man in the game with a little Wasp buzzing around him, kinda like she was in the Captain America and the Avengers video game. Have her shooting her lazers everytime he did an attack command.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

hmm there skrull comment makes me think this will prob end with a secret invasion teaser... would tie in galactus well too for a 3rd, plus makes sense considering in MUA1 we attacked there homeworld

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I really hope Thor goes for Anti-reg, or that we can choose the side. I'm a little worried, seeing as he's on that little Pro-reg banner together with Iron Man. Or his Fusion attack with Reed Richards in the Trailer.

But then again, Spidey is on the Pro-reg banner too. And we know he switched sides later.

I'm pretty sure every character will have a fusion attack with every other character.

We see Thor fighting alongside anti-reg'ers in the trailers, as well. He's shown doing a fusion with the Thing. It seems like he'll be one that'll follow you on either side, which makes sense since he wasn't in the comic so he doesn't have a side specified for him already.

 

[Nathan]

Yeah, he wasn't there during the Civil War. But when he returned, he made it pretty clear to Iron Man that he didn't approve of it. He kicked his canned ass all over the place.

 

[Iron_Stark]

The teaser at the end of MUA featuring Galactus may still get picked up in a sequel in the future.
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This sucks. Having to fight Iron Man or Cap at the end is going to be lame.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, he wasn't there during the Civil War. But when he returned, he made it pretty clear to Iron Man that he didn't approve of it. He kicked his canned ass all over the place.

He seemed more angry at the heroes' behavior in general regarding Civil War. Iron Man's ass-kicking came because of Clor more than anything else. So, if Thor were around, I think he probably would've just abstained or tried to stop both sides from fighting. But if he absolutely had to pick a side, I'd put him on Cap's. Governments don't mean much to Thor, especially if they're impeding heroes from protecting the people with beaurocracy and corruption.