Review: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (PS4)

As Civil War is stirred, Iron Man leads the Pro-Registration side while Captain America spearheads the stand on Anti-Registration.

Pros:

• 5.73GB download size.
• Full platinum trophy.
• Decent graphics, Defiantly benefited from the graphical upgrade more than MUA1.
• ARPG game. Plays like a Diablo lite.
• Story primarily evolves around the Civil war timeline. It is a much better story than the first. You can pick a side and the game will play out differently. So in other words you could say you have two games in one.
• Opening and ongoing tutorials.
• You create a 4 player team. You control one with 3 AI/User controlled allies.
• Fighting is more geared towards team attacks this time round, Holding down a button will dim the screen and show button prompts for the other 3 characters, Pressing them will trigger a team move.
• Online/Offline co op play.
• Slow mo,s and action scenes a plenty in this one, Feels more like a blockbuster film approach than a flat out game.
• Collect coins to upgrade stats.
• Earn EXP to level up and upgrade abilities.
• Medals: Collect them from bosses and random drops, These are game changers adding things like increased health or stronger team attacks etc. You can equip 3 at any time and change them as you see fit.
• Hidden collectibles.
• Easy way point control. Click the right stick for a handy arrow.
• Member screen where you change team members is now in the pause menu so you can do it whenever you want.
• Auto saves.
• Drop in and out co op.
• Conversation choices, You can now have some control over scenarios in a sense. You always have 3 choices and they belong to a group the groups are: Aggressive, Diplomatic and defensive.
• Improved and sleeker UI with better crisper health bars and notifications in game.
• Pop ups in game when you complete in game feats and trophies.
• 18 starting characters with 7 to unlock. New characters have replaced characters from the last game.
• Camera can still be moved here but only in certain areas and that doesn’t include zooming in/out.
• Clear mission objectives.
• Fast loading times.
• Every character is unique and each have special abilities. Some can double jump, Teleport or even fly. It keeps the game realistic.
• Perform moves with another character to do team attacks which are powerful and more efficient.
• Big massive boss battles.
• Five acts with a handful of levels within each.
• Hub: You unlock hubs where you access computer terminals and find collectibles.
• Review computer: Re watch cut scenes, View loading screen art, Look at collectibles and comic art.
• Training computer: Replay comic/bonus levels.
• Improved Trivia game: Answer questions on the Marvel universe and earn bonus EXP.
• Clear menu structure, Selecting characters is fun as they all stand in a group and you select them.

Cons:

• Shoddy camera angles.
• No mini map instead you have to pase the game.
• Very stop start game play. Typical scenario: Clear a room, cut scene, walk to next room, cut scene, clear room, cut scene. Rinse and repeat for ten hours.
• Co op can seriously mess the AI behavior up and cause people to get stuck.
• Sound cuts out randomly.
• Lacks atmosphere.
• More loading screens.
• Invisible rules.
• Story starts to get really good then just fizzles out and goes with a cliche last act.