Yo Winnow: Marvel Ultimate Alliance

noel · Post by **noel** » September 19, 2006, 2:40 pm

http://www.marvelultimatealliance.com/

Looks pretty interesting. Made by the same people who made X-Men: Rise of the Apocalypse. Supposed to feature 140 Marvel Characters. I saw one video where Galactacus is destroying a city...

Check it out.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 19, 2006, 2:56 pm

The movie preview for this I grabbed off of X-Box Live a little while back looked good. Hoping it's a fun one.

About a month to go before release.

Trias · Post by **Trias** » September 20, 2006, 12:35 am

i'm stoked for this...

i'm more excited for the Justice League game comming out for PS2 though.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » September 20, 2006, 2:01 am

Raven's X-men games always look good on paper. Then you play them and your fucking party members the game fucking FORCES you to take run around like retards and headlong into huge packs of enemies, and then use up all 10 of your health power ups at once because they are getting wrecked by a whole screen worth of enemies.

Seriously, fuck those games.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 20, 2006, 2:17 am

You're probably right kyou but the concept is great.

I wonder if they're teasing with all of those empty hexes where the character descriptions are. It says starting with 20 characters and unlock more but that's a ton of extra hexes that don't have characters yet. It says 140 (but doesn't specifically say playable) characters below which is a ton if all unique heroes/villains.

Assemble your Super Heroes – Create the ultimate dream team and dynamically switch team members, starting with 20 playable Marvel Super Heroes, and unlocking even more as you progress. Experience the full scale of the Marvel universe with a combined cast of over 140 characters.

Customize your team- Use a universal team upgrade system or customize each individual member for maximum effectiveness. Total team customization means a vast selection of power-boosting equipment, a unique team name and team icon, and an established team reputation as the story progresses.

Change the course of the game –The missions you accept, and the objectives that you meet, will have a direct impact on how the story plays out. At the end, see how your choices changed the fate of the Marvel universe.

Fight in no-holds-barred combat. With dynamic combat capabilities, you can now fight while airborne, on the ground, and even underwater! A host of combat tactics include grappling, charge attacks and a destructible environment, where everyday objects can become dangerous weapons.
Cooperate or compete online. Play the entire story from beginning to end individually or with up to 3 of your friends. Switch between cooperative and competitive mode to partner with or challenge up to three other players. Online multiplayer supports 1-4 people.

Unique comic book missions that are unlocked throughout the game will reenact legendary Marvel battles.

Over 17 exotic locales take the player around the world, out of the universe and back again.

noel · Post by **noel** » September 20, 2006, 11:37 am

I think that press release is misleading. I'd look for 140 characters featured in the game, not 140 characters that are actually playable... I could be wrong, but I just don't see it.

I did see Ghost Rider as a playable character which was pretty cool and I'm looking forward to playing Captain America, Dr. Strange and Silver Surfer.

On the subject of the X-men games... I only played Rise of the Apocalypse and only on the PC. I don't remember having the specific problems kyoukan mentioned, but I know for certain that I min-maxxed my party until I had an ideal team. I also know that if I deviated from that team my overall effectiveness went to shit. Off the top of my head, I remember Scarlett Witch being totally fucking useless.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 20, 2006, 1:00 pm

The original X-Men Legends was one of the most entertaining and satisfying comic hero games I've played. A big part of the fun was COOP play with a friend that could jump in and out of the game at any time.

For some reason, I didn't care for the sequel, Rise of Apocalypse, but didn't give it much of a chance. There were some tweaks to the game I didn't like as I recall.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 20, 2006, 7:01 pm

This isn't worthy of it's own thread in the movie forum but check out the current concept for the Iron Man movie coming out in 2008.

Not too bad. Not sure how well an Iron Man movie will go over though. Could be good if they play on Stark's alcoholism and flamboyance.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » September 20, 2006, 10:20 pm

I dont know about that look. He looks like a power ranger.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 20, 2006, 11:24 pm

They could make it more like the original Iron Man armor:

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » September 21, 2006, 1:50 am

I think you're both right... wasn't there a look somewhere in between that was good?

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » September 21, 2006, 11:34 am

I always liked the look before his most recent one in the avengers.

Kwonryu DragonFist · September 22, 2006, 4:46 am

This will be my team in Marvel Alliance

The Murgatroyds!

Elektra, Spiderman, Dr Weird and Wolverine!

Spidey takin a poke at Elektras mammaries!

Hammar · Post by **Hammar** » September 22, 2006, 1:19 pm

Looks cool. But is it the ultimate world or 616? I saw 616 spidey and Fury. and Ultimate Thor, Wolv, and maybe Cap. In the movie that is.

noel · Post by **noel** » September 22, 2006, 4:59 pm

I noticed that too. It's a shame it's not all Ultimate, but definitely it looks like a hybrid. I can't wait to play as Thor.

Post by **Sylvus** » September 22, 2006, 5:44 pm

noel wrote:I can't wait to play as Thor.

Indeed!

I'll get this for that alone, he was always my favorite.

Does that make me gay?

noel · Post by **noel** » September 22, 2006, 8:08 pm

Captain America is my first choice, but Thor is a close second. I don't think it makes you gay.

Anyone who posts that they're looking forward to playing as Namor would *definitely* be gay.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » September 22, 2006, 8:27 pm

But he totally rocks the vulcan look to the X-TREEEEEEEEME.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 22, 2006, 10:19 pm

noel wrote: Anyone who posts that they're looking forward to playing as Namor would *definitely* be gay.

People might change their minds about Namor if he's able to bag Susan Storm-Richards!

After reading Marvel Knights (4), drawn by none other than Sylvus's cousin, Steve McNiven, I've become a fan of the Invisible Woman. They managed to develop Susan Storm's character into someone worth reading about instead of mostly just going along with whatever Reed wanted in the past.

Anyways, in Marvel Knights 4 (posted in comic's forum)

http://www.veeshanvault.org/forums/view ... hp?t=13017

Namor tries once again to take Sue away from Reed during a time when the FF are bankrupt, have to move out of the Baxter building and fine normal jobs to pay the bills. The premiss is a little shaky but the storytelling is top notch. I Highly recommend the first eight issues of Marvel Knights: 4.

Here's a few pages of Sue/Invisible Woman from Marvel Knights: 4. The last few pages involving Namor are by a different artist than McNiven. I hid the pages to not spam this thread with with a bunch of pictures.

Namor reminds me of Kwon!

MILF!
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Post by **Sylvus** » September 23, 2006, 2:04 am

Sometime's when I see Steve's stuff, I wonder if he's kind of a pervert and I just never realized it. Actually, I probably don't get all of that from my dad's side, so I don't know why it never occurred to me before.

He's good though!

Kwonryu DragonFist · September 24, 2006, 5:02 am

Winnow wrote: Namor reminds me of Kwon!

ROFL! Namor looks OLD in that comicstrip!

Maybe he is!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 24, 2006, 7:02 am

Kwonryu DragonFist wrote:
Winnow wrote: Namor reminds me of Kwon!
ROFL! Namor looks OLD in that comicstrip!

Maybe he is!

Well it's bad artwork for one thing : ) Whoever took over the comic after McNiven left wasn't very good! Issues 1-7 are classics IMO though.

Kwonryu DragonFist · September 24, 2006, 8:00 am

Winnow wrote:
Kwonryu DragonFist wrote:
Winnow wrote: Namor reminds me of Kwon!
ROFL! Namor looks OLD in that comicstrip!

Maybe he is!
Well it's bad artwork for one thing : ) Whoever took over the comic after McNiven left wasn't very good! Issues 1-7 are classics IMO though.

Is the Namor / Reed fight in Marvel Knights 4?

noel · Post by **noel** » September 24, 2006, 2:26 pm

I cannot speak to the accuracy of this, but wikipedia has a character page for the game that lists the PCs, NPCs, Villains and Unlockables.

wikipedia.org's contributors wrote: Playable Characters:
* Blade
* Captain America
* Deadpool
* Dr. Strange
* Elektra
* Ghost Rider
* Human Torch
* Iceman
* Invisible Woman
* Iron Man/War Machine
* Luke Cage
* Mr. Fantastic
* Silver Surfer
* Spider-Man
* Spider-Woman
* Storm
* The Thing
* Thor
* Warbird
* Wolverine

Unlockables
* Black Panther
* Daredevil
* Nick Fury

PSP Exclusive
* Hawkeye

NPCs
* Black Bolt
* Black Widow
* Bruce Banner
* Corsair
* Clea
* Crystal
* Cyclops
* Dum Dum Dugan
* Gorgon
* Heimdall
* Jean Grey
* Karnak
* Lilandra
* Lockjaw
* Namor
* Nightcrawler
* Odin
* Professor Xavier
* Triton
* Uatu the Watcher
* Wong

Villains
* Arcade
* Attuma
* Blackheart
* Bullseye
* Crimson Dynamo
* Dark Phoenix
* Deathbird
* Dr. Doom
* Dormammu
* Empress S'ybll
* Enchantress
* Executioner
* Fin Fang Foom
* Galactus
* Gladiator
* Grey Gargoyle
* Kraken
* Kurse
* Loki
* Mandarin
* Mephisto
* MODOK
* Radioactive Man
* Rhino
* Scorpion
* Shocker
* Super-Skrull
* Tiger Shark
* Titannus
* Ulik
* Ultron
* Winter Soldier
* The Wrecking Crew
* Ymir

Kwonryu DragonFist · September 25, 2006, 3:07 am

Can you play Ulik online and fight other peoples superteams?

JK! Wanted to stomp some goodies

Takin control over Galactus VS Winnows 4 goodies would be good!

Kwonryu DragonFist · September 25, 2006, 3:12 am

noel wrote:Captain America is my first choice, but Thor is a close second. I don't think it makes you gay.

Anyone who posts that they're looking forward to playing as Namor would *definitely* be gay.

I'm was lookin forward to playing as Namor! LOL!

He's the only one slightly resemblin/lookin like me, who else am i gonna play? The Thing?

Oh, you callin me The Thing eh? You saying i resemble the thing eh?

Is that it? Is that the ticket?

noel · Post by **noel** » September 25, 2006, 3:54 am

Kwon = Luke Cage 4TW!

Kwonryu DragonFist · September 25, 2006, 4:57 am

noel wrote:Kwon = Luke Cage 4TW!

I ain't black!

But if i was! I'd go Luke Cage or Black Pantha for this game!

Still, impressive cast of characters for this game, pity they didnt have Sunfire.

I'll prolly play as Deadpool like in the Xmen2.

noel · Post by **noel** » September 25, 2006, 10:02 am

Of course you aren't black, but c'mon... his code name is 'Power Man'!

noel · Post by **noel** » October 25, 2006, 6:14 pm

Quick Review:

It's X-men Legends 2 on crack. Virtually every aspect of XML2 has been improved upon. At this point, I'm finding the character customization menus somewhat confusing (I've been playing XML2 again for the last couple weeks cause I was jonesing for this) it seems like you can control where your skill points go like in XML2, but not your stat points. The other interesting thing is that you can change a character's costume I have 'Ultimate Captain America' and 'Classic Captain America' and each costume has unique effects on the characters skills.

A lot of the characters on the PC version are locked as the game starts, so currently I'm rolling with: Captain America, Thor, Iron Man and Ms. Marvel (don't have her Binary costume yet). I'm getting a 5% attack bonus because they're all Avengers (similar to the team combination bonuses in XML2). I'd like to replace her with Dr. Strange, but he's not unlocked yet.

So far having a great time with the game.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » October 25, 2006, 7:46 pm

How is playing it with a keyboard? I've only played the XML games on ps2 with a gamepad, but considering this one for the PC.

noel · Post by **noel** » October 25, 2006, 8:09 pm

I have a logitech rumblepad that I play with. It's basically the same as a PS2 Dual-shock. When XML2 came out I tried playing it with a keyboard and it was a horrible experience. =\

Still playing btw. I just finished Captain America's 'Simulation [Danger] Room' mission. I've now unlocked all of his costumes which are pretty cool.

The characters you can play at the start of the game that I know of (PC only) are:

Captain America
Thor
Ms. Marvel
Mr. Fantastic
Storm
Luke Cage
Invisible Woman
Wolverine
The Thing
Spiderman
Johnny Storm
Elektra
Iceman
Deadpool
Spider-Woman

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » October 25, 2006, 10:05 pm

Can you post the system specs for this game (pc, of course). I've been looking everywhere and can't find it.

Kwonryu DragonFist · October 25, 2006, 11:27 pm

noel wrote:Quick Review:

It's X-men Legends 2 on crack. Virtually every aspect of XML2 has been improved upon.

Ok, i'm gettin this!

Kwonryu DragonFist · October 25, 2006, 11:30 pm

This will be my Team now!

Deadpool

Luke Cage

Elektra

Wolverine

-on the bench (potentials)-

Spiderman

Spider-Woman

The Thing

-

No ranged blasters here!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 25, 2006, 11:41 pm

Kwon, have you been reading Ms Marvel? She has HUGE muscular thighs in her comic. I can't believe you wouldn't have her on your team!

I'll be disappointed if she doesn't make your squad!

Kwonryu DragonFist · October 25, 2006, 11:43 pm

Damn, She's in it!

She's got the Quad(s) to join my Squad!

I do not refute the fact that she gots a splendiferous glute

noel · Post by **noel** » October 26, 2006, 12:15 am

System Reqs:

The system requirements for PC are:
- 3D hardware accelerator card required -100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 128MB video card and drivers
- Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
- Processor: Pentium 4.20GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (1.6GHz)
- RAM: 512MB
- Hard Drive Space: 8GB minimum (plus 400MB for Windows swap file)
- Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible true 16-bit sound card and drivers
- DirectX Version: 9.0c (Included)
- DVD-ROM: 100% Windows 2000/XP compatible 2X speed or better DVD-ROM drive and drivers
- Controls: 100% Windows 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and drivers
- Additionally Supported Peripherals: 100% Windows 2000/XP compatible USB Gamepad
- Supported Chipsets for Windows 2000/XP
o All NVIDIA GeForce 7300 128MB and better chipsets
o All ATI Radeon X1300 128MB and better chipsets
- Multiplayer Requirements: Internet (TCP/IP) play supported, Broadband Connection required
- Recommended for Internet Play: 256K (2 players), 384K (3 players), 512K (4 players) downstream/upstream

This game plays great on my desktop but will not play on my laptop. XML2 would play on my laptop just fine, so that kinda sucks.

Seems like the game is really picky with Video cards.

Kryshade · Post by **Kryshade** » October 26, 2006, 2:25 pm

Is this game friendly with mouse/keyboard? I don't have a gamepad for my PC as I prefer to play xbox 360 when I want to use a gamepad. Anyone playing it using the keyboard/mouse? How is it? I'm looking for a different type of game to play, and this one has caught my eye, but I would want it for PC and without needing a gamepad.

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » October 26, 2006, 4:52 pm

If it plays like XML2 it's not that fun with mouse/keyboard.

Gamepad is where it's at!

noel · Post by **noel** » October 26, 2006, 5:04 pm

The game does support mouse and keyboard, but if you have a 360, just get it for that. It'll play much better on the 360 than on all but high end PCs.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » October 26, 2006, 7:13 pm

Does this game work with a mouse and keyboard?

just kidding.

noel · Post by **noel** » October 26, 2006, 8:43 pm

Truant wrote:Does this game work with a mouse and keyboard?

Only if you play as Ms. Marvel, Spider Woman, Invisible Woman and Storm.

just kidding.

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » October 27, 2006, 4:44 am

Does this game work with a mouse and keyboard?

etc and so forth

Post by **Sylvus** » October 27, 2006, 11:42 am

I'm going to get this for 360.

Does anyone know if they sell a mouse and a keyboard for the 360 yet?

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » October 27, 2006, 12:48 pm

Sylvus wrote:I'm going to get this for 360.

Does anyone know if they sell a mouse and a keyboard for the 360 yet?

Would it work with a Mouse and Keyboard for the 360 if one is available?

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » November 13, 2006, 4:00 pm

I downloaded it, and see it for sale now, considering buying it, but havent had time to play the cracked version yet.
So, is it any good? Played XL2 some, but never got time to play it after i got my new PC

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » November 13, 2006, 4:19 pm

Hesten wrote:I downloaded it, and see it for sale now, considering buying it, but havent had time to play the cracked version yet.
So, is it any good? Played XL2 some, but never got time to play it after i got my new PC

If you enjoy the style of play in X-Men Legends, you'll like Ultimate Alliance as it's the same engine with four man groups but with a lot more characters to chose from for your team.

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » November 14, 2006, 4:07 am

i'm rolling with nick fury ironman wolverine and captain america.

fuck them for putting black nick fury in this game he is a discrace to nick fury

Kwonryu DragonFist · November 14, 2006, 3:58 pm

I agree fully.

I cannot understand why they made a black Nick Fury and an asian Wasp, when the originals work and have nothing to be complained about.

Why not make Luke Cage and Black Panther scrawny redheads while yer at it?

Shang Chi could be an overweight aussie fighting with a surfboard?

If people feel that all the races aint shown in Marvel Comics, why not make some new colored heroes instead of changing the classics?

Pink Hulk while we're at it???

Whats so wrong with the old Nick Fury?