Marvel ultimate alliance pc mod full#

You know a game has problems when there are more playable characters than enemies, who in this game all happen to look like generic warriors from a tabletop role-playing game. The lack of artistic flair and playable controls might be tolerable if there was a wide variety of fun enemies to pound on. It's minor, but like everything else in this game it's unintuitive and annoying. But rather than doors simply unlocking after certain events, players are given a limited number of keys (Zelda style) that must be equipped with the select button while standing next to a door, then used by pressing the R button. The only thing breaking up the monotony is a frustrating key system, requiring players to revisit previously inaccessible areas. Level objectives are always boring beat up lots of enemies who warp in achingly slow, walk forward, repeat. It's surprising that such attention was given to the leveling up aspects in the game, while the core gameplay was left broken. Levels can be revisited to continue powering characters up. Characters can also drain an attack meter to perform special attacks, or use a number of collectable weapons and tools (although I'm not sure how natural it is to have Spiderman tossing hand grenades). There are RPG elements to this game, as heroes can power up their attacks over time. This sounds like a small issue, but it makes walking each hero around like trying to drive a stick-shift for the first time: lots of stop and go, resulting in lots of frustration and cheap shots. This means that players have to constantly let go and re-press the D-pad to move their character through each gauntlet, rather than just holding it down. Every time a hero is hit or performs certain attacks, the D-pad stops responding. Just moving around proves to be the toughest challenge in the game. These call-ins are completely unbalanced though, with some offering huge exploit and some so weak that they can't even kill a standard enemy. In addition to the playable characters, support from other Marvel heroes can be called in (like bombs in a shooter game). Each playable character has a small variety of horrible-looking attacks that all seem to do the same thing. But weak graphics can be forgiven when a game has solid gameplay, right? Unfortunately, the gameplay here is even worse than the visuals. There are no 'get hit' animations for the heroes, so it's never obvious when a hero is going down (unless they're already lying on the floor).

Marvel ultimate alliance pc mod full#

Sprites barely resemble the superhero characters they're based on (Iceman looks like a giant blue lizard) and animation is jerky, full of 2 to 4 frame actions that are difficult to understand. Every area looks so confusingly similar that even in short levels, it's not hard to get lost. Doors look the same as walls and require players to walk against them for a few seconds before warping to the next spot. Level design is practically non-existent aside from the arrows pointing me to the next, identical enemy I never got the sense that I was in any real location. They rarely get across the idea of which environment they're meant to convey, unless the game is meant to take place in what looks like some kid's first Doom mod. Backgrounds are repetitive and poorly-illustrated, often completely missing layers (unless that sky was meant to be pure red). Fin Fang Foom? And why is Galactus only 12 feet tall? In-game graphics are all mushy and undefined. Marvel unlockable later on), the boss list is a real mixed bag. Although the roster of playable heroes has some nice choices (Blade, Captain America, Deadpool, Elektra, Iceman, Spider-Man, Thor and Wolverine, with Thing and Ms. Presentation is very weak here, with uninspired menus, difficult-to-read text and the bare minimum done to pull players into the game. The plot has something to do with explosives and the Masters of Evil, but the dull cutscenes will probably have players skipping the story almost from the start. Okay, now for the bad, or as I like to call it, 'everything else.' The plot is laughable, with guide Nick Fury constantly giving a Seacrest-like 'Fury, out!' before going right on to deliver more dialog.

Let's start with the good in this game: there are 10 playable Marvel characters.