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Marvel Ultimate Alliance (Xbox 360) | 
| From: Activision
Category: Video Games
New (2) Used (5) Collectible (1) from £16.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 3965
Platform: Xbox 360
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: Video Game
Age: 11 - 18 years
Operating System: Windows
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5030917038624
ASIN: B000GHFQVA
Release Date: November 2, 2006
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Amazon.co.uk Review:
In a nutshell:
X-Men Legends expands into the whole of the Marvel universe with a game featuring more heroes, villains and superhero brawls than a hundred mighty Marvel crossovers. The lowdown:
It was hardly the deepest action role-player around, but with X-Men Legends, developer Raven found the perfect balance for most comic book fans, between simple action and an expectedly convoluted storyline featuring as many characters as possible. This is basically the same game turned up to 11, as you initially take control of Captain America, Thor, Spider-Man and Wolverine in a battle against Dr Doom and his newfound allies. The graphics are perhaps not quite as detailed as they could be but the scope of the story and the variety of the settings more than makes up for it. Considering how much the game packs in there's few Marvel diehards that will be disappointed by this. Most exciting moment:
Although the game works perfectly well on your own it's really at its best when playing with friends. Depending on the system, you get both online and four-player options, with each player controlling a hero. Many of the superpowers can be combined into a single special move making team work a must (until there's a fight over a health power-up anyway). Since you ask:
Although all the obvious heroes are included as playable characters some of the more obscure unlockables include Black Panther, Daredevil, Nick Fury and Silver Surfer. There's also four exclusive characters for the PSP version (including Captain Marvel and Hawkeye) and more for the Xbox 360 such as Colossus and Moon Knight. The bottom line:
The ultimate celebration of the Marvel universe in interactive form.-HARRISON DENT
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
Great selection of characters and good fun single or multi player. July 18, 2008
Well, this is the sort of game that is more fun with friends but is still enough fun solo to really enjoy it. the graphics are solid but not breath taking by any stretch of the imagination. The plot is a mish mash of marvel staples thrown together it ties the action along pretty well.
worth splashing out for.
 Rules Rules December 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Playing it is awesome with all the different characters like Fantastic 4 and X men.I've got to admit that people say you can't get Daredevil but you can.It takes some money though about 8.50 to download special characters like Docter Doom etc.YOU CAN EVEN UNLOCK INCREDIBLE HULK.
35 Super heroes at least!
Playing it is awesome you can use speciaal attacks like Y attacks
My favourite world is Murderworld
GET THE GAME
 Great multiplayer, dull single player October 3, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
What more could you want from a videogame than dozens of superheroes from the Marvel universe getting together in one game to save the world(s)?! Most of the best are here including Spiderman, Captain America, X-Men, Ironman, Fantastic 4, Thor, Ghost Rider, Silver Surfer, Blade, Elecktra and many more, but unfortunately some of my favourites such as The Punisher, Dare Devil and The Incredible Hulk are missing for some reason.
That aside, it is a fantastic game where you run around literally bashing everything in sight, so it is not much of a thinking game at all. One of the best things about this game is the end of level bosses which are huge. Also, in one of the levels about halfway through there is an arcade machine section where your superhero is sucked into the cabinet and then has to play through a level of the classic 80's game "Pitfall" to progress.
On single player this game unfortunately gets very repetitive very quickly, but on multiplayer this game is great fun where between 2 and 4 players can team up and go through the main story together.
As a bonus to the main story there are various comic book missions where a selected hero plays out some of their most famous stories from the comics.
Overall this is a good game that is fun while it lasts but there is not really any replay value in it at all.
Brlliant September 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My son bought this game and he loves it it is great as it is four player co-op and you have a choice of over 20 characters, from people like the Thing, Wolverine, Spiderman, Ghost Rider, DareDevil and lots more. But this game is not only for boys there are also five women characters aswell so even a girl could play.
This game is one of the best co-op games around and this is coming from someone who loves co-op games!!!!! THIS IS A MUST BUY!!!!
Avengers Assembllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllle!!! August 23, 2007
Yes, so the graphics are disappointingly last gen. Yes, it's a button basher. Yes, no-one in their right mind has ever wanted to play a Marvel game as Moon Knight.
But, on the other hand, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is an enjoyable beat-'em-up with a terrific roster of Marvel heroes (recently update with the Hulk and Nightcrawler etc. with online Marketplace Updates). The main campaign offers great co-op options that take you through some classic Marvel locations as well, letting you take back Asgard as the Mighty Thor and stroll through the Skrull homeworld dishing out justice as only Captain America can.
There's some fun set pieces and boss battles that add some variety, and the control system works well at giving players different ways to play with roughly 8 different super powers available to each hero.
If you're not a Marvel fan, it's hard to see the appeal I guess unless you just love old school Streets of Rage-style button bashers.
But any holes in the gameplay are more than filled by the comic book fanboy's imagination. I'm a massive Captain America fan, and loved whaling on Doombots with the Shield toss - I seemed to be shouting "Avengers Assemble" at the screen every five minutes.
So, if you're even the slightest bit turned on by the Marvel franchise, I'd reccomend giving it a go...it can be hard to track down on the 360, but a second hand copy can still be found for 20 - 30 (though mine was 40 pre-owned from Game).
Oh, and I'd also reccommend never leaving Wolverine out of your four man team. He pretty much single-handedly completed the game for me.
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