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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 19 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 8 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Activision
Developer: Vicarious Visions
Genre(s): Action, Role-Playing Game
Players: 4
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: October 24, 2006
Summary
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is an action/RPG that features the largest roster of comic book characters ever seen in a video game. Players assume the roles of more than 20 Marvel Super Heroes including Spider-Man, Wolverine, Blade and Captain America, and through their actions determine the fate of both planet Earth and the Marvel universe – revealed in one of multiple epilogues. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance offers total team customization, where players create their own team name, icon and vehicle, as well as establish their team reputation as they play throughout the story. Gamers also have the option to level up each character individually to their liking, or all team members at the same time to keep their heroes balanced. With the game's new combat system, players battle against the world's most notorious Marvel Super Villains in the air, underwater, and on the ground, using grappling, blocking and dodging moves, by charging up their Super Hero powers before unleashing them, and using environmental objects as one and two-handed weapons. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance features a storyline where the missions players accept, the objectives they complete, and their interactions with other characters throughout the game directly impact how the story plays out. The game also features a robust multiplayer component where fans can band together with friends as their favorite Marvel Super Heroes, and fight evil in both on and offline cooperative story modes. There's also a Competitive Mode where the game tracks various in-game stats so players can see how well they stack up against one another – affecting the amount of experience points earned and how equipment is distributed. [Activision]
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What The Critics Said
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It doesn’t take the psychic powers of Prof. X or Dr. Strange to predict that a pulse-pounding, butt-kicking, mask-wearing adventure is in your immediate future. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is a no-brainer purchase for any self-respecting Marvel fan.
Read Full Review >eToychest
Unlike most handheld ports, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance offers more than most console versions of the game do, with more bonus characters and play modes than even the next-gen offerings.
Read Full Review >Digital Entertainment News
The failings of Marvel Ultimate Alliance, which rob it of achieving videogame immortality, are far outweighed by the novelty of playing a game with so many comic book characters all in one game. It’s addictive fun!
Read Full Review >RPG Fan
Every piece of the game is well-executed, and given the PSP's exclusive gameplay modes, it is easily the best version of the game for anyone who's not going to fault the PSP's inability to match the Xbox 360's graphical power.
Read Full Review >PGNx Media
The game includes tons of gameplay, a plethora of Marvel characters, a great presentation, and successfully balances the action and RPG elements, while letting players choose just how much they want to micromanage.
Read Full Review >DailyGame
A chaotic ride through the Marvel world. Exciting, fun and even moreso when you play with friends.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
Raven improves upon the great work it did with the X-Men Legends games, creating a lengthy adventure that touches upon nearly every last corner of the Marvel Universe.
Read Full Review >GamingTrend
While the game does take advantage of the PSP’s networking abilities, some of the limitations really show up here, such as the lack of a second analog nub. Still, the controls aren’t too bad once you get used to them.
Read Full Review >Gamer 2.0
Marvel Ultimate Alliance is certainly worth picking up. With an adequate campaign and more playable comic book characters than you can shake a stick at, plus bonus side missions for all of them, you’re definitely getting more than what you paid for.
Read Full Review >IGN
One of those games that doesn’t have a ton of faults, yet isn’t among the true classics of gaming. Despite a few welcome wrinkles to combat and character customization, this is pretty much the same game we’ve seen before.
Read Full Review >GameZone
Non-stop beat-‘em-up combat. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is unquestionably the best action/RPG available for PSP. It’s exciting, addictive, and very well paced.
Read Full Review >Modojo
This is the best comic-book beat-em-up from Activision to date, with a huge list of characters to choose from, many villains to defeat, and the ability to go at it solo or with friends.
Read Full Review >PSM Magazine
Overall, Ultimate Alliance is entertaining no matter which version you decide to play. [Jan. 2007, p.80]
Pure Magazine UK
A vast improvement over the "X-Men" titles, although some may find it a little too simplistic. [Feb 2007, p.83]
Game Chronicles
Sure, the levels and even the gameplay get a bit repetitive at times, but there is always great action and the potential to share that action with your friends, and that is what really make this game rise above its predecessors and a total joy to play.
Read Full Review >ZTGameDomain
If you only snag one copy of this game this year, the PSP version is definitely more than worth your money.
Read Full Review >TotalPlayStation
The PSP version's framerate is almost universally choppy, but it is exact same game (and a little more, level-wise).
Read Full Review >Game Revolution
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance indulges those of use with itchy button mashing fingers by giving us the opportunity to smack around a myriad of bad guys with our favorite superheroes.
Read Full Review >Worth Playing
This is definitely the greatest example of comic book fan-service ever conceived, but the gamer side of my brain has too many issues with the title to let it off the hook for those reasons alone.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 9.1 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Samuel H gave it a9:
An amazing game and a huge love letter from Marvel to fans, this is all made better when put onto a PSP, and even with extra game modes and characters. Pick it up. Now.
[Anonymous] gave it a9:
Great game. Tons of game play long after you complete the main storyline. So many options and characters that it never gets old, even with repeated plays (hopefully on greater difficulty). So many unlockables. A must-have for any comic book fan. Kept me entertained on my throughout my 2-hour summer train commute. I tried other games and when they got old I kept coming back to this one.
Sam gave it a9:
A great game that sometimes falls back because of a hard-to-find/ do puzzles, but scarcely ever stops from being one of the reasons I own a PSP.
