With the success of Marvel-based games like X-Men Legends and X-Men Legends 2, Activision decided to continue with the comic book intellectual property and brought about the popular game Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. It did more than feature our favorite mutants, bringing in characters from all around the Marvel Universe including big names like Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four. Released in 2006, Activision began working on the sequel right away and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 was just officially released on all of the major gaming devices, except for PC. The sequel takes all of the best parts of the first and expands, although there are a few telltale problems that still exist. You should be having so much fun flying around as Iron Man, though, that the little mistakes are easily shrugged off.
The plot is taken partly from the pages of Marvel Comics and their controversial storylines "Civil War" and "Secret War." Nick Fury, head of S.H.I.E.L.D, persuades the heroes to attack Dr. Doom's homeland of Latveria because the Prime Minister Lucia von Bardas is up to no good. However, von Bardas returns this attack some time later and kills many innocent Americans in the process. This sets the superhuman world on edge, and the citizens start to resent the presence of heroes since it often leads to destruction and death for them. When the superhuman team the New Warriors film themselves taking on a villain group, it backfires horribly and Nitro destroys several city blocks. This also kills an elementary school full of children, so it is unsurprising when the voters demand the Superhuman Registration Act be passed.
This means that all super powered people must register their name and abilities with the U.S. government so they can be properly trained and maintained a.k.a. controlled. While many heroes believe this is the right thing to do, the Pro-Registration side led by Iron Man, there are many who claim it a violation of their human rights, the Anti-Registration side led by Captain America. This causes former friends and companions to hunt and fight one another, a civil war splitting apart the hero community and giving way to a much more nefarious villain on the horizon. It is up to your band of four chosen heroes to solve the crisis at hand and try to save the world again ... while bringing peace within your own community. Good luck!
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1 - Chelsea Doyle
Nothing like random solicitation to make Playstation seem creepy again.