![]() ![]() We are expecting our first child, who will receive a thorough education in the classics. I currently live in Westerville, Ohio with my wife and our cat, who sits so close to the TV I'd swear she loves Zelda more than we do. I'm also something of an amateur retro collector. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Review Raven improves upon the great work it did with the X-Men Legends games, with a lengthy adventure that touches upon nearly every last corner of the Marvel Universe. My favorite series include Metroid, Deus Ex, Zelda, Metal Gear and Far Cry. ![]() Since then I've focused mostly on the PC and Nintendo scenes but I also play regularly on Sony and Microsoft consoles. Big, Impact text, italicized to make the Impact Impact. I started writing for Gaming Nexus back in mid-2005, right before the 7th console generation hit. Were in the process of making a jump into a whole new set of consoles, and Ultimate Alliance has the 2D design of a PC game from 1998. In 1997 GoldenEye 007 and the N64 brought me back into the console scene and I've played and owned a wide variety of platforms since, although I still have an affection for Nintendo and Sega. As a kid I played mostly on PC-Doom, Duke Nukem, Dark Forces-but enjoyed the 16-bit console wars vicariously during sleepovers and hangouts with my school friends. largest collection of Marvel heroes and villains in one title, Marvel Ultimate Alliance is a terrific game for the die-hard fan of Marvel comics. I've been gaming off and on since I was about three, starting with Star Raiders on the Atari 800 computer. The Legends effects work just fine, it’s just a little disappointing that Marvel sounds so similar. The voice work is kind of hit or miss across the wide spectrum of characters it works for most all of them, but doesn’t stand out much. I really wish Patrick Stewart or Hugh Jackman had reprised their roles, but with the X-Men films pretty much over I guess Raven thought it was time to move on to new voice talent. The dialogue is about as comic book corny as you can get, with villains promising vengeance and destruction, while the heroes give suitably altruistic retorts. Most of this cheesy feeling is intentional, I believe, as it’s been the same since the first X-Men Legends, but by the third time around it wears a little thin. I really liked Spider Man, however. After hearing Toby Maguire’s lifeless, Valium-laced deliveries in all of the Spidey movie games, it was refreshing to have a voice actor who was an animated smartass the way Spidey was in the comics. Most of the effects are carried over from the Legends games, so you won’t be hearing a lot of new sounds this time.
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