Is Marvel Ultimate Alliance WORTH IT In 2022?!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- Marvel Midnight Suns is out and gives me that Marvel Ultimate Alliance energy. By that, I mean a group of heroes or villains both well known and not so well known teaming up to take on a grand threat. This trilogy means so much to me and now is the perfect time unpack why so many people value this series.
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Both Marvel Ultimate Alliance Games need a Remaster
Another.
Facts that game is 🔥 my childhood
After 3 being so good tbh I just need 4 to follow it up lmao
They already got a remaster I manged to cop both before they where removed from stores
nooo theyll ruin our childhood
I’ll always love the first game for putting Ghost Rider on the cover.
Such a boss move
@@retrorebound8887 Matty, I know you’re slowing down and I’m glad for your health. Do you think you could cover Ghost Rider on PS2 at some point here on Retro Rebound?
@@AlfredFJones1776 Retro has a middle name???
And blade in the claw machine?
& just ghost rider being in the game in general😩💯ua1 was really ahead of it’s time
Ultimate Alliance was a great evolution of the X-MEN Legends I & II games on Gamecube, PS2 and XBOX.
Yeah these two deserve a video at some point.
Would love to see X-Men Legends 3!
Hopefully UA 3 sold enough to warrant a 4th game. If there is a 4th game i kind of hope it is exclusive to Nintendo again to give incentive to buy the next console.
@@zackfair6791 what next console?
@@zackfair6791 eh I wouldn't buy a new Nintendo for a marvel ultimate alliance 4 but I would cop one for ps or xbox I manged to buy MUA 1 and 2 remastered before they where taken off stores
Going to tell you over here too - I’m so proud of you for making space for yourself, and pursuing this as a passion rather than a job. You make me happy every day; you deserve to be happy doing it!
Awww thanks!
@@retrorebound8887 Same here man your videos bring a smile to my face when I have a bad day at work.
I know 3 is a mess but man, I had a GREAT time playing it, going through the story and unlocking all the characters and stuff. And how cool is it that both Yuri and Nadji voiced Peter and Miles here too?
All star cast overall
I love the first Ultimate Alliance. A certified Hood Classic. 2nd was okay and never got a chance to play 3
U never played 3 Wdf u missed out like crazy bro ts was so fun-
@@glockboyspazz5534 not true. the originals were better, 3 was mediocre.
@@ariadnamendoza7458na
A lot of people will say 3 was meh little do they know they had half of some of the devs from 1 and 2 help make it also them same devs are working on Spider-Man 2 right now all 3 of them are amazing
@@ariadnamendoza7458not true? It’s called an individual opinion no one has to believe like you do. Learn some individuality
I've only played the first game, but it was my childhood. The cutscenes were amazing for 2006! I had so much fun making teams and getting the little team bonuses or whatever when I put the right people together. My cousin and I would play this whenever he was over. I still want to play the sequels someday.
Ultimate Alliance on the original Xbox was my childhood. My cousins and would beat the game multiple times every Christmas when all the fam would get together. Such good times.
As a kid these games introduced me to the larger marvel universe. Before this I was only familiar with Spider-man, X-men and the Fantastic Four and a few others. Overall I would say that the original game was my favorite, I felt like the story was grander in scale compared to the sequel. Though I thought that being able to play as vilians in MUA 2 was pretty cool.
Yeah same for me
Same, Gambit was the man
Same here 😂
They were the first Marvel games I played on the PS2, I only played the Super Nintendo's Marvel games before that
I already knew most if not all of the key characters from the games from the various cartoons, especially the 90s Spiderman cause it was so loaded with cameos from other heroes. It had everybody from Captain America to the Punisher to Blade to the XMen popping up all the time.
But these games were the first time I'd ever been able to see them all in one place at one time, which was really cool.
Nightcrawler is one of my favorite X-Men. His character design is amazing!
Second favorite after Wolverine
Amen!
@@retrorebound8887 BAMF!
Great video. The 1st Ultimate Alliance is great because it carries over much from the X-Men legends games which were fun. The sequels just felt a bit bloated. Hopefully more games like the 1st come in the future.
That doesn't really make sense
@@rainofkhandaq6678 How???
@@doctordoom1851 You'll have to give me some details on why you think they're bloated, then I can respond directly.
@@rainofkhandaq6678 The second story wise, and the third with it's characters. The 1st had a tighter story and an almost perfect cast. If you're looking for a long form debate about it imma have to pass on that dude. I was just sharing how I felt about it.
@@doctordoom1851 eh played the first one recently on ps5 and it was honestly ok not as good as when I was younger brought back mad nostalgia but tbh had more fun with 2 and 3 then the first one maybe if they update it
Number 1 & 2 were and still remain amazing games. Anyone who got the digital releases back on the PS4 as well as being able to find the download codes while they were active got lucky.
The third installment isn’t so bad, but it’s definitely geared towards gamers who love to mindlessly grind forever.
Met one of my best online friends playing the first Ultimate Alliance game on the OG Xbox. Still talk to him to this day from time to time! So many hours put into this game. I remember him and I were devastated when Ultimate Alliance brought DLC characters to the PS3/360 versions of the game while the PS2/Xbox versions got left out. Me and him got so mad we actually called up Activisions customer service line to complain. We ended up getting our 360s around the time Halo 3 dropped and ran through Ultimate Alliance a few more times! Such good memories.
I would have never knew about MUA1 if my best friend who bought a 360 with MUA bundled inside and said " I didn't like it, maybe you should take it home and play it seems more like your style." Man was he ever correct on anything I would like. Played it til my 360 died
Awesome friend 👍🏻
Dude I LITERALLY just platinumed MUA2 and beat MUA1. First one aged kinda like milk with the second one being a marketable improvement with getting more into the stats. The main thing is seeing a world of Marvel before Disney took over was really good.
Haven't played the 3rd one yet unfortunately.
OR, maybe fortunately?
People aren't ready to hear the 2nd game is better.
Next to Vice City, Ultimate Alliance was my most played PS2 game. I was originally excited to play as Spider-Man and Wolverine, but it wound up introducing me to a lot of Marvel heroes that wound up becoming my favorites to this day, like Deadpool and Ghost Rider.
@Retro Rebound Hey man, you do realize Civil War was a comic story right? The way you word the video it is a bit unclear whether you do or not. It was an awesome crossover event in the marvel universe. With tie-ins told from different perspectives. So "Civil War" (the main event), Amazing Spiderman: Civil War: Wolverine, etc. There was even a second one much later.
You don’t know how much money I would shell out for a complete top to bottom remaster of ultimate alliance for today’s systems and graphics. Could you imagine playing on Asgard, the Sanctum Santorum, or Mephisto’s realm in updated graphics?! Omg
MUA is one of my favorite series. I still play MUA3 and its my favorite switch game and I have hundreds of hours on it. Currently doing a Deadpool playthrough with Cable, Wolverine and Colossus. MUA 1 and 2 were fantastic too. Spent a lot of time playing them when I was younger.
MUA3 is the best game on the Nintendo switch. I wish the first 2 games were on the switch.
I’m super late to the party here, love the video- I really truly hope you cover X-Men Legends (both the first and second) if you haven’t already done so. My little bro and some of my friends growing up and I all played XML2 extensively, hundreds of hours spent because while MUA builds on XML in meaningful ways, we always felt like XML2 was a truer RPG experience and we felt like our character/team builds had more weight behind them. Truly fantastic games.
Man, you brought me back with this video. Not sure which Ultimate Alliance I played since it has been that long, but I recall playing one of them. One of those games had an Atari game reference I am not too sure of, but if you know, you know.
MUA1 had Pitfall and Breakout
The character for me that I discovered and loved ever since was both iron fist and moon knight. Ghost rider and blade were also amazing, but I really like iron fist with the chi and moon knight being Batman but with a white costume. And learning moon knight kills! Like Batman could never.
But in defense of ultimate alliance 3, I think of it more of a milestone in history. At the time, we had to distinguish who had what rights to everything. Sony was still "in charge" with the producing and whatnot for spiderman as the Tom Holland movies were still in respects to Sony. Not to mention the multiverse movies still haven't came out at the time. With everything still seemingly segregated as to what properties are owned by what company, it was crazy to see ALL of these franchises back in one place. Crazier that Spider-Man was in a Nintendo exclusive game. Then to top it off, fantastic four dlc along with a campaign that almost acted like a fantastic 4 movie. That's not even mentioning the x men finally getting back with the avengers and going to the Xavier mansion and seeing juggernaut tear it down and getting locked in the danger room. Marvel vs Capcom couldn't even have mutants and I think it released a year before. So even tho I really hate playing the game, it has the most characters, it includes an arc in attilan, it actually reboots some character personalities that mix comic and movie iterations, and it jump started the license sharing that is somehow already being over saturated.
Great video my man. Literally most of our childhoods summed up tbh. I'll say Ultimate Alliance: Special Edition or Gold Edition will ALWAYS be the standard next to X-Men Legends II & Marvel vs Capcom 2 as far as Marvel Games. MUA2 wasn't bad I just disliked the fusion moves in lieu of the ultimate attacks from the first title. Definitely made each character feel less unique. Haven't gotten around to trying MUA3 yet but definitely plan on getting a Switch just to play it. I'd also recommend to anyone to check out X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse on the SNES, amazing soundtrack, as well as X-Men Children of The Atom on the PS1!
Sir Matty, as a huge fan of the ultimate alliance series. May I request you do a rebound on X-Men legends. Also by raven software, I consider it to be the og of marvel arpg. As Kotor is to Mass Effect, X-Men legends is To ultimate alliance. Great video Mr Matty. ☺️
I played a lot of x men legends on PS2 back in the day. Great game. I didn't get around to playing the second game sadly. MUA3 is also pretty fun but its kind of disappointing how bad Scarlet Witch is gameplay wise.
The first one is my favorite in terms of story and settings, we go all over the place and the threat feels more like comic books.
Marvel ultimate alliance 2 was one of my favorite games when I was younger
Absolutely worth it 100%. these are some of the best marvel games out there. along with X-Men Legends 1 and 2, can't be beat.
X-men legends is where it’s at!
a new X-men game is much needed right now
Those games can soft lock if you don't play the way it wants you to.
My biggest regret is not buying the Remasters of 1 and 2 when they where available on ps4
the first 2 games were what got me into marvel and eventually comics in general, i just bought a used copy of 2 for 360 again recently and been playing the hell out of it. Ultimate Alliance 3 is fun too but eventually you get to a point in that game where you just have to grind to make your characters able to get the story, that game missing the shared experience from the first two games is also devastating because of how much more necessary leveling is compared to the first games with levels going all the way to 300
Excellent video. I played the first and second and my favorite is the first. I had put so many hours in that game and enjoyed every bit of it. My favorite hero is invisible woman. Her attacks we just so fun and super controlling. I would love another one to come out
Probably an unpopular opinion but i love the third game the most. I agree with all of your criticisms, but the game's moment to moment gameplay feels so much more staisfying and fast paced than the first two. Team building is a ton of fun and the amount of content is staggering. I spent 150+ hours trying to complete all content in the game (dlc included) and another 50+ doing couch coop with friends. Its a blast.
I've heard the second one of these is good but i don't have any friends to play it with, i'd love to try it myself though and i hope you're doing better Matty, don't push yourself too hard buddy, health comes first :)
So glad I grabbed these before they were delisted lol.
I played the heck out of 1 and 2 on the PSP. They were great on the go.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 & 2 are hands down two of my favorite games. My son and I went through and beat both 1 & 2 on PS3 last year and it was such a blast. I think we will get some more controllers and have my daughters jump in on the next round. A classic couch co-op that never gets old on my book. I just wish I could still get all the DLCs for them.
was searching midnight suns videos and algorithm dropped this. I love your content but this is cool to see. MUA was great back as a kid!
Moon knight is my favorite Marvel hero I found from this game!
Always preferred the X-Men Legends games to the Ultimate Alliance series cause I always felt the presentation was better (series should have stayed cel shaded). First Ultimate Alliance just felt like they were trying to cram in as many characters and locations as possible it never felt like cohesive to me. MUA3 brought that back a little bit for me story just had a better flow to it and you just had some great and memorable moments. Black Panther gets a hold of the Soul Stone and which causes him to be surrounded by the ghosts of all the old Black Panther's. That was awesome
Gosh this games (especially the first one) were such a highlight in my childhood. Whenever I go to the local games store they always had the opening cinematic for MUA on repeat in their TV and I was so hooked. Finally got it on our psp and the number of hours I spent playing is insane, I enjoyed it so much it would be a dream come true if we ever got another installment for the newer consoles.
Must've been a sight to see.....
@@tmcttf8087 😂😂😂
@@ariadnamendoza7458 What?
I'm in the same nostalgic boat as you with the first game. MAU 1 is the single reason I consider myself a marvel nerd today. It explored so many characters, so many storylines, and had so many comic book details. If another Marvel Ultimate Alliance game could have it's level of depth, it would sell so well
I remember getting this game guys and it didn’t work on my 360. This was when I was about 5 years old I loved looking and keeping myself fixated on the physical copy of the case. With all the cool marvel hero’s and didn’t even know at the time I just seen spider man ! Hill, wolverine and iron man etc. I never got to experience the game since. Until now because with my allowance my money this week I’m buying the special edition that I’m compasses the dvd.
X-men legends and Ultimate Alliance are the best.
Marvel ultimate alliance was a part of why I've been a marvel fan my whole life, and even if people say there's a fatigue (which they've said during phase 2) I'm still gonna be a fan of it and just about anything superhero related
One of my favorite games of all time, thank you for being around to cover it Matty
Whats frustrating is that there Is no legitimate way to play marvel ultimate alliance 1 with all the characters including the version exclusives. The only way I'm aware to do it is by pirating the game then modding it.
I miss when the X-Men were regularly in games.
There were a lot of good marvel games around that time. X-Men legends, X-Men legends 2, X-Men origins wolverine, Hulk ultimate destruction, Spiderman, Spider-Man 2, I can go on and on. Not sure why this narrative keeps getting pushed, but it's disingenuous to say that
MUA 2 was my absolute favorite out of the trilogy.
Played this game back to back as a kid 22 years later wondering where tf is the remake, and discovering it’s still underrated especially with all the marvel movies coming out every year
Now you gotta do Ultimate Spider-Man 😱
Or not. I missed that you already had a video on it. I’ll have to check that out after this
He already did
Love the content Matty. Will you do an Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction retrospective someday?
Ultimate Alliance > Marvel's Avengers.
UA's soundtrack, gameplay, and mechanics were awesome
Oh man anyday.
While ultimate alliance may be better than avengers overall one area where avengers has it beat is definitely the gameplay in my opinion.
Please review the X-men legends games
Thanks for the vid matty, loved this classic
I would love If you did a video about the X-Men legends games! X-Men legends 1 and 2 are some of my favorite games of that era.
I think it might just be a coincidence matty that it looks like it was a mobile game at one point to some that’s just the way they wanted to do the progression system maybe so you would spend more time grinding up the characters
Last year I played the ultimate Ultimate Alliance in the form of modded MUA1 with every character ever released plus custom ones and shitton costumes, all with hd models. So you had me blasting through stages with Venom, Hulk, a custom Magneto and MegaMan fucking X. Shit was great
Also haven't played the third one but man it looks rough, and I'm thinking maybe you got backlash on that video because kids are growing up with gachashit and thinking it's good? Hope it's not the case but eesh
MUA 2 is the most underrated game of all time
Endlessly grind>Replaying the game over and over.
I'm glad I found your video, I didn't even know marvel ultimate alliance 3 was made. I had marvel ultimate alliance when I was little but it got stolen and I forgot about the game since then, but now I'm thinking of buying it along with marvel ultimate alliance 2 and deadpool.
Ultimate Alliance is my favorite multi-character Marvel game. I had played other Marvel games before it, but this was especially great at expanding my understanding of the Marvel universe, thanks to its multiple locations and characters.
I think Marvel's Avengers could have served the same function, if it wasn't so focused on AIM (the setting is more similar to MUA2 than the original game). Hope the game manages to really expand in the future, but I'm sadly sceptical.
Civil war is a company wide event from 2006
That opening is directly from the comics
I quite like Ultimate Alliance 3. Not perfect, but man I was excited for this one when they first announced it. I REALLY hope we get an Ultimate Alliance 4
I quite hated Ultimate Alliance 3.
I like the 3rd because of the dlc and my kids love to play it. But X-Men legends 2 is where it's at
Amazing games, my hope is if the old champion games and such continue to sell on Sony (idk about other consoles as Sony has been my choice since ps1) sell well I hope all of these are next I would buy them all if they were given real serious HD treatment.
Ultimate alliance 1 & 2 is the goat🐐🔥🔥
Never played them. I have played 3 and i like it.
@@zackfair6791 Grinding on 3 makes him not to be perfect, story is short, yes, but that gives replayability to do a playthought with all the chraracters, but you need to grind if you want to pass the levels... Imagine leave the guardians of the galaxy level 7 and replay it on nightmare difficult, they wont make it. They need grind or xp cubes
I think the main problem of all three games is that the enemy AI is not very good, which is why they all end up being mindless button smashers eventually. Halfway through it, the FAR SUPERIOR progression system in MU1 feels like a waste. With that in mind, I think MU3 is still the best one since it gives you the most fluid experience at that.
Honestly, from a life long fan since the Legends series I think we sleep too hard on UA3 simply because of nostalgia. Look I get it, each game does something better than the other but when it comes to 3 it’s the black sheep. 1 literally does 2 things better and that’s the worlds with the interactions with other characters and the fantastic branching stories. 3 doesn’t do that but what it does better it does better. It’s not perfect but it’s far from a bad Ultimate alliance/legends game. Next game needs to be perfect because now they understand what needs to be done and brought back. But cut this game slack. It’s pretty damn fun
Just got this back in my life today and.... I can't believe how long its been 😭 the gane is absolutely glorious!
First ultimate alliance really got me into marvel stuff when it first came out in high school. I liked marvel but I only really knew the X-men, iron man, hulk, and Spider-Man from their animated series in the 90s, and then blade from the movie. After this game, I got exposed to so many others and basically got me completely hooked into the comic books
The moment I figured out who Deadpool and Moon Knight were in this game I was hooked into learning the marvel universe in more depth.. now ima massive comic collector and marvel fan.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 is such a great game. Love how many hero and villains were in the game and it’s pretty much a love letter to the Marvel universe.
Yes it’s worth it 💯, best marvel game rn besides Spider-Man ps4 , marvel ultimate alliance was ahead of it’s time 💯
I always preferred ultimate alliance 2, but I still really enjoy the first game. The third game is good, but it has a different feel. Maybe it's nostalgia but the first 2 are special.
I remembered before I played 2 I had read the civil war comic arc so it was cool to see it in a game.
Dr strange is a must use, he can insta kill someone, spider women and Ms marvel are the best charge range attack plus team healing and time slowdown, wolverine or sabertooth for my physical beast that can self heal. Then once you get silver surfer it's all over
Ultimate Alliance 1 was actually one of the first games I owned and it’s still one of my favorites today
Also that Civil War comic book is a highlight reel of the comic book event
Got the plat for both on PS4 after growing up playing them on the ps2 sadly won't get to play three though 😕. The first one is my favorite I've played it for the majority of my life lol
UA 2 is the civil war story we should’ve gotten. Obviously fleshed out like the comic run but THAT is what I wanted instead of the movie we got
The OG Ultimate Alliance will always be goated. I find myself replaying it every few years and this video just made me redownload it again
Man love your videos and such a massive fan.
10:49 well that happened 😂
Ultimate Alliance 3 get much more tactical in the endgame as you could expected. But all 3 are great.
MUA 1 is my favorite too, and looking into the mods to add or switch out characters for it. For anyone who is new to Marvel Comics, MUA is definitely a great door because it takes the player all over the Major character story arcs in the Marvel Universe. If you are only familar with X-Men? Then get a bit of Fantastic Four, Avengers, when different levels facing different Marvel properties, definitely satisfying.
I nowadays play Avengers nowadays( I know it’s not good) just to get that feeling that the first ultimate alliance gave cause it was such a simple masterpiece
That's certainly an interesting collector's item... but the contents aren't that unique. What you've got there is a downsized reprint of Civil War #1 by Mark Millar with the cover art changes to that of the game. I have the full size version of this issue from Comic Con '08, so I recognized it instantly. To make things more confusing, one of the cutscenes in the game is actually a panel-for-panel recreation of the entire issue, a bit of fancservice I always adored as the UA universe and the comic universe briefly reconverge. I never realized just how highly they hold this book
Jean and Nightcrawler weren't playable in vanilla UA1 because they spent the rest of the game recovering from their trauma at the hands of Mefisto. Nightcrawler was only added in the DLC, which came with other continuity errors such as talking to Bruce Banner *as* the Hulk
I love your videos, I miss so much going to my friend's house after school so we can finish these games haha
What do you mean is ultimate alliance worth it in 2022 I literally emulated the psp versions on my phone a couple weeks ago
The first one was actual good RPG. For marvel back in 2000's. Idk why they cant do this again. But hey that's why they call it past magic. But yes i played the heck out of this game. Complete 100%
I recently just got the digital collection of MUA 1-2 on PS5. I could’ve cried with the pure joy and nostalgia I felt playing MUA1 again after over 15 years. It brought back such good memories from my childhood.
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Id love to see you look at Justice League Heroes. From 2006, it was a similar style to ultimate alliance
MUA3 on Switch is worth it. Had a blast playing
Is it that good? Caught up on my collection got some pretty rare titles too. That's probably the last one I want to get for this year. Just ordered the physical copy of Ace combat 7 from England.
@@darrendyson8347 it’s solid 7 for me. Reminds me of old Saturday cartoon vibes. It’s straightforward and nice.
@@YoBoyGio My guy thank you
@@darrendyson8347 Tho I hope your not wasting 50-70$ cuz it’s more of the 20-40$ range. Tho caughting up is a good achievement & it’s fun solo or with friends
Absolutely love the first MUA game. It came with my original 360. The only thing that I didn't like was that the game didn't truly have a new game plus. Those pre rendered cutscenes still look great today.
MUA2 was a step down but still a really good game, I think I've actually pumped more hours into it then the first one, mainly because I never played it until other was available on PS4.
Never played the third one, but I'm currently going through the spiritual predecessor in Xmen Legends.
With the Insomniac leak, it pretty much confirms we wont see these again for a good few years as marvel isnt allowed to release a new title with Xmen characters without Insomniac.
Source: Marvels Insomniac Exclusivity Agreement
That's Lame. I like X men
So the leak that said these would be on gamepass this year was definitely fake?
@@trentjackson9793 Nah I doubt it, the leak says all back catalog that have Xmen is on hold with the contract, but anything could change
Sony has to meet Sales targets by end of 2024 tho and if they dont the contract voids past that point
God Matty the constancy of this channel is amazing so much love❤
God I remember the first one. It introduced me to many characters, especially the Golden Edition. Only played the first one tho, loved it
I find it crazy how you never acknowledge that these same stories happened in the comics before the movies or games ever touched them… 🤷🏾♂️
THEY ARE. I love these two MUA games. Especially the first one more. Glad to have physical copies on PS3/Wii and digitally on PS4/5.
The third game sucked.
Another retro rebound bangerrrrrrrr