The best thing about Ultimate Alliance 1 is that the roster isn't based on which character had a movie or tv show coming out, or whatever character Marvel/Disney is trying to shove in our faces, we get basically every iconic Marvel character, along with some smaller lesser known reps that eventually ended up being fan favorites.
@@IzzleWhizzle The Mandarin was never horrible, racial, or a stereotype. Legit one of the greatest Marvel villains there is. It doesn't make any sense to change him in live-action when the live-action change is completely horrible and stupid. That's like saying that changing Thor from a brooding epic masculine hero into a boring one-note comedy schmuck was good. You've got no taste, pal.
@@antona.1327live action mandarin is unironically better than his comic counterpart in terms of character writing i wish that he had the elemental rings but Shang chi did him justice and in the process gave us one of the best mcu movies
Fun fact: The studio behind the CGI cutscenes for this game and X-Men Legends II (Blur Studios) also did the CGI cutscenes for Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic 06 and Star Wars: The Old Republic.
As someone who played this game to death, seeing a 4-hour retrospective on the game that introduced me to the larger Marvel universe makes me happy. Playing the game I found characters like Deadpool, Wolverine, Iron Man, Hulk and Silver Surfer to be the best characters. With Spider-Woman, Venom and Colossus being the most ineffective. In terms of the plot, yeah there are a lot of inconsistencies and things that make absolutely zero sense, but I feel the developers wanted players to take a road trip across the Marvel universe and meet their favorite heroes. I do wish characters like Namor and Punisher got into the game as they were planned to be playable, but the final product is awesome to this day.
In MUA1 they explained that the reason Doom attacked the Helicarrier was as a diversion so his forces could take the Omega Base without the heroes finding out until it was too late.
This video is making me so nostalgic because both MUA 1 & 2 were the only games my sisters and I liked enough to play together w/ our dad. I still revisit them every summer when I’m home from college! Great video! I’m glad to see such a pivotal game from my childhood getting love in 2024 ❤❤
I just want to say, and I'm not judging the quality of the video but rather voicing frustration, that Ultimate Alliance is not an Avengers game, it is a Marvel game. It seriously makes me sad the centralization of Marvel thanks to the movie where the general public now sees the Avengers as the center of Marvel in the way the JL are the center of DC, whereas in the past Marvel was completely decentralized and didn't really have a centerpiece, other than Spider-Man himself. Idk I'm yapping and I'm not trying to be rude, I just grew up on this game and it reminds me of a time BEFORE everything was centered around the Avengers. So I declare passionately that Ultimate Alliance is about the MARVEL UNIVERSE and not just the Avengers and friends. Good video btw.
@@antona.1327 That is a good pick, but that's just not true. "Ultimates" was the name of the Avengers in that universe, but it was actually the name of the entire universe, the Ultimate Universe aka 1610 which actually started with Ultimate Spider-Man, X-Men, both of whom have their ultimate costumes along with the Fantastic Four. The Ultimate in the name refers to the Ultimate Universe and the aesthetic the game tools, as stated in February 2006 Game informer. The two main big bads in the game are Fantastic Four villains. You meet the Inhumans, get flown around by Wyatt Wingfoot and fight Paibok and Super Skrull, if anything this is just a Fantastic Four starring everything else. Why are you convinced this is an avengers game when they play such a small role in it? I get in the movies that 'Avenger' is just a loosely thrown around term given to everyone (like Doctor Strange who never even joined the team but is apparently an Avenger) but in the Comics it doesn't work that way. The Avengers is a real team with a real roster, and there are 7 of them in the game. They play a miniscule role in the plot. The word Avenger is never even spoken in a cutscene, to my knowledge.
@@antona.1327It’s called Ultimate Alliance because that’s what it is. The ultimate alliance of The Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic 4, Street level heroes, mystic/supernatural heroes, ect. It’s all of Marvel coming together to form an alliance. The Avengers are only part of it.
@@dariusporter358 yep. Just like how Infinity Gauntlet/War/Crusade weren't Avengers stories in the comics. they were just called "Marvel's Infinity Gauntlet" etc
@@mr.iiconic so much words only to say nothing. 1. The Ultimates is the name of The Avengers in the Ultimate Universe. Case is closed. 2. The default roaster of the game consists of the characters who were in The Avengers. 3. The storylines are primarily inspired by the Avengers storylines and feature villains primarily associated with the Avengers characters. 4. Doctor Doom stopped being a F4-exclusive villain since Secret Wars, hence why he's the main villain of the game, as he's a universal threat in the comics.
Great video and glad to see reviews of this game still coming around from people who clearly love and appreciate it! Every video I see, makes me want that rerelease of the port more and more, I was lucky to get it in time, but it should be available for all marvel fans to enjoy.
You should do one of these for the X-Men Legends games too. They're the precursor to the Ultimate Alliance games and X-Men Legends 2 is arguably the best of all of them.
Oh man, I am also not a Deadpool fan, but the fanbase for the game pretty widely recognizes him as one of the absolute best characters in the game gameplay wise. He has the best team buff and the best debuff in the game and he puts out absurd damage with his powers. Pair him with Iron Man using his power reroute team buff and he absolutely demolishes the entire game.
You know, I figured the reason why they attacked the Helicarrier was to eliminate a major source of enemy firepower. They took the Helicarrier out of the sky and forced Fury to get rid of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s nukes anyway he could. Plus by attacking them on their own terms, the Masters of Evil set the pace for their battles. If they attacked Omega Base first for example, the Helicarrier would immediately flyover and provide back up. My two cents. Haven't finished the video yet but it's great so far. Surprised you didn't mention Blur, the CG studio in charge of the prerendered FMVs. Edit: I feel like the stakes being so high from the jump is used to justify the roster of superheroes. These stakes would be too much for Spider-Man or Iron Man alone. But in a team with Captain America, Ms. Marvel, Wolverine, Thor, etc? Yeah you'd need all those people to help out. Plus it helps with the power fantasy which is the probably the biggest reason for these games' existence.
You know, with regards to the team system, it really feels like the game wasn't necessarily designed with swapping heroes throughout the whole playthrough. More so on repeat playthroughs which is why New Game Plus is an option. You gotta remember, as kids you usually just get attached to one or two heroes. "Spider-Man! Wolverine! Iron Man! Deadpool? Who's that? Ms. Marvel?" So it makes sense that it would incentivize picking a main team to slowly expand out as you get bored of your favorites or they die in battle.
@@mr.iiconic i’m 1000% sure you’re correct. If I remember correctly, everything boils down to doom having several different plans that also include getting rid of the other villains so he can have the power all to himself
MUA was such a cool discovery growing up and a perfect introduction to Marvel for me. In the years to follow, it was awesome to recognize familiar heroes in the MCU all because of this game
Ive played just about all versions of this game and grew up on the psp version. Without this game i would never have gotten into comics and have played through this game enough to have lost count at this point. This was an awesome vid. It was really nice to see theres still a love/ appreciation for this game❤
I’m a life long fan of this game, and while I vehemently disagree with you on a lot of your points, I appreciate you taking the time and effort to birth this into the world :)
As a kid when this game come out and above all a french kid, i completly miss all the dialogue because the game was not translated, even the game system with the gear etc… i was completly lost xD I replay it last years and thats was just a confirmation of : this game is true masterpiece, so many nostalgia playing it, the story is incredible, the voice actors too like you mention in the video fit so well to every character. Thanks so much you for having done this masterpiece video too, im only a 31:21 but i was completly forced to comment you my entire respect 🙏 Also the music of this game is a godamn masterpiece of epicnes, the main menue ost, can make me a little tears of nostalgia fr,the courtyard of the gods ost too, ones of my favorite ost in every video games. Again thanks you for all your works ! 🙏
Would you believe i completed this game multiple times without ever realizing there was point system to begin with... and its still one of my favorite games...
I’m so glad so many people got to experience the broader marvel universe through these games like I did. I loved this and the sequel, really sparked my interest in the comics
You missed the boss fight mechanic with Attuma and Tigershark, they are meant to be hard to hit while swimming. There are consoles on each side of the room with bright green arrows pointing to them. You interact with them, and they get sucked onto the ground. Also, letting Tyr down into the lava just ends the game as though all your heroes died. It’s not really much of a choice, more of a joke. The prompt to drop him into the lava makes fun of you in itself. Now, I have a lot of nostalgia for this game, and I’m fucking well versed in it. I think the game has more depth than its quality warrants in terms of understanding the gameplay, so it’s fair enough that your combat rankings are totally out of wack. But I have to say, they are indeed totally out of wack. Deadpool is the one that sticks out most, he has a fantastic buff, a very useful teleport, and the most damaging sustained ranged attack in the entire game. Blade conversely is among the worst, his only unique ability being a buff that increases damage taken for some reason and isn’t even above average besides that. His flashing is also one of the worst stuns in the game, while also dealing no damage. I’d actually say Ms Marvel is the absolute worst character in the game. Her photon orbs are literally her only useful power, and using them along with her standard melee attacks is worse than any other melee strategy. Lastly I want to note there is no continuity error in the galactus level. There’s no way to unlock the silver surfer before that level without cheating. The disconnect between the game’s levels and cutscenes are due to the fact that the cutscenes were outsourced to blue studios. You’ve probably played a bunch of games with such cutscenes.
56:30 in OG release the bomb still goes off. If you return to the room, there's a Kool-Aid hole of Hulk out of the base. Oopies. 57:33 the encounter design leans into that Mysterio is an illusion artist. You're Welcome.
As a kid my ps2 memory card didn't work so i always started this game from scratch must've done it nearly a hundred times i swear and I never got to the ending got stuck at the carnival for some reason so this is REALLY cathartic for me
Wow. What a awesome review of one of my all time favorite games. Covered every detail. Well edited. Humor was on point (not overused like current MCU 😉) all i do is drive for work so the length of the video was perfect. Really helped pass the time listening in the background. Loved the tidbits of comic history & movie appearances. It really is one of the most immersive & expansive super hero games out there imo. Would love to see one on on the Xmen Legends games & UA2. Keep it up!
Aye. Marvel Ultimate Alliance game is a masterpiece. Imagine all characters with 8 dlc characters and 3 characters such as Black Widow, Ronin and Captain Marvel (male version). It would be super awesome.
Ultimate Avengers 1/2 used to piss me off as a kid because Black Widow was always non-playable on PS2! But they had nanite-freaking Nick Fury 😂 I was so happy to see Avengers announced in 2015 because I figured we’d finally get a game that featured Black Widow since she was in the films. The game is bleh, but it finally fulfilled a longtime childhood dream! 🕷️
@@johnsantos507 yupppp, pissed me off even more that she was playable on PSP (which I never had) Alas, I'm just happy she did make it into a triple A game, Ultimate Alliance 3 will be my first purchase if I ever get a Switch since she's in that as well. Until then Avengers is my Black Widow simulator lol
Out of all entries, I only really like Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 & 2, and here’s a reason why for both. With Marvel Ultimate Alliance, I like how there’s a bit of a consequential storyline to it all. Throughout the story, you have several side quests, some of which are major and actually have some significance. These quests include saving a computer in a medical bay on the Omega Base to prevent the Mutant Race’s extinction, a quest that dictates Namor’s fate and Atlantis’s stance with the surface dwellers, a quest that dictates whether Senator Kelly becomes buddies with the mutants, one where either your team is hunted down by the Dark Phoenix or is responsible for Xavier’s assassination by Mystique and X-Men disbanding, one where Valkyrie’s sword being found dictates the outcome of Ragnarok, one where finding a prophetess’s ring determines Odin’s fate and a fire God’s fate, one where Earth either advances or declines thanks to the Shi’Ar, one where the Skrull help Earth against the Kree or not, one where Odin’s freedom from Doom dictates Thanos taking over Earth, and finally one where a Nullifier being found dictates whether Mephisto conquers the realm. These quests can make a player either feel like a true hero or a true villain to the after-effects of their journey. With Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, I more or less like how there’s more collectibles than Marvel Ultimate Alliance. In MUA 2, you have more collectibles like medals for ability and attribute boosts, you have dossiers on characters/NPCs/locations for that inner comic book fan, and you have audio logs that can be either Funny/Informative/Contextual when listened to. There are also collectibles to unlock more characters, like MUA 1, which include things like Gamma vials to unlock Hulk, M’Kraan Fragments to unlock Jean Grey, and Asgardian Runes to unlock Thor. Bottom line though, I grew up with the first two games, and yes, I have played the third game, but it’s nowhere near as great as the first two entries, and that is all. 57:30 Also, reason why the dialogue feels so weak here between Venom and Mysterio is that, for certain interactions, the developers couldn’t get fresh dialogue recorded (Except for Doctor Doom with Doctor Doom cause same voice actor) and instead just had non-character-specific snippets of unique dialogue for DLC characters, with some examples being Jean talking about Nightcrawler *with* Nightcrawler there, and members of the Shi’Ar mistaking Sabertooth for Wolverine.
Just got into these games a few weeks ago and GOD are they good. Just beat 2 a few hours ago and it’s one of the best Comic book games I’ve played, great roster, fun story and the gameplay is simple yet so smooth and fun. Can’t wait to play 3
this is an amazing video it’s also made very very well i don’t get how it doesn’t have more likes or views and how your channel doesn’t have more interaction if you keep making vids like this trust me you’ll make it on yt
Unfortunately MUA doesn't have unique dialogues when more than one of required characters is on your roster. Only one special dialogue plays. It's especially glaring when you play as both Daredevil and Elektra against Bullseye, and he addresses only one of them, speaking about the other as if they're not there. So with Mysterio, Spidey's dialogue with him would take priority over Venom's, that's all.
I would just say about the writing in the first level. It was my impression from the first cutscene that Doom was trying to take out SHIELD and he was willing to take the surrender, but had the big guns ready if Fury didn't and the superheroes getting called in wasn't part of the plan. That's why they seem so confused when Fury says they are a team. They were just who could show up to help
It's possible to remain stuck behind fin fang foom after he lands if you hug the walls by the turret enough. The landing will damage you but his other attacks won't reach you, so you can wail on him pretty easy.
Fair enough on not liking Deadpool as a character, I'm not a huge fan myself, but it's interesting to me that you didn't have success playing as him. Everyone I've ever played this game with has immediately recognized him as the best character in the game. I've heard more than one person call this game "Deadpool and his inferior friends" His pistols absolutely melt every enemy in the game, and his sword abilities clean up anything unlucky enough to get close. You're dead on about Elektra being the worst though. I waited 3 hours to see the rankings and knew the whole time Elektra was gonna be last.
keep making long format videos these are amazing and such high quality you’ll have 100k+ subs by 2025 if you do there’s many ppl on yt who only watch long format vids like me trust you’ll get way more success and views doing these that doesn’t mean no ref videos those too but mix these in as often as possible trust me
Really like this retrospective some of my favorite video games ever is Marvel’s Avengers, Spider-Man ps4, and Ultimate Alliance 2 / 3 ‘The Black Order’ #EmbraceYourPowers #reAssemble ⚡️
In all honesty this might be one of the funniest retrospectives specifically for that transitional cut to the covers of both Marvel’s Ultimate Alliance’s 1&2 xD #reAssemble ⚡️
I really hope they someday release an "Ultimate Alliance Trilogy Pack" of all three games with all the DLC, these are some of the most fun games to just pound away at enemies on, and aside from the heavy mcu influences in 3, they are one of the best ways to be introduced to comics accurate versions of these characters
What are your thoughts on the “last gen” versions (Ps2 version) getting characters cut from content. Personally I don’t care, but I do think it’s a bit underwhelming that those versions had been released. I understand DLC wasn’t a thing for those consoles, but still should’ve had some sort of completeness compared to others.
i’m pretty sure on the mysterio boss battle that the blue health bar shows up on all of the clones. it’s to indicate that he’s invincible for that split second of him teleporting
This game has the best accurate representation of Deadpool outside of his own comics even to this day including down to the voice. John Kassir is the Deadpool GOAT.
Its crazy how much better this game is than the two that came after. I have this game on ps2 ps3 and ps vita. I also played it on mobile with mods so i could play as characters like antman and quick silver.
love this game! just a heads up tho, deadpool is mechanically the best character in the game. Your opinion on the character is your opinion, but hes the speedrun go to
Guys I don’t think we will honestly get another gem like this and the both of X men legends 1 and 2 but if I would have to pick which X men legends I like more is the second one but that doesn’t mean. The first one was bad
I do feel like you get a better ending by saving Nightcrawler. Besides Jean always comes back from the dead, even in the ending. Also if you do the side missions from the disks you collect you'll find yourself significantly over leveled even with constantly swapping characters. Also some of the continuity errors you mention are not really continuity errors if you are playing the game with out cheats to unlock all the characters. IE To unlock silver surfer in a normal playthrough you have to play all the side missions.
I still am mad at myself for not buying this on Steam before it was black listed. I have the PS2 version, but I'd like to revisit this in full hd on a system I always have on standby.
Not quite. Originally, black Nick Fury first showed up in the Ultimate 1610 universe. It was only later that they wrote Nick Jr into the 616 canon. So it's not the same "black Nick Fury".
@@BaithNa in the universe that has clones and doppelgangers, looking like someone and sharing the same name is not enough. For me he will always be Nick Fury Jr even if he goes by "Nick Fury".
trying to find a copy of 1 and 2 has been very annoying . This game really pushed alot of new characters on a younger audience and it was done so well. Deadpool being one of the biggest imo and silver surfer as well(hands down my favorite). Plot was....swiss cheese like with holes but it covered so much.
Fantastic video I enjoyed your analysis a lot But you must have been using deadpool with a sub par setup.. From the abilities seen in the video you definitely were, which isn't your fault,the game should balance the abilities and its another flaw of the game that it fails to do so.. Using battle cry, blade cyclone and the pistol abilities he is the best character in the game bar none.
the movie afraid came up as an ad and the first thing it says is “why did you skip my last ad” and no joke the vid before this i got an ad for the movie that was different and i did skip i’m shocked bro lol what are the odds 💀
The best thing about Ultimate Alliance 1 is that the roster isn't based on which character had a movie or tv show coming out, or whatever character Marvel/Disney is trying to shove in our faces, we get basically every iconic Marvel character, along with some smaller lesser known reps that eventually ended up being fan favorites.
That’s why I didn’t care for MVCI it was pretty much MCU vs Capcom whatever characters where popular in the MCU at the time and no X-Men
There are still some I'd say are glaring omissions. Namely Wasp, Punisher and Iron Fist. Still, amazing roster.
@@loganwithlightsabers3051 what are u talking about MVC legit has so many xmen characters...have u ever played the games?
Disney wasn't involved with Marvel back then
@@BaithNa nobody said disney is involved
almost forgot there was an era where iron man voice actors weren’t just doing an RDJ impression 😭
Well, even I, a big marvel fan, think that RDJ is litterly the embodiment of Tony Stark
the Mandarin's character was a horrible racial stereotype, so it definitely makes sense to change him in live action @@VunderGuy
@@DirefulClamp714 not really. CB Stark would sound more like Don Draper than the quippy sarcasm machine that is RDJ.
@@IzzleWhizzle The Mandarin was never horrible, racial, or a stereotype. Legit one of the greatest Marvel villains there is. It doesn't make any sense to change him in live-action when the live-action change is completely horrible and stupid. That's like saying that changing Thor from a brooding epic masculine hero into a boring one-note comedy schmuck was good. You've got no taste, pal.
@@antona.1327live action mandarin is unironically better than his comic counterpart in terms of character writing i wish that he had the elemental rings but Shang chi did him justice and in the process gave us one of the best mcu movies
Fun fact: The studio behind the CGI cutscenes for this game and X-Men Legends II (Blur Studios) also did the CGI cutscenes for Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic 06 and Star Wars: The Old Republic.
I definitely can see the resemblance now in the Old Republic’s cutscenes!
They both have dark shadows and bombastic scenes.
As someone who played this game to death, seeing a 4-hour retrospective on the game that introduced me to the larger Marvel universe makes me happy.
Playing the game I found characters like Deadpool, Wolverine, Iron Man, Hulk and Silver Surfer to be the best characters. With Spider-Woman, Venom and Colossus being the most ineffective.
In terms of the plot, yeah there are a lot of inconsistencies and things that make absolutely zero sense, but I feel the developers wanted players to take a road trip across the Marvel universe and meet their favorite heroes.
I do wish characters like Namor and Punisher got into the game as they were planned to be playable, but the final product is awesome to this day.
In MUA1 they explained that the reason Doom attacked the Helicarrier was as a diversion so his forces could take the Omega Base without the heroes finding out until it was too late.
This video is making me so nostalgic because both MUA 1 & 2 were the only games my sisters and I liked enough to play together w/ our dad. I still revisit them every summer when I’m home from college! Great video! I’m glad to see such a pivotal game from my childhood getting love in 2024 ❤❤
I just want to say, and I'm not judging the quality of the video but rather voicing frustration, that Ultimate Alliance is not an Avengers game, it is a Marvel game. It seriously makes me sad the centralization of Marvel thanks to the movie where the general public now sees the Avengers as the center of Marvel in the way the JL are the center of DC, whereas in the past Marvel was completely decentralized and didn't really have a centerpiece, other than Spider-Man himself.
Idk I'm yapping and I'm not trying to be rude, I just grew up on this game and it reminds me of a time BEFORE everything was centered around the Avengers. So I declare passionately that Ultimate Alliance is about the MARVEL UNIVERSE and not just the Avengers and friends.
Good video btw.
It is an Avengers game. It's called Ultimate Alliance for a reason, as it's derived from another name for The Avengers - The Ultimates.
@@antona.1327 That is a good pick, but that's just not true. "Ultimates" was the name of the Avengers in that universe, but it was actually the name of the entire universe, the Ultimate Universe aka 1610 which actually started with Ultimate Spider-Man, X-Men, both of whom have their ultimate costumes along with the Fantastic Four. The Ultimate in the name refers to the Ultimate Universe and the aesthetic the game tools, as stated in February 2006 Game informer. The two main big bads in the game are Fantastic Four villains. You meet the Inhumans, get flown around by Wyatt Wingfoot and fight Paibok and Super Skrull, if anything this is just a Fantastic Four starring everything else.
Why are you convinced this is an avengers game when they play such a small role in it? I get in the movies that 'Avenger' is just a loosely thrown around term given to everyone (like Doctor Strange who never even joined the team but is apparently an Avenger) but in the Comics it doesn't work that way. The Avengers is a real team with a real roster, and there are 7 of them in the game. They play a miniscule role in the plot. The word Avenger is never even spoken in a cutscene, to my knowledge.
@@antona.1327It’s called Ultimate Alliance because that’s what it is. The ultimate alliance of The Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic 4, Street level heroes, mystic/supernatural heroes, ect. It’s all of Marvel coming together to form an alliance. The Avengers are only part of it.
@@dariusporter358 yep. Just like how Infinity Gauntlet/War/Crusade weren't Avengers stories in the comics. they were just called "Marvel's Infinity Gauntlet" etc
@@mr.iiconic so much words only to say nothing. 1. The Ultimates is the name of The Avengers in the Ultimate Universe. Case is closed. 2. The default roaster of the game consists of the characters who were in The Avengers. 3. The storylines are primarily inspired by the Avengers storylines and feature villains primarily associated with the Avengers characters. 4. Doctor Doom stopped being a F4-exclusive villain since Secret Wars, hence why he's the main villain of the game, as he's a universal threat in the comics.
Algorithm did me a service showing me this today!
Great video and glad to see reviews of this game still coming around from people who clearly love and appreciate it! Every video I see, makes me want that rerelease of the port more and more, I was lucky to get it in time, but it should be available for all marvel fans to enjoy.
I really do love this game I actually found out you can mod it too
Bruh how does this not have more views
You should do one of these for the X-Men Legends games too. They're the precursor to the Ultimate Alliance games and X-Men Legends 2 is arguably the best of all of them.
Oh man, I am also not a Deadpool fan, but the fanbase for the game pretty widely recognizes him as one of the absolute best characters in the game gameplay wise. He has the best team buff and the best debuff in the game and he puts out absurd damage with his powers. Pair him with Iron Man using his power reroute team buff and he absolutely demolishes the entire game.
Speedrunners and communities and professionals be damned, I will not flinch. Deadpool is mid
@@KateriYTrespect xD
One of my favorite games ever!! Great video man
You know, I figured the reason why they attacked the Helicarrier was to eliminate a major source of enemy firepower. They took the Helicarrier out of the sky and forced Fury to get rid of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s nukes anyway he could. Plus by attacking them on their own terms, the Masters of Evil set the pace for their battles. If they attacked Omega Base first for example, the Helicarrier would immediately flyover and provide back up.
My two cents. Haven't finished the video yet but it's great so far. Surprised you didn't mention Blur, the CG studio in charge of the prerendered FMVs.
Edit: I feel like the stakes being so high from the jump is used to justify the roster of superheroes. These stakes would be too much for Spider-Man or Iron Man alone. But in a team with Captain America, Ms. Marvel, Wolverine, Thor, etc? Yeah you'd need all those people to help out. Plus it helps with the power fantasy which is the probably the biggest reason for these games' existence.
You know, with regards to the team system, it really feels like the game wasn't necessarily designed with swapping heroes throughout the whole playthrough. More so on repeat playthroughs which is why New Game Plus is an option. You gotta remember, as kids you usually just get attached to one or two heroes. "Spider-Man! Wolverine! Iron Man! Deadpool? Who's that? Ms. Marvel?" So it makes sense that it would incentivize picking a main team to slowly expand out as you get bored of your favorites or they die in battle.
I'm pretty sure the game says that the helicarrier was just a diversion to make the Omega Base more vulnerable.
@@mr.iiconic i’m 1000% sure you’re correct. If I remember correctly, everything boils down to doom having several different plans that also include getting rid of the other villains so he can have the power all to himself
MUA was such a cool discovery growing up and a perfect introduction to Marvel for me. In the years to follow, it was awesome to recognize familiar heroes in the MCU all because of this game
Ive played just about all versions of this game and grew up on the psp version. Without this game i would never have gotten into comics and have played through this game enough to have lost count at this point. This was an awesome vid. It was really nice to see theres still a love/ appreciation for this game❤
I’m a life long fan of this game, and while I vehemently disagree with you on a lot of your points, I appreciate you taking the time and effort to birth this into the world :)
No opinions here, only facts 😈🔥🔥🔥
So glad more people are talking about this game. More people need to be aware of this amazing superhero game
First time I ever saw this game be called an Avengers game. That's how I know I am OLD.
As a kid when this game come out and above all a french kid, i completly miss all the dialogue because the game was not translated, even the game system with the gear etc… i was completly lost xD I replay it last years and thats was just a confirmation of : this game is true masterpiece, so many nostalgia playing it, the story is incredible, the voice actors too like you mention in the video fit so well to every character. Thanks so much you for having done this masterpiece video too, im only a 31:21 but i was completly forced to comment you my entire respect 🙏 Also the music of this game is a godamn masterpiece of epicnes, the main menue ost, can make me a little tears of nostalgia fr,the courtyard of the gods ost too, ones of my favorite ost in every video games. Again thanks you for all your works ! 🙏
1:38:14 that’s hilarious finding out nightcrawler was captured when he happens to be right there with you in your party 💀
Would you believe i completed this game multiple times without ever realizing there was point system to begin with... and its still one of my favorite games...
You just gotta cheat code those costumes. I’m not afraid to admit that I’ve done that each time
Probably the right move tbh.
Great video love the amount of effort and detail you put into it.
I’m so glad so many people got to experience the broader marvel universe through these games like I did. I loved this and the sequel, really sparked my interest in the comics
You missed the boss fight mechanic with Attuma and Tigershark, they are meant to be hard to hit while swimming.
There are consoles on each side of the room with bright green arrows pointing to them. You interact with them, and they get sucked onto the ground.
Also, letting Tyr down into the lava just ends the game as though all your heroes died. It’s not really much of a choice, more of a joke. The prompt to drop him into the lava makes fun of you in itself.
Now, I have a lot of nostalgia for this game, and I’m fucking well versed in it. I think the game has more depth than its quality warrants in terms of understanding the gameplay, so it’s fair enough that your combat rankings are totally out of wack. But I have to say, they are indeed totally out of wack. Deadpool is the one that sticks out most, he has a fantastic buff, a very useful teleport, and the most damaging sustained ranged attack in the entire game. Blade conversely is among the worst, his only unique ability being a buff that increases damage taken for some reason and isn’t even above average besides that. His flashing is also one of the worst stuns in the game, while also dealing no damage. I’d actually say Ms Marvel is the absolute worst character in the game. Her photon orbs are literally her only useful power, and using them along with her standard melee attacks is worse than any other melee strategy.
Lastly I want to note there is no continuity error in the galactus level. There’s no way to unlock the silver surfer before that level without cheating. The disconnect between the game’s levels and cutscenes are due to the fact that the cutscenes were outsourced to blue studios. You’ve probably played a bunch of games with such cutscenes.
Many characters have lock on ability it's never that difficult.
@@Crazyoldman84 Yeah? I’ve never tried. Those arrows are hard to miss.
X-Men Legends 1 and 2 made me so excited for this game.
Then I was able to have Moon Knight as a playable character, SOLD!
56:30 in OG release the bomb still goes off. If you return to the room, there's a Kool-Aid hole of Hulk out of the base. Oopies.
57:33 the encounter design leans into that Mysterio is an illusion artist. You're Welcome.
As a kid my ps2 memory card didn't work so i always started this game from scratch must've done it nearly a hundred times i swear and I never got to the ending got stuck at the carnival for some reason so this is REALLY cathartic for me
Wow. What a awesome review of one of my all time favorite games. Covered every detail. Well edited. Humor was on point (not overused like current MCU 😉) all i do is drive for work so the length of the video was perfect. Really helped pass the time listening in the background. Loved the tidbits of comic history & movie appearances. It really is one of the most immersive & expansive super hero games out there imo. Would love to see one on on the Xmen Legends games & UA2. Keep it up!
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Hope you continue this with Ultimate Alliance 2 & 3.
@@r3tr0_r3dux_2 ;)
Ultimate Alliance is much better than Marvel Avengers could ever hope to be.
Aye. Marvel Ultimate Alliance game is a masterpiece. Imagine all characters with 8 dlc characters and 3 characters such as Black Widow, Ronin and Captain Marvel (male version). It would be super awesome.
Ultimate Avengers 1/2 used to piss me off as a kid because Black Widow was always non-playable on PS2! But they had nanite-freaking Nick Fury 😂
I was so happy to see Avengers announced in 2015 because I figured we’d finally get a game that featured Black Widow since she was in the films.
The game is bleh, but it finally fulfilled a longtime childhood dream! 🕷️
@@TheRealAdaWong There is Black Widow as a playable character in MUA1 PSP version.
@@johnsantos507 yupppp, pissed me off even more that she was playable on PSP (which I never had)
Alas, I'm just happy she did make it into a triple A game, Ultimate Alliance 3 will be my first purchase if I ever get a Switch since she's in that as well. Until then Avengers is my Black Widow simulator lol
I honestly think that’s these graphics will stand the test of time people who say this game has bad graphics honestly didn’t watch those HD cutscenes
Out of all entries, I only really like Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 & 2, and here’s a reason why for both.
With Marvel Ultimate Alliance, I like how there’s a bit of a consequential storyline to it all. Throughout the story, you have several side quests, some of which are major and actually have some significance. These quests include saving a computer in a medical bay on the Omega Base to prevent the Mutant Race’s extinction, a quest that dictates Namor’s fate and Atlantis’s stance with the surface dwellers, a quest that dictates whether Senator Kelly becomes buddies with the mutants, one where either your team is hunted down by the Dark Phoenix or is responsible for Xavier’s assassination by Mystique and X-Men disbanding, one where Valkyrie’s sword being found dictates the outcome of Ragnarok, one where finding a prophetess’s ring determines Odin’s fate and a fire God’s fate, one where Earth either advances or declines thanks to the Shi’Ar, one where the Skrull help Earth against the Kree or not, one where Odin’s freedom from Doom dictates Thanos taking over Earth, and finally one where a Nullifier being found dictates whether Mephisto conquers the realm. These quests can make a player either feel like a true hero or a true villain to the after-effects of their journey.
With Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, I more or less like how there’s more collectibles than Marvel Ultimate Alliance. In MUA 2, you have more collectibles like medals for ability and attribute boosts, you have dossiers on characters/NPCs/locations for that inner comic book fan, and you have audio logs that can be either Funny/Informative/Contextual when listened to. There are also collectibles to unlock more characters, like MUA 1, which include things like Gamma vials to unlock Hulk, M’Kraan Fragments to unlock Jean Grey, and Asgardian Runes to unlock Thor.
Bottom line though, I grew up with the first two games, and yes, I have played the third game, but it’s nowhere near as great as the first two entries, and that is all.
57:30 Also, reason why the dialogue feels so weak here between Venom and Mysterio is that, for certain interactions, the developers couldn’t get fresh dialogue recorded (Except for Doctor Doom with Doctor Doom cause same voice actor) and instead just had non-character-specific snippets of unique dialogue for DLC characters, with some examples being Jean talking about Nightcrawler *with* Nightcrawler there, and members of the Shi’Ar mistaking Sabertooth for Wolverine.
Just got into these games a few weeks ago and GOD are they good. Just beat 2 a few hours ago and it’s one of the best Comic book games I’ve played, great roster, fun story and the gameplay is simple yet so smooth and fun. Can’t wait to play 3
this is an amazing video it’s also made very very well i don’t get how it doesn’t have more likes or views and how your channel doesn’t have more interaction if you keep making vids like this trust me you’ll make it on yt
These and the X-Men Legends games were SO much fun.
Ghost rider will always be my fav
GOAT Rider
Have you tried going into that Mysterio encounter with both Spiderman & Venom on your team? Would something different happen?
Unfortunately MUA doesn't have unique dialogues when more than one of required characters is on your roster. Only one special dialogue plays. It's especially glaring when you play as both Daredevil and Elektra against Bullseye, and he addresses only one of them, speaking about the other as if they're not there. So with Mysterio, Spidey's dialogue with him would take priority over Venom's, that's all.
2:07:00 the DLC that added Nightcrawler, also added Magneto. Have him in the party, he saves both.
I would just say about the writing in the first level. It was my impression from the first cutscene that Doom was trying to take out SHIELD and he was willing to take the surrender, but had the big guns ready if Fury didn't and the superheroes getting called in wasn't part of the plan. That's why they seem so confused when Fury says they are a team. They were just who could show up to help
How do people play this on ps5 with all the additional chars with remastered graphics? And/or whats the best way to play this version of the game?
People have their old psn/xbox accounts that bought the game before it was taken off the store!
It's possible to remain stuck behind fin fang foom after he lands if you hug the walls by the turret enough. The landing will damage you but his other attacks won't reach you, so you can wail on him pretty easy.
There's rumors that X-Men Legends and the Ultimate Alliance games are going to be re-released again soon
For real? When? I miss Marvel Ultimate Alliance game so much since I can't played on PS5 or Xbox One!😭
They probably picked Elektra and Storm because of the Elektra movie and X2 both coming out the year (or two) before this game did
Fair enough on not liking Deadpool as a character, I'm not a huge fan myself, but it's interesting to me that you didn't have success playing as him. Everyone I've ever played this game with has immediately recognized him as the best character in the game. I've heard more than one person call this game "Deadpool and his inferior friends"
His pistols absolutely melt every enemy in the game, and his sword abilities clean up anything unlucky enough to get close.
You're dead on about Elektra being the worst though. I waited 3 hours to see the rankings and knew the whole time Elektra was gonna be last.
1:28:04 damn, that lab coat dude was getting jiggy with it
keep making long format videos these are amazing and such high quality you’ll have 100k+ subs by 2025 if you do there’s many ppl on yt who only watch long format vids like me trust you’ll get way more success and views doing these that doesn’t mean no ref videos those too but mix these in as often as possible trust me
1:46:09 Husband of Cyclops heh.
Oh bruh oops 😂
I just got to that part i had to run it back like wait what lmaoo
Really like this retrospective some of my favorite video games ever is Marvel’s Avengers, Spider-Man ps4, and Ultimate Alliance 2 / 3 ‘The Black Order’ #EmbraceYourPowers #reAssemble ⚡️
In all honesty this might be one of the funniest retrospectives specifically for that transitional cut to the covers of both Marvel’s Ultimate Alliance’s 1&2 xD #reAssemble ⚡️
3:52:00 LMFAO
I really hope they someday release an "Ultimate Alliance Trilogy Pack" of all three games with all the DLC, these are some of the most fun games to just pound away at enemies on, and aside from the heavy mcu influences in 3, they are one of the best ways to be introduced to comics accurate versions of these characters
What are your thoughts on the “last gen” versions (Ps2 version) getting characters cut from content. Personally I don’t care, but I do think it’s a bit underwhelming that those versions had been released. I understand DLC wasn’t a thing for those consoles, but still should’ve had some sort of completeness compared to others.
@@jordanjordie9072 Literally only ever played Xbox. Therefore, my opinion is play a different version
@@KateriYTthanks! Very informative video. Greatly appreciated!
Well, there are PSP exclusives which are Captain Marvel, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Ronin (Echo).
3:52:00 Thank me after A-Day yall #BeGreaterTogether #Reassemble
i’m pretty sure on the mysterio boss battle that the blue health bar shows up on all of the clones. it’s to indicate that he’s invincible for that split second of him teleporting
This game has the best accurate representation of Deadpool outside of his own comics even to this day including down to the voice. John Kassir is the Deadpool GOAT.
Its crazy how much better this game is than the two that came after. I have this game on ps2 ps3 and ps vita. I also played it on mobile with mods so i could play as characters like antman and quick silver.
I’d love to see you explore some more super hero video games if that’s your thing, ultimate alliance 2, Arkham, the Lego games etc
Always bummed I had the PS2/PS3 version with limited characters
This game made me want a galactus villain movie so bad. They made Galactus look much better than Thanos was in both avengers movies
1:46:08 jean is the husband of cyclops? 0.o
2:34:28 viking...architexture..? 0.o
love this game! just a heads up tho, deadpool is mechanically the best character in the game. Your opinion on the character is your opinion, but hes the speedrun go to
I wish that made his movies better
Guys I don’t think we will honestly get another gem like this and the both of X men legends 1 and 2 but if I would have to pick which X men legends I like more is the second one but that doesn’t mean. The first one was bad
Tell me this is based on comic would never guess that thank you for tell me by way good video
Challange. Beat the whole game with Elektra, Moon Knight
My head cannon. Marvel vs. Capcom is the follow-up
Marvel vs Capcom games started before Ultimate Alliance
@jboi321 Marvel vs Capcom 3 with Galactus as the final boss
I do feel like you get a better ending by saving Nightcrawler. Besides Jean always comes back from the dead, even in the ending. Also if you do the side missions from the disks you collect you'll find yourself significantly over leveled even with constantly swapping characters. Also some of the continuity errors you mention are not really continuity errors if you are playing the game with out cheats to unlock all the characters. IE To unlock silver surfer in a normal playthrough you have to play all the side missions.
The third game is not that bad. I actually enjoy it a lot. Great junk food game on the go
There's just too much grinding in MUA3
I still am mad at myself for not buying this on Steam before it was black listed. I have the PS2 version, but I'd like to revisit this in full hd on a system I always have on standby.
Fun Fact:
"White" Nick Fury is "Black" Nick Fury's dad
Not quite. Originally, black Nick Fury first showed up in the Ultimate 1610 universe. It was only later that they wrote Nick Jr into the 616 canon. So it's not the same "black Nick Fury".
@@bloodymaresexcept it is because Nick Fury Jr just goes by Nick Fury and looks exactly like Ultimate Nick Fury
@@BaithNa in the universe that has clones and doppelgangers, looking like someone and sharing the same name is not enough. For me he will always be Nick Fury Jr even if he goes by "Nick Fury".
@@bloodymaresI never said they were the same
I have ultimate alliance 2 but I haven’t played it in a couple years.
Ghost rider was always my favourite to play followed closely by dr strange.
The husband of cyclops lol
I was so sad when they announced 3 was a switch exclusive:/
Best marvel game 💯
trying to find a copy of 1 and 2 has been very annoying . This game really pushed alot of new characters on a younger audience and it was done so well. Deadpool being one of the biggest imo and silver surfer as well(hands down my favorite). Plot was....swiss cheese like with holes but it covered so much.
Fantastic video I enjoyed your analysis a lot
But you must have been using deadpool with a sub par setup.. From the abilities seen in the video you definitely were, which isn't your fault,the game should balance the abilities and its another flaw of the game that it fails to do so..
Using battle cry, blade cyclone and the pistol abilities he is the best character in the game bar none.
the movie afraid came up as an ad and the first thing it says is “why did you skip my last ad” and no joke the vid before this i got an ad for the movie that was different and i did skip i’m shocked bro lol what are the odds 💀
Hell yeah
Ghost rider is supposed to be immune to fire yet gets hurt by it. This always Annoyed me.
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Bruh. I clicked so fast.
@@joelgholson2176 They don't call you Lightning McQueen for nothing
Wait, Nightcrawler is furry? I thought he was just blue.
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Literally the greatest upload in the history of uploads
Mannn why so low view
@@sakkoyaba4482 all in due time
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