I'm disappointed.
For starters, I think there were more characters to play in the first one. Not counting Juggernaut, who's available only with a reserve, there's only 24 characters in the game [that are playable, anyway] There's the obvious favorites... Captain American, Ironman, Wolverine, Spiderman, Hulk, etc. etc. But still, there's only 24 and a lot of them were in the last game. People like Iceman, Deadpool, Ms. Marvel, Luke Cage [more on this later]... Who cares about these guys? Yeah, they're great heroes, but they were in the first game and it's not like they're invaluable heroes.
They did give us some new guys to mess with... And some guys who weren't on the regular version of the first one, but were downloadable, or included in the "Gold" version of the last game... Like Venom. But then there were losers like Songbird, Penance, Iron Fist... Who CARES? I know they're decent heroes, I know they've had decent hero careers, but these aren't the guys I want to play as.
Havok. Bishop. Cable. It'd be kinda cool to see or get to play as X-23, the clone of Logan that spawned her own mini-series... But guys who are well known, but rarely seen in these games. Let me play THEM!
As for the whole "Fusion" thing, I've heard a lot of people complaining that there aren't enough "unique" fusions, and I have to say; Duh? They have 24 people that all have to fuse with one another. Obviously they're going to run out of steam. Besides, some of these guys only have so much they can do. Take Wolverine. He can either team up with buff/explosive guys and they do the whole "run/double hit" attack or he teams with someone who shoots stuff from somewhere and they shoot him and he deflects it with his claws. Beyond that, what can Logan really do?! Except get thrown at people by, say, the Hulk or Thing. But those are really his three options. I can't think of anything else he could do with anyone else's power because his power is limited as close-combat. So get over the "lack of uniqueness" and enjoy what they gave you; A decent super hero game.
I was disappointed in the ending. So disappointed that I stopped caring about how to unlock Thor and Hulk, really. I mean, the end saw the Alliance back together for a few quick missions to determine that the Tinkerer was behind everything?! THE FREAKING TINKERER?! Didn't we kick his ass in Act 1?! Yeah, yeah we did. And he's the boss. Nice. I kinda saw it coming, since Von Bardas came back as a cyborg in Act 2. I figured with the big threat being nanities, that it'd be either her or someone else really smart/technical, but more evil than Tinkerer... He's not really... Very threatening. Why not Mr. Sinister? Stryfe, Cable's alternative self? Someone... MORE!
I did love one thing; Gambit was in this one! And his alternative costume was Death from his days as a Horseman of the Apocalypse, which was awesome. I loved tossing explosive crap at people. A cool ability would have been that if he threw anything like debris, it was charged with the same kinetic energy and exploded. But hey, you can't have it all. I did like some of the banter between certain characters, though. It was fun to watch them go back and forth.
Oh, yeah. My "Luke Cage [more on this later]" rant. WHY IS THIS GUY SO FREAKING POPULAR NOW?! He was in Marvel 1, a major player in Marvel 2 and in Spiderman Web of Shadows, he was the head of Act 1. For the love of Stan Lee, I never considered Luke Cage that big of a deal. But somehow, he's being made into one.
Someone stop this crap!
~Class Dimissed~
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