DO: Smash mindless peons faces’ as just about any of the Marvel universe’s characters.
TYPE: Action RPG
PLATFORM: PS3, PS2, DS, Wii, PSP
PRICE: (was) $60, now…$27.99
MEAT: (Sorry, for the delay) I posted earlier about picking up this game and, I did. Most of the game is basically repeatedly hitting the same buttons over and over in order to get through a level and in that respect, it doesn’t diverge too much from the first in the series. This time around though there are fusion abilities between the characters which change depending on the character that you are using. The main story is that all of the superheroes are being forced to register their real identities with the government or be imprisoned. Most of the plot follows along those lines and the cutscenes are shown with that theme in mind. Something that I couldn’t decide if it was a plus or a minus to the game was that once I got the character I wanted to use (Thor) I basically was playing the game in easy mode and was able to destroy everybody/everything and wasn’t challenged at all. Now this was towards the end of the game but, I couldn’t help but feel like I should have at least gotten the character earlier in order to enjoy it more.
PERKS: The story starts off pretty good with you having to make a choice which side in the “war” you will join and that choice will impact the rest of the game(for example, you will not be able to play certain characters for most of the game). The cutscenes were just as good in this game as the first which is a big bonus for me because I enjoy a good cutscene. Graphics have leveled up!
SCREAMS: Something that wasn’t the greatest idea but, fit the story, was that you had limited options for which characters you could play because of the side you choose to be on. There were characters on both sides that I wanted to play and I had to play through the story until I could get those characters unlocked. More variety of choices in regards to the story line would have been nice and made the game more varied and not so linear after the initial choice.
VERDICT: Rent. I played through the game once and was working on going through it again but decided not to and just traded it in. The graphics definitely have been upgraded from the first and are done really well but, the long distance that the camera gets from the characters really diminishes the detail and doesn’t do the work justice. This game didn’t hold me as much as the first and I honestly can’t say why. Maybe it was because I didn’t have any friends that had a copy too, which, I feel would have made the game more fun.
– Of course, there is this one title coming out, you might have heard of it, Crackdown 2? So far, I haven’t been overly impressed. The chatter on Twitter isn’t exactly positive either. I think this will be a Gamefly rental for me. I reserve the right to change my mind on this one.
– Recently I haven’t been able to help myself and I have picked up NCAA for the past three years. If all the good vibes I’ve been hearing about this year’s offering are true, it will probably four years in a row. And within three months I’ll be disenchanted with all the nitpicky issues I have with the game and I’ll move on.
– PASS
– Ahhh, Rednecks — the last cultural group it’s okay to mock and belittle.
– UGH with the Dart Games again! What is up with these games? Are they fun? Someone explain this to me!
– Chuck E Cheese? Really?!
– Dragon Quest on the DS. Who can resist?
– Okay, River City + Sports. Who can resist that?!
– BUZZKILL! Chuck E Cheese game sighted.
– This game can’t possibly be rated Teen, right?
– You knew it was coming: 
– Is it even conceivable to release a PC game this month? This is the most anticipated game EVER. EV-ERR. This game is going to melt down the internet.
– Day one sales of Alcatraz: 1.
– This name sounds highly inappropriate.
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