Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

Mechanics

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance for PC, PS4 and etc. is similar to X-Men Legends in terms of the mechanics. Before each level, the player creates a group of heros capable of completing the objective, choosing from all the warriors available. After gathering a combat team, the player begins the fight and starts to cause mayhem. At the end of each level, the player encounters a boss fight. The in-game environments are fully interactive, thus the player can both destroy many environmental objects and use them as weapons.

The combat system is fairly extensive - the game offers many kinds of attacks, grabs and dodge moves. Different moves can be linked in combos, and combat itself evolves as the player progresses. The heros can use their special abilities in real time (such as throwing a shield or launching Spider-Man's web), which makes the encounters more spectacular and exciting.

Superheros evolve throughout the adventure. Instead of implementing a traditional development system based on improving particular characters' statistics, the creators decided on a less predictable move - the player unlocks new costumes for the heros and upgrades them. As a result, Spider-Man learns how to trap enemies inside cocoons made of his web for instance; Captain America on the other hand, can learn how to control both direction and flight path of his shield for example.

In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance for PC, PS4 and etc., the player visits many places the fans of comic books can be familiar with, taking part in many exciting encounters - the player fights aboard a transport aircraft belonging to S.H.I.E.L.D, visits the legendary land of Atlantis, or goes through Galactus's invasion, who is a planet eater. The game features collectibles as well. Comic books are hidden in the levels and finding an adequate number of them unlocks additional missions referring to past stories of particular heros.