It is exactly what I wanted: a straightforward fun brawler. FUN!
What surprised me even more is that out of all the games I got at launch, this is the game that my 18-year old cousin, the game SHE picked out to try out first. Of course, she probably didn't do much research about it, but once we started playing, it was clear that she had made a great choice. We had tons of fun and no one wanted to turn off the game for that first level and a half.
It's is easy to see this game on another console, but while it may have higher graphics elsewhere, it certainly seems like the Wii's newness and individual controllers in each hand made it easier and more fun to play, with me, my brother, one of my best friends and her playing. I don't even know if we were using the motion control that much, we just had fun smashing the A button and moving as a group. I think it's actually the simplicity of the controls that makes it fast and fun to drop into. We had a great group dynamic too, especially when my brother started flaunting Thor's ability to fly, and I discovered that spiderman could swing! Also, it was hilarious how through the first part of the game, the camera would spin endlessly in circles and we didn't know why! LOL. We laughed about the endless SPINNING (see: thumb wars) until a tip in the load screen told us that you tilt the nunchuck controller to do that.
We got through the first level, but I'm curious as to how the deeper mode of buying abilities will make the game. We played it like a straightforward fun pick up and play game, and stopping to buy stats and abilities might slow us down, I intentionally tried to keep us from stopping to delve too deep into something that would require the other three people to wait while one person read the manual.
Still, the surprise that Marvel: UA was the first game after Wii Sports that we played and that we had FUN as a group... this game is definitely not a pushover.
~Carmine M. Red
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Topic: Marvel Alliance Interview (Read 3720 times)
