TGR: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Review

Beat-em up games were all the rage in the early ’90s. The ability to beat the crap out of anything and everything on the screen enthralled gamers, causing them to pour quarters into arcade machines far and wide. The story didn’t matter (if there was one), and neither did the setting. Hell the characters, whether specialized or not, were just tools to beat up other characters. Gamers loved the mayhem, the absolute destruction, the appealing nature of hitting one button and seeing a character lay waste to the enemy through a series of combo moves. Sure, it’s simple and repetitive, but at the same time it’s raw, fun, and downright entertaining. At it’s core Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 is just a reinvention of the beloved formula from the days of grunge, pogs, and Doc Martens.