Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 is the second game in the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance series, and is loosely based on the events of the Civil War comic book story line. It brings with it a larger roster of heroes…
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 is an adventure developed by Vicarious Visions, released 15 September 2009 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. The main story takes about 12 hrs to finish.
What Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 is
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 is an adventure game developed by Vicarious Visions and released in 2009. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Vicarious Visions Alchemy.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story opens as Nick Fury leads an unsanctioned team of heroes, including Captain America, Wolverine, Spider-Man, and Iron Man, in a covert strike on Castle Doom in Latveria, after discovering that its prime minister has been funneling weapons to supervillains. A year later the enemy returns seeking revenge, unleashing destruction on New York City. In the wake of the devastation and Fury's unlawful actions, the United States government begins weighing the Superhuman Registration Act. When a later catastrophe claims hundreds of civilian lives, the act is pushed through, fracturing the superhero community into bitter opposing camps. As Captain America and his allies go underground while…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 58 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Marvel series
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 is the 194th of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was Marvel Super Hero Squad in 2009. Its critic score of 68 is 4 points above the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes at 90.
How it was received
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 71, across 97 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 12 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® / AMD Hyper-Threaded Dual Core CPU, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 / AMD Radeon HD 5670. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB.
What it launched against
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 launched on 15 September 2009, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Asylum, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, Pokémon SoulSilver Version and Pokémon HeartGold Version. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Asylum, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, Pokémon SoulSilver Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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