THE PLOT: Emelious is gay for his best friend Raven but Raven's straight so Emelious decides that all love must perish and stabs himself, re-enacting his childhood emo instincts and transforming into Emolicius. Raven's a bit annoyed by this. Meanwhile Yuki runs into Alfina and gets a crush immediately, leading to Miranda finally realizing, shock, her son has -hormones- and deciding to ditch the lovebirds for a sailor with gambling issues. They sail away and kill eight of the twelve Guardians instantly, making Emolicious' job even easier. Yuki flies a plane straight into Emo's penis insecurity and crashes, leading the DL to overhype him as a bad pilot. Lovebirds wander to Alfina's home which is summarily destroyed by Emolicious in a case of annoyance, and I guess he kills a bird or something? Anyways magically the plane isn't crashed -enough- so Yuki takes Alfina back to Hub City, gets a new plane, and runs into Famine, one of the four Horseman of the Apocalypse so I guess Yuki's Destruction and Alfina's Selective Case Of The Stupids. Anyway Hunger was apparently kicked out of the Dragons Bite Shit club so he still has a dragon, duh. They meet another Guardian here who tells Alfina something totally pointless and then they fly off to a desert which, miraculously, never has sandstorms ever. Boobs greets them, and I guess she's the Horseman of Puerile Male Fetish Fuel. Anyways they go meet another Guardian and then jump into a black hole which drops them in the Glasslands. Emolicious meanwhile kills any Guardian the team's met, cementing the team as bringers of doom. After a glass trip and meeting EMOTIONLESS DEAD GODGIRL they go back home and suddenly, ruin exploration! A bunch of random shit happens boom dead city in the air MELC CRYSTALS OWOWOW they go to the city and let Alfina go try to get into Emo's pants, then decide that was stupid and try to get her back but suddenly MAGICAL PLANE CRASHES FOREVER. Schmidt dies, thank goodness, and they get back in the air but Alfina's turned Emo Stupid Good so he SACRIFICES HIMSELF FOR NO GOOD REASON. Or something. But then the team kills sadness forever and Yuki finally sticks it in Alfina so it's all good.
I'm sorry, you must have the right game, this is much G3's plot summarised perfectly.
That was awesome, Tai.
The greatest thing about this summary is that it is pretty close to what happens, just that it's satirical and therefore already better than G3 plot as G3 plot tries to be SRS BSN.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2:
Fun popcorn fodder type of game. Not something that has a large amount of depth (which certainly matches the complaints I here about it compared to MUA1), but its fanservice, based on a comic story (Civil War) and the gameplay is fun. Game's designed such that the characters have different "classes" so to speak, so its easy to shoehorn in a favourite even if they're not the most effective. Game's challenge peaks up around the last level or so, but if you have Thor, the game pretty much bends backwards for you. God, when people said Thor was broken as hell, they weren't kidding. Mmm...what else? The gameplay's actually pretty well thoughtout - you're not grinding for coins as much, plus the ability coins are now automatically collected (which from me playing MUA1 was a distinct weakness), character switching no longer fully heals you (well sort of) and the levels are shared so that no one really falls too badly behind. The main team you do use still get some perks, but the differences are not terribly large so it doesn't bar you away from the rest of the cast. Of the heroes I did use...
Spider-Man: Spidey's more of a hybrid character. He has some long range options and but he's not afraid to go head-to-head. In fact his best attack ability is a melee option and he has a few passives that help keep him on both sides. What I really liked about Spidey was his flight (web swing) since its so much faster than walking and other flyers. He can certainly hold his own and I used him for quite a while all things considered. Just not part of the final dungeon.
Wolverine: Used him early. Healing Factor's pretty awesome in the early going, when it heals roughly 10% of your MHP. It gradually sucks as you progress, but Wolverine is a melee monster. He's built that way and has great attack speed, although his big thing was that he didn't really have the durability for it. Sadly. He got dropped pretty early as a result.
Hulk/Thing: Massive HP tanks. He had some pretty awesome resistances too. Dropped him for Thing. Both are pretty interchangable all-things considered. Hulk has a better debuff, but Thing has more damage
Gambit: Another hybrid like Spidey. A little worse off since he doesn't have any good melee passive for survivability (Spidey at least has some HP + some evade). Gambit however is one of the few characters that benefits off a little mechanics glitch called Guard cancelling. And he benefits a lot. It turns him from a hybrid to more a of mid range spammer. Explosive Hand is ridiculously silly when you can fire off like 3 of them in 2 seconds. 52 Card Pick Up's pretty neat, although is has some nasty start up on it. Also, he can carry items like portable grenades.
Ice Man: Used him mainly as a last man on the team for a team bonus (Natural forces), Ice Man's big thing is good random control. He's got some boss slaying options, but his stats are geared towards long range. Pretty solid, but someone I would switch out if it weren't for the team bonus.
Storm: The weather goddess retains her name for 2 big reasons: Lightning Strike and Hail Storm. Hail Storm is like its MvC2 version. Not in the ridiculous chip damage, but it has great AoE, can freeze targets, and Storm can spam it to basically cover the entire map with ice for a few seconds, effectively wiping almost everything out. It does consume all her energy though, so its not a long term viable tactic. Lightning Strike is pretty good for its cost and can be used several times.
Jean Grey: So, who remembers how in X-Men 3, Jean Grey pretty much roasted things with her psionic powers? MUA2 decided to incorporate this idea and um...yeah. Jean destroys mobs worse than Storm as she uses less energy, and hers will always knock down lighter enemies over. Plus it has a very low stamina cost, making it stupidly spammable. Jean has good Fusion combines with other characters, but isn't a boss slayer herself otherwise and her HP isn't impressive. That's why you bring...
Thor: This guy. To give you a comparison: Fusions, which are usually your best source of damage, deal around 350x2 to a boss or so. Very respectable, but you need to build metre for it and that takes a while. Thor? Mighty Swing deals 350-400 damage, and it takes around 2 seconds to complete. Oh, and he also benefits from Guard cancelling with Mighty Swing, making him an insanely powerful OHKOing mobile tank. Yeah, he's a tank too, with massive HP and 10-15% resistances to all types of damage. Oh and if that wasn't enough, he can fly and Lightning Rod clears randoms like a hot knife through butter. Thor makes MAU2 hilariously easy, and its easy to see why he's the last of the unlockables you get from hidden items.
Overall, game's around a 7/10 or so. Miiiiiiight be an 7.5 or 8 if I feel really generous, but its certainly fun enough.
