![]() Seeing dated, cheesier interpretations of these characters is endearing from a distance, but their depictions are also a nice reminder of how far we’ve come. ![]() Thor channels He-Man with all his might, Wolverine spouts sexist garbage to the group regularly (“What’re you girls looking at?", he says to The Guys), and villains profess their villany with reckless abandon. Ultimate Alliance and Ultimate Alliance 2 are most interesting as windows into Marvel properties before the cinematic universe took hold. Not even a crowded couch can fix those problems. Beating up the same robot person again and again doesn’t have the charm that I remember. I keep losing sight of who I’m controlling amid all the indistinct man-shaped characters. I could see myself playing through Ultimate Alliance with friends, but 10 years later, its combat feels crowded, repetitive, and sloppy. ![]()
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