marvel-ultimate-alliance « WordPress.com Tag Feed

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2--Ultimatley a let-down.

Avalon Library — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:34:20 +0000

Since this is my second video game review I find it appropriate to do a sequel game….Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2!! I was going to try to review it with out comparing it to the first one, which by the way is a must have, but I can’t not get it out of my head that yes, the first one is better. Oh, don’t get me wrong the MUA2 is good on its own rights but as a sequel not so much. Once again you have a large array of heroes and a dash of villains to choose from. I really can’t say I have a favorite team, but I do have some favorite characters I liked to play…Hulk being one of them. The game play is much like the first game, four heroes or villains running through a level smashing up stuff, beating the baddies, saving the day. However, this time around there are two story lines: the anti registration side (Captain America) or the pro registration side (Tony Stark, a.k.a. Ironman).

Some of the graphics are tweaked but nothing spectacular. It is a good game, don’t get me wrong ,but the first is still better, and that is how I feel. Would I own it….yes, I love Marvel and the characters and I could see myself playing it again. I should probably warn you about the menu screens and changing your team members…can you say loading time…can you say annoying…for heaven’s sake I’m playing it on a PS3, fast loads, great graphics, and everything….MUA2 was just a let down, but somehow not enough for me to totally dislike it. Maybe, if you have not played the first one you may like it better.

I would say it’s for kids 10 and up. There is the punching and the fighting, but it is a Marvel…if you let your kids read comics books or you read comics, that is what you should expect the type of game to be…a good Marvel “what if?” Civil War game. Um, 3 ½ stars could have been 5 stars if it didn’t have so much to live up to from the original Marvel Ultimate Alliance.

–contributed by user Christopher Nagle

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 – Part VIII: The Juggernaut, Bitch!

emeraldsuzaku — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:58:17 +0000

So DLC has been released for MUA2, and I just had to have it. Mostly because Psylocke is awesome. Of course, you don’t see her name in the post title, do you? Didn’t think so. That’s because in addition to the big DLC pack, Juggernaut is now a DLC character for everyone. Hallelujah!

My party currently consists of Thor (because he’s a complete and utter badass), Magneto (because I used Phoenix last playthrough), Psylocke (see above; also, she has a nice targeted fusion with…), and Juggernaut. Because he’s awesome. And big. And awesome. Also, his Triangle power is awesome at building fusion meter on bosses.

I spent most of my MUA2 playtime since the DLC dropped doing silly things like the last set of trivia I needed to complete, getting the fusion trophy (all fusions with all non-DLC characters), and unlocking the extra costumes for the non-DLC crowd. After that I figured I’d traipse through the levels some more, and got all the way to the secret S.H.I.E.L.D. base. Woo! Some boss battles were a little interesting since this *is* Legendary and I was going for the no-revival trophy. I did do part of one map Thor-less, but that was the only time I ran for an extended amount of time with a character down. If either Juggy or Psylocke (Juggly?) went down, I just reloaded a previous save. The Colossus/Dazzler fight was a bit hairy, until I just decided to take Colossus down first. Then it was cake. Captain America, in all of his various forms, were not too bad, though I have been noticing a distinct lack of healing tokens in boss fights this time around, where that never bothered me on the last playthrough.

I’ve been making sure to keep up on pickups in the levels, and have made a conscious effort to get them all before moving onto the next mission. So far, so good. I’ve also maxed all my Attitude bonuses, and taken another stab at some simulator challenges, with varying degrees of success. Thor is rocking the power pips, and I really need to stop feeding him the ones in the field. Psylocke is hungry, ya know? Thor is just about maxed out on his powers, and will be before he hits 60. I’d been neglecting his lightning bolt power, but I’m seeing it becoming much, much more useful as the game progresses. Heck in the Venom/Goblin fight in the chemical plant, lightning took Venom and Gobbie down quickly whenever I wasn’t tossing bombs down the reactor core. That seems to be the way Thor goes as a whole. He starts out pretty meh, but then gets exponentially more awesome the more levels he gets.

Overall, there hasn’t been anything terribly surprising this time around, other than the awesomeness of Thor and Juggy. Magneto seems to be holding his own quite well, and I haven’t noticed him sucking, so good for him. I haven’t played much (or at all….) with the Carnage or Black Panther, so I can’t speak to their effectiveness. Maybe later sometime. I do need to get their alternate outfits at least.

A guerra civil dos super poderes chegou!

Carol — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:21:50 +0000

A guerra civil dos super poderes chegou!

Esqueça a história de que super-heróis estão sempre do lado do bem e contra os horrores do mal.

Depois do mega sucesso da 1ª versão, a Marvel veio com mais uma super seqüência do game bem sucedido. Ghegou: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. Agora com uma jogabilidade bem melhor.

Diferente das tramóias do Dr. Destino, na versão original do MUA, agora o game se reinventa e traz uma explosão da Guerra Civil.

Em Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, os heróis consagrados da Marvel podem escolher o lado em que ficarão. Isso tudo depois de muitas catástrofes e por uma crise social e política, em que os Estados Unidos cria uma lei que obriga qualquer super-herói a ser registrado como armas de destruição em massa e os tornam agentes especiais do governo norte-americano.

A sua primeira decisão, é escolher qual lado irá ficar para jogar: do Homem de Ferro que é a favor da nova lei ou do totalmente contra, Capitão América.

Escolheu? Agora vamos lá… é só escolher mais 3 super heróis e montar seu time(no PS3 por exemplo você consegue jogar com mais 4 amigos – multiplayer). Pode escolher qualquer um dos mega sucessos das HQs da Marvel, como o Homem-Aranha, Wolverine, Nick Fury, Homem de Ferro, um dos integrantes do Quarteto Fantástico, Fomem Gelo, Hulk, Demolidor, Tempestade, Gambit e Jean Grey ,que antes era apenas telepata, agora tem vários ataques para perto ou longe muito eficientes.

Tá em inglês, mas dá para entender! Mostra todos os heróis que você pode jogar no game e o perfil completo dele:

Nesta nova versão, você pode combinar ataque entre 2 personagens. Tipo, Tempestade e Gambit, você conseguirá um tornado de cartas energizadas. E quando você combinar e atacar… Ah, prepare-se porque o efeito visual está bem melhor que antes. E que tal o Hulk, pegando qualquer coisa do cenário e atacando? Agora pode!!!

Os personagens podem interagir com o cenário onde estiver. Porém, só é possível destravar uma roupa extra dos personagens(na versão original do game eram 3).

Quanto mais você jogar com o mesmo personagem mais vai acumular experiência, evoluir e ganhar novos poderes. E quando chegar nos chefões, prepare-se para suar com estratégias de ataque.

Durante o game, os personagens conversam entre si para trocar opiniões e estratégias de luta. Quando eles perguntarem para você, é só escolher uma das 3 alternativas de respostas. As perguntas são meio obvias, mas cada resposta seguirá um raciocínio:

Agressive = vermelho à agressiva

Diplomatic = branco à você não sabe se aceita ou não. Fica em cima do muro

Defensive = azul à você não se compromete mesmo

Neutral = sem cor é uma resposta genérica

Olha ai o trailer oficial do game:

EXTRAS:

*Curiosidade: o Yellow Jacket, o gigante, é inspirado no game do God of War.

** A Activision, que distribui o game, falou que a expansão Fusion para o jogo Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, terá 3 novos personagens das histórias em quadrinhos: o Cable, o Carnificina e o Psylocke, que trarão novas habilidades para os heróis e vilões, além de novas missões.

*** O jogo tem versões para os consoles: Wii, DS, Xbox 360, PC, PSP, PS2 e PS3.

Eric and Melisa Alliance

Husky Animator — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:40:26 +0000

Finally after a year of waiting and several more weeks of hearing “No, I’m sorry we don’t have any copies in right now” from out local family video I got my hands on Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 at last. I owned it’s predecessor for my PSP and when I ponied up the cash buying a Xbox 360 a copy of the game came bundled with that system. The first installment of Marvel ultimate Alliance was a fun enough game on its own but what made it a blast to play was the multiplayer side. It’s rare Melissa and I can compromise on a video game multi player experience we can have together and both enjoy.

I’m either stuck playing a kids game where I have to hunt down jewels or some other sparkly collectable (for no apparent reason from what I can tell) all the while asking myself when do I get to shoot something. Her on the other hand gets forced into playing me in what every shoot em’ up I’ve rented that week. Not that my wife is bad at first person shooters but every time I gaze over at her screen when we face off she’s either aimed straight up at the sky or down at the ground. Which would be fine if the point of Call of Duty:Modern warfare was taking out evil seagulls and ant regimens of the world.

The great thing about Marvel Ultimate Alliance series is that it combines hunting for power ups (for her) and fighting (for me). So while I’m playing as Spider Man taking on evil doers bent world domination Melissa playing as the Human Torch is across the room where I’m getting beat up taking the time to break open crates in search of gems and other power ups. But when I’m not hearing “OOOOOOOOh look at all the power ups I just found” she’s busy trying to light me a blaze with fire balls.

Don’t have the heart to tell her she can’t hurt me since we’re on the same team.

As long as my wife burning someone with "Fire Man" (what she calls the Human Torch) everything is right with the world. doesn't matter to her is she's burning me

DLC για το Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

xollothnews — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:02:27 +0000

DLC για το Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 – Gameover.gr

Η Activision γνωστοποίησε πως το πρώτο downloadable πακέτο περιεχομένου για το Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 θα είναι διαθέσιμο στα Xbox LIVE Marketplace και PlayStation Store από τις 5 Νοεμβρίου, με κόστος 800 Microsoft Points και $9.99 αντίστοιχα (στο ευρωπαϊκό PS Store θα κάνει την εμφάνισή του στις 12 Νοεμβρίου).[next]

The not-so-spectacular-or-amazing Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

dfarnham — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:55:01 +0000

article was originally featured on sleeperhit.net

The idea behind the Marvel Ultimate Alliance franchise is great on paper: Take your favorite Marvel superheroes and make your own team to fight the forces of evil. To a comic book nerd this idea is a dream come true. But the franchise has let us down before, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, by Vicarious Visions, is only so much of an improvement.

The premise of MUA2 is based around Marvel’s 2006-2007 series, Civil War. The Civil War is sparked by the reckless behavior of a naïve super team that plunges the entire Marvel Universe into chaos and pitts friend against friend and Avenger against Avenger.

In this war of ideologies the super hero community was split in two, each side lead by a strong leader, and backed by certainty of righteousness. Iron Man backed the pro-registration act, a bill that would have all superheroes become government workers and essentially a super police force, while Captain America stood for the individual rights of all heroes and lead the anti-registration movement.

The anti-registration movement eventually lost after Captain America’s surrender and his realization that heroes were no longer fighting for the common good of the people they swore to protect. In the comics, the events of the Marvel Civil War eventually lead to the assassination of Captain America, the downfall of Iron Man, and the rise of Norman Osborn, Spider-man’s long time foe the Green Goblin.

The problem with MUA2 is it’s only loosely based on the comics. The first half of the game follows the story set in the seven-book series, down to every panel and dialogue box. The second half goes off on an odd tangent that isn’t anywhere near as compelling as the comics it’s supposed to be based on.

If you’ve read the comics this is a huge disappointment, because the events of the civil war had a profound impact on the Marvel Universe. If you’re oblivious to the original storyline then it’s just another mediocre story with superheroes that happens to look pretty.

The graphics are a huge improvement over the first game. The 24 playable characters look great and are fantastic interpretations of the print superheroes. The powers are impressive to look at, while the levels are colorful and highly detailed. Later in the game when you’ll explore the Black Panther’s techno-jungle home of Wakanda, which is a delight to behold.

The camera is another improvement and easily the most notable change from the first Marvel Ultimate. The camera is now closer to the action and gives a better perspective of the gameplay, making it more fun overall. But it does occasionally revert to being too far away.

Control wise, the game hasn’t evolved much from the original. The one addition to the control scheme is the fusion powers that mix-and-match two heroes’ powers for devastating effects. If you add Thor’s control over lightning to Captain America’s star-spangled shield you get arcs of electricity bouncing off the shield and frying the enemies who are unlucky enough to stand in the way.

The problem is there are only three fusion match-ups: clearing, guided and targeted. This drastically limits the effectiveness of certain teams if they lack specific powers like energy or elemental. This can force players to select heroes they don’t care about for the sake of one fusion power. And when you can’t have the team you want, be as effective as one that fits the mold it defeats the purpose of the Ultimate Alliance games

The targeted fusion power – which has two characters perform some variation of the fastball special made famous by Wolverine and Colossus–is the only real efficient way of taking down bosses and ultimately makes the boss’ fights less of a challenge and more of an inconvenience, since gamers will have to mash buttons to charge up for another fusion attack.

Another simplified aspect is the character customization. Vicarious Vision gutted the majority of the features from the two X-Men Legends games and the first MUA, leaving gamers with very few options and a lack-luster customization tool set.

Gamers won’t be able to equip items with the wide variety of attributes seen before, like poisoning strike or increased critical hit percentage. Players now have to pick three attributes which the entire team will share. It doesn’t seem like much but it greatly limits the combinations available.

Like other action games, as the heroes level up gamers will be able to spend points on both passive and active skills. The problem here is that the game doesn’t broadcast when characters level up. This left me checking my character stats to see if there were more points to spend. And if you go too long without checking the character sheet the game will automatically spend the points. The changes can be undone but it’s insulting to have a game auto spend experience points for you.

The last details that seals MUA2’s fate are the things taken away from the first game that made it a memorable comic book experience. This time around, there are no specific missions for heroes and fewer alternate costumes. This disappoints because of the amount of history characters like Captain America, Iron Man and the fantastic Four have. After all Marvel did just celebrate their 75th anniversary. This is ultimately a disservice to comic book fans and gamers.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 is a game of give and take. Every time something new is given or fixed, something that wasn’t broken is taken away. The game is fun to play but when compared to a great comic book game that holds true to its roots—say, Batman: Arkham Asylum—MUA2 can’t compare and ends up feeling quite mediocre.

Weekend Preview: Oct 23-25

Bryan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:40:10 +0000

New thing! Weekend Preview, which is the exact same shit I’ve blogged about the last two Fridays, except now it has a funky name. Woo-hoo!

The Infintine Undiscovery train is rolling, and man is it a hell of a lot more fun when you’re actually playing it the right way for once. I got to the second Chain last night (not that it’s hard when you know what you’re doing, you’ve done it once before, and you’re skipping cut scenes) so there’s only a little bit more to do before the first disc is over, which is unfortunate, but I’d rather get it over with sooner than have the disc-swap moment come upon me suddenly. I’ll be playing it for a while over the next three days, hopefully geting at least one Achievement - oh right! I got Aerial Acrobat last night. Thank you Codster2005 for the Solution, it was a big help. I’m pretty sure I would have gotten it on my own eventually, and with his technique, but it was a nice treat to actually succeed early on in the game and boost my completion just that little bit more. But back onto topic: I would like to get far enough over the weekend that I can get at least one of the IC-related Achievements. They’re only worth 5GS each, but it’s half a percentage point closer to that elusive 50%, and even 5GS is helpful. The rest of the big Achievements all require a lot more work than I’m likely to be able to put into the game over the weekend, so I’ll leave it at 5-15GS from this game and hope that I get far enough to pass onto the second disc. I’ll probably stop for the weekend at that point, unless the end of the disc comes really fast, in which case I’ll probably end up playing for a little while longer. Level grinding, probably, which is always a good thing.

Let’s see, what else to play? Hopefully (and I can’t stress that enough) the guys will be on to play Marvel: Ultimate Alliance tonight. We’ve been playing through Hard Mode, and I’d really like to continue on. We were supposed to be finished already, but various situations arose on my end of the deal and we haven’t been able to play for three weeks. Which sucks. Balls. We’ll be luck to beat Act 1 tonight, and if this is how the pattern is going, I may just decide to do it all myself and get the Achievements alone. Or not. I don’t really want to think about it anymore.

There’s not much else I can plan on playing over the weekend; the wife and I are in the process of occupying another three rooms in the basement suite we’ve been living in for the past month and a half, so there’ll be painting and building and moving of furniture galore this weekend. Theoretically I’ll be able to plug in Rock Band 2 and play with the friends we’ll have come over to help, so that’ll be nice. I doubt we’ll play anything other than Quickplay, but that’s okay, because I’ll be having fun, and really, isn’t that what gaming is all about? I’d like to go through Band World Tour and grab some Stars, maybe some fans, and unlock more venues, but I think I’ll save all that for solo play as it’s a lot easier and faster, believe it or not.

As it stands, Forza Motorsport 2 is at the bottom of the barrel with a paltry 19% GamerScore completion. I have to hit level 30 before I can complete the next set of Career races, so there’s a lot of repetition coming up when I next decide to play. Will I actually play this weekend? I highly doubt it. But as it sits on the bottom of the proverbial pile (I only say that because my games are spread out over my bedroom at the moment) I really need to get on that. The longer I leave it the more time I’ll have to spend on it in a row before getting a different game. Thankfully, I only need to get to around…shit that’s a lot. Okay, so, just counting Career races, there are 8A worth 320GS. That seems like a lot of work, and it is, because 3A worth 120GS are related to getting to levels 30, 40, and 50, which are worth 30GS, 40GS, and 50GS respectfully (although I’m sure you could’ve figured that last part out yourself). That’s a shit-load of work just to get those point. Now, compare that to the fact I already have 17A worth 191GS. That’s right, I get less than half of the Achievements I already have and get almost double the points. W. T. F. ?. (Yes, I just put a period after a question mark. Get over it.) Now, I’m not counting the 40GS I’ll get from passing all the Time Trials, or the close to 100GS from collecting cars from various regions and types, and those will certainly help, but I’ll still need to race for dozens of hours just to get the money for those cars, so I may as well just focus on getting a gold medal in all the races I possibly can. There’s more points to be had from that, and it’ll all have to get done eventually anyway.

I really should stop at this point, but because it’s a theoretical discussion about what I’ll do if I play certain games over the weekend, I’m going to keep on going.

Let’s talk ODST. I am 125GS away from 500GS. That’s really fucking close, and if I get it this weekend, I can officially knock the first game off my list. Now I know what you’re thinking, or at least I like to tell myself that I do. I’m at 375/1000GS, and there are plenty (read: 5) games on your list that are closer, why not concentrate on them? The answer is that I can get this game to the finish with less time and less effort. You see, by beating the game I’m guaranteed to get 2A for 150GS. That’ll leave me with extra. And that’s not including Dome Inspector and I Like Fire which each give another 5GS and are the last two level-specific Achievements, or the 75GS I’ll get if I take the time to complete the Audiophile Achievement, which is a pain in the ass and will take way too much time if I have to start over again, unless I play with friends in which case it’ll be more fun but still lengthy. If I do all of those, then I’ll finish up at 610GS and be able to shelve ODST until someone asks me to do Firefight with them. Or if I choose to do some of the Vidmaster Achievements, but seeing as the whole point of my gaming life right now is to get 50% on everything I still own, that probably won’t happen.

Don’t get me started on the two Arcade games on the list – I don’t want to play either of them this weekend.

All that’s left are FPS’s, RPG’s, and Music/Rhythm. Rock Band 2 will be played, so I won’t talk about the first game. If I do play a Shooter it will be Gears of War, but I doubt any actual Achievements will be won, although progress will be made if I play. I know I won’t play and of the RPG’s not already mentioned, so I won’t go into any details about them either.

So taht should be all you’ll need to know about what I’ll be playing this weekend. Follow my GamerTag if you want to find out what happens as it happens, or just come back on Monday and see if I’ve updated.

Batman: Arkham Asylum - Crítica

Diogo Ribeiro — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:01:20 +0000

No Cavaleiro Mais Negro Estamos em arredores de 1994, penso eu, e um amigo meu decide que preciso de

Batman: Arkham Asylum - Review

Diogo Ribeiro — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:35:08 +0000

In Darkest Knight We’re somewhere around 1994, I think, and a friend of mine decides that I absolute

news in 1"

xollothnews — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:54:34 +0000

Nέο gameplay video του New Super Mario Bros Wii | Game 2.0

Η Νintendo έδωσε στη δημοσιότητα ένα νέο, φανταστικό gameplay video του New Super Mario Bros Wii.

Δεν έχει νόημα να πούμε και πολλά. Το platforming και η «μαγεία» της Νinty σε όλο τους το μεγαλείο.[next]

Το σύστημα μάχης του Assassin’s Creed II | Game 2.0

H Ubisoft έδωσε στη δημοσιότητα άλλο ένα developer video του Assassin’s Creed II, όπου αυτή τη φορά παρουσιάζεται το σύστημα μάχης του παιχνιδιού.[next]

Xbox 360 και PS3 στο Athens Digital Week | Game 2.0

Στο φετινό Athens Digital Week, το οποίο λαμβάνει χώρα στην Τεχνόπολις στο Γκάζι μέχρι και αύριο, τόσο η Microsoft όσο και η Sony δίνουν το παρόν.

Στις κονσόλες Xbox 360 μπορείτε να παίξετε ορισμένους από τους πιο γνωστούς πρόσφατους τίτλους, όπως το FIFA 10, το Brutal Legend, το Forza 3, το NBA Live 10, το Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, το Halo 3: ODST και το Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.[next]

Νέα διαφημιστικά σποτ για τα Windows 7 | PC Magazine

Το ότι μετράμε πλέον ελάχιστες ημέρες μέχρι τη διάθεση των Windows 7 στην αγορά δεν είναι βέβαια μυστικό. Η κυκλοφορία των νέων Windows κυριαρχεί στην τεχνολογική ειδησεογραφία εδώ και αρκετό καιρό. Αυτό, όμως, δε σημαίνει ότι μια εκτεταμένη διαφημιστική καμπάνια είναι περιττή. Μάλιστα, η Microsoft δείχνει να έχει πάρει πολύ σοβαρά το θέμα, υιοθετώντας μια στρατηγική που δεν έχουμε ξαναδεί σε εταιρεία του χώρου.[next]

S.M.A.R.T.: προλάβετε τους «χτυπημένους» δίσκους « Productivity

Μέσω αυτού μπορεί κανείς να βλέπει ανά πάσα στιγμή την κατάσταση των δίσκων του και, το καλύτερο, να λαμβάνει προειδοποιήσεις «αν κάτι δεν πηγαίνει καλά», ώστε να προλάβει να σώσει τα δεδομένα του. Το καλύτερο; Το S.M.A.R.T. παρέχει ακόμη και… πρόβλεψη του «υπόλοιπου ζωής» των σκληρών δίσκων![next]

Νέο Full Cover Water Block για την ATi HD 5870 από την DangerDen – ( HWBOX ) O/C on first boot

Μόλις σήμερα έγιναν γνωστές οι πρώτες φωτογραφίες για το Full Cover Water Block απο την DangerDen προοριζόμενο για την νέα κόκκινη βασίλισσα που ακούει στο όνομα ATi 5870 ! Για την βάση του Water Block η DangerDen έχει χρησιμοποιήσει ηλεκτρολυτικό χαλκό, ενώ για το καπάκι έχει χρησιμοποιηθεί ακρυλικό μάυρου χρώμματος ! Για τους λάτρείς ή τους επίδοξους CrossFire maniacs, το καλό είναι πώς αυτά τα Blocks αφήνουν ελέυθερους τους connectors και ετσι είναι δυνατή και πλήρως αξιοποιήσιμη η λειτουργία του CrossFire.[next]

Νέα USB Flash Drives από την Mushkin – ( HWBOX ) O/C on first boot

Πέντε νέα Flash Drives ετοιμάζεται να προσθέσει στην γκάμα των προιόντων της η Mushkin. Το Mulholland οπως το ονομάζει η γνωστή εταιρεία έρχεται με μαύρο πλαστικό σώμα και διάφανο καπάκι προστασίας. Έτσι ο υποψήφιος αγοράστης θα μπορεί να επιλέξει αναλόγως τις εκάστοτε ανάγκες του, ανάμεσα σε χωρητικότητες των 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB με ανώτατο όριο τα 32GB. Το νέο Flash Drive θα ενσωματώνει Nand Chip τεχνολογίας MLC ενώ θα εκμεταλλεύται πλήρως το USB 2.0 interface του υπολογιστή[next]

[Rumors Confirmed] Intel Value SSD X25-X – ( HWBOX ) O/C on first boot

επιβεβαιώθηκαν και επίσημα οι φήμες για την νέα Value SSD σειρά της Ιntel με τελική ονομασία X25-X. Οι νέοι “οικονομικοί” SSD έρχονται με τεχνολογία MLC Nand Flash στα 34nm και καταναλώνουν σε κατάσταση λειτουργίας μόλις 90mW ενώ σε κατάσταση αναμονής 75mW. Οι χρόνοι αναζήτησης κυμαίνονται γύρω στα 65 microseconds. Οι ταχύτητες ανάγνωσης περιορίζονται στα 170 MB/s σε σχέση με τα 250 MB/s των Χ25-Μ ενώ οι ταχύτητες εγγραφής είναι κομμένες στο μισό, κοντά στα 35 MB/s σε αντίθεση με τα 70 MB/s των ακριβότερων πάλι Χ25-Μ.[next]

beat it

wowlikeohmygod — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:34:15 +0000

high hopes, decent follow through

I just finished up Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 for 360 as anti-reg and now i’m going back through on pro. I must say I wasn’t as satisfied with the game as, well, let’s say Batman: Arkham Asylum but it was enjoyable nonetheless. The new characters announced though…kinda smeh about. I fucking hate Carnage and Cable. Also getting Black Panther, Psylocke and Magneto though. Could be cool. Fingers crossed.

Screen of new characters; some cool, some fucking terrible

It's a nice day for a white wedding

Bryan — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:59:02 +0000

So, last Friday, after getting home from what I thought was an Administration meeting that ended up just being a birthday celebration for a coworker of mine, I walked into my house and was greeted with a surprise birthday party of my own, thrown by my loving wife.

My 21st birthday was on October 2nd, and nothing really special had happened aside from a couple family dinners and a multitude of gift cards which went to roughly a dozen books and Halo 3: ODST. Only one of my friends called, which was surprising because it was the girlfriend of the buddy of mine whom I share a birthday with. So that kinda sucked.

But lo and behold, a week later, eight of my friends are crammed the living room and there are cupcakes and bagel bites and soda galore! And while I wanted to play Rock Band, we couldn’t find the disc anywhere. Which is probably not as bad as it sounds, because the disc was scratched and even though I thought I fixed it (with a home fixer-thingy) I didn’t want to risk it.

But of course I got Rock Band 2 for my birthday.

My friends and I started an all female band – WithinParaFlyCunaWish. Basically we took parts of the names from Within Temptation, Paramoure, Flyleaf, Lacuna Coil, and Nighwish, which are all female fronted metal bands. It was freakin’ awesome. We played through some of the Band Tour, and generally kicked ass.

The only bad part? I missed out on the weekly Marvel: Ultimate Alliance group that I’m part of, where there’s three of us playing on Hard mode trying to get the respective Achievement. But then again, I got to play with actual people last Friday, so it wasn’t a total loss. Next Friday will (hopefully) make up for it all with a new session. I pray we get to complete Atlantis, ’cause I hate it down there.

So my weekend plans were messed up, as I was playing RB2 for most of it. I did get in a little bit of ODST, as well as some Shadow Complex, which was a nice break. Those Proving Grounds challenges are a bitch-and-a-half to complete, I’ll tell ya. I’ve only got three (four?) left, though, so that’s a good thing.

Tonight the wife and I will be watching our favourite TV shows that we missed last night, so that’s two hours gone. I might get in a few songs on RB2, maybe a level of ODST if I feel like it, but probably not.

Little BiG Walkie-Talkie #11-12

syriuszb — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:16:06 +0000

Bez zbędnego wstępu (do tego odcinka były już dwa) zostawiamy Was z (pełnym) podcastem i zagadką, kt

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 – Part VII: Once More, With Feeling

emeraldsuzaku — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:59:53 +0000

I started up my New Game+ last night. I once again was stuck with the same initial four as the first time, but that wasn’t terribly unexpected. Boy, are the enemies tougher now! Not “tougher” as in more difficult, but in that they do way more damage and have way more health. I got through the entirety of Latveria only quitting and restarting once (I wanted credit towards the no revival/map reload trophy), and that was on the last map. The bosses so far haven’t been too bad; it’s been the mobs of enemies that are the real killer. I used the Femme Fatales to clear the final Latveria map, and I can safely say I won’t be doing that again. Only clearing fusions, mediocre damage, and limited survivability are not a good combination on Legendary. The Tinkerer bot fight pretty much was reduced to standing back and zapping the legs, popping a clearing fusion every so often to clear out the little enemies and get a health token, and repeating ad infinitum.

Other than that, I played with the New Avengers on a rerun of the first level to pick up the dossier that I apparently kept managing to miss somehow. Luke Cage does not take much damage. At all. And he has a nice Targeted fusion with Spider-Man. Cool. I haven’t messed around with the other “teams” yet, but I have reached the conclusion that any team with Thor, a targeted fusion, and a clearing fusion is made of awesome and win. And really, the two fusions are optional. I know I said before that I didn’t really get what was so awesome about the guy, but man, does he ever shine on Legendary. His X power torpedoes him through mobs of enemies, pretty much flattening anything in his way. His hammer smash is solid damage with a small aoe. And his circle power is pretty sweet, as well. I haven’t had much use for his triangle power, though.

So, my team. Thor is definitely in. The AI tends to use both Storm and Invisible Woman effectively, though Storm moreso. So Storm is in, too. Her ridiculous damage immunities also help. I’m thinking of taking Hulk for a big, nigh invulnerable bruiser, and I never really gave him much play my first time through. Plus he needs to take down a couple of bosses later in the game anyway. I’m still leaning towards Songbird as my fourth, partly because she has some great potential, and partly because I already used Jean a ton my first time through. Of course, things may change when I see what I have for fusion types with this roster. The AI also seemed to do pretty well with Nick Fury.

I’ve gotten all the pickups from Latveria now, and it’s pretty cool how the bosses drop new boosts on Legendary. I haven’t gone back through any of the simulator challenge missions yet, and I’ll probably wait on that until I’ve gotten farther through the game and leveled up more, anyway. I’ve been racking up the Diplomatic responses, and I’ll probably get those boosts unlocked around Act II. Then it’s just on to Defensive. Which I *might* be able to do this time through as well. Maybe. It will probably be pretty tight. I’ll have to make sure I get the special conversations, too. Oh, and I need to knock out the Act I trivia game yet, too. I’ll probably use a second controller and cheat the fusion bonuses on it this time.

I finally got around to ordering a wireless earpiece/microphone from Amazon, and it arrived yesterday. I charged it up, so I’ll have to see about taking MUA2 (and other games…like Gundam 0081…) online at some point. I’m actually strangely excited at being able to play PS3 games online now (my internet connection is *much* more reliable at my new place than it was at my old one) and being able to communicate with the people I’m playing with. Should make for some fun times.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 - Part VI: The Highest Platform of the Tallest Spire

emeraldsuzaku — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:36:00 +0000

Well, I beat MUA2 on Heroic. I was moderately surprised that the last Act was one big stream of maps; there was no brief intermission back at the HQ. I was around level 31, and finished with a team of Storm, Jean, Gambit, and Wolverine. The FBS was doing ~1800-ish to bosses. Sweet. The final boss has a few tricks, though the game tells you, rather insistently, how to get around them, so that’s not a big deal. He does toss out a lot of difficult to avoid damage, though. There were plenty of healing tokens around, though, and Phoenix had a couple of timely resurrections on the way to him, though. I wonder if a Phoenix revival via her ability constitutes a revival for the purposes of the trophy. Hmm. Not that it really matters since I’ll likely not be using her this playthrough.

I did run through a couple of previous maps to try and get the “Lead team xxx for a whole map” heroic deeds, but it didn’t work for either Luke Cage or Captain America. Which is weird because I DID get it last night for Reed and the Fantastic Four. No idea what’s going on there. I’ll just pick it up on Legendary, I guess.

The ending was short and sweet. I was expecting something a bit more, but I honestly couldn’t tell you what. The conversation during the credits was hilarious.

I saved my game and went to the next mission console to start a new game + on Legendary. I was hoping I would be able to swap characters around from the get-go this time, but I’m still locked into a preset team initially like a normal new game. I did notice, however, that the Anti-Reg abilities are still unlocked. I’ll have to see if they stay that way after I choose a side, but I suspect they will. Which means that on this palythrough everyone will have access to all their abilities, and not just their faction-specific and universal ones.

So far the big difference is that things have a lot more health, and hit harder. So pretty much just as expected. I saved right at the beginning of the map so I can cheat the system if I end up in a revival position. I can just quit and reload my save without it counting as a reload of the map. Yay. Since there’s very little leeway if one wants the 25 maps with no revival or reload trophy, and the rumor is circulating that I won’t be able to retry a level via the simulator if I need to and have it count for the trophy, I figure this is a decent way to go about it. Though I suspect that I’ll be replaying levels as much as I need to get all the pickups before moving on to the next one. That should also help boost my levels, as I anticipate the bosses being a pain.

I’m not sure who I’m going to focus on as my main team this time around. I’m leaning towards Nick Fury, Thor, and Songbird, but I don’t have a definite plan for the final spot. There will likely be some switching so I can get some stats stuff out of the way, but I want to have a solid core again.

Anyway, that’s enough MUA for now. Time to watch some football and catch up on the month or so of comics I’ve been behind since I moved.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2-review

xollothnews — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:39:35 +0000

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 – Gameover.gr

Όπως και στη ζωή, έτσι και στα παιχνίδια, υπάρχουν στιγμές που θα κληθούμε να αναμετρηθούμε με έντονα διλήμματα. Κάτι παρόμοιο επιχειρεί να μας παρουσιάσει και η Activision τρία ολόκληρα χρόνια μετά το αρχικό Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Η μεγαλύτερη λεγεώνα υπερηρώων είναι και πάλι εδώ, σε αυτό το Action/ RPG, ακολουθώντας τη γνώριμη και πεπατημένη συνταγή, μόνο που αυτή τη φορά μας θέτει ένα απλό ερώτημα: “Whose side are you on?”.[next]

Marvel Utimate Alliance 2 - Part V: The Daily Grind

emeraldsuzaku — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:35:02 +0000

I didn’t get much done tonight. All I did was go into the Basic Training sim and work on unlocking costumes and boosts. All of the Anti-Reg specific requirements are done now, so I can either play through Act 4 and just try to pick them up in Legendary, or get everything out of the way I can right now. There are a couple of things I want to figure out as far as how things count, so I’ll probably run back through a couple of missions with some specific teams and see what happens. Other than that, though, I don’t think I want to grind any further. I’ll have plenty to do on Legendary regardless.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 - Part IV: Resistance is Futile

emeraldsuzaku — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:24:56 +0000

Warning: Here there be SPOILERS. Highlight the blank sections to see them if you so choose.

I hit Act 4 last night. Act 3 seemed pretty short, at least compared to Acts 1 and 2. I suppose the game wanted to get past the part where you don’t have access to everyone fairly quickly. Even so, the Civil War arc was very well done, and segued nicely into Act 4. Maybe my memory’s a bit foggy, but MUA2 seems to have a much tighter, better-flowing story than the first game.

The run through Prison 42 was fun. Lots of mayhem and bad guys to destroy. Also, there was a fair amount of environment-induced damage, like electrified floor panels. And wall panels. These annoying things don’t just hurt you when you run over them. They stun you and zap you for a few seconds before you can move again. Getting knocked into the middle of one or more of these sucks hard. It’s a good thing the bad guys are usually also affected by them.

Speaking of bad guys, there were actually a fair number of not robots! And just when I was thinking I could finally tag Iceman back in for a map, robots showed up! Well played, game, well played. Instead I looked at the stats pages for my individual characters, and decided to bring in Storm and Wolverine to run with Gambit and Jean. This got me the X-Men team bonus and let me work on knocking out some Heroic Deeds. I was thinking that when the game mentions performing 10 Fastball Specials with Wolverine, I’d need to team him up with Hulk or something. Not so—Jean works just fine as a partner. So I was able to knock out Jean’s 5 Fusions with Wolverine deed as well as Wolvie’s 10 Fastball Specials deed. I had to be controlling the character I wanted it to count for, though. As a side note, I’m consistently hitting 1400+ damage with a Wolvie/Jean Fusion right now on bosses. It’s pretty awesome.

I also finally unlocked Thor, who was the last of the token collection characters I needed. I know everyone is raving about him being ridiculously overpowered online, but I haven’t figured him out yet. I’ll have to spend more time with him, I guess. I’m going to be revisiting lots of levels for pick-ups, so I’ll probably toy around with him and all the other characters I haven’t really been using when I start hitting the simulator. My side goal there is to work on the Heroic Deeds for all the Anti-Reg heroes, too.

The game is starting to throw more multi-character boss battles at me. The last solo boss I had to fight was somewhere along the halfway point in 42. Pretty much every boss battle since has included at least two bosses and a horde of enemies. The Fastball Special makes taking down the bosses easy enough, when one doesn’t go invulnerable and switch the other one in for a time, at least.

The last boss fight before unlocking Black Panther’s palace as an HQ took me a bit to figure out how to actually beat it. Venom kept randomly popping in from above, and I was generally fighting around the perimeter of the room, so I didn’t see him hanging onto a pillar. Once I finally noticed that, I was able to knock him down and proceed to stomp his symbiotic arse. He did go back to the pillars a couple more times, but once I knew what to do the battle as a whole was fairly simple.

I’ll probably hit up the trivia game and finish up the available past levels in the simulator before continuing the story. I want to try out some other characters, and finish out the rest of the pick-ups. I assume that I’ll be back in the HQ at least once before finishing the game, but I don’t want to take too many chances. Of course, I’d also expect that the game will pop me back here after the final mission to mess around and start my New Game Plus. Hmm. Maybe I’ll just cruise through the rest of the game and worry about the rest later. I need to run a bunch of stuff on Legendary anyway to get the rest of the unlocks.

games news in 1"

xollothnews — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:39:15 +0000

Videogame βασισμένο στον Thor;

Videogame βασισμένο στον Thor; – Gameover.gr

Όπως όλα δείχνουν η μανία με τους χαρακτήρες από το σύμπαν της Marvel δεν έχει τελειωμό και έτσι η νέα φιγούρα που δείχνει έτοιμη να κάνει τα πρώτα της βήματα στις σκοτεινές αίθουσες, είναι αυτή του Thor. Η ταινία -για την οποία υπάρχουν ελάχιστα στοιχεία- είναι προγραμματισμένη να προβληθεί το 2011, ενώ θα συνοδευτεί κατά πάσα πιθανότητα και από ένα ομώνυμο videogame.[next]

Ανακοινώθηκε το Medieval Games

Ανακοινώθηκε το Medieval Games – Gameover.gr

Η Bethesda Softworks ανακοίνωσε το Medieval Games, έναν multiplayer party τίτλο, που θα κυκλοφορήσει τον ερχόμενο Νοέμβριο για το Wii. Με τη βοήθεια ενός ιππότη, μίας πριγκίπισσας, ενός βάρδου ή ενός μάγου θα συμμετάσχουμε σε 30 mini-games που υποστηρίζουν παιχνίδι με τέσσερις παίκτες ταυτόχρονα, αλλά και φυσικά το motion control του Wii Remote .[next]

Το Prison Break επιστρέφει

Το Prison Break επιστρέφει – Gameover.gr

Η Koch Media ανακοίνωσε ότι το Prison Break: The Conspiracy θα κυκλοφορήσει τελικά στις 26 Μαρτίου του 2010, ταυτόχρονα για τα PC, PlayStation 3 και Xbox 360. Οι παίκτες θα έχουν υπό τον έλεγχό τους τον πράκτορα Tom Paxton, ο οποίος θα προσπαθήσει να ανακαλύψει γιατί ο Michael Scofield έγινε ληστής τραπεζών.[next]

Τον Οκτώβριο το demo του L4D2

Τον Οκτώβριο το demo του L4D2 – Gameover.gr

Η Valve βρήκε την ευκαιρία λίγες ώρες πριν την έναρξη της press conference της EA για το Tokyo Games Show, να ανακοινώσει ότι το demo του Left 4 Dead 2 είναι μια πραγματικότητα. Οι παίκτες θα μπορούν να πάρουν μια πρώτη γεύση του τίτλου στις 27 Οκτωβρίου, αν και δεν διευκρινίσθηκε για ποια πλατφόρμα θα πρόκειται.[next]

Νέο παιχνίδι The Settlers

Νέο παιχνίδι The Settlers – Gameover.gr

Η Ubisoft ανακοίνωσε πως η γνωστή σειρά The Settlers θα συνεχιστεί την άνοιξη του 2010, με την κυκλοφορία του The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom για PC. Το παιχνίδι αναπτύσσεται από την Blue Byte και θα μας δίνει την ευκαιρία να διαλέξουμε τον καλύτερο δρόμο για να οδηγήσουμε το βασίλειό μας στη νίκη.[next]

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 - Part III: Holy Crap, a Lighted Environment!

emeraldsuzaku — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:05:32 +0000

More MUA 2 goodness. I finished out Act 2 today. This post (and likely subsequent posts) contain spoilers up to the point of the game I am at. That was one hell of a ride. I love how the game takes the Civil War story and twist it around to serve the game’s own devices. it’s also worth noting that the environments I played through tonight actually had decent lighting! Woo!

My party was Jean Grey, Ms. Marvel, Gambit, and Captain America. After Cap got yanked for story reasons, I popped Deadpool in there. I don’t really do much with him other than let him run around slashing, shooting, and exploding things. It seems to make him happy. Gambit tosses cards everywhere and generally wreaks havoc. And gives me a chance at more orbs. Go Cajun.

Jean is developing into quite the force to be reckoned with. Cranking up her cone flame wave and TK pull attacks (square and X respectively) is proving to be pips well spent. TK is doing some decent single-target boss damage, and flame wave is rocking crowds of enemies. Stunning with her aoe Circle power and then unleashing a series of flame waves clears out just about anything–either by outright destroying it or knocking it off a ledge. Consequently, her Fusion with Gambit is pretty much the best thing since sliced bread. It absolutely destroys any large mobs of enemies, destructible environments, and bosses. That it does multiple hits and has a decently long duration is awesome enough, but the bloody thing can be MOVED like a targettable Fusion! Oh, and it also sucks in normal enemies. Kinetic tornado FTW!

Gambit did gets some hands-on use during a rather tense battle with Yellowjacket. His quick tap card toss power was good at attacking the hands after dodging the initial strike. As the battle wound down I switched over to Jean and finished up with some flame waving and kinetic tornadoing. After that battle I’m pretty much locked into Jean–and the Jean/Gambit combo on bosses.

Other than that battle, the rest of Act 2 was basically me running around and beating the crap out of everything in site. The other bosses fell to either kinetic tornado spam or just me standing back with Jean and firing away with her TK beam or her flame wave. Even the last fight of the act wasn’t much of an issue.

Now I’m in the Act 3 HQ. I’ve picked up all the pickups in the place, and I’ll probably do the trivia questions for the act before starting on the missions. I’ve been doing pretty well with character unlock pickups throughout the game, but I’m still one Asgardian rune short of a thunder god. I suspect that one I get him, assuming everything I’ve heard about his abilities is true, he’ll have a permanent spot in my lineup. Songbird is unlocked, but unavauilable at the moment. I’m also looking forward to taking her for a spin. I’ll probably wait to go back through previous missions for unlocks until after my next time through the game (taking the other path). Unless I just can’t manage to get Thor unlocked through the course of normal play. In that case, I’ll go back for the runes.

Gameplay de Marvel UA2: Juggernaut

thiagolayzen — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:18:32 +0000

Ae crianças, um gameplay do novo Ultimate Alliance, com o Juggernaut (personagem por dlc) mostrando serviço!

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 - Part II: O Captain! My Captain!

emeraldsuzaku — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:36:16 +0000

So I progressed to the point where I could choose my side. The choice scene is handled really well. It could have just been a menu, but it’s not. It’s a bit more interactive than that. So after going Anti-Reg, several characters got locked out for story reasons, which makes sense, and several characters were made available. Awesome.

I played a bit more, and started switching up my team. I ran with Deadpool for a bit, but that was yet another clearing fusion with Ms. Marvel. He was amusing (hey, it’s Deadpool–of course he’s amusing!), but I eventually swapped him out for Iron Fist. Who was okay, I guess, but kept whining about being low on health. Pansy.

I unlocked Jean Grey a short while later, so Iron Fist quickly got the boot. Jean is…interesting. She has a really fun power set, and can do a ton of damage when used properly. She also has an awesome clearing fusion with Gambit. I quickly got the requisite 50 kills to unlock her alternate costume, and was a bit surprised. I was expecting Dark Phoenix, or maybe one of her more recent costumes, but her alternate is very reminiscent of the 60’s. Cool.

I started putting more points into Ms. Marvel’s defensive abilities, and her life expectancy is increasing exponentially. She’s really able to get in there and mix it up in addition to standing mostly at range and blasting in, which was how I was using her before. Her Triangle power (I’m playing the PS3 version) helped immensely, especially when powered up to the first added effect. Her fusion with Captain America is still an incredibly potent boss killer.

I did spend some time going back through previous missions for pickups because I wanted to make sure I was keeping up with the M’Kraan fragments so I could unlock Phoenix ASAP. It’s a great feature, and the simulator lists how many pickups of each type you’ve managed in each level, as well as how many you have left to get. It doesn’t spell out specifically which boosts, dossiers, character fragments, etc are in there, but it’s enough to know that there are still things to get.

So far, MUA2 is much more fast-paced and not nearly as tedious as the first game. I’m loving it so far! The story is solid, and appears to have threads of the original draft of the Civil War comic. It’s certainly changed around a bit from what actually got published, which is cool. The more streamlined character upgrade system is a good thing, and allows for a good amount of customization while not taking up an inordinate amount of time. And I still love the ability to freely redistribute points at any time.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 - Part I: Whose Side Are You On?

emeraldsuzaku — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:44:23 +0000

It was with much glee and anticipation that I went to my local Best Buy to hunt down a copy of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. Unfortunately, this means that I did not pre-order it from Gamestop, so I don’t get Juggernaut. Which is crappy and really kind of pisses me off. Characters should not be exclusive pre-order content from one overpowered retail chain. Ah, well. I still hold out hope that Juggy will be DLC for everyone in a month or so.

So I plug the disc in, and (after the automatic install) I start a new game on the normal difficulty level. I notice a few things right off. First, the FMVs are pretty. Also, the voice acting is very spotty. Some characters are decent, others are kinda crappy. The realtime graphics aren’t much of an improvement over the first game at all, but the framerate is a hell of a lot better.

Like the first game, you’re given an initial team for the first mission. This time it’s Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America, and Spider-Man. I immediately go into the menu to take a look at the power selection, and do a double take at how things have been tweaked since the first MUA. Everyone only has four attack powers, pre-mapped to each of the face buttons. These are bought with power points earned at level-up. The rest of the abilities are all passive-types like increased energy regeneration or more attack power, and are bought with what would have been credits from the last game. What’s more, it looks like each character has certain powers that will become available if they go Pro-Registration, and others if they go Anti-Registration. That’s a nice wrinkle. It seems to be two and two for most characters, in addition to the two passives that are not tied to a particular faction. I also noticed later that Luke Cage’s passives are entirely Anti-Reg.

The first couple of levels are really, really dark. As in, so dark that I have to fire off powers just to see my surroundings. The characters are all well-lit, but the area around them is not. Just because the initial levels involve a power outage and a cave complex doesn’t mean that they have to be THAT dark. And yes, I cranked my gamma up, too.

The game let me change my team up partway through the first level. The party status screen is more clunky than in the past, but that’s in part due to the fact that it has more functionality. For starters, you can swap out characters in the middle of levels. This is a pretty sweet function in and of itself. Additionally, autospend is NOT on by default this time around, which is awesome. Points can also be reallocated at any time–even if they’ve already been spent, or are the first point put into a particular power. The credits used to buy points of passive powers are not pulled from a common pool–instead, each character always has access to the entirety of them. So if you have earned 5000 credits up to a particular point, every character has 5000 to spend. In keeping with the free respeccing, any point removed from a passive refunds the entirety of the cost to buy it. So there is absolutely no worry of building characters up the wrong way.

As far as powers go, the attack set are unlocked at certain levels, like before. So no character has all their powers available from level 1. It’s interesting to see how characters develop differently, even with some similarities in power sets. The limited power selection does cut down on the amount of clone character builds, though–it’s nice to see more unique characters this time around.

The uniqueness of the characters plays into the new Fusion attacks a bit, too. Instead of manually combining specials as before for some extra damage and experience, MUA2 has actual combination attacks. Each character can combine with each other character, and the Fusion attacks are all unique. Sort of. It seems like each character’s Fusion attacks of the same type are animated in a very similar way. My favorite thus far is Ms. Marvel teaming up with Iceman. Iceman creates a giant ice spike on himself, which Ms. Marvel then uses as a prism to reflect her energy beam around a huge area.

As for my progress thus far, I’ve gotten through the first two missions. The final boss of the second mission was an interesting multi-stage fight, and I can already see a couple of ways I can improve upon it. There are a couple of gimmicks in it, and it’s a multi-stage fight. It kind of reminds me of a raid boss in World of Warcraft, actually. I am finding that I do consistently better with characters with ranged attacks, like Iceman, Gambit, and Ms. Marvel. I actually really like what they’ve done to Carol in this game. She’s much more fun to play than in the previous game. Iceman is likewise well improved, and Gambit is just fun. Unfortunately, with my team of those three plus Luke Cage I lack a particular type of Fusion attack, (the controllable one), which is really useful on bosses, so I’ll be changing things up. I’m just not sure who I want to sub in yet. Maybe Captain America. I’d plug in Iron Fist, but I don’t have him unlocked yet.

The trivia game is much improved as well. Not only is it multiplayer now, with the possibility of xp bonuses if both players choose the correct answer, but you can continue to retry questions untl you get the full points for them, which rectifies something that was rather annoying in all the previous games in the metaseries.

The game also has online multiplayer, but I haven’t tried it out yet. I should probably get a microhphone/earpiece thing before I try to actually coordinate with another human being. There are some online stats and trophies to work on, so I’ll work on that at some point. Besides, MUA is like a thousand times more awesome when played with other people.

I think that’s about it for this post. I’m sure I’ve forgotten a bunch of things, which I will hopefully remember and slide into future posts on the game. So far MUA2 is not much different than its predecessor in style, but everything has been tweaked to the point of the whole being more than the sum of its parts.

FINALMENTE SAIU!

pedro — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:38:57 +0000

O que eu mais ando falando nesse blog ultimamente é mesmo sobre videogame. O que não é longe da prop