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GuardianOfChaos
08/14/09

In reply to Ultimate Alliance 2 Wouldn't Be The Same Without Ms. Marvel
I'll admit that I didn't know much about Ms. Marvel until they recently gave her her own comic. With that and her featuring more heavily in the Avengers books, I have grown to really enjoy her character. It's nice to have a really strong female super hero these days. I don't just mean her abilities, she's also a great tactician from her time in the military. She's a magnificent leader, and she is just a strong willed and fun character. Her books are one of the only ones I read these days that I actually just have fun reading.
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andrewwyatt
08/14/09

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Mm, looks like my team just got a little more jug-tastic. Or, if you prefer, anatomically-improbable-tastic.
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Sarcasmancer
08/14/09

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Ms. Marvel has become something of an inside joke between me and my friends. We had no idea who she was before MUA, so we checked out her Wikipedia page and spent the whole night laughing. She is the prime example of how superheroes run through a gamut of different identities, a brief bout of alcoholism and still come out on top.

Anyway, I'm glad to have her back. And would you look at the legs on her? Good lord.
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Limeade
08/14/09

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Aw, man. I'm a little bummed by UA2's lineup. The team this time around is lacking in the chick superhero department. We get folks like Invisible Woman, Jean Grey, Storm... meh to me. I'd rather see Rogue or Psylocke or Black Cat... Ah well. There apparently is a plan for DLC characters for the game, so who knows what the future will hold. I'll play Deadpool and try to be content enough with that.
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spiderweb1986
08/14/09

@Limeade: Depending on which Rogue we get, wouldn't she be almost identical to Ms. Marvel anyway?
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GunFlame
08/14/09

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I am really dissapointed with the line up in UL2.

Why didn't they keep the Galactus ending and run with it. This would have given so much scope for the characters they could have used;

Nova
Warlock
Quasar
Cap. Marvel
Black Bolt

Powerful characters, cool characters.
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Karlott
08/14/09

@GunFlame: I agree 100% I was very disappointed that they're going Civil War instead of running with the Galactus storyline they left in the first game.
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metallicorphan
08/14/09

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hmm,i am a little rusty on my Marvel history...i thought Ms Marvel was the first version of Jean Grey/phoenix
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metallicorphan
08/14/09

@metallicorphan:

ahh okay,my bad...i am thinking of Marvel Girl
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BlueBeard
08/14/09

@metallicorphan: Ms. Marvel got nearly fully absorbed by Rogue, making her a multiple personality for a while (and the normally heroic Ms marvel was none too happy about it, and often became "difficult"). I think the absorption killed ms. marvel's real body, leaving her mind inside Rogue.

Eventually she went away and rogue got to keep the powers, which is why rogue has flight and super strength- her own power was just the absorption thing before that.
Marvel girl was Jean Grey's original name before the Pheonix moved in.
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Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...
08/14/09

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Meh....I've never been a Ms Marvel fan. She's got way too many mental issues like so many other blonds I know.
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MonsterKingRen
08/14/09

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Ultimate Alliance really should have more characters, especially more not boring ones. The fusion powers look pretty cool at least.
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UCB-Disco
08/14/09

@MonsterKingRen: Dude, seriously?! Ms Marvel is a corner stone for a lot of the Marvel Universe (Connecting the names much?)!

Carol Danvers was such an intrical part of Spiderman, Wolverine, and X-Men's storyline in some major arcs. Most notably Rogue, who any real Marvel fan would know that Ms Marvel is the reason Rogue has super-human strength and the ability to fly.

To call Ms Marvel boring is ignorant. She is a much more complex character than a lot of "popular" characters (*cough* Gambit *cough*), and she's obviously popular enough to have more than one person in the Universe to be her (Sharon and Carol).
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Karlott
08/14/09

@UCB-Disco: She can be more "complex" than Gambit but she's certainly not more unique or interesting.
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SpiritThief
08/14/09

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I still want X-Men Legends 3. But I'm hoping this will be a bit deeper and less of a *nub, easy, hand you everything* game like the last MUA.
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Karlott
08/14/09

@SpiritThief: Ditto. I preferred the roster and story of MUA but definately preferred the gameplay of XML 2.
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Kobun
08/14/09

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She's seriously lacking Shazam. :(
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Demonbird
08/14/09

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Am I doing it wrong if I found that everyone in the first game played the same?

Games that have selling points of "LOOK HOW MANY CHARACTERS WE HAVE!" lose all of their thunder for me when I find they all play the same. This and The budokai tenkaichi games have the same problem.
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Psychopathic Assassin
08/14/09

@Demonbird: Yes the basic attacks were all the same. But they had specials.
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Demonbird
08/14/09

@Psychopathic Assassin:
But for the most part you were just using basic attacks, and then specials only really came in a few flavors themselves. Ranged, buff, splash effect, and then some unique ones.
The characters were still very much the same.
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Dillinger23
08/14/09

@Demonbird: I thought they were quite different, but the combat system was pretty limited compared to what they are talking about in this game.
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Demonbird
08/14/09

@Dillinger23:
They had differences, but every character can still be played the same. I think that is lazy. Make differentiations in style clear, up front.
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zgreenwell
08/14/09

@Demonbird: The farther you get in the game, the less you use your basic attacks. By the end, I almost never attacked and spammed specials over and over. At the point the differences between characters was obvious.
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Demonbird
08/14/09

@zgreenwell:
Ah, I see. However, that sounds a good deal boring... though, dungeon crawler/beat em up. Very repetitive genre.
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Save me
08/14/09

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Best character in MUA for me was Moon Knight. His ultimate was just godly and it was effective on both mobs or bosses. The moons he sent out increase with each upgrade and the damage they made perhit was amazing. Did I mention that they would ricochet of the walls as well? They bounced around the room for a couple of times quickly enough to cover even bigger rooms too, like the Madarin boss fight.
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Archaotic
08/14/09

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Can I just make a party of Deadpool, Deadpool, Deadpool and Deadpool? I really don't care about anyone else in the game.

Note: Archaotic just finished reading the entire 50-issue run of Cable and Deadpool yesterday, and is entirely incapable of processing information on any other comic book characters for the forseeable future.
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ttocs
08/14/09

@Archaotic: Is there a collection of those in graphic novel form?
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Archaotic
08/14/09

@ttocs: There are trade paperbacks of them, but I used the free subscription to Marvel Digital Comics that came with the retail version of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 to read through them all.
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gotee12
08/14/09

@Archaotic: If you loved Cable/Deadpool, then start picking up Deadpool: Merc w/ a Mouth. It is hilarious!

And Deadpool #13 (which just came out this week) has Wade and Bob Agent of Hydra becoming... pirates! Well Bob isn't so much a pirate...

Deadpool, will you ever stop being awesome?
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Rebochan
08/14/09

@Archaotic: What, no Squirrel Girl? For shame.

Deadpool is like the greatest character ever though, so I can totally understand your desires. Though I would like to one of his alternate costumes reflect this scene...
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Archaotic
08/14/09

@Rebochan: You know how hilarious it'd be if his Marvel Girl costume ended up IN MUA2 as an unlockable?
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Belabras ate my dingo!
08/14/09

@Rebochan:

Ah Deadpool, is there no limit to your awesome insanity?
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Đipic
08/14/09

@gotee12: I second that. Merc with a mouth is great stuff. Everyone should read it, especially all the bandwagon jumpers who think Deadpool is sooo cool despite never reading a single comic with him in it and knowing virtually nothing about the character. >:(
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Archaotic
08/14/09

@Đipic: I'm a little frustrated that Digital Comics doesn't have any of the newer Deadpool stuff. It stops after Secret Invasion: Deadpool #2. RIGHT before he starts sabotaging the Skrull fleet. :[
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Psychopathic Assassin
08/14/09

@Archaotic: Deadpool was always the best to play as. You could block and heal not taking any damage while blocking. You could do this with Wolverine, but he didn't have range attacks.
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Archaotic
08/14/09

@Psychopathic Assassin: He was definitely ALWAYS on my team in the original game. Ironic, since he's less "powerful" than pretty much every single playable cast member save for, like, Nick Fury.

Yet he kicks more ass than almost all of them put together.
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KeeganTheBrain
08/14/09

@Archaotic: Digital Comics is always about 6 months behind. It's great for scouring back issues, but not likely to replace your pull list.
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Archaotic
08/14/09

@KeeganTheBrain: I don't have a pull list; no money and I move a lot, so it's tough to keep up with comics.
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Belabras ate my dingo!
08/14/09

@Archaotic:
It's out in graphic novel format now. I just picked it up last night. Fantastic stuff.
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dormin
07/21/09

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....Oman...

(click for full image)
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Evadrion
07/20/09

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OH HAI GUIZE

Who'd I be?
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Evadrion
07/20/09

@Evadrion: Only one I can think of is Barry Burton, really.
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Rhys
07/20/09

@Evadrion: This just popped into my head. RUN COWARD
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Evadrion
07/20/09

@Rhys: RUN COWARD!

I also think RUN COWARDS is appropriate, given I just realized if I shaved everything but some 5 o' clock shadow, I'd be the Heavy.
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