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Nowhereman said:
I hope it features New Universe characters!


Just got it for the PS3 and I am upset this didnt come to be!

Now according to the blurb on the back, the PS3 version has 2 extra playable characters (dunno if this means two more than every other system or just the PS2 version).
The selection is quite interesting, and with alternate costumes, it actually opens up other charcters (I dont know if this is where they get the 140 characters from).

I would assume that when they talk about the fact their are 140 characters, I would guess they are also talking about the villains (so far I've only played a short way in and have seen Doom, Scorpion and Bullseye, plus a whole bunch of Ultron robot drones).

Playable characters and costumes are:
Captain America - classic, ultimate, WWII & US Agent
Iron Man - classic, ultimate, New Avenger, War Machine
Luke Cage - Hero for hire, New Avenger, street, modern
Black Panther - classic, modern, ceremonial, holy armour
Blade - classic, ultimate, Nightstalker, Daywalker
Nick Fury - stealth, classic, ultimate, General Fury
Deadpool -assassin, Weapon X, classic, ultimate
Spider-Woman - classic, Secret wars, Spider-Girl, Agent of SHIELD
Spider-Man - classic, symbiote, Scarlet Spider, Stark armour
Moon Knight - classic, Khonshu, ultimate
Ms. Marvel - Warbird, original, Binary, Ventura
Doctor Strange - classic, royal seer, blue mage, ultimate
Ghost Rider - classic (Ketch), original, Vengeance, western
Silver Surfer - silver age, power surge, vitality, heavy damage (they all look identical to me)
Daredevil - classic, original, armored, Marvel Knight
Mr. Fantastic - classic, original, new Marvel, ultimate
Thing - modern, original, classic, ultimate
Thor - ultimate, classic, Beta Ray Bill, Asgardian armour
Storm - astonishing, retro, ultimate, classic
Invisible Woman - original, ultimate, new Marvel, classic
Wolverine - modern, ultimate, classic, astonishing
Human Torch - ultimate, original, modern, classic
Elektra - classic, ultimate, stealth, assassin
Colossus - ultimate, classic, astonishing, retro
Iceman - classic, spiky, Bobby Drake, original

Overall its a nice little selection, with a mix of the usual suspects (Spidey, Cap, Wolverine etc) mixed with some more unusual (Moon Knight, Cage, Ghost Rider etc).
At least one notable absense to my mind is The Hulk.

A whole bunch of these characters have to be unlocked first before you can use them, which should come as no surprise, but can easily be unlocked with a down/up/left/right sequence, and the same goes for the alternate costumes.

The gameplay is identical to X-Men Legends, so if you have already played that, it is pretty easy to get into.

What I like about it with the variant costumes is for the most part they are costumes you wanna see, and are actually real rather than "Spidey in underwater costume" "Wolverine in spaceman costume" which has been the case in some previous superhero games!

With the costumes, I love seeing the old yellow Daredevil costume, the brown Wolverine costume, the old school Johnny Blaze costume and the alternate heroes, if you will, such as War Machine, the various different Spider-Women, US Agent, cowboy Ghost Rider, Beta Ray Bill and Vengeance, but sadly no Thunderstrike.

The only other hero I have seen so far, who isnt playable, is Black Widow.

Graphics, unsurprisingly, are magnificent, and the FMV sequences are mind blowing (right down to the texture of the costume material in close up shots) but you do definetly get the feeling of this being a port, as it doesnt stretch the capabilities of the machine other than on graphics.
With the power of the PS3 and the capacity of the discs, they could have probably given us double or at least a dozen more playable characters!
Maybe a sequel will address this if they do one!

On the back of the game it states that this is HD 720p/1080p/1080i, which surprises me as I was lead to believe that no game has been made yet thats more than 720, plus games like Fall of man look better in game to me, and thats only 720.

Anyone wh has played, and liked, X-Men legends should like this, and it will definetley appeal to fan boy geeks who just wanna play characters other than Spider-Man and the X-Men.
I mean, there is just something so satisfying with playing as Moon Knight, Daredevil or Ghost Rider.

Plus, as its a four man team you control, you can either play as a set team (Avengers, FF, X-Men) or you can create something of a dream team or strange combinations (War Machine, Scarlet Spider, Blade & Moon Knight for example).

Of course like legends, you can mix and match the team as you play through the game.

Surprised though that this is one of the more expensive games when you consider it wasnt developed specifically for the PS3, and has been around quite a while on the PS2 and other systems (but I got it for nearly a third of the price, so I aint complaining).

Overall its a worthwhile purchase, but probably wont spend as much time being played as other games!

Snarf is shit. His death will be rejoiced!