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* OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight: Regarding the sequel, some say that only ''Raven Software'' could have made a better game. To some extent, some say that ''Beenox'' should have handle the UpdatedRerelease since they made PC ports for ''[[VideoGame/XMenLegends X-Men Legends II]]'' and the first ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'' without any problems.

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* OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight: Regarding the sequel, some say that only ''Raven Software'' ''Creator/RavenSoftware'' could have made a better game. To some extent, some say that ''Beenox'' should have handle the UpdatedRerelease since they made PC ports for ''[[VideoGame/XMenLegends X-Men Legends II]]'' and the first ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'' without any problems.

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* SpecialEffectsFailure: In the sequel, when one looks closely on Gambit's cards, every single one of them is rendered as a 10 of Diamonds; granted, this is only whenever you open up and look at him in any instance in-game. On the box cover however, he's holding his iconic Ace of Spades.

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* SpecialEffectsFailure: QuestionableCasting: [[Creator/JimCummings1952 Jim Cummings]] voicing Thor in the second game. It's commonly agreed that as good as a voice actor as he is, his voice really doesn't match Thor's character well, creating some very noticeable VocalDissonance.
* SpecialEffectFailure:
In the sequel, when one looks closely on Gambit's cards, every single one of them is rendered as a 10 of Diamonds; granted, this is only whenever you open up and look at him in any instance in-game. On the box cover however, he's holding his iconic Ace of Spades.



* WTHCastingAgency: [[Creator/JimCummings1952 Jim Cummings]] voicing Thor in the second game. It's commonly agreed that as good as a voice actor as he is, his voice really doesn't match Thor's character well, creating some very noticeable VocalDissonance.

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* LowTierLetdown: ComicBook/{{Elektra}} and ComicBook/{{Blade}} were both considered pathetic in the first game -- Elektra having no good attacks before level 22, and Blade having massive energy management problems. Not surprisingly, in the sequel, Blade was relegated to the last-gen versions, and Elektra was removed entirely. (Although they did both make a return for the third game.)



* TierInducedScrappy:
** ComicBook/{{Elektra}} and ComicBook/{{Blade}} in the first game were both considered pathetic -- Elektra having no good attacks before level 22, and Blade having massive energy management problems. Not surprisingly, in the sequel, Blade was relegated to the last-gen versions, and Elektra was removed entirely. (Although they did both make a return for the third game.)
** The Thing in the first game is also pretty weak due to having very slow attacks and powers that don't deal all that much damage. Thankfully, the sequel greatly improved his abilities, making him a much more useful character.
** The sequel has it's fair share of this, too: Daredevil doesn't gain any good powers, Venom has awful defense and low-damaging powers, and Penance had equally bad defense and a GameBreakingBug that prevented his unique mechanic (that his powers would deal more damage the more he gets hurt) from functioning correctly, leaving him with below-average damage output across the board. Granted, it ''was'' patched, but still.
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* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/JimCummings1952 voicing Thor in the second game. It's commonly agreed that as good as a voice actor as he is, his voice really doesn't match Thor's character well, creating some very noticeable VocalDissonance.

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* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/JimCummings1952 [[Creator/JimCummings1952 Jim Cummings]] voicing Thor in the second game. It's commonly agreed that as good as a voice actor as he is, his voice really doesn't match Thor's character well, creating some very noticeable VocalDissonance.
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* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/JimCummings voicing Thor in the second game. It's commonly agreed that as good as a voice actor as he is, his voice really doesn't match Thor's character well, creating some very noticeable VocalDissonance.

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* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/JimCummings Creator/JimCummings1952 voicing Thor in the second game. It's commonly agreed that as good as a voice actor as he is, his voice really doesn't match Thor's character well, creating some very noticeable VocalDissonance.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: After the botched launch of the re-releases, a patch was issued and the developers apologized. They also promised the first game's DLC characters (absent on the 8th generation consoles despite re-releases generally including all of the DLC) would be free.
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*** Mephisto, as befitting who he is, is a hell of a challenge to defeat. To start off, his realm is ThatOneLevel, which makes getting to face Mephisto himself at all a chore and will leave at least one of your party members dead once you finally face him. Once you ''do'' face him, you’ll find he is completely invincible to damage, loves to engage in TeleportSpam, and has an attack that causes severe Interface Screw. The only way to damage Mephisto is to destroy five statues with Mephisto's sword, which he holds until you run up to him and snatch it from him by button-mashing. The sword itself can only be used on one statue at a time, after which it vanishes briefly and leaves Mephisto vulnerable to attack. Once you destroy all five statues, either Jean or Nightcrawler will enter the battle. Regardless of which one you pick, they are both buffed to ludicrous degrees and get automatically revived by Mephisto whenever you reduce their health to zero. This leaves you to fight them and Mephisto as a DualBoss for the rest of the fight.

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*** Mephisto, as befitting who he is, is a hell of a challenge to defeat. To start off, his realm is ThatOneLevel, which makes getting to face Mephisto himself at all a chore and will leave at least one of your party members dead once you finally face him. Once you ''do'' face him, you’ll find he is completely invincible to damage, loves to engage in TeleportSpam, and has an attack that causes severe Interface Screw.InterfaceScrew. The only way to damage Mephisto is to destroy five statues with Mephisto's sword, which he holds until you run up to him and snatch it from him by button-mashing. The sword itself can only be used on one statue at a time, after which it vanishes briefly and leaves Mephisto vulnerable to attack. Once you destroy all five statues, either Jean or Nightcrawler will enter the battle. Regardless of which one you pick, they are both buffed to ludicrous degrees and get automatically revived by Mephisto whenever you reduce their health to zero. This leaves you to fight them and Mephisto as a DualBoss for the rest of the fight.

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* ThatOneBoss: Mephisto in the first game
** Mephisto's realm itself is chock full of CheckPointStarvation and constantly respawning enemies, which makes getting to face Mephisto himself at all a chore, never mind with your entire party still alive by the time you reach him. Once do you though, be wary, he's the most frustrating boss in the game. Not the hardest, just the most frustrating.
** His fight takes place in a massive arena, and he can teleport around it randomly, forcing you to slowly run after him, and by the time you reach him, he's usually already teleporting somewhere else.
** He has a particularly anger-inducing ability to cause your team-members to run around wildly, and in different directions from each other. While they won't run off any ledges, it's still frustrating considering the afore-mentioned massive arena and teleporting
** The only way to defeat Mephisto is to first destroy five statues, but they can only be destroyed with Mephisto's sword, which he holds until you run up to him and snatch it from him by button-mashing. He's completely invulnerable while holding it
** The sword itself can only be used on one statue at a time, after which it vanishes, but it doesn't return to Mephisto immediately. Instead you need to take this opportunity to do some regular punch-and-kick damage to him while he (again) randomly teleports around and sends your party running away from him constantly
** After breaking all 5 statues, this frees whichever X-Man you failed to save earlier, either Jean or Nightcrawler. This now leaves you with them to fight as well, while also still fighting Mephisto with his teleporting and mind-control tricks in full force, and don't even think about trying to kill the X-Man either, Mephisto heals them before death without fail. The only way to win is to ignore them (as hard as that is) and pour damage into Mephisto

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* ThatOneBoss: Mephisto in the first game
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** Mephisto's ''MUA 1'':
*** Mephisto, as befitting who he is, is a hell of a challenge to defeat. To start off, his
realm itself is chock full of CheckPointStarvation and constantly respawning enemies, ThatOneLevel, which makes getting to face Mephisto himself at all a chore, never mind with chore and will leave at least one of your entire party still alive by the time members dead once you reach finally face him. Once do you though, be wary, he's the most frustrating boss in the game. Not the hardest, just the most frustrating.
** His fight takes place in a massive arena, and he can teleport around it randomly, forcing you to slowly run after
''do'' face him, you’ll find he is completely invincible to damage, loves to engage in TeleportSpam, and by the time you reach him, he's usually already teleporting somewhere else.
** He
has a particularly anger-inducing ability to cause your team-members to run around wildly, and in different directions from each other. While they won't run off any ledges, it's still frustrating considering the afore-mentioned massive arena and teleporting
**
an attack that causes severe Interface Screw. The only way to defeat damage Mephisto is to first destroy five statues, but they can only be destroyed statues with Mephisto's sword, which he holds until you run up to him and snatch it from him by button-mashing. He's completely invulnerable while holding it
**
The sword itself can only be used on one statue at a time, after which it vanishes, but it doesn't return to vanishes briefly and leaves Mephisto immediately. Instead vulnerable to attack. Once you need to take this opportunity to do some regular punch-and-kick damage to him while he (again) randomly teleports around and sends your party running away from him constantly
** After breaking
destroy all 5 five statues, this frees whichever X-Man you failed to save earlier, either Jean or Nightcrawler. Nightcrawler will enter the battle. Regardless of which one you pick, they are both buffed to ludicrous degrees and get automatically revived by Mephisto whenever you reduce their health to zero. This now leaves you with them to fight as well, while also still fighting them and Mephisto as a DualBoss for the rest of the fight.
*** The Grey Gargoyle can be a challenge if you haven’t properly leveled up,
with his teleporting TakenForGranite abilities and mind-control tricks in full force, and don't even think about trying to kill the X-Man either, Mephisto heals them before death without fail. The only way to win is to ignore them (as hard as that is) and pour damage into Mephistostun inducing GroundPound amplified by healers who start constantly appearing once his health gets low.
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*** Black Panther, Nick Fury, and the Invisible Woman have a Stealth buff that averts UselessStealth to extreme levels. Not only will enemies only attack them if they get attacked by a Stealth opponent, but they’ll only attack once or twice before losing sight of the enemy, and other enemies surrounding the attacked enemy won’t notice at all.
*** Nick Fury’s Furious melee attack grabs enemies and throws them, essentially functioning as a second throw that can be chained to a knockdown attack to attack the enemy on the ground or be combined with his regular grab or another Furious attack once they get back up. The kicker? The thrown enemy will knock down any other enemies in the vicinity of the thrown opponent, which helps immensely in higher difficulties.

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*** Black Panther, Nick Fury, and the Invisible Woman have a Stealth buff that averts UselessStealth UselessUsefulStealth to extreme levels. Not only will enemies only attack them if they get attacked by a Stealth opponent, but they’ll only attack once or twice before losing sight of the enemy, and other enemies surrounding the attacked enemy won’t notice at all.
*** Nick Fury’s Furious melee attack grabs enemies and throws them, essentially functioning as a second throw that can be chained to a knockdown attack to attack the enemy on the ground or be combined with his regular grab or another Furious attack once they get back up. Not only that, but the move has priority, cannot be interrupted, and works on shielded enemies as well. The kicker? The thrown enemy will knock down any other enemies in the vicinity of the thrown opponent, which helps immensely in higher difficulties.

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** One that was acknowledged and fixed: Deadpool's teleport in the first game. Essentially, it works by going for a spot a certain distance from Deadpool in the direction he's facing: if there's an area the player is allowed to go at that point, then Deadpool will instantly move to it. If not, he'll go as far as he can along that path. Elevation doesn't matter. Nothing in the way matters. Because of this, if used smartly enough this can be used to - in addition to getting places the player usually can't - ''skip whole areas of the level'' as the player is fully allowed to go through walls, [[InsurmountableWaistHighFence Insurmountable Waist High Walls]], voids and rivers, even ''burning wreckage'' as long as there is something to walk on on the other side. In the sequel, Deadpool's teleport was unsurprisingly changed so that it does not go through things the player is not allowed to go through, and the range is decreased to boot.
** Ronin's "Spine Teaser" power is ''absurdly'' over-powered when used on larger enemies. Just how over-powered is it? When fully leveled up, '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4yNdfOgESk it can kill Dr. Doom with one hit]]'''.
** The sequel gives this status to Storm near the end, [[spoiler:where the nanites allow enemies to share powers with each other.]] Their powers tend to be either telekinesis, fire or ice, the latter two being powers Storm is immune to, reducing a good lot of the challenge in the later missions [[spoiler:including the final boss fight with Nanite-Fury]] to nil.
** Doctor Strange happens to have a spell that has a chance of... instantly killing any non-boss enemy in the game by turning them into a box. A box that can contain ''GOODIES''.
** Of the 3 PurposelyOverpowered characters in the second game (Hulk, Thor and Jean Grey), Thor is the most overpowered. Hulk is a tank but is purely physical and Jean is purely elemental and a GlassCannon: both of them can run into enemies and bosses that resist their damage. Thor however, has as much physical damage and defense as Hulk AND can dish out as much elemental damage as Jean thanks to his lightning. He's pretty much a walking brick wall and no enemy in the game resists both his damage types. The only reason to not use him is a SelfImposedChallenge not unlike the above-mentioned Storm from the old ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' games.
** Hulk is even ''more'' overpowered in the first game due to the fact that unlike the sequel, he actually does have a health regen ability in addition to his powerful attacks. When put into his "Fury" boost (which increases his size, [[LightningBruiser strength, and attack speed]]), he is virtually unstoppable.
** In the second game, Human Torch's Flamethrower can cut through even bosses in seconds once he reaches a high enough level.

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** ''Marvel Ultimate Alliance'':
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One that was acknowledged and fixed: Deadpool's teleport in the first game. Essentially, it works by going for a spot a certain distance from Deadpool in the direction he's facing: if there's an area the player is allowed to go at that point, then Deadpool will instantly move to it. If not, he'll go as far as he can along that path. Elevation doesn't matter. Nothing in the way matters. Because of this, if used smartly enough this can be used to - in addition to getting places the player usually can't - ''skip whole areas of the level'' as the player is fully allowed to go through walls, [[InsurmountableWaistHighFence Insurmountable Waist High Walls]], voids and rivers, even ''burning wreckage'' as long as there is something to walk on on the other side. In the sequel, Deadpool's teleport was unsurprisingly changed so that it does not go through things the player is not allowed to go through, and the range is decreased to boot.
** *** Ronin's "Spine Teaser" power is ''absurdly'' over-powered when used on larger enemies. Just how over-powered is it? When fully leveled up, '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4yNdfOgESk it can kill Dr. Doom with one hit]]'''.
** *** Doctor Strange happens to have a spell that has a chance of... instantly killing any non-boss enemy in the game by turning them into a box. A box that can contain ''GOODIES''.
*** Black Panther, Nick Fury, and the Invisible Woman have a Stealth buff that averts UselessStealth to extreme levels. Not only will enemies only attack them if they get attacked by a Stealth opponent, but they’ll only attack once or twice before losing sight of the enemy, and other enemies surrounding the attacked enemy won’t notice at all.
*** Nick Fury’s Furious melee attack grabs enemies and throws them, essentially functioning as a second throw that can be chained to a knockdown attack to attack the enemy on the ground or be combined with his regular grab or another Furious attack once they get back up.
The sequel gives this status kicker? The thrown enemy will knock down any other enemies in the vicinity of the thrown opponent, which helps immensely in higher difficulties.
*** Doctor Doom, as befitting the BigBad of the game, is PurposelyOverpowered DLC, as all of his attacks do tremendous amounts of damage (to the point that his max upgraded EyeBeams do more damage than his Xtreme attack).
*** Hulk is even ''more'' overpowered due
to his HealingFactor and his powerful attacks. When put into his "Fury" boost (which increases his size, [[LightningBruiser strength, and attack speed]]), he is virtually unstoppable.
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***
Storm becomes invaluable near the end, [[spoiler:where the nanites allow enemies to share powers with each other.]] Their powers tend to be either telekinesis, fire or ice, the latter two being powers Storm is immune to, reducing a good lot of the challenge in the later missions [[spoiler:including the final boss fight with Nanite-Fury]] to nil.
** Doctor Strange happens to have a spell that has a chance of... instantly killing any non-boss enemy in the game by turning them into a box. A box that can contain ''GOODIES''.
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*** Of the 3 PurposelyOverpowered characters in the second game (Hulk, Thor and Jean Grey), Thor is the most overpowered. Hulk is a tank but is purely physical (and no longer has his HealingFactor from the first game to boot) and Jean is purely elemental and a GlassCannon: both of them can run into enemies and bosses that resist their damage. Thor however, has as much physical damage and defense as Hulk AND can dish out as much elemental damage as Jean thanks to his lightning. He's pretty much a walking brick wall and no enemy in the game resists both his damage types. The only reason to not use him is a SelfImposedChallenge not unlike the above-mentioned Storm from the old ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' games.
** Hulk is even ''more'' overpowered in the first game due to the fact that unlike the sequel, he actually does have a health regen ability in addition to his powerful attacks. When put into his "Fury" boost (which increases his size, [[LightningBruiser strength, and attack speed]]), he is virtually unstoppable.
** In the second game,
*** Human Torch's Flamethrower can cut through even bosses in seconds once he reaches a high enough level.level, which proves useful to handling the challenge of harder difficulties.

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* OneSceneWonder: Mephisto only gets one level in the entire first game dedicated to him, but it’s a [[NightmareFuel/MarvelUltimateAllaince very]] [[ThatOneLevel memorable]] [[ThatOneBoss level]].

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* OneSceneWonder: Mephisto only gets one level in the entire first game dedicated to him, but it’s a [[NightmareFuel/MarvelUltimateAllaince [[NightmareFuel/MarvelUltimateAlliance very]] [[ThatOneLevel memorable]] [[ThatOneBoss level]].level]].
** The lone Asgardian soldier from the cutscene before the Asgard level also qualifies, for being a BadassBystander.
** The second game has Titanium Man, a LargeHam, BreakingSpeech spouting WakeUpCallBoss in [[SugarWiki/BestLevelEver a level]] with a boss battle with Deadpool and a cameo from Creator/StanLee (who also qualifies as a OneSceneWonder in his own right).
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* OneSceneWonder: Mephisto only gets one level in the entire first game dedicated to him, but it’s a [[NightmareFuel/MarvelUltimateAllaince very]] [[ThatOneLevel memorable]] [[ThatOneBoss level]].
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** ComicBook/{{Elektra}} and ComicBook/{{Blade}} in the first game were both considered pathetic -- Elektra having no good attacks before level 22, and Blade having massive energy management problems. Not surprisingly, in the sequel, Blade was relegated to the last-gen versions, and Elektra was removed entirely. (Although Elektra makes a return for the third game.)

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** ComicBook/{{Elektra}} and ComicBook/{{Blade}} in the first game were both considered pathetic -- Elektra having no good attacks before level 22, and Blade having massive energy management problems. Not surprisingly, in the sequel, Blade was relegated to the last-gen versions, and Elektra was removed entirely. (Although Elektra makes they did both make a return for the third game.)
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* CompleteMonster: [[{{Mephistopheles}} Mephisto]] is the ruler of Mephisto's Realm. Striking a deal with [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]], Mephisto gave Doom the powerful Twilight Sword in exchange for the soul of the X-Man Nightcrawler. When the heroes traveled to Mephisto's Realm to rescue Nightcrawler, Mephisto's equally depraved son, Blackheart, manages to capture Jean Grey for him. Mephisto then has both Nightcrawler and Jean Grey locked in separate cages hanging above the bottomless pit of the Infinite Vortex. The demon lord gives the heroes a SadisticChoice of freeing one of the X-Men, at the cost of letting the other plummet into the Vortex to their death. When finally confronted by the heroes, Mephisto [[BaddieFlattery congratulates them for surviving in his realm for so long]] and promises to reward them by resurrecting the soul of the sacrificed X-Men. However, Mephisto reveals that he had corrupted their soul into becoming his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed puppet]], and sics them on the heroes so he could claim their souls as well. Despite the heroes managing to free the corrupted X-Men, they will still be forever bound as Mephisto's slave. Rather than live as his pawn and to give the heroes a chance to escape, the X-Man will perform a HeroicSacrifice to stop Mephisto. The deaths of the X-Man will result in [[MortonsFork two separate bad endings]] depending on the player's choice of who to sacrifice. In another bad ending, Mephisto will attempt to conquer our dimension resulting in cataclysmic destruction. Despite only appearing in [[ArcVillain one level]], Mephisto stands out from the plethora of villains the game has to offer.

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* CompleteMonster: [[{{Mephistopheles}} Mephisto]] {{Mephisto|pheles}} is the ruler of Mephisto's Realm. Striking a deal with [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]], Mephisto gave Doom the powerful Twilight Sword in exchange for the soul of the X-Man Nightcrawler. When the heroes traveled to Mephisto's Realm to rescue Nightcrawler, Mephisto's equally depraved son, Blackheart, manages to capture Jean Grey for him. Mephisto then has both Nightcrawler and Jean Grey locked in separate cages hanging above the bottomless pit of the Infinite Vortex. The demon lord gives the heroes a SadisticChoice of freeing one of the X-Men, at the cost of letting the other plummet into the Vortex to their death. When finally confronted by the heroes, Mephisto [[BaddieFlattery congratulates them for surviving in his realm for so long]] and promises to reward them by resurrecting the soul of the sacrificed X-Men. However, Mephisto reveals that he had corrupted their soul into becoming his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed puppet]], and sics them on the heroes so he could claim their souls as well. Despite the heroes managing to free the corrupted X-Men, they will still be forever bound as Mephisto's slave. Rather than live as his pawn and to give the heroes a chance to escape, the X-Man will perform a HeroicSacrifice to stop Mephisto. The deaths of the X-Man will result in [[MortonsFork two separate bad endings]] depending on the player's choice of who to sacrifice. In another bad ending, Mephisto will attempt to conquer our dimension resulting in cataclysmic destruction. Despite only appearing in [[ArcVillain one level]], Mephisto stands out from the plethora of villains the game has to offer.
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* CompleteMonster: [[ArcVillain Mephisto]] is the ruler of Mephisto's Realm. Striking a deal with [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]], Mephisto gave Doom the powerful Twilight Sword in exchange for the soul of the X-Man Nightcrawler. When the heroes traveled to Mephisto's Realm to rescue Nightcrawler, Mephisto's equally depraved son, Blackheart, manages to capture Jean Grey for him. Mephisto then has both Nightcrawler and Jean Grey locked in separate cages hanging above the bottomless pit of the Infinite Vortex. The demon lord gives the heroes a SadisticChoice of freeing one of the X-Men, at the cost of letting the other plummet into the Vortex to their death. When finally confronted by the heroes, Mephisto [[BaddieFlattery congratulates them for surviving in his realm for so long]] and promises to reward them by resurrecting the soul of the sacrificed X-Men. However, Mephisto reveals that he had corrupted their soul into becoming his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed puppet]], and sics them on the heroes so he could claim their souls as well. Despite the heroes managing to free the corrupted X-Men, they will still be forever bound as Mephisto's slave. Rather than live as his pawn and to give the heroes a chance to escape, the X-Man will perform a HeroicSacrifice to stop Mephisto. The deaths of the X-Man will result in [[MortonsFork two separate bad endings]] depending on the player's choice of who to sacrifice. In another bad ending, Mephisto will attempt to conquer our dimension resulting in cataclysmic destruction. Despite only appearing in [[ArcVillain one level]], Mephisto stands out from the plethora of villains the game has to offer.

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* CompleteMonster: [[ArcVillain [[{{Mephistopheles}} Mephisto]] is the ruler of Mephisto's Realm. Striking a deal with [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]], Mephisto gave Doom the powerful Twilight Sword in exchange for the soul of the X-Man Nightcrawler. When the heroes traveled to Mephisto's Realm to rescue Nightcrawler, Mephisto's equally depraved son, Blackheart, manages to capture Jean Grey for him. Mephisto then has both Nightcrawler and Jean Grey locked in separate cages hanging above the bottomless pit of the Infinite Vortex. The demon lord gives the heroes a SadisticChoice of freeing one of the X-Men, at the cost of letting the other plummet into the Vortex to their death. When finally confronted by the heroes, Mephisto [[BaddieFlattery congratulates them for surviving in his realm for so long]] and promises to reward them by resurrecting the soul of the sacrificed X-Men. However, Mephisto reveals that he had corrupted their soul into becoming his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed puppet]], and sics them on the heroes so he could claim their souls as well. Despite the heroes managing to free the corrupted X-Men, they will still be forever bound as Mephisto's slave. Rather than live as his pawn and to give the heroes a chance to escape, the X-Man will perform a HeroicSacrifice to stop Mephisto. The deaths of the X-Man will result in [[MortonsFork two separate bad endings]] depending on the player's choice of who to sacrifice. In another bad ending, Mephisto will attempt to conquer our dimension resulting in cataclysmic destruction. Despite only appearing in [[ArcVillain one level]], Mephisto stands out from the plethora of villains the game has to offer.
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* BrokenBase: Long before ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', the game introduced health and energy orbs to replace the potions. This cause in uproar among fans of ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' who were used to the health and energy potions. When it was revealed that the orbs automatically home to party members when they walk near them and also gave a small amount of XP if you're already at full health, fans gave their full approval. Nonetheless, there are still some other fans who dislike the orbs.

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* BrokenBase: Long before ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', the game introduced health and energy orbs to replace the potions. This cause in caused an uproar among fans of ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' who were used to the health and energy potions. When it was revealed that the orbs automatically home to party members when they walk near them and also gave a small amount of XP if you're already at full health, fans gave their full approval. Nonetheless, there are still some other fans who dislike the orbs.

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%% ** Penance in MUA 2.''2''. His voice lines are delivered in a weird way and a lot of them are variations of "ah, the pain..." that sound really narmy because of the delivery. Then there's his [[spoiler:boss fight where he's beaten up and knocked out by inmates.]]


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* PolishedPort: The PC version originally released in 2006 had enhanced optimization and support for keyboard and mouse gameplay (including a feature to use any character power at all times using number keys instead of assigning to button combinations), in-depth graphical options (being able to set it as visually equal or superior to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/Xbox360 versions or tone it down to old-gen levels for weaker computers), button configuration, support for large resolutions and other quality-of-life features. About the only big glaring flaw is that some of the music isn't set up properly and plays a bit too loud, but that's only for a few of the maps. The 2016 re-release for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, however, was not based on this version and ended up a PortingDisaster as described below.
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* ThatOneBoss: Mephisto in the first game
** Mephisto's realm itself is chock full of CheckPointStarvation and constantly respawning enemies, which makes getting to face Mephisto himself at all a chore, never mind with your entire party still alive by the time you reach him. Once do you though, be wary, he's the most frustrating boss in the game. Not the hardest, just the most frustrating.
** His fight takes place in a massive arena, and he can teleport around it randomly, forcing you to slowly run after him, and by the time you reach him, he's usually already teleporting somewhere else.
** He has a particularly anger-inducing ability to cause your team-members to run around wildly, and in different directions from each other. While they won't run off any ledges, it's still frustrating considering the afore-mentioned massive arena and teleporting
** The only way to defeat Mephisto is to first destroy five statues, but they can only be destroyed with Mephisto's sword, which he holds until you run up to him and snatch it from him by button-mashing. He's completely invulnerable while holding it
** The sword itself can only be used on one statue at a time, after which it vanishes, but it doesn't return to Mephisto immediately. Instead you need to take this opportunity to do some regular punch-and-kick damage to him while he (again) randomly teleports around and sends your party running away from him constantly
** After breaking all 5 statues, this frees whichever X-Man you failed to save earlier, either Jean or Nightcrawler. This now leaves you with them to fight as well, while also still fighting Mephisto with his teleporting and mind-control tricks in full force, and don't even think about trying to kill the X-Man either, Mephisto heals them before death without fail. The only way to win is to ignore them (as hard as that is) and pour damage into Mephisto
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** The UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} version ''2'' are clearly based on the code of the first game yet they are nearly unplayable with bad framerate, worse graphics and a tendency for scripts and events of not triggering, forcing you to reload a save and pray that this time works.

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** The UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} version of ''2'' are clearly based on the code of the first game yet they are nearly unplayable with bad framerate, worse graphics and a tendency for scripts and events of not triggering, forcing you to reload a save and pray that this time works.
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* GatewaySeries: This game has opened players up to the Marvel Comics universe beyond the already-popular icons like Spider-Man and the X-Men. In fact, you'll see comments from players about how the first game helped to introduce them to characters such as Deadpool.



** ComicBook/{{Elektra}} and ComicBook/{{Blade}} in the first game were both considered pathetic -- Elektra having no good attacks before level 22, and Blade having massive energy management problems. Not surprisingly, in the sequel, Blade was relegated to the last-gen versions, and Elektra was removed entirely. (Although Elektra is returning for the third game.)

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** ComicBook/{{Elektra}} and ComicBook/{{Blade}} in the first game were both considered pathetic -- Elektra having no good attacks before level 22, and Blade having massive energy management problems. Not surprisingly, in the sequel, Blade was relegated to the last-gen versions, and Elektra was removed entirely. (Although Elektra is returning makes a return for the third game.)

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* CompleteMonster: [[Characters/MarvelComicsMephisto Mephisto]] is the ruler of Mephisto's Realm. Striking a deal with [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]], Mephisto gave Doom the powerful Twilight Sword in exchange for the soul of the X-Man [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]]. When the heroes traveled to Mephisto's Realm to rescue Nightcrawler, Mephisto's equally depraved son, Blackheart, manages to capture [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] for him. Mephisto then has both Nightcrawler and Jean Grey locked in separate cages hanging above the bottomless pit of the Infinite Vortex. The demon lord gives the heroes a SadisticChoice of freeing one of the X-Men, at the cost of letting the other plummet into the Vortex to their death. When finally confronted by the heroes, Mephisto [[BaddieFlattery congratulates them for surviving in his realm for so long]] and promises to reward them by resurrecting the soul of the sacrificed X-Men. However, Mephisto reveals that he had corrupted their soul into becoming his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed puppet]], and sics them on the heroes so he could claim their souls as well. Despite the heroes managing to free the corrupted X-Men, they will still be forever bound as Mephisto's slave. Rather than live as his pawn and to give the heroes a chance to escape, the X-Man will perform a HeroicSacrifice to stop Mephisto. The deaths of the X-Man will result in [[MortonsFork two separate bad endings]] depending on the player's choice of who to sacrifice. In another bad ending, Mephisto will attempt to conquer our dimension resulting in cataclysmic destruction. Despite only appearing in [[ArcVillain one level]], Mephisto stands out from the plethora of villains the game has to offer.

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* CompleteMonster: [[Characters/MarvelComicsMephisto [[ArcVillain Mephisto]] is the ruler of Mephisto's Realm. Striking a deal with [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]], Mephisto gave Doom the powerful Twilight Sword in exchange for the soul of the X-Man [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]]. Nightcrawler. When the heroes traveled to Mephisto's Realm to rescue Nightcrawler, Mephisto's equally depraved son, Blackheart, manages to capture [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] Grey for him. Mephisto then has both Nightcrawler and Jean Grey locked in separate cages hanging above the bottomless pit of the Infinite Vortex. The demon lord gives the heroes a SadisticChoice of freeing one of the X-Men, at the cost of letting the other plummet into the Vortex to their death. When finally confronted by the heroes, Mephisto [[BaddieFlattery congratulates them for surviving in his realm for so long]] and promises to reward them by resurrecting the soul of the sacrificed X-Men. However, Mephisto reveals that he had corrupted their soul into becoming his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed puppet]], and sics them on the heroes so he could claim their souls as well. Despite the heroes managing to free the corrupted X-Men, they will still be forever bound as Mephisto's slave. Rather than live as his pawn and to give the heroes a chance to escape, the X-Man will perform a HeroicSacrifice to stop Mephisto. The deaths of the X-Man will result in [[MortonsFork two separate bad endings]] depending on the player's choice of who to sacrifice. In another bad ending, Mephisto will attempt to conquer our dimension resulting in cataclysmic destruction. Despite only appearing in [[ArcVillain one level]], Mephisto stands out from the plethora of villains the game has to offer.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Mark Griskey's score for the first game overall is incredible. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k2BmJw0N2E These]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5qEoH5Qy1M are]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvfjT7k5O6w a]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az1lv1e23vY couple]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8cKMn6G1Kw of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbM4UQtyMrM really]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59P2PTr6saI good]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0mivIK0oew if]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39KNUd46TiY not]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYnFBZTiohI absolutely]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTVbP_scCvo fantastic]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG0xho_yoaU examples]].

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Mark Griskey's score for the first game overall is incredible. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k2BmJw0N2E These]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5qEoH5Qy1M are]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvfjT7k5O6w a]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az1lv1e23vY couple]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8cKMn6G1Kw of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbM4UQtyMrM really]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59P2PTr6saI good]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0mivIK0oew if]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39KNUd46TiY not]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYnFBZTiohI absolutely]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTVbP_scCvo fantastic]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG0xho_yoaU examples]].examples]].
** The second game's soundtrack done by Trevor Morris is very dark and awesome given the premise where the Avengers fighting against each other. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiPH22J7gp8 main theme]] really sets the mood of the game. There's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_psUSo_GUBE this piece]] which also was played on the game's defunct official website.

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* CompleteMonster: ComicBook/{{Mephisto}} is the ruler of Mephisto's Realm. Striking a deal with ComicBook/DoctorDoom, Mephisto gave Doom the powerful Twilight Sword in exchange for the soul of the X-Man ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}. When the heroes traveled to Mephisto's Realm to rescue Nightcrawler, Mephisto's equally depraved son, Blackheart, manages to capture ComicBook/JeanGrey for him. Mephisto then has both Nightcrawler and Jean Grey locked in separate cages hanging above the bottomless pit of the Infinite Vortex. The demon lord gives the heroes a SadisticChoice of freeing one of the X-Men, at the cost of letting the other plummet into the Vortex to their death. When finally confronted by the heroes, Mephisto [[BaddieFlattery congratulates them for surviving in his realm for so long]] and promises to reward them by resurrecting the soul of the sacrificed X-Men. However, Mephisto reveals that he had corrupted their soul into becoming his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed puppet]], and sics them on the heroes so he could claim their souls as well. Despite the heroes managing to free the corrupted X-Men, they will still be forever bound as Mephisto's slave. Rather than live as his pawn and to give the heroes a chance to escape, the X-Man will perform a HeroicSacrifice to stop Mephisto. The deaths of the X-Man will result in [[MortonsFork two separate bad endings]] depending on the player's choice of who to sacrifice. In another bad ending, Mephisto will attempt to conquer our dimension resulting in cataclysmic destruction. Despite only appearing in [[ArcVillain one level]], Mephisto stands out from the plethora of villains the game has to offer.

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* CompleteMonster: ComicBook/{{Mephisto}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsMephisto Mephisto]] is the ruler of Mephisto's Realm. Striking a deal with ComicBook/DoctorDoom, [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]], Mephisto gave Doom the powerful Twilight Sword in exchange for the soul of the X-Man ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}. [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]]. When the heroes traveled to Mephisto's Realm to rescue Nightcrawler, Mephisto's equally depraved son, Blackheart, manages to capture ComicBook/JeanGrey [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] for him. Mephisto then has both Nightcrawler and Jean Grey locked in separate cages hanging above the bottomless pit of the Infinite Vortex. The demon lord gives the heroes a SadisticChoice of freeing one of the X-Men, at the cost of letting the other plummet into the Vortex to their death. When finally confronted by the heroes, Mephisto [[BaddieFlattery congratulates them for surviving in his realm for so long]] and promises to reward them by resurrecting the soul of the sacrificed X-Men. However, Mephisto reveals that he had corrupted their soul into becoming his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed puppet]], and sics them on the heroes so he could claim their souls as well. Despite the heroes managing to free the corrupted X-Men, they will still be forever bound as Mephisto's slave. Rather than live as his pawn and to give the heroes a chance to escape, the X-Man will perform a HeroicSacrifice to stop Mephisto. The deaths of the X-Man will result in [[MortonsFork two separate bad endings]] depending on the player's choice of who to sacrifice. In another bad ending, Mephisto will attempt to conquer our dimension resulting in cataclysmic destruction. Despite only appearing in [[ArcVillain one level]], Mephisto stands out from the plethora of villains the game has to offer.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: After the botched launch of the rereleases, a patch was issued and the developers apologized. They also promised the first game's DLC characters (absent on the 8th generation consoles despite rereleases generally including all of the DLC) would be free.

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* AuthorsSavingThrow: After the botched launch of the rereleases, re-releases, a patch was issued and the developers apologized. They also promised the first game's DLC characters (absent on the 8th generation consoles despite rereleases re-releases generally including all of the DLC) would be free.



--> '''Iceman/Deadpool/Spider-Man/Human Torch''': Why are [Iron Man and Captain America] so obsessed with each other, anyway? It's reaching "creepy ex" territory.

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--> ---> '''Iceman/Deadpool/Spider-Man/Human Torch''': Why are [Iron Man and Captain America] so obsessed with each other, anyway? It's reaching "creepy ex" territory.



--> '''Spider-Man:''' Hi, again. Shall we continue to discuss how wonderful Tony Stark is?

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--> ---> '''Spider-Man:''' Hi, again. Shall we continue to discuss how wonderful Tony Stark is?
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** CompleteMonster: ComicBook/{{Mephisto}} is the ruler of Mephisto's Realm. Striking a deal with ComicBook/DoctorDoom, Mephisto gave Doom the powerful Twilight Sword in exchange for the soul of the X-Man ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}. When the heroes traveled to Mephisto's Realm to rescue Nightcrawler, Mephisto's equally depraved son, Blackheart, manages to capture ComicBook/JeanGrey for him. Mephisto then has both Nightcrawler and Jean Grey locked in separate cages hanging above the bottomless pit of the Infinite Vortex. The demon lord gives the heroes a SadisticChoice of freeing one of the X-Men, at the cost of letting the other plummet into the Vortex to their death. When finally confronted by the heroes, Mephisto [[BaddieFlattery congratulates them for surviving in his realm for so long]] and promises to reward them by resurrecting the soul of the sacrificed X-Men. However, Mephisto reveals that he had corrupted their soul into becoming his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed puppet]], and sics them on the heroes so he could claim their souls as well. Despite the heroes managing to free the corrupted X-Men, they will still be forever bound as Mephisto's slave. Rather than live as his pawn and to give the heroes a chance to escape, the X-Man will perform a HeroicSacrifice to stop Mephisto. The deaths of the X-Man will result in [[MortonsFork two separate bad endings]] depending on the player's choice of who to sacrifice. In another bad ending, Mephisto will attempt to conquer our dimension resulting in cataclysmic destruction. Despite only appearing in [[ArcVillain one level]], Mephisto stands out from the plethora of villains the game has to offer.

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** * CompleteMonster: ComicBook/{{Mephisto}} is the ruler of Mephisto's Realm. Striking a deal with ComicBook/DoctorDoom, Mephisto gave Doom the powerful Twilight Sword in exchange for the soul of the X-Man ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}. When the heroes traveled to Mephisto's Realm to rescue Nightcrawler, Mephisto's equally depraved son, Blackheart, manages to capture ComicBook/JeanGrey for him. Mephisto then has both Nightcrawler and Jean Grey locked in separate cages hanging above the bottomless pit of the Infinite Vortex. The demon lord gives the heroes a SadisticChoice of freeing one of the X-Men, at the cost of letting the other plummet into the Vortex to their death. When finally confronted by the heroes, Mephisto [[BaddieFlattery congratulates them for surviving in his realm for so long]] and promises to reward them by resurrecting the soul of the sacrificed X-Men. However, Mephisto reveals that he had corrupted their soul into becoming his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed puppet]], and sics them on the heroes so he could claim their souls as well. Despite the heroes managing to free the corrupted X-Men, they will still be forever bound as Mephisto's slave. Rather than live as his pawn and to give the heroes a chance to escape, the X-Man will perform a HeroicSacrifice to stop Mephisto. The deaths of the X-Man will result in [[MortonsFork two separate bad endings]] depending on the player's choice of who to sacrifice. In another bad ending, Mephisto will attempt to conquer our dimension resulting in cataclysmic destruction. Despite only appearing in [[ArcVillain one level]], Mephisto stands out from the plethora of villains the game has to offer.

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* BrokenBase: Long before ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', the game introduced health and energy orbs to replaced the potions. This cause in uproar among fans of ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' who were used to the health and energy potions. When it was revealed that the orbs automatically home to party members when they walk near them and also gave a small amount of XP if you're already at full health, fans gave their full approval. Nonetheless, there are still some other fans who dislike the orbs.

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* BrokenBase: Long before ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', the game introduced health and energy orbs to replaced replace the potions. This cause in uproar among fans of ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' who were used to the health and energy potions. When it was revealed that the orbs automatically home to party members when they walk near them and also gave a small amount of XP if you're already at full health, fans gave their full approval. Nonetheless, there are still some other fans who dislike the orbs.
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* BrokenBase: Long before ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', the game introduced health and energy orbs to replaced the potions. This cause in uproar among fans of ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' who were used to the health and energy potions. When it was revealed that the orbs automatically home to all party members when they walk near them and also gave a small amount of XP if you're already at full health, fans gave their full approval. Nonetheless, there are still some other fans who dislike the orbs.
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