Comic-Con 08: New Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 trailer is a let down

As a Marvel fan, this trailer was exactly what I thought they would do when they're talking about fusion. I even guessed the Hulk would throw people at other people.

I'm suprised people took it as literally fusion.

I loved the original, can't wait for this one

Hmmm... gimmick team moves

Eh, it could still be cool. I never played the first but I liked the X-Men:Legends games so I'll probably check this out.

Where the hell is thor?

Yessss....thats what im talking about.

I expected Fusion to be another way to describe a "team attack". I don't know why you expected the characters to "mind meld" and become one.

The fusion is between the powers. Not the heroes themselves. I dunno why anyone thought it would be the heroes fusing together. I think that would have been lame.

For me the let down has nothing to do with the "fusion." Rather I don't want to believe that the enemies stand perfectly still in order for you to completely execute the attack. Also, the animation quality is a bit low :\

Where's fusion again?

Fusion requires less pants

You guys never fail to amaze me.

Literal fusion of heroes? Come on...

This is an upgrade to the Team Attack system in place since the X-Men Legends 1 game.

Except this time instead of having 'Optic Claw +2 Dam' show up on screen when Cyclops teams up with Wolverine it seems like the 'fusion' actually creates a new effect.

Look at the trailer, it has 2 examples...

Sue Storm creates a force field, Iron Man fills it up with energy.

So we have one defensive move: The Force Field
We also have a single target damage power: The Energy Bolt.

Fuse them together, what do we get? A throwable object that explodes to create an area of effect bomb.

The other example...

Spidey ties up a few bad guys and 'roots' them into place.
Iron man zaps the webs and they become electrified.

This is a bit gimmicky, I'll agree. It's not meant to be the second coming of Christ, it's a upgrade of the previous system. It just seems that this time we will be able to create different game effects/mechanics instead of just getting a Damage increase.

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A bit disappointed on the reporting of this story, the X-Men and Ultimate Alliance games have always been well made and well received critically. Nothing in these games can really qualify as UBER innovative or awesome, but the design, visuals and gameplay are solid.

This should be no exception.

Very disappointing, why even call the game Fusion when it's like this? Like anyone wants to waste more than 3 seconds at any time in Marvel UA :/

"Ugh. I'm going to go fuse a knife into my eyes now."

I was more afraid they actually fuze the heroes into one. That'd suck. Maybe they improved team combos. Here is just look like it is a cinematic. Maybe that's it.

So what. As a comic fan, they had me at Marvel.

I thought they meant that as well. You know, like fusion cooking, etc. I don't know what else they would call it, but I understand why people are upset about the use of the word.

I guess 'borrowing' is underwhelming?

Wow.

I completely 100% agree with KGBrAm

If you were hoping Wolverine and The Human Torch were going to FUUUUSEEEE TOGETHERRRRRRRR - that would have been the gayest thing of all time and everyone would have bashed it. Why can't fusion be combining powers to make more powerful attacks.

WHY IS THERE NO SATISFYING THE MOB??