Marvel Games Creative Director Comments On Ultimate Alliance Issues

If you bring up the Steam store page for the remastered editions of Marvel Ultimate Alliance or Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 you’ll find that both games have overwhelmingly negative reviews from players. This is due mostly to the fact that the games are all but entirely unplayable on PC at launch.

Marvel Games Creative Director Bill Rosemann has seen those reviews as well, and he assures players that he and Marvel have reached out to publisher Activision to try to resolve the current issues with both games.

“Ultimate Alliance fans, we hear you & are sharing your concerns w/ our friends at Activision! Please stay tuned!” Rosemann wrote on Twitter.

As of launch, Marvel Ultimate Alliance and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 both have an issue with controller mapping. Unless players own a certain kind of controller, the game maps the controls incorrectly. Since there is no way to customize the controller layout for the game, players find themselves unable to pass the game’s title screen.

Those few that are able to actually play the games have reported experiencing serious sound issues, where a loud, obnoxious crackling noise plays over the game’s soundtrack. Additionally, players have voiced some disappointment that downloadable characters that were previously exclusive to the Xbox 360 edition of Marvel Ultimate Alliance were not included in the remaster, which many expected to be a more definitive version of the game.

Activision is charging $40 each for Marvel Ultimate Alliance and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, or $60 as a bundle. Considering the first game is 10 years old, some find that price a bit steep. To find the ports in such a broken state has only furthered the idea held by some players that Activision was trying to turn a quick buck by rushing the Marvel Ultimate Alliance games out without truly doing much to justify calling them a “remaster.” Hopefully, Marvel and Activision can find a way to make it up to the fans who have been looking forward to enjoying these games again.