Much has been written about this blatant gouge, so I won’t rant long. For the low, low price of $59.99 you can pick up the pair of these outdated and hardly touched up games. Which brings us to the biggest issue that we find with this reissue – the price tag. Call me spoiled, but when I’m booting a game up on my PS4 in 2016, I don’t expect my characters to be blocky and pixelated unless it’s on purpose. Which is why, when my Thor character would talk during the cut scenes, I was confused for a moment on whether or not I was playing Minecraft. ![]() The cinematics are identical and the cut scenes are also the exact same. Certainly, the actual gameplay is far smoother, there’s zero lag and everything is sharper than it was in 2006/9. No, no – this is very far from a remaster. Don’t get this bundle confused with a remaster. And that’s where that nagging ‘reissue’ word resurfaces. However, this is 2016 now and what we expect from our games has changed as much as the hardware has. Maybe the entire game was not the most optimal of graphics, but the cinematics in both games pushed the limits of the hardware they could work with. These two titles were released in 20 respectively and at the time, were top of the line. “In essence, you’re playing full price for the luxury of not having to fire up your old consoles and being able to play it on your newest one.” In essence, you’re playing full price for the luxury of not having to fire up your old consoles and being able to play it on your newest one. What we end up with, though, is the same great game that we played a decade ago that runs a little bit smoother – but that’s it. ![]() However, when I saw the price tag that Activision affixed these games with, my expectations began to heighten again. Once I heard it was only going to get the slightest clean up in order to bring it to the new generation of consoles, I tempered my expectations. But, there was that pesky word ‘reissue’. These games had been my bread and butter for years! Coupled with Raven’s X-Men franchise, these top-down action RPG’s had taken dozens if not hundreds of hours from my life. With the announcement of the reissue of the decade old Ultimate Alliance games that came from Comic Con, I, personally, was very excited. Since the Marvel Cinematic Universe has become an absolutely staggering juggernaut of revenue, it was very surprising to not see a slew of new Marvel games roll out in order to capitalize on the surging popularity of the Marvel brand.
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