I just didn’t see much reason to keep playing it. It didn’t add anything for me beyond what I got out of playing the first game to death. And, the Civil War storyline just felt really tired and old — heck, I’m dying for the comics to move out of the “big story” where the bad guys are in charge (Civil War/Initiative/SI/Dark Reign) to something new– so going through the motions of the CW story now felt really- bland.

I really didn’t understand some of the choices they made with this sequel– from the character selection to eliminating some of the variation in powers (4 only per character now) and alternate costumes (which went from 4 to 2– often 2 bad ones, as you talk about on the podcast).

To make matters worse, I had just finished Arkham Asylum a week ago, and it was something special compared to this game– just a vastly superior experience on every level. There was almost no replay value to Arkham Asylum, but that first play through was truly sensational. Ultimate Alliance 2, however, just really didn’t do it for me.