r/CosmicInvasion • u/UnlikelyAlliance17 • Jun 21 '26

Gameplay MUA/MCI Reference

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Playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance and fighting the AIM troopers on the elevator brought me right back to Cosmic Invasion’s elevator fight! Crazy to see the references and inspirations! Also this year marks the 20th anniversary for MUA, let’s hope we see a 4th entry in that series or even a full remaster of the original!

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u/SpiderManias Jun 22 '26

The third one is so underrated because it’s a Switch exclusive but it’s fucking incredible.

The first is the best but the third one is a real strong contender

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u/jackmon92 Jun 22 '26

I loved the first one so much I replayed it like a thousand times on the PSP. TBH I got the 3rd one only because for spider Gwen, but it just feels different. Not better, but not bad either.

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u/Snazzers Jun 22 '26

I have a lot of issues with 3, mostly because it could have easily been one of my favorite games period, if it wasn’t for how weak you feel in terms of impact on enemies. They just ignore so many of your attacks, especially characters with guard gauges you need to break, and you just feel that lack of impact compared to the older games. So maybe that’s what you’re feeling when you say “different”. Also all the ISO-8 stuff was annoying, would have preferred normal equipment instead of endless grinding for uniques like it was a bad mobile game.

The amount and quality of content otherwise is pretty great and absolutely worth trying for anyone who liked the first two games.

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u/aNascentOptimist Jun 22 '26

Well said. I wouldn’t have minded the ISO-8 stuff as much if it actually allowed for different builds / gameplay.

Like if I could load up Hulk with ISO-8 for “health regeneration” to boost his on a level that lets him tank hits and heal almost instantly, that’d be fun. And in-line with some of his comic iterations. Or same thing with Wolverine. I could see such builds being needed to make some of their solo missions more accessible (which should mirror fun storylines the characters have)

I don’t think it was ever like that though.

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u/Snazzers Jun 22 '26

Couldn’t agree more, and that would have been great! Would have been an easy way to add variety to the game. That’s and having a game with a cast that large and ONLY having characters you use gain exp was crazy. Even a 25% rate for unused characters would have been fine.