Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
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Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order Trailers
MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 3: The Black Order - X-Men Trailer - Nintendo Switch
MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 3: The Black Order - Nintendo Direct 2.13.19 - Nintendo Switch
MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 3: The Black Order - Announcement Trailer - Nintendo Switch
Critic Reviews for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order is a fun, if fairly simple, comic book beat-em-up that's enjoyable alone or with friends alike.
With this surprise Switch exclusive, Nintendo has taken an old-school approach - for better and for worse.
Come for the crunchy combat and stay for the seductive systems that will keep you playing long after the compelling campaign has been conquered.
The bland level designs and baffling character progression hold the action back and make it somewhat of a slog
The long-dormant series returns in a superhero caper that excels because of its diversity and synergized action.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 is an acceptable, albeit dull game that's only held together by the diverse Marvel universe.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order isn't a groundbreaking, narrative-heavy reinterpretation of the comic characters you know and love, but then again neither were the first two games. In that regard, it's a very faithful sequel that mines the vast roster of characters from the comics while including plenty of nods to the current state of the more modern Marvel Cinematic Universe. While it doesn't do anything particularly new or outstanding, it embraces the brainless fun of its brawler combat with gusto, and it's at its absolute best when played with a team of player-controlled supers.
It succeeds most as a tribute to Marvel. Its giant roster offers a great variety of heroes. And while the gameplay is simple, it can still be satisfying with some cool cinematic moments and boss fights that I won't spoil for you here.
