I bought this bundle on the day of release because I was excited to see one of my favorite games (Marvel: Ultimate Alliance) "remastered" and couldn't wait to discover what kind of awesomeness would have been bestowed on it. I never got to play Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 because it was never released on PC before so I was especially excited to at least finally get to experience it. If nothing else, I figured a nice graphics update would suffice and hopefully a game engine update would follow. Since I modded the original game a ton, this new release got me interested because of the amazing new possibilities and I would finally get to mod the sequel.

Except not. This game is amazing in itself, but the port is a total dumpster fire. The day of release, controller support did not work properly at all. With any form of Xinput type controllers, button mappings were either ♥♥♥ backwards ("A" was really "X", "Start" was really "R3", etc) or not functional whatsoever. I had a hell of a time even getting passed the initial start menu. When I got in game, I couldn't swap characters at all. I couldn't use powers. I went to the Options menu, and I couldn't even rebind any keys or buttons whatsoever. For Direct input, the compatibility was stripped from the game all together.

The UI is just a polished turd with a half-♥♥♥♥♥ coat of paint on it. The "Options" menu should be renamed "Lack of Options" menu because every meaningful option was stripped out. Graphics settings can be summarized up in 3 words: Low, Medium, or High. What?

Everything about this port is totally garbage. This game obviously never went through QA because even the initial start menu doesn't work properly. Or maybe it did go through QA, and the quality they were shooting for is "♥♥♥♥ poor", hoping we would say "♥♥♥♥ this" and just go buy the console version instead.

Lack of options, sound issues, no ability to rebind controls, and ♥♥♥♥♥♥ controller support at best. I refunded this game immediately. Unfortunately, shortly after I was told there was a patch that supposedly fixed all the issues. Some people even say the controls are working now. So, me being a dumb fan and believing them, decided to go ahead and repurchase the game and get the patch. The patch fixed almost nothing. I use a Logitech F710 wireless gamepad which emulates a wireless Xbox 360 controller and works flawlessly in every single other game that supports Xbox controller... except for this one, because unfortunately this port is bad, and Activision should feel bad even releasing it at all. I mean how could you POSSIBLY ♥♥♥♥ up controller support when this port was from a CONSOLE version of the game SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED to run on controller?

To be quite honest, even Arkham Knight wasn't this much of a blatant cluster ♥♥♥♥ on release. There is no excuse to release a 10 year old game with no true remastering, no graphics or gameplay updates, no way to customize controls, audio issues, and no way to actually ♥♥♥♥ing play it and charge $40 for it. If Zoe Mode isn't out of business by next week, then something is terribly wrong because they suck. I normally don't trash devs this hard or support people losing their jobs, but if there is one company that deserves to fold over this nonsense it is the developer who made this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ port.

If you want to experience this game for the amazing game it truly is, then I would unfortunately suggest just grabbing the original console version. If you want to experience this game for the complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of a port it is, then stick with the Steam version. But don't say I didn't warn you.

When I heard they released this game on PC I was hyped, but then it was a terrible port. BUT THEN, they patched it on the 29th of July, and fixed both the audio issue, and the controller issues, so I knew I had to try it. It may be a little pricy but this game triggers my nostalgia bone so hard. Great game, a lot of fun with friends, fixed port, I couldn't be happier.

the issues are fixed, 10/10 game