Three years ago, Activision tasked developer Raven Software with expanding their successful action-RPG franchise, X-Men Legends, to encompass the entire Marvel Universe.  The result was Marvel Ultimate Alliance, and while comic and action-RPG fans agreed that the overall product was enjoyable, it also suffered from balancing issues, and was also riddled with technical glitches.  For the sequel, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, Vicarious Visions was brought in as a new developer, and while they managed to clean up most of the problems found in the original, there’s not all that much different this time around.