If Freedom Force met Marvel Ultimate Alliance

[BaronGrackle]

Hey guys. I've played the Freedom Force games for a while, but I only recently discovered Marvel Ultimate Alliance (currently playing through it). So, out of everyone here who is a fan of BOTH games... did you ever find yourself thinking what sort of team bonuses the characters would have?

For example, in Marvel Ultimate Alliance, there are bonuses for teams like "Classic Avengers", or "Femme Fatale", or "Agile Warriors". Which team bonuses would be in Freedom Force, and which squads would receive them?

Well, here's a makeshift list I came up with, pulling from all of the hero characters in both games, along with the villains Nuclear Winter, Shadow, Deja Vu, Lord Dominion, and Red Oktober. That comes out to 29 characters (Marvel Ultimate Alliance ranges from 23 to 33 playable characters).

Here are teams taken from the original Marvel Ultimate Alliance, including those in the XBox 360 packs:

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AGILE WARRIORS
Liberty Lad, The Ant, The Bard, Blackbird

ARCH RIVALS
Minuteman, Nuclear Winter, Mentor, Lord Dominion

BAD TO THE BONE
Tombstone, Microwave, Supercollider, Black Jack

BRUISERS
Supercollider, Iron Ox, Man-Bot, Order

FREAKS
Man-Bot, Man O' War, Sea Urchin, Mentor, Shadow

FRIENDLY RIVALRY
Black Jack, Sky King, El Diablo, Alche-Miss

ROYALTY
Lord Dominion, Quetzalcoatl, Eve, The Bard

MET HIS MAKER
Man-Bot, Alche-Miss, Tombstone, Quetzalcoatl

NATURAL FORCES
El Diablo, Man O' War, Eve, Nuclear Winter

NATURAL LEADERS
Minuteman, Mentor, Lord Dominion, Black Jack

ROGUES GALLERY
Lord Dominion, Nuclear Winter, Deja Vu, Shadow, Red Oktober

AIR FORCE
Sky King, El Diablo, Alche-Miss, Man O' War

DARK PAST
Man-Bot, Mentor, Blackbird, El Diablo

DOUBLE DATE
Man-Bot, Alche-Miss, Bullet, Tricolour

FEMME FATALE
Alche-Miss, Law, Eve, Sea Urchin, Green Genie, Tricolour, Blackbird, Shadow, Red Oktober

POWER PLATOON
Man-Bot, Alche-Miss, Green Genie, Lord Dominion

SCORCHERS
El Diablo, Tombstone, Man O' War, Microwave

SUPERNATURALS
Alche-Miss, Green Genie, Tombstone, Quetzalcoatl, Red Oktober

THINK TANKS
Minuteman, The Ant, Sky King, Deja Vu

WEAPON SPECIALISTS
Black Jack, Sky King, Tricolour, Law/Order

And here are new team themes:

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CLASSIC FREEDOM FORCE
Minuteman, Mentor, El Diablo, Man-Bot

FORGOTTEN FREEDOM FORCE
Blackbird, Iron Ox, Supercollider, The Bard

NEW FREEDOM FORCE
Tombstone, The Bard, Green Genie, Quetzalcoatl

IDENTITY CRISIS
Law/Order, Quetzalcoatl, Microwave, Alche-Miss

IRON MEN
Man-Bot, Iron Ox, Bullet, Sky King

DYNAMIC DUOS
Minuteman, Liberty Lad, Man O' War, Sea Urchin

TEEN TITANS
Liberty Lad, Sea Urchin, Green Genie, Quetzalcoatl, The Ant

WORLD WAR ALLIES
Black Jack, Tricolour, Sky King, Red Oktober

EXPATRIATES
Mentor, Iron Ox, Black Jack, Tricolour

TEAM AMERICA
Minuteman, Liberty Lad, Sky King, Bullet

GROUND BOUND
Bullet, Eve, Supercollider, Tricolour

GRENADIERS
Liberty Lad, Black Jack, The Ant, Sky King

ARMY OF ONE
Deja Vu
Microwave
(if you pick either of these characters as your only squad member, the other three slots are filled with copies)

UNNATURAL FORCES
Nuclear Winter, Deja Vu, Lord Dominion, Microwave

ANIMAL INCARNATES
The Ant, Blackbird, Iron Ox, Quetzalcoatl

Thoughts?

[detourne_me]

Great ideas!!
heres one:

ELEMENTALS
El Diablo, Nuclear Winter, Man O'War, Sea Urchin, Eve,

[Torch]

Hello.

I am a fan of both games, though I prefer Freedom Force based on the more tactical gameplay.  I wish they could bring something like Freedom Force to the XBOX or Playstation.  BTW have you tried Justice League Heroes (JLH) for the original XBOX?  That was one of the rare 720p games and I like the in-game graphics better than MUA.  MUA cutscenes were far superior though.  The gameplay is similar and the speed of flyers is a little too slow.  But if you like MUA I think you may like JLH.

[John Jr.]

Agreed. JLH is very good, the art is inferior, but the gameplay is better (we don't have those "hit the pillars x times to defeat villains" so used in MUA).
I find many similarities between MUA and FF, but like the latter better, because we can customize the heroes (i like mix Marvel, DC and other characters) and have more play options (Danger Room is great!). Anyway would be great if we could make specific teams and get team bonus in FF, like MUA.

[GogglesPizanno]

Anyway would be great if we could make specific teams and get team bonus in FF, like MUA.

Actually, I think that could be accomplished pretty easily as an FFX plugin.
Hmmmm....

[Okami]

Agreed. JLH is very good, the art is inferior, but the gameplay is better (we don't have those "hit the pillars x times to defeat villains" so used in MUA).
I find many similarities between MUA and FF, but like the latter better, because we can customize the heroes (i like mix Marvel, DC and other characters) and have more play options (Danger Room is great!). Anyway would be great if we could make specific teams and get team bonus in FF, like MUA.

The only three things that JLH did wrong.

2 Heroes only.

No Online play.

Forced Hero selection for 90 percent of the game.

It did everything else way better than MUA, but unfortunately, those three things overall caused it to "fail".