Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Cival War?

Last year when Activision first released information on Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion, it seemed like a nice ensemble game of good versus evil, much like the previous incarnation, as seen in this 2008 trailer:

The new trailer unveiled at the this year's NYCC just days ago, however, definitely makes the game look a lot more like hero versus hero in what appears to be a video game version of the blockbuster Marvel mini-series Civil War.

Though, the game is simply being marketed as "Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2" (the "Fusion" has now been dropped), many of the screen shots depict scenes straight out the pages of the Civil War storyline, in which (after a horrible accident in Stamford, just like in the game) the government has decided that superhumans are too dangerous to work outside of government control and have (with the help of Iron Douchebag Tony Stark) passed he Superhuman Registration Act, which makes it illegal for any superhero to live in the U.S. without registering their powers and personal information, but everyone knows that heroes protect their identities to protect their loved ones. Anyone who does not comply is considered a criminal and will be hunted down by the government's pro-registration "heroes" lead by the golden boy himself Iron Man. In a surprising twist, Captain America (now branded a criminal and hated by the majority of the population the he is standing up for) becomes the leader of the those rebelling against this government sanction, believing that it violates every American's civil rights. The trailer shows Captain America being apprehended by Agent Maria Hill and Shield much like in the comic (the outcome of Civil War is what directly lead to the assassination of Captain America). It also appears that the heroes in the game have chosen the same sides as in the comic. Well, if the game is anything even close to the Marvel story, I say bring it on.

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