Dodging (which functions as a dash) helps with both, avoiding enemy combos and helping with the movement speed of slower characters, while blocking can be useful when being faced with AoE attacks that you might not have the time to dodge.Ĭombat in Ultimate Alliance 3 places a huge emphasis on working well with your teammates, whether that’s in solo play or in co-op. Not only does it help with allowing your preferred character to heal up when they need to, it also lets you use the unique abilities and ultimates of the other characters to great effect as well.īlocking and dodging are things that you learn about right at the beginning of the game, but it’s important that you don’t ignore these mechanics, as they can be very handy in combat. Swapping between all four fighters can be a huge help in combat. If you’re playing solo, make sure you aren’t constantly sticking to a single character in fights. They can be quite dangerous and effective with their moves, so rather than attacking the regular pushover guys, make sure you stagger these enemies first to get them out of the way and make the rest of the battle easier for yourself. If you’re playing solo, Heroic camera is the way to go.Ĭertain enemies in Ultimate Alliance 3 that you come across will have these purple bars beneath them, which indicates that they can be staggered- this is something that you should focus on primarily whenever you see such enemies. It zooms in on the character that you’re playing as from a third person perspective, and makes things much less chaotic and confusing (which, to be fair, they can be quite a bit). Ultimate Alliance 3 is, like its predecessors, a top-down isometric hack and slash title, but there’s also a new Heroic camera setting for you to try out. While you do get XP cubes from the aforementioned Infinity Trials as well (another reason to partake in them), there’s also several of these lying around in the game itself within treasure boxes, so seek them out whenever possible. XP cubes are also a great way to level up your character (at least when they’re not too high-leveled, at which point the cubes become less effective).
You get a lot of XP from them (especially the harder and wave-based ones), so tackle these often.
The Infinity Trials are a great place if you want to do some quick and effective grinding. Ultimate Alliance 3 can be a grindy game sometimes, especially seeing as it has a massive roster of characters, and if there are any that you don’t use for a while, they end up falling behind in terms of progression. As you get ready to dive into it, these fifteen basic tips and tricks will help you get to grips with the game’s systems and mechanics. Fueled by the newfound explosion in global popularity that Marvel has seen in recent years, this is a game that a great many people have jumped into, while even more are bound to jump in.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance is back after a ten year hiatus, under new management this time with Nintendo and Team Ninja.