Marvel Ultimate Alliance achievement guide

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When somebody asks me “What is your favorite game?” I never know what to answer… Is it GTA Online that dethroned Vice City in my book as best game world, that can suck you in and never let go? Is it Metal Gear Solid 3 (Subsistance!) with its perfect blend of stealth action and spy movie? Maybe Resident Evil 3 that is old-school survival horror at its high time? Or X-Men Legends 2, to date still my favorite comic-book RPG? The more games that get released, the more difficult that answer gets for me. So some of us were searching for a solution and found it in the form of achievements. It’s not an enlargement pill for your digital p3nis (that’d be writing comments on steam forums for the majority, it seems) or a sort of knighting for gamers. It’s a way to show how much time (or how less) we’ve spent in that game, looking at all nooks and crannies to find every last secret and then some. Some games are so good, that you spend days on getting all achievements and when it’s finally (or sadly) over? Buy another console and start all over again (or wait for the Special Edition release). Then there are games that you loved as a kid/teen, but going back at an older age often removes those so called “nostalgia glasses” and lets you see that classic in a different light. Much like that windowless van that was your “Love Machine” in your youth, but looking at it now it seems to be more like the working place of a childmo… Anyway, this game was (and for me still is) one of the better action RPG games, right before the sequel made every hero into the equivalent of a corridor shooter compared to an open world game. For people that don’t want to spend too much time in this game and go straight to the fast food (UA2), this guide was made to get all achievements in the fastest way possible. This guide is meant to provide a walkthrough for all achievements that come with the game. It does NOT include strategies for any of the bosses, since there are enough other guides out there covering them and on Easy and Normal they are really not that difficult. Also, once you take on Hard mode, you’ll surely know any boss and their (easy) tactics. I’ll start with talking about the 3 different kind of heroes (when looking at achievements) and the different boosts every hero offers in your team. Next you'll find a "walkthrough" of the game with the items to pick-up (no gear though!), the actions to perform to achieve the best possible endings (no achievement for that, sadly) and the achievements that can be grabbed, by choosing certain characters or performing certain actions during the game. Any achievements that (usually) require more than one play through are covered right before and after that walkthrough. Then I'll list an overview of all Trivia questions for all acts. Don’t forget to save right before starting any quiz. More than once did I mess up several questions, where there are similar answers (looking at “how to write Spider-Man correctly” and “is it Murderworld or Murderland?”) and sometimes I did not save in a long time, which made restarting a b*tch! The guide ends with a quick list of all items I usually keep through any play-through. If you don’t agree with the heroes (or villains ;-) I chose for this team, please present your team in the comments. Especially for people new to the series/genre, the more diverse options and opinions they have available, the better! =) I will not talk about Team-boosts from having certain characters in the team, as that is really not that important for this guide. Yes: the “walkthrough” part is based on Youngblood0000’s item guide (PS2) on Gamefaqs, but his guide is incomplete and in 2 places confusing (level 6 - 2nd area "Inferno": I swapped skill point and DD's action figure | level 8 - 1st area "Asgard": I swapped skill point and DD's action figure again). I also did not find any guide that includes all pick-up’s, side missions and achievements in one guide without reading through a wall of text and since I don’t like having 4 guides open at the same time while playing, I decided to make one myself. Please note: When I am talking about “works great on Hard” that means I am talking about a game on Hard, that started with a game already finished on Easy or Normal and taking over the stats ! Starting fresh on Hard is only meant for experienced players looking for a new challenge. It definitely drags out the game and thus contradicts a “fast achievement guide”. To get all achievements you'll need to play the main story at least twice. But if you really want to keep every hero "clean" (meaning YOU decide which point goes into what power, not the AI!) and still have an 'easy' play-through on hard, I’d advice on 3 times. The first on Easy to unlock all (!) characters and their costumes and getting Gold on all simulation disc mission as soon as you pick them up. Some simulation discs get really hard the further the hero levels up (Blade, for example) and the higher the difficulty is. The second play-through would be on Normal but with a fresh start on ALL characters (= don't start a Normal play-through with the save game from Easy!), so you can level every character the way you want it. Legends 2 and Ultimate Alliance 2 offered an option to disable auto-point allocation for ALL characters at the same time, but in this game you HAVE to disable this (and auto-gear-assignment) on every character separately... The third play-through would be on Hard only for that achievement and (if you're a good player in this game by then) to wrap-up all missing achievements. Otherwise start a new Normal or even Easy game with the save game you hopefully created, after beating Doom on hard. One last (but very important) thing before we start; something that no guide (I've read so far) covers: You CAN stack the XP bonus gear by giving every hero one of them! So far I am using the Norn stones (+15% XP | +30% Shield coins) on my main hero, the Aura of Seduction (+20% XP) and the MODOK chip (+5% XP) are on 2 other heroes. That gives you a total boost of +40% XP! Trying the first level (Shield carrier) on Hard without any XP boost, then restarting with only the Aura of Seduction and finally restarting with ALL items in use, you'll notice the difference! But that doesn't only work with the XP bonus! Any item you give to the characters you're not actively playing with (but using in your active team) will work! Oh and similar boosts from different heroes work the same, so nothing stops you from putting Deadpool, Daredevil AND Elektra in one team to get the maximum boost in damage output possible! Well, except the time it takes you to get all achievements, since you’ll spend a lot of time on Hard regrouping to reload your energy bar, or use the portal and wait 5 minutes, since your 4th choice, Invisible Woman, went down again. With “only” 4 character slots available, there are some (more) questions to be answered, when hunting for achievements: To finish this game fast (especially on Hard), Ultimate Alliance has really only 3 types of characters: the Boosters This is the most important criteria I use to sort heroes. If a boost is the best in its class, the hero gets a spot on my team. If an unlock-able character has a better one, the moment that character is unlocked I swap her/him with a current hero. If a hero leaves the Booster category, s/he automatically goes into the Tank category. - Boosting only includes heroes, where the used boost benefits the whole team! Doom's Doom Shield is his better boost, but only he gets a shield that hurts melee attackers and the other 3 (AI) heroes are not affected. - Doom is actually also a good example for the second type of boost I never use: striking fear into the enemy (his other boost, which does also include critical hit increase). When hunting for achievements, I want the enemy to come to me, not run away so I have to chase after them! The less time spent on running after enemies,