Eh, there are a lot of things I like about this game and a lot of things I loathe. For starters, I actually love how complex of a game this is for being a side-scrolling beat 'em up. Each character feels unique and there are no copies across the roster. You can fall in love with any character you want, and find ways to succeed for the most part.

The story was also pretty good in introducing Dr. Doom in a memorable way, but other than that, it's mostly just lackeys bitching until Doom nukes the whole world in the final act, as you prepare for one last assault.

The side missions are okay, "affecting" the end of the game in cutscenes but also being extremely obtuse and hard to solve sometimes. Collectables are fun missions based on comic book encounters, and getting gold on all of them is hard, but rewarding.

Where the game loses me is that it's 100% okay and rewarding of grinding. Even in my normal playthrough, I had to back out of a mission and head back to the simulation discs to grind XP and finish the game out. Most people probably will not have the tolerance for that, and I cannot blame them.

It's an okay game, but 2 did it much better. This was a great start though!