So what do you get when you take the studio behind the X-Men Legends game and give them even MORE super heroes than they know what to do with? Push it into the Ultimate Alliance, that's what. Today, Activision was gracious enough to show off Raven Software's forthcoming Marvel: Ultimate Alliance for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 at their booth, and there was plenty to see.

The game is very similar in nature to Legends, where you choose from a team of four selectable heroes (from 22 in all) and then take to a certain stage to kick a good amount of enemy ass. It seems Doctor Doom has reawoken a master race of evildoers who are ready to tear things apart, and so, in return, the superhero league must do everything in their part to stop it. This involves attacking soldiers, getting the right superhero for the right job (like Spidey's sticky webs to activate a switch, etc.), and pushing ahead to boss attacks.

We were shown three different scenarios in the game. The first involves a visit to a futuristic city, where you first encounter a tall, destructive piece of work that rumbles through buildings like they were grains of sand. You don't deal with him just yet, but rather enemies on a nearby platform that you group up to knock out. The cool thing that was shown here is that each superhero, be it Ghost Rider, Spider-Man, Wolverine or a number of others, have their own attacks suited to their personality, so some definitely note their uniqueness. Spidey, for instance, can string up an enemy with webs, while the Thing can throw them around like basketballs.

The second part of this stage, however, DID involve encountering this big lug, and having to run as he destroyed the platforms you were standing on, only to stop and avoid his occasional laser attacks and throw barrels and other items at him. This was a nice new segment introduced to the formula, forcing you to think quickly and move even quicker.

The second stage took place on an aerial supercopter of sorts, with various platforms and fiery elements, as if it had been hit with a few missiles. All sorts of bad guys come out from all around, and you and your team must work quickly in order to bring them down. You can see the city skyline fly underneath you as you fight, a nice attest to the work that Raven is doing to make the game look as smooth as possible. The animation is still a slight bit jagged, but nothing too shabby. Detail is very, very good.

The final stage, though, actually brings out the best in graphic detail, as you swin around underwater. We're told that each stage has a "deciding factor" that helps you get the good or bad ending, and this is one of the pivotal stages, as you can either save Atlantis or let it crumble to the ground. This stage had some great water physics and tricks up its sleeve, while Thor and Wolverine pounded away on a number of swimming enemies.

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance will also be getting a boost in terms of multiplayer. You can either work cooperatively with a fellow player online, or do a versus cooperative mode, where you pit two teams against each other as they fight off enemies and try to get the higher judgment count. We didn't see this portion of the game, but it'll be shown to us soon enough as the game nears its fall release date.

One last thing- the opening trailer is AWESOME and shows off some superb detail, as if it were a spin-off from the X-Men films. Dr. Doom and Nick Fury have a quick chat before the likes of Spider-Man, Wolverine, Thor, and Captain America arrive and tear enemy airships to pieces. It all ends with Wolverine bringing one down, stepping out of the wreckage, and asking the other heroes, "What are you girls looking at?"

We'll have more on Marvel: Ultimate Alliance soon in a full-blown preview. Look for it soon, bub.