While there is the potential for some strategy in the combat sequences - the medium class can use projectiles, while the heavy class can take out stronger enemies with ease - these sections are infuriatingly unintuitive. The story appears to use the authentic voices from the television series, which should delight younger players, but it's so nonsensical and the phrases the characters say throughout the campaign grow repetitive quickly. Ben, equipped with several alien transformations, is on a mission to save Earth from the evil Incurseans, who have enslaved the planet for one reason or another (the game expects the player to know this information from the start). Players take on the role of Ben Tennyson, a short, witty, Peter Parker-esque teen superhero who has the ability to transform into various aliens with all sorts of different powers. With unpolished presentation, gameplay that grows old after five minutes and a story that is completely incomprehensible to anyone who's not a devoted fan of the television series, Ben 10 Omniverse 2 - like its 3DS counterpart - is a big disappointment.

Unfortunately, D3Publisher and developer High Voltage Software completely miss the mark with Ben 10 Omniverse 2, which feels like nothing more than a clumsy cash-in. With a plucky, wise-cracking kid hero, a host of supporting characters with funny and unique personalities and abilities, a surprisingly deep mythos and aliens to beat up, the Ben 10 franchise is rife with potential for great video games.

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