X-Men Legends II Rise of the Apocalypse

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Product Features

• Choose up to 4 players from the X-Men or Brotherhood teams and send them on missions
• Each of the 16 playable characters has 10 superpowers you can use for awesome fighting, melee or ranged attacks - all upgradeable as you earn expereince & complete missions
• Online and offline multiplayer modes feature dynamic joining that lets your friends jump into the action at any time
• Flexible, open-ended storyline lets you determine the outcome of the battle -- theatrical-quality FMV move the story along
• 6 multiplayer skirmish modes offer head-to-head versus action, side-by-side battles against enemies and more

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009O7HWQ
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 20, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,917 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: GameCube

Product Description

X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Gcube

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you're an X-Man...please stand up., September 25, 2005

By	A. Bennett "Will 'vouge' For Food" (New Hampsha) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

X-Men Legends (released almost a whole year ago!) re-vitalized the X-Men video game franchise. In combining its quasi RPG action hybrid with classic video game button mashing it created the most comphresive and (errrr) LEGENDARY X-men experiences. Now with fans begging for more, X-Men Legends 2 is finally here. Worth it? You bet? Legendary? Not so much.

The game is a great, fun, and vibrant experience. Fans of the X-Men with jump right in and assemble a team of their favorite heroes. Folks not familiar with the history might not find this one as readily accessable (due to the lack of any history or set up). The graphics are clear and the voice work and sound effects have been amped up too.

But nothing is perfect. The game does lack the sense of story and purpose that Legends 1 presented so well. The players is thrown into this story with many things assumed and unexplained. Players who completed the first game may be familiar with the set up, but lots of action has happened with huge chunks of the story left unexplained.

While the game does allow you to pick from 15 characters at the start, the rosters seems a bit random and (again) unexplained. The inclusion of the Brotherhood characters is great and works with the some of the previous X-Men stories (in print and film). But the lack of diversity is evident. It would have been far cooler to have everyone from the first one back for round 2 added with the new characters. All the characters have newer and cooler powers to play with and props goes to the programmers for working well with Scarlet Witch's probability mutation.

Another issue is the cluttered presentation. The fonts are a bit same and some of the screens are packed full of info. A cleaner, clearer style would have been far easier to work with in game.

The gameplay works well and is fun regardless of the team you assemble. Fans with of course pick their favorites, but the designers worked quite well with the character roster making it more effective and efficent this time around. Each character will answer the call of other teammates and sometimes using certain characters will cause a different reaction with NPC's that you run across.

Even though the story is a bit weak and the playable characters may seem off, X-Men Legends 2 is still a great game with plenty of stellar qualities. Decent graphics, amped up game play, new items, more characters, and extra ablities all make this a worth while addition.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Sequel to an Even Greater Original, October 4, 2005

By	D. Lancellotti "X-fan" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

Hi, I picked this game up for my 15 year old son who is the biggest X-men freak on the face of the earth and he is obsessed with it. He asked me to type this review in for him since he had school so here you go:
X-men Legends II is a great sequel to a wonderful original game. While the number of characters in the game doesnt increase that much (from 14 to 18) the choices were pretty good. The story follows the combination of the X-men and Brotherhood teams to stop Apocalypse who has not only taken out Magneto's nation of Genosha, but has captured the X-man Polaris and Magneto's son Quicksilver. From the X-men come Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Wolverine, Iceman, Rogue, Gambit, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Bishop, and Sunfire and from the Brotherhood, Magneto, Toad, Scarlet Witch, and Juggernaut. Along the way Professor X, Deadpool, and the Golden Avenger Iron Man will join your squad. The bosses in this game revolve around those who had starring roles in the Age of Apocalypse epic but with some marvel favorites including, Sauron, Archangel, Abyss, Grizzly, Holocaust, Mikhail Rasputin, Mr. Sinister and of coures Big A. While the cast of playables is great what will really make marvel fans smile is the cast of Non Playable Characters including Emma Frost, Blob, Pyro, Shadowcat, Banshee, Blink, Sabertooth, Mystique, Angle, Beast, Forge, Destiny, Sebastian Shaw, Selene, and Guardian and Vindicator of Alpha Flight.
Gameplay is a major aspcet of this game (duh). You will have four X-men/Brotherhood members on a team at a time, and you will also be able to receive bonus based on who you choose (eg "Forces of Nature" - Sunfire, Iceman, Storm and Magneto +10% to all resistances). Each character has about 16 powers made up of Active powers (ones that deal damage), Boosts (ones that give you extra power), Passives (ones that always exist that dont cost Energy, eg Nightcrawler's "Sword Mastery" which makes all sword attacks stronger")and Xtremes (each character has two, one that pretty much clears out all enemies, and one that boots the team) Each hero also has 2 or more costumes that you can choose from eg
Colossus - Ultimate Costume, Ultimate Costume without Armor, Astonishing X-men Costume, 70's Costume, X-men Legends 1 Xtreme Costume, Greek Colossus Costume, and Age of Apocalypse (compile four teammembers with Age of Apocalypse costumes to get a +100% attack power bonus)
All in all this is a good game. I was dissapointed with the inclusion of the Brotherhood because it took away spots from popular X-men such as Angel, Beast, and Psylocke who should have been involved and the choices for unlockable characters were not very appealing which included Deadpool (a mercenary barely related to the x-men) An Avenger (Iron Man-makes no sense), and Xavier (who after you unlock him can magically walk). But it was good.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good use of licensing, average game overall, October 22, 2006

By	Cloud "..." (Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

On occasion I get into what I call "moods": instead of randomly putting in a music CD, it tends to be one specific artist until something new catches my attention. Lately I've been in a big comic book kick, more notably, X-Men, so it makes sense I'd check this game out. Ironically I haven't beaten the first Legends yet but this game has a new story that you don't really need the first one to enjoy. While it is awesome to use X-Men characters, some of the gameplay designs just seem underdeveloped as well as other concepts.

Story: As you can probably tell, the game centers around the Age of Apocalypse storyline as him and his 4 Horsemen capture a couple X-Men and leads an assault on Earth. Professor X's X-Men has to reluctantly team up with the Brotherhood in order to bring down this powerful menace. Their trek will take them to the Savage Land, mutant city Genosha as well as Canada and Egypt.

Graphics: Basically a more nicer looking Legends with a noticeable cel-shaded look to everything. The in-game graphics are okay but nothing that spectacular. Certain environments just look repetitive while the characters aren't super detailed. However the FMV looks awesome and one particular one involving an air-strike is just as good as anything in cinema.

Sound/Music: The music is pretty forgettable. It fits the scenes well but once the thing's over, you can't remember anything about it. The voice acting is kind of a mixed bag from the good such as Xavier to Kitty Pryde to Forge to kinda bad such as Toad, the Ahnuld-sounding Colossus and pretty much every raspy voiced villain in the game.

Gameplay: The game features many playable characters and some unlockable ones. While you do get fan favorites such as Gambit, Wolverine or Nightcrawler(teleporting as never been so much fun), some questionable entries such as Scarlet Witch or Sunfire seem a bit strange. Would've been nice if they included Beast, Angel or Psylocke, or even Kitty Pryde. Instead they're relegated to NPC status, except Psylocke who doesn't appear at all.

You get weak and strong fighting buttons but each characters has special moves. Holding R and pressing either A, B, X or Y, you'll activate a special move such as Wolverine diving with his claws to Gambit throwing his trademark exploding trading cards to Colossus doing a huge punch. Only problem is that some seem a bit too familiar such as the women and some powers just seem kinda lackluster. Is the game difficult? Kind of. Some are simply easy while there will be sections that will drive you insane cause of how cheap a boss is or running out of health packs.

Should you get it? If you're an X-Men fan than definately. If you're not, I suggest giving it a rental first.

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