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good for X-folk

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The game is pretty straightforward; it is mostly a side-scrolling brawl. You can control the mutant powers of fifteen different X-men and the game does a fairly good job of blending RPG and action game elements (i.e. the stats-managing and equipment of an RPG, the gratuitous fighting and button mashing of an action scroller).
I do think that X-Men fans will enjoy this more than those unfamiliar with this "galaxy" of the Marvel Universe. The main character is a recent recruit of the Xavier Institute (I would have preferred Wolverine or Cyclops) who is beginning a series of global campaigns with the X-Men.
You can use your mutant powers much like magic in an RPG, and this amounts to a good system. You can blast away with Storm or Cyclops and increase their "Focus" stats, which deal with the regeneration and strength of mutant ability, or you can give Wolverine a high strike ability, increasing his melee might. Or, if you want to mix it up, make Cyclops a hard hitter and use Jean Grey. There are some good options and more than one way to develop a team.
I believe you can get more out of the game when you have someone to play it with, however. Controlling four mutants at once and switching back and forth can get pretty hectic.
If you feel you would enjoy the combination of superhero and RPG worlds, this might interest you.

VERY FUN

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is an overall fun game. You can be some new x-men characters and some that no one remembers. Magma is what the game is based around. She's this really cool girl that has the power to make lava. But you can also be others like Jean Grey (who sucks) and Wolverine (who's amazing). There is also this ability where if you get three tokens you use a really good move. The danger room is also fun where you can be a boss after you beat them.

Pros

Cool characters, cool bosses, cool danger room, cool missions, easy controls, fun danger room, in-game danger room good for leveling up, can be bosses in danger room, really good story-line.

Cons

Long missions.

Gameplay 5/5

It's easy to master the controls and just killing people with four x-men is amazing.

Replay 2/5

It's a fun game but hard to level up and takes a long time.

Graphics 3/5

Only reason it didn't get a 1 is because of the cutscenes.

Music 4/5

It could have been a little better but it's still good.

Storyline 5/5

Couldn't have been better.

Mini-games 5/5

The danger room lets you be bosses and fight a friend.

Two Player 5/5

In the danger room it's okay but in story the controls are so easy that friend of yours won't hold you back and they can come in at anytime.

Length 3/5

It's average but the missions take two hours.

Bosses 5/5

They are fun to verse and be. They are also challenging.

Characters 5/5

They are amazing. Espicially thair attacks.

Variety 5/5

Come on there are 15 characters and so many missions and bosses to be.

Surprise 4/5

It is almost non-predictable.

Effort 4/5

Only reason it didn't get a 5 is because the graphics aren't good.

Overall

Just look at this reveiw. You can tell it's an amazing. Just buy it. I can't explain more just look at this reveiw.

Info needed!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Im at the end of the game, and so far the game is pretty good. Redundant, as a lot of people are commenting, but good overall. Lots of places advertise 15 characters to choose from. I can only count 14. Does anybody know who the last one is? [...] it would be greatly appreciated!

The game we've all been waiting for!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: September 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is the ultimate X-Men game. All of the orginal games are there are nothing but ice cudes compared to this! I demand that you play this game!

This is the best X-men game out there

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: October 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is great! If you are an X-men fan or not, it's very fun to play. The graphics arent the best because they used cell-shading which caused it to have that comic feel and like every game, it has a few flaws. But overall this game is the best for X-men fans. Storm rocks, being one of the best in the game, and there are alot of others to choose from. I recommend this game to people who are fans of X-men and for those that like Co-op play.

Boring

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: December 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is horrible. The graphics are way outdated(Super Nintendo quality), it's more complicated than needs to be, and to get to multi-player stage is way over in left field. (...)

Not quite legendary...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

but still an awesome game. Magneto has escaped and with the help of the brotherhood is setting an evil plan in motion, now it's up to the X-men to stop them. The graphics are pretty good and so is the control scheme. You can control 4 different xmen, and you can switch from character to character with just a hit of a button. You can choose from up to 14 different Xmen, personnally i think the best character to use is STORM, at first you have to nurture her a lot but once she masters the Chain lightning theres no stopping her. Each characters powers and abilities where captured in a very autentic way,there was never a moment when i thought "Rouge can't do this or Gambit shouldn't be able to..", the game creators were true to each characters powers. Overall the game is a blast to play, for xfans and non xfans as well. EP

X-tremely entertaining but...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

has some serious flaws. There's no New Game+ (like in Final Fantasy X-2) which means you have to learn abilities all over again. This is probably why the designers made huge levels with tons of enemies so you can collect lots of Xperience points necessary for leveling up your characters and see their Xtreme powers (although I finished the game without unlocking the other abilities so I don't know how they look in battle). You could, however, train in the Danger Room if you want more XP but it gets boring eventually. Some people say only the characters you use gain XP, but I think it's wrong. I found that characters which I rarely use in the game also gain XP so no one is left behind. The AI can be very stupid at times - characters fall off cliffs; and when you try to fly an ally and go back to pick up another one, the first one will follow you and fall down again (best thing is to use iceman or magma to make bridges). It's not always easy to change team since save points are not so frequent and this can get very annoying during timed missions. I don't mind the cel-shaded graphics as they work well during gameplay (no slowing down even when it gets very chaotic). Lastly, load times are quite long but at least you get to see some cool load screens.

It's about time!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

X-Men and video games have never gotten along together. We get sub-par fighters like X-Men Mutant Academy (PlayStation) and other titles that with you had adamantium claws to tear apart the people who made the game.

Anyway, onwards to Legends!

This game is an action/adventure/rpg... OR, I'd call it an interactive cominc book. Yes, this game is so close to the comic book series that you'll go 'wow- I remember that'! There's even some witty remarks and a nod towards the movies.

But besides being true to the comics (which is VERY important in itself) what does this game have to offer for players? 15 unique characters, all with super cool powers to tear apart, freeze, burn, or blast away opponents with. The controls take about 3 minutes to get used to, and since the first mission is a solo mission, it gives you time to figure them out before you get to use multiple X-Men. Gameplay sometimes gets overwhelming. There can be about eight baddies and your four heroes and for a breif second you lose focus on which person you are and who you are fighting. But that also means that the fights are big burly brawls- exactly what you'd expect from comic book characters. since you can have a group of four mutants, you play as one and AI takes care of the other three- and it does it actually really well. While controlling one mutant, you can call others to help you with one enemy or give commands to the others.

The animation also has that comic book look to it. Players, moveable objects and other points of interest have a bold black outline around them- it doesn't detract from the very detailed backgrounds.

Like many games like this, the camera sometimes gets stuck behind corners and buildings.

This game cannot be quickly blown off as another super hero game- this is a squad-based game...forget the solo web-slinger, Spiderman; this game gives you a whole new way to save the world from certain doom, gloom, and evil mutants.

This isn't what "Legends" are made of..

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

As an X-Men fan, an RPG for X-Men is pretty sweet in the idea alone... what more could you ask from a X-Men fan / gamer?

After just finishing the game for the first time, I would have to say all the excitement built up for the game, I'm still hoping that there's more to the game than I had played, but really, there isn't.

It's a story that starts off with you as Wolvering trying to save a young mutant known as Magma (I've only seen her from the X-Men: Evolutions show). From here the story (with a lot of side-stories) unfolds... Mutant hatred is growing thick and strong, Magneto is planning to bring the destruction of humankind, someone hates someone... we've heard it all before.

You start off being able to play a few characters, which grows in amount as you keep playing the game. (There are a total of 15 playable characters, from Cyclops to Jubilee to Emma Frost, the White Queen) Many of these characters are useless and you will find that only a couple are actually useful to use in the game. (I myself kept using Storm and one special attack throughout the game, not very interesting if I can do that)

It's not levels, but missions, with a rest between most missions at the X-Men Mansion. You can play in the Danger Room or few other activities. There's no moving around to other levels, it's one level after another. You can't go back to one you were at before.

Gameplay becomes pretty redundant, you have 4 characters per play. You are able to switch between one of these 4 characters, with the other 3 controlled by the AI console. You run around knocking out countless enemies (no one ever dies, they can't die, they just disappear). You run around each level in hopes of completing your objectives. Then once you do, the mission is complete. On to the next. Each character has their own "special" powers (Storm with Lighting, Cyclops with his Optic Blast... etc.) using a certain amount of their available energy (each character has two bars, health/life points and their energy/mana count.) Each character can level up, and can upgrade. Each character has three sub-menus... stats, powers, and items. Stats are Strike, Agility, Focus... areas which increase strength, energy, defense, etc. Powers is where you upgrade or enable the character's special powers. Storm's Lighting can become Chain Lighting, to Legend Lighting.. Items is where you equip a character with items for armor, upgrades, etc.

Noted aspects of the game:
-Objective points are clearly displayed on maps, easy to know where to go and what to do. Not much to figure out on your own.
-Bosses usually have something called resistances (most which can be taken out by destroying something nearby, which is hard to figure out without using some kind of player's guide).
-Most levels are comprised of several different areas that you enter, some areas have a save point (you can't save whenever you want to)
-Each savepoint allows you to change your team, or revive a fallen member
-You can access your menu or savepoint menu regardless of situation
-There is no difficulty setting (too easy for some, too hard for others).. replaying the game will be exactly the same, save for change of characters.
-Graphics when playing the game are meant to resemble cartoons or comics... bold black lines outline the characters and solid colors.. cutscenes are more CGI-driven, a little cool-looking.

Music is great... I thought the music was the only thing that really stood out.

If you're not an X-Men fan, the game won't be as cool. Many aspects of the game only a X-Men will know and appreciate (some cutscenes will make no sense unless you know).

The game wasn't too exciting, it becomes repetitive and boring. Re-playing isn't something you want to do, there's no difference. You can't go back to previous levels, and there is nothing to do but another level/mission. Playing it once is fine, but don't recommend the game much, especially to non-X-Men fans.

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