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Not what I expected

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: October 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was really disappointed when I got this game. The first thing that made me angry was the cheesy animation and graphics. When this game was being advertised the characters looked three dimentional and more lifelike. It turned out to be nothing like the advertisement. The characters looked more cartoonish. This was a major disappointment. I liked the x-men children of the atom by capcom better than this. Someone should sue for false and misleading advertising.

Stupid, stupid, stupid

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 25
Date: November 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

What are you people, on crack. This was the worst piece of crap game I have ever played.The menus go 800 miles an hour making it impossible to do what you want. The graphics suck and when I die with no X-Men and I havent saved the game I have to start from the beginning. Mark my words, It SUCKS

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 The graphics are way outdated(Super Nintendo quality), it's more complicated than needs to be, and to get to multi-player stage is way over in left field.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

Rent...don't buy this gaem

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: December 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Its nice to rent if you are saving up for a good game. I wouldn't invest in this game as the graphics are cartoony. The only good thing is mid mission if you find an extraction point you can change characters. But the game play is nothing like advertised on the TV. Save your dough for a good game and rent this on a rainy day!!!!!!

a lot of reveiwers dont know what garbage is.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 33
Date: August 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First off garbage is stuff you throw away, and x-men legends needs to be thrown away. I bought played it for about an hour and then use it to eat hamburger helper off it. I not even going to go into details. If you think this game is fun. Your garbage too!

Get X-Men 2 or Marvel Ultimate Alliance

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Unless you're a harcore gamer, the first installment of X-Men Legends is really frustrating. First of all, there's no way of setting game difficulty! So even though the normal playing mode is easy for people who are really into games, it's not so great for the casual gamer.

Another thing I didn't like was the fact that if your team doesn't have characters who can fly, you're basically on your own. There are some levels when the character has to fly to get to the otherside. While doing so, you leave all the characters who can't fly behind and so you have to battle alone. Unless there's a way of working around this, which I can probably find on a walkthrough online, this was not good! I'm at the beginning of the game and can only choose certain characters who are limited in power and ability and only the female characters i.e. STORM, ROGUE, and JEAN GREY can fly. And they get beaten as soon as they reach the other side!

Another thing I don't like is the fact that you have to pay 200 techbits (money in the game) to revive characters. So, if you don't have enough techbits and you're character dies, you won't be able to revive him/her.

Once you enter a level you can't go back either, which really gets on my nerves since you won't be able to get more techbits once you smash everything there is to smash, which means you could run out of heroes if they all die.

The reason I bought this game is because I really liked the X-Men Legends 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance games, by the same company Ravensoft. It seemed they worked out all the short comings of X-Men 1 in X-Men 2, aside from the freezing problem in 2. And Marvel Ultimate Alliance fixes all the problems.

If you're a big X-Men fan and a serious gamer than this version of X-Men Legends won't be a problem for you. But if you're like me, a casual gamer who wants to enjoy the game and not be frustrated to no end by it, stick with X-Men Legends 2 or Marvel Ultimate Alliance.

Also, a word of CAUTION for those who are planning on purchasing X-Men Legends 2, read the other reviews on that game because although it's fun to play, it crashes (freezes) when you reach ACT 4. And that's a problem with the game itself, not the disc, so even if you exchange the game for another one the same thing will happen.

Meh

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I'm not an avid game player, and only pick up the controller once in a blue moon. With this said, I had a very hard time playing this game. I actually haven't made it past the 1st level! I've gotten so frustrated with it that I think I'm going to sell it to someone who will acutally have the time and patience to play it. If you are a very skilled game player then this game is probably for you. Otherwise, I would recommend you look elsewhere for an X-men game.

Great game but.....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: October 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I really like this game but it has some big problems.

1)There are parts in the game that player one is the only one able to play, leaving the rest of the party behind
2)health is easy to find when the game is easy and VERY hard to find the more you advance.
3)Average opponents have five times the hit points you do and sometimes have powers that surpass yours (I.E the ability to stun you and cause massive shock waves)
4) You can only hold 15 health packs(split between four players that doesn't add up to much) and if you want to buy them the price is outrageous.
5)The missions are long. Usally I don't mind this but when it takes me 2-3 hours to finish one mission that's getting alittle exessive.

That doesn't mean that you shouldn't get this game. I'm having a blast, but if you're a Bolder's Gate player and you're expecting the same game but with X-men, you're going to be disappointed

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.

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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