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Better than the first one, but ...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Okay, this is heads above the first game, which was good in and of itself. There are more characters, more powers, more enemies, the ability to change the costumes right off the bat and more. But there is a slight problem.

The game sometimes freezes up.

I can't stand when that happens in a game. I don't know why it does this, but it seems to happen when there are a lot of enemies on screen and a bunch of super powers being used at once. I found a way to limit this, which involves getting just about to the spot where it continues to freeze, open up a Blink Portal (a device that lets you get back to base), save the game and go back. If it freezes, you just start over at your base and the game seems to go fine.

Now you can play as Bishop, Magneto, Toad and Sunfire! All good characters, though Toad only resembles the Ultimate one from what I could tell. You also get to fight Stryfe, Apocalpyse and Sauron. How cool is that?

I can't wait for the third one.

Great game worth buying.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: October 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First of all the other reviewer comments that it's almost unplayable due to the crashes. This isn't true at all, so don't worry about it suddenly quitting on you in the middle of an important mission, although it does sometimes quit after a danger room mission.

Also the voice work is superb and the music perfectly suited to the pace of the game. The characters are varied and despite the racist comment of the other reviewer there is no attempt to make storm "white". You have a great selection to choses from so you won't get bored easily.

Overall a great game, and one which should be part of your collection.

A great idea reduced to a miserable atrocity

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Yes, this game is sadly an atrocity. Anyone who has played the first X Men LEgends would know that the game is actually very fun. Legends 2 is no different. However, there are far too many glitches in this game. Activision should've had a recall. This is just poor programming and testing on the part of Activision. I'm not sure if they would acknowledge it, bu there are far too many glitches. IE: Once you get into hard mode, the game constantly freezes. This is inexcusable. Equally appalling are the other bugs. Jean Grey's Mental Mastery (increases damage done by mental power attacks) does not do anything. Putting points into the last 4 bars of her Dark Phoenix skill doesn't raise its effectiveness by any means.

Overall, this is a great game. It has the potential to be very fun. However, the crashing occurs so constantly that you just can't ignore it. I hope Marvel Ultimate Alliance would be much better.

Excellent Sequel

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: October 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is an excellent step up from the first X-Men Legends. However, I do have to agree with the other reviews on the forum. I'm about half way through the game and it's started to freeze up way too often. I have to save the game at least every time the blink portal is available or I'm at a save spot because it will freeze gaurenteed. (Which does add to the irritation level).

Other than that, the game is great. I miss that you can't just get new characters from regular gameplay. However, it does make it more of a challenge to finish the sidemissions.

Overall, I think they did a great job. I would like to see more of the old characters in the next version to be released.

A little of the old...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: September 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Basic: Take the previous X-Men Legends game and add some good/new features, and the ability to play both Brotherhood and X-Men. Unfortunately they took away some good characters to do so.

Review: In my opinion, the game is good for playing with friends, online, or if you get hooked on trying to unlock or improve your characters. The Normal setting is fairly easy so far and even so, I enjoy seeing what I can unlock for each character.

The cinematics are pretty good, but when it displays cut-scenes, the characters are just like they were in the previous game, very cartoon-ish.

I'd recommend renting the first if you have not yet already, and then getting this game. You can play previous missions, online, etc., so it is very versatile. In the first if you want to backtrack at all, you better have a save game to go to. And if you fail a mission, you better hope that save game isn't that far back in your travels.

It is a RPG due to the fact that you're controlling your characters and their progress/development. And the game is centered around the Team-based combat and combos.

Overall: A good game, this 2nd one will have replay-value, on top of the new features.

...but only if you have the patience to develop your characters into a good team. And if you dont want to control their development, you can put it on "Auto" and the game will distribute their stats accordingly.

FUN BUT FREEZES DURING GAME PLAY!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The second version of X-MEN LEGENDS 2:RISE OF THE APOCALYPSE is really a fun game. It's pretty much like the first version where you take control of four heroes (x-men or brotherhood or both-and you can switch between them), solve mysteries like finding and talking to certain characters, and fighting your way to Apocalypse. And like the first version, each hero comes with their own unique mutant powers.

One thing that was improved over the first X-MEN LEGENDS is that techbits(money) are plentiful and health/energy packs are usually dropped by every other enemy you defeat. Another improvement is that players have a choice of difficulty setting, so yes, there's an EASY setting, so the game doesn't get too frustrating. Also, the heroes and the enemies are more evenly matched, whereas the fist version had the heroes starting out at level one--while enemies seemed to be at level ten-- making it difficult to pass the early stages of the game.

Another plus is that when you finally beat the game you can choose to continue a new game with all your gear, levels, and unlocked characters intact, which didn't happen in version one.

However, the bad thing about X-MEN LEGENDS 2 is that it crashes/freezes when you get to ACT FOUR. This happens if you start carrying and stashing too much gear and is hateful! There's nothing that can bring you down faster than having a fun game suddenly freeze on you. It happened to me during a fight and I had no idea what happened. The game just froze and I had to start all over from the save point.

Anyway, it kept freezing pretty much on or near the same spot, so I thought it was a defective disc. I exchanged it for another one and had the same problem. So I contacted Activision, via email, and they contacted me an hour later with the solution (I posted it in the forum section). That fixed the problem, so at least Activision has good tech support, but still...the freezing thing was not good!

That's why I gave this game a 4/3 stars, otherwise it would have easily been 5/5.

Eh, i've seen better...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: September 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is game is okay, I liked the first X-men legends better. Although this one has a pretty cool storyline. The characters look wierd almost too cartoony. It reminds me of Paper Mario for some reason. The controls are similar to the Fantasic Four game. Why couldn't X-men2 use those graphics. Its pretty much the same thing. I would reccommed buying this now at 50, rent it and when it becomes a "Greatest Hits' then buy it. Don't worry that might happen sooner. X-men legends came out to a greatest hits game 4 months after i bought the first one at 50!!

Whoa.. this game is awesome.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: September 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is even better than X men legends... The characters are even better with more addition.. The special abilities have been given a major boost, and the graphics are stunning... Although, the game looks almost similar to its prequel, I swear this game is worth buying with a whole new environment to play in...

More Mutant Mayhem

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This was a must have for me. I love the X-Men and to play a game where I can play as one of them is a dream come true. This sequel is bigger with more characters to choose from, more powers to play with, more fighting combos, and more costumes to pick from. I love the skins they put in the game. The classic 70's costumes, the Age of Apocalypse gear, and more. It was a blast to play as Colossus, Storm, Phoenix, and Wolverine in their 70's gear. The task is also giant size with the X-Men and Brotherhood going against Apocalypse and Co. The cinematics are mucho improved from the first game and I personally got a kick of hearing familiar voices as the characters especially Patrick Stewart as Professor X. And they even added more trivia games which are tons of fun but can get a little tricky when the comic book lore gets mixed up with the continuity from the Legends storyline. And yeah, I got a kick out of mixing up heroes with villians, or having an all-woman team, or an all superstrength team. It just adds more variety and challenge to the game.

Though the game is great I did have a few personal gripes. The biggest one being the occassionally "game freeze" or crash. Basically, there are moments in the game when the game just stops so I have to reboot and try again. I don't know if it's the game or my PS2 system or what but it definitely kills the excitement. Thank goodness for that Blink portal so I can save my progress in case the game tanks again. I also wish they included the X-Men costumes designed by Jim Lee in the 90's. And I miss being able to play as Emma Frost aka White Queen. Hopefully, if there is a third Legends installment she'll return to the roster.

Overall, a great game for X-fans everywhere who ever wanted to experience what it's like being a superhero without having to walk around the streets in spandex jumpsuits.

Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: September 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It's basically the same thing as the first game but with more mutants and a different story. Which is pretty good since the first game was a lot of fun. What I'm most impressed with is the music in the game. It's just beautiful. So what's with the poor audio on the voice actors? But really, they couldn't improve the graphics any more than that? Everything else in the game is pretty standard.

Graphics: 4.0
Sound: 4.5
Control: 4.0
Fun Factor: 4.5

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