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Gabe B.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a really fun game. The graphics were well designed and the game play was unique, not like other games I've played before. It was fun being able to choose which characters to play and designing my own team. I would recomend this game. It's not the best game in the world, but if you like X-Men you'll like this game a lot.

love the xmen

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: October 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

JUST AS GREAT AS THE FIRST ONE, THE STORYLINE IS MORE INVOLVED. THE BEST THING IS THAT YOU CAN PLAY AS THE BROTHERHOOD LIKE JUGGERNAUT AND MAGNETO. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS GAME FOR ALL THOSE WHO LOVE COMICS.

Too Many Glitches

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: October 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

It seriously hampers your overall enjoyment of the game. The game freezes up when you have too many items, it stops dropping items when certain conditions aren't met, etc. It's just a nightmare...

DO NOT buy this game; save your money for the upcoming Marvel team-up game (the exact name escapes me right now).

Poor Design Quality Ruins What Could Have Been a Great Game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

What makes X-Men Legends II so frustrating is that there was so much potential here, yet poor production quality ruined what would have otherwise been an incredible game. As with many games based on movie or comic book franchises, this game relies more on name recognition and an already established fan base than on the actual performance of the game itself to attract buyers.

I was hoping to see an improvement over the graphics on the original X-Men Legends, but it looks like the developers used the same engine. One improvement over the original is that characters now have many more skills to choose from. But even this feature's benefit is curtailed by the fact that many of the skills available to the characters are practically useless.

The main complaint I have with X-Men Legends II is that it is utterly unplayable once your characters reach a high level. For some reason, the game constantly freezes once your characters start to approach level 70. This glitch is so rampant that the game is totally unplayable on higher levels. This is frustrating, because once you've invested several hours into building up a powerful team of characters, you want to enjoy the fruits of your labor, yet the game's faulty design won't let you.

Overall, it's still a fun game, and that's what makes the serious design flaws so frustrating.

Word of caution for novice buyers

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: July 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I know nothing about computer games, I bought this for my little brother. I don't know how he feels about the game itself but he was hugely disappointed (initially) that it was NTSC and his PS2 is pal (we're from East Africa). So for those novice buyers out there, make sure the games you buy are compatible with the systems you have. It's fine now, cos he'll get the system on his PS2 changed, but that initial disappointment sucked for all of us.

my characters shot the walls...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: January 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game was really cool, and my buddies and I have been playing it pretty much every night of the week, unlocking every part we could. Eventually, one of my friends and I got to Sugar Man, with Bishop, Deadpool, Iceman and Gambit in tow...for some reason, Bishop being the time traveling genius he is, decided the wall was more dangerous than Sugar Man, and decided to unload all of his energy on it. Needless to say, we got thumped when he used all of our energy packs on a wall that wouldnt die. We jumped him out of our team for good, and I kept using Deadpool, also equipped with twin pistols. Guess what he did...he spent about a full minute shooting a wall with nobody there first chance he got. Even though he is one of my favorite marvel characters, I was so mortified by this act, that he got second string position...he's on the back burner. The only other problem with him was that fighting against Deadpool, he had a much better voice than the Deadpool that you play as after you beat the game. We spent a lot of time just laughing at him. Anyways, despite the shortcomings of these two characters, and that Colossus is too weak in the game for what hes like in the comics, I found the game amazingly built. The only thing preventing a 5 star rating is the idiocy of characters with guns. If Forge were playable, id prolly be crying, instead of just wincing in pain, because he'd do the exact same thing.

Not much fun

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this to play with a friend, but we gave up on it after an hour or so. I was hoping for a good beat-em-up game with some neat moves, but X-Men Legends II can't decide whether it wants to be an RPG or action game. Sometimes an action RPG can be fun, like Oblivion. But XMLII gets overly mired down in the crappy story. You wind up in a pattern, fight 10 or 20 enemies, then it goes to cut scenes about the uninteresting story. I really just want to beat stuff up. You're constantly finding items and powers that you're supposed to intelligently distribute, we always just used "auto distribute" or whatever and kept on going. After all, it's no fun sitting around watching the other play distribute powers and items.

The graphics aren't very good, the characters are fairly small, the alien planet scenery isn't that interesting. Sounds were decent.

Overall if you're looking for an action game with RPG elements and a constantly intruding storyline, this game is for you. Otherwise pass or just rent it.

A quick review - highs and lows

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

At its heart, this is a button mashing action game. The role-playing features are secondary to what amounts to a very "Gauntlet"-type experience (for those of you familiar with that franchise). On the plus side:

-The many powers you can unlock for each character make the game interesting and really do provide your characters with improved performances.
-The voice-over is faithful to each character.
-There are many secrets to unlock (characters, abilities, items, etc.)

On the "negative" side:
-The combat system is real time, which for me meant that the learning curve was pretty high at first. I had to learn how to assign powers, use them, switch mutants, and heal everyone...all while being atacked.
-There are so many abilities for each mutant to build up that, at times, it gets to be too much to remember.
-Same goes for the items you can buy or acquire from enemies. After a while, if you want to switch belts, or gloves, or anything else between mutants, it's going to take you a bit.
-Finally, the hack and slash style of play gets a little old.

X men legends II, True mystery

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: July 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

When the last installment came out it left alot of Unanswered questions answered. So who wouldn't have thought the next installment release wouldn't have done the same. With the Rise of Apocalypes it have only done just the opposite, such as why is the angle of the camera so difficult to readjust?, also when are the characters going to be able to use their powers during flight? Once you get past the intial hangups the game play is back to the original. SO if you are a FAN of the 1st installement then this next venture is exactlly what you are seeking for.

The Truth about X-Men Legends II Rise of Apocalypse...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This just may be my shortest review yet... all I can say is take the first game, X-Men Legends, and times it by 2. The game delivered in everything I had hoped it would have, even more mutants, great sound and ambience, nice storyline and fantastic gameplay.

All that held me back in even the slightest was the fact that it was a quick game. Not blink and its over quick but turn your head to look at your poster of White Queen and its over quick. :)

If you liked the first game.. you have to get this one... if you never played the first game... find my review on that one, rent it and see if its anything you like, than buy this game. :)

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