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Great game, but with a serious bug.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: March 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Be warned, there is a serious bug in this game. If you save before the final boss fight, all your saves for this game will be corrupt, and you will not be able to play the final level if you need to load from a savepoint.

The newsgroups warn you to upload your saves to PC, or never turn the game off (use sleep mode). Do so.

Otherwise it was fun while it lasted.

Allright

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The best part of this game is that you can choose from so many comic book characters to play along in an otherwise static button smasher. I loved using heroes like Ironman, Deadpool, Cyclops, and Wolverine, but the game doesn't do anythign new. You basically choose four characters to use, any of them can be controlled by a human player (which is pretty neat despite the PS2's requirement of an adapter to play more than two players). Beyond that, you have hours of button smashing in which there is no strategy at all and all you have to do is constantly push any button you want until all the enemies are dead, then you move on in an oversized map where you can get lost very easily. The maps are mostly destructable, which gives the game more playability, but I can't get over how easy it was and how little skill it took.

X-men games

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I recently purchased this item adding to my collection of Marvel games. After playing the Ultimate Alliance, playing X-men Legends II was a bit disappointing incomparison to UA Marvel. I probably would've enjoyed this more if I had played this previously but I still think the game play in UA is a lot better than this game. And so I still gave it a 3 star.

for X-men fans only

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The best parts of the game are the short movie segments in between the acutal game-play. The game itself is not terribly exciting or fun to play, but if you're a big X-men fan, then it's probably worth a few hours of your time.

Great fun - If you manage to stay awake that long

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Let me start by stating that I am a HUGE X-men fan; I love the X-men Legends games. This port for the psp is an excellent buy, in terms of content. It's just as much fun as the console version (though as others have mentioned, it is a little harder to see on the smaller screen) and the extras (exclusive characters, additional comic book missions, etc) make it well worth the price. HOWEVER, there is one huge glaring issue that seems prevalent in a lot of otherwise great psp games: INSANELY long load times and slowdown. Admittedly, this is primarily a problem with the system itself, not the game (it's not the fault of the developer that Sony, in it's infinite wisdom, gave the system practically no on-board memory), but other developers have found ways around this technical issue with great success. I honestly would've preferred an exact clone of the console version if it meant reducing the lag time; the extras, while awesome, don't make it any more playable. It seems kind of ridiculous that once I hit the pause button and go to the character status screen, I can make myself a sandwich in the time it takes to GET to the character status screen.

If you can get past the load times, and lag (it tends to slow down a bit when there are a lot of powers going off at once, especially if there are a fair amount of enemies on the screen)then this game IS a lot of fun. Nagging technical problems are the only thing that keep it from being a truly stellar game.

The legend in the palm of your hand

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 19 / 22
Date: October 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Okay, well my thoughts: the graphics are def better on this system. There isn't heavy cell shading at all, instead you get 3D looking graphics. The only draw back is that the screen is a bit too small for the game, its better to apperciate on a console. And the load times for each level or area ranges anywhere from 10-20 seconds (usually the later). HOWEVER the psp version does have its perks. Not only do you get EVERYTHING (including the movies)from the original platform version in this version but you get a ton of exclusives. The first sets of exclusives are 4 ADDITIONAL unlockable characters. The characters are: Nate Grey, Cannonball, Cable and Dark Phoenix. The second exclusives are 9 additional missions (which are called comic book missions). These missions include the following scenrios: X-cutioner's song, Age of Apocalypse, Fatal attractions and much much more!

So if your a big X-fan and you have/want a PSP...def get this game. The cast becomes more diverse with the additonal characters and its always fun to play more levels!

WOO!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: October 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is great. I hadn't played my PSP for about three months until I got this (I don't like racing games). I was even thinking of trading it in, but thanks to this game and GTA I'm glad I held on to it. This game even includes the system update. For all of us super comic nerds there are hidden comics in the game that open comic book levels and hidden characters ( X-man!). This game is sweet!

Excellent game.

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

While at the beginning you might notice minor problems (such as loading time; dark stages; and really small characters that easily gets confused with enemies), later on you wont be able to put this game down.
It is really addictive! Especially because every characters have their own powers; that is useful in certain situations/combos/environment. If only there were more people online , i'd have given this game a 5 star. however, at this point (7 days after its release), there havent been too many online gamers yet.
I honestly think it is currently one of the best games on PSP..(I dont count racing games a PSP game anymore, its ridiculous how many racing games we have on PSP).

X-Men Legends 2: Rise of the Apocolipse

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: January 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The sequel to X-Men Legends is a good game. They're are 4 new characters if you want to know them continue to read if you don't go to the next paragraph. The characters are Cannonball, X-Man(yes not x-men X-Man), Dark Phoenix, and Cable. They are all fairly strong. These 4 are just for psp so there's a bonus. There is a disappiontment with this game however. You can not unlocked characters as you go along, as XML did. You pretty much start off as Wolveriene, Magneto, Storm, and Cyclops. There are other characters that you unlock during the game, well after beating the game. You unlock Deadpool right after you beat the game( any setting) and you can unlock Professor X by beating all the DangerRoom missions. Iron Man is by far the hardest, you must find hidden objects throughout the game. They all are exceptional characters.
The game is interesting yet this time they focus more on strategy then just fighting. They show that much more during boss fights. This time you must fight Appocolypse which is equivalent to Master Mold in the first XML. The boss fights are fairly easy. From Grizzly to Mr. Sinister they have a variety of people you see and fight. The manufacters say that it has a more open feel to the game, and yes, that is true. The first XML felt very squishy expecially when all four people are playng and you all need to fight. This has the feeling that the map is almost endless. Some of the X-Men that you played with in the first XML were kicked out, suck as Psylocke, Magma, and others. One thing that bugged me about this game was that the Brotherhood followers (such as Mystique, Sabertooth, Havok, and Pyro) you can't play as. You play with the not so classic characters, such as Scarlet Which, Juggernaut, Magneto, and Sunfire.
One new feature to the game is that you start out with the game being able to choose costumes for the characters, while in the orginal XML you had to beat the game and then you could. Another feature is all the new moves that you can do. In the orginal game you could only have 4 preset moves. In this game you can choose from 6 to 8 moves. Rogue now has the torpedo strike which is a nice addition to the powers. The graphics are pretty good, they may be able to compete with the old XML graphics. The controls are pretty simple and you can adapt to the quickly, the only problem that I found was that in the begining I thought that the arrow buttons was the way to move, which I later realized was the way to use your potions and energy.
This game will keep you on the edge of your seat the whole way through. The gameplay is nearly endless if you want to unlock Professer X and Iron Man. They storyline is quite clever and you will never expect what happens. If you haven't played the first X-Man Legends (XML) then you may be confused but don't be put down, you could still play this game and you would know whats happening. I'm sorry but I forgot that there is another feature just for the PSP, you can play in the comics that you find( They're called Playable Comics). Thank you for reading my review. Here is my review simply put in a scale of 1-10, 1 being a disgarace of technology and 10 being, let's go add it onto the greatest achievement of man.

This is how I found the game (remember this is just my opion not yours)

Graphics- As far as PSP goes this is pretty good but not fantastic.- 7/10

Sound-With every different stage a new song this is pretty good.-8/10

Controls- Easy to get used to and easy to see on the screen.-9/10

Replay Value- Sorry, but this is just okay at replay, maybe 3 times at most.-7/10

Boss Fights- I wanted to put this on just to let you know that they are kind of easy.-6/10

Characters- Funny and entertaining, true to the comics.-10/10

Storyline- It interwebs the kicked out characters into the stroy very nicely and neatly.-9/10

Overall- Good game, I recommend you to get it.-9/10

Best portable RPG available

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: January 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am a veteran of gaming. I have played RPGs since Wizardry came out 26 years ago. This is one of the best portable RPGs available. Amazing graphics for a hand held game, deep story line, full voice over cut scenes with the many of the original cast members, complete ability to customize your super heroes and great replay value make this a must have for any RPG fan that owns the PSP. Where does the replay value come from? Playing the game through with different super heroes changes the game. It took three times through the game for me to have a chance to unlock all the characters and bonuses and I thought I looked everywhere. Make sure you play the side missions to get all the bonuses unlocked (don't cheat, what fun is that!), stick with one team through the entire game to really get them leveled up and make sure to take a flyer in your group!

One down side is the load times and occasional pauses in play. This is a result of the UMD format and the massive amount of information that must be loaded into memory. Without that one issue I would have given the game a 5. Definitely a must buy for RPG fans!

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