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 enlarge | From: Activision Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy Used: $4.98
You Save: $15.01 (75%)
New (13) Used (22) from $4.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 4731
Platform: Playstation2
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 100730
Model: 81033
UPC: 047875810334
EAN: 0047875810334
ASIN: B0009O7HVW
Release Date: September 20, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 FUN BUT FREEZES DURING GAME PLAY! March 15, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
A quick review - highs and lows January 25, 2007
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.
 Gabe B. January 4, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
 Not much fun December 8, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
 Poor Design Quality Ruins What Could Have Been a Great Game November 20, 2006
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.
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