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5 Responses to “X-men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse”
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!
Rating: 4 / 5
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.
Rating: 3 / 5
I’m a HUGE X-Men fan and found this game to be very exciting and enjoyable. The storyline definitely gets props from me. Usually you get a mediocre story coming with a video game, but not this story!! Loved seeing the Brotherhood team-up with the X-men versus Apocalypse, Mr. Sinister, and his army. The cameos were awesome, with some including Pyro, Kitty Pryde, Destiny, Sebastian Shaw, Emma Frost, Stepford Cuckoos, Alpha Flight (James Hudson MacDonald), Ka-Zar, Sauron, Beast, Lady Deathstrike, Blob, Forge, and many others!
The gameplay is the funnest part of the game. I had fun using Cyclops’s optic blasts, teleporting Nightcrawler and hearing BAMF!, kinetically charging playing cards, hearing Wolverine go SNIKT!, and smashing Sentinels with Juggernaut and Colossus. This game acts and feels like an RPG too. You can level up, buy/sell X-items, talk to NPCs, and more. The sound was also very enjoyable: Most of the voices matched the character, Patrick Stewart’s voice is Professor Xavier, and hearing each character’s power sounds clash sounded great.
There are tons of areas with Xtraction points to save your progress. The downside to the game, however, is the slow load times. But the good thing is that each area is fairly large, so you won’t have to constantly move to one area to the next waiting for it to load. A nice extra is the online play. So if you know a friend who has this game, call them up and ask them to practice in the Danger Room with you!
This game really grabbed my attention, and I enjoyed it very much.
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!
Excellent game, very addictive, and much replay value. This is a must buy for anyone who owns a psp and who loves x-men. The cheats available for the game also makes worth while to play.
Rating: 5 / 5
August 18th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
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!
Rating: 4 / 5
August 18th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
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.
Rating: 3 / 5
August 18th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
I’m a HUGE X-Men fan and found this game to be very exciting and enjoyable. The storyline definitely gets props from me. Usually you get a mediocre story coming with a video game, but not this story!! Loved seeing the Brotherhood team-up with the X-men versus Apocalypse, Mr. Sinister, and his army. The cameos were awesome, with some including Pyro, Kitty Pryde, Destiny, Sebastian Shaw, Emma Frost, Stepford Cuckoos, Alpha Flight (James Hudson MacDonald), Ka-Zar, Sauron, Beast, Lady Deathstrike, Blob, Forge, and many others!
The gameplay is the funnest part of the game. I had fun using Cyclops’s optic blasts, teleporting Nightcrawler and hearing BAMF!, kinetically charging playing cards, hearing Wolverine go SNIKT!, and smashing Sentinels with Juggernaut and Colossus. This game acts and feels like an RPG too. You can level up, buy/sell X-items, talk to NPCs, and more. The sound was also very enjoyable: Most of the voices matched the character, Patrick Stewart’s voice is Professor Xavier, and hearing each character’s power sounds clash sounded great.
There are tons of areas with Xtraction points to save your progress. The downside to the game, however, is the slow load times. But the good thing is that each area is fairly large, so you won’t have to constantly move to one area to the next waiting for it to load. A nice extra is the online play. So if you know a friend who has this game, call them up and ask them to practice in the Danger Room with you!
This game really grabbed my attention, and I enjoyed it very much.
Highly recommended. 5/5
Rating: 5 / 5
August 18th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
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!
Rating: 4 / 5
August 18th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Excellent game, very addictive, and much replay value. This is a must buy for anyone who owns a psp and who loves x-men. The cheats available for the game also makes worth while to play.
Rating: 5 / 5