X-Men Legends

[Vampyr]

Does anyone else have this game?

I bought it last weekend and have been playing it for 2 or 3 hours every night sense then. Today marks the beginning of my fall break (one week off of school), and I have probably played it for about 6 hours today...with 1-2 hour breaks of GGXX in between.

I must say...it's an awesome game. If you love real time RPG's, than you will love this game. If you love the Xmen, you will love this game. If you love BOTH...well, what are you waiting for?

I've heard some people say the game plays similiar to Diablo...but I've never played it, so I cant say. What you do is select a group of 4 Xmen for each mission (you can change your lineup at save points throughout the mission), and you must use the xmen and their particular powers to get past obstacles. The Xmen you are not using will still get experiance and gain levels, just not as quickly as the active Xmen. With every level, your stats are boosted, and you are awarded 2 points. You may use one to upgrade one of your stats, and the other to upgrade your abilities. Each xmen has abilities that match their comic book counter parts.

My core team of Xmen is Wolverine, Storm, Iceman, and Jean Grey. I often use Nightcrawler and Gambit as well. This game has managed to capture the true spirit of the xmen very well. Certain characters like Jean Grey and Storm and earn the ability to fly, and Iceman can freeze practically anything. And I never grow tired of using my Jean Grey's Telekenisis ability to pick up bad guys and throw them around. The controls are absolutely perfect, and you wont find a better Xmen game anywhere.

I just cant say enough on the character development. Each character has SEVERAL abilities to level up. My personal favorite is Nightcrawler. By upgrading his Teleport ability you can teleport further and further on the screen, doing more and more damage. I never grow tired of popping out the side of a wall onto an enemy, then hopping back through and starting all over again.

Aside from the many many missions, you also are alloted time to explore the X Mansion in between missions. You can walk around the grounds, visit the dormitories, and and explore the underground subbasement.

I was just having so much fun playing it I thought I would come here to share my experiance.

[Typhoid]

I played this game at Dylans with his brother for the GC.

The game is awesome, repatative, but still awesome.

It was funny, because to get Nightcrawler, you have to do a flashback with him in it. And when we played it, everyone except Wolverine died. So apparently Nightcrawler had a flashback where he died.

But most of the time when we were playing I was Iceman or Gambit. I dont know why, I just like them. I hate Icemans bandana though. Whats he trying to prove?

Im debating purchasing it for PS2, but Have no idea if it could live up to the awesomeness I experinced by playing it on GC.

Our team was usually, Wolverine, Iceman,Gambit,Beast,Jean Grey, or Storm.

[DarkMaster]

I got the game for review just recently, and have been playing it for a few hours now. Biggest problem I have is the AI of your teammates. They seem to be quite stupid, falling off cliffs and using mutant powers on enemies that are imune to mutant powers...makes me frustrated at times. However, I do have those moments of enjoyment where everything feels good and proper. I do find some places to be idiotically hard for no good reason though. Like in the sewers where you are often SWORMED with enemies. Some of them will stun your whole group over and over again while the bigger annoying asses pound on you doing a ridiculous amount of damage. And there's not nearly enough health packs to be found, considering there's a insane abundance of MP packs that I rarely even need to pick up.

It is fun though. I'm reminded a lot of my childhood x-men memories. Cool stuff. So far it aint bad, but I'm getting kind of frustrated at parts.

[Dylflon]

My team is:

Cyclops
Wolverine
Storm
Colossus


Hardcore.

[Fox 6]

Yes It was a sweet time playing it at Dylans house. I love Colossus, he can pick up anything and he has a cool accent too.

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by DarkMaster

I got the game for review just recently, and have been playing it for a few hours now. Biggest problem I have is the AI of your teammates. They seem to be quite stupid, falling off cliffs and using mutant powers on enemies that are imune to mutant powers...makes me frustrated at times. However, I do have those moments of enjoyment where everything feels good and proper. I do find some places to be idiotically hard for no good reason though. Like in the sewers where you are often SWORMED with enemies. Some of them will stun your whole group over and over again while the bigger annoying asses pound on you doing a ridiculous amount of damage. And there's not nearly enough health packs to be found, considering there's a insane abundance of MP packs that I rarely even need to pick up.

It is fun though. I'm reminded a lot of my childhood x-men memories. Cool stuff. So far it aint bad, but I'm getting kind of frustrated at parts.

The complaints you have are the same ones I have. I go through Energy like crazy, but I dont worry about it because I always have a ton of Energy packs, while quite often I'm scrambling for survival because there is no Health pack to be found. And yes, the AI can be EXTREMELY annoying. My brother and I have been playing through the entire game together, so I have only had to put up with 2 stupid people...but that was more than enough. What I find most annoying about them is how they get in a doorway and just stand there, not letting me through.

Overall though I still say it's a great game. If it starts to get frustrating I just head to the danger room and gain a couple of levels, then I can easily wail on the enemies. I am enjoying this game more than any other one I have played in a while. There are few games now days that can keep me interested for so many hours straight.

And Dylan, that is a great team. If you level up Cyclops and Storm's leadership ability, you can gain insane amounts of bonus XP from combo's.

Today I unlocked collosus....and he does have the coolest voice in the whole game! My brother has elected him to be one of his new core characters. I like all my characters too much, so I am constantly switching them around, which results in my characters being a couple levels below my brothers, but I dont care.

[GameMaster]

I'm glad Vampyr decided to make this thread becuase I followed the status of this game before it's release and it always looked good. And now that I have some good reviews from some well trusted, well known friends I am definitely going to get this as soon as I acquire $54.11. Thanks guys!

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by GameMaster

I'm glad Vampyr decided to make this thread becuase I followed the status of this game before it's release and it always looked good. And now that I have some good reviews from some well trusted, well known friends I am definitely going to get this as soon as I acquire $54.11. Thanks guys!

Cool.

Let me know via MSN when you get it so that we can chat about it and provide helpful advice for one another. Being such fans of super heroes that we are, this is a great game. *realizes he has forgotten to watch Justice League for the last two weeks.*

Damn.

Has anyone here actually beaten the game yet? I'm wondering if there is an option to replay missions after you have beaten the game. I have a bad feeling I missed the qualifying exam disc to move up to the Senior level of the Danger Room, and I might want to go back and find all the comics some day.


**spoilers**

Today I beat the mission that takes place after Magneto surrounds the earth with asteroids, and all hell breaks loose. There were like a million sentinels in the city, and a million people to rescue. I got insane amounts of experiance from it though, but wsa forced to survive on no more than 3 health packs through the whole mission. I had to pass around a single tissue generator to keep my characters alive between bouts with the sentinels.


**end spoilers**