X-Men Legends
[5] The players have two vendors available to them: Forge, who sells equipment and the Morlock Healer, who provides health and energy packs as well as training disks for use in the Danger Room.Characters are two-dimensional sprites based on their three-dimensional console counterparts, and levels are redesigned to meet the limitations of the isometric point of view.[8] She is in turn rescued from Mystique and Blob by the X-Men Wolverine and Cyclops, who take her to the Xavier Institute to explore her powers.[9] As Alison trains, the X-Men investigate an Alaskan research facility being attacked by the Brotherhood of Mutants, then rescue Gambit from the Morlocks.Mystique is able to penetrate the defenses and free Magneto, and the ensuing damage caused by the Brotherhood leaves the X-Men to rescue several Arbiter crew members.[12] The X-Men travel to Russia to help Colossus prevent the Brotherhood from obtaining weapons-grade plutonium from a nuclear power plant.[13] After the team defends the X-Mansion from GRSO infiltrators, Cyclops goes alone to investigate the old Weapon X facility in Canada, where Wolverine had been experimented on before joining the X-Men.[15] After accomplishing these missions, the team discovers that Colossus's sister, Illyana, is in a coma from a psychic hold placed on her by the Shadow King.The X-Men must prioritize their resources on three separate missions: rescuing mutants from Sentinels at New York, stopping Juggernaut's rampage on Muir Island, and protecting the Morlocks from a GRSO invasion.In the control room of the asteroid, they fight the General Kincaid as he pilots Master Mold, a larger and more powerful prototype Sentinel.The Brotherhood's initial plan was to use Magma to control the device if Magneto couldn't be rescued due to her ability to manipulate rocks in a similar fashion to magnetism.[19] In the game's epilogue, a television news anchor reports that Magneto is still at large and that General Kincaid has been arrested for crimes against humanity.Raven included flash back missions as an homage to the franchise and based some on specific comic book issues.Patrick Stewart reprised his role as Professor Xavier from the X-Men films,[24] while Tony Jay voiced Magneto.Lou Diamond Phillips voiced Forge, a Native American mutant whose power grants him intuitive talent for inventing mechanical devices.[51] In 2011, GamePro retrospectively listed "the melee combat, ability to customize your stats, and multiplayer" among the strong points of X-Men Legends, adding that the game "was so successful that it created a well-received sequel and paved the way for the Marvel Ultimate Alliance series".IGN's Hilary Goldstein stated, "to capture the 'comic book feel', Raven Soft chose to go for a cel-shaded look with Legends.X-Play reviewer Russ Fischer called it "purely average",[54] though he made an exception for Patrick Stewart's portrayal of Professor Xavier.[38] The presence of voice acting in the N-Gage port was also praised, with GameSpy reviewer Justin Leeper stating the audio clips seemed to be "lifted right out of other versions".[38] He criticized the AI, however, for being "[a] bit stupid at inopportune times"[38] and for failing to use the game's healing abilities at important moments.[58] A sequel, X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse was released for all major platforms in the fall of 2005,[59][60][61] and the N-Gage later that year.
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