X-Men Legends

Featured (Playable) Characters:

• X-Men
  • Storm (Ororo Munroe)
  • Cyclops (Scott Summers)
  • Wolverine (Logan)
  • Beast (Hank McCoy)
  • Colossus (Piotr Rasputin)
  • Emma Frost
  • Gambit (Remy LeBeau)
  • Iceman (Bobby Drake)
  • Jean Grey
  • Jubilee (Jubilation Lee)
  • Magma (Alison Crestmere)
  • Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
  • Psylocke (Betsy Braddock)
  • Rogue (Anna Marie)
  • Professor X (Charles Xavier) (only during a specific mission)

Antagonists:

• Brotherhood of Evil Mutants/Acolytes
  • Mystique (Raven Darkhölme)
  • Blob (Fred Dukes)
  • Pyro (St. John Allerdyce)
  • Avalanche (Dominikos Petrakis)
  • Havok (Alex Summers)
  • Sabretooth (Victor Creed)
  • Toad (Mortimer Toynbee)
  • Magneto (Max Eisenhardt)
• Marrow (Sarah)
• Juggernaut (Cain Marko)
• Shadow King (Possesses Amahl Farouk)
• Master Mold
• Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur)
• The Professor (Truett Hudson)

Other (Guest) Characters:

• Moira MacTaggert
• General William Kincaid
• Multiple Man (James Madrox)
• Lucas Bishop
• Magik (Illyana Raspurina)
• Forge
• Gateway
• Healer
• Angel (Warren Worthington III) (Cut from final build)

Races and Species:

• Mutants
• Humans

Locations:

• Earth-7964
  • Earth
    • United States of America
      • New York
        • New York City
          • Manhattan
            • Morlock Tunnels
        • Westchester County
          • Salem Center
            • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
              • Danger Room
    • United Kingdom
      • Scotland
        • Muir Island
    • Earth Orbit
      • Asteroid M
  • Astral Plane

Items:

• Sentinels
• X-Uniforms
• Cyclops' Visor
• Wolverine's Suit
• Magneto's Helmet

Vehicles:

• Blackbird

Alison Crestmere (Magma), a mutant on the verge of discovering her powers, is abducted. Wolverine witnesses the abduction and chases Mystique and Blob, teaming up with Cyclops to rescue Alison. After safely escaping in the X-Jet, Alison is brought to the Xavier Institute where she can talk with the X-Men and students, and explore her powers. The X-Men continue to explore leads that might indicate why Mystique and the Brotherhood of Mutants are interested in Alison. At the same time, they attempt to combat both the Brotherhood, who spring their leader, Magneto, from his prison, and the growing number of Sentinels. The drama culminates in a number of showdowns on Asteroid M with both Magneto and the Master Mold.

Actor — Part
Michelle Arthur — Moira, Additional Voices Edward Asner — Morlock Healer Dee Bradley Baker — Nightcrawler, Multiple Man, Additional voices Leigh Allyn Baker — Jean Grey Steven Jay Blum — Wolverine (credited as Steven Blum) Earl Boen — Colossus, Doctor Rodger Bumpass — Sentinel Scientist Cheryl Carter — Storm Kathryn Cressida — Debra Owens, Additional Voices	Grey DeLisle — Mystique, Child Bishop (voice) John DiMaggio — Juggernaut, General Kincaid Robin Atkin Downes — Cyclops, Pyro Richard Doyle — Beast, Additional voices Jeannie Elias — Illyana Dorian Harewood — Shadow King Dan Hay — Apocalypse, Additional Voices Bobby Holliday — Emma Frost Tony Jay — Magneto Tom Kane — Chuck Simms, Additional Voices Mark Klastorin — Blob, Additional Voices Nancy Linari — Marrow	Peter Lurie — Avalanche, Sabretooth Scott MacDonald — Gambit, Additional Voices Masasa Moyo — Psylocke, Additional Voices Erin Matthews — Rogue Danica McKellar — Jubilee Matt Nolan — Havok, Additional Voices Lou Diamond Phillips — Forge Darren Scott — Iceman, Additional Voices Armin Shimerman — Toad, Additional Voices André Sogliuzzo — Angel, Additional Voices Patrick Stewart — Professor Charles Xavier Cree Summer — Magma
Additional Voices	Eric Biessman, Blaine Christine, Greg Ellis, Nika Futterman (credited as Nika Frost), Jay Gordon, Michael Gough, Matt Prescott Morton, Zachary Quarles, Rick Worthy, and Kris Zimmerman

X-Men Legends is a role-playing game released on several consoles in 2004. Players can play as one of 15 X-Men characters, switching between four Computer (or Human) controlled characters within one team. The basic plot revolves around the X-Men battling Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.

Continuity[]

The X-Men Legends series used the Ultimate costumes (and regular ones as well), but the storyline for the games are original for the most part. The backstories of the characters are based on the traditional Marvel continuity, known as Earth-616, but with several notable differences (Magma never joined the New Mutants, nor did she come from Nova Roma; Illyana Rasputin is still alive; Juggernaut and Mystique remain villains; etc).

Aside from the costumes, there are no major Ultimate references.

Release Information[]

X-Men Legends is available for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube video game consoles and the N-Gage handheld game console. This action role-playing game allows up to four people to play (depending on the system) as one of 15 different X-Men, including characters such as Wolverine, Cyclops, and Storm, unlocked through gameplay. Each character has unique powers that can be used against opponents, as defense, or in combination with teammates' abilities. The game was developed by Raven Software with an overhead perspective. The N-Gage version was developed by Barking Lizards, and features an isometric viewpoint.

Sequel[]

A sequel, X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse was released for the Playstation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and PC on September 27, 2005; a PSP version of the sequel was released on October 11, 2005, and an N-Gage version was released in late 2005.

Gameplay[]

The game has multiplayer co-operative and skirmish options for up to four players. Co-operative play is similar to Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2, but is more refined with the addition of combination attacks and character interactions.

This format of a mission and then character development is followed throughout the game. While at the mansion, one person controls Alison as she explores and learns about herself and the other X-Men.

• The game was quite well received, earning average scores of 83%, 82.5% and 80.4% for the Xbox, GameCube and Playstation 2 versions, respectively. The game's cell-shaded graphics were generally reviewed well, but critics commonly complained about the too-easy difficulty level, widespread use of loading screens and lackluster multiplayer experience. Also there was a tendency for glitches to occur while jumping, stranding characters in midair for a time, or sliding left and right across ledges.
• The game started development in the middle of 2000.
• The game is influenced by Ultimate X-Men.
• The protagonist was originally a customizable character but the developers dedicated to use Magma instead due to budget constraints.