

If you're playing the PC version of the game, you'll get Pyro and Sabertooth right from the start as well. You probably won't miss her too much though, since you have access to 15 playable characters from the beginning of the game, with three secret characters to unlock later. In fact, Magma-the character introduced in the first game-doesn't even show up here at all. Whereas the first X-Men Legends game focused on a single character, this one focuses on the relationship between Brotherhood and X-Men. Of course, there are all kinds of minibosses and goons for you to fight as well, and the game draws deeply from the extensive X-Men mythos that Marvel has woven together over the past 40 years. The game is divided into five acts, which conveniently translates to a fight with one of the Horsemen of Apocalypse in each act, with the big guy waiting for you at the end. And thus begins a tale filled with all the dramatic twists, turns, treachery, and triumph you'd expect from a comic book story. As you can imagine, that really pisses Magneto off, so he sets out to defeat Apocalypse. One of the kidnapped mutants happens to be Magneto's son, Quicksilver. Sinister, he plans to extract the mutants' powers and use them to make himself even more powerful.

Eventually, Apocalypse kidnaps four mutants, and with the help of the crackpot geneticist Mr. The game picks up shortly after Apocalypse has all but destroyed the mutant haven known as Genosha. Actually, to call Apocalypse a threat is an understatement-he’s one of the most powerful mutants in the Marvel universe. However, the Brotherhood and the X-Men are forced to set aside their differences in order to focus their collective attention on the newest (oldest) bad guy in town, Apocalypse. Even if you’re only a passing fan, you know that Magneto and Professor X aren’t exactly best friends anymore. The story in X-Men Legends II kicks off with a great rendered cutscene that shows Magneto, Mystique, and Sabertooth teaming up with Wolverine, Cyclops, and Storm to free the enslaved Professor Xavier. Now Playing: X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Video Review

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