History VideoGame / XMenLegends

* {{ComicBook/Wolverine}}, {{ComicBook/Cyclops}}, [[ComicBook/NewMutants Magma]], {{ComicBook/Storm}}, {{ComicBook/Jean Grey}}, {{ComicBook/Iceman}}, {{ComicBook/Rogue}}, {{ComicBook/Beast}}, {{ComicBook/Nightcrawler}}, {{ComicBook/Jubilee}}, {{ComicBook/Gambit}}, {{ComicBook/Colossus}}, {{ComicBook/Emma Frost}}, {{ComicBook/Psylocke}}, {{ComicBook/ProfessorX}}

Followed by the ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' series, also developed by Raven Software.

** Apocalypse's goal in ''II'' is just his plan from the late 90s storyline ''The Twelve'', condensed greatly.

* BadassBaritone: Magneto, courtesy of ''Creator/TonyJay''.

* {{ComicBook/Wolverine}}, {{ComicBook/Cyclops}}, [[ComicBook/NewMutants Magma]], {{ComicBook/Storm}}, {{ComicBook/Jean Grey}}, {{ComicBook/Iceman}}, {{ComicBook/Rogue}}, {{ComeicBook/Beast}}, {{ComicBook/Nightcrawler}}, {{ComicBook/Jubilee}}, {{ComicBook/Gambit}}, {{ComicBook/Colossus}}, {{ComicBook/Emma Frost}}, {{ComicBook/Psylocke}}, {{ComicBook/ProfessorX}}

* {{ComicBook/Wolverine}}, {{ComicBook/Cyclops}}, [[ComicBook/NewMutants Magma]], {{ComicBook/Storm}}, {{ComicBook/Jean Grey}}, {{ComicBook/Iceman}}, {{ComicBook/Rogue}}, {{ComeicBook/BeastMarvelComics}}, {{ComicBook/Nightcrawler}}, {{ComicBook/Jubilee}}, {{ComicBook/Gambit}}, {{ComicBook/Colossus}}, {{ComicBook/Emma Frost}}, {{ComicBook/Psylocke}}, {{ComicBook/ProfessorX}}

* {{ComicBook/Wolverine}}, {{ComicBook/Cyclops}}, [[ComicBook/NewMutants Magma]], {{ComicBook/Storm}}, {{ComicBook/Jean Grey}}, Iceman, {{ComicBook/Rogue}}, Beast, {{ComicBook/Nightcrawler}}, {{ComicBook/Jubilee}}, {{ComicBook/Gambit}}, Colossus, {{ComicBook/Emma Frost}}, {{ComicBook/Psylocke}}, Professor X

** Despite being the main character of the first game, Magma is nowhere to be found in the second. [[FridgeHorror It could be that]] that really, really dangerous move near the end that she seemed to be okay from just took a while to take full effect...

* Unlockable characters: Professor X, [[spoiler: ComicBook/IronMan, {{ComicBook/Deadpool}}]]. {{ComicBook/XMan}}, {{ComicBook/Cable}}, Cannonball, and Dark Phoenix were PSP exclusives

** The second game also features [[spoiler:{{Deadpool}}]].

* RedHerring:[[spoiler:Destiny foresee that someone within the X-Men or Brotherhood will betray the alliance. We are led to believe it's Angel, since he's being captured and a cutscene show him being turned into Archangel, the last Horseman of Apocalypse. In reality, there was two traitors, Destiny only foresaw one. The other traitor was Beast who's been captured and rescued by your party, [[TheMole as part of Apocalypse's plan]]]].

-->'''Magneto:''' I command you to play this game '''NOW!!!'''

* GameMod: ''Lots,'' though they're only available for the PC version. For starters, you can add in the characters that were playable in the first XL1, but not in the second game. This mean you can play as Beat, Jubilee, Emma Frost and Psylocke if you want. What's even more impressive though, is the sheer number of Character Mods, mostly for various X-Men and other X-Characters that didn't get a playable appearance in either of the XML games. (Though there's several other Marvel characters up for grabs also. You want to play as Shadowcat? Go ahead. Want to soar through the skies with Angel? You might eventually plummet to the ground via lack of energy at some point, but otherwise, feel free. Or perhaps you wished there were more villains to play around with? They got that covered too, with the likes of Mystique, Blob, Sebastian Shaw, and more. Everyone from the ''Marvel Ultimate Alliance'' games have been converted too, and if ''that'' wasn't enough, even ''The Joker's'' available! (But he's also the only finished DC character mod to date, so it's still mostly Marvel's playground.) The focus though, of course, is still on the X-characters, and there's still a ''lot'' of them; the only downside is that, due to limitations set by the Game-Engine, you can only have up to 21 playable characters in the game at a time, so if you want to use anyone else, you're going to have to swap part of the game's roster out. (Oh, and fun fact; there' so many mods, you can swap out the ''entire roster'' 3 or times over, if not more then that, and get a completely different roster each time.) However, there ''is'' a handy little program out there which supposedly makes choosing your roster easy, so long as you've downloaded the character you want. All in all, it's pretty darn impressive.

** In the first Astral Plane mission Professor X joins your team of Jean Grey and Emma Frost when he's at level 40, almost three times the rest of the characters' levels. When other chracters do about 20-40 hit points with a single punch, he does about 240 points, over 700 if he gets a critical. This makes you feel nice and safe with such a powerful character, until you lose him halfway through the mission [[spoiler: when Shadow King abducts him.]]

A series of console video games developed by Raven Software and released by Activision. Two games were made, ''X-Men Legends'' (2004) and its sequel, ''X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse'' (2005). Both games featured [[MarvelUniverse Marvel]] Comics' ComicBook/XMen traveling all over the globe to save the world by defeating of one of their most powerful [[BigBad villains]] - ComicBook/{{Magneto}} in the first game, ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} in the sequel.

Gameplay in the majority of both games had squads of four X-Men (and their allies), chosen from a large roster of avialable characters, controlled by up to four players. Some sections used fewer than four characters (since this left the players in excess of the available characters with nothing to do, it was much less frequent in the sequel) and some sections required or banned the use of specific characters (especially early in the game, before the entire roster was unlocked). If there were fewer than four players the computer would control any extra characters, with the players able to assume control of any character not currently contolled by another player at will. Each character had an array of powers that could be unlocked and improved as the game progressed, and could also pick up equipment that boosted their abilities.

* TheArtifact: In ''II'', Apocalypse's worshippers are called the Madri, which in ''Age of Apocalypse'' was because they were created from mass-cloning Jamie Madrox, the Multiple Man. Here, no such connection is even hinted at.

* BonusDungeon: In the second game, characters could gain access to an extradimensional prison from which they could free Iron Man, who would then become a playable character. (And no, Iron Man doesn't really have [[WTHCastingAgency anything]] to do with the X-Men). Stryfe as well, since his level can be bypassed entirely and the players can beat the game without having to fight him.

* EleventhHourRanger: Psylocke is the last character to join the party in the first game, doing so when there are only three levels left. Unfortunately, you won't get much use out of her, since two of the three remaining levels are populated by Sentinels, who resist mental damage, which is the type of damage Psylocke specialises in.

* GameBreakingBug: The second half of ''X-Men Legends 2'' is prone to frequent crashing if the hero chest, used for storing unused equipment, is more than half full, since the levels get much larger from [[ChurchOfHappyology the Madri Temple]] onwards. Worst case scenario, you will no longer be able to load your save file.

** The second game is a loose adaptation of the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse, forgoing time travel and the death of Charles Xavier, basing some characters strictly on their A o A selves (Abyss and Colossus' brother, Mikhail Rasputin are lackies of Apocalypse like in [=AoA=], as opposed to--respectively--a hero and a threat in his own right in the traditional Marvel Universe), basing others on their classic selves (Sebastian Shaw, Selene, Bastion) and [[spoiler: making Dark Beast a brainwashed Beast]].

* {{ComicBook/Wolverine}}, {{ComicBook/Cyclops}}, [[ComicBook/NewMutants Magma]], {{ComicBook/Storm}}, {{ComicBook/Jean Grey}}, Iceman, {{ComicBook/Rogue}}, Beast,{{ComicBook/Nightcrawler}}, {{ComicBook/Jubilee}}, {{ComicBook/Gambit}}, Colossus, {{ComicBook/Emma Frost}}, {{ComicBook/Psylocke}}, Professor X

* X-Men: Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Jean Grey, Iceman, Rogue, Gambit, Colossus, Sunfire, Bishop

* CompositeCharacter: Most of the playable characters in both games, a good deal of the Brotherhood, plus Apocalypse in the second game could be deemed as {{Composite Character}}s as they've combined the Ultimate looks, but the personalities, background, and powers of their classic selves, though there were quite a few expections. Sabretooth combines three different versions of his character as his powers and personality of his classic version, and yet in the second game, he cares for Blink ala the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' version.

* HotterAndSexier: Jubilee in the first game. Her previous comic and animated incarnations were a fairly attractive teenage girl (though in the comics she'd once bemoaned not having the MostCommonSuperPower). When she appears in the game, she's got an "Ultimate" style costume consisting of black skintight long pants and [[BareYourMidriff tanktop]], black gloves, as well as her tradmark shades and yellow jacket. She also seemed to have...filled out.

* Unlockable characters: [[spoiler: ComicBook/IronMan, {{ComicBook/Deadpool}}]]. {{ComicBook/XMan}}, {{ComicBook/Cable}}, Cannonball, and Dark Phoenix were PSP exclusives

* AdaptationDistillation: The games liberally combine elements from decades of comics, the [[UltimateUniverse Ultimate]] line, the cartoon, and the movies, along with some things they just make up.

* BadassInDistress: Magneto gets abducted by Sentinels partway through X-Men Legends. He very quickly breaks free, but he's really angry.

* EnemyMine: In the first game, [[spoiler: Magneto and the X-Men temporarily team up to defend themselves when the Xavier Institute is attacked by a squad of Sentinels.]] Additionally Havok, who's working for the Brotherhood, teams up with Cyclops and Wolverine to investigate the disappearances of several mutants at the old Weapon X grounds.

* FlyingBrick: Rogue and [[spoiler:IronMan (if you enable the power up ability)]].

** [[spoiler:IronMan]] is unlocked by [[spoiler:finding all of his armor and bringing the pieces to his alter ego Tony Stark, who has been kidnapped by Apocalypse's forces and put in a cave, but unfortunately without [[MemeticMutation a box of scraps]]]].

* {{ComicBook/Wolverine}}, {{ComicBook/Cyclops}}, [[ComicBook/NewMutants Magma]], {{ComicBook/Storm}}, {{ComicBook/Jean Grey}}, Iceman, {{ComicBook/Rogue}}, Beast, Nightcrawler, {{ComicBook/Jubilee}}, {{ComicBook/Gambit}}, Colossus, {{ComicBook/Emma Frost}}, {{ComicBook/Psylocke}}, Professor X

* PurposelyOverpowered: In the first Astral Plane mission Professor X joins your team of Jean Grey and Emma Frost when he's at level 40, almost three times the rest of the characters' levels. When other chracters do about 20-40 hit points with a single punch, he does about 240 points, over 700 if he gets a critical. This makes you feel nice and safe with such a powerful character, until you lose him halfway through the mission [[spoiler: when Shadow King abducts him.]]
** Iron Man, but then again the game makes you really work to getting him.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy - In the second game, [[spoiler: Beast and Angel are captured by Apocalypse and brainwashed into helping him, resulting in the game's versions of Dark Beast (Beast's ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' counterpart) and Archangel. However, defeating them also undoes the brainwashing.]]

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome - Despite being the main character of the first game, Magma is nowhere to be found in the second. [[FridgeHorror It could be that]] that really, really dangerous move near the end that she seemed to be okay from just took a while to take full effect...

* CompositeCharacter - [[spoiler: Dark Beast]] See "Brainwashed And Crazy" for details.
** And really, about most of the playable characters in both games, a good deal of the Brotherhood, plus Apocalypse in the second game could be deemed as {{Composite Character}}s as they've combined the Ultimate looks, but the personalities, background, and powers of their classic selves, though there were quite a few expections. Sabretooth combines three different versions of his character as his powers and personality of his classic version, and yet in the second game, he cares for Blink ala the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' version.

* DreamLand - In the first game, the team has to enter Professor X's mind on the Astral Plane.

* ElementalPunch - Many characters have powers with this effect, including passive skills and temporary buffs.

* FlyingBrick - Rogue and [[spoiler:IronMan (if you enable the power up ability)]].

* GuestFighter - [[spoiler:IronMan]] as a secret character in the second game, where he is unlocked by [[spoiler:finding all of his armor and bringing the pieces to his alter ego Tony Stark, who has been kidnapped by Apocalypse's forces and put in a cave, but unfortunately without [[MemeticMutation a box of scraps]]]]. The second game also features [[spoiler:{{Deadpool}}]].

* HurricaneOfPuns - [[AnIcePerson Iceman]] gets into full [[FilM/BatmanAndRobin Mr. Freeze]] mode ("I didn't think I could get any cooler!", "I'm too cool for school!" "X-Men, get over here or I'm toast!")

* InstantArmor - Iceman and Magma can make instant armor based on their elemental abilities after getting the armor upgrade. Storm and Jean Grey get elemental/psychic shields that can be shared with the party.

* IShallTauntYou - Toad and Rogue have attacks goading enemies to attack them , with Toad's one even being called "Taunt".

* KillSat - Beast's Xtreme attack, Orbital Bombardment, smites enemies with a laser from a satellite.
* LargeHam - [[TheAnnouncer "COMBO!"]]

* OneStatToRuleThemAll - Focus, which increases the amount of energy you have for special attacks and how quickly you regenerate energy, because most special attacks do a fixed amount of damage. In the second game, characters whose attacks are X% of melee damage (typically, X>100) also need Striking.

* InterfaceSpoiler: The roster shows how many unlockable characters are there. And the "Review" menu of the second game makes it clear who one is given "Iron Man Armor" is one of the collectible items.

* [[OneManArmy One Woman Army]] - Storm. Jean Grey in the first game, though with more than a little GlassCannon. This is mitigated with their respective personal shields.

** Possibly another MythologyGag? Even in the comics before they got married, they still had separate rooms, as shown in a good few issues before then. Then they married and took over the boathouse down by the lake - which made things interesting when the mansion was blown up and it was the only place on the grounds with an intact roof...

* {{Troll}}: In the second game, Juggernaut frequently riles up the X-Men during the mission briefings with insulting or insensitive comments. He goes too far when he starts hitting on Jean Grey right in front of Cyclops, [[BerserkButton causing Cyclops to lose his temper and fire a warning laser at Juggernaut.]]

* TheUnReveal / InterfaceSpoiler: After you find the first '''secret items''' (dramatic emphasis) in the game, Professor X states that these are the key to locating a certain individual who will help the team greatly. He chooses not to reveal this individual's identity, leaving you to discover it for yourself once all the secret items are uncovered. So you look at the pause menu and it tells you how many [[spoiler:''Iron Man armour pieces'']] you have thus far...
* UnexpectedCharacter: The second game in particular used some very obscure characters as bosses. Most notable would be Grizzly, a BrainwashedAndCrazy good guy who appeared in two comics before being KilledOffForReal, and Zealot, a one-shot bad guy who made the mistake of opposing Magneto's rule of Genosha and was KilledOffForReal at the end of his three issue arc.
** Though see TheUnreveal, the addition of IronMan to the second game was pretty unexpected, and pretty awesome.

* LuckBasedMission: The "Teamwork" scenarios in the Danger Room seem to be based purely on whether your computer-controlled team-mates feel like using their powers today.
** That's what the "call for help" button is for. Hit it as you're performing a mutant power and chances are good you'll get one of the needed combos. Still falls under luck-based as bad timing or obstacles can get in the way. The easiest way to get around it was to simply use Colossus as the control character with Wolverine in the party, and rely exclusively on FastballSpecial attacks, since they were easy to perform, counted as a combo, and you didn't have to worry about an accidental OneHitKill preventing the combo from triggering.

* MythologyGag: Many references are made to the [[ComicBook/XMen comics]]. For example, during a mission in NYC in the first game, you rescue a little boy who turns out to be Bishop.

A series of console video games developed by Raven Software and released by Activision. Two games were made, ''X-Men Legends'' (2004) and its sequel, ''X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse'' (2005). Both games featured [[MarvelUniverse Marvel]] Comics' ComicBook/{{X-Men}} traveling all over the globe to save the world by defeating of one of their most powerful [[BigBad villains]] - ComicBook/{{Magneto}} in the first game, ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} in the sequel.

* GiantMecha: [[spoiler:Master Mold, the last boss of X-Men Legends, which is piloted by General Kincaid.]]

* MythologyGag: Many references are made to the [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} comics]]. For example, during a mission in NYC in the first game, you rescue a little boy who turns out to be Bishop.

** The first game is somewhat similar to [[Film/{{X-Men}} the first X-Men movie]]: a young mutant girl whose powers attract the attention of both the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Magneto wants to use her powers for world domination, while the X-Men want to help her control her abilities.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The games were very similar to an earlier X-Men arcade game. It also provided the template for the ''Ultimate Alliance'' games and was the likely inspiration for much of ''Justice League: Heroes.''

Followed by the ''MarvelUltimateAlliance'' series, also developed by Raven Software.

* LimitBreak - Your mutants' super moves, which consume X-Tokens instead of EP.
* LostForever - Just about everything in the first game since you cannot return to an area after finishing a mission, though most items are right out in the open. The second game is a bit better about it, but a few collectible items can still be missed.

* PungeonMaster: Iceman.

* BaitAndSwitchBoss: In the Infinite Factory, you're told that Sinister's super computer is in charge, and is implied that it will create a copy of Sinister to fight you. [[spoiler: Instead you're forced to fight four holographic generators that costantly spawn evil copies of Storm, Ice Man, Wolverine and Cyclops.]]

* BrickJoke: In Act 1 of the second game, Mister Sinister muses on combining Nightcrawler's telportation ability with Cyclops' Optic Blasts. One of the enemy types in Act 4 is the Optic Ghost, an enemy who can teleport and fire Optic Blasts.