History YMMV / XMenLegends

* CrowningMomentOfFunny - After unlocking him in the sequel, [[spoiler:Deadpool is full of this, such as proclaiming "And now, ''I'm'' better at whatever it is Wolverine does!" after levelling up; but the Crowning Moment comes if you have Deadpool in your team when you face him as a boss - the two Deadpools start arguing about who's the real Deadpool.]]

** Colossus is considered the worst party member in ''Legends II'' bar none. He's a tank character that can't deal any real damage on his own, all his attacks are far too slow, and Colossus himself moves so slow he'll lag behind the other party members often and miss out on fighting mooks. Hilariously, there's at least one online character guide that says the best way to use Colossus...is to bench him for another party member.

** In Legends II, any type of unique item appropiate for any of the characters (i.e. Cyclops' Accelerated Visor) that adds really elevated levels of attack, defense and other special add-ons, and can be accesed by completing Danger Room's tests with those characters. Put on those items, and you can maul enemies and bosses in seconds.

** Bishop and Gambit are considered the best support party members in the second game because they possess Energy Fury, a party boosting skill that vastly increases normal melee damage to absurd levels. ''This'' is the reason characters like Nightcrawler and [[spoiler:Deadpool]] above are considered gamebreakers, because their melee mutant powers are also affected by Energy Fury.

** Colossus in the second game is considered the worst party member bar none. He's a tank character that can't deal any real damage on his own, all his attacks are far too slow, and Colossus himself moves so slow he'll lag behind the other party members often and miss out on fighting mooks. Hilariously, there's at least one online character guide that says the best way to use Colossus...is to bench him for another party member.

** Bishop and Gambit are considered the best support party members in the second game because they possess Energy Fury, a party boosting skill that vastly increases normal melee damage to absurd levels. ''This'' is the reason characters like Nightcrawler and [[spoiler:Deadpool]] above are considered gamebrekers, because their melee mutant powers are also affected by Energy Fury.
* HilariousInHindsight: TaraStrong voices a purple-colored character with an ability to teleport. [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Sound familiar, doesn't it?]]

* ThatOneBoss: In the second game, Sugar Man can kill a character in one hit, and there's no way to tell this attack apart from his regular ones, which hit like a truck. What's worse is that Sugar Man has a nasty case of GangUpOnTheHuman and will follow the character the player controls all over the room, ignoring the rest of the party unless they get between him and your character. AI teammates never seem to get hit with the OHKO attack either. The battle boils down to controlling a character with a ranged attack, firing a couple shots at him, then running away once he catches up to repeat the process (made easier if you have Magneto, Storm or Jean, who all have strong ranged attacks and can fly).

** Emma Frost. In general, her telepathic powers are a lot weaker than Jean Grey's since she doesn't have the game-breaking Telekinetic Combat passive. Like Jubilee, a decent amount of her abilities are support-oriented, rather than offense. It doesn't help that the game also forces you to use her at a few points.

* GameBreaker - Storm was considered this in both games.

* ThatOneLevel: In the first game, the team has to evacuate a crippled naval vessel before it sinks, while Jean Grey tries to hold it together telekinetically. An escort mission with a strict time limit and one of your most powerful characters sidelined? Yay! And then Wolverine accidentally stumbles into ankle-deep water and [[SuperDrowningSkills instantly drowns]] and you have to reset…

** Iron Man in the second game when his Boost is activated. He can clear whole rooms on his own with his bolts or repulsors.

** Any kind of gear that has +X Damage on it (not any specific damage type) amplifies any damage dealt by the character, making them powerhouses. Jean Grey had a similar passive ability in the first game which amplified any psychic damage she did, making her the strongest character after Prof X if levelled properly.

* CompleteMonster: BigBad ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} from the second game is once again presented as a extremely cruel SocialDarwinist. Apocalypse starts the game by conquering Genosha, locking all the Genoshan mutants in a makeshift prison so he can test them for [[MagicGenetics harmonic DNA]], a particular DNA type that will increase his own power. When the X-Men come to liberate Genohsa, Apocalypse attempts to destroy the [[BigDamPlot Genoshan Sea Wall]], which kills almost every mutant in Genosha. After Genosha is liberated, the X-Men track Apocalypse's forces to the Savage Land, where they attempt to destroy the technology that keeps the Savage Land in tropic temperatures; this would result in the inhabitants of the Savage Land freezing to death. Later Apocalypse manages to conquer New York City, dropping a bomb that flattens several neighborhoods, just to make room for his [[EvilTowerOfOminousness tower]]. Apocalypse again imprisons the mutants and tests them for harmonic DNA, while having his forces attempt to drive the human refugees into the sea, setting up anti-aircraft guns to prevent anyone from rescuing them. Apocalypse is such a powerful and cruel foe that the [[EnemyMine X-Men and the Brotherhood team up to stop him]].

* CompleteMonster: ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} the BigBad from the second game, is once again presented as a extremely cruel SocialDarwinist. Apocalypse starts the game by conquering Genosha, locking all the Genoshan mutants in a make shift prison so he can test them for [[MagicGenetics harmonic DNA]], a particular DNA type that will increase his own power. When the X-Men come to liberate Genohsa, Apoclaypse attempts to destroy the [[Main/BigDamPlot Genoshan Sea Wall]], which kill almost every mutant in Genosha. After Genosha is liberated, the X-Men track Apocalypse's forces to the Savage Land, where they attempt to destroy the technology that keeps the Savage Land in tropic temperatures. The destruction of that technology would result in the inhabitants of the Savage Land freezing to death. Later Apocalypse manages to conquer New York City, dropping a bomb that flattens several neighborhoods, just to make room for his [[Main/EvilTowerOfOminousness tower]]. Apocalypse again imprisons the mutants and tests them for harmonic DNA, while having his forces attempt to drive the human refugees into the sea, setting up anti air craft guns to prevent anyone from rescuing them. Apocalypse is such a powerful and cruel foe, that the [[Main/EnemyMine X-Men and the Brotherhood team up to stop him]].

* ThatOneBoss: In the second game, Sugar Man can kill a character in one hit, and there's no way to tell this attack apart from his regular ones, which hit like a truck. What's worse is that Sugar Man has a nasty case of GangUpOnTheHuman and will follow the character the player controls all over the room, ignoring the rest of the party unless they get between him and your character. AI teammates never seem to get hit with the OHKO attack either. The battle boils down to controlling a character with a ranged attack, firing a couple shots at him, then running away once he catches up to repeat the process.

* CompleteMonster: [[GeneralRipper General]] [[HumansAreBastards William]] [[FantasticRacism Kincaid]] is the BigBad of the first game. His hatred of mutants is so great that he commits numerous crimes: re-activating the destructive Sentinels; kidnapping innocent mutants (such as the Morlocks from the sewers), in order to experiment on them; creating ''human-Sentinel'' hybrids which may not have been made just from mutants; and his ultimate plan is to [[spoiler: collapse Asteroid M upon New York City in order to obliterate it and all its inhabitants, ''just so that humanity blames mutants for it and eradicates them from the face of the Earth.'']] While he ''does'' have a FreudianExcuse (revealed in conversation with an NPC) - a mutant with poor control over their power killed his wife - this is far too weak to justify his genocidal hatred, particularly since he's willing to [[spoiler: kill millions of humans]] just to get his revenge.

* CompleteMonster: The first game gives us General William Kincaid who, despite being a mere CanonForeigner, is an amazingly vile piece of work. His hatred of mutants is so great that he commits numerous crimes: re-activating the destructive Sentinels despite this being ''a very bad idea''; kidnapping innocent mutants (such as the Morlocks from the sewers), in order to experiment on them; creating ''human-Sentinel'' hybrids which may not have been made just from mutants; and as the icing on the cake, his ultimate plan is to [[spoiler: collapse Asteroid M upon New York City in order to obliterate it and all its inhabitants, ''just so that humanity blames mutants for it and eradicates them from the face of the Earth!'']] While he ''does'' have a FreudianExcuse (revealed in conversation with an NPC) - a mutant with poor control over their power killed his wife - this is far too weak to justify his genocidal hatred, particularly since he's willing to [[spoiler: kill millions of humans]] just to get his revenge. Thankfully, the X-men put a stop to his plans and in the end, he's ultimately arrested and tried for his crimes against humanity.

* ThatOneLevel: In the first game, the team has to evacuate a crippled naval vessel before it sinks, while Jean Grey tries to hold it together telekinetically. An escort mission with a strict time limit and one of your most powerful characters sidelined? Yay! And then Wolverine accidentally stumbles into ankle-deep water and [[SuperDrowningSkills instantly drowns]] and you have to reset…
** To be fair to old Logan, it's electrified water. And you forgot the sentinels that appear earlier in the mission, which with a good punch or eye blast can kill a player in one hit.

* Storm in the first game. She has powerful attacks and Leadership, can weld, fly, her whirlwinds stun foes and her lightning can hit enemies in the other room and even link. She's just a very useful character.

** Any kind of gear that has +X Damage on it (not any specific damage type) amplifies any damage dealt by the character, making them powerhouses. Jean Grey had a similar passive ability in the first game which amplified any psychic damage she did.

** Jean Grey, especially in the first game, although the fact that many of the endgame enemies are Sentinels and robots, who are resistant to psionic attacks helps mitigate this.

* CompleteMonster: The first game gives us General William Kincaid who, despite being a mere CanonForeigner, is an [[BeyondTheImpossible amazingly]] vile piece of work. His hatred of mutants is so great that he commits numerous crimes: re-activating the destructive Sentinels despite this being ''a very bad idea''; kidnapping innocent mutants (such as the Morlocks from the sewers), in order to experiment on them; creating ''human-Sentinel'' hybrids which may not have been made just from mutants; and as the icing on the cake, his ultimate plan is to [[spoiler: collapse Asteroid M upon New York City in order to obliterate it and all its inhabitants, ''just so that humanity blames mutants for it and eradicates them from the face of the Earth!'']] While he ''does'' have a FreudianExcuse (revealed in conversation with an NPC) - a mutant with poor control over their power killed his wife - this is far too weak to justify his genocidal hatred, particularly since he's willing to [[spoiler: kill millions of humans]] just to get his revenge. Thankfully, the X-men put a stop to his plans and in the end, he's ultimately arrested and tried for his crimes against humanity.

* ThatOneLevel: In the first game, the team has to evacuate a crippled naval vessel before it sinks, while Jean Grey tries to hold it together telekinetically. An escort mission with a strict time limit and one of your most powerful characters sidelined? Yay! And then Wolverine accidentally stumbles into ankle-deep water and [[SuperDrowningSkills instantly drowns]] and you have to reset...