X-Men Legends is an action role-playing video game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. It was released on the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox consoles in the fall of 2004. Barking Lizards Technologies developed the N-Gage port of the game, which was released in early 2005. Players can play as one of fifteen X-Men characters, with the ability to switch between four computer- or human-controlled characters at any time.
X-Men Legends is not set in any particular Marvel Comics universe. It follows Alison Crestmere, a young mutant who has the ability to summon and control volcanic activity. As Alison is taught to control her powers at the X-Mansion, the X-Men are sent on several missions. Eventually the X-Men learn of Magneto's plan to cover the Earth in darkness from his base on Asteroid M.
X-Men Legends received generally positive reviews from critics. The Xbox version was the best received, garnering aggregate scores of 83% and 82/100 on the review aggregating websites GameRankings and Metacritic respectively. Reviewers praised Raven's variation on cel-shaded graphics. Due to the success of the game a sequel was made, X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse.
Plot[]
X-Men Legends is not set in any particular Marvel Comics universe. It is played from the perspective of a teenage girl named Alison Crestmere, a mutant with the ability to control volcanic activity. At the start of the game Alison is abducted by the Genetic Research and Security Organization (GRSO). As GRSO soldiers take her away, Mystique arrives with Blob and takes Alison from the soldiers. 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. As Alison trains, the X-Men investigate an Alaskan research facility controlled by the Brotherhood of Mutants, then rescue Gambit from the Morlocks. They then try to stop the Brotherhood from rescuing Magneto from captivity aboard the U.S.S. Arbiter. 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.
With Alison’s training complete, she takes the codename Magma and the X-Men travel to Russia to help Colossus prevent the Brotherhood from obtaining weapons-grade plutonium. After accomplishing this mission, they discover that Colossus’s sister, Illyana, is in a coma from a psychic hold placed on her by the Shadow King. Professor Xavier, Emma Frost, and Jean Grey enter the astral plane to save her. They succeed, but in the process Xavier is captured by the Shadow King. After Xavier’s capture the X-Men learn that General William Kincaid, a leader in the anti-mutant movement, is building mutant-hunting Sentinels. Magneto travels to his base on Asteroid M, where he reveals his plan to cover the Earth in darkness. Meanwhile the X-Men free Xavier who defeats the Shadow King in a psychic battle. The X-Men travel to Asteroid M, where they discover that the asteroid is on a collision course with Earth. After defeating Magneto they search for the Gravitron, a device used to pilot the asteroid. They encounter General Kincaid, who pilots Master Mold, a prototype sentinel larger and more powerful than other sentinels. After defeating General Kincaid, the X-Men locate the Gravitron and Magma uses her powers to steer the asteroid back into space.
In the game's epilogue a television news anchor reports that Magneto is still at large and General Kincaid has been arrested for crimes against humanity. The game ends with the President of the United States thanking the X-Men for their service, as the villain Apocalypse watches the televised event from his base.
Voice Cast[]
- Michelle Arthur - Moira, Female Prisoner #3
- Edward Asner - Morlock Healer
- Dee Bradley Baker - Nightcrawler, Multiple Man, Mutant Prisoner, Morlock Guard, Cyborg Sentinel
- Leigh Allyn Baker - Jean Grey
- Eric Biessman - NYC Acolyte #1, Shadow Demon #1
- Steven Blum - Wolverine
- Earl Boen - Colossus, Doctor
- Rodger Bumpass - Sentinel Scientist
- Cheryl Carter - Storm
- Blaine Christensen - Soldier #4
- Kathryn Cressida - Debra Owens, Computer Voice #1
- Grey DeLisle - Mystique, Child Bishop
- John DiMaggio - Juggernaut, General Kincaid
- Robin Atkin Downes - Cyclops, Pyro
- Richard Doyle - Beast, Nuclear Tech #1, Acolyte #1
- Jeannie Elias- Illyana
- Greg Ellis - Tecnician, Male Prisoner #2
- Nika Frost - Computer Voice #2
- Jay Gordon - Soldier #1
- Michael Gough - Soldier #3, Various
- Dorian Harewood - Shadow King
- Dan Hay - NYC Acolyte #2, Apocalypse
- Bobby Holliday - Emma
- Tony Jay - Magneto
- Tom Kane -Chuck Simms, Additional Voices
- Mark Klastorin - Blob, Mutant Prisoner, Acolyte #3
- Nancy Linari - Marrow
- Peter Lurie - Avalanche, Sabretooth
- Scott MacDonald - Gambit, Sentinel #1
- Masasa Moyo - Psylocke, Female Prisoner #4, Screaming Woman
- Erin Matthews - Rogue
- Danica McKellar - Jubilee
- Matt Prescott Morton - Soldier #2, Mutant #3, Brotherhood Mutant #2
- Matt Nolan - Havok, Brotherhood Mutant #3
- Lou Diamond Phillips - Forge
- Zachary Quarles - Danger Room Computer, Shadow Demon #2, Male Morlock
- Darren Scott - Iceman, HAARP Technician
- Armin Shimerman - Toad, Male Prisoner #5
- André Sogliuzzo - Angel, Morlock Thief, Future Sentinel
- Patrick Stewart Professor Charles Xavier
- Cree Summer - Magma
- Rick Worthy - Acolyte #2, Man #2
- Kris Zimmerman - Female Civilian