Throwback Thursday X-Men Legends

Throwback Thursday X-Men Legends

Robert Knuckles

            “Alone you are mighty together you are legends.” A quote from Professor Charles Xavier from one of the most popular X-Men games around and that is X-Men Legends.

            X-Men Legends was published by Activision and released on September 21, 2004 on the Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and PS2. X-Men Legends is an action RPG game where players take control of 4 out of 15 X-Men on an adventure to stop the evil Magneto and his Brotherhood of mutants and Sentinels. Players can play by themselves with three controlled AI’s switching characters at any time or team up with three friends.

            Gamers can choose between their favorite X-Men such as the leader Cyclops, the animal Wolverine, weather control woman Storm, the joker Iceman and many more. Players can also level up their X-men and upgrading their powers by finding items as the player’s progress through the game. Teamwork is a big component in this game. Players must always work as a team combining their powers to defeat their enemies. Later throughout the game players can unlock their X-Treme Mutant Power when they reach level 15. Players can also buy items from the mutant Forge and the Healer.

            Now the Story of the Game doesn’t really focus on any comic book arc. The story first takes place in NYC where a girl name Alison aka Magma is discovering her mutant abilities and at the same time The Genetic Research and Security Organization (GRSO) are getting ready to abduct her and then the Brotherhood appears to stop kidnap her but soon after Wolverine and Cyclops are able to rescue her in the nick of time. Allison is then taking to the Xavier Institute to help control her powers. Throughout the story players will meet up with more Brotherhood members such as Toad, Blob, Mystique, Juggernaut and many more, Sentinels and even Marrow and her Morlocks and of course an epic final battle.

            X-Men legends also feature comics and danger room simulations where players can fight each other or work together fighting an army of enemies.

            In the end X-Men Legends is an enjoyable throwback Thursday game. Like I said Teamwork is important in this game. If you have three friends with you it’s even more fun. Now the graphics are definitely not the best but it makes up for its awesome gameplay, long decent story, great cooperative play, awesome cast to choose from and so much more. This is definitely one of the best X-Men games to date. If you are a fan of the X-Men or a fan of Co-Op than this is a must buy.