Editing X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

{{GameInfobox
|image     = X-Men Legends II - Rise of Apocalypse Art.png
|caption   = North American Windows cover art
|developer = Raven Software,Vicarious Visions,Beenox,Barking Lizards Technologies
|publisher = Activision
|na_rel    = {{Release|2005|September|20|NA|GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox}}<br>{{Release|2005|October|18|NA|PlayStation Portable}}<br>{{Release|2005|November|1|NA|N-Gage}}
|eu_rel    = {{Release|2005|October|7|EU|PlayStation 2}}<br>{{Release|2005|October|14|EU|GameCube, Microsoft Windows, Xbox}}<br>{{Release|2005|October|27|EU|N-Gage}}<br>{{Release|2005|November|25|EU|PlayStation Portable}}
|ww_rel    = {{Release|2005|December|19|WW|Mobile}}
|genre     = Action RPG
|features  = Single-player, Multi-player,Co-op
|platforms = Xbox,GameCube,PlayStation 2,PlayStation Portable,Nokia N-Gage,Microsoft Windows
|media     = CD-ROM, DVD-ROM,Nintendo Optical Disc
|minreq    = [[Windows 98]]<br>1.2 GHz [[Pentium III]] or [[Athlon]] processor (or equivalent)<br>16x [[CD-ROM drive]]<br>256 MB [[RAM]]<br>2.5 GB [[hard disk]] space<br>[[DirectX]] [[9.0c]]-compliant [[sound card]]<br>64 MB DirectX 9.0c-compliant [[Nvidia GeForce 2]] or [[ATI Radeon 7500]] [[Graphics card]]
|input     = Keyboard,Mouse,DualShock 2 Controller
|ratings   = ESRB-T,PEGI-12+,OFLCA-M,BBFC-12

}}

'''''X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse''''' is a follow up to ''[[X-Men Legends]]''.  It is an [[action role-playing game]] released in [[2005 in video gaming|2005]] for the [[Xbox]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[N-Gage]], [[PlayStation Portable]], and [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] [[video game console]]s as well as the [[Microsoft Windows|PC]].

==Gameplay==
''X-Men Legends II'' contains expanded versions of the gameplay features from the original ''X-Men Legends'', with several notable additions:

* Online multiplayer modes.
* New characters are playable, including characters from the X-Men and the Brotherhood.
* New powers and abilities are available for all characters, and the player can switch between more than 4 mutant powers at once.
* After beating the game, the player could start a new game with their old stats.

Several characters from the first ''X-Men Legends'' were dropped from the roster of playable characters in the sequel: [[Jubilee (comics)|Jubilee]], [[Magma (comics)|Magma]] (despite her being the main character of the first game), and [[Psylocke]] do not appear in ''X-Men Legends II'', and [[Beast (comics)|Beast]] and [[Emma Frost]] appear but are not playable. [[Avalanche (comics)|Avalanche]], a boss from the first game, also did not make an appearance.

===Multiplayer===
''X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse'' brings up to 4 players either offline or online. Players who have purchased it on the Xbox can play online via Xbox Live. During Xbox Live play, however, only the "Danger Room" and "Campaign" modes can be played. Players must also unlock the "Danger Room Disc" that they wish to play.

==Plot==
When [[Apocalypse (comics)|Apocalypse]] kidnaps [[Professor X]] and [[Polaris (comics)|Polaris]], the X-Men and Brotherhood of Mutants unite to save them. [[Cyclops (comics)|Cyclops]], [[Storm (Marvel Comics)|Storm]], and [[Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine]] meet up with [[Magneto (comics)|Magneto]], [[Mystique (comics)|Mystique]], and [[Sabretooth (comics)|Sabretooth]] at a military prison outpost in Greenland to free the Professor. Upon freeing him, the teams relocate to Genosha to work through the wreckage and find out what Apocalypse wanted with the area. Finding [[Quicksilver (comics)|Quicksilver]] also kidnapped, the teams prepare to return to the X-Mansion, but Apocalypse arrives first. He plants a bomb, which more or less destroys the X-Mansion, and kidnaps [[Beast (comics)|Beast]], who manages to point the team in the direction of the [[Savage Land]].

The teams work their way through the Savage Land, freeing Beast and hindering Apocalypse's plans, and continue to fight against his forces; however, Apocalypse manages to conquer New York and seize control. The teams work at sabotaging his army and resources, but [[Emma Frost]] and [[Warren Worthington III|Angel]] are soon kidnapped as well. Angel is transformed into Archangel to act as a Horseman of Apocalypse, to defend Apocalypse's tower. When the teams infiltrate it, they find Beast, too, is working against them under the name [[Dark Beast]]; he kidnaps Sabretooth and escapes with Apocalypse and [[Mister Sinister|Mr. Sinister]] to Egypt while the teams deal with Archangel.

The teams learn that Apocalypse's plan is to use Polaris, Quicksilver, Emma Frost, and Sabretooth - four mutants with ''Harmonic DNA'' - to power an experiment to grant him massive amounts of power. The teams then follow him to Egypt to defeat him once and for all, after first defeating Sinister and Dark Beast (returning the latter to normal).  After besting the final guard, the [[Living Monolith]], the teams take on Apocalypse and defeat him by stealing the powers from his machine.  In the final cutscene, Magneto and Xavier part once again as adversaries, noting that Apocalypse was defeated but not destroyed. Beast ponders why the machine did not work properly, wondering if sabotage was a factor. As the X-Jet flies away, Sinister is seen on top of the pyramid, laughing, hinting that he sabotaged the machine.

===Characters===
Old and new characters return from ''[[X-Men Legends]]'', while new faces and characters appear during some levels. Additionally, some dailogues throughout the game can be character-to-character specific, depending on the player character's alignment and relationship with the [[non-player character|NPC]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" style="width:55%" border="1"
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! colspan="4" | '''Playable characters'''
|-
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* [[Bishop (comics)|Bishop]]
* [[Colossus (comics)|Colossus]]
* [[Cyclops (comics)|Cyclops]]
* [[Gambit (comics)|Gambit]]
|
* [[Iceman (comics)|Iceman]]
* [[Jean Grey]]
* [[Juggernaut (comics)|Juggernaut]]
* [[Magneto (comics)|Magneto]]
|
* [[Nightcrawler (comics)|Nightcrawler]]
* [[Rogue (comics)|Rogue]]
* [[Scarlet Witch]]
* [[Storm (Marvel Comics)|Storm]]
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* [[Sunfire (comics)|Sunfire]]
* [[Toad (comics)|Toad]]
* [[Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine]]
|-
!| '''Unlockable Characters'''||'''PSP Exclusives'''||'''PC Exclusives'''||'''N-Gage Exclusive'''
|- 
|
* [[Deadpool]]
* [[Iron Man]]
* [[Professor X]]
|
* [[Cable (comics)|Cable]]
* [[Cannonball (comics)|Cannonball]]
* [[The Dark Phoenix Saga|Dark Phoenix]]
* [[Nate Grey|X-Man]]
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* [[Pyro (comics)|Pyro]]
* [[Sabretooth (comics)|Sabretooth]]
|
* [[Beast (comics)|Beast]]
|-
! colspan="4" | '''Villains'''
|-
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* [[Abyss (comics)|Abyss]]
* [[Apocalypse (comics)|Apocalypse]]
* [[Warren Worthington III|Archangel]]<sup>†</sup>
* [[Bastion (comics)|Bastion]]
* [[Beast (comics)|Beast]]<sup>†</sup>
|
* [[Deadpool]]<sup>†</sup>
* [[Garokk]]
* [[Grizzly (comics)|Grizzly]]
* [[Holocaust (comics)|Holocaust]]
* [[Lady Deathstrike]]
|
* [[Living Monolith]]
* [[Mikhail Rasputin]]
* [[Mister Sinister|Mr. Sinister]]
* [[Omega Red]]
* [[Sauron (comics)|Sauron]]
|
* [[Sugar Man]]
* [[Stepford Cuckoos]]
* [[Stryfe]]
* [[Zealot (Marvel Comics)|Zealot]]
|-
! colspan="4" | '''Other Characters'''
|-
|
* [[Banshee (comics)|Banshee]]
* [[Blink (comics)|Blink]]
* [[Blob (comics)|Blob]]
* [[Dazzler]]
* [[Destiny (Irene Adler)|Destiny]]
|
* [[Emma Frost]]
* [[Forge (comics)|Forge]]
* [[Guardian (Marvel Comics)|Guardian]]
* [[Havok (comics)|Havok]]
* [[Ka-Zar]]
|
* [[Kitty Pryde]]
* [[Moira MacTaggert]]
* [[Ultimate Nick Fury|Nick Fury]]
* [[Polaris (comics)|Polaris]]
* [[Pyro (comics)|Pyro]]
|
* [[Quicksilver (comics)|Quicksilver]]
* [[Sebastian Shaw (comics)|Sebastian Shaw]]
* [[Selene (comics)|Selene]]
* [[Shanna the She-Devil]]
* [[Vindicator (comics)|Vindicator]]
|}
<small><sup>†</sup>Under the control of Mr. Sinister</small>

==Reception==
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| IGN = 8.5/10<ref name="IGN review">{{cite web |url=http://xbox.ign.com/articles/652/652726p1.html |title=X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse review |first=Douglas C. |last=Perry |date=2005-09-21 |accessdate=2009-10-27 |publisher=[[IGN]]}}</ref>
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The game was well received by critics. [[Metacritic]], which aggregates review scores from multiple sources, scored it 84 on Xbox, 80 on PC, 80 on PlayStation 2 and 84 the PSP using a 100-point scale.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox/xmenlegends2riseofapocalypse |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |title=X-Men Legends 2 Xbox - Metacritic |accessdate=2009-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/xmenlegends2riseofapocalypse |publisher=Metacritic |title=X-Men Legends 2 PC Metacritic Page}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/xmenlegends2riseofapocalypse |publisher=Metacritic |title=X-Men Legends 2 PS2 Metacritic Page}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/psp/xmenlegends2riseofapocalypse |publisher=Metacritic |title=X-Men Legends 2 PSP Metacritic Page}}</ref> This is characterized as "Generally favorable reviews" despite more glitches and less name value in antagonists  compared to the first game.
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==See also==
* [[X-Men Legends]]
* [[Marvel: Ultimate Alliance]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.xmenlegends2.com/ Official ''X-Men Legends II'' Website]