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X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse is an action role-playing game developed primarily by Raven Software and published by Activision. It is the follow up to 2004's X-Men Legends. It is set after the events of…

19 October 2005

X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Raven Software, released 19 October 2005 on PlayStation Portable.

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What X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse is

X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Raven Software and released in 2005. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation Portable only. It runs on Vicarious Visions Alchemy.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game begins with the X-Men and Brotherhood of Mutants uniting forces to save Professor X and Polaris. Cyclops, Storm, and Wolverine meet up with Magneto, Mystique, and Sabretooth at a military prison outpost in Greenland to free Professor X. Upon freeing him, the teams relocate to the fictional mutant haven of Genosha. They find the island ravaged by Apocalypse's forces where they briefly encounter Mister Sinister who was experimenting on Genoshan mutants and fight Abyss, Lady Deathstrike, and Zealot. The X-Men work through the wreckage and find out what he was searching for. They learn that Quicksilver was kidnapped by Apocalypse, who also kidnaps Beast from the X-Mansion. Beast…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Marvel series

X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse is the 115th of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse in 2005.

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What it launched against

X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse launched on 19 October 2005, within three weeks of Shadow of the Colossus, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV and Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005).

Released around the same time: Shadow of the Colossus, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005).

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When did X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse come out?
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse was released on 19 October 2005 for PlayStation Portable.

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