X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse is an action role-playing game and a sequel to X-Men Legends. The player controls a party of four characters, though only one at a time can be controlled directly. Besides…
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Beenox, released 20 September 2005 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).
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 Beenox and released in 2005. It was published by Activision. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Vicarious Visions Alchemy.
The premise, in the publisher's words
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse is an action role-playing game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. It is the follow-up to 2004's X-Men Legends. It was released in September 2005 for the GameCube, Windows, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. Later, the game was ported to PlayStation Portable, N-Gage, and mobile. It is set after the events of X-Men Legends and features the mutant supervillain Apocalypse as the primary antagonist.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Marvel series
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse is the 110th of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was Ultimate Spider-Man in 2005. Its critic score of 78 is 14 points above the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes at 90.
How it was received
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 66% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 52 votes.
What it launched against
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse launched on 20 September 2005, within three weeks of Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy, Fable: The Lost Chapters and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy, Fable: The Lost Chapters, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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