Talk:X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

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[edit] Changing the story

I am changing the story of the game. It doesn't take place immediately following the events of the previous X-Men Legends game. I'm going to clean it up a bit to make more sense and actually be relevant to the game's.

I'm also adding notes about some of the differences with the Marvel Age of Apocalypse storyline and this game's. (Such as the existence of Professor X for one.) And I'm linking to the AoA Wiki page. If someone with more knowledge of the subject would like to jump in and add some notes that would be great as well, of course keeping in mind that an AoA page already exists that we don't need to re-create.

[edit] Characters section added

I'm also moving the character information from the "Story" section and giving it it's own section.

There should also be a section there for support characters (Such as Forge, Beast, Angel, et. al.) But right now I don't know who all of them are. If anybody knows before I look them up, then feel free to add them.

TotalTommyTerror 17:46, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Differences

Should there be a section mentioning the differences between the versions (besides extra characters)? --DrBat 23:17, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] handheld version & console version

There should be 2 versions for Handheld verison PSP and console version. They shouldn't be linked together. If they are the information should be sepearted.

>x<ino 13:25, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

I have cleaned up this article pretty well
I have added the following section:
Special Teams: this section will be made up of a table, it will be about the special teams, like Femme Fatal, Age of Apocalype & New Xmen (do you get me!?). The table will list out teams and characters to use get them.
Online & Multiplayer: explaining about the console, pc and handheld verision. If they are online or not
Ratings: Just ratings from top sites like IGN, GAMESPOT & IUP.

>x<ino 09:27, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I will play the game, which means I will work on the Special Team section this week!

>x<ino 02:02, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Game guides - like a list of Special Teams and how to get them - belong on GameFAQs, not Wikipedia. The other stuff describes how the game plays and what impact it had, so it should stay, but lists of in-game details aren't emcyclopedic. -Sean Curtin 07:04, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

list of in-game details an't unencyclopedic!?

So...if I list out the weapons, that is unencyclopedic...

Then that means other article contain details of the in-game are also no unencylcopedic!
ANyway, thank god, I don't have to play the game again. I can keep on playing Spartan:P

>x<ino 09:01, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
    • A listing of teams is not out of place here any more then a listing of characters. Please do not remove them, thank you. --The Matrix Prime 20:25, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
whether or not there should be a list of characters is somewhat debatable, but lists like that are certainly game guide material. DurinsBane87 04:35, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Characters

Good work on the work we have done to this stub article!


For the character section, I have managed to clean up the left over "villains". Instead of me deleting that part, I added it to the character table.


But I am thinking, why don't we give in more details to the villain sections. Like explain:

  • The Apocolyse horsemen villains
  • Stepford Cuckoos

Do you get what I am saying!?

>x<ino 02:24, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

To whom ever added the Special Team table, GREAT WORK. I know that must have taken ages. But other wiki members are right, it is like a game guide, it's better of at GameFaQs.

But I think we might need the names!

>x<ino 22:57, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
    • No, they're wrong, I came to this article specifically to find out the different teams only to find someone had unthinkingly removed the list. It has now been corected. --The Matrix Prime 20:25, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 86.29.30.69

Thanks 86.29.30.69, for adding this info: Additionally, having certain people in your team before a boss fight will also give an easter egg of the team member required & the boss having a dialogue before the regular text comes up. Such occurances are Iceman & Grizzly, Wolverine & Deathstrike, Jean Grey & Archangel, and Deadpool & Deadpool (Once he as been unlocked). I did notice it in the game, but forgot to add that kind of info to this article, was blinded.

But I an't to show about the Deadpool and Deadpool. Once you unlock a charcater you can't really play the boss fights again:/

>x<ino 18:50, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

That's not completely true. When you beat the game, it asks if you want to save over the settings with your newly unlocked data. If you choose yes, and then start a new game, it asks if you wish to use the default settings, or the settings from a saved game. Thus, if you go through the game a second time, you can do the boss battles again. I haven't actually seen Deadpool talk with Deadpool, but it is possible that it could happen. Aericanwizard 20:32, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

It's definitely possible. I've seen the sequence. If I could, I'd provide the dialogue, but unfortunately, I don't remember it anymore. StrikerOmega 14:44, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cinematic production

What company worked on the high quality cinematics for this game? It looks vaguely similar to Blur Studio's work on "City of Villians." --Navstar 14:42, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PC Requirements

I was wondering if there should be a computer requirements section. This page seems to be really console driven, so I am not sure if it is appropriate? Also, perhaps some editing/modification and skinning information. --Drathy 20:37, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hex Editing

The PC version of the game allows for a whole new selection of customizable characters. Through hex-editing, characters such as Dazzler, Polaris, and Quicksilver are also playable. Please stop removing the hex-editing link from the External Links section as it is the most useful and comprehensive information page on the X-men Legends 2 game. Thank you. (71.234.92.219 02:10, 5 August 2006 (UTC))


[edit] Character Question

Why are there characters that are only available for a certain platform? You have to get the N-Gage version just to get Beast. It's unfair. They'll do anything just to force you to get each version.

Developers tend to put in different exclusive characters to help marketing. They can't really advertise a character as exclusive if he's on half of the systems, and convincing some console manufacturers to put up with a version without exclusives when the others have exclusives is very difficult. The solution is to give out a fair spread of different exclusives. They aren't expecting you to buy a new console for this game; if they were, they'd only ship on the one system that gave them the best share of the profits.