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X-Men Legends

X-Men enter the realm of role-playing games with an intense story, superhero action, and multiplayer modes. The story in X-Men Legends begins when the X-Men learn that Magneto has devised a plan to give…

75 21 September 2004

X-Men Legends is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Raven Software, released 21 September 2004 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

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What X-Men Legends is

X-Men Legends is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Raven Software and released in 2004. It was published by Activision. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

The premise, in the publisher's words

X-Men Legends is an action role-playing video game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. It was released on the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox consoles in 2004. Barking Lizards Technologies developed the N-Gage port of the game, which was released in early 2005. Players can play as one of fifteen X-Men characters, with the ability to switch between four computer- or human-controlled characters at any time.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action 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 is the 94th of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was Spider-Man 2 in 2004. Its critic score of 75 is 11 points above the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes at 90.

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How it was received

X-Men Legends holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 46% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

What it launched against

X-Men Legends launched on 21 September 2004, within three weeks of Counter-Strike: Source, Rome: Total War, Fable and Burnout 3: Takedown. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Counter-Strike: Source, Rome: Total War, Fable, Burnout 3: Takedown.

Cheats and codes

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When did X-Men Legends come out?
X-Men Legends was released on 21 September 2004 for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

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