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 X-Men Legends and features the mutant supervillain Apocalypse as the primary antagonist.
The developers intended the game to have a greater sense of scale than its predecessor, with a story where the villains known as the Brotherhood of Mutants would need to ally themselves with the X-Men to defeat a greater threat.
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DeveloperRaven Software
PublisherActivision
ReleasedOctober 19, 2005
StatusReleased
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About This Game
The X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants, old enemies by instinct, agree to a temporary alliance to free Professor X and Polaris from a military prison in Greenland. After the rescue, they relocate to Genosha, which has been devastated by Apocalypse's forces. Mister Sinister is there too, using Genoshan mutants as experimental subjects. Quicksilver has been captured; Beast is taken from the X-Mansion shortly after.
The trail leads to the Savage Land, then to New York City, where the Syndicate's operations are expanding and both Deadpool and Angel have been captured or compromised. Angel is forcibly transformed into Archangel, a Horseman of Apocalypse, before the heroes can reach him.
In Egypt, the full scope of Apocalypse's plan becomes clear: four mutants with Harmonic DNA — Polaris, Quicksilver, Emma Frost, and Sabretooth — are to be fed into a machine that will grant him overwhelming power. The heroes defeat Mister Sinister, free Beast from his control, and destroy the machine by stealing the power from it. In the aftermath, Sinister is glimpsed on top of the pyramid — laughing.