Carl Saenz CIS 487 Assignment 2 Overview Developer Activision Raven Software in association with Marvel Comics Type Action RPG style Price 14 99 19 99 Hardware Requirments Game Cube PSP PS2 Xbox or PC PC Requirments Windows 98 2000 ME XP 1200MHz P4 256MB RAM 2 5 GB hard drive space 64MB video card Overview continued This game is based on the classic story of the XMen and their fight for peace in the world The main focus of this presentation will be the Game Cube version Story The X Men have teamed up with Magneto s Brotherhood of Evil to battle Apocalypse s forces The main reason for this is that Apocalypse has kidnapped Professor Xavier Quicksilver Magneto s son and Polaris an X man They battle with Apocalypse s Four Horsemen and other henchmen in order to thwart his attempt at remaking the world in his image Player s Role Play as the X Men and Brotherhood characters to improve stats and progress in the story line The player may choose various teams of 4 characters depending on the scenario or keep his or her favorite 4 the entire game Installation Console Insert disk in drive Select New Game Have fun PC Insert disk in drive Click Next several times Select New Game Have fun User Interface This game is based on the Baulder s Gate Dark Alliance engine which has a very straight forward user interface Armor is found purchased from vendors The player has the option to unlearn skills and redistribute stats at a certain cost Game Play Each player controls one character at a time and can switch between 4 characters during a mission Various team bonuses are available depending on which for characters are chosen Certain features are able to be automated i e stat skill armor assignments Scoring The score is simply based on the amount of XP gained per character and the techbits earned currency The highest level a character can get to is 99 while the tech bit max is unknown exceeds 1 million Artwork Artwork cont Artwork cont Sound and Music Patrick Stewart plays Xavier because he s awesome The music is not Final Fantasy standards but it fits the game Special Features Virtually every object in the game can be destroyed by the player including walls Some characters can fly over obstacles while others can make bridges for their teammates You can use the bad guys Manual The manual outlines the basic gameplay and story line of the game It describes various parts of the interface and what they mean Most importantly it points out default settings and how to change them i e what s automated Bugs Nightcrawler doesn t get the credit he deserves Certain items dropped by enemies are unattainable when they land in certain places PC version has major issues with network play Minor glitches exist with AI and terrain Review This game is fun because of the destructible terrain and large variety of playable characters It is not a necessity to master every character and his or her skills What s not to Like More armor should be implemented for the characters each one can carry 3 pieces The minor bugs noted earlier Game Cube version is not playable over the internet and has certain secret levels characters removed Compared to Other games It s good 9 10 The graphics could use improvement compared to Diablo 2 Expansions to the story could be made but no major design flaws have been made It blows Baulder s Gate out of the water Appropriate Audience Any TEEN ESRB rating who is a fan of X men or RPGs The audience member should also own a PSP PS2 or Xbox Summary Strengths Decent variety of character character classes Good balance keeping 1 class just as useful as another Good story compared to others of its kind Weaknesses Not on Battle net or something close to it for multiplayer
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