So I played X-MEN LEGENDS For The First Time...

With the debut of X-Men 97, we get into arguably one of the most requested retrospectives on this channel. X-Men Legends is the precursor to one of my favorite games ever: Marvel Ultimate Alliance. With many of you knowing my love for that game, it's come highly recommend and I'm happy to say it's been an absolute treat all these years later.
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[@DaBigCheeso]

The X-Men Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance desperately need ports to modern consoles

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

Yes

[@kadosho02]

Hm wait, the license with Activision and Marvel is over. It is totally possible to re-release this series of games

[@FlipFlab]

Ultimate alliance kinda had one, can’t believe me buying that ended up being a rare lucky grab since it got delisted.

[@statesminds]

Sucks ult alliance got delisted but agree. Legends 1&2

[@sorryfofty_]

💯

[@PunkRockZombie205]

If ever a game needed a remaster. These games were sooooo much better than ultimate alliance

[@kn7cks347]

Just bring the camera a little closer, upgrade the graphics. It would be perfect

[@defjam66x]

Bro, ultimate alliance 1 is still like, a pretty top tier marvel game, ultimate 2 and 3 were ass, but ultimate alliance 1 is still like, the mecha of marvel games. Definitely superior to x men legends 1 and 2. Legends 1 and 2, and ultimate alliance 1 need a remaster

[@gavinmcphie6936]

Nah honestly I think Ultimate Alliance was the peak of the franchise. For me it goes MUA > XML2 > XML > MUA2.

[@BrittonBaker12]

It's 720p on the OG Xbox and it looks fantastic really.

[@casualnerdjason6678]

Ultimate Alliance never hooked me like how XML1 and 2 did. I dunno, why exactly. Maybe there were just too many different heroes? I liked the team feel of X-Men.

[@casualnerdjason6678]

I played it back around launch and MANNNN… Playing as Jean Grey and using telekinesis felt EXACTLY how I wanted it. So so so good.

[@ballerinafromtheblock]

Yessss rouge too!!!

[@casualnerdjason6678]

@@ballerinafromtheblock AND ICEMAN!

[@deveous8629]

It felt great playing as magneto in legends 2

[@Deviljho5]

I agree 😊

[@SoloTeamDirty]

You can cheese a lot of levels with jean

[@johntrass7402]

Yes sir it's about time. X-Men legends 2 is even better

[@ri3sch]

X-men legends 2 and marvel ultimate alliance 1 were peak video games. Two of the best superhero games

[@kennethgray7020]

I prefer X-Men Legends 2 over Ultimate Alliance, but I love and have beat both games many times. I just like the control you have in X-Men Legends 2 over how you build your characters. That and the itemization. Those two things were sorely missed in UA1. I feel like UA1 might have been the better game if it kept those 2 features intact. Losing them hurt the game more than anything else in my opinion.

[@Wavedashnoir]

Xmen legends 2 put me on to marvel more than anything else

[@Healthy_Toki]

XL2 was a legit comic book masterpiece, amazing presentation of lore for a new fan

[@Wavedashnoir]

@@Healthy_Toki exactly

[@kennethgray7020]

Same! I became a huge fan X-MEN after X-Men Legends 2 and then Marvel after Ultimate Alliance. Those two games are both in my top 10 favorites. I just don't think you get much better than a dungeon crawling, beat em up rpg where you level up and strengthen super heroes! I loved how you got to choose which skills you liked and could focus on building those ones up first. Especially in X-Men Legends because you had more abilities to choose from and could even boost their attribute points when you leveled up. When I found out you couldn't do that in UA1 I was bummed out. Still ended up loving it, but it definitely would have been better with that stuff included.

[@AwesomeTatum1976]

X-Men Legends, X-Men Legends 2, Marvel Ultimate 1 and 2, heck even 3, good stuff!

[@salient666]

3 is TERRIBLE

[@kang6914]

@@salient6663 is amazing. Stop your nonsense.

[@KingOfThaDead64]

What was wrong with 3? I enjoyed it. ​@@salient666

[@SeanUCF]

​@@KingOfThaDead64 3 was too grindy (I say this as someone who unlocked all characters and costumes and maxed out several characters) but it had the most impressive roster in a Marvel game outside of Marvel Heroes Omega.

[@KingOfThaDead64]

@@SeanUCF that's fair.

[@usmnichols8636]

I remember hearing 👂 “Combo Combo Combo” back to back😭💀

[@GameSlayer41781]

Lmao I'm playing it and yea 😅 I played back then but forgot about it since

[@kennethgray7020]

Yep! I remember picking certain heroes like Cyclops purely for the fact that their abilities were really easy to combo with on a regular basis. Gambit's attack where he'd throw down cards in front of him that would pop up the enemies was super easy to combo with Cyclops laser attacks. So I'd use them together all the time.

[@derekknowles5805]

Nightcrawler was my go to character this game needs a remaster

[@ethanphall]

Once you got him leveled up, Nightcrawler was a beast of combo destruction that no one could touch!

[@zwergz1122]

One thing that is worth mentioning about danger room missions, you get items from them as long as the mission isn't beaten, after you beat it you can no longer earn items, loot, health and energy vials etc

[@B1ackLeo]

This game holds a very special place in my childhood memories. I easily put at least 100 hours into that game. Played it with multiple people so they would understand how amazing it was. I gotta play it again as an adult.

[@Godspeedxofficial748]

Don't do it bro. It'll ruin it

[@TheJmsJose97]

@@Godspeedxofficial748y?

[@kennethgray7020]

I played it and loved it as a teen. Ended up getting married several years later and started up a PS2 collection of my old favorites. So I bought X-Men Legends 2 off Ebay and ended up playing it a ton on co-op with my wife. She liked it a ton too and would play it with me for hours. She always used Iceman and Jean Grey. While I mostly used Gambit and Colossus.

[@Aureilius2112]

If you think Cyclops is weak, you’re playing him wrong. You can annihilate bosses with his optic blast. Also when he’s in the party, Combos do way more damage and give you a ton of XP.

[@mo6live]

Cyclops is a key player

[@mo6live]

If anything Jean is one of the weak links but X-men legends 2 she’s so much better

[@Aureilius2112]

@@mo6live She becomes OP by mid game. Her second skill telepathic wave becomes ridiculously OP. Unless you’re fighting sentinels who are mental resistant, it’s the strongest area skill in the game

[@richardtignor9274]

Cyclops was my fav

[@kennethgray7020]

Cyclops was almost always on my team purely for the fact you could combo with him all day. Gambit was always my leader and he could combo with Cyclops a ton. So they made a really good duo to build your team around. I usually threw Iceman and a physical brawler in there to round out the team. Worked pretty well for me.

[@DareDB]

I remember doing multiple playthroughs with this game, and after I determined which characters I loved more, I made sure to focus on powering them up all the way. Getting characters fully powered was so satisfying. My go-tos were Cyclops, Storm, Jean Grey, Nightcrawler and Wolverine.

[@kennethgray7020]

Mine were Gambit as the leader, Cyclops, Iceman and Colossus.

[@dr.wolfstar1765]

Yoooo wait until you get to Xmen legends 2. Its so good. Its either Marvel Alliance or Lengends 2 that are the best in this series

[@Desmond9100]

My favorite Deadpool in those games, John Kassir did a great job in voice acting the character. Also the best Wolverine, Steve Blum is a legend.

[@mikesannitti6042]

I think legends 2 is the best gameplay and RPG wise. There was a lot to sink your teeth into that was dumbed down in MuA. The story is a little weirdly paced, though.

[@aaronjones9259]

Yes I played that game way too much 😂❤

[@kennethgray7020]

​@@mikesannitti6042I agree 100%. It was better overall and I liked it more, but I still had tons of fun with Ultimate Alliance. It's just the type of gameplay I can't get enough of and you can't go wrong with playing as super heroes in an RPG beat em up.

[@Izzy_Dead]

My favorite thing about Legends is how they lean into the Marvel Ultimate universe as far as character designs.

[@mbii7667]

Yup, the original runs of Ultimate Marvel and Ultimate Spider-Man were great. Then they ruined it all.

[@sammysalgado1475]

Makes sense with it being the same general timeframe

[@Nix_Abyss]

X-men legends 2 is one of my all time favorite games ever and ultimate alliance 1

[@sorryfofty_]

one distinct thing that i really loved about this one over the second one is the announcer hyping yelling “COMBO” over and over again for some reason the announcer in the second game wasn’t as hyped

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

I want X-Men legends 3

[@mbii7667]

Just not featuring modern Marvel

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

@@mbii7667 I mean sure buy there are cool stuff with modern marvel

[@mbii7667]

@@NadeemShekh-uy9zn no

[@turnright1131]

Fuck yea

[@LD-kc2je]

Bruv I’ve been saying this. They literally end 2 with the Mr. sinister cliffhanger, 3 had to have been the plan at some point. Tf happened? 😭

[@-The-Stranger-]

X-Men Legends 2 for the best builds. It had actual RPG with stats, passive skills, and active skills. Wish they'd go back to basics and bring that all back and do X-Men Legends 3.

[@mrj2654]

I used to always have cyclops on my team and I would put all his points into stamina for mutant power, and the whole game it was unlimited optic blasts for me.

[@statesminds]

Legends 1&2 so great. Wish theyd get a collection

[@sikevillain]

Grew up on this game playing it with my brother.. absolutely legendary game

[@RetroPennsylvania]

Can't wait to see this, I actually have this game on the original Xbox for sale at my video game booth

[@ambitiousvisionaire1954]

XMen Legends 2 was elite. Once I beat it I wasn’t ready for it to end

[@kennethgray7020]

That's why I played through it several times using different team compositions each time. Although Gambit was in every one of them because he was my favorite by far.

[@justincarter6286]

X-Men Legends 2 is one of my favorite games of all time

[@kennethgray7020]

Me too 100%. I played it and beat it as a teen and loved it. Bought it as an adult severall years later when I decided to start a collection of my old favorite PS2 games. Got it off Ebay and played the hell out of it with my wife. I'd use 2 heroes and she'd use two. We put tons of hours into it together. Then when she was done playing I'd keep on going on my own save file lol.

[@ohiosfinest]

This series is dear to me, as it brings back memories of me and friend just absolutely falling in love with this game. This game is 20 years old… I didn’t play this game when it came out. I was a few years late to it but, my friend and I (even as adults) stayed up all night playing 1&2.

[@arjungrewal3293]

X-men legends II is a Great game w/ soundtrack and characters and writing, etc. smooths out the rougher edges of the 1st game

[@jules2528]

X Men Legends I’ve beat way over 8 times this game right here was my shit! So many different team play throughs I’ve done. The OST for this game was a 10 for me! Hope you play through the whole game ! 😌

[@ProEnforcer]

BRO!!!!!!!!!! LETS F*CKING GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@michaelcoffey1991]

Wish this would get a re release on the new console's these games were super fun

[@Edgeyboy]

This was i think my first og xbox game. Loved it. As a kid loved it had so much fun. Just a amazing game.

[@james9904638]

Man, X-Men legends was such a fun game. I remember late game Gene Gray storm gets so powerful. They start throwing the enemies through walls and the environment. It felt so epic being a kid and I’m like this is a battle for real.

[@hazeleduardo2354]

I recently bought this game and its sequel for my OG xbox. They are soo good.

[@Diispaceyone]

my favorite out of all the legends and ultimate alliance games. for me it never got better than x-men legends 1!

[@Invisiblekatana]

This game made me love Magma because she was so fun to use in this, and it's made her the most underrated X-Man for me, for some odd reason the sequel did the same for Sunfire lol, probably my attempt to have a Magma substitute.

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

I love that it's patrick Stewart's voice ìn that intro X-Men legends ad blur studios has awesome cgi shorts

[@AnthonyAPerez]

One of my favorite games when I was a kid!

[@twenty3_v777]

One of the best games ever made

[@JOnePro251]

XMen Legends 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 were my favorite from this era

[@josephlinza1610]

Love this game. I remember getting the infamous green screen of death(caused by having a certain combination of characters at a certain point in the game), but it was fixable if you'd change up your team

[@kadosho02]

I remember running into that as well. It was one of those occasions in games, you try to work around the issue.

[@vrtillinfinity]

I hold X Men Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance close to my heart. I loved those games as a kid.

[@DragonSkyNija]

I remember playing this with my sister years ago. I remember spamming Storms Tornado attack, or using Wolverine(My sister) as throwing weapon with Rogue.

[@wsupnet]

X men legends and ultimate alliance were gaming pinnacles of my childhood

[@curtiswatson7899]

I actually played it again since last week and I just finished the level where Magneto and the Sentinels came to the Front Lawn of the Mansion! I just love this game and I love playing Rogue! She’s my favorite X-Man ever!

[@darthwatson8274]

I’m wishing for a remaster or a new XMen Legends 3. I loved this game as a kid, Wolverine was my favourite character especially with his healing factor, also loved Nightcrawler and Storm. I found some of the dialogue from the enemies funny such as “Surprise, surprise” or “This is gonna be fun” from the Morlocks also the guy shouting ‘Combo’ every few seconds was hilarious🤣.

[@NNNateMMMate]

X-men Legends 3 or remake of the first two games be awesome

[@troylawson1902]

One of my favorite games of all time 😁😁😍I'm so surprised you haven't played this before matty bro but yeah love this game. I hope Microsoft can get Activision to remake it or remaster the franchise.

[@jonmoree116]

I LOVEEEE X-MEN LEGENDS! 🙀😻

[@NotBoringFilms]

legends 1&2 are both great games and i would say better than ultimate alliance. edit: to elaborate the legends games were great imo because of the stacked moves list for each character, the lore and stories presented(i forget if it was legends 1 or 2 that had the sentinel flashback mission. i loved that one a lot.), and for the visuals at the time. i especially liked legends 2 because of getting to play as magneto was really fun. when your in the middle of a boss battle and your spamming your best moves is when the game shines brightest. its like gauntlet evolved, and perhaps the groundwork for the dota type games of today?

[@yochrisnelson]

LET’S GOOOOOOO!!! I didn’t know you were actually gonna go back to X-Men Legends!!! I figured Ultimate Alliance was the closest we were gonna get. What a treat, you’re the fucking man

[@dcj247]

I truly enjoyed this your video on this game. This is one of my most cherished childhood games and I appreciate how you reviewed not just the game, but the box art as well. I’ve always been a fan of the X-Men! Great work! ✊🏿👌🏿🙏🏿

[@DavidNoDogs]

My God, this is fucking terrifying. Also, I'm all for the Eddy Burback Cinematic Universe with Drew and Jakey, I need an entire video with the three of you 🙏

[@jonathanorduno5843]

Literally the greatest X men game ever!!! Iceman, cyclops, Jean, and storm is OP

[@MrBluedude33]

fav part was cyclops 'OPTIC RAGE" shout when u do the ultimate move, felt so powerful :P

[@mrmarvel9309]

I never played Legends but before Marvel Ultimate Alliance I had only watched the movies and cartoons. MUA with trivia and the roster taught me a lot about the Marvel Universe.

[@killswitch48]

I did a speed run a few months ago. I find myself replaying it every so often. By far, best xmen games. There needs to be a push in the gaming community for more games like this. By yourself or with a friend great game.

[@arg9469]

These games were so good, so many hours spent on them back in the PS2 era ahhh the best! Ultimate Alliance 3 was great and all but I would really love to have a X-men Legends 3 where it just focuses on them. Or at the very least give us remasters :)

[@refugeehugsforfree4151]

Loved this game.

[@usmnichols8636]

This game was amazing me and my cousin got so much playtime on deck 😢❤

[@phillconklin382]

X-Men Legends 1&2 is my favorite ARPG series of all time. Marvel Ultimate Alliance does not even compare. I love these games so much. I'm happy you got to play for the first time.

[@calvinmatthews1527]

This came out during a time when great Marvel games were in abundance. Now it's really only Spider-Man carrying this medium for Marvel.

[@danielmyers1255]

This and the second game hold a special place in my heart

[@TVTInfinity]

Played a little of this game with my cousin back in the day

[@steamboatbill4]

Cyclops was surprisingly fun to play throughout legends 1 & 2 and ultimate alliance. I’m not usually a big projectile focused type player, but love playing cyclops in these games.

[@hggames2285]

Love how these games have hidden characters if you find collectables. In the 2nd one I think it was you could unlock iron man by finding his bits of armour.

[@johnpozo1645]

Legends 1 and 2 were some of best times I had as I kid playing video games. In 2 you could unlock IronMan as a secret character.

[@bluekryptonite1121]

I was so obsessed with these games back in the day!

[@BrotherKnowledge.]

This and its sequel were two of my favoeite games back in the day. I had them both on Xbox and it was a BALL playing them.

[@DrexelQuake]

I remember both games. Loved them. Me and my brother use to play them a lot.

[@jameshowlett4018]

Legends 1 and 2 clear UA 1 2 and 3 for me. Legends 2 clears all without a sweat.

[@danbauer3669]

Awesome, Matty!! Personally, I've played the crap out of this game on Xbox, PS2 and GameCube. Big fan of X-Men Legends, X-Men Legends 2 and the first Marvel Ultimate Alliance.

[@hectorfrausto9705]

X-Men legends 2 is the greatest X-Men game ever to this day

[@cloudover9kxboxapexlegends411]

This is one of my all time favorite games I've ever played

[@Harshreality298]

These were my favourite co-op games on the ps2

[@travisyagi5276]

This game is ridiculously good. Underrated

[@TomAndersonn]

Jean Grey mental abilities were completely broken OP

[@521harris]

So glad you're giving this game more exposure! The legends games are great and IMO more enjoyable than Ultimate alliance which fun fact by direct admission of the Devs Ultimate alliance literally is just a modded version of X-Men Legends

[@danteofficial7762]

XML crawled so MUA could walk. Loved this game 🎮

[@wangchung2157]

Great game have a lot of fun memeories with my buddy Ruben (RIP)

[@amanpossessed7334]

Powering up Beast and leaping across the screen to save the day...miss this game.

[@fernathebest414]

I always played as storm cause she could fly. Never had beast in my group, was he good? Or why would you use him?

[@amanpossessed7334]

@@fernathebest414 yeah, you could pinball into enemies creating combo. He really didn't bring much utility. I think his ultimate was orbital bombardment, It was useful. I used him cause Beast is cool.

[@crusixangel9513]

I remember this one. It's the first GameCube game I ever owned as a child. 5 siblings came home to see a new GameCube (newly released) and a copy of xmen legends on the stairs. No one asked for one, no one hinted at wanting a GameCube. ❤thanks for thinking ahead mom. Your the GOAT

[@Tjaty]

LET'S ROCK, FREAK!! I loved this game..

[@TheRealAceA]

It's About Ph'n time!!!!!!!!

[@Adamantium93]

You mentioned the voice cast, and I just have to say, whoever did Prof. X did a wonderful job. Dude sounds exactly like the movies.

[@Raging..Tempest]

My entire childhood, these games are literally a part of my personality

[@yaboyCombo]

Broooooooooo I can’t believe you’re trying this game for the first time. Playing this game on the og Xbox with my childhood best friend is one of my most cherished memories. I’ll also never forget being in a game stop a couple of years later and seeing the sequel!

[@james9904638]

My version of X-Men legends two I got to the very end of the game and then my cousin corrupted my data. I was so pissed and yes, X-Men legends two Was Way better. The game was so freaking fun. Oh my God, Jean and storm. I’ll never forget.

[@RJsfuntime]

I think I've played this? Time sure flies though.

[@rando8831]

I remember playing this game so much and not having a memory card at the time, so I’d either leave my ps2 game on for a LONG time, or essentially restart every time I played

[@jeffmofo5013]

idk if it was this one, but there's a basement level that blue ish, and it's basically a maze and you have to traverse it in a time limit. I went the wrong way and it saves incrementally. So now I can't beat it without restarting the whole game. And I'm like eh... This was playing back in the day.

[@Villainz]

peak gaming.

[@Kombatjack_]

Now Raven is trapped in Call of Duty purgatory

[@dmnapier7]

Xman legends is that game I played everyday without a memory card

[@nohler4402]

man those x-men legends and marvel ultimate alliance were my favorite ps2 games back then

[@mbii7667]

This game and its sequel are fantastic. I really miss Marvel from before Disney took over.

[@TatsuyaSuou1983]

X-Men Legends 2 is still the best of the three, IMO. My only beef with Ultimate Alliance was how many bosses devolve into QTE's and don't really let you feel that ARPG "My build is online and now I'm going to dumpster everything" power spike since the QTE's hard cap the amount of damage you can do to the bosses every phase. X-Men Legends 2 really only had one or two bosses with that mechanic and some of the uber bosses really let your builds feel absurd. Granted, it had some game breaking exploits with certain characters but it didn't make it any less fun. Love all three of those games though and they all deserve remasters.

[@iDeathstrike]

I absolutetly love X men legends and Marvel ultimate Alliance. I often find myself adding some mods and getting into a new gameplay with new characters. Its crazy to think even after all these years the modding community its this active and developing new stuff every day for these games

[@victorcampudoni2682]

I still play this game, it's sequel and both alliances once a year.

[@INVINCIBLE117X]

Why are these games not remastered smh and Xmen Legends was the GOAT

[@user-zh5lj1ec4k]

This game and its sequel was soo much fun. I wish they had ultimate alliance for the ps5.