Carl Saenz

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• Carl Saenz
• CIS 487
• Assignment 2

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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

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Overview (continued)

• This game is based on the classic story of the
  X-Men and their fight for peace in the world.
• The main focus of this presentation will be the
  Game Cube version.

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Story

• The X-Men have teamed up with Magnetos
  Brotherhood of Evil to battle Apocalypses
  forces. The main reason for this is that
  Apocalypse has kidnapped Professor Xavier,
  Quicksilver (Magnetos son) and Polaris (an
  X-man).
• They battle with Apocalypses Four Horsemen and
  other henchmen in order to thwart his attempt at
  remaking the world in his image.

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Players 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.

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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

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User Interface

• This game is based on the Baulders 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.

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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)

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Scoring

• The score is simply based on the amount of XP
  gained per character and the tech-bits earned
  (currency).
• The highest level a character can get to is 99
  while the tech-bit max is unknown (exceeds 1
  million)

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Artwork
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Artwork (cont.)
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Artwork (cont.)
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Sound and Music

• Patrick Stewart plays Xavier because hes
  awesome!
• The music is not Final Fantasy standards but it
  fits the game.

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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!

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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. whats automated)

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Bugs

• Nightcrawler doesnt 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

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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

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Whats 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

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Compared to Other games

• Its 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 Baulders Gate out of the water

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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

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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