X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse
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Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse is a first-person shooter video game developed by Zero Gravity Entertainment and released for PC in 1997. The game was built with the Quake engine and requires the original version of Quake to be played.[a] As the result, the game acts as an expansion of Quake.
Gameplay
The Ravages of Apocalypse features fourteen levels, replaces the original Quake weapons with new designs, and all of the enemies in the game have been replaced with cyborg clones of popular X-Men characters, each with their own super powers; for example, Wolverine has his healing factor, Archangel is immune to rockets, etc. X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse was one of the first total conversions to feature a high-profile property.
Release
X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse was released as freeware in July 2006.[2] The game's source code was also released, but under an ambiguous license. Modifications have been made to the game to allow it to run as a standalone title. The freeware release includes a walkthrough of the game's levels, as well as a patch which adds new gameplay features and fixes glitches from the original version.
Reception
Publication | Score |
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AllGame | [5] |
Computer Games Strategy Plus | [3] |
Computer Gaming World | [4] |
GameSpot | 4.9/10[6] |
X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse was met with overwhelmingly negative reviews.
See also
Notes
- GPL Quake Content such as Open Quartz, that fills the gaps between the source portand game mod files that X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse needs to be played.
References
- ^ "blue's Quake Rag – Nov. 29-Dec. 5, 1997 News". Blue's News. December 1997. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
Friday, December 5, 1997 – X-Men TC Hits Shelves: "X-Men Ravages of the Apocalypse, the TC that mutates Quake into a battle against the X-Men, has started appearing in stores." - ^ "Game Name: X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse". June 20, 2015. Archived from the original on July 18, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Computer Games Strategy Plus. Archived from the originalon April 19, 2005.
- ^ a b Cirulis, Martin E. "UnXceptional". Computer Gaming World. Archived from the original on April 16, 1998.
- AllGame. Archived from the originalon December 12, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
- ^ a b Swearingen, Jeffrey (January 15, 1998). "X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse Review". GameSpot. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
- CBR.com
- ^ Boba Fatt (January 1998). "PC GamePro Review: X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse". GamePro. No. 112. IDG. p. 65.
External links
- X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse (Zero Gravity Entertainment)
- X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse at MobyGames