The Quake engine gives X-Men a familiar feel in movement and sound, but I found that it fell short in providing the immersive atmosphere that Quake is renowned for. Your job is to kill Apocalypse and then find his ally.Īlthough the background of X-Men: The Ravages of the Apocalypse is as fanciful and fun as any good comic book yarn, that does not mean it translates well in good gameplay. Your character is a minion of Magneto, a rival of and potential foil to Apocalypse in his goal of world domination. In the power vacuum left after this great struggle, the nefarious Apocalypse, with the aid of a Mystery Ally, has created an evil army of cloned X-Men warriors to fulfill his quest to rule the world. The remaining X-Men are down on their luck and regrouping to fight again someday.
While defending the Earth, such stalwart characters as the Fantastic Four and the Avengers have perished along with countless human defenders.
The setting of X-Men begins with Earth having been ravaged by war for years by something (or someone) called Onslaught. As might be surmised from its name, the game is based on Marvel Comics' popular X-Men series. X-Men: The Ravages of the Apocalypse is a Quake Total Conversion developed by Zero Gravity Entertainment.
