X-Men Legend II

[Cabezone]

Well this fine game has native widescreen support. Correct FOV and everything. It also is Co-op all the way through with up to four people either over the net, or hotseat if you have enough controllers. Oddly enough it has no LAN support.

It's sort of like Diablo with X-Men, only less loot.

[skipclarke]

Did the first X-Men Legends support widescreen.

[dravun]

First was not on the PC.

Very glad they put the second one on the PC. I think games like this and D&D Heros and such were made for the PC and the multiplayer aspect.

[skipclarke]

Sounds like a fun game, will definitely download the demo and check out a few movies.

[Cmarr]

Everytime I try to go into a resolution of 1280x1024 or higher, the game won't boot and says it has to switch back to defaults. The game does have correct ratio though at 16x9, it's not stretch, but I have to play at 1136x664. I want to play at 1720x1000 though, this sucks.

[Cabezone]

Small update. The multiplayer sucks ass. Everyone has to stay in the same screen, even over the net, just like you're all playing on the same TV. The game pauses when messing with inventory or stats, and only one person at a time can adjust inventory, making the problem worse. The pausing problem is exacerbated by the fact that you level every 5 minutes.

Nevertheless it makes for a good single player game.

[edplayer]

what resolutions are supported (how bout 1280x768)?

[skipclarke]

Interesting....lots of movies and such, but no demo. Ah well - I might just pick it up anyway for the cool single player coop action. :)


Update nov 3:

Well what do ya know? they finally released one:

http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=7938[/b]

[Gabbo]

This game appears to support almost any res. I was playing this game on my HTPC at 1920x1080. I will try it out tonight on my 2405 @ 1920x1200 and post screenies for the MGL and screenshots sections.

Great game by the way. It has the best online coop ever!

[Gabbo]

what resolutions are supported (how bout 1280x768)?

It supports all of the resolutions that your display driver can use in Windows. I had all of them available. (all of the standard resolutions, plus all of the custom resolutions I added through the Nvidia driver)

I posted 16:10 vs 4:3 screenshots here:

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2686

[skipclarke]

I finally got around to testing this one out, about a month and a half-ago. Unfortunately it really didn't grab me, but to those who like the game - enjoy the widescreen action! :)

[paiva.daniel]

OK... it has native widescreen support... and the game ran fine on 1440x900... but the videos do not appear on the entire screen.. I get black bars on the sides AND on top and bottom... so the videos get small on the center of the screen... does anybody knows how to fix this???

Thanks

Daniel

[skipclarke]

no. sounds like Windowboxing, a known side-effect of some widescreen games.

[skipclarke]

I got the game and played through the "tutorial level" (three times to get 1600x1200, 1920x1080 and 1900x1200 shots).

The only thing that is windowboxed is the intro FMV movie. The rest of the in-game movies are Hor+. The ones "in mission" are Hor+ and fill the screen. The mission briefing movie is Hor +, but it is still letterboxed. The movie in 4:3 resolution is letterboxed to 16:10/9. The widescreen ones are letterboxed but continue to increase the FOV. Seems like the FOV would be approaching the surround levels of 3.75:1, or so.

In my mind, this game will be Certified. The in-game movies are done in the game engine and continue to be Hor+. The other option would have been anamorphic (removing the bars).

[paiva.daniel]

The only thing that is windowboxed is the intro FMV movie.

Right! The Actvision, Raven, Marvel and all intro movies are 4:3. I can see black bars only at the SIDES of the screen. And on the MARVEL intro movie, there are black bars at the sides AND top and bottom too.

Can you confirm?

The rest of the in-game movies are Hor+.

I disagree. As I have finished the game using my old 4:3 monitor, when I enter CINEMATICS option menu, and select any movie, it appears with black bars in all 4 sides of my monitor (it is a 16:10 one). I don't get full screen 16:10 movie :(

Did you do anything special to get full widescreen cinematics?

The ones "in mission" are Hor+ and fill the screen. The mission briefing movie is Hor +, but it is still letterboxed.

Agreed!

The movie in 4:3 resolution is letterboxed to 16:10/9. The widescreen ones are letterboxed but continue to increase the FOV. Seems like the FOV would be approaching the surround levels of 3.75:1, or so.

These parts I didn't get... what movies are you talking about?!

Conclusions I can tell you:

Intro movies: 4:3 with black bars at the sides
In game cinematics: black bars at the sides, top and bottom of the screen :cry: . These should be FULL WIDESCREEN, but I don't know why they aren't.
Mission movies: letterboxed Hor+
The game itself: Hor+

[skipclarke]

[quote]The only thing that is windowboxed is the intro FMV movie.

Right! The Actvision, Raven, Marvel and all intro movies are 4:3. I can see black bars only at the SIDES of the screen. And on the MARVEL intro movie, there are black bars at the sides AND top and bottom too.

Can you confirm?
Correct, but I don't count these. These are "standard" across all their titles, and IMHO aren't really part of the "game."

[quote]The rest of the in-game movies are Hor+.

I disagree. As I have finished the game using my old 4:3 monitor, when I enter CINEMATICS option menu, and select any movie, it appears with black bars in all 4 sides of my monitor (it is a 16:10 one). I don't get full screen 16:10 movie :(

Did you do anything special to get full widescreen cinematics?
Maybe I didn't get far enough in the game, but every "in game" scene I found that went off during a mission used the game engine and was Hor+. These usually have dialogue options. I have a screen.

Is what you're talking about more pre-rendered FMVs?

[quote]The ones "in mission" are Hor+ and fill the screen. The mission briefing movie is Hor +, but it is still letterboxed.

Agreed!

The movie in 4:3 resolution is letterboxed to 16:10/9. The widescreen ones are letterboxed but continue to increase the FOV. Seems like the FOV would be approaching the surround levels of 3.75:1, or so.

These parts I didn't get... what movies are you talking about?!

I was talking about the mission briefings.


Conclusions I can tell you:

Intro movies: 4:3 with black bars at the sides
In game cinematics: black bars at the sides, top and bottom of the screen :cry: . These should be FULL WIDESCREEN, but I don't know why they aren't.
Mission movies: letterboxed Hor+
The game itself: Hor+

[paiva.daniel]

Dear friend,

Sorry about my ignorance, but I'm new on widescreen monitors and games. I received my widescreen monitor less than a week ago. :oops: If these are english terms, I'm not used to it also, 'cause my native language is portuguese :D

I'm not used to some terms like: IMHO and FMVs. Could you please, explain me what are these?

The movies I am talking about (that have black bars at ALL SIDES of the monitor), are those NOT RENDERED. They are just like a real movie and Apocalypse appears in some of them...

Sorry, but I thought you got to the end of the game. :-)

If you want to, I can send you my saved game by MSN or e-mail!

Thank you very much!

Daniel

[skipclarke]

No problem...
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion.
FMV=Full Motion Video. If the videos you are talking about are like the opening one, where Magneto comes in and rips the doors off the base, then that is FMV. With more of them in the movie, that will degrade the score. When I post my Detailed Report, I will have screen shots to show the difference.

[paiva.daniel]

Ibrin,

Thanks a lot!!!

That's exactly what I was taling about! These FMVs... there are others among the game... what a pitty they don't appear fully widescreen : :cry:

I will wait for your detailed report. But this game is awsome!!! Another very good game like this is Lord of the rings: Return of the king. But it's from EA :? (that is not so good)... I openned another topic to discuss this other game :-)

See ya!

Daniel