In X-Men Destiny, players control the fate of one of three brand-new mutant characters forced to choose between saving humanity and ensuring its destruction. The branching storyline, penned by acclaimed Marvel writer Mike Carey, features a deep element of choice, allowing players to customize the path, powers and development of their character and to decide their role in the mutant cause alongside, or against, some of Marvel’s greatest X-Men franchise characters, such as Magneto, Cyclops, Wolverine and Gambit.
In this third-person action/RPG, X-Gene enhancements deliver a deeper level of customisation to players’ powers, with a chance for players to experience the abilities of their favourite X-Men mutants. Gamers will evolve their mutant skills in unique ways and engage in fast and furious combat, spectacular combo-driven attacks and rewarding finishing moves against a variety of opponents bent on defending their beliefs.
A rally in San Francisco may be mutant-kind's last hope for peace with humanity. Three young mutants are about to discover that they have the power to change the world, and their destiny is in your hands.
Key Features
Control your mutant's destiny: Make core power and faction decisions, leading to an epic choice between the X-Men or the Brotherhood of Mutants.
Discover your mutant identity: Players choose among three all-new mutant characters, each with a unique background that is unravelled throughout the game.
Unleash your mutant power: Take control of one of three all-new mutant abilities and watch as your power grows and evolves based on your decisions.
Walk in another mutant's genes: X-Gene enhancements allow players to experience their favourite X-Men characters’ abilities, such as Nightcrawler’s teleportation, Iceman’s freezing ability and more.
Your choices shape the story: Players make morally ambiguous decisions that guide the destinies of their characters.
Powers
Density Control: This power manipulates a mutant’s body mass, often manifesting as a rocky outer coating. It can be focused on a fist for a devastating punch, or evenly distributed to render the mutant indestructible. The super human durability granted by Density Control is perfect for enduring attacks from large groups of enemies at once.
Energy Projection: This mutation allows grants a variety of energy-based attacks. Rapid-fire bursts take out crowds of weak opponents, while focused beams cut through the toughest armoured foes. Energy can be contained and detonated far from the body, enemies can be stunned with disabling blasts to the nervous system, and the wielder can protect them with an envelope of raw, crackling power.
Shadow Matter: Masters of Shadow Matter can craft indestructible blades out of thin air or use matter displacement to move faster than the eye can see. The Shadow Matter mutation also heightens one’s reflexes, making it easy to take on multiple opponents or deal severe damage to a single target.
X-Genes: Throughout their journey, Grant, Adrian, and Aimi will have the chance to utilize the genes of other mutants, modifying their own abilities and granting them brand-new powers.
