<s>
X-Men	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Clone	I-Application
Wars	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1995	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Headgames	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Sega	O
of	O
America	O
for	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
1993	O
's	O
X-Men	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
adventures	O
of	O
the	O
Marvel	O
Comics	O
superhero	O
team	O
,	O
the	O
X-Men	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Learning	O
this	O
,	O
Professor	O
X	O
sends	O
the	O
X-Men	B-Application
(	O
Beast	O
,	O
Psylocke	O
,	O
Gambit	O
,	O
Nightcrawler	O
,	O
Wolverine	O
,	O
and	O
Cyclops	O
)	O
to	O
destroy	O
the	O
Phalanx	O
virus	O
,	O
but	O
discovers	O
that	O
the	O
virus	O
has	O
spread	O
to	O
Avalon	O
,	O
home	O
of	O
Exodus	O
and	O
Magneto	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magneto	O
then	O
allies	O
with	O
the	O
X-Men	B-Application
in	O
preventing	O
the	O
Phalanx	O
from	O
taking	O
control	O
of	O
Earth	O
by	O
assimilating	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
inhabitants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-Men	B-Application
2	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
a	O
handful	O
releases	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
in	O
1995	O
that	O
used	O
a	O
paper	O
box	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
standard	O
clamshell	O
case	O
Genesis	O
games	O
came	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
European	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
reused	O
the	O
same	O
cover	O
art	O
as	O
X-Men	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Game	I-Application
Master	I-Application
's	I-Application
Legacy	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Game	O
Gear	O
,	O
a	O
different	O
and	O
unrelated	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-Men	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Clone	I-Application
Wars	I-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
mostly	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
also	O
complimented	O
the	O
characters	O
 '	O
special	O
abilities	O
but	O
criticized	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
little	O
different	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
X-Men	B-Application
and	O
suffers	O
from	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
weak	O
points	O
,	O
and	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
game	O
never	O
seems	O
to	O
come	O
alive	O
,	O
despite	O
a	O
few	O
cool	O
(	O
not	O
to	O
mention	O
huge	O
)	O
bosses	O
and	O
challenging	O
levels	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
remarked	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
more	O
playable	O
characters	O
,	O
more	O
complex	O
moves	O
,	O
more	O
levels	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
gameplay	O
twists	O
than	O
the	O
original	O
X-Men	B-Application
,	O
but	O
is	O
still	O
no	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
rental	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
retrospective	O
review	O
in	O
GameFan	O
,	O
"	O
in	O
short	O
,	O
Clone	O
Wars	O
is	O
everything	O
Uncanny	B-Application
X-Men	I-Application
was	O
not	O
:	O
nice	O
to	O
look	O
at	O
with	O
its	O
well-animated	O
16-bit	B-Device
characters	O
and	O
multi-layer	O
backgrounds	O
,	O
easy	O
to	O
pick	O
up	O
and	O
play	O
thanks	O
to	O
good	O
controls	O
and	O
an	O
easily	O
understood	O
interface	O
;	O
a	O
story	O
that	O
is	O
fine	O
for	O
one	O
player	O
but	O
more	O
fun	O
with	O
two	O
"	O
,	O
adding	O
,	O
X-Men	B-Application
"	O
ranks	O
among	O
the	O
best	O
comic	O
book	O
games	O
produced	O
in	O
the	O
era	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Complex	O
ranked	O
X-Men	B-Application
2	O
as	O
the	O
18th	O
best	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
,	O
adding	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
game	O
achieved	O
the	O
rarely	O
seen	O
balanced	O
gaming	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-Men	B-Application
2	O
placed	O
19th	O
on	O
the	O
2013	O
list	O
of	O
best	O
Marvel	O
video	O
games	O
by	O
Geek	O
Magazine	O
,	O
who	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
was	O
just	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
Mutant	B-Application
Apocalypse	I-Application
,	O
and	O
each	O
stage	O
was	O
ripe	O
with	O
cool	O
nods	O
to	O
the	O
comics	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
featuring	O
only	O
the	O
female	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
X-Men	B-Application
had	O
been	O
in	O
development	O
by	O
Sega	O
for	O
the	O
same	O
platform	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
due	O
out	O
in	O
early	O
1997	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
