X-Men fans will get WAY more fun out of this than fighting game fans will. Everything is here, you just have to find it
Good- The game features a wide number of characters(with 7 unlockables, 4 mysteries, and the Xbox exclusive: Pyro) with which every player can choose a character that suits him or her. Slow but deadly: take Juggernaut or Sentinel A. Fast and quick: take Wolverine or Nightcrawler. Many of the X-men and villains make an appearence, even some unessecary ones (Lady Deathstrike?) which should please all X-men fans. Professor X is played by Patrick Stewart( in voice) which is a plus. Even the story mode presents a resonable plot with you playing the critical parts of the story by fighting. The cinematics are clear and crisp, but not perfect.
Bad- Not enough moves, not nearly enough. Ok, four or five super moves good, but only like 20-25 moves per character? BAD Although alot of the moves are great and fit the characters extremely well( Rogue's kiss and actual copy of a move, Gambit's time delay cards) it still put's you back into using the same combo over and over and over and over, until you get enough energy to pull off a super and watch your opponent block it. VERY annoying. Although if your opponent just keeps blocking just wait for a counter or throw them. Now you can however go through contious repeats of the same match with your opponent constantly beating the living crap out of you and you can't even land a punch. Maybe it was me or just a too high of a difficulty (it happens on easy all the time) but it can get VERY tedious and frustrating. It just presents more of a challenge. The backround are, well good, bad, and ugly! All mixed in one. Xavier mansion grounds for example. THe mansion, b-ball court, grass, benches all look great except for the bushes and black square in the sky. ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Yeah, Im serious.
All-in-all I feel the game was rushed, but not completely. Some good points were achieved (Pat Stewart, classic costumes, cinematics, breakable enviroment parts) but the bad parts just pull it down to much (bad graphical attention, same opening and ending scene for every character before and after a fight.)
X-Men fans should DEFINATLY give this a try, or a rent.
Fighter fans with no X-education: try if u want something of the same but with a different license