Why Did Marvel Approve This Monstrosity?
This game makes me question that. Heavily.
Based on the worst of the X-Men movies, this is one of the 5 least enjoyable games on the XBox 360.
Let's start off with the cutscenes. It is unbelievably weak that the cutscenes are static comic book panels --- and not terribly well-drawn panels to boot. If you're going to mail it in so obviously, why not simply NOT have any cutscenes? They certainly did somewhere in the neighborhood of no good whatsoever.
The gameplay reminds one of the truly terrible Akklaim Marvel titles on the PS1 that were enjoyed by nobody at all. Wolverine's portions of the stages are pathetically weak side-scrolling beat-em ups. Yes, it is drawn in 3-D, but since your freedom of movement is awfully limited, what is the point of 3-D in the first place? He has few moves and the enemies have even fewer thought processes.
Iceman, fortunately, does not shame Wolverine by making sure his part of the game is even worse. It took some doing, which is impressive to say the least, but he pulled it off with impressive gusto. It's not too dissimilar from Panzer Dragoon, except without dragons, good graphics, or fun. I suppose somebody COULD enjoy it, but I'm not sure I'd want to meet the person who could do so.
Nightcrawler has, easily, the best levels in the game. This is praise in the same way that being the LEAST inbred member of the royal family is praise. Take it for what it's worth. His teleporting power is handled decently enough and his ability to teleport behind a guy and unleash the pai --- err, moderate discomfort is fun for literally minutes at a time.
Boss fights are an insult to the concept of boss fights. I got this game because it came, for free, with the MUCH better Marvel Ultimate Alliance. The price point barely justified the purchase and if you spend much north of $0 for this title, you've been ripped off and you should probably contemplate legal remedies. I have yet to beat the game and, most importantly, I just don't care.