X- Men: The Official Game is the newest X-Men game to be taken from the blockbuster movie series; unfortunately you woul
User Rating: 4.3 | X-Men: The Official Game X360
X- Men: The Official Game is the newest X-Men game to be taken from the blockbuster movie series; unfortunately you would be better off watching the movie than playing the game. The storyline starts off after the second movie and before the third; apparently the Professor needs parts for Cerebro that were left at Alkali Lake. However, it seems that there is someone already there with a plan of their own. The story isn’t particular interesting and quickly turns predicable before the end. The storyline itself should be enough to turn you away but it gets worse from there. You get to control Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and Iceman. The good thing about the three is that they are voiced by their celebrity counterparts and that’s about the high point for the three of them. Let’s start with Wolverine. Wolverine’s controls are down right horrible, combat relies on you pressing the same two buttons over, and over, and over again. When Wolverine goes into fury, that’s when it gets real easy especially during boss fights. When you have a boss, just get hit, go into fury and button mash to kill the boss in about a minute. Wolverine’s also use a horrible camera that you’ll be fighting constantly. Next up, Nightcrawler. Nightcrawler has a much better control scheme. Nightcrawler has cool teleport abilities but it makes a combat a bit of a push over. The teleport abilities are very nice (Nightcrawler can pretty much teleport on any thing and crawl on pipes and even walk run). The biggest problem is that Nightcrawler’s missions consist of unlocking doors and disarming bombs. Finally, Iceman. Iceman has a good control scheme but there are a ton of flaws with it. Iceman’s slide is a cool feature and the ability to freeze objects is a nice touch. The flaw is that Iceman has one attack that does little damage until you upgrade the attack. The graphics are nothing special and the Xbox 360 doesn’t even make an effort to make the graphics look good. It’s basically a waste of ten dollars. The game is easily beaten in a day. Bottom Line: X-Men: The Official Game is probably a good rental but unless you’re a serious X-Men fan I would try to avoid it.
