Difficulty:

Easy

Time Spent:

10 to 20 Hours

The Bottom Line:

"Disappointing"

When I started playing X Men: The Official Game on the Xbox 360 I was quite surprised that the game was actually have decent. Sure the game's graphics are quite last gen, the camera was a little out of whack, and the story was told through comic slides, but the game did a pretty good job at making you feel like you were Wolverine, Iceman, and Nightcrawler. Plus, the story took place between the second and third movies so it was kind of nice to get some story as to what happened between those movies.

The first act of the game has you going back to lake Alkali and has you going through Striker's lab. This set of missions has you only playing as two of the three playable characters in the game (Wolverine and Nightcrawler with Iceman not even coming along on the mission). Wolverine's missions are definately the best of the two. Nightcrawler's missions have some sweet ideas like the ability to transport behind an enemy and attack them, its not always the most accurate.

Then when the first act ends the game takes a steep fall downhill. Not only are Wolverine and Nightcrawler missions starting to go stale bcause they are exactly the same as they were in the first act, but now you have Iceman missions which are really terrible. If you had problems with the controls and the camera in Wolverine and Nightcrawler's missions than you will find Iceman's missions to be complete hell. He surfs around on an ice beam and its nearly impossible to be accurate at targeting your enemies.

Since I've been a fan of X-Men as far back as I remember I was hoping that I could look past all the negativity surrounding this game and find some good in it, and at first I thought that I had, but then I realzied that I, in fact, had not. The game looks like a last gen title even though the back of the box brags about next gen graphics. The use of celebrity voice over's helps you feel like you are in the game a little more, but the repetative nature of the missions and the bad camera/controls bring this title down to the point where its just not even fun anymore. If you want some XMen fun on your 360 than check out Ultimate-Alliance. It has more playable Xmen than this game and its just a lot more fun.