With
the success of the X-Men and other comic-book based movies, there’s a plethora
of games on the market inspired by these comics. This game is one of the better ones as it
should please both X-Men fans and RPG gamers alike.
In
an inspired move for this game, the X-Men have to team up with the Brotherhood
(usual bad guys including Magneto, Toad et al) to combat an even greater enemy
in the guise of Apocalypse and his Four Horsemen.
You
have the choice of choosing four characters from a selection of 16 and the
permutations and combination of using different X-Mens will ensure that there
are endless hours of replayability. Deciding which X-Men to use for each varying
missions will allow for experimentation as you can stick with your 4 characters
throughout the game or chop-and-change whenever you feel like it.
This
is an action-packed RPG set in the X-Men universe, so you can expect the usual
task of gaining experience points, picking up items/weapons and developing your
characters’ skills. All the X-Men’s
unique superpowers can be developed and exploited often for devastating effect.
The
action takes place in familiar places in the X-Men universe which should make
X-Men fans happy. The control system is intuitively
easy to use and the characters’ voices are well done. A top-notch effort!
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