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X3 game not fully realized but still worth a play.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: May 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am a huge X-Men fan and I have to first say that I bought this game on the day it came out and had beaten it with most extras unlocked by the third day I owned it.

If some of you recall Activision has had a history of X-Men movie spinoff games first starting with the PSX's platform X-Men: Mutant Academy which eventually "evolved" into the incredibly good X-Men: Next Dimension and then again with the great but lacking X2: Wolverine's Revenge game when the second movie hit theaters. As a previous reviewer has stated, X-Men: the Official Game does have the feel of Wolverine's Revenge to an extent. However it is both improved and downgraged in it's own respects.

X-Men: The Official Game is a prequal to the third istallment to the X-Men movie franchise as opposed to being a direct movie adaptation version, the bonus of this particular concept is the ability to play as Nightcrawler the "bamfing" blue mutant demon who is not present in X-Men 3 due to frequent pre-production issues when X-Men: The Last Stand was starting to come to fruition.

This X-Men game starts with the X-Men training in the danger room and mourning the recently departed Jean Grey and takes a team of five (though you only ever control three mutants in depth) mutant heroes through an unresolved Col. Stryker plot that was not spoken about in the second X-Men film. The three characters you get to control in depth (I say this because you do get to tell Storm when to fire lightning in particular levels) are Iceman, Wolverine and of course the loveable Nightcrawler. Each of these character have their own defining traits as you play as them and never feel simply like the same three heroes with different special abilities.

Here are the pros and cons of each character:

Iceman: I thought that Iceman was going to be one of the coolest players in the game (no pun intended!). I was however dissapointed the most with him. Unlike in the X-Men Legends game series Bobby Drake-Iceman is permanently suspended on his ice bridge. It's truely difficult to steer him and all of his levels seemed to be timed so you never really get a chance to enjoy playing as him or even look around for the hidden unlockables in his level. That being said, Shawn Ashmore actually does voice-work for the character and it makes him some what desireable to play just to enjoy hearing him while you struggle to keep your sanity throughout his various time trials.

Wolverine: As I mentioned before this game has the feel of X2: Wolverine's Revenge with respect to overhead views and constant slicing and dicing (no blood) of infanite faceless goons. However, where Wolvie's Revenge has complex battle combos and stealthy attack rewards this Wolverine has got a head butt attack that works some of the time and and fury meter that pretty much makes you invincible and super powered throughout it's limited use. Wolverine has great locals that he travels to and hearing Hugh Jackman actually voice the character is really quite a treat and deffinitely makes this confused loner the second best reason to play this game. Now onto the shining star...

Nightcrawler: Who whould have thought that a character whom has never had a successful career as a solo comic book character might actually have the potential for a great solo game? Nightcrawler is by far the most enjoyable character to play as in this game. Teleportation, Running matrix-style on walls, sneak attacks, and a humble german accent are all fully realized in this charater's missions throughout the game. These great features are only made better by Alan Cumming himself actullay voiceing the character! You'll find once you master his teleportation attacks, Nightcralwer his the most fun player in the game and I would truely love to see Wolverine's Revenge type of treatment given to this loveable circus performer in another game really soon!

Despite the numerous flaws with Iceman and and substandard voice-work for Pyro this game truely is one of a kind and deserves to be given a chance. It will be a quick victory even on hard difficulty settings (expect with Iceman, who's time limits become almost unattainable) and smooth and enjoyable ride.

Other great things to note are Patrick Stewart and Tyler Mane bringing thier voices in for Professor X and Sabretooth repspectively and John Ottman's original score for X2 is actually used in the game.

The game is great and I would like to have seen a few things improved upon visiually or even Nightcrawler given more solo treatment in this game and hopefully in an upcomming game, but if not to own, any fan of the movie series should at least give it a rent.

Just Give It a Chance!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

A lot of people give this game a bad review because they're strictly gamers, not necessarily comic book fans, and they have a natural bias against games based on movies. I myself am not an avid gamer. This review is written from a hardcore comic book fan's point of view.

I personally really enjoyed this game. Yes, it can be slightly redundant. Yes, it can be slightly annoying at times since there aren't as many checkpoints as there could be. But the look of the game is incredible. The environments match the style of the movies very closely. Not to mention the levels can be a lot of fun to play.

A lot of people are ticked off that the cut scenes are nothing more than still photos of the characters with voice-overs. This is meant to represent comic book story frames. Besides, I think this method looks a whole lot better than cut scenes in other comic book games, such as Spider-Man 2.

If you're strictly a gamer, you might hate this game. But if you love the X-Men, then you shouldn't be disappointed by this. It's a fun game with lots of extras (like Danger Room missions and extra costumes), and it ties X2 and X3 together, so what more could you want?

Yay, another lackluster licensed beat 'em up

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: May 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Considering the past few games to feature the X-Men, the X-Men Legends games in particular, it seemed as if the era of lackluster X-Men licensed beat 'em up's was coming to an end. X-Men 3: The Official Game brings that notion to an end. At first glance, it looks decent enough. You can play as Wolverine, Iceman, and Nightcrawler, and film stars Hugh Jackman, Shawn Ashmore, and Alan Cumming provide their voices for their respective characters. The graphics look solid and the controls are easy, for a while anyway. Wolverine's levels get redundant pretty quickly, while Iceman's just buggy. Playing as Nightcrawler is the best part of the game, and his teleporting power is nicely realized here. The usual cast of X-Men villains are here, and the game's story takes place between X2: X-Men United and the upcoming X-Men: The Last Stand, so you pretty much know what to expect. Also, the overall feel of the game is that it was rushed out too quickly, which is pretty sad. Had more time been taken, X3 could have been a step above the usual clop of licensed games, but marketing blitzes always have the last say of things. Of all the platforms that X3 has been released on, believe it or not the best version is on the GBA, which is a tried but true side scroller that is surprisingly good. You'd be better off with that than any of the console versions.

Not As Bad As You May Think

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

X-Men: The Official game isn't as bad as any negative reviews may lead you to believe. This definitely isn't the worst game in the X-Men franchise to ever be created. If I had to describe what this game was like, I'd say that it's like X2: Wolverine's Revenge but better.

The story fills in all that takes place after the movie X2: X-Men United and X3: the Last Stand. So you will have a better understanding of the next film by playing this game. The story parts of the game are told through comic book-like pictures which occasionally move. At first; it seems strange, but as you progress through the game, you get used to it. It's a ton better looking than the animated stories in between the game "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".

The characters look like their movie counterparts during the story and game play. Wolverine actually looks like Hugh Jackman in this game, unlike in X2. I was very pleased with how the look and feel is like if you were playing the movie.

The gameplay in itself is pretty easy to learn. The look of the game reminds me of a better version of what I always refer to, Wolverine's Revenge. But if you didn't like that game, don't let that scare you off.

You play as Wolverine, Iceman and Nightcrawler, all voiced by the actors who portray them in the films. It is fun being all three. As Wolverine, you go on a rampage of chaos as you tear through your opponents. As Nightcrawler, you can teleport from place to place and get to many places you couldn't without teleporting. The coolest thing about Iceman is when you ride on ice. It has to be seen to be believed! You also have Colossus and Storm to help you out in this game on certain levels. New and old villians return in this game, some of which I can't say or it would spoil it.

All in all, this game is fun. The characters actually look like they do in the movies, and are voiced by their actors. I wouldn't say it's the best game, but it's not the worst thing either. If you aren't sure, rent it. But if you are a big X-Men fan, buy it. I love it.

The Cash Cow Game of the Year

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: May 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Not always is a game based off a movie bad. There really are some good ones out there. However, there are some that truly are bad and should be avoided. X-Men: The Offical Game is that game. The game overall is pretty poor. The developers didn't seem to take it seriously. The game is meant to connect The second X-Men movie with the third one. Unfortunately, the game just reeks of bad quality. Perhaps if it had spent more time in development, the game could've been good. Instead it's rather bland.

The game begins with a training mission with each character. This is simply to get you adjusted to the gameplay mechanics. Later on you'll come to see these training missions are just a waste of time. Playing the game is already simple as can be. Afterwards, you go back to Alkali Lake as Nightcrawler and recover parts of Cerebro. Afterwards you'll be given a choice between which scenario you want.

Throughout the entire game you'll only get to play as three characters. Wolverine, Iceman or Nightcrawler. Each of them have their own abilities, and their own scenarios. Once you pick one character, you're stuck with them until their scenario is over. You won't really run into the other playable characters a lot, though. Neither are the scenarios very hard or exciting.

X-Men is pretty much a simple beat 'em up game, with little bits and pieces of story thrown in for good measure. The story isn't really impressive, though. It's hard to follow, and the game doesn't put an emphasis on it. What voice acting there is isn't so bad. At least the voices that come from the stars of the film. You'll recognize them instantly. Those who aren't voiced by celebrities don't sound all that great. The story also unfolds mostly through storyboards rather than cinematics.

But what emphasis there is on gameplay is simplistic and mediocre. All you've got to do is beat people up. You might have to open a door or something, but that's about it. It isn't that the game is a beat 'em up that frustrates me. It's that there's nothing more to it than button mashing. And there aren't a lot of combos to perform either. As I said, it's simplistic.

Outside of beating up your enemies, you may have to telport as Nightcrawler. Nightcrawler does have a healing ability, and so does Iceman, but I'm quite sure they didn't have one before. Iceman's levels are a little more interesting than the others, seeing as how his are constantly moving along. The bulk of the game, however, is simply beating up your enemies. And as I mentioned, there isn't a whole lot of variety to beating them up.

There are moments when the game can be hard. Well, frustrating actually. The game doesn't provide a lot of difficulty, but it does provide you with having to charge at your enemies head on to--you guessed it--beat them up. You'll have to run through bullets to get to most of them, and that can be a little annoying.

Boss fights aren't really exciting either. Those consist of you performing a simple little dash and hit sort of pattern most of the time. They have predictable patterns and don't really do a whole lot to get you. Again, this makes the game rather easy.

Where the game really hits a low point are the graphics. The game certainly looks good, but there are some glitches that might make you question the graphics. For example, you can knock an enemy into a wall and they'll get stuck there, unable to get out of it, and unable to damage you. Sometimes enemies will pop up out of no where and there's no explanation. If these sorts of things only happened once or twice, I wouldn't mind. But they don't. They happen numerous times and constantly. The game looks good at least. Nothing noteworthy, there are plenty of games that look better, but this game doesn't look bad at all.

It's also rather annoying that the character selection is only limited to three characters. There could've been more characters than just Wolverine, Nightcrawler and Iceman. They each play a little differently, but they're the only three characters. That's rather disappointing.

This is nothing more than a Cash Cow game. It's nothing but a beat 'em up game with little variety. If it had spent more time in development, it probably would've been a better experience overall. There are better games out there. Ones with a bit more quality than this. I can't recommend this one. Not at all.

Another Comic Book Title semi-WASTED!!!!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: June 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Another comic book title semi-wasted. This game has alot going for it. Unfortunately it was very poorly executed. The game has the movies music, feel, and atomosphere down pat. But that is about it. It really lacks anything innovative in a action adventure brawler. I have to say that Wolverine is the worst character to play in this game. His hack & slash levels are so ordinary. Ice Man & NightCrawler seem to have the most entertaining rounds. Ice Man is always on his snow glide & Night Crawler can do his teleporting effect. Its such ashame we couldnt pick Storm, Colossus, Angel, Magneto, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Rogue, or Shadowcat. Another down side is that the game is not created for 2 players. I dont have an Xbox 360 but from what everyone tells me it has the most impressive graphics on the 360. I got a GameCube version & the graphics are fine but seems like it was made for the Nintendo 64 & Playstation 1 if anything. I got my game at Best Buy for 29.99 cause i was in no mood to shell out 39.99 for this game after all the bad press. All in all a decent game, but not on any level is it EXTRA-ORDINARY. Another thing is the animated cut scenes. There not so ANIMATED!!!!!! If you know what i mean? Its setup like your reading a comic book & the only characters that ever move in the cut scenes are the non X-men characters. All in all a decent action/adventure game & hopefully when the next X-men game comes out it will be so much better. A recent comic book video game that just came out that is really GOOD is Teen Titans & its only 19.99. Give Teen Titans and this one a try , X-men is not as bad as everyone says it is. But just wait till the price drops to 29.99 & under before making your purchase.

Don't waste your time on this one

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

You can actually buy a used copy of this game for really cheap right now if you know where to look, so I was tempted to check it out and I rented it (as a FREE rental). I spent no money on this game, but it is so bad that I regret that I actually wasted the 10 or 15 minutes that I spent putting the disc in my console and "playing" this drek for as long as I could stand. This game has gotten a lot of bad reviews, and it earned 'em. Another cheap movie-license game carried out as if nobody involved even cared about making a real game. I wouldn't own this game if it was free. Don't waste your time.

This game is cool !!!!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: May 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun but a little hard. That's why I gave it 4 stars. Some parts you play as wolverine are very hard because so many guards attack you. The other reason I gave it 4, was because the movie parts are like a comic, not a movie. But overall I think its fun and cool. Playing as Nightcrawler is super fun because you can teleport behind guards and beat the living crap out of 'em. Plus, when you finish each level, you can upgrade your character's skill! You should try it . Its a cool game!!!!!!

A truly dissapointing game overall

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: June 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Unlike all of the other X-men games, this one has ABSOLUTLY NO COMBOS!!! It's graphics are okay but the fighting system just isn't fun.....at all....seriously dont buy it!

Go play Halo or somthing!

Good for a Rental but not to buy.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game with much anticipation but was greeted with something very average. I don't know why but it seems that any game I've played connected to a movie, Star Wars Episode III for example, falls way short of what it could have been. Don't get me wrong it's not a bad game but I find myself getting bored extremely quickly! The only good part in the game is fighting as Nightcrawler. Playing as Wolverine is pretty redundant and Ice Man is just straight up annoying. After playing it I just feel disappointed. Spend your money on something with a little more story to it.

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