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X-Men Legends (GC)

Description: Manufacturer: Activision / Genre: Action

Newest Review: ... as familiar with the source material probably won't mind. For all of the nitpicking I've done in this review, it's not like ... more

... this is the absolute worst game to feature Marvel's Merry Mutants. It's a very good first effort at the franchise by Raven and Activision, and sets a good framework to improve on for the almost inevitable sequel. There's still a few popular X-Men characters left to appear, and a litany of villains waiting in the wings. Raven certainly gets an "A" for effort on this game, even if their other grades aren't quite that high. If you're a fan of the material or have a large enough group of gamer friends looking f...more

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X-Men Legends (GC): Lives up to the hyped-up Legend, but not even close to Godly ... (2171 words)
by - written on 19/12/07 (Very useful, 39 readings)
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Doing a good comic book video game is a very tricky beast. Manufacturers and developers have been trying since the medium was in it's infancy, with Parker Bros bringing Superman to the early home platforms like the Atari 2600. Since then we've been subjected to turkeys like X-Men for the NES, to near perfection like Capcom's arcade fighters, and an awful lot of stuff right in the middle ground. So far, Activision has had a pretty good track record with Marvel's characters, especially Spider-Man, while their X-Men efforts have either been 3D fighters that borrowed from various other titles, and a couple action/adventure games, one on the GBA and a solo Wolverine effort ... Read the complete review