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X-Men: The Official Game (Windows)

common sense media says

Mutants have never been so boring -- tweens OK.


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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that this game includes fistfights, explosions, and shooting. All of the violence is bloodless, but players punch, stab, and zap hundreds of realistic-looking enemies, as well as a healthy dose of mutants and monsters. The game is based more on the recent X-Men movies than the comic books and features the likenesses of many actors from the films.

Educational value: Not applicable.
Positive messages: Lurking behind the pulp of the comics and the movies is a story about the power of being different.
Violence: No blood, but lots of brawling and shooting. Wolverine executes brutal-looking stabbing attacks. Lots of sci-fi weapons and explosions.
Sex: Not applicable.
Language: Not applicable.
Consumerism: The game is set in the world of the X-Men movies and uses the likenesses and voices of actors in the movies.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking: Not applicable.

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What to talk about

Talk to your kids
  • Families can talk about how this game is related to recent X-Men movies. What's appealing about these games based on movies?

  • How do games help promote movies? Why is it that these games are often only mediocre?

What's the story?

What's the story?

The storyline of X-MEN: THE OFFICIAL GAME serves as a prequel to the third movie in the franchise. Players alternate playing as three characters -- Iceman, Nightcrawler, and Wolverine -- in a series of short, character-specific missions, winding through a convoluted story that involves both evil mutants and hostile military forces. Along the way they team up with other, non-playable X-Men from the movies and comics.

The game gives each character a distinct style: Iceman flies on a platform of ice and fires freezing rays; Nightcrawler teleports and swings acrobatically into fights; and fan-favorite Wolverine claws his way though enemy masses as a straight-up brawler.

Is it any good?

Is it any good?
 

Too bad this uninspired game gets bogged down in repetitive action. Players will tire of marching through sterile levels, facing the same sort of obstacles again and again (such as Wolverine's endless slashing though enemy soldiers).

The game's presentation is also dull. A few of the cut scenes use colorful comic panels, but more often the story is advanced in a kind of movie/comic book hybrid: voice-overs (contributed by the stars of the movie, including Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart) on top of lifeless stills drawn in a realistic style. Even the varied environments -- which include Japanese gardens, secret laboratories, and the Brooklyn Bridge -- are quiet and empty.

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Available on: Windows
Not available online
Genre: Action/Adventure
Developer: Activision
Released on: May 30, 2006
Price: 39.99
ESRB Rating: T for Violence

This review was written by Chris Jozefowicz
 
 

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beck13
teen, 18 years old
 
Confusing..
Don't actually play this game, thinking that its goin to be lots of fun, and you're going to enjoy it as long as you can. Because, in reality, this game is absolute crap!! I mean, sure it supports a bridge between the 2nd and 3rd movies, but its just not worth the money.

Bryan484
teen, 14 years old
 
The idea of the game is to kill people because they want you to change. They fight and curse. That's about it.

natedogg
teen, 16 years old
 
yeah some game
this game has a lot of stabing when you are wolverine but the game is really stupid. the graphics awful and the violence sad.

wondergirl_is_back
teen, 17 years old
 
Fun
It's very fun but the Iceman parts can get hard. Over all I loved this game. I am one of the biggest X-Men fans you'll ever meet!

the_gamer_dude
teen, 13 years old
 
Good graphics don't make up for boring gameplay......
The game is OK, but the gameplay is bad when playing as wolverine, and the only poitn of the game is to kill every thign in site, which is fun for a while, but it gets boring. There isn't any blood or anything, but there is some physics causing rag doll effects when you kill people.

mkalv
teen, 17 years old
 
Cash-in game is Mediocore
This game really underwhelmed me. I thought it would be much better, but nope. The graphics don't hold up well today, the plot seems rushed and a little too scrambled, and the gameplay is okay...for about ten minutes. And the ending makes no sense. The voice acting is mostly good (except for Storm), so thats a plus. But you should just stick to the films.

 
two words
repetitive, boring

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