a classic comic, a classic game?

Among comic books it does not get more popular than the X-Men. Activision has sought to translate this into a video game here. The X-Men are a team of super powerful mutants fighting evil mutants and sometime a fearful society. You get most of the best know mutants like Wolverine, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Gambit, Iceman, Storm and more. There mission is to protect a young mutant named Magma from evil mutants. This leads to bigger dangers one might guess. Besides that you get to roam around the Xavier Mansion between levels. You control one mutant in a team but can change characters during the action. Each X-Man is given a colorful and usually potent arsenal of moves. This action game has RPG elements too. You can upgrade each mutants attacks by getting experience points for defeating enemies. Like for instance Cyclops eye blast starts as small and weak. By the time you fully upgrade it is a large powerful blast. Each character has their own special moves. There are melee attacks too. There are a variety of enemies to fight. The real fun, though, is when you run into the bosses. They include Magneto, the Juggernaut, and many others. The levels involve a lot of smashing. Not just your foes get damaged though. The backgrounds and objects can get destroyed too. Breaking down walls feels good. Visually the game is average. The characters are colorful and cartoony but not detailed. However, their special moves that shoot like gambits cards are bursting with color and It gives you a feeling of their powers. The sound is equal to the graphics. It plays its role without standing out during the special moves or character voices. The biggest problem with this otherwise fun game is the camera. It uses a top down camera. Which means you cannot much ahead. Enemies can be just ahead of the screen's view and be unseen. This is a glaring weakness. It really spoils the game for me.

X-man Legends is exciting at times but it is an average game overall.