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Mixed or average reviews- based on 65 Ratings

  • Summary: X-Men: Destiny has you playing a new recruit amongst comic's motley mutant band, and promises a branching storyline that features a deep element of choice.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 51
  2. Negative: 25 out of 51
  1. Sep 29, 2011
    78
    Silicon Knights may not be treading into its Eternal Darkness territory here, but at least it's steering clear of its Too Human regime. This Destiny's got some weight behind it.
  2. Sep 28, 2011
    72
    I stopped having "true fun" about halfway through X-Men: Destiny and sadly finished out of obligation and a curiosity to see how the story would unfold. Hopefully, if you're a bigger fan of the X-Men franchise than I am you'll have a better time. Casual gamers should probably skip – this is one for true X-Men aficionados.
  3. Oct 4, 2011
    70
    The action is fun, if not monotonous, and there is simply nothing special about it at all. Still, I had fun the entire time I was playing the game, and that speaks volumes in my book.
  4. Sep 29, 2011
    48
    It's a shame that a clever concept was not given the care required to shape an epic quest with a completely fresh hero. From the short story and flaccid combat to the poor technical skill in the music and visuals, a few scattered collectibles and a handful of Achievements/Trophies are not enough to justify a sixty dollar purchase. In fact, it's probably not even worth the few dollars to rent unless you're a diehard fan of the series who must play every game, whether good or bad.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 25
  2. Negative: 10 out of 25
  1. This game is incredibly underrated. The story is great and while the game plays very simply I enjoyed every minute of it. The game had numerous moments where I felt like I was playing a N64 Spider-man game. Outside the goofy climbing this game is a great beat-em up title. Expand
  2. Yes the controls and moves are a tad mid-00's game like for a 2011 game, but X-Men: Destiny might be my favorite marvel game. Easy controls, but what's important is the story line. It should have been expanded but they make up for it by allowing to play through multiple times. By far, this is the best X-Men game yet. Expand
  3. I am huge comicbook nerd. A huge fan of the X-men. So this game was enjoyable for me in that I was able to pick my powers and be part of the X-men. However, if you're not a massively loyal X-men fan: do not buy this game. The power choice was fun, the voice acting was okay, and for a comicbook plot it was almost par. But the graphics are sub-par, the combat is limited, and the "choices" are... well it's as linear as a "choosing one of two factions" game can get. It's also really easy... Even on the highest difficulty. There are a lot of problems with this game. But it was fun being an X-man. Expand
  4. I played through the game from beginning to end and was not impressed. In fact, I want my money back as I beat the entire game in under six hours without even really trying. Not only that but i got almost all of the achievements possible in the game. All in one play through. It's a neat concept, creating your own character with their own powers that you choose. The reality of this game however is that you only have a choice of three powers and three premade characters to choose from. It really doesn't matter which character or which power set you choose, you'll still end up mashing the same button over and over the entire game. The voice dialog is terrible and a tad confusing. You're given "choices" to determine which side you want to be with, but the choices are meaningless and don't affect ANYTHING except the ending which is either the good guys or the bad guys cut scene. I will admit the game was a little bit fun the first play through, but definitely not worth $60 which is why I gave this game a 4. My advice: Don't pay full price for this game. Wait until it's in the bargain bin for ten bucks or less. Then it'll be worth picking up. Expand

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