1. MohawkMike

   7

   The honest truth is this game needed a lot more time in development. The graphics overall are somewhat ugly. The animations can be stiff and just as ugly. And the ability to handle your character in terms of gameplay isn't quite what one would expect or want for forking over $60. BUT, I have found myself really enjoying this game none the less. A lot of people have complained that you're not playing as a previously established X-Men or Brotherhood member. But honestly, you interact and fight alongside a huge cast. And the fact that you can upgrade and craft your own mutant with they own unique abilities is way more compelling to me. The gameplay isn't overly deep. You'll essentially move from section to section, and you'll beat up a huge group of enemies. Then some more enemies. Then some more enemies, with some bigger meaner enemies. So on and so forth. Its a beat 'em up game, plain and simple, with some RPG upgrading elements to help keep things from getting stale. And sometimes, all one really wants is a simple beat 'em up. In my opinion, beats another mindless First Person Shooter. Anyways, the story won't blow you away, but at the same time its solid. The voice acting is pretty good overall as well. If you enjoy the X-Men franchise, don't mind a simple minded yet fun beat 'em up game with fun upgrading aspects, and can cope with some less than beautiful graphics and animations, this game should satisfy. I will suggest that most people wait until the price drops below $60. But, as a rental from Redbox at $2 a night, its a hell of a fun game.… Expand

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2. Redfordsto

   5

   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

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     1 of 1 users said yes
3. Sparpnsexyoak

   2

   X-Men: Destiny had such great promise; unfortunately it failed dismally in delivering on it... You start out by choosing one of three youngsters oblivious to their mutant abilities and predictably once a horrific event takes place you discover you them. Throughout the course of the game you make various choices to help you expand upon these abilities. To keep it simple the game uses a mix of choices at key moments and a simple "Power branch system" in order to define what powers you utilise and which you will expand on. This sounds fantastic, but it's not really. The main power choices are pretty limited and result in much the same thing whichever way you go. The "Sub Powers" allow you to define the type of attack and defence modifiers each of your chosen powers has, e.g. Pyro's fire or Colossus’ tough skin. You are simply put, a hybrid of a couple well known Marvel mutants and while this sounds awesome it gets old really fast and it doesn't really make a huge difference which modifiers you use. I personally went with Ice Man's cold attack simply because it looked "cool". The story is a simple one, if not obvious at first. Discover your hidden abilities and aid your chosen faction if defeating the bad guys. You do this though a very basic combat system that allows you do all the usual, in short punch up the badies and jump between the occasional ledges to reach the next area with more badies and occasionally a rather simple boss fight. Like the storyline the fighting is simple, too simple and very, very, repetitive. If you are a semi experienced gamer (played more than one days’ worth) you will most likely be left in awe at how simple it is to beat down 100 bad guys all by yourself. I found myself at times yelling out uncontrollably to my AI partners "don't worry guys, I’ve got this", they were about as useful as a couple of wet dish-clothes. The game is short (thank fully), and should take about 5-7 hours to complete on first play through and at the end of it you will be left with an empty feeling and the urge to go and play outside in the sunshine, which could be seen as a good thing. The sub-standard graphics, terrible voice acting and cheesy dialog throughout make you want to get it over and done with as fast as possible and trade it in at your local gaming store in order to put some credit towards your next game purchase, which is exactly what I did... Batman you had better be worth it!… Expand

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     4 of 5 users said yes

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