The game picks up where the last movie, X2: X-Men United, left off. You as Wolverine, Iceman, and Nightcrawler. This is the first thing I find odd about the "offical game". The offical movie doesn't not include Nightcrawler, so why is he in the game? But this is not a complaint, just a quandry. Nightcrawler is by far the most interesting and fun character to play in this game.
Unfortunetly the pluses in this game a few and far between. Speaking of "between", did you like that transition, the "cut-scenes", if you can call them that, are quite possibly the most horrendous things I've seen in a long time. No fancy visualy pleasing stories for us. Instead we get still pictures and characters that slide across the screen for animations. Luckily the voices for the charaters are done by the actors in the movie, at least for Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Iceman, and Professor X. The graphic during gameplay on the other hand are quite nice.
There are three playable characters, Wolverine, Iceman, and Nightcrawler, each having their own unique playing style. Wolverine can stay in the fight a bit longer than the other two, he deals out the most damage and when he goes into fury mode he can pull of some devistating attacks. The biggest threat to him is when he becomes surrounded by foes and bad men with guns. Iceman sticks to the air with his slick iceslide te cnique. All of his attacks are ranged, shoot a chilling beam to put out fires and slow your opponets or hurl iceshards at them. The top part of this game are the missions completed with Nightcrawler. Teleportation is the only way to fly. Although he can't last long in a fistfight you can instantly teleport behind your advesary for a quick combination of attacks.
After the first few missions though you find yourself doing the exact same combinations and attacks on every enemy. Needless to say it gets quite tedius after just the first couple of missions. But the strong parts in the game are the boss fights. Iceman faces off with Pyro and Wolverine takes on the likes of Lady Deathstryke and Sabertooth. Though the boss fights are well done and actually fun, getting to them is like slowly drilling into your brain.
There are some unlockables to be had, different costumes, bios, and the like. Plus the branching storylines may bring a player back for a little more a second time through. But is it really worth it? This might be a game to pick up if you are a X-men fanatic, but otherwise rent it or avoid it altogether. This one gets a 6 out of 10.
Now for some screen shots.
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