X-Men: The Official Game

 GameCube
User Score
6.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 3 out of 10
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  1. LuisA.
    May 17, 2006
    5
    what a disapointing game, please dont waste your time and money on it, this is a discrace to the xbox360, and developers who make this crap are stuffing up the Next-Gen concept for Microsoft. Althought let's be honest, it was expected its a movie, how good can it really be?
  2. EthanR.
    May 24, 2006
    3
    A very boring game with really nothing to offer. In this game you can only play as 3 characters, wolverine, nightccrawler and ice man. Wolverine's levels are dreadful. With barely any moves you must stay in a room and defeat what seems like hundreds of enemies. Nightcrawler is the only reason i gave this game a 3. His levels are spectacular and unique and other then that nightcrawler A very boring game with really nothing to offer. In this game you can only play as 3 characters, wolverine, nightccrawler and ice man. Wolverine's levels are dreadful. With barely any moves you must stay in a room and defeat what seems like hundreds of enemies. Nightcrawler is the only reason i gave this game a 3. His levels are spectacular and unique and other then that nightcrawler is easy to use and the best of the bunch. Last is ice man, he has a few fun levels and some terrible levles. For one thing you barely use ice man in the game. His controls are okay. But using him gets very frustrating. Ovverall I say this is a below average game.… Expand
  3. ElectroNick
    May 27, 2016
    3
    Strange title aside this game does scream movie-tie in. It is functional and will keep you entertained at times but there are plenty of problems that will frustrate the player. The game takes place in between the events of "X-Men United" and "The Last Stand" which attempts to fill in the gaps. Unfortunately the story felt incomplete which leaves more questions than answers. For some reasonStrange title aside this game does scream movie-tie in. It is functional and will keep you entertained at times but there are plenty of problems that will frustrate the player. The game takes place in between the events of "X-Men United" and "The Last Stand" which attempts to fill in the gaps. Unfortunately the story felt incomplete which leaves more questions than answers. For some reason cutscenes are told in still images to mimic a motion comic but it looks lazy on the developer's part. Even though they are decently voice-acted the cut scenes have no real purpose outside of giving context to the game play. The story mode has three branching paths in which you can play as three members of the X-Men : Wolverine, Ice Man, and Nightcrawler, who each have their own play style. Wolverine's campaign plays like a typical specatcle fighter if the enemies are overly agressive and use ambush as an instant tactic. The best Spectacle fighters like Devil May Cry or God of War (personal feelings aside) have enemies that use different tactics and they gradually use smarter maneuvers to get the better of the player. This game doesn't really do that as all of the enemies use ambush as a given and can even hurt you when you are knocked down but you can't do the same for them. The only way to get past the hordes is to use your berserk mode but it is only able to be used for two attacks at a time which will give the enemies an unfair advantage. Wolverine does have a healing ability but it is too slow to keep up with the onslaught of the enemies. Ice Man's levels are the worst part of the game as he is entirely on rails. Ice Man moves himself with the same type of control scheme as a flying game (up makes you go down and vice versa). It is tolerable in a flying game as it is the standard but not when it is switched for the standard of an action game. because it causes nothing but frustration on the player's part. Night-crawler's segments are the only tolerable parts of the game with his acrobatics and his telportation. He specailaises in stealth which does make some exhilarating times for him. In fact I would be in favor with a whole game based on these mechanics. Aside from that though, this game is best left avoided as there are plenty of other superhero games that are worth your time.… Expand

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#34 Best GameCube Game of 2006
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#25 Most Discussed GameCube Game of 2006

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Metascore
50

Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 31
  3. Negative: 12 out of 31
  1. Games Radar
    50
    The game's just chunky and sloppy all around, a real waste of a perfectly capable system. If you can buy any version, don't make it this one. Then just go check out the movie instead.
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  2. AceGamez
    50
    It's sad to say, but after playing this I spent a good few hours playing Wolverine's Revenge and having more fun in the process - and that game is over three years old!
  3. Edge Magazine
    30
    Had The Official Game provided a consistent overall challenge, it would have been bearable, if unexciting. But it hasn't, and it isn't. [July 2006, p.88]
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