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Great Fighting Game, Hands Down

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 21 / 21
Date: April 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I had seen this game in the store several times and didn't pay it much attention. My friend who works in the game store told me I would enjoy it. Once I started playing I was hooked. Unlike other games that have used X-men characters, this one really seems to bring them to life. I don't know how this game plays on the other two systems but it plays beautifully on Gamecube. Load times are short, graphics are smooth, and gameplay is flawless.

First off, it is a 3-D fighter. The gameplay is reminiscent of Tekken. There are two punch buttons, two kick buttons, one throw button, and one counter button. This game is all about timing. The counter button is tough to use but nice to have, since you're timing has to be great. You hold back to block like Tekken. Unlike Tekken, where characters have lists of 40+ moves and some very complicated patterns, the move list is shorter, usually about 20-30, and are not too difficult to execute. If you like games where the moves are overly complex, you will not like this game. This is the type of game where a decent gamer, who may not be a master at games like Tekken, can master a number of characters in a relatively short time and not get bored. Sidestepping and jumping are easy in this game.

There are similarities to DOA in this game as well. The backgrounds are interactive. You can knock somebody up against a car and it will blow up, or a control panel and receive a serious jolt. Other than the danger room, all of the boards have multiple areas. If you hit a character hard enough and in the right direction you can knock them into another area. For example, you can start in the mansion hallway, knock them into the study, out the window onto the basketball court (which opens up like the movie), fall down into the hangar, knock you're opponent onto the elevator and wind up back in the hallway again. You're not restricted to one backdrop for an entire match. Even the danger room has multiple holographic backdrops, such as a Roman coliseum and a WWII battlefield. You can even use poles and walls to bounce your opponent off of. There are 7 boards, some with up to four different areas.

Now one thing that makes this game more fun to play is the power-up bar for your X-powers. It fills up Level 1, then Level 2, then Level 3, and once all three Levels are filled, you can use your Level 4. Each characters super moves require slightly different combos to get off but nothing too difficult to remember. Now lets say that you don't like your characters Level 1 move and prefer their Level 3 move, or vice versa. You can move the energy from other bars to the one you want. Press and hold the Z button and B, Y, and X will pop up over your meter at the top. Press the button corresponding to the meter you want to use and simply shift everything to it.

All of the moves and super moves in this game exploit each mutant's abilities to the fullest. Unlike all of the Marvel vs. Capcom games that treat each character like a Street Fighter character, this game treats each like an individual X-men.

One addition to this game that is much like a Capcom 2-D fighter is air attacks. I haven't quite figured out how to use them but if you knock your opponent up in the air, you can continue to hit them once they're airborne and even execute a super move. In fact, all characters have one super move dedicated for use while in the air.

There are 24 characters total. You start with access to 17. 3 are visible but locked. 4 are hidden by question marks and have to be unlocked through certain actions. Each character has 8 costumes. Some costumes are slight variations while others are drastically different. Characters for immediate play include: Cyclops, Wolverine, Gambit, Storm, Beast, Phoenix, Toad, Mystique, Sabretooth, Magneto, Nightcrawler, Rogue, Forge, Juggernaut, Betsy, Havok, and Lady Deathstrike. Sentinel A, Sentinel B, and Bastion are visible but locked. Psylocke, Bishop, Dark Phoenix, and Blob are hidden and must be unlocked. All characters are equally dangerous and well-balanced. Most have projectile weaponry of some sort, and those that lack it, make up for it in other ways.

On top of the nice blend of different aspects of various fighting games, the graphics are top-notch, the music is sweet and makes you feel like you're in a movie. The voice acting is great and you really get a feel for your character. Throw in great movies, which you can watch again once you have unlocked them, several different modes (Story, Arcade, Versus, Survival, Time Attack, Team, and Practice), and the fact that Patrick Stewart does the voice of Charles Xavier, and you've got one great game. Plus, if you don't feel like going through the trouble of unlocking everything, there is a code that does it for you: quickly press Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, Start, Start at the main menu. A message will confirm correct code entry. Then save it to your memory card.

Its nice to find an X-men game where Wolverine is not automatically the best character. I highly recommend this game.

Not Bad....not bad at all.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 15
Date: September 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Try to find a harder game to find info or advertising on then this one and you would be out of luck. That worried me greatly. I really wanted this game to be good. However, having no attention on it is usually a bad sign. I have no idea why, because this game is AWESOME! Sure, it's not very original. Sure it's not some fantastic new fancy-smancy style fighting game, however it is one of the best I've played & (lotsa) fun. Ok people...it's not Tekken & it's not Soul Calibur, but It's the best use of everyone's favorite mutants. I would even say better then the 3d fighters from Capcom. The powers are used much more in this game and have a much more variety of powers & super attacks....much more then Tekken & SC. The one thing that is VERY difficult to get used to is the control. It's a very wierd set-up on the GC controller. In fact, I hated it at first. Give it time though. After playing with it for an hour or so, it'll feel much better (It was extremely difficult to switch back to Smash Bros. right after....the controls are sooo different that it just messes you up completely). The other thing that bugged me was the still models of some of the characters. What's up with Cyclops', Storm's & Gambit's hair. Looks aweful. But the models used in the game look fantastic. Go figure. This game definitely has a flare to it. Each mutants powers are quite flashy and very fun. They difinitely look and move like you think they would. Some of the best examples is Gambit and Psylocke. The whole multi-level within a level thing is fantastic. This is part of the flare I was talking about. Gives you time to gloat and mock your friend right after a fantastic attack. Although, you may feel like you're watching your mutant attack then actually controling them, you press a button and they just go off on their own sometimes like a child hyped up on chocolate. The levels look amazing. They are vast and so detailed. We actually stopped playing to watch Apocolypse rise from his grave. Very, very cool. There are so many moves and ways of attack, I feel as if I've barely scratched the surface, and this is after 2 days of playing. I do wish there was a tag team mode in this game, like in the Marvel vs. capcom games. But, I can deal. I think this is a good game to hold everyone off for a while until Soul Calibur 2 comes out. With a lack of fighting games for the GC, this game is very welcome in my library. If you love X-Men and enjoy fighting games...you will difinitely enjoy this game (after learning how to work the freaking controls that is). Give it time though.

one word...AWESOME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

OK, this is an awesome game. It's pure X-Men action. With 24 X-Men to play as, including Cyclops, Wolverine, Gambit, Havok, two Setinals, Bastion, Pheonix, Dark Pheonix,Rouge, Beast, Magneto, Toad, Mystique, Blob, Sabertooth, and many, many more, along with great fighting stages, it will definatly keep you hooked. However, you will find story mode to be really difficult, because you play as Forge alot, and he really sucks, plus when ever you punch or deliver a good move, they ALWAYS block it. Game play can be a little chopy at times, but it's still worth it. It can take a while to unlock characters and costumes, but the more reason for you to buy it:the challenge. So go, now, buy this game! You won't regret it.

X-Men ups the ante

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: October 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The game, although simplistic in gameplay, has incredible graphics and many modes to play with. It's almost as if you're playing the much tallied sequel to the X-men Motion picture-full with Patrick Stewarts voice as Professor Xavier. the combos are awesome, and the storyline setting is great, and the battle arenas are incredible and vast. it's not the same X-men game like the Capcom games... it's much better! the charachters resemble more of the movie and X-men: Evolution than the FOX version of the cartoon. X-men fans can't go wrong with this game.

Whoa!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: October 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks! I myself love X-men and I love this game. You play as characters and you kick other characters butts!! Or you fry them or you punch them or u shoot them ((mistique)) or you enter their minds and K.O. them from there ((psylocke/betsy)). My personal fav is Psylocke, the game calls her besty. She's one of the fastest and her level 4 combo attack enters your mind through your eyes and kills u ((if your not at full health or it will nearly kill u)). And Walverine has these "Matrix" attacks where his moves slows down time in the middle of his attack and the camera moves like in the movie. And the graphics are EXECELLENT! In the 1st level you start on a building, you can knock the player off into a billboard then they fall on a cab! Or you can knock them down to a lower part of the roof them kick them !through! a building and onto the street. The only downside is that the controls are hard to master and can mess you up in other games. I would give it a 4.5 star game

a kid's review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: December 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this is the best game ever. It has cool graphics and matrix. Wolverine is so cool with this big claw and everything. You should definetly buy this game.

Not Bad at all!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Okay, folks, let me first say that I am TERRIBLE at fighting games. Period. I have basically no skill, and I often think to much when I am spposed to be having fun. That said, this game rocks! It is fun, relatively easy to master for a decent gamer, and not too hard for someone like me to keep up. The graphics are excellent, and the movement is consistent - not too much waiting between screens (my least favorite part of the new 'CD-ROM style' of video games). The characters are true to form, and any X-Men fan will simply love it. I had a friend over who is a game fiend, and I actually fell asleep for a while; he kept playing until 2 am! It's that good! I definitely recommend this game for serious gamers and novices alike.

an ausome game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: March 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game is extremely FUN! The graphicsare are pretty god .The characters
include Cyciops,Phoenix,Wolveerine,Gambit,Rogue and moer.

X-Men: Next Dimension Review By Mike

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This Game is a must for X - Men fanatics. I t has allot of perks and a couple a downs. One of the biggest perks for me was the fact the put Gambit in the game. I'm a huge Gambit fan. The Controls are tricky the first time so make sure get the configuration. Graphics wise the game is a 4.5 stars they could be better but not by much.
Disciple of Apocalypse,
Mike

X-men:Next Dimesion (GCN)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: January 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

In this game, the graphics are worth the graphics of Gamecube; although the is a few bit of clipping and cookie cutters. This game is good for arcade fighting fans. The inviorments are not interactable, but they are well put together. The controlls were a little sensitive, and the game didn't really follow the X-men trilogy.

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