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Just like the Arcade Classic

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: July 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This side scrolling adventure is a reminiscent of the Konami beat em up classic that was an arcade game in the early 90s. As you interact with over 40 different X men, you must destroy the forces of the ancient mutant named Apocalypsein an alternate timeline where he rules the earth.

In this twisted alternate timeline, some of your friends have changed diplomatic stance with you to enemy and vice versa. Your goal is to alter the timeline to it's original form. You can earn points by using special moves, which you can use to improve your character's skills.

Overall, this game should be a great side scroller, competing with jurassic park III the DNA factor and Spider-man: Mysterio's Menace.

Reviving a classic X-MEN game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: August 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If this game is based on the early 90's arcade game this will truly be a favorite with players, it's about time Nintendo (or even any company) to bring this classic style of game-play back to mainstream entertainment on the high quality of the Game Boy Advance!

Horrible.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: September 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I've always loved arcade beat-them-up games, and when this game came out I rushed out and bought it immediately. What a mistake. This entire game feels like a cheap PC shareware product. Sure, you get to tackle many different enemies, but they all basically have the same moves and differ only by the number of hits it takes to kill them. Sure, you get to go against more than a dozen bosses, but I personally found only 1 or 2 of them to be a mild challenge. The rest were such pushovers that they were barely able to hit me before I stomped all over them. Sure, there are 12 levels, but they are all extremely linear, with absolutely no variation... their backgrounds are different, but that's about it. And to top it all off, I beat the entire game with Wolverine within an hour (!!!) of obtaining it, without even using up a single continue or ever looking into the manual. There are three other single player characters you can choose, but by the time I was finished with Wolverine I never wanted to play this game ever again. There is a multiplayer mode in this game that I haven't tried, but from what I saw of single player, it's probably not worth the purchase either. Bottom line: unless you're an ultra-hardcore fan of the series, STAY AWAY.

X-Men Isn't Classic

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: October 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you fondly remember that great early 90's X-Men arcade game, then pay attention...this ain't it. "X-Men:ROP" is indeed done in the same style as the afore mentioned classic, but suffers from a case of flaw-itis. What are those flaws...well I'll tell you. First off play control is a bit awkward and a bit slow. The jump button is the right hand trigger, and for big hands that isn't always easy(trust me). Your X-men also doesn't like to be bothered to run, they crawl. Rouge has some great animation, but she needs to haul it. There is a dash move but enemies will hit you if you try to use it to escape. Enemies will crowd around you. and since there is no defense you're toast. Not to mention the fact that they can attack you during your attack, making it sometimes impossible to advance in the game. The sound is terrible. Tiny punches and "arrgghh" when you die. Bosses don't make any flashy entrances, and they all have the same voice. Given Game Boy Advances sound potential..someone messed up. The bosses you encounter are unlocked once you beat them. You can use them to fight a la street fighter, but you can't fight the CPU. They are only available via the gamelink. Great marketing, poor programing. So if you are interested in any of the game's cool bosses(Jean Grey, Psylocke, Gambit)then get a friend with the game link and another game pack.So what's good about it. The graphics are great. The X-Men have great animation and the characters are nicely detailed. Background graphics are cool too. Even though they aren't playable in one player mode, the fact that some oool characters are in the game as bosses or mini-bosses is a great idea. If there is a next time, I would like to see the unlockable characters selectable in the one player mode(hint hint). And even with its short comings the game is still fun. It's the X-Men.

Decent, but could have been better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I love the X-Men, but this game doesn't do the characters and comic too much justice. There's a lot of action and a bunch of characters from the comic which is cool, but they all fight with the same moves as each other and it gets repetetive and dull pretty quick. Get this game if you're an X-men junkie, but I would suggest getting the Spiderman Game boy advance game if you're looking for a fun and challenging comic book based game.

This Game is not as fantasic as it looks

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game a few days before, and it really is not that good.I agree with some of the reviwers on the sound, it is really owful. I completed the game 4 times within one day using hte 4 characters. I got it refunded the next day. The plot (is aweful) and the mutant power each of the character has does not help very much. Wolferine is the easiest to use, and rouge is the most difficult character. Personally I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, save up your cash to buy some other games. Frankly, it isnot even worth one star.

X-Men bruised but not beaten

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

ok, so it's not the greatest game. It is short, and if you pump all your xp points into strength the game isnt much of a challenge (an hour at the least, hour and a half at the most). The sound is awesome though, and so are the backgrounds. The graphics, while anime-ish for rogue, are really good and entertaining. The side scrolling story is somewhat lacking, but the multiplayer is the real meat of the game. Fighting with all the different characters is great, and co-op can be really fun (and since its short you can try varying stratigies with xp points). Theres a lot of work that needs to be done for the next x-men GBA game, but i'd still recomend this game to any one who enjoys x-men remotely, just cause the multiplayer is that fun.

one of the first true great games for the gba

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 16
Date: November 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

what can i say i looked at this game and thought it was gping to be another (...)'o'rama game much like mutant wars and wolverine's rage for the game boy color, boy was i ever wrong. if you've ever played the classic x-men arcade game then this game is for you! it captures all the elements of a classic side scrolling brawler! i very rare quality in games today. it reminds me of many classic game such as the final fight series teenage mutant ninja turtles 2,3, and 4, and streets of rage. i know there's more classic games that could be compaiered to this but who cares i'm here to rate this one. reign of apocalypse is not only for x-fans but for any true gamer. in fact coming from myself a lifelong x-fan this game may be dissapointing beacuse of story line and unreal sayings. for example if you know how storms talks from the animated series and the comics she speaks in a much diffrent type of manner in this game. the game is simple work ypur way across the screen. no platforms to jump to. no mazes to figure out. no mind racking stuff like that, just pure brawling! i plan on buying aback up copy of this game cause i injoyed it so much! and i havent even got to the good part!!!! you have the option of playing the game with a friend so yes it is a 2 player game. and the best part it has a built in mutant academy like game within it to play agenst another person with more playable mutants, and arenas then the real mutant academy! this basicly is 2 great games in one. i went nuts tring to find out what mutants were in this game! i searched more then 200 sites tring to find a list and couldn't!! so for those of you who may be worring that your favorite x-man aint here heres the list.
wolverine
cyclops
storm
rogue
sabretooth
nightcrawler
sauron
angel/archangel
pyro
blob
cable
gambit
phoenix/jean grey
juggernaut
magneto
psylocke
beast
colossus
silver samurai
bishop
apocalypse
thats alot of playable people for one game. also note that most of these mutants are only playable in 2 player modes. so to rap this long review up in 3 simple words "buy this game" see ya later

pretty kool

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

this game is really fun for a person who like scrolling games. But the graphics are lacking and rogue is hard 2 use which reminds me, there are only 4 useable characters in 1 player mode.

a throw back to the 80's

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

this game is an old fashion side scrolling fighting game where the character is walking towards the left of the screen and several monsters are chargeing at you from the right. you are not allowed to proceed until you have beat all the monsters that are attacking you. but thats it. that is the extent of the game. you can fight one on one with someone else who has the game. also the characters stand and move much the same as they did in fighting games from the 80's.

my copy ended in a used games store in less then 12 hours after i brought it.

conisering the vast potention of GBA, this game is a waste of money. there are sever fighters like tekken that are out and much better)

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