A lot of people think this is ridiculous. There are no switches, save the reset button on the Genesis. Once I kill Mojo, I must “reset the computer” to prevent a virus from being uploaded to Mojo’s level. This brings us to one of the weirder parts of this game. Later levels put the X-Men in space, blowing up robots, and fighting familiar bad guys like Sabretooth and Mojo. So I select one of my fellow X-Men, Rogue, who flies in and kicks his ass. He just charges and I just jump into the trees and he jumps up and down, shaking me out of said trees. Soon I meet Juggernaut, who is impossible to hurt. Punch it and it removes the giant pillar.

After much searching, I found a small lever in a cave to the far south of the level. I navigate a vertical maze of vine-covered platforms, killing shirtless men with spears, pterodactyls that shoot fireballs and tiny dragonflies that are nearly impossible to hit.Īfter about a minute spent killing enemies to move right, I can move right no longer. So the first level is the Savage Land, but it’s actually the Danger Room - a simulation for training purposes, for all who are uninitiated. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Other X-Men, like Rogue, Iceman, Storm, Jean Grey and Archangel, make cameos, blitzing the screen with powerful attacks in your time of need (Press Start, select the friend of your choice, then hit A to unleash them), save Jean Grey, who pulls you up when you fall off the screen. It hardly makes sense, but then you can teleport vertically, which more than makes up for his lack of air. It should be noted that of the four playable characters, Nightcrawler has the weakest jump. You pick one at the beginning, but can switch between them at any time. Four are playable: Wolverine, Gambit, Nightcrawler and Cyclops, who sucks (true to the license). Arguably all the best X-Men characters are here, save Beast, who is in the sequel (I’ll review that one soon). The best part about X-Men is how true it is to the license. But none of this really hurts the fun time to be had here.

At times you’re find yourself falling through platforms you don’t hit dead-on from high-up. The gameplay feels a little clunky compared to smoother sidescrollers on the system like Vectorman and Sonic. Activate your Online Access Now Article content

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