X-Men: The Official Game
X-Men: The Official Game is derived from the storyline of the third X-Men film. In this game, players have the option to control characters such as Wolverine, Colossus, Iceman, or Nightcrawler as they navigate…
X-Men: The Official Game is a hack and slash/beat 'em up, released 16 May 2006 on Game Boy Advance.
What X-Men: The Official Game is
X-Men: The Official Game was released in 2006. It was published by Activision. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
X-Men: The Official Game is derived from the storyline of the third X-Men film. In this game, players have the option to control characters such as Wolverine, Colossus, Iceman, or Nightcrawler as they navigate through twenty-five stages in a traditional side-scrolling beat-'em-up format. The objective is typically to locate the exit within each level, which can involve scrolling from left to right, top to bottom, or navigating labyrinth-like designs. Enemies are defeated using various punches, and each character differs in their attack range and damage output. Additionally, each character possesses a unique special attack and individual abilities. For instance, Colossus can smash specific…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Marvel series
X-Men: The Official Game is the 138th of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was Spider-Man & Friends: Secret Missions in 2006. Its critic score of 40 is 24 points below the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes at 90.
How it was received
X-Men: The Official Game holds a critic score of 40 out of 100. That places it above 4% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 25 points below the year average.
What it launched against
X-Men: The Official Game launched on 16 May 2006, within three weeks of Half-Life 2: Episode One, New Super Mario Bros., Hitman: Blood Money and Heroes of Might and Magic V. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Half-Life 2: Episode One, New Super Mario Bros., Hitman: Blood Money, Heroes of Might and Magic V.
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