Genesis had the best X-Men games ever created [Archive]

TheEdge

11-04-2009, 12:32 PM

My friend and I used to play X-men 1 for hours on end. We loved how you could call in other X-men characters for back up. Only recently did I ever figure out how to beat Mojo's level. The developers are bastards AND geniuses for creating that.

X-men 2 was a very well made game. I think Rocket Knight, SOR 3, Shinobi III, Ranger-X, and X-men 2 are the best looking and playing 16-bit games ever created. The difficulty was crushing, especially when we were young, but the gameplay and characters were there. Kudos Sega! Kudos Marvel! you hit it out of the park with these titles.

Comments? Questions? Statement?

mrbigreddog

11-04-2009, 12:42 PM

Alianger

11-04-2009, 01:56 PM

Always hated the first one and still do, but no. 2 is pretty good. Frustrating at times, and the characters are unbalanced, but a pretty fun game overall.

I also remember liking the SNES and arcade games. The SNES one is super hard. I need to replay them to decide if X-Men 2 comes out on top.

TheEdge

11-04-2009, 02:24 PM

I didn't even know that SNES had a X-men game.

jerry coeurl

11-04-2009, 02:58 PM

The X-Men Arcade game is far superior to any of the Genesis offerings, imo.

TheEdge

11-04-2009, 03:01 PM

The X-Men Arcade game is far superior to any of the Genesis offerings, imo.

Anything in the arcade was superior to the 16-bit generation. That's irrelevant. :mad:

jerry coeurl

11-04-2009, 03:21 PM

Well the thread title is "Genesis had the best X-Men games ever created," and I took issue with that statement. Because the arcade game is better than both of the Genesis games. I would argue that X-Men vs. Street Fighter (which got a Saturn port as well) is more enjoyable than either of the Genesis X-Men games.

If I was saying, "the Genesis games suck because the X-Men Arcade game has better graphics and sound," then yeah that's obvious and a stupid point to make. But I'm talking about gameplay, here; X-Men Arcade is just far more fun to play than the Genesis games. So I don't think arcades are irrelevant at all.

Kollision

11-04-2009, 03:26 PM

Dirt Ball Gamer

11-04-2009, 03:37 PM

Too bad that X-women game never dropped, it looked pretty good. Wait, X-women? Does that mean their all trannies n shit? That new gen wolverine game is supposed to be pretty good. I still need to pick up the genesis wolverine game. On a side note, Namco's Lucky n Wild is a fucking bad ass arcade machine. Look it up on youtube. It's like house of the dead mixed with outrun.

jamesdude

11-04-2009, 03:43 PM

I didn't even know that SNES had a X-men game.

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TheEdge

11-04-2009, 04:14 PM

I'm with you in this one, Edge.
I also love the 1st X-Men, even with all its flaws. I remember when it came out Gambit hadn't appeared in our local X-Men issues, so the only way to get to know the character was by playing the game.

In my opinion the game had a great atmosphere and captured the essence of the comics really well. The way Nightcrawler was handled was awesome.
I love the aggressive, gritty music on it. I love all the boss confrontations - Zaladane, Deathbird, Apocalypse, Ahab, Mojo, Magneto. And yes, beating Mojo's level by solving the "reset the computer" riddle is great indeed.

Clone Wars was also very decent, yet different. I think I prefer the first though. :)

You summed it up perfectly. :ok:

Well the thread title is "Genesis had the best X-Men games ever created," and I took issue with that statement. Because the arcade game is better than both of the Genesis games. I would argue that X-Men vs. Street Fighter (which got a Saturn port as well) is more enjoyable than either of the Genesis X-Men games.

If I was saying, "the Genesis games suck because the X-Men Arcade game has better graphics and sound," then yeah that's obvious and a stupid point to make. But I'm talking about gameplay, here; X-Men Arcade is just far more fun to play than the Genesis games. So I don't think arcades are irrelevant at all.

I understand now. I guess I meant Genesis had the best X-men games on a console. I would argue though that the X-men arcade game....fun as it is...was built primarily for quick play throughs instead of being a normal single / co-op console game. Some may even say that the arcade game wasn't developed by people who new about the marvel characters either.

Colossus screams and everything blows up? I didn't know he had that power :confused:

Wolverine shoots sonic booms out of his claws? what? :confused:

Dazzler throws a blob on the floor that expands? Come on.....:confused:

Don't get me wrong, its a beautiful arcade game, but it's an arcade game....not a console game. To me there is a difference.

@ X-Men vs Street fighter / Marvel vs Capcom / Marvel Super heroes are fighting games. That's like comparing Batman on NES to Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, it's not the same.

jerry coeurl

11-04-2009, 04:23 PM

Well I don't care for the X-Men (aside from Nightcrawler), and I've never read the comics either, so for all I know Wolverine can shoot sonic booms out of his claws. ;)

At the end of the day, I just don't think X-Men or Clone Wars are very much fun to play, and that is my strictest criteria for a game. I could care less about how closely a game adheres to a franchise when it's as fun to play through as the X-Men Arcade game is.

TheEdge

11-04-2009, 04:36 PM

^ Ok, that's your opinion.

matteus

11-04-2009, 07:20 PM

I understand now. I guess I meant Genesis had the best X-men games on a console.

certainly had to back track a mile on your initial statement!

mrbigreddog

11-04-2009, 07:29 PM

certainly had to back track a mile on your initial statement!

Leave him alone! LEAVE THE EDGE ALONE! He..he.. has a grandmother who loves him....

Knuckle Duster

11-04-2009, 07:36 PM

X-Men is a bag of shit.

Why-Disciple

11-04-2009, 08:16 PM

X-Men 2 is godly. I pity the foo don't think so.

TheEdge

11-04-2009, 09:51 PM

certainly had to back track a mile on your initial statement!

I didn't "back track" I had to clarify for a Peanut Gallery member. They get confused easily. ;)

jerry coeurl

11-04-2009, 10:20 PM

I wasn't the one who was confused there, ace. That was all you! You're just mad because the entire idea behind this thread has been proven false by the existence of the X-Men Arcade game! ;)

Phexar

11-04-2009, 11:48 PM

What about X-Men Legends of last gen? It was rather good, despite a couple of problems with character balance and a lack of higher difficulty. :) I own X-Men Legends 2: Rise of Apocalypse too, though I haven't played it through yet.

TheEdge

11-05-2009, 09:40 AM

I wasn't the one who was confused there, ace. That was all you! You're just mad because the entire idea behind this thread has been proven false by the existence of the X-Men Arcade game!

No, do you remember a few posts ago when I completely tore up the X-men arcade game and pointed out numerous mistakes to its development, flaws in character powers, and hollow gameplay? AND do you remember how I shut down your comparison when you attempted to compare fighting games to a solo single player game? AND do you remember when you had to back track and say you never really read the comics or knew of their powers or cared in general, you just thought it was a "good" game???? :roll:

Well I don't care for the X-Men (aside from Nightcrawler), and I've never read the comics either, so for all I know Wolverine can shoot sonic booms out of his claws.....

ughhhh......Jerry, if I have to hold your hand through every single thread you post in then you might as well be a lurker.

What about X-Men Legends of last gen? It was rather good, despite a couple of problems with character balance and a lack of higher difficulty. :) I own X-Men Legends 2: Rise of Apocalypse too, though I haven't played it through yet.

I heard those are good games but they lack the look and gameplay that the Genesis versions had. X-men Legends is kind of like a 3rd person streets of rage but more repetitive with crappy music.

IMO I have to stand by the genesis X-men games as being the best X-men title ever created.

moonmaster1

11-05-2009, 10:50 AM

I have to agree with edge. I like the snes xmen but every mutant power is activated via a fireball motion. The genesis games you just press A.

If you make a game about mutants who have uncontrollable mutant powers, they should be used on the fly, not by tiring you thumb out trying to hadoken Apocalypse.

Nuff said.

Phexar

11-05-2009, 11:32 AM

I heard those are good games but they lack the look and gameplay that the Genesis versions had. X-men Legends is kind of like a 3rd person streets of rage but more repetitive with crappy music.

Ack, yes, that just reminded me of another weakness with it, it is repetitive with the missions. Starting from the halfway point, you're guaranteed to fight almost every boss in the game again in some form, and ditto for many of the missions, and within the missions themselves, which starts to grate late game. Felt a bit like a copy + paste thing. The Sentinel Factory in particular drags out just too damn long and there's too many visits to the Morlock Sewers for my liking.

Some problems that others might have with the game is the mandatory single player Magma missions and some other missions with a reduced party, and also the constant pausing whenever someone levels up to place their stat and skill points. Those didn't bother me that much though.

That said, it was still a good game, and it even helped me teach some younger players I was playing with some of the old X-Men lore(they'd only seen the movies) and more of the other X-Men besides the 'core crew', like Colossus, Jubilee, and even freaking Gambit and Juggernaut at the time. :) Also, it's 4-player co-op, and charging through the final stage with Storm(me), Wolverine, Nightcrawler and Magma pulverising every enemy in sight shortly after they bellowed "Give up X-Men!" was quite an entertaining ride.

Also, it led to an unintentionally amusing quip from an X-Men fan I was playing with who was trying it for the first time and made two separate discoveries: "Cyclops sucks- this game is awesome!!" :p

TheEdge

11-05-2009, 11:55 AM

^ Ya, people have been saying that the best way to play X-Men legends is in multiplayer mode. It's doesn't seem to be made for single player campaign.

jerry coeurl

11-05-2009, 12:53 PM

No, do you remember a few posts ago when I completely tore up the X-men arcade game and pointed out numerous mistakes to its development, flaws in character powers, and hollow gameplay? AND do you remember how I shut down your comparison when you attempted to compare fighting games to a solo single player game? AND do you remember when you had to back track and say you never really read the comics or knew of their powers or cared in general, you just thought it was a "good" game???? :roll:

You didn't "tear up" the arcade game, you just invented reasons to make it "not count" for whatever reason. Same for the fighting games. What, they don't count because they aren't concentrated on a single player experience? So what? I could spend infinitely more time playing a fighting game than a platformer, as long as I've got a friend or two. Just because it's a different tupe of game doesn't invalidate it.

And I never "back tracked" when I said I never read the comic, I just stated it to reinforce my opinion. I don't care for the X-Men or just about any Marvel property (or any DC property for that matter, save Batman). I don't give a shit how close a game is to the license as long as it is fun to play. This goes for any license, but just to stick with the general theme here, they could give Wolverine the Mutant Power to fart rainbows at Care Bears and it still wouldn't faze me as long as the core gameplay was intact, and fun to play. If I want to believe a game is good, don't start in with that condescending bs just because it insults your sensibilities as a "fan" of the X-Men. The arcade game is good, at the end of the day, the only thing I care about is if a game is fun. The X-Men Arcade game is exponentially more fun to me than either of the Genesis games.

17daysolderthannes

11-05-2009, 01:43 PM

I didn't even know that SNES had a X-men game.

Spiderman/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge (original version, Genesis was port)
War of the Gems (crap)
Wolverine: Adamantium Rage (I think the Genesis version was better, not sure)
X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse (possibly the best x-men game of the 16-bit era, it would be between this and X-Men 2 on Genesis)

TheEdge

11-05-2009, 02:04 PM

Generic off topic Peanut Gallery remark.

:roll:

Spiderman/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge (original version, Genesis was port)
War of the Gems (crap)
Wolverine: Adamantium Rage (I think the Genesis version was better, not sure)
X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse (possibly the best x-men game of the 16-bit era, it would be between this and X-Men 2 on Genesis)

The Genesis version of Wolverine: Adamantium rage is MUCH better than the SNES version. Both games are inferior to the X-men games IMO.

X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse looks good (I just saw a few YouTube videos on it) but the combat system seems too slow and someone just mentioned that doing the super moves were somewhat cumbersome.

I have to agree with edge. I like the snes xmen but every mutant power is activated via a fireball motion. The genesis games you just press A.

If you make a game about mutants who have uncontrollable mutant powers, they should be used on the fly, not by tiring you thumb out trying to hadoken Apocalypse.
Nuff said.

jerry coeurl

11-05-2009, 03:08 PM

:roll:

See, you complain that people attack the messenger, but that's exactly what you're doing here. I took the time to type that out and you write it off as "general PG bs," but it's really not. I'm not off topic at all, the topic of the thread is "the best X-Men games ever created," and I am well within those bounds. It's really frustrating. What about my message is general Peanut Gallery material? Why don't fighting games count as real games? You still haven't explained that. You were the one who didn't clarify, not me. I took the time to address each of your points, and it would be nice if you could do the same.

I'm not trying to attack anyone here, I just don't understand why you are so quick to dismiss people who don't share the same opinion as you. You've given everyone else in this thread the courtesy of a real response, and I really don't understand why I get a canned emoticon instead.

TheEdge

11-05-2009, 03:24 PM

Generic Peanut gallery overly emotional tantrum....

Why don't fighting games count as real games?

Generic Peanut gallery overly emotional tantrum.... .

I never said they "didn't count as games"... I already explained to you that you can't compare a single player story mode game to a fighting game just because it has X-men characters in it. This is not difficult to understand.

Yes, you had a good point with the X-men arcade game but as I said previously it was hollow and poorly designed. Yes, its a fun game. Yes, I like it. NO, it's not as good as the Genesis games.

Now if you excuse us....non-Peanut Gallery adults would like to continue the conversation....

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Good day SIR!

jerry coeurl

11-05-2009, 04:04 PM

What exactly is an overly emotional response, anyway? You seem to like to throw that phrase around a lot.

I understand that you don't think X-Men vs. Street Fighter is a "real" X-Men game, but I still fail to see why. You didn't explain why you can't compare the two, you just stated that that was the case and left it at that. If I like fighting games better than platformers, why wouldn't that be a fair comparison to make?

Yes, you had a good point with the X-men arcade game but as I said previously it was hollow and poorly designed. Yes, its a fun game. Yes, I like it. NO, it's not as good as the Genesis games.

Well I suppose it comes down to opinion. The first (Genesis) X-Men game has always struck me as poorly designed, whereas the Arcade game had the exact opposite impression. As far as it being hollow, perhaps that is the case, but I like plenty of games that are "hollow," I guess. I'm a big fan of beat-'em-ups in general and typically they aren't very deep. Still doesn't make Turtles in Time or The Simpsons Arcade any less fun to play.

Nunzio

11-05-2009, 04:11 PM

I actually bought my first Genesis so I could play X-Men.

TheEdge

11-05-2009, 05:18 PM

I actually bought my first Genesis so I could play X-Men.

cool...:ok: I think it was one of my first games. For some reason I have 2 boxes but only 1 cart :confused: I must of picked another X-men box up along the way.

I understand that you don't think X-Men vs. Street Fighter is a "real" X-Men game, but I still fail to see why.

You fail to see because you do not want to see, dear friend.

You cannot compare a fighting game with X-Men characters in it to an actual X-men game. It just doesn't work. An actual X-men game is....

X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse
X-Men
X-Men Clone wars

A game WITH X-Men characters in it is not the same as a game ABOUT the X-men. You cannot compare them. I don't understand why this is so difficult to understand.

You can't compare Batman for the NES to the Mortal Kombat vs DC universe. That wouldn't be a "Batman" game. That is a fighting game with the Batman character in it.

Batman arkham asylum on the other hand IS a Batman game....get it?

Well I suppose it comes down to opinion. The first (Genesis) X-Men game has always struck me as poorly designed, whereas the Arcade game had the exact opposite impression. As far as it being hollow, perhaps that is the case, but I like plenty of games that are "hollow," I guess. I'm a big fan of beat-'em-ups in general and typically they aren't very deep. Still doesn't make Turtles in Time or The Simpsons Arcade any less fun to play.

Nope....

The Arcade was the same level over and over again with different backrounds. The enemies you found were actually the same. Green robot....red robot....guys come out of doors....guys come out of tree doors....I mean come on.

X-men for genesis on the other hand had very well designed levels. Elevators, keys, different enemies, .....it even racheted up the difficulty as the level progressed which was very innovative.

I'm happy we agree that it's hollow but you forget that its also repetitive. Which X-men 1 & 2 are not. X-Men arcade is a quarter muncher.....a very good one too....but not as good as the genesis games.

Puffy2k316

11-05-2009, 05:24 PM

I'll always remember X-Men 2 as that game that starts right when you turn it on

You cannot compare a fighting game with X-Men characters in it to an actual X-men game. It just doesn't work. An actual X-men game is....

X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse
X-Men
X-Men Clone wars

A game WITH X-Men characters in it is not the same as a game ABOUT the X-men. You cannot compare them. I don't understand why this is so difficult to understand

What about X-Men Children of the Atom?

jerry coeurl

11-05-2009, 05:31 PM

What about X-Men Children of the Atom?

I knew I was forgetting one! According to wikipedia

X-Men: Children of the Atom(エックス・メン　チルドレン　オブ　ジ　アトム) is an arcade game that was produced by Capcom and released on the CPS-2 arcade system in 1994. It is the first fighting game produced by Capcom using characters under license from Marvel Comics, widely praised for its faithfulness in capturing the spirit of its namesake comics, by using colorful animation and voice actors from the X-Men animated series, such as Cathal Dodd as Wolverine.

So would that count as an X-Men game then, Edge? I see your point about Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe not being a Batman game, but the X-Men are title characters in X-Men vs Street Fighter. How is the game not about them?

Puffy2k316

11-05-2009, 05:40 PM

COTA is based on a comic book storyline that was going on at the time too. It was loosely based because it was a fighting game but still based nonetheless. I don't see how it isn't an X-men game.

TheEdge

11-05-2009, 05:47 PM

What about X-Men Children of the Atom?

let me start off by saying that I was talking about Marvel vs Capcom, X-men vs Street Fighter, and even Marvel Super Heroes.....this title I'll agree with you but it still a fighting game and not a platformer / adventure with storyline so I would have to still say that it's not better than the Genesis versions.

Very good game....I remember playing it a lot on my PC but I still don't think it has any kind of depth that the Genesis versions did.

PimpUigi

11-05-2009, 05:52 PM

I love the X-men arcade game.
Even considering it does make no sense.
I would swear by it though, if they had Rogue instead of Dazzler, if she looked the same as in X-men Vs. Street Fighter, flew onto screen like Bartman in The Simpsons arcade game, and she had the same special as Colossus, except with her B.O. (cause she's part Skunk) blowing everyone up instead of whatever.
LOL!

I also would say X-men Vs. Street Fighter has the best video game interpretation of all X-men characters included therein. (and Children of the Atom sucks in comparison to this...but COTA was the first game of an awesome series, followed up by MSH, X-men Vs. SF, MSH vs. SF, MvC, and finally the penultimate MvC2)
Just like Spiderman's best incarnation is in the Capcom fighter "Marvel Super Heroes"
The king of air combos.
I also love Rogue in this, and she can steal special moves from the other fighters. Including Akuma's air fireball and Shun Goku Satsu, and she only needs one super bar to use it. She can also steal Zangief's Spinning Pile Driver...it's an awesome game.

On topic though...
Seriously, me and my friends did our own side by side, and X-men 2 Clone Wars beats Mutant Apocalypse easily.
While X-men 1 has the best music out of all three (actually, best music out of all X-men games ever, period, arcade, PC, ever, all,) it's the worst player of all three as well.

X-men 1...lol
Reset the computer? I had Game Genie.
And I actually decided the first time he was talking about resetting the Sega, so I hit reset...and the Game Genie screen came up, and then it was back to the Sega logo...didn't work.
So I didn't figure it out for a few months, beat the game with a level select code West Coast Video gave me later.
Luckily it was the same year I figured out it was the Game Genie at fault.

Adamantium Rage is a terrible game that no one should have to suffer through playing.
I want to give the nod to the SNES version which I've never player, because the Genesis version is just that bad.
Though IMHO it has some nice tunes.

The three X-men games for the Game Gear were very bland IMHO, but I was very put off by the slow movement speed, and the fact I didn't pay for them; so wasn't going to put effort into them.
X-men
Game Master's Legacy
Mojo World

Kollision

11-05-2009, 06:07 PM

hehehehr
since this has derailed far beyond what I imagine it would, what about X-Men Mojo World then?

TheEdge

11-05-2009, 06:11 PM

hehehehr
since this has derailed far beyond what I imagine it would, what about X-Men Mojo World then?

lol, Which ones that?

PimpUigi

11-05-2009, 06:15 PM

Arguably the best X-men Game Gear/Master System game. (all of which I hated, but were way better than the Game Boy's offerings)
Screw that though.
I'm getting a Nomad (1996 speak...I have a Nomad already ^,,^)
X-men, and Clone Wars are now the best portable X-men games.
lol

TheEdge

11-05-2009, 06:16 PM

Arguably the best X-men Game Gear/Master System game.

Hmmmm....I'll check it out and see if I agree.....;) YouTube here I come!

PimpUigi

11-05-2009, 06:22 PM

OK, but prep yourself for boredom.
All three of the Game Gear games I mentioned are slow, monotonous, and boring.
And they work off of the broken system X-men 1 used, limited&weak power usage.

TheEdge

11-05-2009, 07:09 PM

OK, but prep yourself for boredom.
All three of the Game Gear games I mentioned are slow, monotonous, and boring.
And they work off of the broken system X-men 1 used, limited&weak power usage.

I think you just answered my question before I even seen it.....:cool:

Da_Shocker

11-05-2009, 07:18 PM

Ok whoever the hell said X-Men: The arcade game is better than the Clone Wars is a nut. The graphics and sound are wonderful and much better than anything on Genesis but the gameplay is stale as hell.

-Where is Wolverine's healing abilities? Why does Dazzler take the same amount of damage as Colossus?
-Other than some characters having greater reach than others and slightly different ranges on the specials they all play the same.
-The enemies lack variety
-Why on earth is Wendigo a boss instead of Sabertooth
-What's up with the Sentinel's assisting Magneto? They could've explained that.
-Nonstop Repetitive gameplay
-Why did Konami take out the health and mutant powerups from the Japanese version

When I was a kid I loved that game for what it is. But it is a very flawed game in comparisons to other beat em ups. Take AvP I rarely feel overmatched by foes in that game or even SoR2 to for that matter. Which isn't to say that Clone Wars is flawless but it sure as hell more enjoyable than that overrated arcade game.

King Of Chaos

11-06-2009, 12:18 PM

Gameplay wise, X-Men was the winner there. Music wise, X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse has some damn good music (Beast's level). X-Men 2: Clone Wars was okay and I loved the cycling music for each character on the first level but I feel it kinda lacked.

Though, I admit the whole soft reset thing for X-Men in the Mojo's Crunch level was kinda annoying the first few times.

mrpj

11-26-2009, 04:50 PM

Anybody played Spiderman/X-Men Arcade's Revenge? It's a good platformer but very difficult I find, with no password feature to return to the later levels.

King Of Chaos

11-26-2009, 07:04 PM

It had a level skip cheat, or you could use a Game Genie on it. And yes, it's very difficult, especially Gambit's levels.

17daysolderthannes

11-26-2009, 07:10 PM

The SNES Spiderman/X-Men was better since it was made for the SNES and ported to the Genesis. The Spiderman levels are the best, followed by Gambit, and all the rest kind of suck (Cyclops in a cave? Storm under water? Wolverine IN A F'N PLAYROOM!?). The music, however, is epic beyond epic. Some of the best chiptunes I've ever heard. The funny thing about the music is that most of the tracks are over 5 minutes, yet the game is so hard that most people die before it even gets one playthrough.

King Of Chaos

11-26-2009, 08:02 PM

Yeah, that's why not many people like playing that game since it's incredibly difficult.

The Sports Guy

11-26-2009, 08:58 PM

Anybody played Spiderman/X-Men Arcade's Revenge? It's a good platformer but very difficult I find, with no password feature to return to the later levels.

This was one of four games my cousin had when I was younger and in the pre-Genesis days. I had a hell of a time with the first level, but once you figure it out, it's just tedious.

The other levels are not too bad, but it was a bit too hard (still is, kinda).

It gets overlooked a lot when discussing Spiderman or X-Men games on the Genesis.

I'd probably give it a 4-6 if I reviewed it.

Hans-CD

11-27-2009, 05:01 AM

mrpj

11-27-2009, 10:35 AM

[QUOTE=The Sports Guy;200910]I had a hell of a time with the first level, but once you figure it out, it's just tedious.

That's the problem, the first Spiderman level is easy but it's just a tedious search for the door switches and I can't be bothered to go back and do it again when it's game over!

@17days
Yeah, Wolverine in the giant playroom, how did they come up with that?! The manual says something about Arcade kidnapping the X-men if I remember right, but that level is a strange choice of setting.

Da_Shocker

11-27-2009, 11:40 AM

NeoVamp

11-27-2009, 11:54 AM

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Hans-CD

11-27-2009, 02:15 PM

Hans-CD the SNES version is ok but the fact that you have to use SF style combination to use your powers and you can't use any X-Men on any level really hampers the gameplay. That and it has the trademark SNES slowness.

Yeah it was not fast , but i loved having to do special moves with specific motions .

And it made you learn all the characters, and all of them felt really different.
The animations were top notch , the colours too , it felt like a good capcom game.
I really loved that game, maybe its just me then .

Da_Shocker

11-27-2009, 02:46 PM

Oh yeah that X-Men game doesn't have a 2 player feature either. And Wolverine healing factor isn't in it either.

jerry coeurl

11-27-2009, 09:03 PM

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Hahahaha! Here here. :D

oldmanwinters

11-27-2009, 09:20 PM

I m always been a Sega fanboy at heart :)

When all the kids had a Nes, i had the SMS , so what i m going to say is going to hit crush my heart even before it crashes yours...

but its the sad truth.

SNES had a better Xmen game
made by Capcom

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its pure gold , and it was so hard for me to admit defeat back then.
This game , rocks.

Hey, man, no shame in admiting that! Both games are great in their own ways. I kinda liken it to the Sega/Capcom Disney games. Both sets are great and its just personal preference which you prefer. Capcom really knew how to polish off those graphics and gameplay but the original SEGA X-men game still holds a cherished place in my heart for its challenging strategy and great soundtrack.

I've still yet to play Clone Wars but I think each of the 16-bit games has its own unique strengths. I miss the days when games really were platform specific and not just ports across the spectrum.

PimpUigi

11-27-2009, 09:25 PM

X-men Vs. Street Fighter is way way better than CoTA

jerry coeurl

11-27-2009, 10:48 PM

Yeah, but according to TheExpert, that's not a "real" X-Men game ;)

PimpUigi

11-27-2009, 11:00 PM

As a matter of fact, I settled that with him via PM when you guys were fighting about it.

You guys continued to fight, so I was a little disappointed it didn't have any effect on that.

old man

11-28-2009, 12:00 AM

Wolverine Adamantium Rage is the best X-Men game, because you get to play the whole game as Wolverine. And anybody who's anybody knows that Wolverine is the only X-Men character that matters anyway (the rest are just there to make him look cool).

PimpUigi

11-28-2009, 01:33 AM

hydroMorphoneMat

11-28-2009, 02:38 AM

Marvel is. ©of disney now.

I thought x men 2 sucked cuz you could kill an xmen off but play them again, maybe why you liked.

old man

11-28-2009, 09:52 PM

IMHO Rogue is the best X-men, and Wolverine will always play second flute to her, and bone claws Wolverine unless they nerf her for the movie, and him for the prequel.

Oh wait, they did.
Great job guys.

Oh well, we'll always have Marvel Vs. Capcom 2, and X-men Vs. Street Fighter

I can't believe how much Adamantium Rage sucked, especially when it had kick ass music, hardcore cover art, and the coolest damn X-men title ever.

Yea, I've got to admit that both versions of adamantium rage were pretty bad :( You'd think a Wolverine title would be impossible to screw up to that extent, but then again it was made by Acclaim (LJN). I can't believe someone bought the Acclaim name and intends to make games under it again, LOL. Back on topic I have to agree with jerry on the arcade game, it was a blast. And just because Wolverine never shot sonic booms out of his claws in the comics doesn't mean he shouldn't have.