X-Men : Le Jeu Officiel

X-Men: The Official Game is officially a lame action-game cash-in on the upcoming movie.

Bien que les comics d'X-Men, et par extension les deux premiers films de la saga, se soient attardés sur différents problèmes de société à travers le prisme de l'évolution, le troisième film devrait se recentrer sur l'histoire d'un groupe de super-héros orphelins, depuis la disparition de Jean Grey. Bien qu'on soit vraiment impatient de voir ce que Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Dragon Rouge) a fait de ce formidable matériau, Activision prend un peu d'avance en sortant l'adaptation ludique du futur long-métrage. Une bonne occasion pour douter encore un peu plus avant d'arpenter les salles obscures.

Though X-Men: The Official Game features a decent enough concept--you take control of Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and Iceman in events leading up to the X-Men: The Last Stand movie--the subpar execution sucks away any fun. The laughable, mostly static cut-scenes (which shoot for a comic-strip effect but end up looking unfinished) hint at the mediocrity to come in this third-person beat-em-up. Each of the mutants you control has levels themed to his abilities: Wolverine feels like a whipping boy for waves of grunts, Nightcrawler makes use of his warping ability to zip through more platform-based stages (easily the best of the bunch), and Iceman glides through the air to take out Sentinels and put out fires. (Notably absent: co-op play. These guys are still a team, right?)

Though X-Men: The Official Game features a decent enough concept--you take control of Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and Iceman in events leading up to the X-Men: The Last Stand movie--the subpar execution sucks away any fun. The laughable, mostly static cut-scenes (which shoot for a comic-strip effect but end up looking unfinished) hint at the mediocrity to come in this third-person beat-em-up. Each of the mutants you control has levels themed to his abilities: Wolverine feels like a whipping boy for waves of grunts, Nightcrawler makes use of his warping ability to zip through more platform-based stages (easily the best of the bunch), and Iceman glides through the air to take out Sentinels and put out fires. (Notably absent: co-op play. These guys are still a team, right?)