X-Men is considered somewhat of a dissapointment to me. However, I first played this game about 6 years ago on my Genesis. So I can't call it a dissapointment, but those of you who are expecting a cool action based game are out of luck. While I have fond memories of playing this game, I can't say its very good, X-Men on the Genesis is more tedious then you might expect. I doesn't quite bother me, but maybe its nostalgia, who knows.

Gameplay C-: While the control is alright, I found the fighting to be somewhat cheap, while easy, its not exactly fair. I have had several cheap hits due to the unfair advantage the enemies have. You'll think the X-Men have powerfull special abilities, and they do. Those were poorly designed though. I like Gambits playing cards, and Cyclop'es laser beam, but they are limited like everything else. Wolverines claws have a short range and only a slight upgrade in power, and like every other special ability, its limited. Nightcrawlers teleportation ability is hard to control and energy consuming. The boss stages are laughable, you just call in reinforcements and they die. The level design, while maze like is actually quite decent. Thats the spot where the game shines, because the games flaws hurt it in every way. Also killing enemies is satisfying.

Graphics D: While the scenery is detailed, its extremely generic and unoriginal. The sprites are small and pixelated and animated poorly. Also the stages lack the effects of a typical Genesis game.

Sound F: This is place X-Men fails at, the sound. The music is horrendous and shows just how crappy the Genesis sound chip can be. The sound effects are crap as well, the enemies make a lame POP sound when ever they die. Some sound effects are just ear piercing, and none of the songs are very well made.

Addictiveness C+: This game is fairly addicting, maybe its because of the drive to WIN, this game is hard, and that just might be the loss of addictiveness, theres, no continues, and when you die, you lose the superhero you play... FOREVER.

Depth B+: X-Men has plenty of big stages to keep you busy (around 6-7 I lost count.) You might not see them all without a cheat.

Difficulty Hard: Cheap hits, poorly placed jumps, and the lack of continues really make this game difficult.

OVERALL RATING C

First off I would like to say good review. I like this game but it is defiantly not my favorite X-Men game on the Sega Genesis but its much better than any X-Men game you will find on the NES. If you are looking for a good X-Men game on the Genesis or just a good one in general I would suggest X-Men 2 Clone Wars.