When Activision started picking up
licenses to do video games on Marvel Comics characters a few years back,
they really started out to take over. In recent years, with the exception of
a very ill-fated and poorly coded EA title, Activision's been the purveyor
of every Marvel title in recent years. The retinue includes a trio of
mediocre fighting games featuring the X-Men, a set of mediocre Spider-Man
titles with one jaw-dropping standout (Spider-Man 2), a pair of nicely done
X-Men RPG's, and of course the line of X-Men movie titles.
Last time, Activision's movie tie-in
title focused entirely on Wolverine, exploring his past and present and
dropping in plenty of enemies for him to fight, as well as stealth-based
missions.
This time around, Activision expanded
their roster slightly, but forgot to make a decent game in which to put
their characters. The result doesn't impress.
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