X-Men: Mutant Academy

If you are a hardcore X-Men fan, then Mutant Academy won’t let you down. Although it isn’t topnotch in the gameplay department, it is faithful to the design of the X-Men and is definitely a collector’s treat. For those of you who are looking for a quality fighting game that gives as good as it gets, rent this one and look elsewhere for a better one to buy.

X-Men: Mutant Academy is een aardige fighter, niet origineel maar aan de andere kant had het ook een stuk slechter kunnen zijn. Kortom: voor de X-Men fans dus.

The game provides a decent amount of fighting action with it's now outdated six button control scheme, and is definitely the best X-Men game EVER. Of course, looking back on X-Men games such as Arcade's Revenge on the Genesis and one realizes that that isn't such a bold statement after all. Definite rental, but a purchase should be thought out afterwards.

Overall, we are looking at a very unoriginal fighter with comic hero characters. There is nothing in here that we haven't seen in a Tekken or a Street Fighter over the years, and to be honest, those classics shouldn't really be mentioned in the same breath. The licence is a bit of a steal and deserved to have a title rather more worthy of it. As a game it offers nothing we would go out of our way for, but, as is often the case, the licence will rescue the publishers from oblivion. On the bright side you are given chance to unlock the many, albeit disappointingly brief, FMV sequences that accompany each X-Fighter, but after two or three you'll be questioning whether it is time well spent. The X-Men rate highly, but the X-Men game doesn't do them justice.

En résumé on retiendra de X-Men Mutant Academy qu’il faut d’entrée pousser le niveau du jeu au maximum si l’on souhaite pouvoir commencer à s’amuser un peu et qu’en dehors de cet aspect de gameplay un peu fâcheux, il reste un titre honorable pour la catégorie du jeu de baston sur Game Boy. Il parvient toutefois à se démarquer par des graphismes de bonne qualité ainsi que des mouvements assez variés pour chaque personnage, une fois que l’on appris à utiliser tous les coups spéciaux. Un titre qui tire finalement bien son épingle du jeu mais qui n’est pas passé loin pour autant de la catastrophe...

Hey, that X-Men movie is just around the corner, and Activision's X-Men fighting game is on store shelves just in time. Coincidence? Not by a long shot. Developed by Paradox - the company behind Activision's Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style and the never-published Thrill Kill - Mutant Academy takes a few pages out of Capcom's fighting game book, but not enough to make it exciting for any real length of time.

Totalt sett är X-Men: Mutant Academy ett ganska trevligt beat 'em up. Det gör kanske inte att man svimmar av hänförelse och beundran, men det lider heller inte av några större brister och spelar man mot en kompis kan det hålla ganska länge. Välgjorda beat 'em up-spel från västerlandet är vi knappast bortskämda med, särskilt inte när det även finns en filmlicens med i bilden, så det är bara att tacka och ta emot.

Au bout de plusieurs parties, on arrive à se forger un avis sur ce jeu vidéo et celui-ci risque fort de décevoir les fans. Autant être clair, X-Men Mutant Academy est moyen. Ce n’est certes pas un mauvais jeu mais face à la concurrence il n’a aucune chance. Un jeu à acheter seulement si vous êtes un mordu de ces charmants mutants.

X-Men : Mutant Academy marque l'entrée des comics américains sur la scène du jeu de baston 3D. Une entrée plutôt honnête puisque le titre d'Activision ne montre que peu de faiblesses aussi bien dans son concept (très classique) que dans sa réalisation (très propre). Un mélange qui devrait parvenir à réunir les amateurs de comics et les aficionados des Tekken. Enfin, peut-être...

In the end, this is about as standard as fighting games come, though the strong graphics and smooth framerate keep it a step ahead of total mediocrity. Fans of the comic will get into it, but the rest of you 2D button mashers should probably stick with Capcom.

Det finns en del bra att säga om Mutant Academy eftersom det försöker göra något nytt. Tyvärr ser den höga svårighetsgraden och bristen på djup till att spelet inte blir någonting mer än bara lovande.

If you're looking for a slightly different fighter with some flash and game play that's familiar, but not quite the same as games you've been playing for a while now, you'll be set with your copy of X-Men: Mutant Academy.

Just as Activision has kept the PlayStation covered with X-Men games this summer, it has also kept the Game Boy Color in mind. The GBC release of X-Men: Mutant Academy is a one-on-one fighting game, just like its console counterparts. Take the idea of Street Fighter, paint over it with Marvel characters and spruce things up with a movie-inspired plot, and you've got the gist of X-Men. It isn't a new formula, but it's not immediately disastrous either.