There were only three games released, and each mainly focused on Wolverine instead of the X-Men as a whole. While the X-Men movies were successful, video game adaptations were sparse. It also brought comic book-style storytelling to the genre. It was also a great introduction to the concept of RPGs for most comic book fans, with the Legends games featuring gameplay that was similar to the Diablo games, but on console instead. It also served as the foundation for the later Marvel Ultimate Alliance games. This is where X-Men Legends and its sequel Rise of Apocalypse came in, by introducing a four-player co-op action-RPG campaign that really put players into the shoes of the X-Men.
The two Mutant Academy games were notable for combining the aesthetics of the X-Men animated series with the 2000 X-Men movie.Īs much as fighting games came naturally to the X-Men franchise, there was a lot to be desired when it came to representing the team as a unit and actually showing these superheroes saving the world.
Up until the third game, the X-Men had always been the primary stars of this crossover series.Įven without Capcom, the X-Men stood on their own with a series of 3D fighting games for the PlayStation. This began with Capcom’s X-Men: Children of the Atom that starred the era’s most popular mutants.Īfter Children of the Atom became a success, Capcom took things to a whole new level with the Marvel Vs. With the X-Men constantly battling against the likes of the Brotherhood of Mutants and Apocalypse, it made the characters perfect for fighting games. Let’s take a look back at some of the best X-Men games of all time.
With the X-Men being such a successful franchise, it was a no-brainer to branch out even further with a plethora of tie-in video games.
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