X-Men: Next Dimension plunges players into a powerful enemy's plot to rid the world of mutants. Leaving traditional section-based fighting games in its wake, X-Men: Next Dimension is the only console fighter game that carries epic superhero showdowns across expansive 3-D levels. Players fight as 20 different X-Men characters (plus four secret characters to be unlocked) through interactive environments, replete with combat-induced damage.

Average Customer Review: ( 15 customer reviews )
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.

All characters have multiple outfits and are highly detailed. The graphics overall in the game aren't outstanding, but they're decent enough. The special effects on the powers are the icing on the cake, standing out above everythign else in the game. The environment is interactive and players can be thrown through floors, cielings, windows and walls to new areas of the level.

That's about it for the great features though. Probably the most troubling aspect about this game is the fact that it has virtually NO SOUND EFFECTS whatsoever while you fight. You spend most of the time watching you characters throw punches and kicks at one another with only the music going, and occasionally you might hear a punch connect or a character groan in pain. Otherwise there is complete silence while you fight. I'm not sure how that slipped past the Quality Assurance testers unless they were all deaf. I thought it was just the XBox, since just about every XBox game seems to be plagued with sound problems, but it wasn't. The game just lacks sound effects.

Another troubling aspect is the difficulty...now i'm not one for easy games, in fact I hate games that are so easy you can blow through them in a 30 minutes sitting...but Next Dimension transcends the boundaries of high difficulty. I haven't played a fighting game this hard in a long, long time. And while a challenge is certainly welcome, there is a definite difference between challenge and insanity. The difficulty in this game, unfortunately, falls into the insanity category. While you probably won't have to cheat your way to victory, the only way to assure that you win is to spend HOURS in the practice mode with every character. Since you are forced to play as different characters as the game progresses in Story Mode, you must know how to use each character. And even then...the game can become so frustrating at times that its best that you turn it off and put it on the shelf for a few days. It can be fun at times, but most of the time succeeds at being terribly difficult.

The control is pretty bad...and the clunky junk that is the XBox controller does not help matters. Special moves are straightforward but difficult to perform because of the responsiveness of the controls. If you have a special kind of gamepad from a third party developer, use that instead. They typically have better D-pads.

Overall, the game just seems rushed, or incomplete. The lack of sound effects, the crazy difficulty and the lack of options and bad control just harm the game's fun factor. There is plenty to unlock, and there is a decent story tagged along on the game, but in the end this game is mediocre in every sense of the word. It will only appeal to die-hard X-Men fans, such as myself. If you are interested in the game, give it a rent. You might like it...its not a horrible game, it just could've been alot better.

10 of 10 found the following review helpful:

I'm going to have to disagree with CyberaugNov 18, 2002

I found this game very amusing. I believe you will too.
Cyberaug , it's not the A.I. that is hard. It's the fact that you [arent any good]. I let a little kid play the game on easy, and he managed to do quite well.
The graphics are great and so are the combos you can perform. There are so many different things you can do with each character including all their superpowers. The combos are relatively easy to perform along with the super combos. There is a "Move" option you can view when you pause the game that tells all the moves for the person you are using.
The game play is also interesting. Just like Dead or Alive 3 you can knock people through objects and different environments (Way more than dead or alive), and actually throw items with you hands or psychic ability. The detail to the environments are amazing. There are stages when you are fighting in a hologram place, and the surroundings change right before you. You could be fighting in a greek coliseum then it gets wavey, and your in the middle of the desert, then in a green paradise, etc. Also the way they have the matches are different. There is Arcarde mode when you are just one person. Like any other fighting game structure. Then in story mode there actually a story. Sort of like the movie or other games (not fighting). You can't fight with one person to beat story mode. You have a selection of 4 fighters that go to the place your fighting next. Say you're at the X-men mansion, and 4 x-men take of in the x-men jet to a location. You can only be those 4 x-men for that situation. Once you win there the forces attack somewhere else or someone gets kidnapped, and must call on another group to get there in time.
I can honestly say that I like this game better than Dead or Alive 3, because there is just so much more to it. So many things that go on, and the fact that there is a story to it, and not just travel to a place and fight this person, etc. You actually have to team up with Magneto and his gang of supervillians to fight an even greater enemay. So at some points you Actually fight as magneto and his gang.
The game gets alot better with time as you play it, and learn the moves and combos and unlock items like the xmen original uniforms (like the yellow one wolverine wears, it takes place after the movie and there are wearing the movie clothes). X-men is like a song that you don't like at first, but when you hear it a few more times it becomes one of you favorites. So keep playing it even if you don't like it at first. You will be suprise how addicting it gets.

4 of 4 found the following review helpful:

Weak-MenJul 29, 2004
By coopertex
X-men The Next Dimension for the Xbox is a fighting game where you get to fight with your favorite X-man character. The major ones included are: Cyclops, Jean, Wolverine, Night Crawler, Storm and many more which can be unlocked when you beat the games. Your characters can do basic punch, kick, combo moves and

use their special powers. You can play by yourself or with a friend in versus mode. I hated this game because the controls were sluggish, the animation looked choppy and weird. The sound is the worst ever in a fighting game! The hits sound like Tiny slap sounds. All of the combo attacks suck, they feel very generic. I'm an X-men fan, but this game is horrible. Save your money and buy Dead or Alive (the bomb).

Pros:

+X-men characters

+good graphics

+versus a friend

Cons:

-sluggish controls

-terrible sound effects

-generic music

-choppy animations

-fighting techniques suck

-retarded A.I.

3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

X-men: Next Dimesion takes me to another dimension:Jun 23, 2006

I understand a lot of people didn't like this game, but I did. When it first came out I bought it and loved it. Me and my friends played it all the time. We couldn't get enough of it. Now three years later after trading in my GC version I've bought it again for the Xbox. I must admit it still looks pretty good and the controls are far better than the GC version. I also like the addition of Pyro. Now I must state the obvious set backs of this game; for one the fighting is fun but not nearly as in depth as games like DOA or Soul Calibur. Two the graphics are a bit dated. Three the game isn't much fun by yourself after extended play. And finally there are some small glitchs. In conclusion this is a decent fighter and awsome X-men game. Ah this game brings back so many memories...

2 of 2 found the following review helpful:

Great X-Men Game!!Jul 31, 2003
By Drew Morley
X-Men:The Next demension has many different modes including Story Mode, Arcade Mode, Survival, Versus, and Time Attack. The graphics are great and you can play as many different X-Men Characters and 4 secret ones. This is the best fighting game I've ever played!This game is much better than X2 Wolverine's Revenge.

See all 15 customer reviews on Amazon.com