X-Men: Next Dimension
X-Men: Next Dimension is a fighting game and the third game in the X-Men: Mutant Academy game series. Next Dimension expands upon the concept of the first two games by adding several new characters, 3-D maps…
X-Men: Next Dimension is a fighting developed by Exakt Entertainment, released 15 October 2002 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
What X-Men: Next Dimension is
X-Men: Next Dimension is a fighting game developed by Exakt Entertainment and released in 2002. It was published by Activision. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
The premise, in the publisher's words
X-Men: Next Dimension is a fighting game and the third game in the X-Men: Mutant Academy game series. Next Dimension expands upon the concept of the first two games by adding several new characters, 3-D maps, and a story mode, which allows the player to fight a series of battles in between short movies that move the plot along. The plot of the story mode is loosely based on the comic story "Operation: Zero Tolerance".
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Marvel series
X-Men: Next Dimension is the 79th of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was Marvel's The Invincible Iron Man in 2002. Its critic score of 30 is 34 points below the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes at 90.
How it was received
X-Men: Next Dimension holds a critic score of 30 out of 100. That places it above 2% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 38 points below the year average.
What it launched against
X-Men: Next Dimension launched on 15 October 2002, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, TimeSplitters 2, Age of Mythology and Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, TimeSplitters 2, Age of Mythology, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin.
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