Unlike Streets of Rage, this game is incredibly unforgiving even for the well practiced and time tested players of its levels with years of experience.4 stars because some of what made this game so difficult came down to poor character box hit zones, bosses that required suicide tactics to defeat, and when you die - that X-Man is NEVER coming back

Nightcrawler simply is the best (and sometimes the only useful character) to choose because of his extensive, yet deadly teleportation and superior speed

Played it when it was brand new and there were great x-men characters

I'll be blunt as far as which characters are good: all of them except Gambit

: The graphics were great, the characters are fun each in their own right, and before death knocks on your door, this makes for a co-op experience worth a few bucks to get pissed at all over again nowadays.