The Best X-Men Games No One Played

2. Next-Level Presentation

Although the in-game graphics in both X-Men Legends titles were nothing to write home about, they were more than serviceable coming towards the end of the sixth gen. Sure, there was the familiar dank and grimy dungeons synonymous with the genre, but Raven had another thing up their sleeve - a trick they'd utilise again for the release of Marvel Ultimate Alliance.

It's fair to say that the storylines for all of Raven's X-Men titles were never particularly impressive, but they got the job done. They were a vehicle to get players from one exotic Marvel locale to the next, while the story itself was told via in-game briefings and dialogue, and also the occasional CGI cutscene. The CG sequences in the Legends series were handled by Blur Studio.

Blur are famous for bringing some truly spectacular CG visuals to the gaming medium, adding some much needed flair and making various titles feel just a little bit more blockbuster than they probably were. In the years since they worked on X-Men, Blur have taken their talents to the big screen, creating the famous leaked Deadpool test footage that convinced Fox to go through with the project, while also providing impressive CG trailers for Rocksteady's Arkham titles away from Marvel.

Although Legends came around relatively early in Blur's career (the same year they won an Academy Award for Gopher Broke), their talents were in full effect. While the movies were busy doing their best to avoid the bright and colourful costumes of the X-Men's comics, Blur and Raven embraced them fully. Figures look like they're leaping off the page in the studio's CG cutscenes, while stunning pieces of concept art help you forget all about the loading times in-between levels.

Raven's Marvel games got a rap for not being all that detailed, but they delivered when it counted (as long as you can get past the not-so-enticing dungeons on display).