I've been a player on XMM for almost two years now -- just starting my third year! In that time, I've been able to RP in ways I've never had anywhere else. Not only is the world richly developed with a well-thought out theme and background, with an intricate backdrop of real world politics and culture, but the people who play are AMAZING. These are honestly some of the best RPers that I've come across.
– MudConnector.Com Review (Archived) by Teza on Sep 15, 2007
The game is fairly small and based in New York City, so the backdrop is a cool 8 million people. It has a fairly even mix of original and feature characters, with the type of character not being a bar or necessarily an entry to RP. The game is based on limited consent, so there is very little code, and players are expected to volunteer for and be reasonable about consequences to actions, with staff mediation as necessary. That means if you betray Magneto, you will probably die, although people will usually bend to try to prevent character death if they can help it. The size of the game can be a bar, since it's small, but the roleplay quality is excellent. Since it isn't an uberpower Marvel comics game, but rather a movieverse game, it is based in real world pseudo-science. The concentration is on characters rather than events, so while things can blow up and there is the occasional violent showdown between rival factions, the emphasis is on ordinary people surrounded by extraordinary circumstances. This means that Mary Sue floofy sunshine superhero tee-hee-hee will probably not make an appearance and save the day. Sometimes, good guys lose! Sometimes, everybody does. As a result, the game can be gritty, but also (since it's a reflection of real life with a twist) occasionally hilarious, and sometimes downright ridiculous, in a good way. There is a rich history detailed online and on the web site that people can tap into, and the game is newbie friendly, though again, it can be hard to get started due to the game's smaller, more intimate size. This is a game for people who like pure roleplay, without the rolling of dice, and who are interested in making the Marvel movieverse realistic and 3-dimensional, with all of reality's warts and flaws.
– MudConnector.Com Review (Archived) by Rin on Aug 7, 2007