The X-Men have a huge standing in media and the larger scheme of things. The X-Men v Street Fighter games ended up giving way to the birth of Marvel vs Capcom and X-Men Legends was the direct predecessor to the Marvel Ultimate Alliance games, but the X-Men haven't had a game all to themselves since the failure that was X-Men: Manifest Destiny. So, if you got the chance to make your own video game featuring the X-Men, what would you do with it? Who would be in it? What stories would it be based on?
Personally, I would make a game that is an action RPG styled after Dragon Age and Mass Effect. A power tree with branching skill paths so that you can build your characters in whatever ways that you want and it would still be innovative. There wouldn't be an original character supplanted as the lead of the game, instead focusing on the ensemble feel of the X-Men - you'd be able to control up to four X-Men on the field, though whoever is in the first slot is considered the party's leader and as a result the leader of the squad of X-Men.
Xavier's mansion would operate as a hub and apart from the playable cast there would be appearances here from numerous X-Men and unique conversations for each playable cast member. And for that matter, that is the case throughout the game. When at the mansion you control only one of the X-Men and that is the X-Man of your choice, with the others also hanging around the hub. The story would be based on the original X-Men v Brotherhood dynamic with a similar bent to Morrison's Planet X, including Magneto's addiction to KICK and bubbling Manhattan. There would be multiple potential endings.
The playable cast would consist of eight different X-Men:
- Cyclops
- Storm
- Wolverine
- Jean Grey
- Iceman
- Rogue
- Bishop
- Jubilee
What about you all? What would you do?