I agree - XMen is an awesome game. It really highlights the "you only get one chance to make a first impression" and why Stern needs to ship games with more polished code. So many pinsiders gave up on this game based upon early code and it has never recovered. Oh well, great deals to be had on this one IMHO.
I never played it much until it had the final code. I was hooked and had to have one. A few minor tweaks of the code would be nice but I can live with it the way it is.