It should be no surprise by now that I hold a special place in my heart for the xmen and the originals... After reading the first two volumes of the X-Factor, I could not wait to get the third volume. Now go through the Inferno from their perspective. Inferno hit well enough.
The issue came with the follow-up. Now with a big cast of characters that all just... hang around. The story meanders as beast turns beastial, Archangel deals with his new persona, and Scott and Jean continue their romance. That was... fine.
However, where it falls apart is the next "mega-series", the Judgment Wars... pfff... Move to another planet, deal with some mutant world gone wild... I guess my biggest gripe is that it went on for 6 issues when it could have been resolved in 3. There was no build up as X-Factor just... Got taken to this rando-location. The number of throwaway characters is staggering and frankly... I didn't really care for most of them. Too long is my biggest criticism of it.
Also, when compared to the Lee/Kirby style (see this post), where the pencilling tells most of the story by itself. Here, the storytelling of Louise Simonson felt exposition-heavy, especially during the Judgment Wars. There was just too much worldbuilding to do for the action to make sense.
As for a rating? I'll settle with a 2.5 which must round out to 3... It was "fine" but not great.
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