One of the most high profile of the last wave of Genesis games, it was heavily panned by critics as having dull gameplay and poor control.

Unless the United Nations give into their demands, the terrorists will detonate a thermonuclear device that will destroy Earth.

The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly found the concept of controlling three characters at once in real time to be exciting, but argued that any potential fun is ruined by the repetitiveness of both the action and the missions.

[1] GamePro panned the game as well, citing "moronic" enemy AI, poor control, ugly animations, repetitive missions, and unoriginal sound effects.

[2] A reviewer for Next Generation commented that "as solid as the premise of X-Perts is, the execution and game design ranks among the worst in recent memory.