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X-Men Origins: Wolverine
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a hack and slash action-adventure game loosely based on the film of the same name.
Details
- Released
- April 30, 2009
- Developer
- Amaze Entertainment
- Genres
- Hack and slash/Beat 'em up · Adventure
- Publisher
- Activision
- Platforms
- PS2
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine Reviews
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine, based on 20th Century Fox's upcoming movie, enlists players to experience the tormented origins of Wolverine, from his escape of the Weapon X facility to the jungles of Africa and beyond.
If you've always wanted to play as Wolverine without the muzzle, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is what you've been waiting for.
I guess that kind of describes my expectations as a whole with X-Men Origins: Wolverine: I expected oomph, I got something rather tame and repetitive. It's possible some will be able to stomach dying over and over again to get to the end, but the comic book covers and hidden moves weren't enough to take me back through things -- even if they did allow access to earlier areas later on down the line. Nope, this just felt like a quick buck cash-in, and I know Griptonite is better than that.
Superhero games are fun playing if the pieces are put together well. After Batman Arkham Asylum, X-Men Origins- Wolverine is the game I’ve really enjoyed playing. You may point out that the game was made based on the Wolverine movie, which makes things predictable but in reality it wasn’t that predictable at all. In fact, there are scenarios which will surprise you unless you have seen all the X-Men Wolverine animation series. I won’t ruin the fun getting in the details of the story. So here’s why I liked the game.
It's a hard thing as a comic book and video game fan to see such a degradation of quality from paper to screen. It gets worse when there is another step in between in the form of a game based on a movie based on comic books. I've called it the "Multiplicity Effect" (based on the Michael Keaton movie) where it keeps getting worse as you make a copy of a copy. After dismal showings from my beloved Marvel characters in the Iron Man and Fantastic Four video games, I truly wasn't expecting much fr...