X-Men Origins: Wolverine

You don’t need to be a big comic book aficionado to have heard of Wolverine. In recent times he’s pretty much become a household name thanks to all three X-Men movies and tons of comics, cartoons etc. Unfortunately none of the movies or the abysmal game eons ago could portray him in all his primal fury.

Thankfully Raven Software, the makers of the Soldier of Fortune series stepped up to the task and started working on a brand new Wolverine game that’s as bloody, visceral and violent as it gets. The story of Wolverine revolves around Wolverine’s origins, his torrid relationship with his brother and the bane of being a mutant. Of course when you have Ademantium claws to fall back on, life becomes a whole lot easier.

Wolverine borrows a bit from tons of high profile action games on the block like Ninja Gaiden, God of War and Tomb Raider. The Tomb Raider bit of course is limited to platforming and certain locations that feel like they’ve stepped right out of Tomb Raider Underworld. These platforming segments can range from moving huge stones/crates to reach a higher ground to a bit more complex stuff that may require exertion of the gray matter. Still, there’s nothing over here that’ll stop you in your tracks.

On the combat front, the game delivers the good and how! For starters you can decapitate, maim and dismember every enemy on-screen with reckless abandon. Limbs, heads and appendages fly all over the place as Wolverine slices and dices his way through his enemies. You’ll start off with a few basic heavy as well as light attacks but as you progress you’ll acquire experience points that’ll help you improve existing abilities and learn newer ones at the same time.

Now Logan is one pissed off mutant and that fact is reflected through his Rage meter that sits pretty on-screen right below his health bar. Kill people and destroy objects to build up this bar after which you can unleash up to four devastating rage attacks that’ll affect multiple opponents and cause a serious amount of damage to bosses as well.