X-Men Origins: Wolverine

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• Cinema quality action sequences with jaw-dropping graphics and detail
• Over 100 custom moves, reflex quick-kills, and long-range lunge attacks
• Rage abilities to unlock special moves and powers
• Utilize Wolverine's Feral Senses for tactical advantages over the enemy
• Real-time regeneration powers to mend bones and tissues for non-stop combat action

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001PTN5ZW
• Item Weight: 8.3 ounces
• Media: DVD-ROM
• Release Date: May 1, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,564 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: PC

Amazon.com Product Description

The X-Men saga continues with the X-Men Origins: Wolverine video game for the PC, based on the feature film of the same name. Unleash the fury of Wolverine and see how it all began. With cinema-style graphics and sound, and unstoppable action and excitement, X-Men Origins: Wolverine will have you on the edge of seat as you slash, slice, and stab your way through level after level of intense, epic gameplay.

The realistic graphics will have you feeling like you're watching a movie. View larger.

Wolverine's real-time regeneration powers keeps you going for more action. View larger.

Use your claws to slice up your opponents. View larger.

X-Men and Wolverine fans will recognize scenes from the comic book. View larger.

Cinema-Style Graphics and Sound
With incredibly detailed graphics and stellar sound effects, you'll feel as though you're watching a full-feature movie, only you'll be playing it on your PC. X-Men Origins: Wolverine takes you back to the "birth" of Wolverine when the fury was first unleashed. Battle your way through levels of relentless action that feature jaw-dropping graphics that are suitable enough for the big screen.

You'll encounter extremely detailed combat situations throughout this game, including battling enemies at 30,000 feet in the air with no parachute, all on your way to hunt down the secrets of Weapon X.

Relentless Combat and Epic Gameplay
Take on the enemy as only Wolverine can using his indestructible adamantium claws to defeat even the toughest adversaries. With over 100 custom moves and attacks, reflex quick-kills, and long-range lunge attacks, you have enough destruction power at your fingertips for even the most intense combat situations.

Battle the meanest, toughest bosses that Wolverine has ever faced, including the gigantic 200-foot tall Sentinels, grotesque Wendigos, and the sinister Leviathans. Use Wolverine's real-time regeneration powers to mend bone and muscle tissue for non-stop fighting action and seemingly impossible risk-taking.

Special Rage Powers and Feral Senses
Take advantage of Wolverine's rage power to unlock devastating special moves, combos, and contextual attacks that are sure to ravage anything in his path. Plus, you can utilize Wolverine's animal-like Feral Senses to expose the enemy's weaknesses and provide you with a tactical advantage against them. You can also use this unique animal instinct to solve puzzles and discover escape routes throughout your journey.

Experience true-to-character authenticity and unrelenting action as you slice and dice your way through incredibly detailed graphics and cinematic sequences that are sure to satisfy any mutant-loving gamer. X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a satisfying action game with plenty of special moves, evil villains, blood and gore, unstoppable action, and so much more.

Product Description

Uncage Wolverine’s tragic past and discover how the ultimate weapon was created. Unleash the razor sharp adamantium claws, feral instincts and mutant regeneration power of the world’s fiercest hero. Visceral combat. Pure rage. Epic battles. Take on the impossible in your hunt to uncover the secrets of Weapon X…then exact your revenge.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You get to be Wolverine...including the times he gets beat..., June 13, 2009

By 

Grieger (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition (DVD-ROM)

For those of you looking for a chance to be Wolverine, this is definitely the game for you. I'm a shooter player more than anything but I'd heard good things about this game and I like Wolverine since he's the best X-Men character.

You take control of Wolverine from a third-person and do what Wolverine does best. You can brandish your claws or use a sort of "animal sense" that highlights hints on how to get out of where you are. The story follows the movie and the maps are VERY linear. Keep that in mind. This is a rollercoaster ride, not GTA or anything open-ended.

Your attacks are based on a combination of keypresses and movement. It's very consoley but you can definitely play with WASD + Mouse. You'll swipe, leap, grab, slam and toss your way through baddies. As you learn the combos and progress, you'll just cut through the enemies...up until you hit the bosses. Yup, bosses. And the boss fights are just stupid. Your first one, the leviathan exemplifies this. Here are the problems:

1) The camera forces you to look at the boss so you end up getting killed sometimes because you're trying to dodge AWAY from the boss but the camera spins you right at him.

2) After about 2/3 of the boss's heath bar is gone, he transforms into something harder. In the case of the leviathan, his skin hardens and leaves only a small part exposed that you can damage. You have to jump on to him and attack him to make any more progress...not easy considering he gets to slam you with a huge boulder regardless of where you are in the little arena you're fighting it. It's ridiculous.

3) Once you do get the hang of what you need to do, you'll spend a lot of time just doing it: leap on, mash the attack keys until the boss is about to grab you, jump off, dodge, dodge, leap on, repeat.

It's stupid considering how much fun the rest of the fighting is. Not all bosses play out exactly like this but they're pretty similar.

As you progress, you'll get to upgrade your abilities and unlock new ones. You'll fuel a lot of these abilities with Rage...which is like Mana in a fantasy game. I started to feel like I was playing Diablo again...killing enemies and smashing everything to get some Rage.

Outside of the bosses, the only other downside are the stupid cut scenes. I'm sorry but the inability to skip a cutscene is just dumb especially for replayability.

Overall, I'd recommend getting this and having some fun but be prepared for some nonsense along the way. It distracts from a great game but fortunately only represents a small part of the game, not the whole thing.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars X-Men Origins makes for a gory good time, June 23, 2009

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Hard core dungeoneer "Bob" (Il USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition (DVD-ROM)

X-Men Origins- Wolverine is a third person action game that follows the events of the recent film. This game may be the best licensed movie game ever made. The game is all out action, but you can build up your character with experience points gained by defeating enemies. Upgrades include more damage, increased health, and special rage powers. The game is very gory as Wolvie evicerates and decapitates his enemies with wild abandon. Executing all of Wolvie's moves are very easy to do with keyboard and mouse set up, and every action button makes Wolvie do something very cool. Graphics are terrific, and the game runs very well on my system (specs to follow). I highly recommend this game to fans of action titles that aren't afraid of a little (ALOT!) blood.

My system specs:
OS: Win XP sp3
AMD Athlon 64 x 2 dual core processor 2.00 Ghz (running at 5.70 speed)
GeForce 8600GT 512Mb graphics card (single card)
2 Gig of RAM

I know this doesn't sound like a killer system, but I can run Bioshock, STALKER, Fallout 3, Crysis, Hellgate, The Witcher, Assassin's Creed, FEAR 2, Cryostasis, etc. all on high or maximum settings with hardly a hiccup.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars F****** Awesome, June 5, 2009

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D. Rogers - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition (DVD-ROM)

Very well made, kept me up all night the first day I got it. Very graphic, and fast paced. Controls are easy to pick up and special attacks are quick to learn. Highly recommended for anyone seeking a fast-paced action adventure.

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