PS3 Review – X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Uncaged Edition
It’s no secret that many videogame iterations of movies are complete and utter disasters. When X-Men Origins: Wolverine was announced as an upcoming movie, many wondered what the video game tie-in would be like, and if it would be a failure like so many other titles. Raven Software chose to answer that by being the one to take the helm and develop this title. The question is does it become just another movie game, or does it stand out above the rest?
The user takes on the role of the ultimate badass, Wolverine, as he goes on the hunt for his brother, Victor Creed, also known as Sabretooth. The game features a full 5 chapters to venture through which shift from present day to Wolverine’s past throughout the title. Wolverine’s past takes players into the African jungle where they encounter enemies ranging from machete wielders to statues that come to life. During this time, players see what Wolverine remembers, and the ultimate reason that he chose to leave Stryker’s task force.
In the present day, Wolverine continues his journey to track down Creed, but by the end of the game, players learn some unexpected things. Of course, those who have seen the movie will already know mostly everything. Players will encounter many characters from the Marvel Universe, both good and bad, and many environments, ranging from frozen islands to high security bases. The environments are great, including weather effects and interactive objects.
This title is hack and slash at its finest. But don’t expect to make it far if you don’t learn the controls and combos. The game isn’t overly complicated, but just button mashing will not cut it. The game is dark, gruesome, and features some amazing looking finishing moves performed by Wolverine. I was actually surprised by how bloody the title is, but that’s a good thing. Wolverine is a character who takes out enemies with extremely sharp adamantium claws, so there should be some blood.
There are many ways to take out enemies, including throwing them into and impaling them on sharp objects. To see which objects can be used to do this, players can push up on the D-pad and it will activate Wolverine’s feral senses. This allows him to see interactive objects, enemies, and the correct direction to go.
6 Responses to “PS3 Review – X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Uncaged Edition”
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November 15th, 2009 at 10:14 PM
what’s the difference between the regular one and this uncaged edition? Does this one have the DLC in it already? Anyways this is an awesome game and shows more gruesome murders in it than what the movie showed and l loved the part with the sentinel which should have been in the movie. Good score and it played like a GoW game which is probably why l liked it
11/15/2009 at 11:25 PM
The Uncaged Edition is what they call the PS3 and 360 versions. It’s essentially the next gen versions.
November 16th, 2009 at 12:33 AM
much better review than IGN’s for this title. IGN always said that the story didn’t make any sense and the movie didn’t either. I followed both just fine so I don’t know what that says about the guys over at IGN…..Overall this was a great game, lots of fun, solid gameplay, and awesome gore. However, when it came down to it, it was really only worth one play through and I sold it right away but NOT TO GAMESTOP! I know better. I got $45 for my copy on eBay instead of the $15 or $20 I would have gotten from trading it.
November 16th, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Good review. I think it on point. This is a fun title, The button mashing can get old at some points though
November 16th, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Great review I’ve always wanted to try it. Maybe I will give it a rent now
November 16th, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Uncaged edition has the fighting arena, you can buy it on the PSN for regular edition owners.
this game kicks ass btw, right up there with Batman once you level up a bit
November 16th, 2009 at 10:05 PM
i think i might rent this now, thanks Joseph