X-Men Origins: Wolverine The Game, Reviewed!

What’s the best way to see your favorite superheroes come to life, in all their awesomeness, showcasing all of their powers against countless minions and obstacles? Why, imagination of course! IMAAAGINAAAAASSSHUUUNNN!!! The next best way is to play them in video games. Well, good ones, at least.

In my quest to play all Marvel/DC based video games, there are times when I come across movie property video games, and they don’t have a very good record. Admittedly, move versions of superheroes sometimes exercise too much creative freedom, and a lot of the video game versions of those movies are horrible or subpar, at least. The only notable exceptions I can think of are the Spider-Man games, especially SM2, and Tom Jane’s Punisher, where the games are tons better than the movies regardless of the difference from the source material. Will Wolverine join this list?

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