X2 Wolverine's Revenge [video game]

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Product Overview

Wolverine has discovered that he is a viral time bomb; the
clock is ticking. Preview While comics are having a bit of
renaissance in films lately, with several decent versions of four-color heroes
making it to the big screen, still the only half-decent superhero game is
Spider-Man. Wolverine’s Revenge should change all that, with what promises to
be a genuinely worthwhile game in its own right. Tying in only loosely to the
X-Men 2 movie, this is basically a Wolverine simulator, which traces his life
from his first appearance as Weapon X in 1968 to a series of deadly battles in
the modern day against the likes of Lady Deathstrike and Sabretooth. As you’d
expect, the emphasis of the action in the game is on 3-D combat and this works
extremely well, with various combos to unlock and the ability to fight
multiple bad guys at once. More interesting, though, is the way you can use
Wolvie’s animal senses to follow scent particles in the air, hear distant
sounds, and track an enemy’s heat signature. This aspect of the game works
incredibly well and allows you to play the game as either an all-out actioner
or a more tactical, stealth-based affair. It’s unusual to see a comic
character portrayed so accurately in a game, with all their powers intact, but
Wolverine’s Revenge really pulls it off and combines it with some great
gameplay and cool graphics. --David Jenkins, Amazon.co.uk