Hey hey guys. This was a busy week for me. I also missed doing a review last week. But I wanted to make sure I got this up here before I went to bed. Work will suck tomorrow.

Anyway here is the review on "Why It Sucks" Continue Scrolling down to read up on the "Why Its Awesome" Part.



Haiku Review

It's a movie game
that shatters expectations
by being superb.

Why It's Awesome

We here at Brainlazy got our first look at X-Men Origins: Wolverine back at the New York Comic-Con, so we had fairly high expectation to start with. The game does not disappoint. The greatest strength this game has is its gameplay, so we will begin there. Essentially, you are playing God of War as Wolverine instead of Kratos. That is a statement dense with meaning though, so I will clarify. Essentially, what it means is that the game isn't so much about how difficult enemies are to kill, but how much fun they are to kill. You have a veritable smorgasbord of maneuvers at your disposal, each carefully crafted to be both devastating and spectacular, making a game that is as brutal to watch as it is fun to play. The more you play, the more of these moves become available to you, and the more savage they get. The enemies thrown at you are equally varied, and push you to use every move in your repertoire to defeat them quickly. It is important to note that the moves don't only involve you and your trademark claws, though. The levels are a playground of environmental damage, and the game is just as eager as you are to make use of all of those hazards. You will quickly get the hang of angling throws to end on spikes, off cliffs, and in all other sorts of painful situations. Best of all, whereas regenerating health and a "hero" who is more kill crazy maniac than knight in shining armor are gameplay conveniences and hand-waved plot points, in this game they are perfectly suited to the character. This is a game where it is actually established by decades of literature that the player character is a nigh invulnerable vessel of blades and rage.

Some would fear that a game built upon the dirt simple concept of "here are some things to kill" would become repetitive or monotonous, but never fear. The makers of the game have balanced the pace excellently. Just as you grow weary of running up to enemies to impale them on your claws, you gain the ability to soar through the air and impale them on your claws. Once the whole "impaling" thing becomes passe, say hello to dismemberment. Bored with killing things? Well, the levels are pretty fun to explore, too. In fact, it is pretty easy to get lost. Luckily, it is just as easy to get on the right track, since the game gives you a "feral sense" that will keep you pointed in the right direction.

As the video says, movie games tend to be awful. They suffer from a short development cycle, a necessarily linear and limited story. It is easy, and not terribly unwise, to simply assume that all movie games will suffer the same fate. Don't make that mistake here. X-Men Origins: Wolverine is easily the best movie tie in available, and quite likely the best ever. Since that is roughly equivalent to being the world's most attractive wart, let me go one step further. This game gives half of the full fledged, stand alone games out there a run for their money. It may be that rarest of things. A movie game that deserves a sequel even more than the movie that it is based on.