X2 Wolverine’s Revenge – XB – Review

One of the things that makes Wolverine such an interesting character is his
mysterious background. James Howlett was born into an aristocratic family in the
late nineteenth century. One day his father and mother were brutally murdered in
front of him, and it was at this moment that his mutant powers awakened from
their slumber, forcing three bone claws out of the back of each of his hands.
With an uncountable fury, James exacted revenge and killed his parent’s
murderer. After he did this, he changed his name to Logan and fled to another
place with his love Rose. During this time he developed his other mutant powers
such as a healing factor and animal-like sense, he also earned the nickname
Wolverine for his refusal to back down from a fight. Later on the son of the
murderer confronted Logan, and a fight proceeded. In the end Logan killed the
son, but also impaled Rose with his bone claws.

As time passes Logan does various things with his life, such as join the army
and participate in other world events, while keeping out of the lime light. Many
decades have passed, but Logan still looks to be in his early thirties due to
his healing factor. The government noticed this about Logan and decided to do a
series of tests on him and other mutants. This project was called Weapon X, and
was designed to create the ultimate human weapon. Scientists decided to graft an
indestructible metal, adamantium, to Logan’s skeleton, thus giving him his
legendary adamantium claws. Along with these metal implants, the scientists
erase all of his memories and implant false ones, so they could control him
better. With all that has happened in his life, he is now unable to tell the
false memories from the truth, and he is always pestered by it in the back of
his mind. Logan now stays with Professor X, and the X-Men to help humans and
mutants co-exist together, but it has never been an easy fight. With the help of
Professor X, Logan has gotten many answers to his questions, but every answer
leads him to more questions, so it is a never-ending cycle. One day Beast was
doing some tests on Logan and found a deadly virus, that Logan’s immune system
cannot cure. It is now up to Logan to find the cure for this virus before he is
dead. Can you survive?

X2: Wolverine’s Revenge is an action game that mixes in stealth for good
measure. To help progress in the game, Wolverine has his healing power, but the
only way to activate is by sheathing your claws. Here is the problem, in the
heat of battle you have to sheath the claws to heal, but once without your claws
you won’t deal out that much damage against your enemies. Players will be in
that catch twenty-two many times throughout the game, and this really messes up
the flow of the gameplay.

The controls are really simplistic to learn, which is a good thing, but it
really the action. In the beginning of the game players will only have a few
moves that they can perform, but as they progress through the game they obtain
more. In the end, the amount of moves the player can do is not very varied, and
it makes game really repetitive.

There are a few bonuses that players can find hidden throughout the game, such
as different costumes, dog tag challenges, and other things. This gives the game
a bigger reply factor and makes it more fun to play. It is a fun thing to go
through the game in a classic costume, or hear the biographies of a few of the
characters in X-men.