X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Uncaged Edition (Xbox 360)
I was split right down the middle with my expectations of this game. I know what movie tie-ins are like - I know what to expect. I also know that any X-Men game should be good.
The game starts off in true cinematic style and in all honesty has a quite breath-taking and engrossing couple of minutes of build-up.
Then you find yourself right in the thick of it, mashing those buttons like they have done you an injustice.
This game nearly failed in all the ways I thought it might - it is at times repetitive, limited, lacking depth and a bit of a no-brainer.
It does however get away with it through the relentless action and wonderfully varied moves on offer.
The graphics on the game are delicious - it looks fantastic and has some very fluent moves to tie in nicely with the excellent presentation.
There are loads of slicing and dicing combos and power-ups etc that are delivered in very gory fashion at times hence the (18) rating.
You will marvel at the ridiculousness of it all - and revel in the brutality - for example within three minutes I had stuck my clawed hand through a pilot's stomach and held him aloft for his head to be decapitated by the spinning rotary blade on the copter.
God I laughed - it's top-notch Dynasty Warriors style foe after foe slaughtering and unless you really do get bored very easily you will enjoy it.
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Steve Wollaston - Sunday Mercury games reviewer Steve has been writing about video games for donkey's years. In fact he is probably far too old for it now which is why you will see a lot of reviews been done by kids... He has been nominated three times for Regional Games Journalist Of The Year at the Games Media Awards, but never wins. His major love is sports games and rates Sensible World of Soccer circa 90's as the greatest game ever made - closely followed by Championship Manager 2. Skyrim has currently taken over his life.
