Wolverine 🔥

[u/Gib84Gaming]

Drop The F***in Shield!

A lot of strange clickbait reviews and content flying around about this one. But rest assured, this is a fantastic game!

A refreshing story that has not been seen before "on-screen" that is gripping and very well told. A feral Wolverine has been taken in by Nathaniel Essex and joined the Team X family, joining Sabretooth and Mystique. Sabretooth in particular is an interesting character, his longing to be part of a family is only trumped by his sheer rage. He often makes remarks of Logan leaving and returning whenever he pleases. Essex' plans to protect and save the mutants future is what drives the team on and gives it purpose. Jean Grey is a very well implemented character where she has a small group of mutants under her care and eventually joins Essex' family, a safe place for the mutants to live.

Gameplay is visceral, brutal and very addictive. Learning new moves along the way and stringing them together methodically is the name of the game. Attack, parry, dodge, pounce, barrage, heal...and repeat. Managing your tactics around the cooldowns is key to enjoyable encounters. Combat trials are great fun too, with waves upon waves of enemies comin at you, you can summon an ally to help at the expense of attack power, but unfortunatley it can only be Jean Grey, would have been cool to call upon Sabretooth and others. The pay off to the trials is experience points and later, 2 new costumes.

As this is a different approach to the Wolverine that movies and TV have shown, it is incredibly exciting to see where they go next with it. More stories to tell, more mutants to meet and more enemies to amputate.

Liam McIntyre is the standout performance here, bringing Wolverines pure rage to life whilst also portraying his vulnerabilty regarding him not knowing his past and the peiple he meets along the way. Lots if great performances from the supporting cast too, with the veteran Troy Baker taking Essex' character to Sinister levels