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Wolverine Demo Unleashed on Xbox Live

by Chris Faylor, May 04, 2009 8:50am PDT

A downloadable demo of Raven's film-inspired beat 'em up X-Men Origins: Wolverine is now available for Xbox Live Gold members via the Xbox Live Marketplace.

Hyped by its developer as "the movie game that finally does not suck," the title launched alongside the theatrical flick last Friday in PC, PS2, PS3, 360, Wii, DS and PSP form.

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I'll pick it up used or when it hits the $30 price - it didn't feel nearly as polished as either God of War, and felt to be about on par with Conan in terms of polish and gameplay.

I enjoyed the demo quite a bit - but there were some pretty odd bugs that I came across in the couple of play-thrus that I attempted.

I've said it elsewhere - the game should have spent time in the oven between the theatrical release and the DVD / BR release to clean up some of the odd bugs and help give off a better presentation.

May 04, 2009 11:18am PDT

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I'll pick it up used or when it hits the $30 price - it didn't feel nearly as polished as either God of W... : dedgecko
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- Yeah, I agree. $60 no...$40 or less...yes : pun][sher
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  Conan polish-wise? You're sorely mistaken and missing out. But to each their own. Sit back while we all p... : f1kt1t1ous
  - From what I played of the Wolverine demo it appears to have the same amount of polish that Conan had or p... : dedgecko

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In terms of gore, are we talking NGII levels of gore, or just more gore than expected?

May 04, 2009 11:29am PDT

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In terms of gore, are we talking NGII levels of gore, or just more gore than expected? : AroundTheFur1380
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  decapitations, limbs, tossed on to spikes, your insides showing as you regen is that gory? : NukemFornever
  - That sounds good to me. I will have to check it out. : AroundTheFur1380
- Flesh tears apart, heads are popped on the ground into pulpy sinew. Bullet pierce through Wolverine. If y... : f1kt1t1ous

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I am SOOO getting this game... once it drops from this absurd $69.99 price tag. Everything is $69.99 now. I guess it's now $20 for a 'Premium' experience?

May 04, 2009 3:39pm PDT

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I am SOOO getting this game... once it drops from this absurd $69.99 price tag. Everything is $69.99 now.... : Werkin
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Game is AWESOME. It has it's faults, but this is by far the best Wolverine game ever made, if not the best X-Men related game ever made. The reason I say this is because I loves me some gore, and this game is disturbingly gory. The intro cinematic actually unsettled me it was so brutal. This is Wolverine the way he is meant to be seen...a brutal, feral animal... not some cartoon or PG-13 movie!!

May 04, 2009 9:09am PDT

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Game is AWESOME. It has it's faults, but this is by far the best Wolverine game ever made, if not the bes... : at0micgarden
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Hasn't this been on XBL for a little while now?

May 04, 2009 9:23am PDT

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Hasn't this been on XBL for a little while now? : megarust32
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- yeah.. I got it this weekend : OrkO
- Yeah, it hit on Friday, but we overlooked it. : Chris Faylor

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Hyped by its developer as "the movie game that finally does not suck"

Escape from Butcher Bay would like to have a word with Raven
(not exactly a movie game, but still, a game based on a movie franchise)

May 04, 2009 2:19pm PDT

Hyped by its developer as "the movie game that finally does not suck" Escape from Butcher Bay would ... : azuvatar

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So is Wolverine in this game pre-Weapon X (bone claws) or post- (adamantium), or both?

May 04, 2009 12:09pm PDT

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So is Wolverine in this game pre-Weapon X (bone claws) or post- (adamantium), or both? : Rooster Cockburn
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- Both, from what I've played so far. : House

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This demo was awesome. I'm going to pick up the full game today based on this demo. If you want a good look at what you'd see in the demo, check out:

http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-x-men-origins-wolverine/17-517/

May 04, 2009 8:54am PDT

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This demo was awesome. I'm going to pick up the full game today based on this demo. If you want a good lo... : ashkie
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  - Yeah I had a good time listening to them. "Hey buddy." : ashkie
- oh, I thought they were playing the demo, because it starts the same way... but it goes in a completely d... : OrkO

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Only if my 360 was working

May 04, 2009 8:55am PDT

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- There is no excuse for a non working 360 these days. Get that bitch up! : NuMMnUtZ
- It's on PC and PS3 as well. : Entity

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The game really is alot of fun. Gamespot puts it at a 7 and IGN at a 7.8 for a fair enough reason: it gets repetitive. However, I quite enjoy repeating things are fun things to do, so while I think the 7 rating is fair, it's not for reasons I won't play it.

The game is really surprisingly gory, something I wasn't expecting. Maybe I'm too used to saturday morning X-Men cartoons and PG-13 movies and that the original Wolverine was bloody, but putting claws through heads and necks and ripping off arms with full bloody detail is pretty goddamn kickass.

Controls are tight, sounds great (Jackman voices Wolverine) and other than standard 3rd person action camera issues, plays really well all around.

May 04, 2009 10:46am PDT

The game really is alot of fun. Gamespot puts it at a 7 and IGN at a 7.8 for a fair enough reason: it get... : Entity

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Looks like a fun movie game. I will be renting this.

May 04, 2009 9:48am PDT

Looks like a fun movie game. I will be renting this. : ShruteFarmer84

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