I’ve been clutching on to this gem since the NYC Comic Con debating whether or not to post it to the site. But what the hell, I’ll throw caution to the wind.

This has been boiling inside me for the past few weeks waiting to pop out like the chestburster from Aliens. It’s something so damn cool I want to show everyone, because I know there are some people out there who are hemming and hawing about how the newest Wolverine game is going to be mediocre at best. After sitting in on the Raven Software/Activision panel I can tell you it’s everything me and every other fan of Wolverine has ever wanted a game starring our favorite anti-hero to be.

Every game as far back as the 1991 release of Wolverine for the NES (yeah, that’s right) had me scratching my head saying, “This isn’t Wolverine!!!” Sure you had the claws, but that primal ferocity that is so much a component of the character was never there. Don’t get me wrong, Wolvie was my boy in Marvel vs Capcom, but still…something was missing.

This is where Raven got it right. They posed this; if you want to be Wolverine and you want to just tear into someone like soft bread with your adamantium claws, why the hell can’t you? Well now you can.

The game follows the same story line as the movie by the same name, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Both are being released simultaneously on May 1st, which in my honest opinion is the smart way to do it. I get pretty pissed when some game companies release the game version before the the movie. Honestly, wtf? Where was I..oh yeah. The story follows the movie, for the most part. Raven told us that they’ve added a few things here and there to spice things up that everyone will enjoy immensely.

Raven explained that they’ve designed Wolverine in three layers: skin, muscle, and adamantium coated skeleton. This ensures that when you take a shotgun blast to the gut, you can see each layer healing back up over time. It looks just as cool as it sounds, believe me.

As you progress through the game you also gain access to abilities. You start off with a pretty good set of punching and claw attacks. Later on in the game you get the aiming and lunging about 30 feet across a level with claws retracted then plunging them into someone’s chest move, which was definitely one of my faves. There’s an area attack whirlwind move similar to the one in Marvel vs Capcom and I’m sure there are plenty more that I didn’t get to see.

All the fans of Wolvie will be eternally grateful to know that they’ve also incorporated the title character’s infamous berserker rage. I’m not sure how it’s activated, but you’ll know as your whole screen gains a slightly red tinge and you start tearing into anything that moves. Raven let us in on some of the unlockables, one of which being Wolverines iconic yellow, blue and black suit from the comic books. Personally I’m a big fan of the brown costume, maybe I’ll get lucky and they’ll throw that one in.

I’m really looking forward to this one and hopefully this seals the deal for a lot of you on this game. Raven/Activision put plenty of time and dedication into this and it honestly shows. Be sure to go check out the movie and pick up the game on May 1st.  So now, without further interruption…

yeah, sorry for the guy’s head.

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