- Publisher: Activision
- Release Date: Apr 14, 2003
- Also On: PC
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Seemed kind of weird at first, being that this character is such an in your face type of fighter, but the whole stealth thing works and ends up creating a whole new facet to the gameplay.
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While most of Revenges game play involves turning bad guys into kebab, the games strict homage to the comic gives it more depth.
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Cheat Code CentralIf I had a chance to play this during the years I was a complete Wolverine fanatic I would have passed out from pleasure overload. No kidding... This is the one of the finest comic book games to date.
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The game is at its absolute best when subjecting Wolvie to the stealthier, more cerebral challenges of the day and at its worst when challenging him with action-packed triple teams and showers of gunfire.
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Controlling Wolverine during combat can prove difficult, especially when there are multiple enemies onscreen simultaneously.
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So much more could have been done with this game, but its a move in the right direction. I only wish that there had been more involvement the X-Men characters.
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A disappointment. Though the gameplay is okay, it's nothing special, and despite the awesome license this game possesses, its sure to grate on anyone after a few hours.
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X2 has a number of unforgivable problems. Most noticeable of all is the difficulty level, and in turn, the frustrating nature of the gameplay.
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Official U.S. Playstation MagazineThe fan in me can't help but like this game. Despite some questionable A.I. and repetitive attack animations (surprisingly brutal for a Teen rating), the Stealth mode (activated by awkwardly holding down L2 - another control issue) presents a genuinely cool graphic effect similar to thermal vision. [June 2003, p.108]
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PSM MagazineThere was a lot of wasted potential here, especially given a character of Wolverine's caliber. [July 2003, p.27]
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A game with some promise and some good ideas, but a half-cocked presentation and execution.
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I was quickly disappointed when I found out that all those cool combos I had seen were executed by a single press of the button. I wanted the actual combat to be that exciting, but it wasnt.
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Game InformerFundamental gameplay mistakes and atrocious designs run rampant through every inch of this miserable PlayStation 2 application. [June 2003, p.104]
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Play MagazineThere are some good ideas here, but the lack of detail, soft collision (Wolvie sinks ankle-high into any raised surface), murky control and low poly counts make Logan a dull boy. [June 2003, p.58]
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The game offers enough playability to keep hardcore fans occupied, but casual players will quickly tire of the sloppy camerawork, repetitive combat, and awkward controls.
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Electronic Gaming MonthlyIt's unnaturally hard, with save points so few and far between, you'll definitely relate to Wolverine when he goes into a Berserker Rage. [July 2003, p.120]
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Logan on a measured rampage and many hidden goodies (like our favorite mutants true comic book costume) cant distract players long enough for them not to notice how bland the games environments are.
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Character animation is fine, but some questionable collision detection and generic explosions rob it of whatever flash it could have had. X2: Wolverines Revenge simply doesnt feel polishedor even complete.
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A fair third-person action beat 'em up, like countless others in the genre, but if you take away all the X-Men trappings you'd be left with something much weaker.
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At times it's just too frustrating to be described as "fun", and being turned away, a stone's throw from the end of a level, by the Game Over screen just because you didn't understand precisely how to complete a fairly arbitrary objective is enough to saturate you with disbelief like an anvil landing on your face in the middle of a field.
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We don't like to say this about an X-Men game, but Wolverine's Revenge is an unplayable beast of a game.
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Entertainment WeeklyThe pacing is sluggish, the gameplay irritating, and ultimately it feels like Wolverine is exacting revenge on the wrong person: the player. [2 May 2003, p.79]
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Gamestyle found it laughable that this rogue superhero couldnt jump onto a small ledge simply because it was deemed unnecessary each time Wolverine was knocked back by an invisible force.
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There's no way I could recommend buying this wallet draining mutant. While the heart of the character is here, the brain is not.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 15
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Mixed: 5 out of 15
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Negative: 2 out of 15
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DeathS.Jan 29, 2004Its an o.k game that can be confusing at times but besides the confusing controls I give it an eight.