During combat, Wolverine's rage meter builds up, and when full allows him to use more devastating attacks, like the claw spin and a berserker mode, which increases Wolverine's claw strength until his Rage Meter empties. Wolverine can also use the environment to his advantage, such as by impaling foes on spikes. Another form of attack is the lunge, which allows Wolverine to quickly close the distance to an enemy. Enemies can be dismembered in several ways in addition to the graphic display of Wolverine's healing factor.Ĭombat relies on three options - light attacks, heavy attacks, and grabs. The Uncaged Edition also features a large amount of blood and gore. X-Men Origins takes influences from games such as God of War and Devil May Cry with a third person perspective. X-Men Origins, along with most other games published by Activision that had used the Marvel licence, was de-listed and removed from all digital storefronts on January 1, 2014.
The game was developed primarily by Raven Software through the use of Unreal Engine technology. The game release coincided with the release of the film on for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, Wii, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable. X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a hack and slash action-adventure game loosely based on the film of the same name.
