X-Men Origins: Wolverine

story - 6.0 writing - 5.5 combat - 7.5 enemy variety - 6.0 boss design - 7.0 pacing - 8.0 *fun gameplay🟢 *lacks variety🔴

I went into this game having a lot of fun. The combat mechanics were well designed, there were some great looking prerendered cutscenes and it was cool to have Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. The combat was bloody and fun... and then the enemies with guns arrived, and it just became a chore to play through. Way too many enemies swamping you every few seconds. It just became unfun quick, despite some good core mechanics and style. I ended up giving up on it partway through.

To the game's credit it does a lot of cool things with visceral visuals and compared to other tie-in games it at least has some degree of production value. But man, this game is just boring. You have very few combat options as you're tied to only a basic attack and bunch of lame aoe skills that don't offer any other utility. The enemy design is overly silver bullet reliant and if it's not that then it's way too easy to just stun lock enemies with lunges. It has cool gimmicks but it's shallow.