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X-Men Origins: Wolverine Demo Impressions

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a hack 'n' slash tie-in with the film of the same name, which features Hugh Jackman in all his chiseled, pointy glory as Wolverine, the most badass of all the X-Men. From the demo I get a feeling Wolverine is going to be a decent game, especially for a movie tie-in. It won't beat God of War but, then again, you probably weren't expecting it to.

The demo starts with an unskippable 3 minute CGI cutscene (which looks great) that features a lot of blood and slow motion and a bit of storyline before you're thrown out of an exploding helicopter into what is a wholly unnecessary freefall to ground that does, admittedly, end in a pretty damn cool way - Logan slams claws-first onto an enemy, gets up, relocates his arm, then you take control.

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