X2: Wolverine's Revenge
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| X2:Wolverine's Revenge | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Raven Software |
| Publisher(s) | Activision |
| Release date(s) | May 1, 2003 |
| Genre(s) | Third-person action |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Teen, PEGI: 3+ |
| Platform(s) | Xbox, GameCube, PS2, GBA, PC |
X2: Wolverine's Revenge is a video game based around the movie X2: X-Men United. Released in 2003 to coincide with the release date of the film, Revenge was the first title to feature Wolverine in a starring role since 1994. The player helps Wolverine claw his way past the heavily guarded areas of Department H to piece together fragmented clues to Wolverine's murky past and, more importantly, to save his life. The game was released as a promotional tie-in to X2 but featured an original story by famed comic book writer Larry Hama, and didn't actually occur within the same storyline as the movies. The game can also be considered as a bridge between the first X-Men movie and X2, because of the end of the first movie where Professor X tells him to search in some of the same locations and in the game itself, and the beginning of the second movie where he returns with no new information again as he gets none in the game, only the cure to the virus. Wolverine has 48 hours to find an antidote to a deadly Shiva virus circulating in his bloodstream and the clues point to Department H's Weapon X facility, the Canadian fortress where he was created.
[edit] Gameplay
The action is played from a third-person perspective as players fight a number of armored soldiers, mutant creatures, and archenemies such as Sabretooth, Magneto, Wendigo, and Juggernaut . While Professor X is able to assist Wolverine with powers of telepathy, the surly comic book hero must ultimately carry out his adventure alone. To that end, players must tap into Wolverine's unique talents to overcome all manner of obstacles. Wolverine will be able to hunt and track his prey using his heightened sense of smell and ability to detect body heat. As Wolverine makes his way through the military compounds, he will need to avoid defense systems and guards, and find ways into locked rooms to discover the information he needs to survive.
When engaged in combat, Wolverine can retract and release his adamantium claws at any time to perform slashing attacks, aerial combos, and a number of different throws. The strike moves used in battle are the Combat Strike Moves, which initiate a short cut-scene where Wolverine attacks the enemy.
In addition to Combat Strikes, there are special Stealth Strikes, Situation-Specific Strikes and Boss-Specific Strikes which become available at certain points in the game. Stealth Strikes are used to take out enemies silently. For example, Wolverine can do a wall-hug to creep up on an enemy and stab him before he can sound the alarm.
Wolverine's atypical healing ability allows him to withstand punishment that would kill an average human being, but he can become wounded over time. Sustaining major injuries triggers a feral rage, imbuing Wolverine with greater strength and the ferocity to take on multiple foes at once. Veteran actor Mark Hamill provides the voice-over for Wolverine, while Patrick Stewart reprises his film role as Professor X.
[edit] Story
In 1964 it's introduced Logan playing as a bad boy cleaner when he was a normal person. While he was walking on a backstreet behind him are some Weapon X Facility hunters. They want to catch Logan so they can take him to the facility. Logan tries to defend himself but he is been soted by a sleeping gun. Logan goes to the Facility and gets an adamantium skeleton, after then he escapes from the experiment and gets outside. The professor call him as an animal but Logan says Not animal! . Wolverine tries to get to the Professor to confront him but he must defeat Sabretooth, who is a Weapon X test subject as well. Wolverine defeats Sabretooth and he finds the Professor and confronts him. Later in present Logan becomes a X-Man and he meets Professor X and Beast. Professor X tells Logan that he will have an virus attack in his body and the cure can be found in the Weapon X Facility. Logan uses a privet plane to get to the Weapon X Facility. However the plane is shot down and the pilot starts laughing because it was a trap. When he survives the plane crash he sneaks his way into the base. On the way in he is ambushed by a goup of GIs. The soud of gunfire starts and Wolverine is surprised that he's not shot. He then sees another GI who shot down the ambushers. When Wolverine asks him why he let him live the GI states, "Maybe it's your time to die...just yet." Wolverine examines him a moment as he walking away and says, "You're not that human, are you?" The GI replies, "You're one to talk." Later, Wolverine fights his way to a cavern where Wendigo lives. Wolverine fights with Wendigo and wins. Wendigo gets up and throws Logan off the cavern where he lands on snow. Logan sees a Weapon X truck and jumps on it. Logan reaches the Weapon X Facility and later he fights Sabretooth again when he is more trained and powerful. Sabretooth goes defeated and gives Wolverine the Part B of the virus cure and tells Logan that the Part A can be found in The Void Facility (a mutant prison) . The player goes to the facility where he sees Colossus. Colossus lets Logan to enter the facility. While Logan was fighting his way on the Facility, Sabretooth comes to the Void to eliberate 3 mutants (Omega Red, Magneto and Juggernaut). Logan founds Dr. Cornelius and Carol Hines. Cornelius gives Logan the formula of Part A of the cure. Logan reaches the roof and he fights with Juggernaut. After Logan defeated him Colossus gets him back in the prison. Logan destroys the Void Shield and escapes to find and defeat Magneto. After Logan escaped May Deuce the Mutant Hunter Boss comes to the Void to verify the Facilty. Later, Loan finds Magneto in an electricity facility. Logan tries to stop any of Magneto's move but he must kill every Mutant Hunter at the same time. When Magneto and Logan enters the Facility they start to fight. Logan defeats Magneto and wants to go home. when Logan was going home a helicopter goes to him. In the helicoter was May Deuce and thanks to Logan because he defeated Magneto and wants to take him home. The helicopter reaches a top of a building and May Deuce throws Wolverine on the roof as a trap. Logan sees Lady Deathstrike and he now realise that his privet pilot, the Army GI, and May Deuce were some of Lady Deathstike's robots to direct Wolverine to her so she can kill him. Wolverine defeats Deathstike and reaches a helicopter land platform where Lady Deathstrike follows him. Logan throws Lady Deathstrike off the roof and Rogue comes with the virus cure. Wolverine drinks it and goes home. Sabretooth find Lady Deathstrike full of blood and dead. Sabretooth takes her to a place and it's uncomfirmed what he will do with her. Apocalypse and Mr. Sinister are now watching every move from Wolverine. Wolverine stays on his bed and he realises that he hasn't found and defeated Omega Red.
