X-Men Origins: Wolverine for Wii Review
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is rated Teen, and if you’re a mom like me, you’re often confused by different levels within the Teen rating. Xmen Wolverine is not like The Simpsons level of Teen rating with cute and obnoxious comments from Bart Simpson. No, this is a ‘closer-to Mature’ Teen rating, with blood, lots of violence and fight scenes, and language that you probably don’t want your 12 year-old listening to. And, just to drive this point home, the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Xmen Wolverine are rated Mature.
So, with that out of the way, let me tell you this was not one of our favorite Wii games. My son became bored with the fight scenes (which are similar to any Spiderman game you’ve ever played, but with less variations on combos and special powers).
The environments ranged from outside alleys to what looked like the insides of a Star Wars ship. The scenes are dark, so it is difficult to see who you are interacting with. We didn’t see the movie, so I’m sure much of it is lost on us. But, it just wasn’t visually appealing.
Sometimes, as parents we are willing to venture into Teen rated video games for more excitement, familiar characters, or a new level of game play, but X-Men Origins: Wolverine didn’t deliver on any of these levels, but still packed a punch in the rating dept. I’d pass on this one.