The environments are all very well modeled with the jungle levels looking particularly lush and detailed. The aforementioned Feral Senses give a trippy, alternate take on the levels and are enjoyable to where you find yourself popping them up just to see how everything looks with them enabled. Unfortunately the frame rate suffers when there are a lot of enemies on screen, which makes for some annoying battles, especially when paired with a camera that decides to throw itself into the corner. Also, when there are a lot of enemies around picking who you're lunging to is hit or miss, particularly when there's a mini-boss in the mix. In that case, what Wolverine does best is run around while he hopes for the mini-boss to take out the other enemies for him.

The game lasts for a good amount of time, clocking in around 8 - 10 hours. Normal mode is very doable, even for beginning players as Wolverine's healing powers means that you're more likely to die from a puzzle gone wrong than from combat. Once you play the game through you can try again on Hard, or replay certain levels to grind for achievements. If you found all of the character statues as you progressed through the game you can face off against one of three costumed versions of yourself in a Danger Room type area for the honor of wearing Wolverine's tan costume, blue and yellow costume, or black X-Force costume.

At the end of the day X-Men Origins: Wolverine offers a fun, albeit repetitive romp as one of comics' most savage characters. For all of the emotional troubles and failings that have always been the hallmark of Marvel characters, you could always count on Wolverine to come out of a scrap alive. The only question was how badly he was going to mess his opponents up. That spirit carries over beautifully in the game, and even when you're fighting the twelfth room of the same guys, the variety with which you can take care of business gives a fun, visceral experience.

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