Raven Software Brings Wolverine Origin Graphics To a New Level

Listed as #1 of the Top 200 comic book characters, according to Wizard Magazine, Wolverine is lauded as a highly celebrated character in comic history. Before the movie was actually produce, Raven Software, the game development company responsible for the development of the video game, started development before actual movie production. Thus, if you play the game and also watch the movie, there isn’t a systematic tie-in, however, there are things that are similar. Compared to Spider-Man & the Inredible Hulk, the movie and game aren’t tightly integrated, but that does not make it a bad game.
The video game showcases Logan after he is infused with adamantium, and goes into Africa for a special mission. In the flahforwards, he turns from his childhood brother, Victor and becomes Wolverine. The question that needs to be solved is what made Logan turn away from his life to do the experiments with the Weapon X program, and lose his memory?
Uncaged utilizes the Unreal 3 Graphics engine. The technology allows for shading & gradient style looks, environmental effects, large scale environments and landscapes, and a deconstruction application that can be applied. There are 3 basic damage modes: 1.) Skin and clothes, 2.) Muscle damage, and 3.) skeletal damage. The graphics based on this model is in high detail.
The game also portrays Wolverine’s animal-like senses, whereas, the system allows you to view scents, allowing him to sense and track down enemies. So, now you get the feel of being “in-character”, whereas, your gameplay showcases all the skills of Wolverine as in the comic book.
Overall, the graphics by themselves are nothing without the action game play that brings the flavor and essence of out of the graphics. Raven software did a great job with Blur and the CGI work. Overall, there are some basic negatives, such as frame rate issues due to heavy smoke and blurring, also graphical tears, or pop-ups where there shouldn’t be. But overall, it midly distracts from the gaming experience. Uncaged gets an grad of B for graphics for this game play.

Wolverine: The Untold Story

Wolverine first came on stage in the Marvel Comics comic book franchise in October 1974, in the Incredible Hulk issue (#180). John Romita Sr. (Marvel art director) and writer Len Wein created the character. Wolverine was known for a saying in the comics, during the years starting in 1982, which was “I’m the best there is at what I do, but what I do isn’t very nice.” This catchphrase was created by artist Frank Miller.

Wolverine is a mutant who is also known as Logan. However, he was born James Howlett. His mutant abilities are regeneration, advanced physical strength, animal-like senses, and retracting claws. He can recover instantly from wounds, toxins and disease, and has lived longer than a normal human would live.

As Logan, he was part of Weapon X, a super soldier development program. It was here where he was experimented on and was bonded with alloy adamantium, an indestructible alloy. Wolverine became popular during the Vietnam War because, a lot of the people who were still at home reading comic books were more toward anti-war, and anti-authority during this time. So, Wolverine was portrayed as an anti-hero, but still got the job done. By 1988, Wolverine became a solo comic, and was adapted into an animated TV series as well as the X-Men film franchise, whereas, the character was played by actor Hugh Jackman.