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X2: Wolverine's Revenge

X2: Wolverine's Revenge is an action beat 'em up video game based on the Marvel Comics character Wolverine, a member of the mutant team X-Men. The action is played from a third-person perspective as players…

53 14 April 2003 ESRB T

X2: Wolverine's Revenge is an adventure developed by GenePool Software, released 14 April 2003 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Mac.

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What X2: Wolverine's Revenge is

X2: Wolverine's Revenge is an adventure game developed by GenePool Software and released in 2003. It was published by Activision. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

X2: Wolverine's Revenge is an action beat 'em up video game based on the Marvel Comics character Wolverine, a member of the mutant team X-Men. 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, Lady Deathstrike, 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…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Marvel series

X2: Wolverine's Revenge is the 83rd of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was X2: Wolverine's Revenge in 2003. Its critic score of 53 is 11 points below the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes at 90.

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How it was received

X2: Wolverine's Revenge holds a critic score of 53 out of 100. That places it above 10% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 16 points below the year average.

What it launched against

X2: Wolverine's Revenge launched on 14 April 2003, within three weeks of Fire Emblem, Championship Manager 4, NBA Street Vol. 2 and Midnight Club 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Fire Emblem, Championship Manager 4, NBA Street Vol. 2, Midnight Club 2.

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When did X2: Wolverine's Revenge come out?
X2: Wolverine's Revenge was released on 14 April 2003 for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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