Think of a bad game that Raven Software has released.  You can't, can you.  Just have a look at their stellar back-catalogue: Heretic, Hexen, Soldier of Fortune, Quake 4, Star Wars: Jedi Academy and now X-Men Origins: Wolverine. 

Playing the PS3 demo is a real pleasure as the visuals are pretty awesome, though it must be said that the player and NPC models don't quite fit comfortably in the world in which they exist.  Water effects are pretty questionable as well, but these are small details when you contrast them to things like the gameplay, which is to the X-Men franchise what The Force Unleashed was to that of Star Wars: a rip-roaring exercise in arse-kicking.  Wolverine's trademark (if not patented) blades tear their way through seemingly endless streams of drones and bigger enemies, each with their own little quirk to be worked around.  Combat is a bit button-mashy, but there are plenty of combos and special abilities to get your teeth and claws into. 

An experience-based levelling system gives the game a bit of pace and as normal, you gain various abilities as your level increases, so it's not all leaping and a-springing, slicing people with your blades and watching in awe of the rather cool real-time body regeneration effects.  From the demo, it's difficult to tell the quality of the storyline, but I don't suppose they'd have done much to anger those hardy X-Men fans and since Marvel have their stamp all over it, it's likely to be satisfyingly regarded as canon and thus cause innumerable arguments on fora throughout the world wide web. 

The controls are fairly generic and easy to get to grips with and the camera behaves just as you'd expect it to, so there's really very little to complain about.  The demo gives 10 - 15 minutes of play and ends just as you're confronted with a big fire-laden boss in 'Africa', which, as a location, is a little vague for my liking, but you can't have everything, can you.

The only negative thing I really have to say about it is that it does look and feel fairly middle-of-the-road, much like The Force Unleashed and may not appeal to those who don't have an interest in the X-Men franchise.  I wouldn't say you'd have to own a graphic novel to pick it up, but if you did own an X-Men graphic novel, then you're far more likely to pick it up than if you did not.  It brings nothing new to the table and breaks no ground, but with so many games falling into this trap, is it really worth me mentioning that any more?