If you watch the X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie, you will regret your life choices. If you play the X-Men Origins: Wolverine game (US Uncaged Edition), you will wonder why Raven Software never got to make a sequel.

The answer is simple: This game understood the assignment. It didn't try to be a good movie tie-in. It tried to be a great Wolverine simulator. First, a crucial distinction. In Europe and Japan, a tamer version of the game was released (simply titled X-Men Origins: Wolverine ). It featured green blood, no dismemberment, and "ragdoll" death animations.

This is the best Wolverine game ever made. It respects the character's rage, his healing factor, and his love for dramatic, slow-motion decapitations. If you can find a copy, buy it. Your inner 14-year-old will thank you. Have you played the Uncaged Edition? Do you think it holds up against the newer Marvel Spider-Man games? Let me know in the comments below!

So why does the video game adaptation—specifically the —still have a cult following fifteen years later?

It is currently from digital stores (thanks to licensing deals expiring), so the only way to play it physically is on Xbox 360, PS3, or PC via old discs. However, because of its cult status, it has become a moderately expensive collector's item.