It came about 3/4 of the way through, in the form of The Blob.
After a pretty satisfying large-scale battle with a boss a few dozen stories tall (spoiler alert, Sentinel), there it was. Wolverine relocated from the desert to a grocery store in one crossfade, and next thing I knew, this character of whom I was previously aware in only the vaguest sense began trying to kill me. The fight ended up getting stranger; I assume The Blob was in The Movie (which I have not seen), but I’m pretty sure Hugh Jackman didn’t ride him around the produce section, steering him by stabbing his claws into his back.
But then, like I said, haven’t seen the movie. I heard it was a pretty bad movie.
X-MO:W continued on that note for the remainder. Wolverine was still fun to control; the story just disintegrated into a checklist of setpieces and boss fights. Still definitely worth an $8 rental. If I was a kid with Wolverine posters on my ceiling, I’d play, replay, and re-replay this game.
I’m behind. Since I finished X-MO:W, I’ve attempted to start Saint’s Row 2, lost a few years of my life to the new XBLA Worms, and spent many cinematic evenings in BF1943. More to come.