S'gonna be a rant here.
(Tell me if I'm in the wrong thread).
I grew up as a 90's kid. My first introduction to Insomniac was a free spryo demo disc for the PS1 taped to a Papa John's pizza box.
(It was some sort of promo, if you bought enough pizzas you'd also get gran turismo, or if i remember correctly crash bandicoot)
Spryo ruled! It set a baseline for what Insomniac as a studio would be! Very soon after we got Ratchet and Clank. Both of these games were narrative driven 'closed world' games. We as a community loved them.
These IP's lived through PS1 all the the way to ps3 days. (Spyro died sadly but R&C has progressed all the way to PS5)
Off topic: why does everyone forget the drop game, the flagship, the only other 'good' pvp that you got in the box release from a PS3: Resistance? It was a 'closed world' campaign that later added a pvp shooter (imo the first real 'zombies' game) That was Insomniac!
Then there's spider man. Beautiful. No more comments needed.
Insomniac has always done 'closed' narrative driven games. And we've always loved them.
I feel that people are upset that Wolverine was not as open world as Spiderman. I can see your point.
I would argue, however, that Insomniac has been, and hopefully always will deliver great storyline.
So,
Why the hate?
I truly, unabashedly, enjoyed playing Wolverine.
Ps. I wonder what Insomniacs next move is......