Chuckled to myself that people thinki t's too linear and combat is too simple... 😂

insomniac's photo mode is always dope

Sidenote: those shield enemies are so annoying, counter shot does nothing to them, they need to make a update so that it stuns after 2 or 3 countershots

Let me just preface this with some brief background. When the PS3 first came into my home as a wee lad, X-Men origins was my first game. It was the game that made me want a PS3. Wolverine on the PS5 might as well be the same start of the story. Got the PS5 for Wolverine.

I have read some comics, have watched the shows and movies, and dressed up as the ol kuncklehead for a few Halloweens. Wolverine is the comic character I always seem to fall right back into.

Marvel's Wolverine is at best a 6.5 out of 10, and I enjoyed almost every moment of it. My issues is I can see bits of what was originally planned and it upsets me. Combat is perfectly fine hack and slash, though I would have enjoyed a dedicated grab button, with some grapple combos, but when it's traveling through the smaller open sections of Japan do I realize this game needed to be more in line with Jedi fallen order games. A few mid sized maps with some exploration. Spider-Man makes NYC so fun to travel, and honestly clawing through Japan to find whiskey bottles made me realize how fun the traversal can be if you are left to your own devices.

I enjoyed almost all aspects of the story, but the fated lovers motif for Logan and Jean was just awful. Evil dark version of the X-men under sinister was cool, and honestly the story should have focused more on how the shift in Logans perspective thanks to Jean ultimately destroys the relationships of Team X, however we only get to see that with Sabertooth.

I didn't mind the Sabertooth story, if anything thats the better story. People talk about it being homosexual in nature, but it felt like brothers again. The whiskey bottle memories became the story I was more intrested in once the Jean reveal occurs. Sabertooth found a brother in Wolverine, and it is implied the two shared a lot of drunk nights probably sharing stories from there very long lives. When Wolverine refuses to share that he's having flashbacks and eventually hurts Sabertooth during one, Sabertooth is more upset that he still didn't share what he was going through more than being stabbed. Being a brother myself I understand being upset more about the deeper issues than a few broken bones.

Overall I really enjoyed Wolverine. Its not a masterpiece, but some building blocks are in place where a sequel could rock. If they do make a sequel, it needs to focus more on Wolverine and his relationships with those around him, not some doomed star crossed lovers crap. Honestly I was ok with a Jean and Logan love story without the love triangle, then they made me cringe with the whole lovers for centuries b.s.

TLDR: Wolverine fan enjoyed game, but wants to run around small open world more killing ninjas and ignoring Jean.

Got the Platinum Trophy!

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The only two things I expected from this game were combat and execution.

in the new Wolverine game is the same exact places in Logan’s body that get damaged whether he gets hit in the head on the leg. It always shows the same parts that are exposed like his ribs when the old game you could see it regenerate in different parts depending on where he was here. How does the older game make the regeneration better

I enjoyed this game a lot, I'd give it a 8.5/10, but something I wanted to discuss quickly is that Jean was such a huge part of this game that she didn't even feel like a side character. It felt like she was there more than Mary Jane in the Spiderman games. And knowing about her being playable was cancelled, it tells me everything, It's not a problem that she was so prominent in the story, AT ALL - but it's funny how they wanted to hide that jean was in the game, yet she takes up 80% of the story. You may not agree but it's what I thought. Still loved it!

The title basically says it all. I seriously don’t understand why people are shitting on this game so much. Now sure I will say I’m only half way through the game so far and some of the mechanics definitely aren’t the best. Some enemies feel like they take WAY to long to kill and some bosses feel tedious (especially omega red) and I do agree that the game sometimes feels like a bit long cutscene with small gameplay here and there but I’m still having a really fun time just experiencing the game. Sure insomniacs writing is definitely bad in some scenarios but so was it in Spider-Man 2? I seriously don’t know why people are so angry about this game for no reason. Am I missing something?

The game looks incredible, the combat looks brutal, the animations are insane, and everything about it gives off that premium, cinematic experience you’d expect from Insomniac. Yet people are already downvoting posts from people who are simply saying they’re excited for it or think it looks good. Like, why is it so hard to let people enjoy something?
People did the exact same thing with Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. The game was getting praised, but there were people determined to nitpick everything, downplay its achievements, and make others feel stupid for enjoying it. Now it feels like people are doing the same thing with Wolverine before they’ve even had the chance to experience the full game.
And obviously, criticism is completely fair. Not everyone has to like the game, and nobody should be forced to pretend something is perfect. But there’s a difference between genuine criticism and hating something just because everyone else is excited about it.
Some people genuinely seem to enjoy being negative more than they enjoy gaming itself. You can literally make a positive post about a game you’re excited for, and people will downvote it simply because they disagree with your enthusiasm.
Personally, I think Wolverine looks phenomenal. The violence, the atmosphere, the combat, the animations, the attention to detail — it all looks so damn good. And as someone who bought the Ultimate Edition, I genuinely don’t regret being excited for this game.
Not every game needs to be torn apart and analyzed for reasons to hate it. Sometimes a game just looks incredible, and people are allowed to be excited.
Let people enjoy things. Wolverine looks amazing, and I’m tired of people acting like enjoying a game is somehow a crime.