Marvel’s Wolverine has more to prove than any other Insomniac game before it, and arguably even any other PlayStation exclusive. Not only is it the first proper Wolverine game since the beloved X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but it’s also been in the works for much longer than any of the usually speedy studio’s other games. Expectations were already high, but that long wait sent them into overdrive.
Wolverine is also Insomniac’s first foray into a non-Spidey Marvel property, one that has a much darker and more mature tone than Peter Parker’s friendly neighbourhood antics. Couple that with an exhausting and incredibly loud hate campaign that emerged right as Wolverine approached the finish line, and Weapon X suddenly has a lot of naysayers to prove wrong.
That’s not even to mention the vocal turnaround on Spider-Man 2 in the years since that released, which puts even more pressure on Insomniac to win.
As a big Insomniac and Marvel’s Spider-Man fan, Wolverine never had to convince me of anything beyond being a great game. Outside a few minor flaws, it more than lived up to expectations thanks to its surprisingly dark story and razor-sharp combat that, as cliché as it sounds, really makes you feel like Wolverine. Snikt and all.
Marvel’s Wolverine follows everyone’s favourite bub as he tries to recover his memories of a long-lived life that’s passed him by. While that’s a pretty standard setup for a Wolverine story, Insomniac goes in a very interesting direction with Logan’s origins and takes some swings that I wouldn’t have expected from his first outing. It goes much further back in his history than the Weapon X origin we’re all so familiar with, which is a nice change of pace from Hugh Jackman’s tenure.
Speaking of, newcomer Liam McIntyre gives a standout performance as Logan, portraying him as a much more sympathetic character who isn’t just filled with rage and on the cusp of a bar brawl every five minutes. Marvel’s Wolverine has a much more tragic take on Logan that works well with the high stakes and surprisingly morbid events of the story. It’s a far cry from Spider-Man’s more classic superhero tone, and I was constantly impressed with what Insomniac was willing to do with the world and characters, while still delivering on Wolverine being the guy that always gets back up.
As great as Logan is, it’s not just his story, as Jean Grey (played wonderfully by Krizia Bajos) is just as, if not arguably more, important a character. Her relationship with Logan is the beating heart of Marvel’s Wolverine, which ends up making it more of a love story than anything else. To say anything more would be spoiling it, but the payoff hit just as hard as the iconic Marvel’s Spider-Man ending. Which, unlike Wolverine, I still can’t recover from.
Logan and Jean are one of the most toxic pairings in the comics, but trust me, it works here.
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