MARVEL’S WOLVERINE Spoiler Review — The Hate Is RIDICULOUS

Beyond the Play dives into MARVEL’S WOLVERINE with a full spoiler review and discussion covering the ending, Logan and Jean Grey, Nathaniel Essex, Apocalypse, Team X — and why we think the toxic backlash surrounding Insomniac’s game has gotten ridiculous. FULL MARVEL’S WOLVERINE SPOILERS AHEAD. We finished the entire game. And now it’s time to talk about EVERYTHING. Because Marvel’s Wolverine is not perfect. There are criticisms we completely understand. The hand-holding can be excessive. Some gameplay elements become repetitive. Certain sequences could give the player more control. The side content could have been deeper. And there are pieces of the story and gameplay we absolutely would have changed. But somewhere along the way, legitimate criticism of Marvel’s Wolverine turned into an internet pile-on where individual clips and flaws started being treated like proof that Insomniac somehow made a terrible game. And we just do not agree. Because underneath those flaws is a brutal, focused, cinematic Wolverine game that gave us a fresh version of Logan, an incredible new Jean Grey, some fantastic mutant characters and an engrossing story that left us NEEDING to see where this universe goes next. Marvel’s Wolverine follows Logan as he returns to Team X after years away while Bolivar Trask and the Reavers hunt and capture mutants. But the deeper Logan digs into his forgotten past, the more complicated everything becomes. Nathaniel Essex emerges as one of the game’s most important characters, manipulating Logan’s history and ultimately using Sentinel technology and the Helix Engine as part of his plan to awaken dormant mutants. Then everything gets even crazier. Logan and Jean’s history stretches much further back than either initially remembers. Jean and Logan are repeatedly drawn back together across generations. Apocalypse has been buried inside Logan’s past. Logan was once connected to Apocalypse as DEATH. And after Essex awakens Apocalypse’s influence inside Logan during the finale, Jean is forced to burn that part of Logan’s mind away — taking most of his memories with it. Then the post-credits scene pushes things even further. Sabretooth survives. He finds Apocalypse. And Death’s turn may be over… Because WAR is coming. In our MARVEL’S WOLVERINE spoiler review and discussion, we’re breaking down the entire story, Logan’s characterization, Liam McIntyre’s performance, Jean Grey, Nathaniel Essex, Sabretooth, Mystique, Team X, Trask, the mutant conflict, combat, boss battles, side content, level design, the ending, Apocalypse, the post-credits scene and where Insomniac could take this universe next. We’re also having a much bigger conversation about the reaction to this game. Criticism is GOOD. Developers should hear criticism. But gaming discourse has increasingly reached a point where a game seemingly has to be either a masterpiece or complete garbage. Marvel’s Wolverine has flaws. It’s also really damn fun. Those two statements can exist together. For us, this felt like a throwback to the focused PS3/360-era action games we grew up with, rebuilt with the performances, production values and cinematic storytelling of a modern AAA game. It’s violent. It’s emotional. It’s different. It’s unapologetically Wolverine. And despite the things we would change, we had an absolute blast with it. Marvel’s Wolverine is developed by Insomniac Games in collaboration with Marvel Games and is available now exclusively on PlayStation 5. FULL SPOILERS throughout this discussion. Did Marvel’s Wolverine deserve the backlash? What did you think of the ending? And where do you want Insomniac’s mutant universe to go next? Let us know down below! #MarvelsWolverine #Wolverine #InsomniacGames #PS5