How Will Insomniac Handle Violence in Wolverine?

Wolverine is a character capable of dishing out heaps of violence, and Insomniac will have to grapple with how they will choose to depict this.

[Magog]

Given their history I think it will likely be dialed back considerably. It's fine. It's based on a cartoon/comic book anyway which is stylized rather than realistic.

[XbladeTeddy]

Wolverine is real the comics are just based on his life.

[Sniperwithacause]

1st time I laughed today! Good job sir!

[UltraNova]

He is also Chuck Norris (secretly).

[Vengeance1138]

That has almost no chance of happening. This will be a no holds barred, limbs severed blood on walls, decapitations etc title.

[Magog]

I don't think Insomniac is interested in making a game like that.

[Vengeance1138]

@Magog, then you don't understand Insomniac. You think top tier devs like them are going to sit back and go "I wonder what players want out of a AAA Wolverine game? Oh I know massively scaled back violence and a rated E for everyone rating, because when players think of Wolverine, they think of family friendly hugs and super low violence. Oh yes, thats Wolverine for sure, no violence there, he's interested only in hugs n kisses.

[DarXyde]

A bit too Ninja Gaiden II-esque, in my view.

I feel like that level of dismemberment would require the game to be a bit over the top and frenetic.

I'm personally expecting something more grounded, yet visceral. I would say if they can communicate with Naughty Dog and get that Last of Us Part II level of violence, that's perfect.

If it's like Ninja Gaiden...I don't know, the gratuitous level of violence just doesn't hit you the same way. There was something about TLOUP2 that was just nuts. Wolverine is kind of doomed to outlive everyone and he's cursed. With a healing factor like that, I think they could really do the character's depiction justice. That said, the idea of limbs just flying everywhere doesn't feel as impactful.

Just my two cents.

[EvertonFC]

I think you'll be disapointed then personally, it'll be a 16 rating for a start . Btw wolverine the film in 2017 had a 13 age rating, you were saying ?

[Teflon02]

Magog they literally went on record after the announcement to say they don't intend to hold back with it lol

[Flawlessmic]

I hope they go the unexpected route and go violent, logan movie style!

Im sure even insomniac themselves would probs like to try there hand at something with a more serious tone.

Im more curious about how the game will play as it will naturally be a bit of a brawler game.

Whatever they decide im sure it will be amazing

[senorfartcushion]

Logan was also very critical of capitalism, to the point where you could argue for its anti-capitalist soul. Highly doubt Marvel will be going that route considering how much they scraped the barrel with The Avengers, both in terms of the story and the way the content was delivered.

[purple101]

The Reveal trailer was gritty as hell. I'm expecting this to be more adult than spiderman. Who purposely never kills his enemies. He either knocks them out or strings them up.

[EvertonFC]

What about all the destruction in Spiderman (falling buildings, cars exploding etc) ? Don't you think civilians die in Spiderman ? You just don't see it same with superman

[Teflon02]

Everton not sure if that's sarcasm or not. But there's always scenes of Spiderman swooping in to save people in those cases. He always does his best to lead trouble away from civilians

[Yang_kai]

My hope is that they handle it very violently.
I expect (hope for) a 18+ rating for it

[Welshy]

100% agree. I don't care what anyone says, the Wolverine Origins games was amazing on PS360, seeing Logan dismember and get torn to shreds then watching him rejuvenate wounds in real time was so cool, think how awesome they could make that effect with current tech.

If it's rated for teens and doesn't go for at least God Of War 2018 level gore then I'm going to be super disappointed.

[Yang_kai]

Agree I want to see at minimum a shadow of the claws popping through a head or bodies parts flying around in the berserker rage

[EvertonFC]

That ain't happening it'll be 16 imo same as Spiderman ?

[RaiderNation]

How will they handle violence in a Wolverine game? Often! Quite often Im hoping!

[sourOG]

I want ninja gaiden 2 overkill violence

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

I’d prefer something closer to the movie Logan.

I hope the UI is less cartoony than the PS3/360 game’s UI.

I didn’t love how floaty Spider-Man felt, and I wished they made swinging more difficult by removing their various “aids”. So I hope that Wolverine is also not too floaty…. Like, I do not want to have juggling combos.

I want Wolverine to feel more like GoT than DMC.

[Teflon02]

Spiderman is nimble and light on his feet. He's suppose to feel floaty and have juggling combos. That definitely wouldn't be a Spiderman game if not. Also not sure what aids they were suppose to remove. The most they could have did was have say l2 and r2 control swinging webs from each arm but otherwise it would make the game a mess

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

I’m not hating on the game, I just wish I could turn some stuff off.

For example, I know Insomniac has something that prevents you from ruining a swing by scraping the ground. The game will subtly lift you up so you sorta scrape the ground.

Key word “sorta”.

I’m glad they designed the game to maintain the fun and momentum of swinging, but I enjoy a challenge; so I’d personally like to wipeout every time I miscalculate a low-swing. That way, the true toe-scraping moments will feel rewarding, because the risk of wiping out from an error exists.

Fair point on Spider-Man meshing well with juggling mechanics, but I think Wolverine would stand out more if they went another way. I personally think a GoT combat system would be perfect. They really capture ‘mud, blood, and steel’.

[HeliosHex]

It's simple ship the game with a violence lock that can only be unlocked via purchasers w2 tax code after which you recieve a verification code via text to the phone associated to your tax and phone bill.

[Profchaos]

I'd like to see them try something 18+

[mkis007]

Its not like they havent made an M game before.

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

His knuckles were bloody in the trailer…

Spider-Man sold THE most units out of any Sony exclusive; they can afford to serve the same audience as GoT for a bit.

[GhostofHorizon]

It really depends on which way they go, I think at the very least violence level should be comparable to Ghost of Tsushima if they want to stay true to the character.

Violence doesn't make or break the game for me, I'm just excited to see what Insomniac does with Wolverine.

[The7Reaper]

Hopefully brutally, if I don't see blood and body parts flying I don't want it.

[fitofficial]

Hopefully they take the last good Wolverine games approach and dial it up to 11.

[senorfartcushion]

Toned down. Enough to match Spider-Man. Robots and aliens and things.

The aliens one is weird, considering that they’re creatures too. I’m guessing it’ll be robots.

We are in the age of gaming’s Hollywoodification I.e kiss blockbusters, dumb content and non-games becoming popular, huge, lacking of any important messaging and/ or commentary, and getting easier to play.

[CoNn3rB]

When it comes to IPs like Wolverine you've gotta get violent with it. The guy has metal claws for weapons for christ sake, if you're not disembowelling people with your attacks are you even doing it right?

[anast]

It should be dark and brutal. Wolverine's story wasn't made for today's children. If they go full family entertainment with this one, I will unfortunately have to miss it. A side note, I understand my singular purchase wouldn't be significant.

[Neonridr]

Hopefully Logan style :)

[CrimsonWing69]

With an M rating, I hope

[thesoftware730]

They will make him fight mostly robots.

[Stanjara]

With green blood.

[Aloymetal]

Lmao, that's even better, that'd be epic!!

[Miacosa]

The thinking from Marvel Games is probably to go for a wide audience given the success of Spider-Man with its ESRB of T. However, it would be a strange surprise to see it go for an M rating like X-Men Origins Wolverine in 2009.

[AdamHowlett]

I'm pretty sure Insomniac already confirmed an expected M rating...
As a matter of fact, you can see for yourself that they're aiming for that in this Forbes article:
https://www.forbes.com/site...

[Magog]

Mature tone doesn't mean a mature rating. What they obviously mean is that it won't be goofball humor like Ratchet and Spiderman.

[P_Bomb]

Snikt or bust!

[Aussiesummer]

If there is no butchery, no buy.

[SaveFerris]

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[gangsta_red]

Considering how well received the movie Logan was with an R rating, i hope Marvel would give Insomniac the same green light to do the same with the game

[HeliosHex]

If it's such a problem maybe they shouldn't make it. Give it to a studio with some backbone if there's any out there.

[Monkeycan8]

Game pretty much needs to be Rated M.