Robb
Gold Member
This would be amazing. But it’s Sony, so I think it’s pretty much guaranteed to either be over-the-shoulder and slow/heavy like GoW or use the same fighting style as Spider-Man.
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Wolverine: What should the gameplay be like?
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Moses85
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Shits_McGiggles
Member
If you say you want it to be like Insomniac's Spider-Man games, I swear to god.
samoilaaa
Member
after spider man 2 im 100% convinced they wont be able to make a proper wolverine game
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March Climber
Member
The only way they can mess this up is if they introduce X-23 too soon. I guess if they do, at least she will have better stealth missions with claw attacks.
Crayon
Member
I don't even compare japanese fighting gameplay to western ones. It's just not on the same level. I did play both those games you mentioned and I thought they both played excellent by western standards.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Has to be mature. I wanna see limbs flying off. Awesome combat, combo mad. Running up walls and buildings with your claws etc. Bring in deadpool and cable lol
Represent.
Represent(ative) of bad opinions
Yeah if they dont have limbs flying around during every combat encounter its an automatic fail.
crackajack
Member
Wolverine will be a total conversion mod with the Spiderman blueprint, like Shadow of Mordor was compared to Batman.
In essence those three game series have been all the same in their gameplay and Wolverine will hardly be insanely experimental. More interesting is to me the game worlds and if it is again a game's story ruined by open world and distracting repetitive mini quests all over a map or if it is more like Arkham Asylum.
In essence those three game series have been all the same in their gameplay and Wolverine will hardly be insanely experimental. More interesting is to me the game worlds and if it is again a game's story ruined by open world and distracting repetitive mini quests all over a map or if it is more like Arkham Asylum.
March Climber
Member
Neither. Based on the leaks I’m leaning heavily towards it being a narrative adventure with open zones, kind of like the Ratchet and Clank series.
Arkham Asylum was a 3d metroidvania by comparison.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
I hope there are lots of sections where wolverine goes to a lab and has to put pieces of a circuit in place so the voltage matches the number at the top of the screen. 
Ultimately, the best use of the licence would be a brawler where every time you defeat say 2 enemies, the game would cut to an arkanoid sort of game where you'd see wolverine becoming furious in the background as long as you keep knocking the bricks down. A bit like puzzle fighter, perhaps. Clear 100 levels and Wolverine's rage meter would make him invincible for 12 seconds of mayhem where he'll attack enemies by throwing cocktails, fruit and pillows, sending feathers flying across the screen.
If you don't clear 100 levels of Arkanoid style gaming, Wolverine's trousers comedically fall down, revealing some boxer shorts printed with a kiss
pattern or perhaps other patterns that can be unlocked (DLC?) Wolverine will blush and be briefly vulnerable to being one shot killed by Magneto, who is always lurking onscreen, but slightly out of reach of Wolverine's sharp finger nails. Magneto will use his powers to fling household appliances at Wolverine, microwaves, blenders (with a metal jug, not glass) and even fridges and tumble driers will need to be dodged. Even if Wolverine dodges the appliances they'll still appear in the next Arkanoid section of the game, raising the challenge for players, who as Wolverine, will attempt to clear bricks AND household appliances.
"Best use of a superhero license"
- 10/10 PlayStation Nation.
Ultimately, the best use of the licence would be a brawler where every time you defeat say 2 enemies, the game would cut to an arkanoid sort of game where you'd see wolverine becoming furious in the background as long as you keep knocking the bricks down. A bit like puzzle fighter, perhaps. Clear 100 levels and Wolverine's rage meter would make him invincible for 12 seconds of mayhem where he'll attack enemies by throwing cocktails, fruit and pillows, sending feathers flying across the screen.
If you don't clear 100 levels of Arkanoid style gaming, Wolverine's trousers comedically fall down, revealing some boxer shorts printed with a kiss
pattern or perhaps other patterns that can be unlocked (DLC?) Wolverine will blush and be briefly vulnerable to being one shot killed by Magneto, who is always lurking onscreen, but slightly out of reach of Wolverine's sharp finger nails. Magneto will use his powers to fling household appliances at Wolverine, microwaves, blenders (with a metal jug, not glass) and even fridges and tumble driers will need to be dodged. Even if Wolverine dodges the appliances they'll still appear in the next Arkanoid section of the game, raising the challenge for players, who as Wolverine, will attempt to clear bricks AND household appliances. "Best use of a superhero license"
- 10/10 PlayStation Nation.
Drizzlehell
Banned
Diverse, inclusive, and updated for modern audiences. The only blood present in the game should be that of a woman having a period.
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
Member
bonus stage where you turn Cyclops's car into a convertible
Little Mac
Member
It should be like the original God of War games, but it will probably be another Last of Us type game.
Thirty7ven
Banned
If you know the character and its powers, and aim do it justice, then we are looking at a ronin who’s the deadliest tracker in the world who goes berserk. So you want to be up close to the character, you want a mystery with detective work, you want the action to be bloody, an emotional story with meaningful stakes for the characters (not a save the world story), and ideally you want a wide linear approach to level design that accommodates different kind of gameplay scenarios, from action to horror. The combat itself needs to be simple, say like Sifu is, yet hard to master, like Sifu is.
It’s a hard game to make, difficult to strike the right balance, but in the end if you do the character justice and don’t just make a mindless brawler like your typical dev/gamer would want(because they don’t know the character really), you might just make something that will get people from all types to be enamored with it.
Is Insomniac the right studio to do this? They would not be my first choice at all, but hopefully they know what they are doing.
It’s a hard game to make, difficult to strike the right balance, but in the end if you do the character justice and don’t just make a mindless brawler like your typical dev/gamer would want(because they don’t know the character really), you might just make something that will get people from all types to be enamored with it.
Is Insomniac the right studio to do this? They would not be my first choice at all, but hopefully they know what they are doing.
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WitchHunter
Banned
What you'll get is 12 year old esrb age gate like pseudo violence. Green glood, blurred details, blurred mouth when searing and no dismemberment. Farts, will be farts.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
It’ll be like the Activision Wolverine game, but with icons on a map indicating side activities. Spiderman had some really bad ones, so I’m expecting the same for Wolverine.
Also Wolverine vision to see where interactive objects are, as well as enemies.
Also Wolverine vision to see where interactive objects are, as well as enemies.
yanhash
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The artful mincer
Member
Hit Boxed based combat.
Arkham based combat has had it's day. Needs to be fired into the Sun.
Arkham based combat has had it's day. Needs to be fired into the Sun.
The artful mincer
Member
This post went places!
Shits on God of war combat. Then prasies Spider Man 2 combat. Okay.... I might let this slide strongly disagree but " Arkham combat is interesting and rewarding "
I want a mix of prototype, ghost of Tsushima, and teardown…but I also want some walky talky sections with some dark humor. I’m probably not getting what I want, but I’m sure it’ll be decent. Oh and violent, it needs to be violent. What I really want is for it to be a test bed for them ahead of making a game based on the boys.
Whiffle
Neo Member
I wonder what it would cost to have Microsoft to re-release this? (doesn't even need a remaster, still looks good)
RickMasters
Member
I think combat wise it will be similar to spider man or similar third person action games. I think the combat will be one button combos, with some kind of berserker meter, that makes him go into some super slasher mode or something. He won’t be doing all that leaping over building shit like Spider-Man, so things will be more grounded but probably more frentic.
I don’t think it’s gonna reinvent the wheel as far as third person action games. But it will have a good story and be pretty solid mechanically. But I don’t see it treading any new ground. Maybe it don’t need to. Games like this just need to respect their source material and make a game that true to the character and world they are set in. It’s the very reason I liked terminator and that robocop game that came out recently. They don’t do anything new for shooters. But they feel close to the movies they are based on. Wolverine just needs to be like that in the same way the Spider-Man games are. As long as they can do that it will be fine.
I don’t think it’s gonna reinvent the wheel as far as third person action games. But it will have a good story and be pretty solid mechanically. But I don’t see it treading any new ground. Maybe it don’t need to. Games like this just need to respect their source material and make a game that true to the character and world they are set in. It’s the very reason I liked terminator and that robocop game that came out recently. They don’t do anything new for shooters. But they feel close to the movies they are based on. Wolverine just needs to be like that in the same way the Spider-Man games are. As long as they can do that it will be fine.
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Punished Miku
Gold Member
You need a whole button just for sheathing and unsheathing the claws. Maybe two buttons so you can do one hand if you want. Haptics need to be cranked to max so that your hands feel pain when you pull the claws out.
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RoadHazard
Gold Member
Hopefully not a beat-em-up, because if that's what it is I'm out. I want cool traversal and smooth flowing combat, so basically like the Arkham and Spidey games.
SidViscous
Member
It should be about ripping shit up and destructible environments. But knowing insomniac it’ll be a stealth game.
Tokio Blues
Member
DevilMayFlyForAWhiteGuy
Member
A character action game with destruction like MGR. Since MGR will likely never get a sequel it would be very welcome and make me actually want to play it.
It’ll probably either be like nuGoW or another game that apes Arkham’s combat though.
It’ll probably either be like nuGoW or another game that apes Arkham’s combat though.
IAmRei
Member
I recall 2009(?) Wolverine xmen origin, surprisingly good for that time in which most of tie in games usually bad games. The combat feels fine, although the stage are sometimes too long and repetitive
Ev1L AuRoN
Member
- Traversal by bike a la Days Gone;
- The ability to climb walls;
- Stealth Mechanics being a way to approach enemies Like Ghost of Tsushima;
- The Healing Factor needs to be in, maybe in some type of meter, like stamina;
- A morality system that affect the way NPCs react to you as well as the story;
- Violent with dismemberment, decapitations, blood and gore.
MiguelItUp
Member
- Fast and aggressive combat.
- Environmental destruction so Wolverine can really go all out.
- Gore and dismemberment.
- Very hack & slash/beat 'em up style gameplay.
- Some unique and strong focus on healing.
- Some unique and strong focus on adrenaline or going berserk or something.
yurinka
Member
This is what I would do:
- Combat would be a gory version of GoW 2018 action with claws
- It would have a bit of optional stealth like in Horizon
- Would use its superpowered senses to hear or smell enemies who are or were nearby
- Would have health regeneration because it's one of its powers
- The structure of the game would be wide linear, no open world
- As in GoW 2018/GoWR, even if being an action game would have a ND level narrative focus -with great visuals and acting
- In addition to minions there would be final bosses, as Hulk, Sabertooth, Omega Red, etc. plus some cameos from different Marvel characters, mainly from the X-Men/mutants series as NPCs or occasional sidekicks.
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