{"id":24806,"date":"2026-09-10T15:37:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T13:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/10\/marvels-wolverine-review-a-gloriously-conflicted-lead-is-let-down-by-crude-boring-battling\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T15:37:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T13:37:49","slug":"marvels-wolverine-review-a-gloriously-conflicted-lead-is-let-down-by-crude-boring-battling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/10\/marvels-wolverine-review-a-gloriously-conflicted-lead-is-let-down-by-crude-boring-battling\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel\u2019s Wolverine review \u2013 a gloriously conflicted lead is let down by crude, boring battling"},"content":{"rendered":"

PlayStation 5; Insomniac Games<\/strong>
Logan is well realised by Liam McIntyre and some exquisite character art, but there are lapses in narrative and emotional arcs and some of the combat feels like a chore<\/p>\n

It was always going to be difficult to follow Spider-Man. Insomniac\u2019s three games based around the web-slinger are masterpieces of superhero wish fulfilment, allowing you to swoop above a depiction of Manhattan alive with graffiti artists, roving journalists and gun-toting gangsters. If anyone should be up to the task, it\u2019s Wolverine. A beloved Marvel stalwart, his life much darker and bloodier than Peter Parker\u2019s, he seems the ideal protagonist for a moody action adventure. Yet somehow this well-made game falls short of its potential.<\/p>\n

Set years before the founding of the X-Men, Marvel\u2019s Wolverine sees a disenfranchised Logan falling back in with Sabretooth and Mystique when their mentor Nathaniel Essex is kidnapped by mutant-hating billionaire Bolivar Trask. This archetypal tech bro has a disturbing plan for world domination and the X Team are out to stop him \u2013 but there is a secret buried in Wolverine\u2019s past that\u2019s about to cause an eruption. It\u2019s a decent setup, filled with the sort of intrigue, violence and Freudian tension we expect from the X-Men.<\/p>\n

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\nPlayStation 5; Insomniac GamesLogan is well realised by Liam McIntyre and some exquisite character art, but there are lapses in narrative and emotional arcs and some of the combat feels like a chore
\nIt was always going to be difficult to follow Spider-Man. Insomniac\u2019s three games based around the web-slinger are masterpieces of superhero wish fulfilment, allowing you to swoop above a depiction of Manhattan alive with graffiti artists, roving journalists and gun-toting gangsters. If anyone should be up to the task, it\u2019s Wolverine. A beloved Marvel stalwart, his life much darker and bloodier than Peter Parker\u2019s, he seems the ideal protagonist for a moody action adventure. Yet somehow this well-made game falls short of its potential.
\nSet years before the founding of the X-Men, Marvel\u2019s Wolverine sees a disenfranchised Logan falling back in with Sabretooth and Mystique when their mentor Nathaniel Essex is kidnapped by mutant-hating billionaire Bolivar Trask. This archetypal tech bro has a disturbing plan for world domination and the X Team are out to stop him \u2013 but there is a secret buried in Wolverine\u2019s past that\u2019s about to cause an eruption. It\u2019s a decent setup, filled with the sort of intrigue, violence and Freudian tension we expect from the X-Men. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PlayStation 5; Insomniac GamesLogan is well realised by Liam McIntyre and some exquisite character art, but there are lapses in narrative and emotional arcs and some of the combat feels like a chore It was always going to be difficult to follow Spider-Man. Insomniac\u2019s three games based around the web-slinger are masterpieces of superhero wish …<\/p>\n

Marvel\u2019s Wolverine review \u2013 a gloriously conflicted lead is let down by crude, boring battling<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24806"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}