Insomniac updates Wolverine to make it a bit less smelly

The useful part

Insomniac has released a hotfix update for Marvel's Wolverine, making a small but significant adjustment to early player feedback that adjusts the Scent Trails and Audio Sense indicators. Even so, overdoing it with help for players often gets a lot of criticism, even if it's balanced to user tracking data and analytics that are used. Perceptions and feelings matter, though, and Insomniac note that they will continue to try and improve this feature.

How it works

• Things like QTEs that are impossible to fail and how overpowering the Scent Trails and Audio Sense indicators are visually in the game have been critiqued, to the backdrop of similar criticism of God of War...
• This hotfix addresses some common crashes experienced by a small percentage of players since launch.
• Additionally, this hotfix adjusts the presentation of the Scent Trails and Audio Sense indicators, including reduced opacity to make these visuals less intense.
• Our team continues to evaluate ways to further improve Senses in the game, including exploring toggleable options for a future update.

Details worth keeping

Here's the full hotfix patch notes for version 1.001.005: Some of that is no doubt spilling over to Wolverine, beyond the game maybe not living up to the high water marks set by the Spider-Man games, and some disappointment that it's a more linear adventure and to some of the repetition that can be felt in the combat. Reviews for the game were a bit of a mixed ba...