Summary
Out of all the upcoming Marvel games,Marvel’s Wolverinehas the potential to be the most intense given the character’s history of grisly battles and a healing factor that can repair even the most severe injuries. This aspect of Logan should makeMarvel’s Wolverinea much more mature experience compared to Insomniac’sSpider-Mantitles, but it could also provide the game with the perfect excuse to include one ofStellar Blade’s most viral features. LikeStellar Blade,Wolverinecould greatly benefit from having its own version of EVE’s Skin Suit costume that lets players play on hard mode when they wear it.
Although some ofInsomniac’s in-development footage ofMarvel’s Wolverinewas leakedback in December 2023, the game is likely still a ways from release and will see changes in that time. This development time also gives Insomniac a chance to incorporate successful mechanics from other recent titles likeStellar BladeintoMarvel’s Wolverineas they are appropriate. With this in mind, Insomniac should follow in the footsteps ofStellar Bladeand the popularity of EVE’s Skin Suit cosmetic and apply a similar mechanic to Wolverine, but perhaps not in the way players might expect.
Marvel’s Wolverine Needs its Own Version of Stellar Blade’s ‘Skin Suit’
A nice detail included inStellar Bladeis the option to change EVE’s outfit via unlockable suits. However, one of the most popular outfits EVE can wear is the eye-catching Skin Suit, which is not unlocked by finding it within the game’s world or purchased from a vendor, but simply requires players to unequip whatever outfit EVE is currently wearing. While the design of theSkin Suit inStellar Blademight look scandalous, it comes with the major drawback of disabling EVE’s shield, meaning players will be far more vulnerable to damage should they choose this cosmetic option.
Given Insomniac’s history with tons ofunlockable suits across itsSpider-Mantitles, it’s very likely thatMarvel’s Wolverinewill see a similar number of cosmetics for Logan to wear. However, Insomniac could give the character a cosmetic option similar to EVE’s Skin Suit by stripping Logan down to his most bare-bones outfit, in the most literal sense. ForWolverine’s version of the Skin Suit, Insomniac should let players control Logan as just his Adamantium skeleton, creating both an awesome visual and a more challenging gameplay experience.
How Wolverine’s Adamantium Skeleton Could Work as His Version of EVE’s Skin Suit
One of Wolverine’s most iconic traits is the Adamantium that coats his skeleton as a result of theWeapon X experimentand gives his claws their signature metallic appearance. What some fans may not realize is that Wolverine has appeared as just his bare Adamantium skeleton in the past, during theCivil Warstoryline when the villain Nitro dropped a bomb on Logan that melted all his flesh from his bones, leaving him as a metallic skeleton. As a reference to this incident, Insomniac should include an option to have Wolverine appear without his skin and simply be a playable skeleton made of Adamantium.
LikeStellar Blade, choosing this cosmetic option could let players access a hard mode that may decrease the overall damage they take, thanks to the durability of Adamantium, but prevents them from healing, sinceWolverine’s healing factorwould normally repair his body around his skeleton. It’s unclear how much of a role this healing factor will play within the context ofMarvel’s Wolverine’s gameplay, but Insomniac could still use this Adamantium skeleton version of Logan to signify hard mode. With how gruesomeMarvel’s Wolverinemight potentially be, this cosmetic design seems like it would fit right in from both a visual and gameplay design perspective.
