Marvel’s Wolverine Early Review Revealed by Eurogamer—It Reveals Opening Scene and Gameplay Features

There's just over a month left until Marvel's Wolverine launches, arguably one of this year's biggest PS5 exclusives. Insomniac Games continues building out its own superhero universe, and compared to Marvel's Spider-Man, this project stands out for skipping the open world in favor of a more brutal combat system.

Reddit users have spotted an early Marvel's Wolverine review from Eurogamer, alongside a Deadline interview with Liam McIntyre, the actor voicing Logan, offering a look at how he prepared for the role. The game impressions are the more interesting part, though. According to the review, Marvel's Wolverine throws players into intense action and multiple-enemy battles from the very first minutes, giving an early sense of what the combat system can do. There's room for stealth too, with Logan able to hide in tall grass and quietly take out enemies. You can check out Eurogamer's fuller impressions of the opening hours below:

The opening scenes of Marvel's Wolverine see Logan in a feral state, running through the jungle before being subdued and rescued by a seemingly-benign Nathaniel Essex. Yet it doesn't take long for the claws to come out. A quick flash-forward to the present day, and we find Wolverine on a rescue mission retrieving Essex from billionaire bad guy Bolivar Trask, entering the action by toppling backwards out of a helicopter. Two middle claws up while doing so, of course.

It's exactly the kind of bombastic opening you would expect to find in a Wolverine game, and true to Insomniac's words, you soon find yourself right in the middle of the fray, doing very Wolverine things. You hack and slash your way through enemies, leaping from victim to victim to shred them as quickly as possible. You're introduced to Logan's regenerative powers when he's knocked down by a barrage of bullets - activating his second-chance 'last stand' ability with the help of some frenzied button-mashing. And before you know it, you're sneaking through long grass to take down enemies, aided by Wolverine's heightened senses - which give you a heads-up on enemy locations with glowing outlines and directional cues. It's an introduction that's cinematic, highly polished, and dedicated to getting you into the feeling of being Wolverine as quickly as possible.

As for Liam McIntyre's interview, he told Deadline his chronic asthma actually helped him find the right voice for his take on Wolverine and mentioned he performed some of the stunt work himself. Insomniac Games also recently confirmed a special limited-edition PlayStation 5 and accessories will launch alongside Marvel's Wolverine.

Meanwhile, IMDb has revealed Marvel's Spider-Man 3 is officially in production, though the studio hasn't made any announcement of its own yet. The listing names Bryan Intihar and Ryan Smith as game directors, with Yuri Lowenthal returning to voice Peter Parker/Spider-Man.

Marvel’s Wolverine will release on September 15 exclusively for PlayStation 5.