One of the biggest aspects in the combat of the upcoming Wolverine is the character’s healing factor which enables his body to regenerate at an incredible pace and while it has the potential to make the game really unfair for obvious reasons, the devs have found ways around it so you can replenish health and still experience all the challenges that are necessary for the overall gameplay experience.
And in a recent interview with Variety, game director Mike Daly has explained in detail how the healing system works in Wolverine and why, if you don’t play your cards right, Logan can still die in-game, which maintains all the challenges needed for the gameplay to work.
“Logan’s healing factor has manifested in a lot of different ways over the years, and where we ended up was our Logan can die. He dies when his heart stops, and his healing factor can no longer activate, and that’s represented by his health bar. It’s a simple system that players easily understand. Now that being said, Logan’s healing is — his body’s energy is able to regenerate at an incredible rate when it’s dedicated to these healing surges. So outside of combat, he can heal very quickly and get up totally fresh. You never have to worry about health packs or repairs or anything like that.”
He also explained how Wolverine can regenerate his health during combat:
“During combat, his energy is on fighting and taking enemies out and doing aggressive damage, so this healing factor slows down to a crawl. It’s still there, but in order to maintain your health, you need to be aggressive. So you can expand your repertoire of moves and apply some customization to your mutant abilities that let you heal through taking advantage of certain opportunities in battle. “
“The other big way that his healing factor is represented is that when he takes so much damage that his heart stops and he’s going to die, if he has enough rage, that adrenaline can restart his heart and give him a healing surge mid-battle. So that was that moment you saw in the gameplay trailer, where you could come back to life, and you sort of see his body reconstitute. Because that’s adrenaline fueled, and it uses it all up, it’s sort of like a one-time chance, and it leaves you vulnerable for a while after that. So, if you’re going to get back in the game, you’ve got to really focus on getting through the rest of this fight without losing all your health again.
Wolverine will be slashing it’s way to the Playstation 5 on September 15 this year.
