According to it’s official ESRB rating, developer Insomniac’s upcoming Marvel’s Wolverine will have tons of gore (which we’ve already seen from multiple gameplay videos) along with “partial nudity”, indicating a far cry from the previous family friendly set of experiences of the Spider-Man titles. Check out the full rating summery below, which also reveals a little bit of the narrative as well, in regards to some of the foes in the game:
“Marvel’s Wolverine is rated M for Mature 17+ by the ESRB with Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Partial Nudity, and Strong Language. Also includes In-Game Purchases. This is an action game in which players assume the role of James Logan/Wolverine, as he reunites with Team X to stop a dangerous threat. From a third-person perspective, players use melee attacks and special skills to kill enemy soldiers and robots in frenetic combat. Players use their claws to slash, stab, and slice enemies; rage modes allow players to enact faster, more destructive combos and slow-motion finishers (e.g., dramatically stabbing an enemy in the head). Combat is highlighted by frequent blood-splatter effects, screams of pain, and dismemberment/decapitation. Battlefields are sometimes strewn with torsos and limbs; cutscenes can also depict blood and gore (e.g., characters tearing enemies apart, decapitating enemy soldiers). A handful of sequences briefly depict a character’s exposed buttocks. The dialogue references drugs (e.g., “It doubled my production of fentanyl.”). The words “f*k” and “sht” appear in the game.”
Marvel’s Wolverine also recently got a new full length story trailer showcasing lots of characters from the X-Men, the narrative depth, scale and even some of the boss fights in the upcoming title. This most recent trailer also confirms that developer Insomniac has really been cooking with Wolverine all this time and gives a tantalizing glimpse of a lot of stuff that we’ll get to experience when the game comes out in September.
Although when looking at the trailer, it’s really hard not to lament for the fact that it won’t be coming out for the PC, unlike Insomniac’s previous Spider-Man titles.
And just like the previous CGI story trailer, the new one also makes it abundantly clear that the upcoming Wolverine from Insomniac Games is not just going to be yet another by-the-numbers videogame adaptation based on the iconic Marvel character but the studio is going to put a fresh new spin on the titular character and make this particular incarnation of Wolverine completely their own, just as they’ve already done with Spider-Man.
Marvel’s Wolverine will be slashing it’s way to the Playstation 5 on September 15.
