2026 OpenCritic League - New Games! Updated Scores!

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Kyuu said:

Manlytears said:

I respectfully disagree. Major studios like Nintendo EPD, Insomniac, and Bethesda... get "bonus points", not the other way around. That "seal of pedigree" carries weight in reviews—make no mistake. 

Wolverine must be truly problematic if it can't even crack an 80 with the "Insomniac seal of pedigree".

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Besides, reviewers rely on the publisher's goodwill; they wouldn't put themselves in a position to anger Sony over issues like protesting the "end of physical media."

I doubt they would risk rating Wolverine far below its "actual performance". The game is bad—plain and simple.

Insomniac doesn't have what you call a seal of pedigree. They are respected for their productivity but they never were quite perceived as a top tier developer by critics.

That said, Wolverine is one of these games that I was initially looking forward to but the more I saw the more I was disappointed. Maybe my opinion would change if I ever played it but it just doesn't look like a great game.

I wouldn't necessarily agree with that. Their mainline games almost always score in the 85–90 range - from Spyro 3 (2000) boasting a 91 on Metacritic, to over two decades of Ratchet & Clank consistently staying at the top of the genre, to Spider-Man 2 (2023) hitting a 90. Such a stellar, reliable track record across four console generations is rare and definitely deserves top-tier status.