Marvel’s Wolverine Tips and Tricks
Slicing through the world as an avatar of incredible violence isn’t always easy. If you’re frustrated or stumped by your time with Marvel’s Wolverine, here’s a handful of tips and/or tricks that should make things the tiniest bit easier.
1) Press Here to Solve
This game is laser-focused on two things: killing and plot progression. And yes, these primary activities are broken up by mindless detective work. But there’s good news! You almost never have to actually engage with this part of the game. If you click on the right analog stick, the game will point you exactly where you need to go next. Look, we all understand what the draw is here. If you’d rather not waste time sniffing out McGuffins, this at least gets you back to the murder as efficiently as possible.
2) ABP – Always Be Parrying
You can parry almost anything in Marvel’s Wolverine. Blades, sure. That one’s perfectly obvious. But what about mechanical tentacles? Or even waves of deadly energy? Yes, of course you can. In fact, so long as the attack isn’t draped in angry red, your claws can slap away more or less anything at all. Doing so still requires pretty impressive timing, to be sure. But once you utterly master this critical mechanic, fights in general take on a very different tone. Suddenly every offensive is merely another chance to practice your parries. Even bullets are barely an issue, so long as you’re diligent with your upgrades.
3) Be Diligent With Your Upgrades
This should be obvious, no? And yet, if you’re as obsessively dedicated to constant violence as I was, it’s easy to miss. The game doesn’t stop when you level up or anything. And it’s quite easy to think ‘I’ll take care of that after this fight’ over and over. Instead, I tried to remember that spending all those skill points could make my claw tornadoes even deadlier. You can use a different set of points to boost your healing, your rage, or your raw combat abilities. It’s little boosts like these that can make the difference in a truly tough battle.
4) Keep Those Cooldowns Constant
By which I mean, tough battles require every tool in your toolkit. If you’ve got 3 to 5 moves available, they should be in constant use. The moment those cooldowns tick down, smash that move. There’s no sense in leaving anything in reserve, that’s a sucker’s bet. If anything, regular strikes should be the connective tissue that link your specials together. More damage means more rage, which once again means more damage.
5) Walking Is For Chumps
Finally, you’ve gotta be on the move at all times in battle. But unfortunately, Wolverine runs like someone with 0% body fat and hundreds of pounds of muscle. Thankfully you can supplement this with targeted strikes. Hitting triangle while locked on an enemy causes you to instantly close the distance, claws-first. So instead of running (lame), you’re leaping through the air like a bullet in a bodysuit (rad). It’s both faster and cooler. Plus, running exposes you to things like bullets, lasers, and blunt force trauma. Much better to cannon spike/piledrive your way through both air and enemies at all times.
Follow these simple steps, and you too can be a whirling dervish of unstoppable force, slicing your foes to bloody ribbons. Oh, and Logan loves whisky. Never pass up a chance to snag a bottle when one appears.