Marvel's Wolverine Plays Itself — Literally

Insomniac's Wolverine launch was supposed to be the easy win of the fall. Then players found the motorcycle chase. Take your hands off the controller mid-chase and, well, nothing happens — Logan weaves through traffic, hits his marks, and walks away from the crash you were supposed to avoid. The game just keeps going without you.

The test clips are everywhere. IGN ran the experiment properly: don't touch anything, see if Logan can die. He can't. A dozen outlets have since confirmed the same thing — the "interactive" setpiece is running on autopilot, and the internet has decided that's the funniest thing in an otherwise gorgeous game.

A PlayStation controller hanging loose at the player's side while the motorcycle chase carries on without any input

That's the shot that started it — a controller doing absolutely nothing while the chase carries on. Once you've seen it, you can't unsee it.

Wolverine cruising past a green Squamish highway sign with his hands off the handlebars

Logan gliding past Squamish, hands nowhere near the bars. He's not driving. Nobody is.

Wolverine with metal claws extended in a rain-slick neon alley at night

To be fair, the claws look incredible. That's exactly why the lazy setpiece stings — this is the studio whose Spider-Man swings still feel like the best traversal in games.

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Source: IGN · Original report: Kotaku