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A gameplay clip from Sony’s upcoming action game “Wolverine” was posted on X (formerly Twitter), showing that much of the combat could be cleared just by mashing the Square button — and it became a hot topic on 5ch’s Hardware/Industry board. The post carried a Community Note pointing out the “shallow combat,” which pushed the reaction well past a simple hype clip. On the thread, opinions split between those who welcomed it as accessible design anyone could enjoy, critics who called it too monotonous next to the Batman series or Uncharted, and posters questioning how a game rated CERO Z (18+) could have controls simple enough for a toddler.
Just press a button and anyone can enjoy exhilarating action!
Way to go, Sony!
Source: x.com / Original post here
What people said
I really wanna play it
I seriously should've just bought a PS5
Why the hell did I buy a piece of junk like a Switch
If you're being serious,
now I'm worried you're gonna fall for a scam someday
Just in case you don't know, I'll let you in on something —
if all you want is to mash the Square button, you don't actually need to play Wolverine for that, you know?
That's some seriously clumsy trash-talking
Sounds like the 'crow' from a shmup (likely a jab at an old shooting game's infamous autopilot gimmick)
(On Easy, you can clear it with zero input at all)
PlayStation's specialty:
the ol' mash-the-Square-button game lol
*click click click click click click click click*
PlayStation fans are bad at games, after all
For them, 'watching the TV screen while fiddling with the controller in your hands to clear a game' is already a hard-won experience
Exactly
Why'd they even go with CERO Z (18+)?
Is it that whole 'American kids play CoD anyway so who cares' kind of thing?
@
This 23-second clip has more going on than the game's overall combat variety, which critics themselves admit is 'shallow'
Community Note guy
Engagement bait. In the bottom-left corner, you can see the player repeatedly mashing the Square button
↑ This is exactly that, isn't it
Which means this game's gonna sell (calling it now)
Doesn't it make you sleepy?
Repeating simple inputs over and over knocks me right out these days
Yeah, it leaves you plenty of room to really savor the arm hair the dev team put so much care into
If it's an arm-hair-watching game, that kind of consideration is necessary
Mindless button-mashing combat is fine on its own, but if that's the deal, at least give me some platforming or puzzles to do
If we're treating it as 'a movie you can control,' then honestly the walking-around sections are totally unnecessary — just show me the cutscenes and let me tap through the action bits
https://imgur.com/iDhUSL0
I actually laughed out loud lol
It looks like a game that blatantly rips off Batman and Uncharted, strips away everything that made those games good, and bolts on the kind of gore that'd get a middle schooler excited
Background and Key Points of the Debate
The clip that sparked this whole discussion was originally a promotional post, and on X it came attached with a Community Note flagging it as “an engagement-driven post that cherry-picks the shallowness of the combat.” Opinions on the thread split largely over how to read the simple controls: some saw them as evidence of “broad accessibility,” while others took them as proof that “the developers are underestimating their players.” Those in the latter camp pointed to similarities with the Batman series and Uncharted, with many questioning the game’s lack of originality. At the same time, it’s easy to overlook that the game carries a CERO Z rating — restricted to players 18 and older — and it’s this combination of toddler-friendly controls paired with an adults-only rating that fueled the thread well beyond a simple debate over difficulty.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread “[Good News] Sony’s “Wolverine” Has a Considerate Design — You Can Clear It Just by Mashing the Square Button!.”
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