Compare Marvel’s Wolverine vs CONTROL Resonant

Locations change frequently, but mission structure repeatedly cycles through corridors, stealth, combat arenas, and cutscenes.

The best missions keep escalating into strange, memorable scenarios, giving the campaign a strong sense of surprise beyond standard combat objectives.

Facial work is often expressive in emotional scenes, although inconsistent proportions and stiffness occasionally break the otherwise polished presentation.

Facial work is one of the visual weak spots, with some expressions looking stiff or strange compared with the quality of the environments and effects.

The design refines familiar Insomniac ideas more than it invents new ones, leaving some players satisfied and others wanting a bolder evolution.

The sequel earns broad credit for refusing to repeat the original: its melee focus, warped open zones, gravity traversal, and structural experimentation feel unusually bold for a major sequel.

The game convincingly puts players inside Logan’s brutal fantasy during combat, though constrained levels and heavy scripting can weaken immersion.

One critic found repeated combat and progression interruptions strong enough to pull attention away from the world and story, reducing immersion despite the striking setting.

Optional collectibles add lore and reasons to search, but the rewards are not always strong enough to make exploration feel essential.

Documents, recordings, hidden reports, and other collectibles make exploration feel worthwhile by feeding the world's mysteries rather than functioning as empty checklist filler.

Its old-school linear action can feel refreshingly direct, but familiar Insomniac systems and cinematic formulas make it derivative to many critics.

Even skeptical critics repeatedly call the game singular. Its collision of character-action combat, non-Euclidean Manhattan, paranormal comedy, and art-house spectacle gives it an identity few other open-world games resemble.

Parkour and traversal challenges add variety, but contextual jumps and guided routes can feel mindless rather than precise.

Precision platforming becomes frustrating when gravity changes, tight trajectories, or awkward geometry demand more exact movement than the traversal system comfortably provides.

Logan’s vulnerability and relationships create some of the game’s best moments, though several arcs feel rushed or underexplored.

Dylan's growth from damaged FBC test subject to a more self-directed person lands strongly, and his evolving relationships give the story a clear emotional spine.

Granular difficulty controls let players tune health, parry windows, and related settings, but the default challenge can feel uneven or too forgiving.

The default difficulty is one of the most disputed elements, especially in the opening hours and against tanky late bosses. Better builds and extensive Assist Mode settings help, but progression walls can still feel abrupt.

Light exploration and scent-tracking offer brief breathing room, but narrow routes and modest rewards limit the joy of searching off-path.

Exploration is a major draw thanks to vertical movement, hidden routes, bespoke side stories, and dense environmental storytelling. Confusing entrances and map limitations occasionally turn discovery into circling the same blocks.

The mechanics are accessible and cinematic, but critics who want deeper player expression find them automated, familiar, or overly simple.

The strongest mechanical moments come from combining traversal, gravity shifts, powers, combat, and environmental ideas in ways that feel purpose-built for this world.

Pouncing and close-range movement suit Logan’s aggression, but traversal lacks the distinctive freedom and finesse of Insomniac’s Spider-Man games.

Traversal is one of the game's most consistently celebrated strengths. Double jumps, air dashes, hovering, grappling, and gravity shifting make moving through Manhattan fast, expressive, and frequently exhilarating.

The campaign often moves with brisk blockbuster momentum, though cutscenes, walking sections, and an uneven final act create noticeable slowdowns.

Pacing is a recurring weakness: the opening can be slow, progression sometimes stalls the story, and several late sections drag. Other sources find the game accelerates impressively once it opens up.

The writing gives Logan humanity and several effective relationships, but familiar plotting and uneven tonal choices stop it from matching the presentation.

The writing is strongest when it balances human vulnerability, bureaucratic absurdity, and strange lore. Some dialogue and thematic beats are less elegant, but the overall character and world writing earns substantial praise.

The visual direction sells a grim, blood-soaked comic-book world, with Tokyo and the character designs providing many of the strongest images.

The warped Manhattan, Patterning effects, impossible architecture, and surreal set pieces are among the game's clearest triumphs. Its visual identity is repeatedly described as bold, gorgeous, and unlike almost anything else in the genre.

Dialogue and character banter often bring warmth to Logan’s relationships, though some exchanges lean on familiar superhero writing.

Dialogue is uneven: the best exchanges give Dylan and Zoe warmth and personality, while snarky banter and some overt thematic writing can feel forced.

The story lands several moving character beats and gives Logan genuine vulnerability, while its tonal clash with constant killing weakens other moments.

Dylan's guilt, childhood trauma, bond with Jesse, and search for redemption produce some of the game's most affecting scenes. Several critics describe moments that hit harder emotionally than they expected from a Control sequel.

The opening establishes Logan and the basic combat clearly, but several reviewers feel the game takes too long to unlock its most enjoyable abilities.

Newcomers get helpful recap material and can follow the core story without exhaustive Remedyverse knowledge, though the early combat and build systems are not always explained as clearly as they could be.

Performance mode is generally smooth at 60fps, with the PS5 Pro delivering the cleanest balance of image quality and responsiveness.

Performance is generally smooth on stronger hardware and PS5 Pro, while base-console stress scenes and Steam Deck play can show dips or compromises. The overall picture is solid rather than flawless.

The close camera adds weight to Logan’s attacks but can restrict awareness when fights crowd him with enemies.

The camera and targeting can struggle when arenas get crowded or fights move vertically. Mis-targeted attacks and awkward framing around large or airborne enemies are recurring frustrations.

Combat is easy to understand, but reaching its more expressive possibilities takes time because key abilities unlock gradually.

The opening can be daunting because movement, builds, enemy pressure, and RPG systems arrive before the combat fully blossoms. Once more tools unlock, the learning curve becomes far more rewarding.

Set pieces, tracking, stealth, and light exploration interrupt the fighting, yet the overall activity mix can still feel narrow and repetitive.

Side stories, altered objects, puzzles, bosses, and strange one-off scenarios keep the world varied, though a layer of repeated activities and combat encounters can feel like busywork.

The focused fight-and-move-forward loop delivers quick thrills, but repetition becomes the central weakness across the full campaign.

The combat-exploration loop can be exciting once a build comes together, but repetition is a persistent concern. Several critics felt the same encounter rhythm and combo patterns wore thin well before the campaign ended.

Technique points and enhancements provide useful growth, but the upgrades do not always transform combat enough to prevent repetition.

Upgrades provide plenty of specialization on paper, but restrictive respecs, material requirements, and number-focused improvements can make the system feel cumbersome or less transformative than expected.

Blood, lighting, ray tracing, and power effects create striking spectacle, with occasional excess or inconsistency depending on the scene.

Reality warping, particles, reflections, shadows, and large combat effects create spectacular scenes, though the sheer visual noise can occasionally hurt clarity or expose platform-specific image issues.

The darker, moodier tone fits Logan well, even when the relentless brutality makes the atmosphere exhausting for some players.

The sequel keeps Control's uncanny blend of cosmic dread, bureaucratic absurdity, and offbeat humor alive across Manhattan. A minority feel the broader city setting dilutes some of the Oldest House's concentrated unease.

Progression steadily expands Logan’s tools, but reviewers commonly wish the combat evolved sooner and more substantially.

Zone leveling, skill points, powers, and build choices often make exploration feel purposeful and Dylan's growth tangible. Criticism focuses on opaque power-level tracking, restrictive respecs, and progression that can become busywork.

Detailed environments and dense city streets give the globe-trotting campaign strong visual texture, particularly in Tokyo.

Manhattan is packed with strange signage, abandoned interiors, warped streets, and small physical details that reinforce the setting, though some sewers, warehouses, and city blocks repeat too visibly.

The game offers unusually flexible accessibility controls, including granular difficulty and gore-censoring options that make its intensity easier to tailor.

Assist Mode is a major strength, with granular sliders and presets that can soften damage, dodge timing, resource pressure, and other difficulty spikes. It gives story-focused players unusually fine control over the experience.

Technical bugs are not a dominant concern, though isolated glitches keep the experience from feeling completely spotless.

Technical bugs are not portrayed as constant, but the glitches that do appear can be disruptive, including enemies getting stuck, traversal oddities, and occasional postgame or loading issues.

The brutality, healing, claws, costumes, and conflicted personality make this feel authentically Wolverine, even to critics of the broader game.

Despite changing protagonist, setting, and combat style, the sequel usually retains Control's strange humor, paranormal logic, lore, and visual identity. A smaller group feels the open-world structure leaves too much of the original's magic behind.

Many players find the campaign entertaining and cathartic despite its flaws, while repetition causes the fun to fade for harsher critics.

Most sources found the game highly enjoyable once its systems open up, especially when traversal, powers, and side quests click together. A few harsher takes found the repetitive combat too intrusive to sustain that fun.

The presentation is highly polished and technically assured, even when design repetition and occasional visual roughness remain visible.

The game generally feels polished for its scale, but scattered technical hiccups, stuck enemies, audio cuts, and other small scuffs prevent it from feeling immaculate.

Optional lore deepens Logan’s history and trauma, although tying some of it to repetitive challenges makes the storytelling feel fragmented.

Documents, recordings, side stories, and environmental details keep the FBC mythology rich, with the best optional material adding texture to Manhattan and the broader paranatural world.

The roughly 15–20 hour campaign feels brisk to some players but overextended to others because its combat variety struggles to sustain the runtime.

The roughly 25-to-40-plus-hour scale gives the world room to breathe, but the campaign can outlast the combat system's depth. Late repetition makes the length feel excessive for some players.

Character movement, finishers, and cinematic sequences are frequently praised for fluid, detailed animation, although occasional facial stiffness stands out.

Movement and combat animation generally look polished and energetic, with finishers and traversal selling Dylan's speed and force. A few rough character-animation moments keep it from being uniformly pristine.

The skill tree eventually unlocks satisfying options, but basic upgrades and slow access to key moves limit the sense of depth.

The skill tree supports multiple builds and can be satisfying to optimize, yet several critics find its apparent depth overstated or its upgrades less transformative than the sprawling layout suggests.

Claw combat is visceral, fluid, and immediately satisfying, but its limited evolution makes repeated encounters wear thin for many players.

Combat is responsive, aggressive, and capable of spectacular build-driven highs, but opinion splits sharply on its staying power. The strongest criticism targets repetitive strings, damage-spongy enemies, and a system that can feel shallower over a long campaign.

Jean Grey, Mystique, Sabretooth, and other supporting mutants create strong chemistry, although several relationships deserve more development.

Zoe is the standout supporting character, with her radio banter and evolving bond with Dylan giving the journey warmth. Some sources find that relationship rushed or uneven, but the supporting cast is usually viewed positively.

Visual fidelity, character models, lighting, and environments are consistent highlights, even among reviewers disappointed by the gameplay.

The game is widely praised as a visual showcase, especially for lighting, surreal geometry, and dense effects. Lower-end modes can introduce softness, artifacting, or weaker lighting that undercuts that presentation.

Enemy types expand as the campaign continues, but repeated waves and familiar encounter patterns remain a common complaint.

The roster has memorable supernatural designs and multiple factions, but ordinary encounters can still feel repetitive. Reused archetypes and endless smaller enemies weaken the sense of variety over time.

Logan’s personal journey and relationships earn substantial praise, yet predictable plotting, tonal conflict, and a weaker final stretch divide critics.

The story is broadly praised for Dylan's redemption arc, surreal set pieces, and powerful character moments, but the central plot is less consistently loved. Some critics find the overarching tale, finale, or emotional transitions weaker than its best individual scenes.

DualSense haptics give claw strikes and action sequences extra physical impact and are repeatedly singled out as a PS5 strength.

DualSense feedback is used effectively to reinforce powers and supernatural moments, adding tactile texture without being treated as a defining feature.

The linear levels keep momentum focused and allow dense spectacle, but corridor-heavy routes and combat arenas often feel restrictive or dated.

Level design is a standout, from folding streets and gravity-shifted city blocks to stranger interior spaces that turn perspective itself into a traversal and puzzle mechanic.

The strongest missions pair cinematic set pieces with character drama, while routine arena encounters and scripted sequences reduce player freedom.

Routine world events and chore-like objectives can clash with urgent story beats, making some mission structure feel like open-world padding rather than purposeful adventure.

Claw impacts, environmental audio, and cinematic effects give the violence convincing weight, complementing the strong visual production.

Hits, metal transformations, spatial ambience, and supernatural effects are repeatedly praised for giving combat and exploration weight. The audio mix helps sell both spectacle and unease.

Navigation through the directed levels is usually clear, but heavy guidance and objective markers can make exploration feel over-managed.

Navigation is one of the most consistent pain points. The flat map, unclear entrances, multi-level spaces, and gravity-bent geometry can leave players lost even when the world itself is visually compelling.

Puzzles are light and infrequent; they offer pacing breaks without becoming a deep or memorable pillar.

Puzzles can be clever and visually inventive, especially when gravity and perspective are involved, but they also produce some of the game's most confusing or progress-stalling moments.

The globe-trotting X-Men setting supplies recognizable lore and strong locations, though the wider mutant world is sometimes more hinted at than explored.

The FBC's bureaucracy, Manhattan's altered neighborhoods, scattered documents, and small survivor stories deepen the setting at nearly every turn. World-building remains one of the sequel's most dependable strengths.

The deliberate rejection of an open world keeps the adventure focused, though players differ sharply on whether that focus feels refreshing or restrictive.

The zoned Manhattan is admired for feeling hand-crafted, vertical, and distinctly Remedy rather than like a generic checklist map. Still, some critics see bloat, repeated activities, or a loss of the first game's tighter spatial focus.

Boss encounters provide several memorable spectacles, but their mechanical depth and consistency divide opinion.

Bosses are visually memorable but mechanically divisive. Some fights are inventive spectacles, while many others are criticized for huge health pools, limited move sets, and late-game battles that turn into endurance tests.

Logan’s wounded, reluctant charm is one of the most consistent successes, carrying weaker stretches of combat and plotting.

Dylan is deliberately awkward and damaged, and most sources warm to his vulnerability, guilt, and dry personality. A vocal minority strongly dislike his writing, voice, or demeanor and would rather have stayed with Jesse.

The controls generally feel immediate during close combat, although contextual movement and cinematic inputs sometimes reduce precision and agency.

Inputs are consistently praised for immediacy: attacks, dodges, air movement, and cancels respond quickly enough to support the game's fast, aggressive action.

The voice performances are widely praised for giving Logan and the supporting cast warmth, intensity, and emotional credibility.

The cast is usually praised for grounding the strange material, especially the supporting performances, but Dylan's delivery is unusually divisive and receives a few pointed complaints.

Menus and settings are functional and give useful control over difficulty and presentation, with few major usability complaints.

One source specifically criticizes loadout management for making important changes more cumbersome than they need to be during an action-heavy game.

Chapter replay, New Game Plus, combat challenges, and unlockable suits provide solid reasons to return, especially for players who enjoy the fighting.

Build experimentation, postgame exploration, missed side content, Resonant cycles, and New Game Plus-style interest give enthusiastic players clear reasons to return after the credits.

The standard edition is the safer value; the deluxe upgrade mainly appeals to players who care about its exclusive cosmetic suits and claws.

Positive value comments point to the substantial campaign, side content, replay potential, and localized pricing, making the package feel generous to players already invested in its style.

PS5 features are used well, and PS5 Pro offers the most refined visual experience without making the base console version feel unplayable.

PS5 Pro receives especially strong praise for ray-traced reflections, shadows, reconstruction quality, and a cleaner presentation, while Steam Deck support is notably less convincing.

Technical performance is broadly solid across PS5 modes, with the strongest image-and-frame-rate balance reserved for PS5 Pro.

Technical performance is usually strong, particularly on high-end PC hardware and PS5 Pro, with ambitious effects running smoothly in many accounts. Some platforms and heavy scenes still show frame pacing, image-quality, or optimization compromises.

The score supports the cinematic action and emotional beats effectively, though it is less frequently celebrated than the visuals or performances.

Music and licensed tracks remain strong and often memorable, but some critics miss a single transcendent set piece on the level of Remedy's most iconic musical moments.

Its graphic violence is firmly aimed at mature players; the adjustable gore helps, but the underlying themes and action remain adult-oriented.

Unlockable suits and claw styles offer appealing comic-inspired customization, but some of the best cosmetics sit behind the deluxe edition.

Enemy behavior draws a sharp complaint for leaning on hectic pressure rather than convincing intelligence, making some fights feel artificially chaotic.

The cast is widely considered a strength, giving the personal scenes conviction even when the surrounding script falters.

Upgrade materials are criticized for being overcomplicated and awkwardly distributed, making some desired upgrades harder to complete than the rest of the progression system suggests they should be.

The postgame gives completion-minded players room to keep exploring, finish side stories, refine builds, and chase remaining discoveries after the main campaign.

This is not naturally family-friendly because of its gore and mature tone, though censorship settings make shared-room play more manageable.

Requiring physical fast-travel points can be inconvenient, but it also nudges players to stay in the world and stumble into side content rather than teleporting past it.

One critical take finds progression too dependent on repeating activities and combat to keep pace with enemy scaling, turning advancement into unwanted grind.

The strangest spaces still generate strong cosmic-horror unease, using impossible geometry, isolation, and paranormal imagery to make exploration feel unsettling.

Loading is generally quick and unobtrusive, helping chapters and retries maintain momentum.

Loot and world rewards can make exploration satisfying, especially when discoveries feed upgrades, but some reward placement and generic material boxes feel less thoughtfully integrated.

Stealth offers brutal takedowns and brief variety, but forgiving detection and few consequences make it feel underdeveloped.

The game teaches its basic systems clearly, although extensive guidance can feel like handholding to experienced action players.

The unapologetic gore makes combat feel authentic and cathartic to many players, while others find the repeated dismemberment excessive, numbing, or tonally damaging.

Weapon forms offer different rhythms and build possibilities, but critics disagree on how meaningfully those choices change combat. Some forms feel expressive, while others seem like variations on the same basic loop.

Physics, destructible scenery, telekinesis, and gravity manipulation make the environment feel like part of the action rather than a static backdrop.

The Portuguese localization is received positively overall, including the dub, but the reviewed build had enough missing or inconsistent localized lines to keep it from being fully seamless.

Quick-time and cinematic prompts heighten spectacle for some players but reinforce the feeling of watching rather than fully controlling the action for others.

Side quests are a major strength, often delivering the funniest, strangest, and most memorable stories in the game. A smaller layer of repeated tasks and weaker rewards keeps the optional content from being uniformly excellent.

Progress and power-level information can be buried too deeply in menus, making it harder than necessary to understand whether upgrades are meaningfully changing Dylan's strength.