Wolverine's Scent Trails Can Finally Be Switched Off - and Honestly, Everyone Wins

I have a soft spot for games that trust you to get lost a little. So when players started grumbling that Marvel's Wolverine kept painting glowing blue trails straight to every whiskey bottle, I got it. Part of the fun of a collectible hunt is the hunt.

Good news, then: Insomniac has listened. Version 1.001.006 is out on PS5, and it adds three new toggles under Settings > Gameplay > Senses. You can now switch off the Whiskey Bottle scent trails, the Material Crate audio clues and the Nightmare Door roots, each one separately.

The important detail is that these switches only cover collectible hints. The Senses that guide you through the story still show up in the world, so nobody's going to get stranded mid-mission because they flipped a setting. That feels like the right line to draw.

This is actually the studio's second pass at the problem. A hotfix just before this, 1.001.005, toned the trails and audio cues down so they were less bright and less loud, and Insomniac said at the time it was looking into proper on/off options. Now they're here, only days after launch. The patch also squashes a batch of crashes and bugs, which is always welcome.

What I love about this is that nobody had to lose. I can already picture how my nephew would play it: every hint switched on, happily sniffing out every bottle and feeling like a proper tracker. Meanwhile the players who want to comb every corner on their own can finally turn the glow off and actually explore. Same game, two very different evenings, and both are valid.

Too often a "too easy" complaint ends with a feature being cut for everyone, and that quietly locks out the newer or younger players who were relying on it. Making it a choice instead is the kind, sensible fix, and honestly, it's a pretty quick turnaround for a big first-party launch. More of this, please.

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