Upcoming indie game Needle in a Haystack Simulator has poked fun at Marvel’s Wolverine with an “AAA mode” that replicates its controversial scent trail.
When the slightly underwhelming reviews for Marvel’s Wolverine dropped earlier this week, it was clear that the unending wave of discourse the game has been facing recently wasn’t going to end any time soon. Even with that in mind, though, I didn’t think that the scent trail, also known as the “fart gas line”, was going to be the main sticking point.
As I’m sure you’re all aware of by now, Marvel’s Wolverine has a scent trail that guides players towards certain objectives and collectibles. It’s basically a Logan-ified take on yellow paint, but one that everyone has deemed too far for a much more linear game. Even with Insomniac recently explaining the scent trail, that hasn’t stopped indie games from stepping up to the plate.
Over on Twitter, the lead developer of upcoming indie game Needle in a Haystack Simulator (which is about exactly what you think it is) shared a tweet in response to the Wolverine scent trail discourse. The tweet says that, “in honour of Marvel’s Wolverine”, the simulator has added a...
