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Insomniac Adds Hint Toggle for Wolverine Scent Trails After Player Feedback

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Insomniac Games released a patch for Marvel's Wolverine that lets players toggle story-related scent trails through the Hint button. The change follows complaints that the trails were too prominent, overly directive, and impossible to disable. The update also gives players more control over scents, audio cues, and Nightmare Roots.

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Insomniac's Update 1.002.001 introduces a Hint-button toggle for story-related scent trails in Marvel's Wolverine. The studio said on 6 October 2026 that the change came from community feedback and expands player control over Scents, Audio Cues, and Nightmare Roots. Earlier, patch 1.001.006 added Senses toggles for Whisky Bottle Scent Trails after a hotfix altered how Scent Trails and Audio Sense indicators appeared.

The mechanic helps players follow scents, sounds, story beats, and collectibles, and Insomniac's James Stevenson described it as reflecting Logan's mutant senses and tracking skill. Complaints focused on the trails' bright look, perceived hand-holding, and lack of an off switch; some players compared preferred systems in Dead Space and Ghost of Tsushima, while Gene Park mocked the effect as "fart gas."

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