Marvel's Wolverine features scent tracking that displays glowing paths on the ground, prompting some players to make jokes. A player-made meme places Logan side by side with Geralt: in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Witcher Senses similarly guide players along colored trails.
Both designs serve similar functions, with differences mainly lying in trail colors and level environments. Discussions surrounding this meme suggest that tracking trails in open worlds help locate clues; however, if level routes are already clear, continuously displaying paths may feel redundant. This is an evaluation of design approaches, not a uniform judgment on the gameplay experience of both titles.
Insomniac Games later released a patch. With the appropriate settings enabled, players can press a button to display tracking trails without keeping them permanently on screen. Consequently, when these hints appear and how long they last have become key points of discussion.
The guiding wind from Ghost of Tsushima, the brief projected navigation lines from Dead Space, and the scanning device from Death Stranding have also been drawn into comparison. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt itself features numerous quests that activate Witcher Senses to follow red trails, and Geralt is no stranger to repetitive mechanics either.