Looking forward to 2k19

Wow, they’ve managed to squeeze loot boxes into this pile of garbage.

Apparently no micro transactions though. Just looks like you unlock shit at random instead of what you want now and may only affect the career mode multiplayer end game.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0QB1GJUqKIc

Actually looks like it would be a fun mode. You know, if multiplayer ever actually worked without lag in this shitfest.

Probably time for Yukes and 2K Games to consider the idea of instead of certain wrestlers getting the full scan treatment, they just scan as many heads only as possible so less of the roster's faces looks terrible or goofy.

That is fucking horrifying.

I understand a lot of the DLC uproar. I mean it's priced exactly the same as last year but there are way fewer downloadable wrestlers. Last year you had 28 DLC wrestlers in the Season Pass and that's not even counting the NXT enhancement pack (Nakamura, Jax, Crews) you had to pay for separately unless you got a special version of the game.

This year the number of DLC guys in the Season Pass is down to 10 and it still comes at the $30 price point. I understand why the DLC numbers went down with the larger on-disc roster, but I think charging last year's prices for it kinda sucks. $20 probably would've led to fewer complaints.

Or if they kept the $30 price I think one more pack to bring it to 15 DLC wrestlers woud've made it all a lot more palatable. Usually they come in packs of 5 and there are exactly 5 guys from 205 Live that were left out (Ali, Gulak, Nese, Daivari, Dorado) so that could've worked. I get why those were the 5 left out initially given they were the least featured guys in the division in the first few months, but people would've downloaded them to complete the roster and get their moves. Plus any of those dudes who are still around come next spring will probably be in 2k19 so they kinda coulda got a jump start on it by putting them in as DLC this year.

Some nerds have been streaming it

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Universe mode stuff

https://wwe.2k.com/news/entries/wwe-2k18-universe-mode

Rivalries have intensities and can be "possible rivalries".

Storylines:

Thank fuck for this basic feature.

Goals:

That sounds interesting enough so you can book stories within tag teams and stuff I guess, but the example they use isn't very creative:

https://cdn.2kgames.com/wwe.2k.com/n.../universe6.jpg

Then there's this line:

So I'm guessing that if it's Braun V Kendrick or some shit, Brawn can just wreck him unless something amazing (or a good player controlled character) overcomes him.

Whole thing "seems dumb" but honestly, I'll be slightly happy if I can just run an NXT with 4 PPVs a year that doesn't fuck up storylines. That's been needed for about 3 years.

Vader has his dumb WCW helmet and awesome music

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Jerichos 2000 entrance timing is wayyyyy off. Undertaker bangs his knee on the barricade coming off the ramp.

We didn't need either of those HHH's. We needed one with My Time or Higher Brain Pattern and that's it.

Roman Reigns is the highest rated wrestler in the game at 95, because of course he is.

Vaders entrance is pretty good, as said above timing is way off on jericho's and the hhh dx entrance, they aren't meant to appear til just after "break it down" hits in the music.

Retro Jericho and Retro Taker's hair look like complete shit.

At least they got the entrance that matters down

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Wow they really capured Vader with that theme music

Why did all of WCWs themes sound like they belong on a midnight USA network show?

:lol::lol:

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lol incredible

The best thing? That object glitch and move fast bug has been in there since WWE 12. Amazing.

https://youtu.be/2AweVxT1aKY

Shows these games for what they are, yearly cash grabs with barely any time spent on fixing bugs.


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Look at the state of Flairs hair in this video, its like a 2d object bouncing around.

Looking forward to 2k21

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Jesus fuck

They've had sponsored achievements before, but it always makes me laugh.

Also, MADE THE HARD WAY should have been making someone bleed, but I doubt KFC would want that.

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As expected, Universe seems basically untouched. Fatal four ways, triple threats, and stipulation matches being booked for no rhyme or reason. Rivalries still appear to be little more than "a billion singles matches in a row" and while you can attempt to justify it by saying real WWE feuds aren't much better, that doesn't make it any less of a slog to play.

Yes you can simply edit the cards yourself, which is nice. But when you do that it effectively cancels the rivalry. You have to follow the rivalry the way the game sees it or you're not going to get cutscenes. So what's the point? To that end, most of the personal goals are just "win a match against my rival" too. Not very creative there.

The only cool feature I think is the attribute boosts/declines as people move up and down the power rankings. Back in the days when I did CPU sim feds, the real life main eventers were always going to rule the roost because the ratings were set and couldn't change. There was never a chance of Zack Ryder or somebody beating John Cena. Now you could actually push those lower card guys in such a way that they could hold their own against the CPU.

Having said all that, it's year 8 of Universe Mode and yet getting real enjoyment out of it is still going to require overriding pretty much everything the game wants you to do.

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Oh and the Rumble looks like absolute shit. Only 2 people in the ring for 90% of the match.

Guess who got a digital deluxe PS4 version for his birthday?!?!?

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Apparently this won't have 8 player online matches, making 8 man pretty shit. You don't want AI involved in an 8 man ladder match because fuck that, same with tags. But since the PS4 can only support 4 controllers at once, it means the mode isn't great.

XB1 and PC can support 8 controllers, but not sure if the game is using that or not.

oooo Arvind is a lucky guy!

Saw a different Rumble vid. Just skimmed it. The good news is the ring filled up in that one.

The bad news is one of the first things I noticed was TM-61 brawling with each other inside a full ring. So much for tag teams helping each other like they'd claimed.

2k know they shit out the same game every year, so they didn't even bother changing the icons for the DLC from last year

https://i.imgur.com/20EvbVe.jpg

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Everything that's wrong with WWE 2k18 (so far)

GOOD: Career and Universe don't seem as repetitive

BAD

Career and Road to Glory creation tools are VERY limited. Apparently can't even change the race? WTF? Hence the loot boxes.
Road to Glory maybe. Sounds good, but 2k's servers are a massive question mark
The build they played at the preview event had NO CUTSCENES FOR CREATE A VIDEO OR UNIVERSE. The devs said it was supposed to be there, but it broke and they were trying to get it back in. Wow.
PETTY THING: Why put a treadmill backstage when you can't run on it like HCTP?

Hearing Cole say Tokyo Krauts..priceless

Edit it just sounded like that to my shitty ears..

I mean I don't give a toss about Career really, Universe is my wheelhouse and that's the mode I would be focused on most. I'll be interested to hear more as people play the game.

The early videos I saw didn't look promising at all with the game creating just non-sensical cards but we'll see.

Gotta prep myself because somebody will probably end up getting me this game for Christmas or something.

Gonna pre-order tomorrow for PC. The DLC guys will be available later, right? What I would do for console is buy standard edition and wait to get the other stuff. Not sure if it's worth $90 if I can wait and get the stuff cheaper.

if you want everyone, I'd get the Deluxe version. Even if you bought the season pass, Batista and RVD will cost extra.