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Had a couple of hours with this last night and it is definitely worth it, especially if you are a WWE fan.
It took me 4 tries to beat Cena in the MITB match with CM Punk. The match flow had a good feel to it. Cena is really fucking tough to beat though. I had my signature available while Cena was at 29% momentum. I hit it, then he did his "comeback" 5 moves of doom and fucking beat me more than once. Pretty annoying at times, but true to the product I guess. After the win, Vince came down yelling to "Get Del Rio down here damnit!" (he was MITB holder at that time). Showcase mode is highly entertaining and done incredibly well. It somewhat resembles the Attitude Era mode from 13.
The win came after a hard-fought 15 minute match with both Punk and Cena being exhausted, me kicking out of an AA, Cena kicking out of one GTS, but not the 2nd one. It was a solid back and forth match and I never really felt like I was "dominating".
Did a few matches in the HHH v HBK showcase and it has an awesome feel to it as well. Starts with the unsanctioned street fight from Summerslam 2002. They added in a few elements to give it a realism factor. For example, an objective popped up mid match for HBK (me) to do a top rope signature move on HHH. As I initiated the signature, the match entered a "cinematic" where I was not in control. It involved HHH racking HBK and then beating his ass with a chair, just as he did in their actual match. The commentary from the actual match was imported so it "flowed" as if it did on the actual PPV. Took me two times to be successful in that match as the first time HHH reversed Sweet Chin Music into a Pedigree and stole it.
Spent some time creating a custom superstar. The default create options are incredibly limited and IMO, suck. There were a total of 10 hair styles all of which are modeled after current WWE Superstars. I guess it is somewhat of a double-edged blade as previous CAW environments felt diluted with TOO many choices in certain categories. I did go to the upload studio and holy shit there are a TON of options, and most are very well done. Downloaded some Sons of Anarchy gear because fuck you it's awesome. Users have absolutely perfected new logos (Ambrose, Rollins, etc.) as well as updated models, including Stardust.
Only had my first two matches in MyCareer which has involved Bill DeMott yelling at me throughout the whole match at the Performance Center in front of no one. That can make things feel as if they are starting very slow, but getting used to it. Had a 4/5 star match with Corey Graves and you are graded on various areas that increase your overall match performance which leads to more attribute points.
The only negative I can really give is on some of the superstar models. Some of them are incredibly well done because of being scanned, but others are quite horrible. The difference between who was scanned in and who was not is very apparent which can lead to a kind of "sigh" moment pertaining to current gen. They have done well with the game, and 2K16 can only improve upon the new base they have built.
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