I know this isn’t a gaming site but WWE 2k15 is the latest installment in WWEs flagship gaming franchise.В Back in 2001 Thq/Aki finished their partnership with No Mercy on the N64.
For years to come wrestling games would fall short and then it seemed THQ finally started to hit their stride in Smackdown vs Raw 2007.В Then THQ goes under and 2k picks the ball up and runs with it in 2k14 which I would argue was the best wrestling game since No Mercy.В Then comes the chance to really shine with their first Next Gen entry, and a shot at showing us how much better it can get.
Enter 2k15, the most disappointing sequal I have seen in years.
So let ud go in to the top ten reasons 2k and the transferees from THQ in this development team should be fed to Ryback.В In no particular order by the way so feel free to comment below and join the greivence party, or defen your 2k heroes.
#10 Smallest Roster In Years
I am not going to make this a huge list of every year before and how it character for character pales in comparison. В I will say last year saw Goldberg, Warrior, Andre and Yokozuna.В While the new additions of the Wyatts and a staggering 5 nXt wrestlers are nice, they hardly fill the void left by all the cuts this year.
Not to mention the Shield wasn’t given updated looks or music, and the New Age Outlaws who had a run through Mania and were in 2013 were not added this year.
It makes me wonder why NFL games have hundreds of names and even at times former year rosters, but WWE struggles to hit 90?В In my opinion there is no excuse to not offer every Hall of Famer, every Legends contract talent, and every single nXt and WWE star on contract.
It feels to me very lazy and a cheap way to keep milking your fans which will only tolerat that for so long.В Play Skyrim or Red Dead Redemption or GTA, then play 2k15 and tell me which one feels like a $70 game to you.В WWE games should build on what they deliver, and sadly this is just the start of our loss.
#9 Creation Suite Beatdown
Ok, so first they give us a Create a Finisher and say that any move you want to make you can.В But you can’t even make a Flip Piledriver?В Then they give us the Flip Piledriver but take away the Create a Finisher mode?В What you took away the Belt Creation too?В Stop taking stuff away… WHAT?!В You mean the Story Creator is gone too?В So what is left, Arenas and Create a Wrestler?В It is like they stripped this Suite to the bones, then cut back on how many slots you can work with.
I mean it is my Hard Drive isn’t it.
If I want 800 Created Characters shouldnt I be able to?В Why are you crushing all my dreams 2k… Why?
#8 No New Matches
This year we had Three Stages of Hell, Lumberjack Match, and a solid Survivor Series.В Which one would you like to relive?В Doesn’t matter cause you get no new matches, and you can forget the Ambulance and Casket matches in prior games.В 2k15 offers no new matches and barely touches the existing mode.
Why is it if all characters on game share the same move database, but while football games have whole teams going, wrestling can’t even match the 8 characters in the ring the f’n Dreamcast allowed.
We want 8 man tag matches, and Survivor Series.В I mean sure a 30 man rumble would be tough but even FPS games allow 16 online.
I am not buying the excuses guys, this is lazy!
#7 Glitches Welcome
Ok maybe I am being a little demanding on additions. I don’t feel at all unreasonable on the cuts. But for gosh sakes atleast get what you are doing right. Glitches everywhere even worse than 14!
I can almost never connect with Nevilles running basement dropkick, CM Punks swinging neckbreaker has more than once melted wrestlers together.В I have seen chairs have siezures, and collisions cause wrestlers to vanish through the ring or into the crowd never to be seen again (in that match).
I can’t stand having grade A matches that I have to reset because your glitches are so bad they crash my system… Even happened back to back once.
Last year 2k delivered, this year they mocked us I tell you!
#6 OMG with the OMGs
I love OMG moments, I hate needing 3 to hit signature moves for Reigns and Zayn.В Sure I get 3 needed to Showplex the ring into oblivion, even 3 to do the unmerciful Superplex to the outside.В But I have to save up 3 to do moves Reigns and Zayn are known for, and I don’t even get to save a 4th finisher so I can hit the spear after the running apron dropkick?
Sometimes it feels like the developers dont even watch the product.
Prime example, CM Punk does the high knee / line in the corner to what?В Oh yea set up for theflying elbow, which in this game is also a signature!В So unless I go and edit the moves myself (doing your job for you) then I can’t replicate the spot consecutively.
Pay attention guys. And while I am at it, you had some great OMG additions for signature characters but nothing new as a shared enviroment OMG like the Wyatt steel step assault or stage dives.В But what bothers me the most is you can’t give OMGs including dives to any CAW.В Not adding more I can let slide but the triple finisher crap and no CAW OMG is just aggrevating.
#5 :F’ Your nXt Gen
All wrestlers start out as Marks, so as a independent wrestler with 7 championship regins, two of which I never lost, I have no shame in sayin I am an nXt Mark.В With that being said, I hoped that with Attitude Era honored in 2013 and Wrestlemania honored in 2014, that maybe 2k15 would be the nXt year.
Sadly we only got 5 nXt wrestlers, one of which is retired (Graves) and two of which are off nXt and on Raw anyways (Rusev, Dallas).В So the DLC might help but oh yeah more guys that are already on Raw (Rose & Ascension).
Yet again dreams crushed disapointment everywhere.
Now lets rub it in!
That is right kids we got a new career mode where you train with Bill Demot and go from nXt to Hall of Fame!В But you gotta own the next gen console or you can settle for our lame watered down version.В No presentation, no historical videoes, not even a satisfying reward!В Yep, old console means not only are we taking from last year but you won’t get most of our new stuff.
This makes me not want 2k16 inspite of your anti-last gen hate crimes!
#4 Menues aren’t Rocket Science
For years this has bothered me. But why do you make the menu system so rough? В I mean the main menu isn’t bad but if you start getting in to character creation, wow. В It takes forever to find the moves you want, or taunts due to large lists with no search option, and no logic in sub categories.В I mean you want 18 Pilesdrivers, Awesome!В Let me pick the Piledriver as the move and then pick the version in a subcategory.
Also give something to help us indentify your generic movesets.В I mean we all know the presets are for characters like Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy or Goldberg. В So call one Enigma, Olympian, and Da Man!В Nope, you gotta give us 20 presets and we gotta check each finisher to identify?
Lastly the belts, come on.let us pick the WWE Belt and submenu option to change skin to WWE, WWE Undisputed, Cena Spinner etc. They don’t need a seperate alot making the worlds longest list of slight modified versions.
Seriously do you guys have meetings where you try to make things harder, or have piss off the fans conference calls?
#3 DLC Madness
I love DLCs when done right. Like GTA 5, buy our Season Pass and get everythin… And loads of neew cars, guns, missions etc!
But not 2k, no you owes us $24.99 for Paige and the Showcase storylines for… Wait for it… Mark Henry and Christian? В I like both guys but you take us from CM Punk vs Cena and Triple H vs HBK to highlighting not one but two guys who never held the WWE Championship?
Oh and the WCW, and nXt packs are extra?В Oh and the extra moves, oh and both Stings and both Hogans, and the Accelerator are all extra on top of that?
Ok now I am just furious, and for heaven sake why cant we just pick entrances when you select costume for the character?В I mean Alberto Del Rio never in the four years he had been in WWE… Ever changed his moves!В Why for heaven sake do we have two Del Rios?
Just let us pick the costume and entrance and if you really want, pick a move set but there is no reason to make us suffer so many clones!В We want more characters not multiple Del Rios! ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO YOUR
#2: 5 Million New Animations… Not!!!
Ya they said 5 times the animations, I don’t see it.В Not saying I don’t like what they added in, but it feels well under the promise.
Sure the new moves feel great when not glitching, but hype is to be lived up to and this falls under par in my opinion.
And taking ou ability to make the moves you forgot, well that is just salt in the wound.
But hey if you want another Sister Abigail, well you can buy it with the other moves we will make you pay for as we under deliver on the multitide we promised.
#1 Sid Justice
Wait he is a DLC manager and not playable… I give up. Excuse me whilst I crawl up in a ball and cry.
Who makes these stupid decisions!
