WWE 2K15 Release Date Set For October 28th (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)

[SpectralThundr]

Re: WWE 2K15 Release Date Set For October 28th (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)

"On its year-end earnings call, Take-Two shared that NBA 2K developer Visual Concepts is aiding in development."

It's right in that article. Take Two themselves have said VC is aiding.

VC has time on their hands, it's not like they have any other sports games to work on given 2ksports is now really 2ksport at this point with NHL2k, and MLB2k ****canned.

[SmashMan]

Re: WWE 2K15 Release Date Set For October 28th (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)

The only question I have is whether or not 2K sees this as a license worth putting money into, or letting Yukes coast because the game still sells a decent amount.

[Gronk4M13]

Re: WWE 2K15 Release Date Set For October 28th (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)

I'm just really glad it's for Current-Gen. I don't have next-gen consoles.

[OSGuy321]

Disappointing that there is no PC version, I think modders could have taken this game to the next level.

[Ermolli]

Re: WWE 2K15 Release Date Set For October 28th (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)

"On its year-end earnings call, Take-Two shared that NBA 2K developer Visual Concepts is aiding in development."

It's right in that article. Take Two themselves have said VC is aiding.

Since I didn't see Yukes there I missed that, that sucks.

[PantherBeast_OS]

Re: WWE 2K15 Release Date Set For October 28th (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)

I'm finding 2k14 semi fun, but not what I want from a wrestling game. It's still missing the"feel" that I get when I play no mercy.

That said, looking forward to it on next gen systems. I too hope Sting makes the cut. Both surfer and crow versions. I've been creating him for the past month on current gen haha.

Or the fun we use to have when we played Smackdown HCTP. Since then the WWE series has gone flat line for the most part. SD vs Raw 06 for ps2 and SD vs Raw07 for the 360 was fun. But other then that it has been just ok. Nothing fun about it.

[jaredsmith83]

If the career mode lives up to what the rumors are suggesting, I will love it. Similar to the NBA 2k, starting out low (NXT) then working up to the NXT Champion, then making the big roster and going from there. I hope that will be the route taken. My biggest concern is the commentary. Its beyond repetitive and just needs to be spiced up. I hope that they're able to have the different commentary teams for each show. Hopefully the WWE Universe mode will get some love as it was getting stale, nothing like the old GM mode of games past.

[PantherBeast_OS]

Re: WWE 2K15 Release Date Set For October 28th (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)

Even with all the classic wrestlers they may bring in every year. The game just has been feeling boring for years now. Mainly because the limited things can do. No hotspots to pull moves off like you could in the past. No backstage fighting anymore. You can't throw people on the top of the cage like you could in SD vs Raw 07. Like there is wall there stopping you from throwing them off. The game has been so limited for so long. But I hope now those excuses of been limited is gone. Since next gen has so much memory now they can do so much. But with Yukes still at the controls and VC only as a helper. I'm kind of worried that we will get the same old game play with with just updated graphics ala 2k14. But still to early to say until we see gameplay from it.

[Reed1417]

Re: WWE 2K15 Release Date Set For October 28th (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)

I really hope Yukes takes full advantage of the next gen systems and their power/memory space. Make sure the career mode is solid and please improve on WWE Universe mode...if it means rebranding it GM Mode then do so. Give me that and improved gameplay and I'll be happy.


Reed is comin' atcha!!

[DJ]

I really don't know what the answer is to make wrestling games more enjoyable at this point. The WWE games have been stagnant for years now. WWE 13 and 2K14 were solid efforts, but heavily played on nostalgia while the gameplay stayed largely the same.

There certainly needs to be more ebb and flow to the matches, but I don't know how to make that happen. The past 2 games have attempted to create that, but ultimately did not succeed. The reversals are still too easy to predict the timing after you play a handful of matches.

Tag-team matches also need a lot of work, especially when it is CPU vs. CPU. I would like to sit and watch those matches (I usually run CPU-CPU in most of my Universe matches just to keep the results a mystery), but I have literally seen those contests take 20-plus minutes with every pin attempt being broken up by the guy on the apron.

I'm sure I'll pick the game up as I always do when it goes on sale around the holidays. I can't justify spending full-price for WWE games anymore.

[Hooe]

Re: WWE 2K15 Release Date Set For October 28th (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)

I really don't know what the answer is to make wrestling games more enjoyable at this point.

A great start would be abandoning the game mechanics of a fighting game (health, damage, etc.) - which Yuke's WWE games actually are, fighting games with wrestling avatars - and making an actual wrestling game where entertainment is a true objective, consistent with the real thing.

I discussed this in a different post a while back, but my high-level incomplete vision for a one-on-one wrestling video game is one that's simultaneously cooperative and competitive. Cooperative in the sense that you have to work with your opponent to entertain the crowd, competitive in the sense that you want to ultimately win the match. Start by making those two goals equally important for purposes of online competitive play and online rankings and let the game mechanics - notably the interesting problems of performing high spots, wrestler stamina to use for high spots (making rest holds worthwhile), signature and finishing maneuvers, pin falls and submissions - fall out from that.

[Trevelyan]

Re: WWE 2K15 Release Date Set For October 28th (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)

Does anyone else wish this series would come out sometime in march or in the summer rather than in october? I end up passing on this game every year because they insist on releasing it next to all the AAA titles.

[BDKiiing]

Re: WWE 2K15 Release Date Set For October 28th (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)

I'm finding 2k14 semi fun, but not what I want from a wrestling game. It's still missing the"feel" that I get when I play no mercy.

That said, looking forward to it on next gen systems. I too hope Sting makes the cut. Both surfer and crow versions. I've been creating him for the past month on current gen haha.

It's called nostalgia.

[WTF]

Re: WWE 2K15 Release Date Set For October 28th (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)

It's called nostalgia.

No, I Said "play" not "played" implying that I still play the game and still prefer the wrestling mechanics that are present.

[DJ]

Re: WWE 2K15 Release Date Set For October 28th (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)

A great start would be abandoning the game mechanics of a fighting game (health, damage, etc.) - which Yuke's WWE games actually are, fighting games with wrestling avatars - and making an actual wrestling game where entertainment is a true objective, consistent with the real thing.

I discussed this in a different post a while back, but my high-level incomplete vision for a one-on-one wrestling video game is one that's simultaneously cooperative and competitive. Cooperative in the sense that you have to work with your opponent to entertain the crowd, competitive in the sense that you want to ultimately win the match. Start by making those two goals equally important for purposes of online competitive play and online rankings and let the game mechanics - notably the interesting problems of performing high spots, wrestler stamina to use for high spots (making rest holds worthwhile), signature and finishing maneuvers, pin falls and submissions - fall out from that.

I'd take that. You're absolutely right about the type of games we're playing now; fighters disguised as wrestling games.