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  • Steve_OS
    Editor-in-Chief
    • Jul 2002
    • 33943

    #1

    WWE 2K15 Hands-On Impressions



    IGN went hands on with WWE 2K15, and the results of the early play session seem to be pretty impressive.

    • WWE 2K15 feels 'different'. It's a 'wrestling sim'.
    • Grappling system is more realistic. You won't be opening up matches with DDTs anymore.
    • Striking system is more deliberately paced, more in line with how people really punch and kick.
    • The four intermediary grapple stances are gone. Once you’re out of the opening chain-wrestling phase, you just press or hold the grapple button along with a direction to launch right into a move.
    • The rings are characters are now properly scaled which results in believable pacing for Irish whips, running the ropes, etc.
    • A new stamina system will punish players who move too much to avoid attacks. You will see wrestlers get burnt out.

    All in all, it reads like the game we'll be playing this fall will be a whole heck of a lot more like the TV events we see every week -- and that means it sounds like the game and series may have finally taken a crucial step in the a new, meaningful, and right direction.
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  • BDKiiing
    Best in the World
    • Jun 2008
    • 9334

    #2
    Re: WWE 2K15 Hands-On Impressions

    I like what I hear about chain grappling to start a match. Hopefully each wrestler has a different feel. That a CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan match would feel differently than Rey Mysterio vs. Big Show.
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    • Reed1417
      MVP
      • May 2012
      • 6121

      #3
      Re: WWE 2K15 Hands-On Impressions

      It sounds like it's going to play as 2k has touted. A wrestling game and not a fighting game with wrestling characters.
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      • bigbob
        MVP
        • Sep 2007
        • 10471

        #4
        Re: WWE 2K15 Hands-On Impressions

        I'm glad the ring is finally going to be regular size. I hope that someone the size of Rey Mysterio is going to bounce off the middle rope instead of the top rope.
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        • Mercury112491
          All Star
          • Mar 2007
          • 7426

          #5
          Re: WWE 2K15 Hands-On Impressions

          I hope that stamina system is regenerating somehow. Otherwise it'll act as basically a life meter.

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          • EAGLESFAN10
            MVP
            • Nov 2011
            • 2338

            #6
            Re: WWE 2K15 Hands-On Impressions

            Finally, idk what the hell THQ was thought they was doing when it to making a WRESTLING Game
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            • RaychelSnr
              Executive Editor
              • Jan 2007
              • 4845

              #7
              This game is slowly creeping up my 'most anticipated titles this fall' list.
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              • ZB9
                Hall Of Fame
                • Nov 2004
                • 18387

                #8
                Re: WWE 2K15 Hands-On Impressions

                I hope the weight detection is better and that it's rare to be able to suplex super heavyweights like the Big Show.

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                • BEARYChi
                  Rookie
                  • Jul 2009
                  • 129

                  #9
                  You had me at "Wrestling Sim"

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                  • Darkeus
                    Rookie
                    • Jul 2008
                    • 407

                    #10
                    Wait, that is the old Yukes tap and a direction for light moves, hold and a direction for heavy moves.... All with a chain wrestling twist....

                    Sounds like I will be buying this.
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                    • RGiles36
                      MVP
                      • Jan 2008
                      • 3960

                      #11
                      Re: WWE 2K15 Hands-On Impressions

                      This is just what I wanted to hear. When the talk started of going away from being a fighting game, I wondered how this would be executed. I'm intrigued.

                      Even as someone who plays the AI exclusively, this leads me to believe I can employ strategy against my opponent, rather than just button mashing and timing reversals.
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                      • HoundsOfHowl
                        @HoundsOfHowl
                        • Jul 2009
                        • 852

                        #12
                        Re: WWE 2K15 Hands-On Impressions

                        Gimme an "Oh HELL YEA!"

                        Honestly this read just got me really excited. With the lack of NCAA this year, and the extended wait to get Madden, and missing out on WWE2k14 due to buying an Xbox one on release date and didn't waste the money, it's been a long year or 2 of video gaming, and missing the last WWE game has me even more excited. Plus with me going to Night of Champions I'll really be craving some wrestling gaming.

                        Somehow I wish they could tie in the WWE Network with the games, maybe not this year, but in the future.

                        I can not wait til this game drops!!!!! Cena Sucks!

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                        • Reed1417
                          MVP
                          • May 2012
                          • 6121

                          #13
                          Re: WWE 2K15 Hands-On Impressions

                          With this I just hope we can still set up some great spots while wrestling against the AI. Or even if the AI goes for setting up some awesome spots besides the announce table xD
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                          • Cowboy008
                            MVP
                            • Mar 2012
                            • 4574

                            #14
                            I'm liking what I hear. Now if I can see some gameplay that would be it for me.

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                            • bxphenom7
                              Pro
                              • Feb 2012
                              • 593

                              #15
                              Thanks 2k! Can't wait to see how weight detection factors into the openings of matches. Also, hope a chokeslam to Rey Mysterio is different than one to Big Show, and repeated for all moves.

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