WWE 2K18

[Gazz]

Do you ever get the feeling basically no one in WWE has any kind of input in the dialogue choices.

[Tkasto]

 

Edited October 17, 2017 by Tkasto

[Gazz]

These graphics are atrocious.

[The Buscher]

2 hours ago, Maxx said:

That switch to a black shirt was a major financial boon for Harper.

The worst part is, I totally would buy a plain black tank top for $22 from WWE Shop if I knew it was gonna help support Luke Harper  I'm one of the marks.

[Adam]

Why does it look as graphically impressive as Smackdown! Shut Your Mouth?

[The Buscher]

My understanding is the bulk of the graphical enhancements are seen during entrances and matches, not so much backstage.

[apsham]

The game looks fine, I don't really know what people are seeing that I'm not. Looks better in motion for sure, but it's nowhere near as bad as people are making out.

[VerbalPuke]

From the screen shots, it does seem its the cut scenes that are lacking graphically compared to the matches. But...I can live wirh a shit Luke Harper backstage.

[tristy]

Saying it's on-par with a Playstation 2 game is a bit daft, though.

[Meacon Keaton]

Obviously it's a joke, but it does look rather crap compared to what other PS4 games look like.

[tristy]

As long as they put a lot of focus on the engine and in-ring graphics and stuff, the backstage can genuinely look like a PS2 game for all I care. That's only really an important part in career mode, or if you do the Backstage Brawl mode or whatever it's called. Not going to matter much if you do Okada versus Rollins matches and stuff like that where it's strictly in-ring. At least, that's what I do. I mainly get these WWE games for the Universe mode and to play as created wrestlers, so this doesn't bother me at all. Obviously your mileage may vary, and some might care more than others.

Also, WWE games have always looked worse than other games on the same systems. I don't know why that is, really. Some PS2 games looked really awesome, but then you get a WWF game and it's horrible looking. Same thing with the THQ and 2K games. Those very same studios have some pretty looking games, but when they release a WWE game... not up to par with other titles. It's weird.

[Meacon Keaton]

I prefer Fire Pro so graphics don't matter to me. But when the game plays as clunky as I've heard and glitches like mad, maybe they could at least get it looking purdy.

[VerbalPuke]

1 hour ago, tristy said:

As long as they put a lot of focus on the engine and in-ring graphics and stuff, the backstage can genuinely look like a PS2 game for all I care. That's only really an important part in career mode, or if you do the Backstage Brawl mode or whatever it's called. Not going to matter much if you do Okada versus Rollins matches and stuff like that where it's strictly in-ring. At least, that's what I do. I mainly get these WWE games for the Universe mode and to play as created wrestlers, so this doesn't bother me at all. Obviously your mileage may vary, and some might care more than others.

Also, WWE games have always looked worse than other games on the same systems. I don't know why that is, really. Some PS2 games looked really awesome, but then you get a WWF game and it's horrible looking. Same thing with the THQ and 2K games. Those very same studios have some pretty looking games, but when they release a WWE game... not up to par with other titles. It's weird.

They weren't so bad. 

[Adam]

Aye fellas, was only a joke based on the Gargano / Harper images on the previous page. It's a fair comment though because these games always do seem to look graphically inferior to many other contemporary titles and I think it is a bit of a shame.

[The Buscher]

IGN have given the game a 7.0, the lowest they've ranked a WWE game in ages.

[The Buscher]

I get tempted by this every year no matter how shit it looks.  I don't buy all that many games so it's not as though $60 would break the bank.  The part that would inevitably piss me off is that I'd be spending $60 for maybe a month or so of playing before I get unbelievably bored and put the game in the drawer forever.

[Skummy]

Short of a snap impulse purchase, I can't see myself buying this one at all. It'll be the first WWE game I've missed since Smackdown 1 if so, but I got tired of the last one so quickly, and I've seen nothing to suggest that this iteration will manage to win me over.

After playing UFC 2 as one of my first PS4 games, and realising that there are PS4 combat games that look great, have excellent collision detection, intuitive controls, fighters that play differently depending on their size, and their respective strengths and weaknesses, and logical commentary, and they're coming from EA of all places, it just makes the WWE games look even clumsier and lazier than I'd realised.

[apsham]

Granted most of those glitching 2K18 don't make it clear that they are trying everything they can to glitch it but those UFC games suffer from the same repetitive nature as these games generally do.

[Nerf]

How much are they paying you Apsham?

[Gazz]

I wish escaping from full mount was as easy as just spamming my foot to a hip until I pop out.