WWE 2K25 is Already Off to a Bad Start

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  • Опубликовано: 22 янв 2025

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  • @chrisdavies5253
    @chrisdavies5253 8 дней назад +10

    I've heard the same argument since the PS2. If we upgraded to the PS3/Xbox 360 then we could get 8 wrestlers. That didn't happen until the PS4/Xbox One.
    Everyone's talking about more then 100 slots for CAWs but that was one the PS3/Xbox 360 as well a whole year before the first wrestling game on the PS4. In fact during the PS3/360 lifespan play increase the CAW from 32 to 50 and then 100 in the span of 7 years.
    Not to mention PS3/360 also have the ability to create four alternate in ring and entrance attires, as well as a cutscene for each attire. Those cutscene tires no longer exist but gave you the ability to create 1200 different looks. The current have only gives you the ability to create 400. Not to mention they had a thing called Superstar threads recreate 3 alternate tires for every superstar and it didn't take up a CAW shot. This was also long before the PS4 had a game.
    The weapon physics an interaction was a lot more diverse on the PS3/360 and this was around the beginning of its life cycle. Still waiting to be able to lean the ladder up against a rope on the outside and do a running springboard inside to knock a ladder down as someone's trying to reclaim the title. Or lean a ladder into a ladder to give a superplex on top of that lad. Or lean announcer table up alongside the outside barricade and slam somebody through it.
    They've had larger backstage areas then what we have. If you don't count the fact that one area has like two to three levels you can go up. However it becomes kind of pointless when you can't really do much off the top of that. Imagine if you're at your highest point and you delivered a frog splash to somebody all the way on the concrete floor, just like the days of ECW. Can't do it! You could on PlayStation 2 but the advanced console.
    Furthermore there are a ton of matches that used to be in the games going as far back as the PS2 that are still not on the console. Inferno match, buried alive, triple threat normal tag team, fatal 4 normal tag team (TV for these last ones are from Legends of Wrestling early years of the PS2 game), 3 stages of hell, fatal 4-way last Man standing matches, and that's not even tell me how they've actually removed and added more limitations to create a match type. I do recall being able to randomly book one-on-one matches inside of an elimination chamber or randomly adding a hell in a cell but they were also trying to go hand in hand with story designer.
    Which story designer and create a finisher are still among the many missing modes. Not to mention many modes have received little to no updates in years. This year's game saw changes to CAA but CAC is still not updated in years. All they've done is at the faceplate for the United States, Intercontinental, and Women's Tag Team Championship but haven't broken that down to logos. They used to have a feature for light heavyweight restriction but now it's only cruiserweight. Unpause the light heavyweight championship has no weight limit anymore.
    Now as for the graphics go they look good if you were living Superstar with short hair. But many of the women, males with long hair or Legends of the passed on typically had a downgrade and ended up looking better on the PS3/360 counter part.
    Showcase mode has been downgraded every year. This mode used to get 36+ matches when THQ had it in WWE 13 or WWE 2k14, despite having 2K attached to it was a THQ game. They even stated before WWE 13 was released that they can't go into details but they were looking into creating custom championships and arenas. They had those but it was modify an existing entrance area or championship. But also teased they had something planned for the next game giving that WrestleMania 30 was 6 months after the WWE 13 release when asked about the game and if they doing anything special because of that. They also stated the game was 75% complete before they went bankrupt as a company. This explains play all we pretty much have is a showcase, an in depth create a championship, 50 additional CAW slots (something else that they teased was in the works for the WWE 12 release), and a handful of CAW parts and I do mean a very small amount (I recall a few new hairstyles between the men and women, I think the men got a new top and all the WrestleMania logos). Is clearly a 75% of the game that was done polished it and just spit it out. As THQ would updated something in all of their mode. Even with moves they attempted to add 1 new move in each category. I haven't seen new movies added to the ladder or royal rumble since 2k took over. That's before the PS4 lifecycle began.
    The idea that the last gen is what's holding back "progress" is a load of shit. You mention past games and KYR was a massive step up compared to the first Smackdown game on PS1. You have the inclusion of table matches, hell in a cell match, casket match, tornado tag match, iron man match, ladder match, TLC match, expanding multiple matches into triple threat/fatal 4 way/handicap/tornado tag matches (hardcore, falls count anywhere, the debuting table match), not to mention the handicap matches got 2 additional types. JBI what's a big change to the next console for its graphics and added a few new match types scaled back and a lot of areas like the roster and season mode. SYM & HCTP, which are still pretty much the same game comparing to each other but with here comes the pain returning the championships on whoever was champion in season mode into exhibition mode. That game improves the graphics and season mode. SvR really only added voiceovers to season mode, blood physics, and buried alive, at least I think it debut here. SvR06 added the submission gauge (really miss the feature) the weight detection (which broke the game as you put even hit somebody to weight classes or higher. You try to hit Kurt Angle with Rey Mysterio it's like punching or kicking a brick wall), and it had us hit 100 types in the game (however this was the last game before they started removing them). SvR 07 added crowd fighting and the ability to grab stop the fans and they added the carry (which was broken especially in online play if you locked in the chokehold) and drag system also we started seeing matches I just fulfill your fantasy (which who really cared) and three stages of hell removed. SvR08 how did the fighting styles but would remove several tag team style matches. SvR09 added tag team changes but god did they mess up everything else. Also that was the last game to have intergender matches. SvR10 it was online and community creations. SvR11 it was universe mode, story designer (I believe it debuted here) and weapon physics. SvR12 was something graphical that was a big deal and RTWM was praised as it was always complained about prior to this. WWE 13 was attitude era and it's roster that's it. WWE 2k14 was showcase and size of the legend roster. WWE 2k15 was the new camera scan (that was supposed to cut down the 4-6 week window it took to make the superstar in half), my career (which people are excited for until they actually played the mode). Plus all the fact the next generation console removed a lot of match types and the down scaled roster and creation features. 2k16 & 2k17 was about roster size and the slow return of match types but with lots of limitations. 2k18 roster size but also 8 men in the ring, changes to Royal rumble and a large return of match types. 2k19 fixed gameplay issue and was the only game under the 2k banner that had a good chuck of their wrestlers looking decent. Not to mention this hand finally made my career or my rise good. 2k20 they have the Fiend, WWE originals, a women sharing the cover, women's showcase, and the weapon options (my favorite and only loved addition to the game) but not since 2k15 had I returned a game. Which to be fair I didn't return it as I did like a few things in the game. 2k22 was a hard reset and my faction being introduced here if I'm not mistaken, 2k23 was wargames, 2k24 was a few more match types and persona cards.
    Now as far as additions and what 2k did to advance? They added sweat to women, improved blood, slightly improved graphics but that is an up-and-down battle as some games are better than others (in fact CAWs have gone down hill as each new hand my CAWs based on actual people look less and less like themselves as they add more limitations), added 2 extra men like they had in the old PS2 versions but took 16 years so it's considered new (which THQ says they were working on before the roster reveal of WWE 12), my career/my rise, really only 3 new match types (which to be fair 2 of them have been featured before on the Nintendo DS (ambulance but complete overhaul gameplay) and PS3/360 (casket match in HHH vs. HBK showcase and plays similar) and better CAA customization. But that's really it. I still have a hard drive that's not even full.

  • @carltongraham1240
    @carltongraham1240 8 дней назад +4

    Honestly, a lot of the features we're asking for in a game in 2025 were features from over 10-20years ago. So while id love to place blame on last gen consoles, 2k is really to be blamed.
    Weapon physics came out 14 years ago.
    A good season/ beanching story mode cane out with no mercy in 2000 and HCTP in 2003.
    Good move animations were in HCTP,no mercy, DOR and the SVr games
    Theres no excuse to be this lazy eith what they do

  • @AverageGamerJB
    @AverageGamerJB 8 дней назад +7

    People have got to remember... this is 2K we're talking about. 2K hasn't had a brand new feature hit since 2K15 with MyCareer and the only time that mode was good was 2K19. 2K doesn't have anything majorly planned because that would require them to do excess work and they don't want to do that otherwise when the current gen consoles came out, they would have announced something. We got the announcement from HipHopGamer that we're going to get The Yard or The Community or whatever from the NBA Games in 2K25 but we don't know how truthful that is. Also, this is 2K we're talking about. The only thing they care about is money. If they could still release the game on 360/PS3 they would because they know people would buy it on there and all 2K cares about is money as they showed with MyFaction last year and its insane prices.

    • @MainEventMinute
      @MainEventMinute  8 дней назад

      @@AverageGamerJB I’m not sure how much stock I’d put into that The Yard type mode announcement, but you nailed it with 2K’s complacency.

    • @Anquanpoole459
      @Anquanpoole459 8 дней назад

      Um 2k been adding stuff in the games for years

    • @AverageGamerJB
      @AverageGamerJB 8 дней назад

      @Anquanpoole459 putting stuff back in that you took out nearly 2 decades ago is not a new mode

    • @theoutsiderjess1869
      @theoutsiderjess1869 8 дней назад +1

      2k16 was goated 19 was decent

    • @AverageGamerJB
      @AverageGamerJB 8 дней назад +1

      @theoutsiderjess1869 19's was the best story.

  • @LumisKnight
    @LumisKnight 7 дней назад

    We have to wait YET ANOTHER YEAR!!!

  • @salifyanjisimfukwe5950
    @salifyanjisimfukwe5950 8 дней назад +4

    Leave us Africans with ps2

  • @SuperAz1981
    @SuperAz1981 6 дней назад

    The thing is the Switch 2 looks like it is on par with the PS4 power wise so it has no excuse not to show up on the Switch

  • @mikee5718
    @mikee5718 8 дней назад +1

    i have bought 2k23 and 2k24 for under $20 each on sale. In my eyes, I still feel like i paid too much. Never pay full price for video games, women and cars.

  • @TheJrockfreak
    @TheJrockfreak 10 дней назад +4

    I personally don't have a issue with it but i also still have a ps4 because Sony hasn't given me a reason to upgrade. It doesn't impact the people who are playing on current gen consoles

    • @MainEventMinute
      @MainEventMinute  10 дней назад +2

      @@TheJrockfreak I see this side too. As I mentioned in the vid, with both versions looking more and more similar, there’s less incentive to upgrade. Rock that ps4 till the wheels fall off my friend!

    • @TheJrockfreak
      @TheJrockfreak 10 дней назад

      @MainEventMinute and you are right about the visuals. At some point you gotta just put your foot down and make People upgrade lol

    • @soldierswag4884
      @soldierswag4884 8 дней назад +1

      The reason to upgrade is lots of ps5 ONLY games and 60 fps

    • @TheJrockfreak
      @TheJrockfreak 8 дней назад

      @soldierswag4884 that's not a good enough reason for me. I usually only upgrade when enough game's come out that I want to play. GTA will probably get me to upgrade

    • @soldierswag4884
      @soldierswag4884 8 дней назад +1

      @@TheJrockfreak There are literally so many games only for PS5

  • @Drex278
    @Drex278 10 дней назад +3

    I’m sorry and I don’t know if I’m really an asshole for saying this I know not everybody can afford the new game consoles right away but if you don’t have the new console by 5 years later that’s to FCKIN bad. You people realizing in 2 years PS6 will be out every seven years. It seems like Sonny comes out with any console so what’s 2K gonna do finally make WWE games only for PS five once the PS six comes out they’re always gonna be a step behind. This is why a new company should take over.

    • @MainEventMinute
      @MainEventMinute  10 дней назад +2

      @@Drex278 hey that’s a fair take, you’re not being rude at all. Imagine if Rockstar announced GTA 6 would be releasing on PS4 lol, people would be outraged. Why not hold 2K to the same standards?

    • @TheJrockfreak
      @TheJrockfreak 10 дней назад

      Lol I see your point but some people are like me and just haven't had a reason to upgrade so they just haven't. Companies know that so your getting money from both groups

    • @DaNeRiCo
      @DaNeRiCo 8 дней назад +1

      @@TheJrockfreakthat would change if they stopped making games for last gen

    • @Anquanpoole459
      @Anquanpoole459 8 дней назад +1

      ​@@TheJrockfreak BECAUSE THEY KEEP MAKING GAMES FOR YALL

    • @TheJrockfreak
      @TheJrockfreak 8 дней назад +1

      @@Anquanpoole459 lol they need to give me a reason to upgrade them. I don't upgrade just because. maybe when gta 6 drops I will

  • @carltongraham1240
    @carltongraham1240 8 дней назад +1

    I 100% agree with you. Everything you said was the truth. I think 1k is just a money machine and they only care about lining their pockets. They're lazy asf. 2k22-24 is the same game. 2k15-18 was the same game. 19 was a little different but essentially the same.
    When yukes has the license. None of the games were alone. Svr 06 and 07beet smiles different. 08-11 we're all different.
    All of the 2k games are really the fucking same. And there stale ASF

  • @VPSGaming855
    @VPSGaming855 8 дней назад

    They can get mor sales if they keep past consoles

  • @R323838
    @R323838 10 дней назад

    Also The consoles are X86 based like a PC, So substantial leaps aren't going to be as big as WW2k14 to 2k15. A lot of gamers don't understand that. Plus they ported the yukes code and modified it so we will not see anything substantial until they build something up from the ground up (this should have been done once they got license) But they decided to be cheap.

  • @julioavalos7624
    @julioavalos7624 6 дней назад

    I might just get it on ps5 of wwe2k25

  • @R323838
    @R323838 10 дней назад +1

    There's really no difference between the 8th/9th gen games besides better textures and resolution. The base of the game is based off the PS4 and then ported up or down (xbox one). The "We need to drop old gen" is a useless argument because the next switch is coming out which is going to as powerful as a PS4 pro or Xbox One X. So expect them to keep milking the 8th gen versions of the games until the sales finally fall flat. They are not going to abandon the next switch like they did the original switch. I got the PS5 version BTW and it doesn't feel as current gen at all. But The games do look good so I give them credit for that.

    • @MainEventMinute
      @MainEventMinute  10 дней назад +2

      @@R323838 you make a great point with the next Switch soon to release. There will be a lot of money on the table for 2K there. I’d prefer the Switch 2 version to be built on a different engine entirely, like how the Wii, PSP, and DS versions of the Smackdown games were, but we all know that won’t happen.

    • @R323838
      @R323838 10 дней назад +1

      @@MainEventMinute yeah, I agree with the different engine for the switch or at least keep the last gen version for the switch 2 and the current gen on a new engine. The original switch should have just been the 7th gen version of the WWE games, No one would have cared and that type of gameplay would have made sense for the switch vs the PS4 version of the games. Thats why 2k18 was such garbage on the switch.

    • @davidkofi8241
      @davidkofi8241 8 дней назад +1

      @MainEventMinute switch 2 will make it worse because more will come on ps4 and Xbox one because they say they will try out some ps4 games on it so I guess u are right the engine will be like ps4 and Xbox one and if this happens since rockstar wants to make money on biggest GTA game in history they will say let me port the game to old gen and switch just like star wars Jedi survivor just my opinion we all have current gen but the games are great but the console doesn't feel like the jump from ps1 to ps2 from ps3 to ps4 it has changed because of that series s i think ps5 will be around for a long time like the ps4 🗿

  • @SDubU416
    @SDubU416 8 дней назад +1

    I haven’t bought a current Gen system simply because there aren’t enough games on the new consoles to make it worth buying. The consoles are affordable but it’s like what do they offer that I can’t already play on my ps4 ? Not enough to make buying the current one worth it.. and as far as Pc goes I haven’t owned a computer since 2008. I just don’t care for them.

    • @MainEventMinute
      @MainEventMinute  8 дней назад +2

      @@SDubU416 I’m with you, this has to be the most underwhelming console generation yet. I’m afraid the days of huge upgrades gen to gen aren’t coming back

    • @SDubU416
      @SDubU416 8 дней назад

      @ I actually recently bought another ps4 over the 5. I’m just waiting until they make it worth buying in my eyes.

  • @QuentinWinters-t8p
    @QuentinWinters-t8p 7 дней назад

    I'm glad because i didn't have a ps5 and probably won't get one until it's cheap since my parents are cheapskates well mostly my mom.

    • @MainEventMinute
      @MainEventMinute  7 дней назад

      @@QuentinWinters-t8p lol don’t feel bad, I remember where I was kid having to wait a long time to upgrade from ps2 to ps3

  • @davidkofi8241
    @davidkofi8241 8 дней назад +2

    Bro it is not old gen holding them back because people still use ps4 and not not al ps5 players are wwe 2k players and 2k is just lazy not the consoles if they do it for ps5 only it will be the same because they are lazy period 🗿

    • @Anquanpoole459
      @Anquanpoole459 8 дней назад

      Last gen players are holding us back cuz yall broke people can't buy no damn next gen console and we're 5 years into the next gen era ps6 literally coming out in 2 years

    • @davidkofi8241
      @davidkofi8241 8 дней назад +1

      @Anquanpoole459 by the way who uses ps4 here I am a PS5 player and I know a lot people who still use ps4 and they are many and all of them are playing 2k games

    • @davidkofi8241
      @davidkofi8241 8 дней назад +1

      @Anquanpoole459 You bought a second hand PS5 and you talk shit like your father is Elorm musk grow up man🗿

    • @Anquanpoole459
      @Anquanpoole459 8 дней назад

      @davidkofi8241 first off i do not have a second hand ps5 and tbh I don't know what you mean by that but I bought my ps5 new and by myself little boy soo shut it

  • @HugePWFan
    @HugePWFan 8 дней назад

    Yeah I mean year after year it feels the same so I’ve decided to hit them with my wallet, if 2k25 doesn’t truly have any great improvements (especially universe mode being worked on, fixed and things added like 2 night PLE’s) I won’t be buying 2K25 unless it’s on sale, if at all. I suggest you all do the same if you really want them to change.

    • @MainEventMinute
      @MainEventMinute  8 дней назад +1

      @@HugePWFan well said!

    • @HugePWFan
      @HugePWFan 8 дней назад

      @ thank you and apparently it’s not 2K’s call on these things, it’s all WWE’s but my point remains the same to hit them where it hurts

  • @terminator_405
    @terminator_405 8 дней назад +1

    Imagine buying a ps5 or Xbox series x lol.

    • @Anquanpoole459
      @Anquanpoole459 8 дней назад +2

      Imagine having a console that came out in 2013 could never be me

    • @terminator_405
      @terminator_405 8 дней назад

      @@Anquanpoole459 I agree ps4 and xbox1 were holding gaming back day one of release.

  • @mrmegalovania
    @mrmegalovania 8 дней назад

    Yes I'm sorry but the ps5 is still definitely not worth it price wise or game wise when 2k can prove its gonna give an actual shit and more decent games are on the 5 then I'll make the jump I'm fine with my 4

  • @theoutsiderjess1869
    @theoutsiderjess1869 8 дней назад +1

    Can we retire the damn ps4 we gonna got to ps6 and xbox whatever and still making games for ps4

  • @blinkq_530
    @blinkq_530 8 дней назад

    its a wwe game it can be on ps4 and xbox not like they ever look good anyway