I should've posted this a week ago or so (since I'm now 44 hours into this & now made my way to the Raw Roster), but here's some thoughts from last week on WWE 2K15 PC from
My Steam Group post.Intro:So, I have plenty of thoughts here on WWE 2K15: PC version. I am currently playing this unmodded, to get the actual experience of how 2K intended this before I maybe at a later date do later go all out and mod this game up. So, after all these years of having a big drought of WWE PC games not coming here, it's here. Finally...the WWE has come back to the PC! And I'm certainly glad it has, so far - as I'm having a blast with this game.
Performance:I have WWE 2K15 PC running at Max settings w/ 1080p at 60 FPS most of the time with MSAA 2x's on. Cut-scenes, entrances, and exits are often capped at 30FPS, BTW; gameplay looks to be capped at 60 FPS (V Sync is off here). I probably should try to push this graphics candy more, since it runs so well on my PC (i7 950; 16 GB DDR3 RAM; 4GB 960). Sometimes, there might be a slight and small slowdown w/ a framerate drop w/ MSAA on - but if there is, which ain't often here, it's momentarily and it doesn't really happen when much seems to be going on (i.e. maybe on a pin kick-out, maybe on a instant replay). With MSAA off + same settings, no slowdowns. I haven't done a Royal Rumble, so I don't know how much slowdown that might cause w/ more Superstars in the ring.
Gamepad, Gameplay & Action:I've been playing with the 360 gamepad. Anyways, it does take some time getting used to getting the timings down when to hit RT (reversal button). Also, in MyCareer Mode - it really is going to matter w/ your attributes where your throw points - and there's a lot of categories to throw points in (such as reversals, offensive submission, defensive submission, head damage, body damage, etc). This makes this feel like a cross b/t a wrestling-game + a RPG actually.
The wrestling itself isn't super-fast paced. But best of all, it looks + feels like a WWE match you'd see on TV. This game is not as arcade-like as older wrestling games like WWE Smackdown 2 was on PSX; far from it. You don't want to waste moves b/c you can tire out - and b/c they can counter/reverse them. Timing is everything - when to do the move, when to do reversals, whatever.
MyCareer Mode:I'm around 15 hours in MyCareer or so, where I spent around 2 hours creating my Superstar, Move Set, Outfits, Entrance, etc - and I've been NXT Champion (Defeating Neville); lost the belt to Bo Dallas; and made my way onto Superstars. Mark Henry kicked my butt; and now I'm feuding w/ some guy 2K created named F-Bomb. Vicki Guerrero made me a Triple Threat against F-Bomb and Ryback - which I won. And I even had to tag w/ F-Bomb vs. Sandow + Corey Graves - which we got DQ'd. I feuded for a bit with F-Bomb, defeated him at Extreme Rules, now have Zeb Colter as my manager.
B/c of my wrestling style and whatnot, I'm currently a face right now. After Zeus Tucker attacked F-Bomb, wound up in a match with Zeus, defeated Zeus in a match, and now I'm in a feud w/ F-Bomb + Zeus Tucker (another wrestler I guess 2K created). I just won a Triple Threat Match against them.
Mostly, I've been in 1-on-1 Singles Matches w/ a Manager (you can buy a Manager to interfere, if you get enough points). There's SC (Singles Currency) + often for improving your stats & adding more moves & VC (Virtual Currency) where you can buy managers & train w/ even better wrestlers (to unlock them and learn even some of their better moves).
I am playing on Normal - so, yeah; it's for sure challenging. You win some, you lose some. You have a better chance against 2K-created wrestlers than surely anyone on the NXT, Superstars, or any other roster. You can train weekly in the Performance Center once, so it's best to Train in the Center (to increase your SC), then do a Match for whatever brand you get sent to (NXT, Superstars, whatever).
I so feel like a mid-carder on Superstars. More matches you perform well in and especially if you win, the more that you can sink points into your character; their skills; their moves; add more Signature + Finishers moves to your characters (looks like you can set-up to 2 Sigs and 2 Finishers); and/or whatever.
Other Things: You can edit even WWE wrestlers' move-set that they've provided for you. Want to switch Seth Rollins to do a version of the Pedigree as one of his finishers like he now does on TV (since he's not using Curb Stomp/BlackOut finisher anymore)? Go ahead. If you want to reset it back to Default (as 2K originally set it), just switch to Default Move Set.
There's also a WWE Community thing. Here's where you can grab + download online wrestlers that other game-owners have created and uploaded; or whatever. You can find gamers' re-creations of Paige; other versions of The Rock (i.e. Hollywood era version of The Rock); and even their own WWE creations. Cool stuff.
Outro: Simply put: I'm digging this. This game is lots of fun for me. I must keep pushing ahead and getting my push, so I can maybe make my way to Smackdown, Raw, and some of the bigger PPV's.
