WWE 2K16 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

[Mercury112491]

I LOVE the new submission and kick out meter. I don't feel like I'm gonna lose on a fire men's carry any more.

Played 2 matches online. First match had some decent lag, tough to play and even tougher to get out of the pin. Second match was much much better. Virtually lagless. I never got pinned though so I can't comment on wether there's always lag u just don't notice till the meter. Gotta test it more tonight.

[StevenSD]

I'm more interested in impressions with MyCareer, anyone got any of those? Ever since the 4 Horsewomen news, I've been on the fence about this game, but if MyCareer is much better than last year then that's my selling point.

[chisoxfan922]

I just finished the mycareer tutorial and I am having a blast. I am currently in a feud with Tyler Breeze. So far so good for mycareer.

[Xixak]

Ughhhhhh such a tough call on whether to get this or not, just don't wanna be disappointed!

Literally been staring at my XBOX Store for the past hour

[Steven547]

Haven't had too much time with the game, but my initial impressions are as follows:

PROS:
- Addition of the Pin Escape rating will help create separation between wrestlers. This should help alleviate the Santino's being able to take tons of punishment and still kick out from a pin.
- Game play seems more fluid and feels more refined over last year.
- Universe mode options seem plentiful and once they patch the title glitch (a post on 2k site saying they were working on a patch), it should enhance the experience.
- Not exactly sure if the personality traits work "in ring" , but if they do it will definitely help distinguish the different wrestlers.
- User Interface is better IMO. I like the idea of having a "list" of wrestler than having to choose by graphic.


CONS:
- The graphics. Some models look the same if not worse than last year. John Cena looks horrible.
- Announcing...while it's good, it needs plenty of work. Seems like they get out of sync with what is happening in ring.
- The sound isn't as good...the crowd is quite and some moves don't make any noise.
- Same old sliders again. Not sure how much they really affect the game. We need newer and improved ones.

That's all for now until I can get deeper into the game. Overall, I think it's what WWE 2k15 should have been.

[woodjer]

Sorry...didn't see a Q&A thread but what is the "MyPlayer Kick Starter" that comes with the deluxe edition? I'm guessing it's a boost to your MyCareer person but don't want to miss out on something cooler if it's not.

EDIT: Nevermind...found it. It's exactly what I thought.

[cima]

I must be one of the few who is pretty disappointed with the game.

- The commentary is still awful and I don't think you can turn it off.

- The crowd noise does not sync well. Hearing the glass shatter when Austin enters and not hearing any crowd reaction until a few seconds later when it shows him is a major buzz kill.

- Good thing they're fixing the problem with title matches on Universe Mode because that's a big mode killer right now.

- For advertising "the largest roster ever", I feel like it's very mediocre, especially in regards to legends. I think overall WWE 13 still has a better roster. Why isn't Road Dogg in this game? No Eddie? Scott Hall? Goldberg? All of these guys appeared within the last 2 years. And they went too far with taking Hulk out of the game, as you can't even choose the names "Hollywood" "Hulk" or "Hogan" in CAW mode.

- CAW mode is frustrating. The preview pics of selecting an item are so small that it's hard to tell how it's going to turn out and the slow load times make it for a frustrating experience.

I'll need to play it some more. The gameplay is on point and fun, I will give it that. Through my first 2 hours of playing it late last night though, I'm not seeing a huge difference from 2K15.

[Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by cima

CAW mode is frustrating. The preview pics of selecting an item are so small that it's hard to tell how it's going to turn out and the slow load times make it for a frustrating experience.

For most items, if you hit the Square button (X on XBOX One) while hovering on it in the thumbnail gallery, you can see a rendered preview a basic version of that item (i.e. without material options) on a dummy model. The previews load much faster than actually selecting the item to put it on your CAW, and they are absolutely much better than the little preview thumbnails which are incredibly small.

Also, if I recall correctly Scott Hall is appearing as a DLC character.