WWE 2K25 General Discussion, Opinions and Reviews

[Zeokage]

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[ReverseLegSweep]

One thing I'm curious about, regarding Chain Wrestling, is if they've considered the prior mini-game adequate to return to, or whether they'll fold it into the Trading Blows mini-game introduced last year.

I remember having a few discussions about the latter on the Discord...

[Schmidti]

Thank you 2K!

March is a pretty busy month for me and I'm currently rather tide on budget.
Thank you for making it so easy to skip this rip-off.

[Dave Johnson]

引用自 ReverseLegSweep：

引用自 Dave Johnson：

I've seen "chain wrestling" thrown around as a term for years- what does that mean?
is that like, AEW style fast paced armdrag-hiptoss-rollup-headlock stuff?

Elements of that kind of thing, yeah. Here's how it looked when in the series previously: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSKINyuIONo

That's what I thought!
Glad it's making a comeback.

[Cinder]

First one i'm going to skip in quite some time.

i've gotten 22, 23, and 24 on PC but how can they justify keeping a mode out of the PC version like this i'm actually mad about this one. Always remember to vote with your wallets. I'm sad i wont be able to review bomb 25 as i will not pick it up.

[Whitey]

引用自 Zeokage：

Most people don't have high-end PCs. It's not about what you spent on your system, it's how much they'll make on people buying the game. If the game doesn't work for most, that's less of a return.

Spoiler alert... more people would buy the game if the devs stop treating PC players so poorly and outright disrespecting us.

Sorry but this is the most ridiculous "excuse" ever... even if that were the case, that is exactly what graphics settings are for on PC.. you know, this thing that pretty much every game on PC has by standard.
Are you seriously trying to tell me that a whole brand new game mode can't be playable on PC just because some people have older hardware? What an absolute joke. What exactly is so special about this mode that "most PC players" can't handle?

It doesn't cost the devs any more money to include this mode on PC, it's already been developed. There is just no excuse for it at all.

EA pulled this same crap with FIFA a few years ago giving us the old version when they added the hypermotion stuff, and then realised that was a mistake and the next year PC got the full "current" version of the game.

Instead, now people just wont buy the game because we are being screwed over for no reason.. so well done 2K this game will be a flop on PC.
Maybe stop treating your customers willing to pay you money like crap and we'll be more likely to support the devs and game.

[Zeokage]

引用自 Whitey：

Are you seriously trying to tell me that a whole brand new game mode can't be playable on PC just because some people have older hardware? What an absolute joke. What exactly is so special about this mode that "most PC players" can't handle?

I'm not saying it's just because of that, but it probably has an effect on their bottom line. And spec-wise, if the Island requires AVX2 instructions on the processor in any way, that will definitely make it incompatible with a lot of PCs. I've seen it already in the NBA 2K forum.

引用自 Whitey：

It doesn't cost the devs any more money to include this mode on PC, it's already been developed.

I'd be surprised if that were the case as it might mean a whole new set of development tests and the like.

[stav8]

引用自 Whitey：

引用自 Zeokage：

Most people don't have high-end PCs. It's not about what you spent on your system, it's how much they'll make on people buying the game. If the game doesn't work for most, that's less of a return.

Spoiler alert... more people would buy the game if the devs stop treating PC players so poorly and outright disrespecting us.

Sorry but this is the most ridiculous "excuse" ever... even if that were the case, that is exactly what graphics settings are for on PC.. you know, this thing that pretty much every game on PC has by standard.
Are you seriously trying to tell me that a whole brand new game mode can't be playable on PC just because some people have older hardware? What an absolute joke. What exactly is so special about this mode that "most PC players" can't handle?

It doesn't cost the devs any more money to include this mode on PC, it's already been developed. There is just no excuse for it at all.

EA pulled this same crap with FIFA a few years ago giving us the old version when they added the hypermotion stuff, and then realised that was a mistake and the next year PC got the full "current" version of the game.

Instead, now people just wont buy the game because we are being screwed over for no reason.. so well done 2K this game will be a flop on PC.
Maybe stop treating your customers willing to pay you money like crap and we'll be more likely to support the devs and game.

I would have pre-ordered the top edition like I do every year but this island getting cut and getting a last gen version has really f'ed me right off. First time in 10 years I haven't preordered the WWE game on steam. Well played 2k, well played.

[stav8]

引用自 Zeokage：

引用自 Whitey：

Are you seriously trying to tell me that a whole brand new game mode can't be playable on PC just because some people have older hardware? What an absolute joke. What exactly is so special about this mode that "most PC players" can't handle?

I'm not saying it's just because of that, but it probably has an effect on their bottom line. And spec-wise, if the Island requires AVX2 instructions on the processor in any way, that will definitely make it incompatible with a lot of PCs. I've seen it already in the NBA 2K forum.

引用自 Whitey：

It doesn't cost the devs any more money to include this mode on PC, it's already been developed.

I'd be surprised if that were the case as it might mean a whole new set of development tests and the like.

Well removing it's costing them sales. I've preorder the top edition every year. This year I'm not getting it because they have cut content and not offered a discount on the special editions even though the base game does. So it costs more for less. Nope

[Hyptronic]

Another Copy & Past Game

Like usual :)

[Legendary Mr. Tiddles]

I guess if they made this with a computer and transferred the data from one code-document to another code-document it could be described as "copied and pasted", though the correct way to phrase this kind of thing is simpler and as old as time: "copied". One word, that's all you need.

[Ronin-XIII]

So 7 days early access. Lmao. Yeah... No, I love wrestling games but after the last few years... I'm just going too ignore this desperate nickel and dimeing.

Hope those who get it have fun but wow not wasting anymore money here.

[T-Wayne]

Do the devs not fear review-bombs by PC players?

Hello community,

I am a huge fan of the series and the WWE itself. I buy their games every year, even purchased collector editions when they were available many years ago.
Now I have seen the trailer for WWE 2K25 and I see that the "The Island" mode is only available for PS5 and XBox X|S.
This feels not only like a personal slap to the face, John Cena's former finisher move basically (before it was named Attitude Adjustment), but it also is a slap to the PC player community as a whole.

I do understand that some players might have problems with spec requirements and their reason for not having this mode is to accomodate for more players. However PC is usually - at least in my understanding - considered the "current gen" always. Putting it on par with PS4 and Xbox One is questionable in my personal opinion.

Then there is the price. They are charging the same price for all editions on PC as they do with the PS5 and Xbox X|S version. So we are paying the same price but receive less content in the game. How does that sound right? It is just unfair to all the PC players. It should at least be priced lesser than those versions. I do not understand their strategy in all of this.

I wonder what I'll do. I'd like to play it, however I am very unhappy with their behaviour towards PC players. So probably I'll wait for a good discount later down the line for this iteration of WWE 2K.

So my question to end this whole post is, if the devs have massive balls like "The Miz" does or if they are blind to the outrage this will cause/is currently causing in the PC player base. Do they just not care about their reputation or the reputation of WWE 2K on PC?
I could very well imagine this game getting review bombed for the missing content which might obviously be unfair for hopefully good gameplay-wise content but is also understandable for the frustration of the PC player base and treating "us" like we just accept this conduct. And I can totally understand that PC players will voice their frustrations...

Instead of "We the Ones" I feel "We the dumbs"... No Ones up for that one Visual Concepts.

[seannova420]

i guess not even though this game about to be they're most negatively reviewed game ever on pc

[JDOGGOKUSSJ2]

引用自 ExTaZzY：

引用自 JDOGGOKUSSJ2：

theres more to this game than online

Online is one of the most important aspects of a game
Also my career is extremely mid and 2k showcase hasn't been that good since 2k16 or 19

no its not especially for this series

[Eve]

Oh PC version is stripped down? That's a no buy then. But then, 2K skims on the PC version of NBA too, so no surprise here.