Expanded Gameplay - Chain Wrestling

[Zeokage]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Steam Store Page:

Additional features include the return of chain wrestling...

Oprindeligt skrevet af Ringside Report:

We had been hearing from many of our fans that there was a desire for Chain Wrestling to return to the WWE 2K franchise and we’re happy to announce it is indeed back!

For the uninitiated, Chain Wrestling is a test of technical skill that often occurs at the start of 1v1 matches, with competitors trading holds back-and-forth to inflict damage and prove who is the most proficient wrestler. In WWE 2K25, wrestlers start the match with a Chain Wrestling buff which will trigger this mechanic from a Grapple.

The Chain Wrestling mini-game has been updated to provide more control. Each player will select the action they want to perform, such as Switch to a new hold, Wrench in the current hold, or Drive to the ropes. Then, a hotspot mini-game determines who will win the hold and perform their selected action.

Chain Wrestling won't occur in non-standard match types, or in matches involving the new "Giant" archetype. It can also be customized in the Gameplay Settings.

It’s a highly-requested addition to the gameplay experience that adds to the realism and authenticity of a WWE match.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2878960/eventcomments/600769761663590479/

There are other threads about the other gameplay changes, so please keep this thread about this topic. :)

[Hell sperm]

Please,Give me a Chain wrestling

pls bro

[neilencio]

This. So much.

Ever since they removed chain wrestling and rest hold mechanics in 2K20, the series started slowly devolving into a 3D fighting game with wrestling moves, as opposed to being a proper wrestling simulator.

[Legendary Mr. Tiddles]

I'll need an example of how this works! Anyone? Pretty please?

[Zeokage]

Oprindeligt skrevet af ReverseLegSweep:

Here's how it looked when in the series previously: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSKINyuIONo

No-one knows if it'll be exactly like that yet.

[neilencio]

Holy crap, that's it. Day one purchase for me. I don't care about not having that island thing. I want the game now.

[Legendary Mr. Tiddles]

That's a game changer, right there.

[Zeokage]

More clarification in the recent Ringside Report! The info and source is in the opening post.

[.Master Jiren, The Strongest]

im surprised people wanted this. this was the one feature i couldnt figure out back then. lost every time, the circle would fill up instantly and i'd still lose. i just had no idea what was going on so i avoided grapples. hopefully a tutorial will go into more depth because i clearly need to be hand held this time around. *if I buy it*

[Legendary Mr. Tiddles]

Oprindeligt skrevet af .Master Jiren, The Strongest:

im surprised people wanted this. this was the one feature i couldnt figure out back then. lost every time, the circle would fill up instantly and i'd still lose. i just had no idea what was going on so i avoided grapples. hopefully a tutorial will go into more depth because i clearly need to be hand held this time around. *if I buy it*

I couldn't figure out the first thing about the control scheme my first time here. I barely got past the first tutorial fight in that year's MyRise and I never touched anything that required my input in an active context again for the rest of the game's lifetime. I was there for CAWs and AI fights.

The following year though I somehow became aware that the new MyRise story was awesome and I decided to learn, and now I'm as awesome at the game as MyRise was to me.

That first year though had a significant impact on my lifestyle. I stopped obsessing over getting up before sunrise and paying crazy money for a gym subscription and started doing my workouts at home, for free, in front of my personal, homebrew, full-custom sports entertainment pretend-broadcasts.

Working out on their own terms is how real, healthy, manly men and women have stayed in shape since the concept of workouts was invented. This newfangled subcription-based and peer-pressure-enforced system is just suboptimal, at best. It's not natural, is what it is. Better to stay fit from day 1 of your life running from wolves and chasing deer. It worked for Reigns, therefore it has and will work for all of mankind.

I'm definitely paying LOTS of attention to that chain wrestling tutorial though. Better throw that right in your players' haggard faces right off the bat, 2K, if you have any idea how to make any kind of software or software-adjacent products work in an at least halfway functional manner.

[DANIEL RAIN]

Wow... what a feature... soo lazy... WWE 2K19 had it and there was nothing technical about it, no real skills involved whatsoever.