Why do people enjoy this game?

[Darkability]

I undersstand why people would like the vs part of it, but the managing/booking part of it I don't get. At least TEW lets you make storylines etc.

So why do people like this?

[sailorbear510]

I don't know honestly. Some people don't care for fancy 3d graphics of games but still want their experience in the style of text so maybe it's for them?

[Perc]

Because we like MMA obviously and we'll never be Dana White.

[Darkability]

Originally posted by MDE Never Dies:

Because we like MMA obviously and we'll never be Dana White.

Yeah, but it doesnt seem like it'd be fun, so why do you enjoy the managing part? To me, It seems very shallow with not much stuff.

[Catgirl Rika]

Originally posted by Darkability:

Originally posted by MDE Never Dies:

Because we like MMA obviously and we'll never be Dana White.

Yeah, but it doesnt seem like it'd be fun, so why do you enjoy the managing part? To me, It seems very shallow with not much stuff.

I play TEW a lot more, and got into this again recently. just something clicks for me and I enjoy running my own MMA promotion (or a fan modded UFC/Bellator one)

[Marginal0]

To me it's just so much fun to watch the gameworld unfold and interact with me. Plus booking is a special style of gameplay you need to "get" to enjoy. It's pretty complex once you see the big picture. But it's obviously more fun in TEW because of the added complexity and nuances that only pro wrestling can bring to the table.

[Simu]

I always found TEW much much more difficult to get my head around. I'm not a creative type, I can't make up my own storyline for the life of me.

[Lord Rian]

Why do people enjoy this game?
=modding
pictures can be edited..
Weight divisions can be altered, how about an all-female team?
You can have anime characters battle it out
Anything you want really. they give you the database.. Its the player's own world.

Also, humour: some unexpected battles made me crack up with laughter.

[Lord Rian]

People judge games by pictures most of time and not "what is possible".
Perhaps if the game stored showed some of these pics from mods to indicate what is possible, the game would see much more publicity, appeal and growth.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1306797674

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=908254981

[Squidring Tickler]

Why do people make stupid comments on Steam?

Hi, this doesn't seem like this would be for me... so my absolutely absurd question is... why would this be for anyone else? I mean, it's not for me... and clearly I am the most important person in the world, so why would anyone else like it? I don't actually own the game, and of the thousands of other games I don't own on Steam, I chose to come to this forum and show people how utterly stupid I am. Thank you for your time.

Love,
The future of the human population.

Do me a favor bud... google "Here's your sign"

P.S. I'm not the one who necro'd. Dont blame me. ;)

[Darkability]

Ah, the 1996 debut comedy album of Bill Engvall, thank you for showing me that, I'll listen to it soon. Also, I know you're probs a troll, but it's still fun talking to one, so i'll respond.

I think it's perfectly reasonable to ask what makes a game good and why people like it... because maybe if I could focus on that aspect I would enjoy the game more... which is what happened, I bought WMMA 5 because of the comments on here... and I liked it. Also, the reason I was asking the question was to find out if it was for me, which it turns out, it was.

Love,
A guy on the internet.

Do me a favor bud... google "Donna's Daughter"

P.S If you want to trade any more debut comedy albums, feel free to ask, I've been trying to get some new ones and that Bill Engvall one you showed is going to be really useful the next time I go on holiday, so thank you, you've been a massive help.

[circumnavigator2]

I get the question. The main reason I like the management and booking aspects of WMMA and TEW are as follows. I like to organize. I like using different stats like weight class and fighting style to craft my own fight cards. I like doing that because it is an analytical experience and I consider it a logic puzzle with no correct answer and near infinite possibilities, especially if you add to the library of data by adding real world fighters, creating your own company etc.

[AlterEgo45]

I like just the matching of talent, finding new talent in the darkest reaches of nowhere, and letting that talent possibly surprise me. I'm like, alright man... let's see how you do against fighter X.. and then he'll prove himself or not. Each fighter kind of has that career story arc going that you get into, and it is better following that story when you know you can't directly control it.

It's like OOTP Baseball or Football Manager. You can sign whoever you want, but things might not go the way you expect them when the game kicks off. And it feels like the player on your team is doing those things, not you.

I like TEW as well, but it is a different form of like. There is none of the above in it. It is just building workers up. You know what the stats of your wrestlers are and you can plan out the year entirely in advance and pretty much just run it through if you like... you know what's going to happen. I can push whoever I want. You can't do what with WMMA and that's more interesting to me.

I don't see the long term enjoyment of storylines or gimmicks at all. That said I'll add that I'm more of a fan of the early 80's southern USA style brand of wrestling, the stuff Jim Cornette was and is about if you know who he is, before WWE took everything over. They had gimmicks of course but those gimmicks were very simple, and the storylines were nothing like what you'd see today. It presented itself more seriously, so it's hard for me to put myself in that chair and think of storylines and so on. When I play TEW I'll usually adjust the focus of a company towards something you'd see in an old school territorial-style fed, which is something you'd probably hate OP.

[Catgirl Rika]

I like the booking/sim aspect of it.