chazraps
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Post by chazraps on Feb 27, 2022 19:26:36 GMT -5
With the new game around the corner, I decided to finish the story mode from the last game.
Were there any chances for alternative endings? That finish after the Mania match was super abrupt with absolutely no falling action. I can't think of another game where the story mode's last three chapters were each the shortest in the whole game.
That said, while some of it really hasn't aged well (Velveteen Dream at the Hall of Fame in particular) it was better in a lot of parts than I expected. It got suuuuper dark too, which was treated in a tone I wasn't expecting either.
I'm glad they had the actual talent who liked video games involved as characters, they really made a lot of it much more compelling with their enthusiasm.
What are your memories/thoughts about the story mode?
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 28, 2022 0:16:42 GMT -5
nope, the game is super linear.
Also with random Samoa Joe's cyborg arm! >_>
I played through the story a few times... my biggest issues was I found the main characters to be SUPER unlikable.
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Post by Andee9001 on Feb 28, 2022 0:59:41 GMT -5
I played the first few chapters, realised i hated both main characters and then never played it again.
Watched a few highlights later on and it looked random as hell. Sin Caras trampoline botch, President Rock, Samoa Joes robot arm, a fight with The Miz in greenscreen outfits. The most random thing seemed to be a subplot involving Trays adoptive parents. Like come on it's a bloody wrestling game not a Lifetime original film.
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Post by BJ Sturgeon on Feb 28, 2022 2:36:18 GMT -5
As unlikable as the protagonists were, the villain was absolutely horrible. And her comeuppance? Losing at WrestleMania. If I remember correctly.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 28, 2022 2:49:14 GMT -5
Was this the game where one of the heroes threatened to sabotage someone’s grandma’s nurse call button so she’d get bed sores?
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Feb 28, 2022 3:26:15 GMT -5
Was this the game where one of the heroes threatened to sabotage someone’s grandma’s nurse call button so she’d get bed sores? Yes. |
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Chiral
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Post by Chiral on Feb 28, 2022 3:33:38 GMT -5
I like the base idea of Red and Tre, two fans dreaming of going into WWE together; I think there's a fun story mode that could be made from that. But then the actual game starts and...yeah.
Red and Tre being how they are is especially weird after how great Buzz and Cole Quinn were in 2K19.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 28, 2022 3:52:21 GMT -5
I like the base idea of Red and Tre, two fans dreaming of going into WWE together; I think there's a fun story mode that could be made from that. But then the actual game starts and...yeah. Red and Tre being how they are is especially weird after how great Buzz and Cole Quinn were in 2K19. Yeah, Tre someone that might be too stupid to live... and Red the overly aggressive psychopath! |
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Post by Dan Royal on Feb 28, 2022 9:12:02 GMT -5
When I first played, I made my female character with red hair. So when they started calling her "red", I was like "Wow this is amazing, this game detects the color of your hair and bases your nickname on that". Then I realized they call you "Red' no matter what.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Feb 28, 2022 9:14:10 GMT -5
I played a few hours of it but the cut scenes were unbearable. I miss the old days where you could select between 5 wrestlers and they each had a unique story mode. I hate the newer 2K way of doing things.
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Post by thehottag on Feb 28, 2022 9:28:31 GMT -5
I don't think I've played a WWE story mode since Smackdown vs Raw 2006, so reading about cyborg arms & elderley bedsores is giving me a serious case of WTF
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Feb 28, 2022 10:59:28 GMT -5
I did love the absurd things they introduced like literally fighting Undertaker in hell, cyborg arm Samoa Joe, and fighting a guy in a big rib costume.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 28, 2022 13:28:30 GMT -5
I did love the absurd things they introduced like literally fighting Undertaker in hell, cyborg arm Samoa Joe, and fighting a guy in a big rib costume. Papa Shango cursing you which leads you to the path to hell as well >_> |
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Post by Hurbster on Mar 1, 2022 6:18:32 GMT -5
It wasn't great. What was the thinking about making them so unlikable?
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Mar 1, 2022 6:57:01 GMT -5
I'm still convinced one of the WWE writers did the story because it has their fingerprints all over it.
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Post by sarkerpolseng on Mar 1, 2022 10:21:34 GMT -5
Velveteen Dream is in the Hall of Fame in this game?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Mar 1, 2022 10:41:36 GMT -5
I am absolutely shocked the game didn't have Red/Tre in a romance storyline with each other resulting in an in ring wedding
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Mar 1, 2022 11:13:21 GMT -5
Velveteen Dream is in the Hall of Fame in this game? They probably focus on him in the scene at the Hof... Idk I'm as lost as anyone |
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Post by eJm on Mar 1, 2022 11:17:20 GMT -5
I'm still convinced one of the WWE writers did the story because it has their fingerprints all over it. You say that but a lot of the 2K sports games have some weird protagonists. |
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Mar 1, 2022 12:30:53 GMT -5
I don't like that they weren't in love.
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