Gamescom Impressions for WWE 2K17

[Prinsto]

Hey guys,

currently I'm attending gamescom to checkout WWE 2K17. I upload videos in German about that, but here some things for you in English that other main stream sites might not cover. Enjoy or don't

General things from 2K presentation:

• you can start MyCareer on the Main Roster if you want to
• in backstage brawls you encounter other people than only HHH (I asked about what happens when you play backstage as HHH yourself)
• PC port directly confirmed, but coming after console versions
• no parking lot

About the demo:

• only 1 on 1 normal possible
• Styles, Owens, Rollins, Ambrose available
• only normal difficulty
• Styles Entrance is bit out of sync (as Balor) IMO
• long hair looks still crappy
• major reversals are now orange
• alternate finishers are now "Ringside Finishers" and are shown in the pause menu
• Styles ringside finisher: Catch opp like Pop Up Powerbomb, then smooth transition into Styles Clash
• Crowd fighting is pretty boring
• you can do normal grapples along the way but nothing more or I didn't see the option
• you can dive from the box
• you can only use the table in crowd area with a special move
• there are chairs and the trash can
• backstage brawls weren't possible
• split screen also in arena when players are away from each other
• when both players are outside the ring, camera changes like in SvR09 (i hated it)
• Entrance attires after breakouts are much longer obtained (felt like a minute before attire change from Ambrose)
• you can use the championship after you broke out to a champ
• you can break out AFTER the match as well and just demolish your opp
• Apron Powerbomb works with R1 + Triangle
• saw a skill for a powerbomb onto a ladder in the menu
• huge fps drops while running towards stage (felt like 15 fps at certain moments)

My interview with Bryce Yang will be released 4pm German time. It will give clarification about the highlight system and we also talk about the number of 150 concerning the roster.

If you understand German, feel free to contribute subtitles to my gamescom vids: http://youtube.com/DerFranzZockt

Edited August 22, 2016 by Prinsto

[Ticaliano]

Awesome post.

I thought the Balor entrance looked off in terms of timing and animations. I called attention to this in another thread.

The inclusion of post-match breakouts could be a lot of fun depending on how much freedom you're given and how long it lasts. 

Lastly, I was hoping they might surprise us this year with a simultaneous release across all of the announced platforms, but I guess that was always wishful thinking on my part. Oh well.

Thanks for sharing, @Prinsto.

[the blur]

Ugh, the bad news begins.

[AgeofSandow]

by alternate finishers, do you mean a third finisher spot, or does that now mean only one real finisher?

[jbl328]

Well, I'm happy to know that breakouts are still there with some new additions despite all the cons & pros in this demo

[Brick]

by alternate finishers, do you mean a third finisher spot, or does that now mean only one real finisher?

2 ringside finishers and signatures for a total of 4 finishers / signatures

[HitNic]

 

by alternate finishers, do you mean a third finisher spot, or does that now mean only one real finisher?

yes ... he means the 3rd finisher (when wrestler is outside of ring) (saw his post on youtube ) and by R1 + triangle he means the omg pop up powerbomb to apron (and all omg moments in general)

[gamingfan]

 

by alternate finishers, do you mean a third finisher spot, or does that now mean only one real finisher?

 

yes ... he means the 3rd finisher (when wrestler is outside of ring) (saw his post on youtube ) and by R1 + triangle he means the omg pop up powerbomb to apron (and all omg moments in general)

Did he say anything about number of roster characters in the game?

[Apost Khan]

Thanks for getting concrete confirmation of the PC port for us!

[Ollie™]

thank you for all this information! i didn't really expect crowd fighting to be anything special so i'm not too disappointed. i'm a little disappointed abt the outside camera, i always found it hard to function with the svr '09 cameras. the prospect of after match breakouts sound exciting though!! 

[Brick]

you can turn off that camera

[cloudropis]

PC confirmed right away, good. With how expensive the DLCs are I think waiting six months to get everything under 50 bucks is MUCH more convenient, mods more than enough cover the six months delay in not making feel the game obsolete.

[the King Lives]

 

by alternate finishers, do you mean a third finisher spot, or does that now mean only one real finisher?

 

yes ... he means the 3rd finisher (when wrestler is outside of ring) (saw his post on youtube ) and by R1 + triangle he means the omg pop up powerbomb to apron (and all omg moments in general)

i'm glad they did that. maybe now sami won't be as obsessed with doing the torpedo kick over the helluva kick as he has in 2k15 and 16

you can turn off that camera

if you can turn it off that's good but i'll wait for official confirmation

[cloudropis]

 

by alternate finishers, do you mean a third finisher spot, or does that now mean only one real finisher?

 

yes ... he means the 3rd finisher (when wrestler is outside of ring) (saw his post on youtube ) and by R1 + triangle he means the omg pop up powerbomb to apron (and all omg moments in general)

i'm glad they did that. maybe now sami won't be as obsessed with doing the torpedo kick over the helluva kick as he has in 2k15 and 16

you can turn off that camera

if you can turn it off that's good but i'll wait for official confirmation

Why would you ever use the stationary Helluvakick instead of the running one fam

[the King Lives]

 

by alternate finishers, do you mean a third finisher spot, or does that now mean only one real finisher?

 

yes ... he means the 3rd finisher (when wrestler is outside of ring) (saw his post on youtube ) and by R1 + triangle he means the omg pop up powerbomb to apron (and all omg moments in general)

i'm glad they did that. maybe now sami won't be as obsessed with doing the torpedo kick over the helluva kick as he has in 2k15 and 16

you can turn off that camera

if you can turn it off that's good but i'll wait for official confirmation

Why would you ever use the stationary Helluvakick instead of the running one fam

i have both set. just so he could do either. actually not till recently i didn't realize you couldn't run with the original. i thought both were like the stinger splash lol. so yeah i just never changed it. but yeah sami gets obsessed with his torpedo ddt regardless. oh well i guess that is kind of true to TV

[tomwearsglasses]

• PC port directly confirmed, but coming after console versions

 

Thanks for this!  I'll sleep better now knowing eventually that it's coming.

 

Also - thank you for the modding tutorial video you made last year!  I had NO IDEA what I was doing before I watched it.  Now I have...some slight idea what I'm doing.

 

[Gift Of Jericho]

I will have to upgrade my PC to prepare for it.

Anyone has any idea a GTX 950 + G2030 combo would work well ? I'm currently saving for a GTX 950 and plan to upgrade my CPU later. I can't afford them all at the same time.

[tekken57]

Thanks for the info. Caught your interview on youtube with the producer of the game as well, well done.

[Auday]

I will have to upgrade my PC to prepare for it.

Anyone has any idea a GTX 950 + G2030 combo would work well ? I'm currently saving for a GTX 950 and plan to upgrade my CPU later. I can't afford them all at the same time.

Get an RX 470.

[Gift Of Jericho]

I will have to upgrade my PC to prepare for it.

Anyone has any idea a GTX 950 + G2030 combo would work well ? I'm currently saving for a GTX 950 and plan to upgrade my CPU later. I can't afford them all at the same time.

Get an RX 470.

It's a pity that an RX 470 is extremely rare to be found here.

[Auday]

I will have to upgrade my PC to prepare for it.

Anyone has any idea a GTX 950 + G2030 combo would work well ? I'm currently saving for a GTX 950 and plan to upgrade my CPU later. I can't afford them all at the same time.

Get an RX 470.

It's a pity that an RX 470 is extremely rare to be found here.

the rx cards are rare everywhere. Been trying to get my hands on an rx 480 but Newegg is always out of stock. They're not available at best buy either. I guess we have to wait.

[amMatt]

I will have to upgrade my PC to prepare for it.

Anyone has any idea a GTX 950 + G2030 combo would work well ? I'm currently saving for a GTX 950 and plan to upgrade my CPU later. I can't afford them all at the same time.

Get an RX 470.

It's a pity that an RX 470 is extremely rare to be found here.

the rx cards are rare everywhere. Been trying to get my hands on an rx 480 but Newegg is always out of stock. They're not available at best buy either. I guess we have to wait.

If you cant get your hands on a RX 470 then the 950 will do fine presumably

[Gift Of Jericho]

I will have to upgrade my PC to prepare for it.

Anyone has any idea a GTX 950 + G2030 combo would work well ? I'm currently saving for a GTX 950 and plan to upgrade my CPU later. I can't afford them all at the same time.

Get an RX 470.

It's a pity that an RX 470 is extremely rare to be found here.

the rx cards are rare everywhere. Been trying to get my hands on an rx 480 but Newegg is always out of stock. They're not available at best buy either. I guess we have to wait.

If you cant get your hands on a RX 470 then the 950 will do fine presumably

Thanks mate I'm just afraid my current G2030 won't be compatible with a GTX 950. But after some research it seems like they can get along for a while before I get rid of it too.

Edited August 19, 2016 by Gift Of Jericho

[amMatt]

I will have to upgrade my PC to prepare for it.

Anyone has any idea a GTX 950 + G2030 combo would work well ? I'm currently saving for a GTX 950 and plan to upgrade my CPU later. I can't afford them all at the same time.

Get an RX 470.

It's a pity that an RX 470 is extremely rare to be found here.

the rx cards are rare everywhere. Been trying to get my hands on an rx 480 but Newegg is always out of stock. They're not available at best buy either. I guess we have to wait.

If you cant get your hands on a RX 470 then the 950 will do fine presumably

Thanks mate I'm just afraid my current G2030 won't be compatible with a GTX 950. But after some research it seems like they can get along for a while before I get rid of it too.

It'll do but you should upgrade asap when/if you get the 950

Best of luck

[the King Lives]

Thanks for the info. Caught your interview on youtube with the producer of the game as well, well done.

i really hope itztherampage's intuition from the event comes true. he said Bryce confirmed match creator and AA on-disc. i saw the video that confirmed A Alpha on this but no mention of match creator