So Shinsuke Nakamura has almost the exact same moves as the Miz, Charlotte Flair has almost the exact same moveset as Stephanie McMahon, and Triple H has almost the exact same moves as Andre the Giant. Worse still, these moves are copied and pasted onto virtually every wrestler that falls within the same class of either Powerhouse, Brawler, All-Rounder, Technician, or High-Flyer. The movelist for every character is extraordinarily thin for a wrestling game, even an arcadey one, with each wrestler only having a small handful of basic combos and throws. Namely, any semblance of depth or complexity to its combat. The movelist for every character is extraordinarily short.This puts Battlegrounds in a unique position of being by far the most approachable wrestling game for complete newcomers in years, but it also comes with a pretty substantial sacrifice.
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To tell someone how to play, all you need to do is show them a controller and say “Here’s your punch button, here’s your kick button, this is how you throw, this is how you block, remember to press the button on screen when you get grabbed to do a reversal, and if someone tries to pin or submit you, just mash these buttons.” Done. You don’t have to worry about chain wrestling, timing-based pin minigames, cat-and-mouse submission minigames, how to set up and climb ladders in ladder matches, how to place your opponent on a table in a table match, etc. A game fun for a few hours, maybe longer with a group of friends, but that’s about it.The one thing that WWE Battlegrounds has going for it is that unlike many other wrestling games, it’s immediately intuitive. In short, Battlegrounds might be one of the better 2K WWE games in recent years, but it’s still a slug through microtransaction hell. If you can’t be bothered, and just want to play as your favorite wrestler from the moment you buy the game, then you’re going to have to open your wallet. About every four games or so I reckon you’d have enough of the in-game currency to afford the very lowest-tier wrestler. You can grind to unlock low-tier wrestlers, sure. It’s expensive, and that $40 price tag doesn’t even get you everything in the game. While this all might sound great, there is still one enormous black cloud hanging over the top of Battlegrounds. There are no weird faces, hair-clipping, and distorted character voices this time around. They’re a hard sell on wrestling games.Īnd yes, there is a campaign mode, and even though I barely scraped the surface of it I can tell you it is already better than 2k20. The game is more fun when you play with your friends, I imagine, although I had no friends to play it with.
Yes, that is a ram charging into the shot There are different game modes – the highlight being the King of the Battleground mode, a sort of weird cross-over Battle Royale mode where the last wrestler standing wins the match. Wrestlers have special moves, you might even refer to them as “superpowers”. There is little depth to the wrestler’s moves and although different classes of wrestlers have different skillsets, a lot of these are actually shared, even between iconic wrestlers.ĭespite the limitations of the gameplay mechanics, the game still feels okay to play. This is wrestling – it’s meant to be goofy and fun. Gameplay in 2K Battlegrounds is fundamentally basic, but that’s okay. Is it worth that hefty price tag? No, probably not. In comparison? Yes, Battlegrounds is more fun than 2k20. A game developer, somewhere at 2K and Saber Interactive, has made an effort with this game. Battlegrounds is more arcadey and stylized than WWE 2k20.
There’s no doubt that this game is overpriced for what it is, and the microtransaction system is clearly over-the-top.īut as a game for fans of wrestling, WWE 2K Battlegrounds at least establishes itself with a little more style, a little more “gameness”, than the last rolled-out WWE games from 2k.Ģk20 was the previous WWE game from 2K, and it pretty much flopped out of the ring and flapped around on the floor of the stadium like a dying fish.
WWE 2K Battlegrounds, like any other 2K wrestling game from the past few years, should be approached with caution.
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