[GAME REVIEW] WWE 2K17, The Game is Fighter #5
By: @faridzuhri
Hello Steemian wherever you are always healthy and remain in the protection of God Almighty. In the afternoon of this pm I will review a game to be released next month. This game is certainly very famous and famous for game lovers especially Play Station. It is WWE 2K17.
so strange, to see how the physical exercise wrestling class can be mixed in such a way, to be like an opera stage with a different atmosphere. Everyone who watches WWE 2K17 and all the sub-plays he offers knows perfectly well that everything is planned, with characterization and a pretty emotional plot. But like a soap opera, there is always an interest to see how all the tangled threads of the story end, let alone with all the intrigue that revolves around it. Unfortunately, we ourselves have started to "lose" the trajectory of how WWE 2K17 evolved after the abolition of SmackDown on one of Indonesia's private television several years ago.
Familiarity and proximity also encouraged us to finally test the game version of Playstation 4 and Xbox One this. But the fact that it was offered as the first product franchise cast 2K Sports as the latest generation game. Moreover, various previously released trailers and screenshots show visualizations that reinforce identity. Those of you who have read the previous previews of course are enough to have an idea of what kind of selling value is being offered by this latest generation gaming version. There are so many modes tested, but the gameplay mechanics offered we call it causes its own frustration.
The following we discuss features:
Latest features
Backstage Brawl
Great refraction occurs in Backstage Brawl and Falls Count Anywhere. In this game, you can move from one room to another without loading the screen. This transition happens very smoothly when you open the door or throw an opponent into a certain room. Uniquely, when entering the office of Vince McMahon or Triple H, you will find it as a cameo. Not only that, you can also do TV Finisher if it finds the television backstage.
Stairs that can be changed
You can feel the pleasure of taking a belt or suitcase using a ladder. You will find a mini-game of a circular circle consisting of 8 green bars, where you must attach the right analog right to eight bars out. Of course your fight will get resistance from the opponent who beat you from the top of the ladder or even dropped the ladder. In addition, you can now lay the ladder between the apron ring and the spectators' barricade and place your opponent on it so that you slam or knock from the top of the turnbuckle.
The Battle of the Hard
The old performance re-implemented in this series is Crowd Fighting. You can enter the audience through the barricade and fight there. The area you can enter is wider than the previous series.
Off-Stage Area
Toughness when fighting in a crowd fighting, you can also fight on the side of the stage near the entrance, even do a stepping motion from the stage.
Roll Out Recovery
If at that time you will suffer considerable damage such as falling off the ladder, your character will automatically roll over from the ring to restore his condition.
3 Managers
At this time you can bring three managers at once one Superstar in one game. So Bray Wyatt can bring all the Wyatt family members and a team of four people at once.
The victory is solved
If in the previous entry, you can only go out in one game, this time you can also do Break Out while celebrating.
Secondary Submission System
You will be shown and must choose two Submission System options in this game. The first system uses the right analog as in WWE 2K17. While the second system is similar to the classic way in the previous series, by mashing the button on the four action buttons.
The Referee's Decision
New features are implemented this year. Before starting the game, you can choose one of ten types of referees available, although some face similar and just different uniforms.
Update Taunts
You will certainly be able to make a mockery when you're in a turnbuckle corner or when you're standing on a turnbuckle rope.
My achievements
Stay the same as the previous version, you will create one of your creations characters to be the next star on WWE. You will begin the creation of your character with minimal attributes, then you will practice to improve your skills. In addition to the grappling skills, you will also practice bringing promos with the options dialog available to determine if your character is liked or hated by the audience. However, this time there is one shortcut option to become a star, that is by becoming "Paul Heyman Guy". By becoming Paul Heyman Guy, you have to solve the crazy challenges of Paul Heyman.
Creation Suite
This one feature comes with more complex customization options than before. The features that come back include Superstar, Move Set, Entrance, Championship, Show and Arena. This year, 2K adds two options in Creation Suite, Create-a-Video and Create-a-Victory.
WWE 2K17 Universe
If you are in My Career mode, you are acting as a Superstar, as in WWE 2K17 Universe mode. In this mode, you will be in full control of everything such as performances, promos. competition, lists, matches, titles, crowd reactions and other attributes. You can also engage in special stories from Royal Rumble, Survivor Series or even challenge the Undertaker at WrestleMania. The biggest change in Universe Mode now has three slots for storing game data from this mode. One of the new features introduced in WWE 2K17 Universe mode is Promo Engine. With Promo Engine, you can enter promos / stories at one show at intervals to make the competition heats up.
Create Video
Given the sophistication of this feature, you can create a single video titantron and Highlight Reel with a variety of options available. You can set cutscene, logo, transition to filter your creation videos. Once saved, the video can be used as the entrance to Superstar video.
Create a Victory
So very exactly the Create-an-Entrance, where you can manage how to celebrate Superstar and Divas wins with 4 different conditions: Motion Face, Motion Heel, Title Motion Face and Title Motion Heel. In addition, you can set the titantron and music video to be played during the Superstar / Divas celebration. This feature is not very deep because you can only replace it with the options that have been available.
PRESENTATION
AUDIO
A container for sound resentation in this game is divided into four, namely Commentary, Entrance Music, Voice Acting and Soundtrack. From the side of the comment, it's still a routine problem every year because comments from the mouth of trio Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and JBL still sound monotonous. We think 2K and Yuke must learn from EA Sports on this matter so that the game atmosphere feels more like the original show. One positive value we found was the voice of Lilian Garcia who mentioned the name of the character you selected during the screen character selection. From the Music Entrance side, almost all Superstars, Divas and Legends perform very well without any significant complaints. From the Voice Acting side, you will lose the sound of your Superstars creation in My Career mode. Voice masts in this mode are replaced with the Promo feature with dialog selections. Few characters are involved in My Own Career who has a voiceover.
VISUAL
When the start of the game, you will be presented with the opening of a unique WWE 2K17 video that will certainly be unusual for WWE 2K17 fans. As you enter the main menu screen, you will see major changes to the menu view. WWE 2K17 leaves the menu tiles used on 2K16 and uses a very minimalist look. The menu is only presented in a text box. No more Superstar and Divas photos that decorate every available menu item. However, behind the menu, you will find some Superstars and Divas that will ride to entertain you. Continue to the character selection screen, you will see the difference from the previous series. If last year you will see original photos of Superstars and Divas, this year Yuke again presents the latest 3D character models applied to WWE Smackdown vs. RAW 2011, when the WWE game franchise license is still held by THQ. This certainly reduces the satisfaction level of WWE fans. For character models, some Superstars look to have better detail and are very similar to the original ones such as Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Enzo Amore, AJ Styles and others. However, some of the lower names are actually very bad and invite strong protests from WWE fans, one of which is Brooke Fund. Dana Brooke is considered to have the worst character model in this series. Even some characters like Vince McMahon and Stephanie McMahon, are seen using old rendering and are not fixed on this series. From the NPC side like Michael Cole, Jerry "The King" Lawler and JBL, still look stiff behind the commentator's desk. While in the audience, there is a visual improvement though minimal. For the presentation of the arena, almost all arenas look very good and original as the original. Only the logos in this game are outdated, because now RAW and SmackDown Live already have a new post-draft logo in July. Overall, the graphics in this game are quite outdated in this generation, but still worth playing.
ASSESSMENT
In this year will definitely slightly reduce the appeal of this game. But, 2K manages to inject some of the new features we've described above to add your game time. With a list of over 135 characters, it certainly can keep you long enough to play this game if you want to taste all the characters. In addition, you can create the next WWE 2K17 star in My Career mode and train it to its peak. Then there is the WWE Universe mode, where you hold the full power of the General Manager and manage all aspects of weekly WWE events through monthly PPV. A large number of unlockables that you can buy using Virtual Cash (VC), of course, force you to continue playing this game in various modes, to earn virtual money. With all the features that exist in this game, simply keep you busy within the next year.
CONSCLUTIONS
When the disappearance of a Showcase mode will be a 2K backward step in the WWE 2K17 franchise, though there will be a Showcase mode of post paid paid release content. Initially 2K planned to present a Showcase mode centered on Brock Lesnar, but due to the issue of Superstars licenses involved in the story, 2K finally canceled its intentions. However, 2K and Yuke do not remain silent with this flaw. They quickly fixed the core gameplay and added many new features to satisfy WWE fans worldwide. Hundreds of Superstars and Divas options can certainly attract more fans from different eras. Expansion from the Creation Suite enriches customization options that allow you to create indefinitely. Finally, we urge you not to replicate the scenes performed on real WWE shows and games. Because all scenes are only done by professionals and do not rule out the injuries caused by the action.
In our clear vision, he looks very real. That the struggle of a great man with a character that is no different from the concept of superhero / villain turned out to be an interesting drama that makes us can not just turn away. The same concept that made it finally become a video game that is quite interesting in the past. Being popular as the Playstation craze the passion in Indonesia, changing the platform generation, and performing more realistically through the fantastic visual enhancements of today, WWE 2K17 strives to survive. After the release of the console in 2016 ago, the latest series - WWE 2K17 finally ready to enter the PC.
A foundation and process of a WWE 2K17 port to the PC is quite anticipated, considering the same process also occurs in the previous series. Through an official post, 2K throws the official release date for this PC version, as well as shares more details on various versions of Standard Edition and Deluxe Edition, both offered at different price levels. Good news? All DLCs released for console versions will also be available to PC gamers on the first day of release. Interested? It's time to check your PC specifications:
Specifications of a PC for the game WWE 2K17:
Minimum Requirements:
OS: 64-bit: Windows® 7 (latest version)
Graphics: GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon HD 7770
Processor: Intel Core i5-3550 / AMD FX 8150
Memory: 4 GB RAM
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 50 GB available
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Additional Notes: DDR memory at least 2 GB
Highly prioritized requirements:
OS: 64-bit: Windows® 7, Windows® 8 (8.1) and also on Windows® 10 (latest feature)
Processor: Intel Core i7 3770 / AMD FX-8350
Graphics: GPU Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 770 / AMD GPU Radeon R9 290
Memory: 8 GB RAM
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 50 GB available
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Developer: Yuke's
Platform: Microsoft Windows
Visual Concepts
Publisher: 2K Sports
Series: WWE 2K
Playstation 3
Playstation 4
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Xbox 360
Xbox one
NA: October 11, 2016
AU: October 11, 2016
EU: October 11, 2016
JP: March 9, 2017
WW: February 7, 2017
JP: March 9, 2017
Genre: Sports
Mode: Single-player, multiplayer
Written by: @faridzuhri
Aceh, Indonesia, 30 January, 2018
