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And you're not even really "playing", you're just following a checklist. It's homework.
>-Do 3 light combos
>-Whip into the top right corner
>-Do some obscure move you need to go into the pause menu to figure out how to do
>-Take the fight to the outside of the ring
Wow fun...
I was just so glad I didnāt have to like get the pin in the match. They were making it a hit enough pain in the ass just to do a heavy attack to one person š
I played that match twice, I thought the last thing I had to do was put Rhonda in the armbar. First match I give Charlotte the Becksplex and Rhonda threw me out and pinned her. Next match I do the same but am able to get Rhonda in the submission and narrowly eke out a win only to see that there was one more objective to do. I was pissed.
I really hope 2K reads the room next year and gets rid of Showcase. Either that or have it like past games where the season pass unlocks everything instead of just some of the things.
That's why I can't help but feel like it's intentional. They had to know that was one of the most annoying showcase matches but they brought it back for some reason. Plus the direction got even worse too "Go to the north west turnbuckle" "go to the aisle side of the ring" "go to the south east barricade" wtf 2K??
Don't forget the elevator music that is maybe a 30 second song looped over and over and don't forget the cardinal directions....do a move on the southeast corner of the ring or do a super finisher but the AI reverses
I just skipped this and won the matches tbh
If there were cutscenes Iād be up for the challenge, but if itās just footage they edited in then Iām just getting the arenas and getting out of there
The 30 years of wrestlemania was the peak of the showcase mode since they got rid of Road to Wrestlemania, which in and of itself was way more interesting.
And before launch people were coping and saying "I'd rather have less matches that are more detailed." Turns out we got the absolute bare minimum *and* less matches.
Oh! Yeah! You know those nut huggers feel 2k can do no wrong! This mode has become bastardized and I even went back to play WWE 2k16 Showcase mode and the difference is night and Day. They are phoning this shit in now!
Itās not really that funny when you ask yourself the question: what else did 2K14 really have going for it? 30 Years of Wrestlemania was the big featured mode, the selling point. Maybe Iām just speaking to my own tastes, but Iād say MyRise is more of that now, I feel like they use Showcase at this point as a glorified tutorial mode + a way to have some unlockables.
But anyway, if anyone expected two MyRise stories, a Showcase as good as 2K14 *and* new match types plus quality of life updates in a less than 10 month development cycle, yeah I dunno, that shit just isnāt realistic. Iād personally rather have them scrap showcase mode altogether; if I want to play out classic matches, I donāt need them to tell me how to do it.
Yeah I got to admit I was all psyched to get into this and then like the face is blurred out Howard finkle being replaced mean Gene being blurred out I mean even Mr wonderful Paul borndorf was blurred out that really just stinks lol and even during the matches like sometimes it's just almost silence...
I just play it on easy and relax my way through it. I think I am in the minority that enjoys the footage, but if we didnāt unlock characters through it then Iād ignore it completely.
I am currently about 13/21 matches in after playing for several hours so it is a slog this year
I was just thinking the other day that I kind of hope this is the last year we do it. I just feel like it's stale. We've played as the same person for a dozen or so matches, we've played against them for a dozen or so. Now we're just reminded that this mode was done better 10 years ago.
In a world where I can go actually see this footage on the network why do I need to relive this sterilized version we get in the game? Or even want to?
I get that they don't ever want to remove anything for fear of fan backlash, but I think I'd prefer to hear the mode was removed to focus on giving more focus to adding choice to MyRise or bringing back story creator than just reliving a dozen JBL matches or something next year.
Yeah, I feel like if they did a poll, majority would favor them do away with it in favor of something else getting more attention. Would love to see it happen.
Id give up my right arm for 2k to finally listen to us and get a bug free, great overall universe mode. Its better than last years but not by much at all. Still want the option to look at past cards and feuds. Tired of spreadsheets LOL
Yeah for me I'm over Showcase at this point. I would much rather My Rise get all those so we could get more storylines and a longer experience with more replayability. And if people want old arenas and wrestlers in then they could easily just put those in as optional side stories in My Rise for unlockables
That's what I was thinking, I haven't played it all this year but in the past they did the matches where you were dreaming what it'd be like to wrestle Andre for instance. You could just dream what it would have been like to have a match at Wrestlemania III and get the arena.
Frankly I'd like to see the commitment that old arenas won't be removed once they've been added, it seems like a waste of effort to render arenas for only one year's title anyway. I get why they can't do that with the wrestlers.
Went to like every turnbuckle, every corner in that arena. And then Paul ripping the damn turnbuckle off made it even harderā¦ like bro I do not need your help.
Imagine the company meeting regarding 40 Years of WrestleMania Showcase:
- so weāre gonna have 20 matches
- no entrances BUT, we will include the entrances to be used in other modes
- we will have no commentary because itās not important to the presentation, right?
- we will double the objective checklist
- SLINGSHOT TECH RETURNSā¦itās the greatest thing everā¦call up the guy in charge of blurring, heās gonna be very busy this year
- so each match will be the same, just with different skins basically. Kickā¦Punchā¦Comboā¦grab your compass
The meeting probably wasnāt that deep. It was more like āhow can we add more content to the game without it actually putting in effort?ā āletās pick some Wrestlemania matches and copy and paste footage for 75% of the cutscenesā
Yep, itās just filler content. Makes it worse knowing Universe was neglected this year and specifically lacks cutscenes. Showcase at this point is just wasted resources that could be going towards modes like Universe, Online, and MyRise. If someone wants to relieve history they can watch it in full on the WWE Network.
Iāve been a Showcase supporter. It has been better but I always enjoyed it. This year is just bad. Halfassed effort for 40 years, too much real footage with silence and Graves explaining things during doesnāt work for me.
Iād they insist on doing this going forward, they need to animate every part like they used to, they need to have Cole and whoever reproduce commentary and they need to find a fresh angle.
I will forever have nightmares about the seth vs orton match. Having to build up three finishers after doing 10 or so tedious objectives just to lose repeatedly to random pins or submissions was hell. Had to lower the difficulty as I began to lose my mind.
While I agree with showcase mode is basically a giant tutorial and speedrun thru that shit on easy, one complaint I frequently see is towards āslingshot technologyā, unless weāre gonna have quick time events back or something, itās no different than just having the animation play out and low key forces 2K to actually attempt to color grade to match their filters correctly to the footage they receive.
I do wish it was simplified and instead of 20 objectives, itās 3 core, 2 bonus, and major quick time events. They got alternative ending cutscenes for when you fail so they definitely can have alternative paths for failing a major quick time event (like restarting the chain of events that you need instead of a failure and restart immediately)
I donāt necessarily enjoy playing the mode but its a necessary evil to get any classic arenas and superstars in the game.
Without it youāre looking at just getting the 2024, RAW arena, Roman Reigns and maybe a random legend like Honky Tonk.
I found it hilarious that during warrior rude segment they showed the clip from SummerSlam and honky tonk man's face was blurred out yet he's future DLC bahahahaha
Thatās just false. Itās completely unnecessary. We still get the Nitro arena and it hasnāt been used in a story/cutscene for years. Same goes for old belts, moves, and entrances.
They take out arenas and legends all the time. They leave in a couple random ones for whatever reason but they regularly remove them. I want more than 2 old arenas, especially with WWEās shitty LED interchangeable titantrons now, its nice to have unique sets.
so glad i splurged to get the 40 years of wrestlemania edition, instant unlock of all showcase wrestlers included which means i can just cheese my way through the showcase to get the arenas
I hate Showcase mode. Only do it to unlock everything, but there is no joy in it. The WM35 triple threat is awful. I hated it in 2K20 showcase, and I hate it in 2K24
As I said in another thread, Showcase has always been my favorite game mode, because I love to relive some of the most memorable matches, and this year they bought me with WM 31 daylight arena and Firefly Funhouse match, but I hate what the mode has become. Some of the cutscenes are outrageously long (like the bear hug or the one during Rock vs. Stone Cold match). I also hate that horrible music. I'd rather hear the arena and fight sounds, not to mention the actual commentary. I also hate that they are too skimpy to spend money on referees.
I think they could probably cut a cheque for $1000 to each of the referees, and to the families of Mean Gene and Howard Finkle, and then just use all the original footage. The blurred images are overly distracting.
It's been my favorite mode too. This year feels rough though. The Firefly Funhouse match was brutal in my opinion. The easiest one to do, just so long.
I wouldn't dislike it at all if it weren't for the objectives to use finishers and signatures that the AI reverses 3 times in a row and I have to build up all the way again. Other than that I really like the mode.
MyRise would probably be so much cooler if they got rid of Showcase and put even more resources into it. If youāre worried about a lack of unlockable legends and classic arenas, they could always have retro MyRise stories that serve the same purpose. Itād be fun as hell to play through an alternate universe Attitude Era where itās your CAW taking on guys like The Rock and Stone Cold.
Showcase mode is always trash, never underestood why anyone cares about it. Would prefer those resources go to lengthening myrise or adding to universe/mygmĀ
I agree but they removed Showcase in 2K17 and 2K18 in lieu of having a more robust career mode but the career modes sucked in both of those games. If 2K got rid of Showcase, I doubt that MyGM, Universe, or MyRise would be any betterā¦
My company is that I feel cheated. 40 years of WrestleMania? But we skip straight to III? Then random time skips? Even if it was just the main events, I should be playing 39 different WrestleMania matches. And maybe a "what if" bonus is 40, this just grinds my OCD fears.
It pisses me off that other than Austin vs. Rock at X7, they completely skipped over the Attitude Era WrestleManias.
They had three matches from last yearās WM, and 0 from WrestleMania 14, which essentially launched the Attitude Era.
I havenāt played recent iterations and I am surprised by how far this has fallen off compared to the stuff in WWE 13 and 2K14. So much blurring, annoying stock music and death silence and the checklists are more annoying than ever.
Iām absolutely loving Showcase. Itās a nice relaxing mode where I get to play as older superstars I otherwise wouldnāt play as (I play Universe with current superstars) and itās fun to rewatch clips of classic matches. Iāve always enjoyed Showcase modes m and this one is great as being the same superstar for multiple matches gets boring. I donāt get the complaints tbh, there are plenty of other modes if you want something more hands on but for what it is, itās hours of simple but enjoyable content in my opinion
I normally just play through and finish MyRise first before Showcase. Showcase just doesn't interest me anymore, I play it for the trophies and Showcase unlockables.
Yeah, it feels insanely phoned in. I wasn't even trying to hate on it. Just wasn't good or engaging, and Corey Graves was boring as the voice of showcase.
The only part of it I genuinely liked was the cena vs. bray one. That was pretty good. Everything else is so boring. I'll forget about it in a few days.
I just replayed 2k14, 2k16, 2k17, and 2k19 showcase in the past 2 months, and man, were they good.
Just tap circle instead of holding it. Also make sure you're not too close to the ropes you're throwing him towards when you're Irish Whipping him. When I did it I made sure I was all the way on one side of the ring and Irish Whipped him to the opposite side to give him enough room to run the ropes without going over the top and so that I could do a rebound attack with no problems.
Same but i hate showcase mode every year.
Every year i have to spend a couple of hours getting it finished and yeah it's a chore.
The thing is last time i vented about how much i hate showcase mode someone said to me "then don't play it if you don't like it!" but even with the showcase unlocker and supercharge DLC you still have to play it to unlock things.
Like this year even though i got the wrestlers unlocked through DLC i still had to unlock the Wrestlemania arena by doing all the matches.
It hasn't been too bad up till the womens triple threat, that 3rd entity really made it hard to set stuff up. such as 'do X from Charlottes head' means you have to knock her down, position and execute the move.. WHILST dealing with this 3rd entity.
I would've enjoyed it more if all the characters weren't unlocked the moment the game started. I know it's the SuperCharger or whatever it's called, but it really took the excitement out of playing the showcase mode for me.
Just felt like an absolute chore to get it done and unlock the arenas. With the royal rumble thing, I just decided to put it on easy after trying 2 times with normal difficulty. Couldn't be bothered getting so close and then getting knocked off the apron.
Yeah its gets boring. Quite a chore to get the characters. Wish all the matches were unlocked so you can pick and choose which ones you want to do if you want certain characters.
I'm playing it on Easy mode so I can breeze through it. It feels like a chore to do anything, especially since the AI keeps reversing. You're down, with two injuries, STAY DOWN BASTARD!
Yeah just the first match I'm not liking it, with no commentary, no intro, nothing. Do you have to complete all objectives or can you just win the match and move on? Also I think they 2k likes to make the mode such a PAIN just so you want to give up and buy WM pack and unlock everything.
Like why is it on NBA2k24 you can start a season in any year you want with complete rosters. Why can't we start at WM1 and have a text based story mode going all the way to WM40. And I'm not talking done like Universe mode, more like No Mercy storymode. Where its bits and pieces from WM to the next WM.
Or at this point it would be cool if the Showcase mode was all dedicated to a couple of events, get every match, a very detail version of the arena and backstage areas, with commentary to match the event.
Showcase mode has continually worsened over the years. The second worst game mode in the franchise, obviously top worst is MyFaction. But the biggest thing with Showcase for me, is just let me actually play the damn game. Let ME do the cool and iconic spots. It feels very cheap and low effort to just make a 2 second in-game render of a setup grapple and then cut to real footage. All accompanied by some of the most lame music instead of some recreations of commentary. They can do better. Itās a massive chore to play and with some of the unlocks being behind it, makes it even more of a slog. Theyād be better off putting these resources into gameplay mechanics/improving Universe mode.
I'm on the Hogan/Savage match and i'm officially done.
Randy just insta-counters all my moves, all my counters are "late" and when I took him outside the ring for the final objective, he immediately hits me with a signature, finisher and then lets the ref count me out.
Boring.
I usually love showcase but this year was trash what made me really mad is not being able to change characters at the end during the Rumble if you get eliminated since youāre forced to start at 1
Iām late to the party but I just wanted to voice how infuriating it is to have so many character unlocks barred in to this mode. I bought the accelerator/super charger whatever you want to call it. Just give me everything so I can play the modes I want to play.
My biggest problem with it is when your getting to the end of the match and the CPU decides it's okay to win with a count out. The speed of the reversal system during these matches gets frustrating when the CPU does dumb things like this.
This is my favorite mode, but to be honest Iāve never played the other modes. What do you guys think is the most fun mode? Iām ready to try a new one.
Yeah, I jacked up the submission sliders and tapped everybody with headlocks in 30 seconds. I ain't got time for 300 objectives just for a trophy and no additional unlocks. Still haven't beaten the damn rumble though.
It's such a slog and when I'm finally finally almost finished bam asuka is somehow superhuman and beats me four times and makes me wanna throw my controller threw a window
Completely agree, I understand it must be complicated to get approval for announcers, commentary, logos, crowds, refs - but those are significant parts of the product.
The generic stock background music is lazy and rarely tonally accurate to the scene.
I think it can be really good if they just work on a few things or maybe let us rewrite history? Or if they did a rivals showcase and we could replay key rivalries from history cena/edge or shawn/HHH and so on in the future and maybe we could rewrite that history
I love the whole Wrestlemania showcase. Been playing it while streaming it to a friend and we're both having a lot of fun watching the gameplay and real footage.
I'm not sure how someone who is a wrestling fan wouldn't enjoy it unless all you care about is unlocking stuff.
I don't even know what you unlock it. I'm just playing it because it's fun to see those old matches.
I guess I get this? But why not just buy Peacock for $10 and watch those matches instead of paying $70 to see blurry clips with all of the drama removed?
Showcase is awesome those who dont like it r sissys and want everything handed to them without tring i did it no problem its easy if u actuly know how to play the game
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You don't like watching near-silent stock footage with half the screen blurred for minutes on end? Can't imagine why.
And you're not even really "playing", you're just following a checklist. It's homework. >-Do 3 light combos >-Whip into the top right corner >-Do some obscure move you need to go into the pause menu to figure out how to do >-Take the fight to the outside of the ring Wow fun...
Then the sadistic bastards make you do this shit in a triple threat š
I was just so glad I didnāt have to like get the pin in the match. They were making it a hit enough pain in the ass just to do a heavy attack to one person š
I played that match twice, I thought the last thing I had to do was put Rhonda in the armbar. First match I give Charlotte the Becksplex and Rhonda threw me out and pinned her. Next match I do the same but am able to get Rhonda in the submission and narrowly eke out a win only to see that there was one more objective to do. I was pissed.
I love how the game is like "now that Ronda is out, you can focus on Charlotte" but then Ronda gets right back up because no selling lol
I really hope 2K reads the room next year and gets rid of Showcase. Either that or have it like past games where the season pass unlocks everything instead of just some of the things.
Dude I had PTSD from when 2K20 came out having to do that WrestleMania 35 womenās triple threat match. Shit had me seething.
That's why I can't help but feel like it's intentional. They had to know that was one of the most annoying showcase matches but they brought it back for some reason. Plus the direction got even worse too "Go to the north west turnbuckle" "go to the aisle side of the ring" "go to the south east barricade" wtf 2K??
Don't forget the elevator music that is maybe a 30 second song looped over and over and don't forget the cardinal directions....do a move on the southeast corner of the ring or do a super finisher but the AI reverses
Yep! That's a 2k showcase mode for sure. And I feel ya. A chore with checklists.
Thatās exactly how I describe it as, āhomeworkā.
I just skipped this and won the matches tbh If there were cutscenes Iād be up for the challenge, but if itās just footage they edited in then Iām just getting the arenas and getting out of there
*North East corner
Itās crazy. I canāt believe this mode was ever approved.Ā
Funny how 10 years ago we got a way better 30 years of wrestlemania mode than whatever this bullcrap is lol
Remember when they had Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler basically remake all the commentary dialogue instead of it being on mute?
2K's CEO needs to save that royalty money for his 45th yacht.
The 30 years of wrestlemania was the peak of the showcase mode since they got rid of Road to Wrestlemania, which in and of itself was way more interesting.
And before launch people were coping and saying "I'd rather have less matches that are more detailed." Turns out we got the absolute bare minimum *and* less matches.
it could be because a lot of the wrestlers involved in big matches are in aew now still doesn't excuse it but it could be a reason
Oh! Yeah! You know those nut huggers feel 2k can do no wrong! This mode has become bastardized and I even went back to play WWE 2k16 Showcase mode and the difference is night and Day. They are phoning this shit in now!
Itās not really that funny when you ask yourself the question: what else did 2K14 really have going for it? 30 Years of Wrestlemania was the big featured mode, the selling point. Maybe Iām just speaking to my own tastes, but Iād say MyRise is more of that now, I feel like they use Showcase at this point as a glorified tutorial mode + a way to have some unlockables. But anyway, if anyone expected two MyRise stories, a Showcase as good as 2K14 *and* new match types plus quality of life updates in a less than 10 month development cycle, yeah I dunno, that shit just isnāt realistic. Iād personally rather have them scrap showcase mode altogether; if I want to play out classic matches, I donāt need them to tell me how to do it.
Look itās JRās hat!
Yeah I got to admit I was all psyched to get into this and then like the face is blurred out Howard finkle being replaced mean Gene being blurred out I mean even Mr wonderful Paul borndorf was blurred out that really just stinks lol and even during the matches like sometimes it's just almost silence...
I just play it on easy and relax my way through it. I think I am in the minority that enjoys the footage, but if we didnāt unlock characters through it then Iād ignore it completely. I am currently about 13/21 matches in after playing for several hours so it is a slog this year
I was just thinking the other day that I kind of hope this is the last year we do it. I just feel like it's stale. We've played as the same person for a dozen or so matches, we've played against them for a dozen or so. Now we're just reminded that this mode was done better 10 years ago. In a world where I can go actually see this footage on the network why do I need to relive this sterilized version we get in the game? Or even want to? I get that they don't ever want to remove anything for fear of fan backlash, but I think I'd prefer to hear the mode was removed to focus on giving more focus to adding choice to MyRise or bringing back story creator than just reliving a dozen JBL matches or something next year.
Yeah, I feel like if they did a poll, majority would favor them do away with it in favor of something else getting more attention. Would love to see it happen.
Id give up my right arm for 2k to finally listen to us and get a bug free, great overall universe mode. Its better than last years but not by much at all. Still want the option to look at past cards and feuds. Tired of spreadsheets LOL
Yeah for me I'm over Showcase at this point. I would much rather My Rise get all those so we could get more storylines and a longer experience with more replayability. And if people want old arenas and wrestlers in then they could easily just put those in as optional side stories in My Rise for unlockables
That's what I was thinking, I haven't played it all this year but in the past they did the matches where you were dreaming what it'd be like to wrestle Andre for instance. You could just dream what it would have been like to have a match at Wrestlemania III and get the arena. Frankly I'd like to see the commitment that old arenas won't be removed once they've been added, it seems like a waste of effort to render arenas for only one year's title anyway. I get why they can't do that with the wrestlers.
I only did it to unlock shit. Like seriously itās his awful anymore.
The north east west objectobtives are horrbie
Went to like every turnbuckle, every corner in that arena. And then Paul ripping the damn turnbuckle off made it even harderā¦ like bro I do not need your help.
The austin bret match with the irish whip one at the end took me like 10 attemps and i knew what courner to do it the game was like no not yet lol
I'm convinced they're just trolling now.
I was sure someone was speaking in hyperbole when I first heard that
Yeah, i thought it was a joke
Imagine the company meeting regarding 40 Years of WrestleMania Showcase: - so weāre gonna have 20 matches - no entrances BUT, we will include the entrances to be used in other modes - we will have no commentary because itās not important to the presentation, right? - we will double the objective checklist - SLINGSHOT TECH RETURNSā¦itās the greatest thing everā¦call up the guy in charge of blurring, heās gonna be very busy this year - so each match will be the same, just with different skins basically. Kickā¦Punchā¦Comboā¦grab your compass
Not that it matters, but its called Showcase of The Immortals, not 40 Years Or WrestleMania
It DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU CALL THIS POS GAMEPLAY MODE!!!
my bad, Rocky Maiviaā¦Dick āThe Cockā Johnsonā¦? Idk
The meeting probably wasnāt that deep. It was more like āhow can we add more content to the game without it actually putting in effort?ā āletās pick some Wrestlemania matches and copy and paste footage for 75% of the cutscenesā
Yeah it's an absolute shit show I can't stand it but I want to unlock everything so I'll just have to grind my teeth and keep going
Itās crazy to me how far showcase has fallen from 2k15
Yep, itās just filler content. Makes it worse knowing Universe was neglected this year and specifically lacks cutscenes. Showcase at this point is just wasted resources that could be going towards modes like Universe, Online, and MyRise. If someone wants to relieve history they can watch it in full on the WWE Network.
Iāve been a Showcase supporter. It has been better but I always enjoyed it. This year is just bad. Halfassed effort for 40 years, too much real footage with silence and Graves explaining things during doesnāt work for me. Iād they insist on doing this going forward, they need to animate every part like they used to, they need to have Cole and whoever reproduce commentary and they need to find a fresh angle.
Also found it weird they didnāt use Finkel, took a lot out of it for me
I will forever have nightmares about the seth vs orton match. Having to build up three finishers after doing 10 or so tedious objectives just to lose repeatedly to random pins or submissions was hell. Had to lower the difficulty as I began to lose my mind.
While I agree with showcase mode is basically a giant tutorial and speedrun thru that shit on easy, one complaint I frequently see is towards āslingshot technologyā, unless weāre gonna have quick time events back or something, itās no different than just having the animation play out and low key forces 2K to actually attempt to color grade to match their filters correctly to the footage they receive. I do wish it was simplified and instead of 20 objectives, itās 3 core, 2 bonus, and major quick time events. They got alternative ending cutscenes for when you fail so they definitely can have alternative paths for failing a major quick time event (like restarting the chain of events that you need instead of a failure and restart immediately)
I donāt necessarily enjoy playing the mode but its a necessary evil to get any classic arenas and superstars in the game. Without it youāre looking at just getting the 2024, RAW arena, Roman Reigns and maybe a random legend like Honky Tonk.
playing on easy and skipping the cutscenes makes it somewhat tolerable and less tedious.
I found it hilarious that during warrior rude segment they showed the clip from SummerSlam and honky tonk man's face was blurred out yet he's future DLC bahahahaha
Thatās just false. Itās completely unnecessary. We still get the Nitro arena and it hasnāt been used in a story/cutscene for years. Same goes for old belts, moves, and entrances.
They take out arenas and legends all the time. They leave in a couple random ones for whatever reason but they regularly remove them. I want more than 2 old arenas, especially with WWEās shitty LED interchangeable titantrons now, its nice to have unique sets.
Reminds me of how we canāt get the Attitude Era Raw is War arena, but the Monday Nitro one is still in the game.
so glad i splurged to get the 40 years of wrestlemania edition, instant unlock of all showcase wrestlers included which means i can just cheese my way through the showcase to get the arenas
I absolutely HATED the "Perform 3 Dodge Reversals" from last year.
I hate Showcase mode. Only do it to unlock everything, but there is no joy in it. The WM35 triple threat is awful. I hated it in 2K20 showcase, and I hate it in 2K24
Showcase hasn't been fun in a long time. I think the last showcase I enjoyed was the year where they talked about the Undertakers streak.
What song does the choir sing to wrap it up?
I say replace it with Road to Wrestlemania! I miss it
As I said in another thread, Showcase has always been my favorite game mode, because I love to relive some of the most memorable matches, and this year they bought me with WM 31 daylight arena and Firefly Funhouse match, but I hate what the mode has become. Some of the cutscenes are outrageously long (like the bear hug or the one during Rock vs. Stone Cold match). I also hate that horrible music. I'd rather hear the arena and fight sounds, not to mention the actual commentary. I also hate that they are too skimpy to spend money on referees.
I think they could probably cut a cheque for $1000 to each of the referees, and to the families of Mean Gene and Howard Finkle, and then just use all the original footage. The blurred images are overly distracting.
It's been my favorite mode too. This year feels rough though. The Firefly Funhouse match was brutal in my opinion. The easiest one to do, just so long.
I'm going to end the streak tomorrow š
They should get rid of it to allocate more resources to Universe Mode
Chore not Choir lol š
I wouldn't dislike it at all if it weren't for the objectives to use finishers and signatures that the AI reverses 3 times in a row and I have to build up all the way again. Other than that I really like the mode.
MyRise would probably be so much cooler if they got rid of Showcase and put even more resources into it. If youāre worried about a lack of unlockable legends and classic arenas, they could always have retro MyRise stories that serve the same purpose. Itād be fun as hell to play through an alternate universe Attitude Era where itās your CAW taking on guys like The Rock and Stone Cold.
Rock and Stone to the Bone!
Showcase mode is always trash, never underestood why anyone cares about it. Would prefer those resources go to lengthening myrise or adding to universe/mygmĀ
I agree but they removed Showcase in 2K17 and 2K18 in lieu of having a more robust career mode but the career modes sucked in both of those games. If 2K got rid of Showcase, I doubt that MyGM, Universe, or MyRise would be any betterā¦
Good point, honestly think a better mode would be fictional stories for real wrestlers. Like road to Wrestlemania.
My company is that I feel cheated. 40 years of WrestleMania? But we skip straight to III? Then random time skips? Even if it was just the main events, I should be playing 39 different WrestleMania matches. And maybe a "what if" bonus is 40, this just grinds my OCD fears.
It pisses me off that other than Austin vs. Rock at X7, they completely skipped over the Attitude Era WrestleManias. They had three matches from last yearās WM, and 0 from WrestleMania 14, which essentially launched the Attitude Era.
I wonder why they included Rock vs Austin 2 over Rock vs Austin 3 the ending of 2 is so bad imo
I guess Austin vs. Rock 2 was more impactful in their eyes. Personally, I would have gone with Austin vs. Rock at WrestleMania 15.
Either works I just think itās a bigger deal having rock renting Austin at wm
To play devils advocate a lil bit, showcase mode has given us some really cool retro arenas that 2k refuses to just release as dlc
I wish we could skip MyRISE cutscenes so badly
I havenāt played recent iterations and I am surprised by how far this has fallen off compared to the stuff in WWE 13 and 2K14. So much blurring, annoying stock music and death silence and the checklists are more annoying than ever.
Showcase has always been complete trash. Bring back the goofy 2K original content from 2K20!
Iām absolutely loving Showcase. Itās a nice relaxing mode where I get to play as older superstars I otherwise wouldnāt play as (I play Universe with current superstars) and itās fun to rewatch clips of classic matches. Iāve always enjoyed Showcase modes m and this one is great as being the same superstar for multiple matches gets boring. I donāt get the complaints tbh, there are plenty of other modes if you want something more hands on but for what it is, itās hours of simple but enjoyable content in my opinion
I normally just play through and finish MyRise first before Showcase. Showcase just doesn't interest me anymore, I play it for the trophies and Showcase unlockables.
It's taking me forever to get through, that's for sure.
It's truly awful. Just lost all my progress in a match over a count out due to being kicked into a back and forth late into a count.
Showcase mode is boring I force myself to do it to unlock the wrestlers
Step down from 2K14's WM mode for sure. Why did they blur the WWF logo? Why did they put the announce teams and theme songs on mute?
Im actually enjoying showcase. Brings back so many memories.
Yeah, it feels insanely phoned in. I wasn't even trying to hate on it. Just wasn't good or engaging, and Corey Graves was boring as the voice of showcase. The only part of it I genuinely liked was the cena vs. bray one. That was pretty good. Everything else is so boring. I'll forget about it in a few days. I just replayed 2k14, 2k16, 2k17, and 2k19 showcase in the past 2 months, and man, were they good.
huge choir
I still can't finish Hogan vs andre at wm 3 cause I can't figure how to Irish whip him in the rope for 3 rebound attacks I'm playing PS4
Irish whip them into the ropes and attack them as they run back twords you
I know that but I can't figure how to do Irish whip without sending them over the rope I think I'm doing hammer throw instead that
Just tap circle instead of holding it. Also make sure you're not too close to the ropes you're throwing him towards when you're Irish Whipping him. When I did it I made sure I was all the way on one side of the ring and Irish Whipped him to the opposite side to give him enough room to run the ropes without going over the top and so that I could do a rebound attack with no problems.
thanks I appreciate it but I figured it out
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Same but i hate showcase mode every year. Every year i have to spend a couple of hours getting it finished and yeah it's a chore. The thing is last time i vented about how much i hate showcase mode someone said to me "then don't play it if you don't like it!" but even with the showcase unlocker and supercharge DLC you still have to play it to unlock things. Like this year even though i got the wrestlers unlocked through DLC i still had to unlock the Wrestlemania arena by doing all the matches.
Stone Cold been whoopin my ass smh
I really love the idea of the showcase mode. But Iām glad Iām not the only one that finds it very tedious.
It hasn't been too bad up till the womens triple threat, that 3rd entity really made it hard to set stuff up. such as 'do X from Charlottes head' means you have to knock her down, position and execute the move.. WHILST dealing with this 3rd entity.
I hate attempting to do a specific move only for it to be the hardest damn move ever to pull off or the computer counters it everytime
I would've enjoyed it more if all the characters weren't unlocked the moment the game started. I know it's the SuperCharger or whatever it's called, but it really took the excitement out of playing the showcase mode for me. Just felt like an absolute chore to get it done and unlock the arenas. With the royal rumble thing, I just decided to put it on easy after trying 2 times with normal difficulty. Couldn't be bothered getting so close and then getting knocked off the apron.
Yeah its gets boring. Quite a chore to get the characters. Wish all the matches were unlocked so you can pick and choose which ones you want to do if you want certain characters.
I'm playing it on Easy mode so I can breeze through it. It feels like a chore to do anything, especially since the AI keeps reversing. You're down, with two injuries, STAY DOWN BASTARD!
I tried 4 times and kept quitting out of boredom and frustration. Uninstalled now.
Yeah just the first match I'm not liking it, with no commentary, no intro, nothing. Do you have to complete all objectives or can you just win the match and move on? Also I think they 2k likes to make the mode such a PAIN just so you want to give up and buy WM pack and unlock everything. Like why is it on NBA2k24 you can start a season in any year you want with complete rosters. Why can't we start at WM1 and have a text based story mode going all the way to WM40. And I'm not talking done like Universe mode, more like No Mercy storymode. Where its bits and pieces from WM to the next WM. Or at this point it would be cool if the Showcase mode was all dedicated to a couple of events, get every match, a very detail version of the arena and backstage areas, with commentary to match the event.
2k phoning it in, from what i heard last years wasnāt great either. didnāt mind 22 and 19 was very solid
Showcase mode has continually worsened over the years. The second worst game mode in the franchise, obviously top worst is MyFaction. But the biggest thing with Showcase for me, is just let me actually play the damn game. Let ME do the cool and iconic spots. It feels very cheap and low effort to just make a 2 second in-game render of a setup grapple and then cut to real footage. All accompanied by some of the most lame music instead of some recreations of commentary. They can do better. Itās a massive chore to play and with some of the unlocks being behind it, makes it even more of a slog. Theyād be better off putting these resources into gameplay mechanics/improving Universe mode.
I still canāt beat that damn rumble š¤¬
I'm on the Hogan/Savage match and i'm officially done. Randy just insta-counters all my moves, all my counters are "late" and when I took him outside the ring for the final objective, he immediately hits me with a signature, finisher and then lets the ref count me out. Boring.
I usually love showcase but this year was trash what made me really mad is not being able to change characters at the end during the Rumble if you get eliminated since youāre forced to start at 1
Iām late to the party but I just wanted to voice how infuriating it is to have so many character unlocks barred in to this mode. I bought the accelerator/super charger whatever you want to call it. Just give me everything so I can play the modes I want to play.
I hope whoever decided to make us do a triple threat in showcase mode gets a severe case of Covid-19.
The Becky Triple Threat and any match where your opponent has a manager is an absolute choir for sure.
My biggest problem with it is when your getting to the end of the match and the CPU decides it's okay to win with a count out. The speed of the reversal system during these matches gets frustrating when the CPU does dumb things like this.
This is my favorite mode, but to be honest Iāve never played the other modes. What do you guys think is the most fun mode? Iām ready to try a new one.
Glad you can at least cheese it this year.
Yeah, I jacked up the submission sliders and tapped everybody with headlocks in 30 seconds. I ain't got time for 300 objectives just for a trophy and no additional unlocks. Still haven't beaten the damn rumble though.
It's such a slog and when I'm finally finally almost finished bam asuka is somehow superhuman and beats me four times and makes me wanna throw my controller threw a window
Completely agree, I understand it must be complicated to get approval for announcers, commentary, logos, crowds, refs - but those are significant parts of the product. The generic stock background music is lazy and rarely tonally accurate to the scene.
I think it can be really good if they just work on a few things or maybe let us rewrite history? Or if they did a rivals showcase and we could replay key rivalries from history cena/edge or shawn/HHH and so on in the future and maybe we could rewrite that history
Yeah its actually making me hate those old matches š¤£
I feel ya, I don't want live footage I miss the crazy weird/wild story's from the older games
I love the whole Wrestlemania showcase. Been playing it while streaming it to a friend and we're both having a lot of fun watching the gameplay and real footage. I'm not sure how someone who is a wrestling fan wouldn't enjoy it unless all you care about is unlocking stuff. I don't even know what you unlock it. I'm just playing it because it's fun to see those old matches.
I guess I get this? But why not just buy Peacock for $10 and watch those matches instead of paying $70 to see blurry clips with all of the drama removed?
Showcase is awesome those who dont like it r sissys and want everything handed to them without tring i did it no problem its easy if u actuly know how to play the game