![]() These are only minor adjustments but add some depth to what already was a deep system. Additionally, if you can work out what type of attack your opponent will use when they grapple you, hitting the same button as them allows you to power out of a grapple before they can even pick you up or Irish whip you. When an opponent goes to strike or grapple you, moving the stick and the press of the right shoulder button has you bobbing and weaving away from any offense, opening them up to your own attacks in a way not to dissimilar to a Punch-Out!! game. There are minor adjustments that have been made to the reversal system too. For example, certain wrestlers might pull off a different kind of combo depending on where they are in the ring contextually, as is seen when I would normally hit a running knee as Triple H but ending up with a clothesline over the top rope if I’m performing the combo near the corner. It feels very much the same in terms of feel to last year’s combo system, but the implementation of it is now much smoother. Combos start with light attacks, but then hitting the heavy attack button or the grapple button after a couple of light attacks initiates many of the wrestler’s signature combos they might use in real life. Many of what made last year’s game well-grounded was its implementation of the combo system, allowing for a more dynamic flow to each match type. As such, they have released the newest addition to the WWE family with 2K23, and with the confidence found in their last entry, we can now see some solid additions to the foundations laid by its predecessor. However, with Kenny Omega's heavy involvement and a reinvigorated Yuke's at the helm, fans may really be in for something special.Visual Concepts built themselves a proper platform to build their wrestling world around when it released the Rey Mysterio-centric WWE 2K22 in March last year. The WWE 2K series has all the momentum of a boulder trapped in a canyon and the less said about WWE 2K Battlegrounds, the better. ![]() Not only is AEW the coolest promotion in town, but the wrestling gaming landscape has been in pretty dire straits for years now. The game is penciled in for a 2021 release, but Omega also seems ready to delay the game if it's not ready for primetime, saying,“ I want the release version to be good.”Įven if All Elite Wrestling's console video game turns out to be an oddity, it will likely be embraced by the greater wrestling community. Omega makes it clear that he doesn't want to mirror what wrestling looks like on TV or use extensive mo-cap to capture every move, saying, " I always felt that the way that had created his systems, even though it wasn’t with real people in mo-cap, it was more accurate." Outside of the N64's No Mercy, Omega cites both Fire Pro Wrestling and the PlayStation 2's King of Colleseum as influences, and he hopes he can modernize some of the systems from those games into whatever AEW outputs. ![]() One thing AEW's game will not do is compete directly with the WWE 2K franchise. Omega also promises a roster that reflects the growing number of wrestlers migrating to AEW, as well as unusual modes outside the promised campaign and a create-a-wrestler feature. This was the time when the developer created games like WWF No Mercy that are still cherished by wrestling fans the world over. Omega has compared the game in development to the work of Yuke's back in the Nintendo 64 days. ![]() The as of yet unnamed console release will have plenty of content for both solo players and those looking to play with friends. ![]() Talking with IGN Japan, Omega went over the ambitions that his promotion has for the gaming space. Related: AEW Wrestling Game To Rival WWE 2K Details Announced It remains to be seen if Yuke's can capture this balance for an entire roster, but the action and look of the game seem to have a unique style that should draw in eyeballs whenever the game is ready for release. Chris Jericho, Kenny Omega, and Hikaru Shida all look like action figures, but accurate ones that also reflect the performers fans watch every week. The company has released a few minutes of early gameplay footage that recall games like WWE All Stars more than anything in the genre in the past few years. ![]()
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