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In a match, if you take enough damage, you'll be able to use one of these two moves that could bring you back into the game. These include automatically recovering from fatal attacks, punching a foe with brass knuckles, calling in another wrestler to interfere, or spitting at an opponent, among others. Before a match begins, you can select two Payback moves out of eight.

Couple this with camera angles that zoom in during high octane moments - like Stone Cold pulling off his signature stunner - and you have encounters that feel more dramatic than before, in-line with their TV counterparts.Īlthough the controls of WWE 2K19 will be familiar to anyone who has played the older titles, there's an added element to the proceedings called Payback. Whether you're slipping into the ring, taking a chair to an opponent's head or simply beating them into a pulp, every action just feels more immediate and impactful as compared to prior games. From The Undertaker's ghostly appearance to The Rock's taunts in the squared circle, WWE 2K19's presentation is a dramatic step up.įor most part, WWE 2K19's frame rate seemed to be pretty smooth and it has a rather obvious impact on gameplay. However in WWE 2K19, every wrestler looks highly detailed and animates accurately as well. Some, like The Undertaker and Ultimate Warrior had weird hair animations and looked like rough approximations instead of accurate representations. In WWE 2K18 we noted that not all wrestler models had the same level of visual consistency. It's a neat touch compared to the cookie cutter audiences we've seen previously. For example, the crowd in the arena features more unique faces as compared to last year's game. It's a welcome change from the usual garish palette of past games and leaves no room for confusion with respect to which mode, wrestler, or stadium you've selected which could happen in past games.Īs for matches themselves, there's a remarkable improvement in WWE 2K19's presentation. They sport a simple grey and white theme with splashes of colour when you're selecting your choice of wrestler. And while publisher 2K Games loves to talk up what's new and different with each WWE 2K entry - such as WWE 2K19's Towers mode that borrows from Mortal Kombat's Challenge Towers and an enhanced creator suite - the biggest changes also happen to be the most obvious: visuals and gameplay.įirst up, the menus in WWE 2K19 have got a complete overhaul. The WWE 2K19 release date is October 5 for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One and in the run up to this, Gadgets 360 had a chance to check out a close to final build of the game on a PS4 Pro at a preview event in Mumbai earlier this week.
