WWE2K Battlegrounds is a $40 arcade game where 2/3rds of the roster is locked unless you grind or pay.

[data west]

It's one thing that the majority of the roster is locked but on top of that it's guys like john cena who is all over the menu .

'hey bro wanna play smash ?I just got it'
'yeah cool I wanna play link '
'oh I haven't unlocked him yet. But I got .. robin ?'

Also you can't play online with a guest. EVERYONE has to have online

 

[The_R3medy]

Jesus. Never thought I'd wish for Yukes & THQ to be making the WWE Games again, but here we are.

 

[Karlinel]

6-7 arcade or whatever single player thing it has, or 6-7 ranked?
To unlock every Tekken 3 char you had to win 8-9, so...

 

[Moai]

I dont mind the grind but the three "classes" and limited movesets make this a no for me.

 

[Dragonyeuw]

6-7 matches ( especially if they're really quick) doesn't sound too bad to unlock. The fact that the wrestlers are split into 'classes' and that everyone in each class has the same basic moveset is disappointing, and from what I've read other than finishers everyone controls and animates the same so the wrestlers are basically skin swaps without their unique personalities. I was hopeful for this title but then again, it's a 2K game so fools hope I guess.

 

[Chief Malik]

2K is so trash, ugh

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Wasn't Marvel vs Capcom 2 just like this back in the day? Yeah it's kind of annoying if you just want to play everyone right away but they have to give some incentive to those who play SP.

 

[Mahonay]

Wasn't Marvel vs Capcom 2 just like this back in the day? Yeah it's kind of annoying if you just want to play everyone right away but they have to give some incentive to those who play SP.

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The characters in this are all literally the same. They share the same exact movesets. It's pretty much just different skins.

 

[Rosebud]

I like unlocking characters, but if you can pay what's the point?

And for all characters it would be 90-100 hours of grinding, pure "pride and accomplishment".

 

[Winstano]

Been playing this for a few days - I honestly don't think it's as bad as being made out in this thread. I accept that I'll need to play through things to unlock certain characters, and I've already unlocked a few of the 'legendary' ones after a relatively small amount of gameplay.

Some of the possible mtx options don't sit that well with me, and the move set thing is a bit disappointing, but it's still a kinda fun spiritual successor to all stars

 

[Callibretto]

6-7 match to unlock character didnt seem that bad. Back in the day, fighting game like tekken you had to fight more than that to unlock 1 characters. Its part of the game progression, although it would be a problem if the core gameplay is not fun enough to male you want to play it, which sounds like it is the case here.

 

[JohnDamien]

It is not nearly as bad as the thread suggests. After a couple of matches, level ups and daily quests you can buy a lot of wrestlers. i have no played about 2 hours of campaign and i unlocked three wrestlers in the campaign and bought four wrestlers. That is 9 after two hours of playing the game. So there is no need to pay for the wrestlers and also there is no need for endless grinding.

 

[Santar]

Ehh, actually playing the game to unlock stuff isn't new. Remember Tekken 3 or virtua Fighter 4?
I have a much bigger problem with the entire progression and unlock system of the game being disabled completely if you play offline.
That is a big no no in my book, hate it when games lock stuff behind a unnecessary online requirement.

 

[SecondNature]

Keep in mind the game only really has like 5 wrestlers

everyone is a copy and paste of that in terms of their moveset

 

[Dark Ninja]

That doesn't sound bad your just unlocking characters while playing the game just gives you incentive to keep playing. Actually would help the game if its as bare bones as it sounds. If everything was unlocked at the start people would just say the game lacks content or incentive to play.