![]() ![]() The game also has your standard single player modes where you can choose whatever match type you want and fight the CPU or another player.īesides the single player modes, the game has Tournaments, which allows you to go online and fight against players in matches that are only up for a few days. One mode just has a story and forces you to use certain wrestlers while going through a more linear path, while the other allows you to choose your own path more freely around a much bigger grid. Both modes feel around the same when it comes to overall gameplay. Attributes for your created character can also be unlocked. You’ll mainly unlock the game’s in-game currency in this mode. The mode has the same type of grid that is in campaign, only this one is much more expansive. The campaign is the mode where you unlock all your power-ups that can be equipped to each superstar and you’ll also unlock the new superstars in the mode.īattleground Challenge is played with a custom superstar. The standard 1v1 fights are the most common, but you’ll also engage in other modes such as Tag, Tornado Tag, Steel Cage, Royal Rumble, etc. As the story advances, you’ll unlock new unknown superstars and get to follow their story. The campaign takes you through a grid where you’ll advance through opponents and get to go off-track (at times) in order to gain unlockables. Fights are set up with popular superstars to test out the new blood. Each chapter of the campaign deals with a newly found superstar. These superstars are unknown amateurs that Stone Cold happens to run into while scouting. The story focuses on Stone Cold Steve Austin, who is recruited to hunt down a team of superstars from around the world to complete in “Battlegrounds”. Campaign tells the main story of the game through a comic book-style – panels (for you to read) with no voice acting. There is ever an explosive barrel that can be tossed into the ring to demolish the entire ring – this allows you to pick up the guard rails and beat your opponent with them.įor single player, the main modes of play are Campaign and Battleground Challenge. Ever wanted to hit your opponent with a motorcycle? Well, you can find that on the outside of the ring also. You can also toss wrestlers toward an alligator and get control of a robotic ram in order to damage your opponent. There are also hazards outside the ring such as a car that can fall on wrestlers. You can take things outside the ring as usual and pull up weapons from up under the apron. Superstars can also be equipped with a super special move that you can unleash when the super gauge is filled. Power-ups are equipped before a match and you can equip a total of three. Power-ups can also be equipped to your superstar and activated with the directional pad. Along with the usual direction + grab button to perform different grabs, the right analog allows you to perform special grabs. ![]() The LT button can be used to create super moves from your punch and kick buttons. You have your punch, kick, grab, and Irish Whip buttons and just about every other button that comes over from the usual 2K wrestling game. The overall gameplay is kind of similar to the yearly 2K wrestling games, but it’s a lot simpler overall. There is fun to be had here, especially when first getting adjusted to the game, but the fun seems to fall apart too quickly and the overall gameplay gets repetitive when you’re just constantly doing the same thing to matter the mode. While the game is an interesting break from the usual yearly WWE 2K title, it sure doesn’t hold up as well in the long run when it comes to content and overall replay value. ![]() Instead of being more of a wrestling simulator, the game is an arcadey beat’em up that plays similar to WWE All Stars and even shares its super-deformed character style. 2K Battlegrounds is developed by Saber Interactive and published by 2K Sports. When it comes to WWE games, 2K has had some development troubles with their yearly 2K game so we got WWE 2K Battlegrounds to tide us over. Extra Features: Local and Online Multiplayer (2-4), Local and Online Co-op, Leaderboards, Add-On Content
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