Live Magazine September 2014 Volume 9/2014 | Page 45

FORMAT:

PC, XB1, PS4

RELEASE:

28 OCTOBER 2014

RATING:
CTC

It’s not just the way that the wrestlers look that’s taking a huge step
forward, but also the animation.
This is largely because the game
is being joint-developed by Visual
Concepts, who have specialised
in sports game animation since
the NES era. They have worked
on many groundbreaking titles, including Desert Strike, Sega Soccer Slam and NBA 2K. With WWE
2K15, Visual Concepts have motion-captured over 50 days of motion capture animation, that’s five
times the animation data found in
WWE 2K14. Here’s hoping there
are multiple animations for every
move, so that the game feels more
spontaneous compared to earlier
entries.
Wrestling fans should be practically
drooling over WWE 2K15! All that’s
left is for a healthy offering of Hall
of Famers (Sting and Hulk Hogan
are confirmed!) and for Yuke’s to revamp the Create-A-Wrestler Mode,
which has been using the same
clothes and visual options since
WWE Smackdown! on the PlayStation 1.
WWE 2K15 is shaping up to be the
greatest wrestling game in years,
and it could well be the greatest
wrestling game ever. Now can you
dig that, sucka!?

Written by Nick Getley

www.stickytriggerentertainment.com