WWE 2K18's Career Mode Lets You Live Out Your Wildest Dreams on the Way to WrestleMania
WWE 2K18 is shaping up to be the most ambitious wrestling games we've ever seen. For weeks we've [...]
The ring is yours - so is backstage
2K realized that for fans to become truly immersed in their own unique stories, they needed to be free to make decisions out of the ring as well. The team has given players unprecedented freedom to explore backstage areas, where WWE Superstars, GMs, media, and even friends who own the game will be hanging around and managing their own careers.
"We wanted players to spend more time interacting with WWE Superstars and supporting personnel to better experience all their unique personalities. Rather than looking at menus to determine who you should align with or who you want to make your rival, you can simply go talk to them or ambush them backstage. Want an interview with Renee Young? Simply go up to her and ask for an interview. Don't like the WWE Superstar she's interviewing? Go up to him during live TV and interrupt that interview."
There's going to be a lot of room for more immersive role-playing here, which is what makes a WWE game fun to begin with. These personalities are larger than life, and we want to possess them as intimately as we can. This philosophy has been applied to promos as well, which are going to be directed more organically by players (and with fewer consequences for not 'sticking to a script').
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2K also revealed that you'll be able to interact with your friends' created Superstars in new ways this year. Now instead of fading into the background as side characters, your buddies will become part of your story.
"With the addition of free-roaming backstage, naturally we started thinking about the possibilities for MyCAREER invasion. Just like last year, your friends' MyPLAYERs can populate your MyCAREER save. However, this year, you'll actually see them backstage. They act just like any WWE Superstars you'll see backstage: you can talk to them, pick them up as tag partners, get side quests involving them and even ambush them. It's up to you what role your friends' MyPLAYERs will have in your MyCAREER."
It sounds like a lot of fun, even for those of you who don't consider yourselves to be hardcore WWE fans. WWE 2K18 launches on October 17!
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