The thing that kills me with this game mode is that you'll get 90% through a match, then you'll fail one single objective and have to restart the entire thing. It feels more like a chore than actual fun. It also sucks that most of the objectives don't relate to the actual match they're trying to replicate
that's probably why most people not streaming it or doing it for youtube probably play the easiest difficulty and skip the cutscenes just to get the unlockables and to be able to say you completed for things like trophies. its not worth it actually playing it properly.
Andre being taller, stronger, and faster than Hogan while also doing moves from 30 years in the future in their match feels like a rib Andre is playing on Hogan from beyond the grave.
the joy that was brought to me when i saw this upload and saw the 7 hour mark on the bottom right. when nothing in life is right, this channel really does have all the ass that you’re looking for in life. god bless the boyz
See, normally in another video game, you got a 50-50 balance between gameplay and cutscenes. But this game has Slingshot Technology(tm) and is NOT normal! So it has a 25%, AT BEST, of gameplay.
Playing the showcase of 2K23 and watching this video has made me realized - Playing showcase is like trying to work a match with an opponent who is trying to go into business for themselves.
2:57:25 yup its a royalty thing. And I am sure 2K wanted to put more matches in the showcase, and some are inexcusable, like Rock vs Hogan from Wrestlemania 18, Triple H vs Batista and Undertaker vs Triple H should have been there. But some matches like Ric Flair vs Shawn Michaels from Wrestlemania 24, Edge vs. Undertaker from 24, Daniel Bryan vs Triple H from 30 would have been there but they now dont work for WWE
@@mondy4119 that was like 5 years agp. And I think they would have added any one of those matches had Daniel Bryan just stayed with the company. But he did not.
I used to enjoy Showcase if only to see some older wrestling moments recreated in 3D cutscenes, but nowadays I'm better off just re-watching the matches themselves or throwing on a podcast/review of said matches. Over the years, Showcase has become more and more of a tired crutch that 2K can rely on to cut corners. I just skip all the cutscenes nowadays and speed through the objectives as fast as possible to get the unlocks because 2K clearly don't care. They just want to funnel as many people into MyFaction as possible, given that you get MyFaction bullshit for playing both Showcase & MyRise. So if 2K don't care, why should I waste my time?
If I remember correctly, they have a very small team working on showcase which is why they decided to use the slingshot tech to save time and money from having to mocap every single moment since they know the fans already don't like the mode anymore.
@@Triple-Four I guess that's fair to a degree, but why not just axe it at this point if that's how they feel? They could put that team to better use elsewhere and polish up other modes or work on something new. The game does still crash on me fairly regularly. There are parts of 2k24 where it feels like they are trying to do some fun stuff, but Showcase just feels lazy and is also an excuse for them to shill MyFaction.
I saw the RU-vid short for when he got disqualified for slamming Undertaker's Face into the exposed turnbuckle after Paul Heyman had taken it off. And I immediately started watching the Showcase mode right after that. RU-vid shorts work. Mind you I've been watching them in sections because a 7 1/2 hour video is a long time
Another great walkthrough as always from nL. On a side note, I kind of wished 2K did so much more with their Wrestlemania Showcase mode. 2K14 did this mode a lot better.
That's for true. 2k14 went more in depth and did a whole bunch more. They could have did another Superstar Highlight. I was kinda hoping for like Triple H or Taker. Something along those lines.
I enjoyed the showcase for the nostalgia. WWE 2k14 was the game that got me into wrestling, and it was the 30 years of WrestleMania mode that made me fall in love with it. Ten years later, it's really cool to see a (much shorter) version of the same thing. I think they accomplished what they wanted to do, which was showcase (buh-dum-tish) some classics and introduce fans to some underrated classics. Unfortunately, they also made me realize how shit Hogan and Warrior was. Even the footage of that sleeper hole was boring as shit. I understand slowing it down for the story, but that doesn't work if Hogan does a hope spot every nanosecond in-between looking bored. But I also agree that they could've done a better job with this. While the focus on some of the best in-ring matches of WrestleMania's history was a good way to set it apart, I think the showcase gameplay style really has overstayed its welcome. I hope Showcase sticks around, just with a lot of changes. 2k14 was fun because it was basically a series of matches with like, one or two QTE cutscenes that were in-game.
2:37:35 in 2K14 the showcase Wrestlemania mode was the game mode. That was the main game mode. In 2K24, the showcase is not really the game mode and it shows
Absolute despise these 2K showcases. Even 2K20 was better than this garbage, I miss the 2K14 one. Also blurring out 60% of the people during the real life footage is extremely funny. This is why in-game cutscenes matter lol
Crazy how 10 years ago I found this channel because of the RAW 2 season mode and 30 Years of Wrestlemania mode and was laughing my ass of. Time really flies by.
Wrestlemania 35 was the first one I've ever watched live as it happened (not in person) and i was so exhausted by the end of it i couldn't imagine being there in person then having to deal with leaving the arena
2:04:32 Did they have 3 different IC belts in the ring? One was on the floor. Ref gave him another two (No way did the ref pick the first title off the floor so quickly)
RU-vid gives me the option to translate your comment to English. Doing so adds one more 'a' to the 'whaaat'. Now I can understand your comment. Thanks RU-vid 👍
Imo the perfect blance between showcase mode and gameplay is 2K16....For me thats the last time I really liked the mesh between the two. It had match momemts and build up to the match momemts. Give it the dramatic muisc if you must to avoid Corey Graves on commentary, and I'd be fine with that.
I don't care for Showcase mode or My Rise or My Faction I would like to see a good season mode a good GM mode Road to Wrestlemania just like SvR 2011 with backstage interaction and the option to play a different outcome
I honestly didn’t have any issues with the objectives on the showcase battles, mainly because I was playing on Easy since I wanted to get things done. However that special Royal Rumble at the end… yikes. Even on Easy, I was having a hard as hell time to finish it. In fact, I was backed into a corner so hard that I eventually gave in and used ANDRE THE GIANT to finish the level, even though I didn’t want to as he and Big Show are the two I dread in a royal rumble situation for how overly dominant they can be. But it didn’t leave me with much choice in the matter, although I could’ve used Diesel or Yokozuna, had I noticed them sooner.
5:11:32 This never should’ve happened, mainly cause Bray should’ve won at 30, but of course the narcissistic Cena couldn’t have had that, cause of course not. 6:06:25 Turns out Cody didn’t realize the results until it happened. Typical, and they could’ve saved themselves so much trouble if they didn’t want to pad out Reigns’ fake ass reign in the first place but of course, can’t have that 🙄
Thank you nL for making Showcase even somewhat entertaining hehe It was a miserable waste of time to play through, but I'm at least having a good time watching you guys work through it
Like to see something almost exactly like this, Important matches only - PPV or TV of dead people vs live ones. Eddie G., Chris B. Dusty R. , Doink - Shawn sherk, Mike Awesome 😎, etc.
I toke a break from playing the showcase mode and I'm currently stuck on the Ronda Rousey vs Charlotte Flair vs Becky Lynch match. Thanks for the new video, guys ❤💜🇵🇷
3:59:31 if your here to watch Paul Heyman turn on Brock Lesnar and save the streak... Gimme an Ohh Helll Yeaaaaaah. "What have I done?!?" Paul E. Dangerously
Bro playing this mode on legend was an absolute nightmare, but man it was so fun going through the years and seeing matches i never got the chance to watch that made Mania well... Mania lol.
I wish I could finish my story but the steam version of WWE 2k24 if trash if someone from the game company can fix it please fix it. I updated restarted updated my graphics and system so what now. I keep getting the freeze glitch
