J-man89

And yet the Punk pack would sell like hot cakes, you know it would. Dude is more popular than ever, WWE is going all out promoting him and selling his new merch, you make an entire DLC pack of him with different gear, looks, themes, everyone would get it. I'd take that over 1 or 2 wrestlers with disposable throwaway characters like that Wyatt pack was.

A waste? A waste and slap in the face is $10 for an updated Bad Bunny attire and hair style. That would actually provide a ton of uses for multiple eras for Universe mode. It wont happen don't worry, they'll likely lock versions of Punk in my Faction and no one can actually get much use of them.. What did we really get in that final Wyatt pack? Wyatt, Zeus who i doubt anyone even got any use out of, Uncle Howdy whos not even a wrestler and was on tv a handful of times, Valhalla whos more of a manager than wrestler, and Joe Gacy. So really only 2 actual wrestlers you could really get alot of use out of, so to me an entire pack of Punk's various eras would be alot better than that. But yeah i can see why people would be unhappy with it, selfishly as a huge Punk fan i'd love it though. But i can see them doing a Showcase of Punk for 2k25 and getting those models through that.

Imagine a whole DLC pack of Punk of him from all his personas, Current look, Summer Of Punk, Straight Edge Society, ECW, Bald Heel, Wolverine Sideburns. That would be amazing.

Didn't they get The Fiend into 2K20 extremely quickly if i remember? I have to think Punk would be a huge selling point and would increase the sales of the game by a big margin even more so than Cody would have for 2K22.

We got at least another 3 months before games release, theres time to get him as at least the final DLC, considering all his moves are already in the game so no need to mocap anything new for him. I assume they still got his entrance animation on file so maybe no need to mocap an entrance, only thing to do really is record audio lines for him on commentary and announcing and get his model in there.

Yeah is Punk able to make DLC for 2K24 is the big question, i mean he would be a HUGE selling point for DLC, i would think they would go to extra lengths to make sure it happens. Theres no way imo he's not DLC. Also not having to download a billion different Punk caws and taking up a ton of logo slots for his tattoos is gonna be amazing.

Thanks! I'll try those out.

Anyone know a good substitute for Dragunov's grounded smashing forearm finisher?

Yep happened twice to me both times i managed to actually trigger it, it got reversed/interrupted. I had to hit it like 3 different times before i actually got it to connect without it getting interrupted. This needs to be patched, cause its a legit chore trying to hit Joe Gacy's finisher. I guess i'm gonna just have to use his Full Nelson Bomb/Rings Of Saturn finisher until this gets fixed.

Yeah i've realized that now after doing a 20 minute match trying to hit that damn springboard lariat over and over again, opponent has gotta be ridiculously close to the ropes for it to work which makes the move always look awful and awkward and can never be hit smoothly. And yeah Gacy's finisher looks especially awful because of how much space the move needs for it to be hit clean, its literally meant to hit it with the opponent in the center of the ring, and you gotta hit it with the opponent literally pressed up against your back.

So is anyone actually able to do Joe Gacy's springboard lariat finisher? cause i can't for the life of me do it, any tips?

Ah thanks man.

Why isn't there an AEW Fight Forever section?

Man i want this chain wrestling back in the 2K games If they could combine the simulation elements from Fight Forever and the 2K games graphics and creation suit we'd have a damn near perfect wrestling game.

Yeah from what i can tell it causes extra damage, the selling is pretty good, its an arcade game so they aren't gonna stay down selling for long, but its long enough imo.

Having a great time with AEW Fight Forever, this ending to my Lights Out Match was insane

Man AEW Fight Forever has a better Curb Stomp than WWE games have ever gave Seth I hate the Curb Stomps we got in the 2K games, it just has no impact to it, and Seth jumps way too high. Its literally perfect in AEW Fight Forever, Britt doesn't jump cartoonishly high, just a simple run and quick stomp with impact.

Yeah i totally get what you mean, the matches in 2K23 all feel more or less the same and as you said kind of soulless, there looks to be more life in the AEW gameplay, looks way more fun and fluid. And each character feels unique that you play with like Darby using the skateboard, Orange Cassidy wrestling with his hands in his pockets. So every match will feel a little different depending on who you use. But we'll see how the lack of creation suit features and lack of CC hinders the AEW game, will the core gameplay be enough to keep you playing the game? Cause the creation suit and CC is what motivates me to keep using 2K23 cause its so top notch with such great caws and keeps the game updated and fresh. If we can get a wrestling game with the quality of caws and creation suit as 2K23 mixed with the gameplay and wrestling like AEW Fight Forever we could have the perfect wrestling game.

Man this gameplay looks so fun

Unnecessary steps, i don't get the pump handle set up part of it, seems really unnecessary, i mean why not just lift them up like a normal powerslam and then go into the move? why go through the more complicated time consuming set up like a pump handle?

Its actually better looking than the actual 2 Curb Stomps in the game, looks more impactful, and has a pin combo

Closest thing we'll get to a new Curb Stomp i guess, definitely giving this to Seth

Great sequence into a tired animation i had

IS rivalry cutscenes messed up for anyone else? everytime ones supposed to happen it just freezes and brings up the exit to menu or skip to next match prompts. Then the commentary keep's going as if the cutscene is playing out., even keeps going when you go the menu.

I would think if The Curb Stomp is safe to mocap, then a knee to the back of the head could be safely done.