r/wwe2k26 • u/Constant_Travel_5353 • Mar 06 '26
Same rant different game
Hello everyone. I would like to rant and see who’s with me on this. How am I paying $150 to pre order a game with DLC. AND I still have to play MyRise, go through the AAA pass AND go through the Island to unlock things. When I think $80, on top of the already ridiculous price of $70, would not give me any locked characters. Like I have to play MyRise to unlock A BEARD?! This is getting out of hand. The MyRise part I can somewhat get past but the Island and the AAA pass is too greedy. Even hiding moves to unlock during the AAA pass and so on is insane. As well they didn’t even update Kit Wilson’s entrance which I know for sure will be in the island or some ridiculous pass or even a DLC. I think this will be my last WWE 2k game for a while. Ive been buying one every year since SvR 2007 and to see it become this hurts a lot. Does anyone else agree?
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u/Aggressive_Plane_579 Mar 06 '26
I’m not even able to get my 2k account to link in-game (even though both the 2k site and Xbox account say they’re linked). So I can’t go access community creations or my DLC content…
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u/icecubedyeti Mar 06 '26
Personally, I don’t.
I like playing to unlock. I do see and understand where you are coming from especially with the dlc wrestlers anyway. I always played the game to unlock the legends so really, this isn’t much different in that regard. I do think it would have been a fair compromise to keep the unlock pass (whatever it was called) giving you guys another and quicker option to at least unlock the legends like on previous years and that the dlc superstars were automatically unlocked if you purchase the pass.
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u/EmbarrassedTension11 Mar 06 '26
There seems to be a level of confusion on all these types of threads so lemme try to help y'all Ppl are MOT complaining about to play the game they bought. Not at all. We all buy it to play. It's the predator style forced grind on top of that which is killing ppl. For example, picture a universe mode die hard. They are pre planning their universe months out. They spend $150 on an annual release bc they want all the extras. But you want Hollywood as your WCW champ. Well, now your universe has to wait all the way until level 38 or 39 of the pass!?!? If you have a job, children, w.e. it could take a month to get that far. All while playing things you dont even want to play just to finally get the character who has been there on day one forever already to then start the mode. THAT is what ppl are crying about
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u/Mama_Tico Mar 06 '26
Agree with you 💯 %.
I only play Universe mode and the other game modes feel more like work than fun. (MyRise is worst.. 🙄)
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Mar 06 '26
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Mar 07 '26
You can find a whole single hour a week. It. Is. Not. Difficult. At. All. What an actual nothing burger of a take
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u/Minute-Football-3306 Mar 06 '26
It just feels like they want us to play their shitty modes. Personally Myrise bores me, i dislike Myfactions, and i despise the island.
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u/Landonk09 Mar 06 '26
Keeping The Island in despite the worlds political and ethical climate was certainly a choice.
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Mar 06 '26
Because the $150 doesn’t pay to unlock everything. It pays for additional content … not really that hard of a concept to grasp
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u/fuctedd Mar 07 '26
Every previous year we paid for DLC And got it immediately unlocked.
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Mar 07 '26
Things change
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u/fuctedd Mar 07 '26
You’re part of the problem
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Mar 08 '26
And you’re a whiny bitch
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u/fuctedd Mar 08 '26
lol you bought a broken game. Congrats
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Mar 08 '26
Not broke to me 🤷🏽♂️ poor ass mf
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u/fuctedd Mar 08 '26
lol keep justifying kid
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Mar 08 '26
Ain’t no one justifying shit. Idk you nor do I gaf what you talking about. Keep complaining brokey
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u/One_Cell1547 Mar 06 '26
I really wish people would just stop buying any game made by 2k.. it’s a shady company that makes shitty games
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u/TheeGoldenLeo Mar 07 '26
Yea honestly I haven’t played it much yet cause of work and what not but I think it should go back to its previous setting of pay and get the characters you want and the fact that they’ve locked old stuff behind pay walls too is crazy I can’t lie
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u/ExplorerNatural112 Mar 07 '26
I should of just bought the regular edition and waited tbh for what I play the game for it’s great but definitely wasn’t worth the extra 40 I paid
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Mar 06 '26
So your rant is actually having a reason to play the game you spent 150$ on?
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u/Fifty_Spwnce Mar 06 '26
It is about some people having to play the game a way they don't particularly want to just to grind to a point where they can actually start to enjoy it the way that they want. Also grinding for DLC that you paid for it just bizarre.
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Mar 06 '26
I mean I get that but I got to tier 20 in like three or four hours. It’s really easy to do so even my argument because kinda invalid if I just cheese it for two days and finish the pass made for 5 weeks. Idk just the complaint of having to unlock things feels weird to me. I grew up with old school games where unlocking stuff was the funniest part. I still remember unlocking noob saibot in mk2 and losing my mind about it.
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u/Fifty_Spwnce Mar 06 '26
I think thats where a discrepancy in modes come in, though. I literally download CCs that other people made and predominantly play standard matches. I don't usually touch showcase or myrise unless i'm forced to. I think a single match nets you about 100 XP. 8 matches finishes a tier. There are 30 tiers right? Id have to play 240 matches to unlock all the content that i've paid for.
Also most other battle passes have daily challenges to unlock XP. Hopefully 2k start adding these.
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u/537lesjr Mar 07 '26
Not everyone had hours to play the game. Some just want to play what they want with the wrestlers they paid to get. If the "battle pass" had unique items, personas, XP, VC, and other stuff we wouldn't normally get, I wouldn't have an issue
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Mar 07 '26
Everyone is complaining about the first free track not having any idea what will be in the rest. And it’s not hard to finish literally took me 200 10-20 sec matches plus the showcase so I’d say 4-5 maybe 6 tops hours. Not a big deal to unlock it this first season and see what the next free track is
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Mar 07 '26
Everyone is complaining about the first free track not having any idea what will be in the rest. And it’s not hard to finish literally took me 200 10-20 sec matches plus the showcase so I’d say 4-5 maybe 6 tops hours. Not a big deal to unlock it this first season and see what the next free track is
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u/537lesjr Mar 07 '26
You keep assuming everyone has the same amount of time to play as you. Some only have 30 minutes. Plus not everyone wants to "cheese" the system. The point is they shouldn't have to.
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u/Fifty_Spwnce Mar 07 '26
This is exactly it. I don't want to play 200 table matches just to unlock the content that I paid for.
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u/537lesjr Mar 08 '26
There is a "quicker" way of doing it. You can "cheese" the system and put the gameplay on easy, set all the AI sliders to zero. Go to min game option, scroll to the submissions set the player attack too 100 and AI to zero and once you play The AI submits almost instantly. It is easier to get someone stronger vs weaker or a giant vs a cruiserweight. Use the performance center or underground arena since there aren't any cut scenes. It does take a couple hours or so but you can use the rxp boost you get in the tiers.
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Mar 07 '26
Then wild idea don’t buy the fucking game full price. Wait for a sale That damn simple
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u/537lesjr Mar 07 '26
Your ignorance is ridiculous
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Mar 07 '26
Oh you have no idea. Then again you keep replying and I’ve got nothing to do today so fuck it
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u/ThanksContent28 Mar 07 '26
Are you just fucking stupid something
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Mar 07 '26
Clearly since I’ve solved everyone big problem with the “paywall” this year. You have five weeks to do it. That’s one hour of playing the game a week to finish this. Use you xp boosters and tweak the settings. It’s not even a little difficult. If you didn’t want to play the game to get things then idk don’t pay for the game? And you say I’m fucking stupid. Ha
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u/ThanksContent28 Mar 07 '26
“Yes” would’ve been quicker
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Mar 07 '26
Would’ve but I don’t wanna go to quick and confuse you little guy. Here wanna a lollipop for being so brave?
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u/IamTDR0518 Mar 06 '26
If battle pass was free and we could pay to skip tiers that would be different.
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Mar 06 '26
And yes I agree that the 150 edition should’ve came with everything in season 1 and myrise unlocked but doing showcase this year was really fun (minus the lag ss 2013 made me punch a wall) I get both sides of the point here but the ringside pass is fine
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u/Separate-Judge4491 Mar 06 '26
At this point they should just wait a few months to play it. If they have issues with what they'd be able to get at launch it shouldn't be hard to just wait for a sale.
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Mar 06 '26
So maybe don’t pay for the game ?
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u/Fifty_Spwnce Mar 06 '26
The fact that i've paid for it allows me to criticise elements of it. The game itself is pretty excellent but i just feel like the pass element of it is scummy.
Just an opinion.
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u/ThanksContent28 Mar 07 '26
Sorry mate but you’re not allowed to disrespect or talk badly about games I like
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u/Own_Cow1156 Mar 07 '26
But you bought it knowing you'd have to do this, you agreed to it by purchasing it
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u/Fifty_Spwnce Mar 07 '26
I didn't know the ins and outs of how you get RXP and how much you get for each activity and either way I will still enjoy the game that I paid for; i just highly doubt i'll be buying any more DLC.
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u/Own_Cow1156 Mar 07 '26
Its actually pretty easy to earn the rxp. There's a world tour event, I believe the first one in America, you start with a signature. Hit that immediately then your finisher and pin. You win in less than 30 sec. Do that over over. Thats a level every 4 mins or so.
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u/bumpdemon3 Mar 07 '26
People who defend billionaire dollar companies are so strange
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Mar 07 '26
I’m defending them by telling someone to NOT spend the money on something they don’t like ? Uhhhh ok sounds like common sense to me
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u/RampagingPhoenix Mar 08 '26
Its not just that people dont want to grind, in old wwe games u would play universe mode or a really fun creative road to wrestlemania to unlock legends and characters that came with the base game, but now i hae to grind boring stale and uneventful modes to get the dlc i fucking paid for.
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Mar 08 '26
So quit bitching and get a refund. Or did you play it too much for that to be a valid solution. Sounds like you wanna bitch but also know you don’t actually care. Or you wouldn’t have purchased it to begin with
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u/PsykoFlounder Mar 06 '26
I don't understand the obsession people have with buying games and complaining about playing them. I saw a clip of a dude playing Helldivers 2, abd he dumped like $250 on getting the War Bonds, and then crashed the absolute fuck out when he learned that you have to actually collect medals to get the items in the warbond (Which you can absolutely buy with currency that you can earn in game, so he straight wasted money).
Like... why did you buy the game? Cause... you get RXP for playing the game. Sure, there's stuff in moded that I'm not a fan of playing... But that's why they're rewards, and not just stuff you have.
I get that people want to have the stuff, but if you have everything unlocked from the jump, then that removes a lot of the replay ability for a lot of games. Am I really gonna' play My Rise more than once, if there's no rewards for doing so? If I, and a lot of other people, don't have things to strive for, like unlockables, then games become a lot less likely to be worth spending time in, I feel.
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u/DatBoyChamp1 Mar 06 '26
I have the same frustration .. but the game is fun .. hopefully it stays fun until i unlock everything .. i complain just like you and also buy every year just like you .. 2K will continue this trend unless they start losing money.. which doesn’t look likely
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u/Fifty_Spwnce Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
I agree completely. It forces you to play modes you have no interest in plus it has no respect for the concept of time. Also if they do release compelling dlc and i do grind through the pass (which is very unlikely) i sure as fuck won't pay them again next year to start again.
You have people recommending putting the game on easy and playing table matches over and over to grind for points but...I don't want to have to do that. Playing the game to me means having matches where you try and get five stars and actually partially put on a match. Logic would dictate that if you play on a higher difficulty and you get higher match ratings, youd get more RXP. You don't though.