![]() While maintaining its DNA of wrestling moves, Battlegrounds still manages to simplify the combat, making it far more accessible to a wrestling newcomer wanting to perform a leaping elbow drop assisted by your opponent's face! Moves feel incredibly satisfying, with high impact sounds adding to the devastation. The combat is surprisingly easy to pick up and the systems are relatively simple, and it wasn’t long before I was uppercutting Edge with a novelty mallet and landing 20 foot high chokeslams. The arenas, or Battlegrounds as the game calls them, are also beyond anything you’d ever see in WWE, featuring environments like a military boot camp, Florida swamp, and an auto shop the latter two of which I got to experience during my hands-on time. I would’ve loved to have seen Stone Cold Steve Austin smash through a glass plate, or the New Day come out of a giant cereal box instead. For example: all superstars bizarrely enter the Battlegrounds from an exploding shipping box for some reason, missing out on opportunities to lean into the wackiness of each real-life WWE character. There’s no mistaking it’s WWE, although it does lack elements of its pageantry. All your favourite WWE Superstars (of which there are 70 plus at launch) are now cartoon like caricatures of their real-life counterparts that are both completely recognisable, but also uncomfortably odd looking. It’s bonkers.Īs mentioned previously, the presentation has also taken a hard turn from WWE 2K20’s realism. I’m talking exploding barrels, motorbikes used like baseball bats, and giant crocodiles ready to chomp down on you. Gone are most traditional wrestling moves, replaced by absurd, gravity defying variations, super power ups, and a strong emphasis using your environment as a weapon. Battlegrounds’ combat - while still rooted in its grappling blood - pushes the core loop towards more of a Smash Bros style battling system that’s masquerading as wrestling. ![]() It’s clearly angling more towards 2011’s fan favourite, WWE All Stars, not only with its presentation (more on that in a bit), but also its combat style. Brock Lesnar's record against each other.Immediately out of the gate it’s apparent that WWE 2K Battlegrounds is pushing hard in the opposite direction from last years’ simulation effort. They've faced off plenty of times in both Brock's initial run with the company as Cena was on the rise and after Brock returned and Cena was already WWE's biggest name. It's also interesting to see John Cena vs. Though Brock's next big match is seemingly with Roman Reigns, it is Roman's SummerSlam opponent, John Cena, who Brock has typically been at his best against. They're looking back at his best work and he's often associated with one man. Updated on August 26th, 2021 by Kevin Pantoja: The recent return of Brock Lesnar to WWE at SummerSlam has fans everywhere reminiscing about The Beast Incarnate. ![]() With these two, no two matches are ever the same, so it's worth seeing which of their matches were the worst and which were the best. While Cena and Lesnar often put on great matches, they have also been across the ring from each other for some sluggish affairs. RELATED: Every Major John Cena Vs Randy Orton Match, Ranked From Worst To Best Both have gotten key victories over the other and, when they step into the ring as opponents, every fan knows that it is special. They both made their debuts around the same time, and have gone to war in numerous matches over the following two decades. Over the years, John Cena and Brock Lesnar have created one of WWE's greatest rivalries.
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