Sporting the best visuals in a pro wrestling game to date, “WWE 2K16” is easily a step ahead of its predecessor, with awesome character models, more attention to detail and some of the best hair and cloth animations on the PlayStation 4, period.
Away from better-looking character models, smoother animations, better camera shots before and during the match and better lighting, “WWE 2K16” is extra pretty to those who are really paying attention. You’ll be in awe from the small things. Seeing characters’ hair bounce properly and championship belts looking like they actually fit the superstar wearing them will make you smile, but seeing more facial expression from characters during taunts and during maneuvers was the deal breaker. Although Examiner only played the current build demo, which consisted of 12 performers, the exhibition and a piece of the Showcase modes, which features Stone Cole Steve Austin, it was enough to say that “WWE 2K16” will be a graphical powerhouse.
On the gameplay side, the new counter system works well and eliminates the old, “I can counter anything and everything because my timing is so good” gamer by forcing them to know if they are countering a weak or a strong grapple. The fact that reversals have to be charged also changes the gameplay experience. It also sped up the action considerably and make the game feel more authentic.
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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports.
Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders.
His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023.
Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief.
Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale.
Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.
Sporting the best visuals in a pro wrestling game to date, “WWE 2K16” is easily a step ahead of its predecessor, with awesome character models, more attention to detail and some of the best hair and cloth animations on the PlayStation 4, period.
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