Thoughts on MyRise in WWE 2K22

Good morning everyone,

Last night's stream featured WWE 2K22 at the perfect time when the next game in the series comes out net month (I think), and we jumped right into the MyRise mode, creating a female superstar named Jackie Hammer (as in jackhammer)... and right off the bat, I'm surprised at how in depth the opening creation tools are... and how limited. There were quite a number of things that weren't even options, such as hair color for example... and the limitations on 'outfits' to be forced to go with a predetermined look certainly was odd.

That said, the presentation of the MyRise mode does give more control to the player over what feuds and matches they part in... and the voice acting from the WWE Superstars at least sounds good in some cases, and awful in others (did Sasha Banks recorder her dialogue in a fish bowl?). Was nice to see that there is some continuity with the prior WWE 2K story modes with references to it and to see Josie Jane from 2K20 getting featured. The new character of Fanny does raise some concerns.

We got fairly far into the MyRise story, getting past a few story arcs involving Toni Storm & The Mae Young Classic. It'll be interesting to see how things progress with this game, and if we keep it as a two-night a week game or slot it as Saturday night feature.

I also took a brief look at the Showcase mode and as I feared, it relies heavily on WWE footage to get it's point across, and the set up of in match objectiveness makes it a tedious affair I want nothing to do with

For the raid we dropped in on pradoxgamerau who was playing RimWorld over at twitch.tv/pradoxgamerau

WWE 2K22 Achievements

• Time to TakeOver: Have a match on NXT in either Male or Female MyRISE.
• Who’s That Jumping Out the Sky?: Complete One Objective in Showcase Mode.

Finished writing the Mass Effect short story yesterday before the stream, but didn't send it off until this morning this way I won't be tempted to start work on any new story commissions that come in.

Why? Because I actually have work today, so I'm hoping it'll be a good day and I'll be able to do a good job with the assignment.

I want to clear out this big storage 'closet' but to do that I need to move quite a few things around. Don't be surprise of the DVD display you've been seeing on stream disappears.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout featured Beginner Combo #2, Hook Combo #1 and Hip Shape Focus Combo.

"Did you hear the rumor about butter? Well, I'm not going to spread it!"

Song of the Day: "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"  by Rod Stewart

For tonight's stream we shall continue WWE 2K22's MyRise, as we're on the NXT brand, so we'll see if we can get some cool stuff to happen.

On that note we'll see you tonight over on twitch.tv/fredcasden