If they could bring back the 2k19 controls, and keep 2k23's combos, blocks, and dodges, that'd be perfect controls for me. Imo 2k19 had the smoothest gameplay. The new grab controls get confusing sometimes, but that's just me.
@@TheSUPERWIND2023to each There own. Surely you'd agree that using your analog stick and Pressing O in the past games still had the best control for Irish whips and/or looked visually better without a lock up?
The quick grapple mechanic should never have been removed. It was a necessary gameplay piece. Having to lock up every time for moves is stupid and ridiculous. Its not accurate to actual wrestling. Its interrupts gameplay flow. It slows down matches and forces players to wrestle particular ways.
You,re insane. Finally the game is fun to play. Instead of animation to animation gamplay which felt more like film direction, now you actually have to play the game.
i think we all know that these controls are not our style and we don't want them but it's been forced on us while we know wwe 2k19 controls are the best in the series same like fifa classic is almost the majority for players this is just unnecessary at this point
How disappointing that some of us were expecting to get wwe 2k19 controls and chain wrestling mechanics but the game is based on the same stupid idea of combos and blocking like wwe 2k22 with the same annoying controls that no one wanted to use in the first place
Thank you so much for this video! I’m trying to surprise my boyfriend tomorrow by actually knowing the controls while playing this game with him and this is really gonna make it a lot more fun for both of us. I’m a huge fan of wrestling and I can’t wait to actually be able to play this.
imagine wwe 2k23 with chain wrestling mechanics ,wwe 2k19 controls no combos and blocking that would make the game enjoyable for the fans because we know how well wwe 2k19 did but it seems no one is thinking of that
I don't know if you ever played svr but it's the same holding a r1 trigger plus the circle it's literally old controls but new players don't get it I understand tho I haven't played since wwe2k14
I hear you. I probably would have beaten the 1st and 3rd showcase matches in full had the hammer throw actually worked for me. I mean, it works just fine for me in standard matches, both play mode and universe, but showcase it acts as just an Irish wip and not a hammer throw to the outside.
The controls/matches definitely feel smoother, overall I really like this year's game, my only small complaint is not being able to use the soundtrack songs as caw themes but that's just a small issue
Add B->Y & O->triangle for light & heavy grapples along with rope grapples, apron grapples, and more options for moves in corner grapples. While we’re at it, they should add new weapons and diving announce table moves. Announce tables can be so much more fun than they are right now.
You never mentioned being able to pick people up with grab and the right thumb stick up. I have using the taunt to pick people up most of the time so happy when I found this in another video.
Thank-you so much for this video. I recently got back into playing video games after a 20 year hiatus. The last WWF game I played was for NES and the controls are much harder for me to learn now. I have been playing as Hulk Hogan. When the opponent is outside of the ring and Hulk is inside of the ring, I cannot figure out how to climb the ropes to jump out of the ring toward the opponent. I approach the ropes and Hulk climbs the second one but he only faces the inside of the ring and I can't figure out how to have Hulk face the outside of the ring to jump toward the opponent out of the ring.
I seen a video couple times and I'm glad they made it a little bit harder but it looks like I can master this as well but this makes the game more fun this way!
Well ding-dang-it! I've got like two weeks of vids to catch-up-on; as I just tonight discovered that my cat messed with my Nintendo Switch's Joy-Con and unsubbed me from your awesome channel! I was wondering where my Wrestling-Game-News-fix has been all this time!? Thanks for always being here for me!
thanks man..im trying to learn this by watching vids first..its my first time playing a wrestling game since svr2011 so i know the controls are much more advanced now..
The tutorial doesn't even go this in depth so I'm here for the first time sense SVR 2010 so this is all new to me. I'm in the ring playing like I never made it out the performance center 😂
It what be nice if they added all controls types from wwe 2k13 to 2k22 where anyone who likes their preferred controls can have them but online its stays as the default controls but that probably would be a lot of work on their part.
I'm really struggling with breaking the grapples and combos. I got the game yesterday but I'm playing showcase for the first time and the Ai just reverses everything and when I try and guess I just never get it right so I never complete the objective. I'd rather just have WWE2K19 controls with these graphics. Why did they feel the need to complicate the controls even more?
Literally couldn't agree more...everything else with the game seems to be a big step up, aside from general gameplay and the fact that they've took away moveset slots due to the stupid controls limiting the overall variety...😑
I have to agree the controls and reversal system was better in 2k19 so when me and my son play eachother in 2k23 it's one long paper rock scissors game it feels like 😂 I do like 2k23 but 2k19 which we still play, the controls are so much better, if only they kept it the same
@smacktalks I wish they added moves to make the matches feel like tv and less work on the simple button mechanics. Every year they retool the mechanics when they're not really an issue. I'd love to see the Irish whip get reworked. The heavy Irish whip need to be more intense. Especially on the outside of the ring. Make it when you reverse the Irish whip into the steps, they steps actually shake or come apart. Stuff like that to ramp up the intensity of the game.
I was thinking this was gonna be similar to AEW. Cause that game plays like old school N64 wrestling games. Which was wrestling games at its peak. Besides Smack Down on the PS1
Okay, so...as someone coming from 2k19, did they basically take the short and long press of X and separate it into two buttons? So now X is light strikes and A is heavy strikes? I really don't understand the benefit of doing this, personally.
@@Smacktalks I see, but I kind of hate the combo stuff. I'm not a fighting game guy. Can I comfortably play this game without having to learn combos for every single wrestler I want to play as?
Just the finished the Showcase mode and My god…. It was difficult as hell… what really got me most of the time was the new pin system, wish they just sticked with the Timed Pin where the bar doesn’t move aka the 2K22 Timed pin system
I really can't get into the gameplay the controls seem unnecessarily complex it's going to take a long while and lot of practice to get the controls down. I have to pause every single match to pull off combos and the worst part is you have to learn every wrestler's move set because they all have different combos/moves it's really more of a skill based game now you actually gotta learn how to play to get good
The way they designed the controls is similar to like a fighting game like mortal kombat which takes away the wrestling feel of the game the combos and blocking are just unnecessary they must patch wwe 2k19 controls in an update its really unfair for some of us
Imma have to disagree it's not mortal kombat each character may have different combos but they all operate under the same buttons combos it just different animations trust you can learn it
Having a blast with the game already, a step in the right direction but one thing I'm having trouble figuring out is how do you do AI vs. AI? It doesn't let me not be a player in a match. Wanted to see how AI's behave with each other with the new AI sliders but idk if I'm missing something but how do I do AI vs. AI this year? Hope it's not removed..
There's too many button inputs to remember good on those who enjoy it but it's not for me so I'll wait to pick up Aew fight forever and wrestling code since those seem to be going for the simpler gameplay from older wrestling games.
You can also do attacks from the second rope by just walking up to a turnbuckle and just keep pushing up against it and your wrestler should hoist themselves up to the second rope for a less deadly and high up corner buckle move. Sorry if this was a poor explanation haha
Dear wwe 2k23 developers you have no idea the pain am feeling inside you could have just given us the wwe 2k19 controls as optional i skipped 2k22 because of the controls now i have to skip wwe 2k23 as well please patch that in an update your controls just suck honestly do you require an approval from yukes for the wwe 2k19 controls or what seems to be the problem
Why couldn't they just make a custom setting like A controls 2k22, B 2k19 controls and C customization control layouts the way you prefer comfortable with I'm not saying for either of them to have an advantage I'm saying to balance them for equal measures
The fact all the comments are about 2k19 controls. COME ON 2K JUST FKN REVERT IT. I've been a fan for longer than a decade and I haven't been able to play wwe games since 2k19.
Honestly helped me more then the tutorial. Does anybody know if there's a practice mode in the game? Returning fan since SVR 07, came back to wrestling in general in 2020
I’m pretty sure there is not a practice mode in 2k23 the closest thing I’ve seen is in create a move set there is option to try practice the move but that’s all I’ve seen
I had a lot of difficulty using the signature move during the John Cena vs Undertaker in Showcase mode, i tap LT & X not hood but direction and it keeps doing the opposite signature move 🤷🏻♂️
I am struggling with the breaker moves - it tells me to press B and A at the same exact time after a grapple happens but it ain't working for me and unsure why.
Can you change the movement type? Like is there different types to choose from? Can you move the wrestlers with the D-pad instead of the analog button? (PS or XBOX)
If they could bring back the 2k19 controls, and keep 2k23's combos, blocks, and dodges, that'd be perfect controls for me. Imo 2k19 had the smoothest gameplay. The new grab controls get confusing sometimes, but that's just me.
I tried going back to 2K19s controls and I wasn't a fan.
@@TheSUPERWIND2023to each There own. Surely you'd agree that using your analog stick and Pressing O in the past games still had the best control for Irish whips and/or looked visually better without a lock up?
The quick grapple mechanic should never have been removed. It was a necessary gameplay piece. Having to lock up every time for moves is stupid and ridiculous. Its not accurate to actual wrestling. Its interrupts gameplay flow. It slows down matches and forces players to wrestle particular ways.
Block, dodge and combos are the real problems here.
I’m glad I’m not the only one. It’s so bad for me personally that I still play 2k19
2k19 had the best controls. Too bad 2K thinks they have to change everything.
Yup I agree
Bro you guys were literally trashing on them for always being the same 😂 now your backwards because you got what you wanted
Yeah i agree too
I really wish there was an option to play with either the controls from #WWE2K19 or the current ones that have been in both #WWE2K22 and now #WWE2K23
I just want the 2K19 controls back
Broooo, facts
You,re insane. Finally the game is fun to play. Instead of animation to animation gamplay which felt more like film direction, now you actually have to play the game.
@@HorribleSmileProductions Gameplay and Controls are 2 different things.
i think we all know that these controls are not our style and we don't want them but it's been forced on us while we know wwe 2k19 controls are the best in the series same like fifa classic is almost the majority for players this is just unnecessary at this point
How disappointing that some of us were expecting to get wwe 2k19 controls and chain wrestling mechanics but the game is based on the same stupid idea of combos and blocking like wwe 2k22 with the same annoying controls that no one wanted to use in the first place
Thank you so much for this video! I’m trying to surprise my boyfriend tomorrow by actually knowing the controls while playing this game with him and this is really gonna make it a lot more fun for both of us. I’m a huge fan of wrestling and I can’t wait to actually be able to play this.
wow W girlfriend
Need more partners supportive of gaming, hope y’all have a awesome time!
Great effort W Wife
Pretty sure that didn't go as planned, since these controls are ASS! & looks like it will take some real time to master unfortunately...
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Shes a keeper!!!
God I miss 2k19...
imagine wwe 2k23 with chain wrestling mechanics ,wwe 2k19 controls no combos and blocking that would make the game enjoyable for the fans because we know how well wwe 2k19 did but it seems no one is thinking of that
Smacktalks doing what’s best for us players
I could hug you for this. Haven't played since 2K20.
Definitely helped understand a bit more than the game explains that’s for sure.
Man, I so wish they had made irish whips smoother by double tapping the grapple button WITHOUT initiating the lockup animation 😮💨
I don't know if you ever played svr but it's the same holding a r1 trigger plus the circle it's literally old controls but new players don't get it I understand tho I haven't played since wwe2k14
I hear you. I probably would have beaten the 1st and 3rd showcase matches in full had the hammer throw actually worked for me. I mean, it works just fine for me in standard matches, both play mode and universe, but showcase it acts as just an Irish wip and not a hammer throw to the outside.
@@OhSoNasty I played the entire SvR series, but those are games from 2-3 console generations ago. They had a much better mechanic for it in 2K19
@@OhSoNasty who cares about those old games? They are outdated. 2k19 has better controls.
didn’t get 2k22 so i’m glad to see a vid like this before getting 2k23
Thanks, I'm about 20 years behind from the days I played on N64 but now I'm kicking people in the face all day.
2k19 had the best controls
I'm getting the games tomorrow so this really helps
Hero thank you!! Ain’t played since smack down vs raw when I was a kid 😂
Same here I'm lost even after the tutorial lol
The controls/matches definitely feel smoother, overall I really like this year's game, my only small complaint is not being able to use the soundtrack songs as caw themes but that's just a small issue
They dont look smoother.
@@Windrake101 I said feel smoother
I wonder would it be better than 22, the overall game
@@thepluggy1 I think so
I miss when we used to be able to use our own theme. They need to bring it back eventually!!
I haven’t played a wee game since 18 this is so difficult 😂😭
Add B->Y & O->triangle for light & heavy grapples along with rope grapples, apron grapples, and more options for moves in corner grapples.
While we’re at it, they should add new weapons and diving announce table moves. Announce tables can be so much more fun than they are right now.
amazing tutorials.. i started playing wwe23 on xbox x.. so this help.
The controls on the N64 games were better than the last few wwe 2k games
You never mentioned being able to pick people up with grab and the right thumb stick up. I have using the taunt to pick people up most of the time so happy when I found this in another video.
Havnt played a wrestling game since 2k16 and this tutorial is exactly what I needed to catch me up to speed.
Can’t wait for the Did you know series!!
Thank-you so much for this video. I recently got back into playing video games after a 20 year hiatus. The last WWF game I played was for NES and the controls are much harder for me to learn now. I have been playing as Hulk Hogan. When the opponent is outside of the ring and Hulk is inside of the ring, I cannot figure out how to climb the ropes to jump out of the ring toward the opponent. I approach the ropes and Hulk climbs the second one but he only faces the inside of the ring and I can't figure out how to have Hulk face the outside of the ring to jump toward the opponent out of the ring.
Me too ha I plan on purchasing wwe 2k23 today
My ps4 arrives tomorrow I’m excited
My last wwe game was in 2005
Me rn. I haven’t played since maube 2k16 and I’m so confused lol
It’s Lanch Day for WWE 2K23 I’ve already been playing for hours 😂😂😂
Me to I got icon edition for £10 🤪
So the game is out already
@@lorjay862 yes I downloaded last night and playing today
Same
Thx for this! I got 2k23 with 24’s pre order and I haven’t played WWE games since WWE ‘12, so I’m rusty, this sure helps a lot
Last time I played wrestling game on ps1! This video sure is useful for me. Thanks!
The only reason I’m watching this video is because of the pin system it’s so hard 😂
Bro yu literally just flick up 😭
X also works
Bro its so easy😭
I seen a video couple times and I'm glad they made it a little bit harder but it looks like I can master this as well but this makes the game more fun this way!
@@MessiahMma, not when it gets later on in the match.
This is very helpful. Thanks so much my friend. 🎉
SvR 07-09 had the best buttons
Imagine not playing game consoles since then and coming to these buttons!!
Well ding-dang-it! I've got like two weeks of vids to catch-up-on; as I just tonight discovered that my cat messed with my Nintendo Switch's Joy-Con and unsubbed me from your awesome channel! I was wondering where my Wrestling-Game-News-fix has been all this time!? Thanks for always being here for me!
Very
Helpful
If they could bring back the controls from old SmackDown games, this was very helpful.
thanks man..im trying to learn this by watching vids first..its my first time playing a wrestling game since svr2011 so i know the controls are much more advanced now..
ikr what the hell happened to the good simple times lol
The tutorial doesn't even go this in depth so I'm here for the first time sense SVR 2010 so this is all new to me. I'm in the ring playing like I never made it out the performance center 😂
Gunther is a beast in this game I played with him last night 💯
It what be nice if they added all controls types from wwe 2k13 to 2k22 where anyone who likes their preferred controls can have them but online its stays as the default controls but that probably would be a lot of work on their part.
Just got this game a few days agon on a steam sale for 25 bucks, haven't played a wrestling game since svr2011 so this video is helpful.
Loving the 2k23 content! Could you do a video coving the different new settings/sliders and what you recommend for balanced gameplay?
I can't wait to try it Friday when mine comes out. I got used to the game controls in 2k22. This looks promising as well in 2k23!
I just bought this game and im downloading it now and im just now realising i need to learn how to play lol
Played it today after years not playing an wwe game. Great game
Just bought 23 and I Haven’t touched a wwe game since 15 so here I am
I wish they would put heavy attack on the Y button and grapple the A button. Even better just let us customize the controls on a controller.
I'm really struggling with breaking the grapples and combos. I got the game yesterday but I'm playing showcase for the first time and the Ai just reverses everything and when I try and guess I just never get it right so I never complete the objective. I'd rather just have WWE2K19 controls with these graphics. Why did they feel the need to complicate the controls even more?
Literally couldn't agree more...everything else with the game seems to be a big step up, aside from general gameplay and the fact that they've took away moveset slots due to the stupid controls limiting the overall variety...😑
10/10 explaining and editing
I really liked the 2k19 controls more then 2k20-2k23
So play 2k19 then.
@@Mycarisloose how about you get off my comment
I have to agree the controls and reversal system was better in 2k19 so when me and my son play eachother in 2k23 it's one long paper rock scissors game it feels like 😂 I do like 2k23 but 2k19 which we still play, the controls are so much better, if only they kept it the same
@@solidrockofjesuschristmini2423 thank you
Thanks bud 🤜🏻🤛🏻
RIP Bray Wyatt
Thanks mate 🤙
@smacktalks I wish they added moves to make the matches feel like tv and less work on the simple button mechanics. Every year they retool the mechanics when they're not really an issue.
I'd love to see the Irish whip get reworked. The heavy Irish whip need to be more intense. Especially on the outside of the ring. Make it when you reverse the Irish whip into the steps, they steps actually shake or come apart. Stuff like that to ramp up the intensity of the game.
Preciate the vid man, but honestly it hurts my heart that wrestling games are turnin into mortal kombat. 2k19 had the best controls in my opinion.
Thanks for posting this SmackTalks.
You're welcome! 🙂
Bro i got way better at wwe now.
2k18 best controls
Did you know that Cody song is not in the game for creationing his song for your player
I was thinking this was gonna be similar to AEW. Cause that game plays like old school N64 wrestling games. Which was wrestling games at its peak. Besides Smack Down on the PS1
Okay, so...as someone coming from 2k19, did they basically take the short and long press of X and separate it into two buttons? So now X is light strikes and A is heavy strikes? I really don't understand the benefit of doing this, personally.
Yeah, kind of. I think it's all down to the combo stuff. They needed them on different buttons to fit with the light and heavy combo attacks.
@@Smacktalks I see, but I kind of hate the combo stuff. I'm not a fighting game guy. Can I comfortably play this game without having to learn combos for every single wrestler I want to play as?
So it’s R2+X on PS5 for finishers. This game looks like it’s gonna be an awesome game
Yep! Hopefully you enjoy it! 🙂
I miss smack down vs raw 2009, 2011
Just the finished the Showcase mode and My god…. It was difficult as hell… what really got me most of the time was the new pin system, wish they just sticked with the Timed Pin where the bar doesn’t move aka the 2K22 Timed pin system
Thank you very much good luck
I really can't get into the gameplay the controls seem unnecessarily complex it's going to take a long while and lot of practice to get the controls down. I have to pause every single match to pull off combos and the worst part is you have to learn every wrestler's move set because they all have different combos/moves it's really more of a skill based game now you actually gotta learn how to play to get good
I read somewhere that you can change the controls in "Options".
@Dale Henderson that's not possible i wish they give us wwe 2k19 controls as optional in an update because these controls suck for some of us
The way they designed the controls is similar to like a fighting game like mortal kombat which takes away the wrestling feel of the game the combos and blocking are just unnecessary they must patch wwe 2k19 controls in an update its really unfair for some of us
Imma have to disagree it's not mortal kombat each character may have different combos but they all operate under the same buttons combos it just different animations trust you can learn it
@Rod Play's the combos are not necessary honestly i hate them
Having a blast with the game already, a step in the right direction but one thing I'm having trouble figuring out is how do you do AI vs. AI? It doesn't let me not be a player in a match. Wanted to see how AI's behave with each other with the new AI sliders but idk if I'm missing something but how do I do AI vs. AI this year? Hope it's not removed..
There's too many button inputs to remember good on those who enjoy it but it's not for me so I'll wait to pick up Aew fight forever and wrestling code since those seem to be going for the simpler gameplay from older wrestling games.
@@rodneyharwood6330 its honestly very easy once you get the hang of it, trial and error
This was so helpful! Thank you!
Thanks Mate
You can also do attacks from the second rope by just walking up to a turnbuckle and just keep pushing up against it and your wrestler should hoist themselves up to the second rope for a less deadly and high up corner buckle move. Sorry if this was a poor explanation haha
It’s really smooth gameplay this year. Yes, only an enhanced 2k22 but a really good and for sure better one.
The controls are hard af
I always constantly press square when the cp grabs me. It gives me a reversal most of the time 👍🏼
Yeah, that's what I tend to default too, especially for combo breakers
@@Smacktalks Great minds think alike 😊👌
Excellent video. Thank you.
Thank you for the guide smacktalks
You're welcome 🙂
I'm actually enjoying the new pin system much better then mashing the button.😅
My god, I've searched for: " how to moving when finisher" for a week. (Y)
Using triggers for reversal issss so much better
Dear wwe 2k23 developers you have no idea the pain am feeling inside you could have just given us the wwe 2k19 controls as optional i skipped 2k22 because of the controls now i have to skip wwe 2k23 as well please patch that in an update your controls just suck honestly do you require an approval from yukes for the wwe 2k19 controls or what seems to be the problem
Amen Brother I Hope The 2k Devs Hear US LOUD AND CLEAR!!!!!!
Thanks
Thank you
Do you still tap X or A to get up faster???
Do a 24 video please. Especially Irish whip counters or ground grapple reversals
Here's an updated version for WWE 2K24: ua-cam.com/video/PE6kHDC8_S0/v-deo.html
Why couldn't they just make a custom setting like A controls 2k22, B 2k19 controls and C customization control layouts the way you prefer comfortable with I'm not saying for either of them to have an advantage I'm saying to balance them for equal measures
Hi in tag team matches can you call your team mate in? It used to be helpful to do the in ring double team moves.
which controls do you prefer to use in the wwe 2k23 game let's vote
A wwe 2k22 controls
B wwe 2k19 controls
C wwe 2k20 controls
B. Wwe 2k19 Controls HANDS DOWN!!!!!!!!!!
The fact all the comments are about 2k19 controls. COME ON 2K JUST FKN REVERT IT. I've been a fan for longer than a decade and I haven't been able to play wwe games since 2k19.
Honestly helped me more then the tutorial. Does anybody know if there's a practice mode in the game? Returning fan since SVR 07, came back to wrestling in general in 2020
I’m pretty sure there is not a practice mode in 2k23 the closest thing I’ve seen is in create a move set there is option to try practice the move but that’s all I’ve seen
thank you man
Haven’t played a wresting game since Super Nintendo “royal rumble”
Thank you so much for this
Thanks
If u can explain all rey mesterio moves
Do a wee video on how to move opponents on the ground or the carry system please & thank you.
Damn I know this video was hardwork. Great stuff man 👊🏼
If only they could bring smackdown here come the pain controls
Great tutorial
I had a lot of difficulty using the signature move during the John Cena vs Undertaker in Showcase mode, i tap LT & X not hood but direction and it keeps doing the opposite signature move 🤷🏻♂️
I am struggling with the breaker moves - it tells me to press B and A at the same exact time after a grapple happens but it ain't working for me and unsure why.
It was supposed to be either or i think, but the stupid in-game tutorial isn't that detailed.
Can you change the movement type? Like is there different types to choose from? Can you move the wrestlers with the D-pad instead of the analog button? (PS or XBOX)
Havnt played a wwe game since wwe smackdown vs raw 2008
Thanks you!
THANK YOU ❤🎉
Is it just me or we only rely on the wake up taunt to make enemies stand up? Like no button associated with standing them up quickly 🤔
up right stick and O picks the person up