By Mark Rodriguez
When I forgot got back into the WWE around 2015 they were lots of advertisements regarding WWE Immortals, made by Netherrealms, the guys behind the newer Mortal Kombat games and Injustice Gods Among Us. It was a free phone app game, so why not? Now in 2018 the game is still kicking somehow, with occasional updates here and there.
The game's overall story revolves around Bray Wyatt trying to obtain a mystical version of his famous lantern, but The Authority doublecross him and try to use that power for themselves. Doing so accidentally unleashes several different and powerful versions of WWE superstars.
The characters mostly go by literal representations of their gimmicks, names or catchphrases, like making The Rock an actual stone golem, Daniel Bryan into a goatman, Kane into a literal demon and Paige into a banshee. You have an interesting set of characters to unlock, both old and new like The Bella Twins, Trish Stratus, Big Show, John Cena and Roman Reigns, and each character has at least 2 versions of them.
Some characters can just be bought at the in-game shop, like Big Show and Triple H, but others require buying specific card packs or winning the characters in tournaments to obtain, like Sting or Bray Wyatt.
The game is a three on three ongoing fight, until one side can manage to defeat all three members of the opposing team. The controls are super easy. The characters automatically get in each other's faces so you don't have to worry about moving back and forth. Tapping or swiping anywhere the screen makes your character attack and if you do a combo right you can end it by swiping the screen at the right direction at the right time. You can also press two fingers on the screen at the same time to block.
You can tap icons on the screen to tap in and out between your team of three, or to do your special moves when you fill up the power bar on the bottom. There are three levels in the power bar and you start with only being able to use level 1. As you level up you can eventually unlock the other levels. The moves are more powerful versions of their trademark moves like the RamPaige and the Superman Punch for example and you can up the damage by swiping or tapping the screen before the move activates.
The level 3 supers are full on cinematics, and as far as I can tell, unblockable once activated. They usually come with a voice clip from the characters.
You can play the regular game mode which helps you level up your characters. There's also a challenge mode where you fight in several matches, sometimes with some sort of handicap so you can earn a specific character. There's also an online tournament where the main prize is a certain character or item. The tournaments are usually themed after whatever Pay Per View happens to be going on at the time.
Like most free app games, you can only play for so long before being asked to either wait to recharge, or pay. The character have an energy meter, and when their energy is out and you're out of items to recharge, you can either wait it out, or whip out real cash. Luckily this isn't much of a problem if you're already racked up a lot of characters, you can just switch them and keep playing.
When the game started out, you basically only had one, maybe 2 backgrounds to fight in, and a very limited amount of characters to use. The game was fun, but the novelty would wear off since you kept fighting the same combinations of characters over and over again in the same background. 2016 added more characters to the roster, including Randy Orton, Big E, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Macho Man Randy Savage and the Ultimate Warrior.
What really surprises me is that as late as 2017, they added a new Zombie Survival Mode and even more characters, namely, AJ Styles, Johnny Cage from Mortal Kombat, Xavier Woods cosplaying as Raiden from Mortal Kombat (that was a weird one), and Sgt. Slaughter.
Of course, the most noticeable thing is the fact that one time Hulk Hogan was also in the game, both as his Hulkamania and Hollywood personas, but they were were removed from the game due to all the personal problems the WWE had with him at the time.
I have to say, I did enjoy the game when it first came out, and I enjoyed grinding to finally unlock Sting and Stephanie McMahon. Having bought a new phone, I had to re-download the game again after not playing it for a while and was pleased with all the updates. It's fun and easy to play. The graphics are cool, I love the different character designs and the super moves are spectacular.
I wonder how long support will last for this game though. Every time I boot it up now, I notice there is a ladder event that is always locked, where normally this would be the event that would change to reflect Money in the Bank, Wrestlemania, Summerslam, etc. but the zombie event is still there so you can earn zombie versions of AJ Styles, Brock Lesnar, Stone Cold and Seth Rollins. Honestly though, every once in a while a new character like the Xavier Woods Raiden and Sgt. Slaughter come along to surprise you with the fact that this game is still kicking, so maybe it's too soon to say it's 100% done, but who knows. With WWE pushing other newer phone app games, this one might be on its last legs.
Have you played this game yet? What did you think about it? As always, comments and feedback and more than welcome.
When I forgot got back into the WWE around 2015 they were lots of advertisements regarding WWE Immortals, made by Netherrealms, the guys behind the newer Mortal Kombat games and Injustice Gods Among Us. It was a free phone app game, so why not? Now in 2018 the game is still kicking somehow, with occasional updates here and there.
The game's overall story revolves around Bray Wyatt trying to obtain a mystical version of his famous lantern, but The Authority doublecross him and try to use that power for themselves. Doing so accidentally unleashes several different and powerful versions of WWE superstars.
The characters mostly go by literal representations of their gimmicks, names or catchphrases, like making The Rock an actual stone golem, Daniel Bryan into a goatman, Kane into a literal demon and Paige into a banshee. You have an interesting set of characters to unlock, both old and new like The Bella Twins, Trish Stratus, Big Show, John Cena and Roman Reigns, and each character has at least 2 versions of them.
Some characters can just be bought at the in-game shop, like Big Show and Triple H, but others require buying specific card packs or winning the characters in tournaments to obtain, like Sting or Bray Wyatt.
The game is a three on three ongoing fight, until one side can manage to defeat all three members of the opposing team. The controls are super easy. The characters automatically get in each other's faces so you don't have to worry about moving back and forth. Tapping or swiping anywhere the screen makes your character attack and if you do a combo right you can end it by swiping the screen at the right direction at the right time. You can also press two fingers on the screen at the same time to block.
You can tap icons on the screen to tap in and out between your team of three, or to do your special moves when you fill up the power bar on the bottom. There are three levels in the power bar and you start with only being able to use level 1. As you level up you can eventually unlock the other levels. The moves are more powerful versions of their trademark moves like the RamPaige and the Superman Punch for example and you can up the damage by swiping or tapping the screen before the move activates.
The level 3 supers are full on cinematics, and as far as I can tell, unblockable once activated. They usually come with a voice clip from the characters.
You can play the regular game mode which helps you level up your characters. There's also a challenge mode where you fight in several matches, sometimes with some sort of handicap so you can earn a specific character. There's also an online tournament where the main prize is a certain character or item. The tournaments are usually themed after whatever Pay Per View happens to be going on at the time.
Like most free app games, you can only play for so long before being asked to either wait to recharge, or pay. The character have an energy meter, and when their energy is out and you're out of items to recharge, you can either wait it out, or whip out real cash. Luckily this isn't much of a problem if you're already racked up a lot of characters, you can just switch them and keep playing.
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What really surprises me is that as late as 2017, they added a new Zombie Survival Mode and even more characters, namely, AJ Styles, Johnny Cage from Mortal Kombat, Xavier Woods cosplaying as Raiden from Mortal Kombat (that was a weird one), and Sgt. Slaughter.
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I have to say, I did enjoy the game when it first came out, and I enjoyed grinding to finally unlock Sting and Stephanie McMahon. Having bought a new phone, I had to re-download the game again after not playing it for a while and was pleased with all the updates. It's fun and easy to play. The graphics are cool, I love the different character designs and the super moves are spectacular.
I wonder how long support will last for this game though. Every time I boot it up now, I notice there is a ladder event that is always locked, where normally this would be the event that would change to reflect Money in the Bank, Wrestlemania, Summerslam, etc. but the zombie event is still there so you can earn zombie versions of AJ Styles, Brock Lesnar, Stone Cold and Seth Rollins. Honestly though, every once in a while a new character like the Xavier Woods Raiden and Sgt. Slaughter come along to surprise you with the fact that this game is still kicking, so maybe it's too soon to say it's 100% done, but who knows. With WWE pushing other newer phone app games, this one might be on its last legs.
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