WWE 2K22

WWE 2K22
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73
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72.75
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$59.99
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10 March 2022
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REDESIGNED ENGINE. NEW CONTROLS. ALL THE FEATURES YOU CAN HANDLE. Get ripped out of the stands and hit with complete control of the WWE Universe. Hitting this hard has never been so easy. WWE 2K22: IT HITS DIFFERENT

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  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
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Ether Penguin
Ether Penguin

I've had a lot of fun with it, but I can't recommend for the following reasons.

1> My GM mode is pathetic and was a waste of the developers time and money to implement such a poor mode. I like the idea, but they failed hard on implementation.

2> Universe mode is broken. Period. The mode I would spend most of my time playing is broken and eventually locks on a match screen with no way to actually start the match.

3> I've never seen them fix issues with their games, so #2 is likely always going to be a problem, which I think is a game breaker.

4> Gave freezes up during almost all modes besides play mode and then you have to force quit. When you reload the game it says the save is corrupt. You basically have to leave the game closed for an unspecified amount of time before relaunching and your save will be fine as long as you didn't reset manually.

Reasons I would recommend the game, should they fix the many many bugs.

1> Gameplay is great and refreshing. Only issue there is that you cannot pick up weapons that are too close to the ropes if you have springboard moves on your wrestler due to button mapping.

2> MyRise is actually great and gives both male and female options for a fun story mode.

3> The Rey Mysterio showcase is pretty great, though in my opinion as an old WCW fan they skipped important milestones for Rey. It almost felt like a tribute to Eddy Guererro rather than a spotlight on Rey.

Everything Sucks!
Everything Sucks!

Just got “you have corrupted saved data” while playing MR mode, everything just got deleted!!! MyRise save data, my superstars creation, moveset, etc all gone. I’m hurt all the hard work I put into my created characters. I was going to start all over but now I dont even want to play MyRise anymore. It's hitting different, kill all the feeling and really upsetting for me. Two years of development and THIS is what we got. Thank you 2K for your broken sad game. Im done *thumbsdown

RingyDingDing
RingyDingDing

I haven't been into wrestling since 2005 and this brought me right back in. Animations are good, customization is great, but I wish there weren't so many cash transactions needed for the legends.

Nizoki
Nizoki

Best WWE2K since WWE 2K14, but still not as good as Here Comes The Pain. Very good roster despite some weird omissions (no Kurt Angle?). Impressive create-a-suite. Very fun and fluid gameplay when playing against CPU equal to your skill level. Absolutely appalling online state though. Absolutely impossible to play this game online without SUBSTANTIAL lag regardless of what you do.

Jacks_Wasted_Life
Jacks_Wasted_Life

Don't buy this useless trash. The game crashes constantly, you'll be lucky to finish a single match. By the time you've tried everything the internet suggests to fix it, with no luck, you'll be past the silly two hour window and unable to refund it. Seriously, just set your money on fire. It'll be more satisfying.

Anonymous
Anonymous

I like that I can do a lot of things in this game like make my own roster, play with other people online, play with my freinds and family in different matches and I can even make my own faction. another about this game is that it looks really good.

placateme
placateme

No promos in Universe mode, so it gets super boring and repetitive after a while. We're just supposed to use our imagination or something I guess. It's my biggest criticism of the game. Universe mode is just traversing through countless menus and picking superstars to wrestle and maybe actually playing a match and simulating matches and repeating. Boo. Menu controls are janky WITH a controller, let alone without one. Seriously lol don't even bother trying to play this game with keyboard alone. Loading times are long. MyRise motion capture, as always, looks janky and unnatural and the voice-acting is grating. I liked 2k20's story better.
A few nitpicks:
- Browsing through community creations is a chore. Very poorly designed. Here, just scroll through thousands of pages, one at a time! There's search system, but I think there should be filters beyond just date created or hashtags.
- If you're playing with a controller and then you switch to keyboard because you wanna type something or whatever, the transition isn't smooth. You'll go back a step. Not sure if this problem is exclusive to me or something and it's really not that big of a deal, but it gets annoying.
- When you've got 50+ custom superstars downloaded and they all have custom images on them, scrolling through the custom images you've downloaded or uploaded (since they're not separated) so you can put one on your superstar during CAW is a CHORE and a test of patience. All the custom images load so very slowly, and only a few at a time.
- Would've been really nice if we could upload custom video clips to put on titantrons.
- Why do we see superstar overalls in the menu where we choosing whose entrance to edit but not when we're actually choosing which custom superstar to edit in general? Makes zero sense.
- When we're picking superstars to book for a match in Universe mode, as far as I'm aware, there's no way to see whether a superstar is actually in your show roster unless you go back and go into the roster menu, so you're just kind of supposed to remember who's in where, which gets hard when you've got a bunch of custom superstars downloaded.

I will say, though, that superstar creation is very fun. Probably the most fun thing to do in the game. I've probably sunk more time doing that than actually playing. As for the wrestling itself, it's decent and the controls are responsive. There's a few bugs and glitches and whatever but they're not really big enough to take away from the experience.

EDIT: never mind. just ran into my first crashes. happens when i try to edit a superstar in universe mode and has happened during matches. also gameplay janky as hell sometimes lmfao. be prepared for endless reversals on legend difficulty. still easy to cheese

Overall, I don't completely dislike the game, but I do have a lot of complaints about it. It's just meh. If you're just in it to wrestle and you don't really care about Universe mode or myRise or the My faction shite they keep trying to shove down our throats or whatever then go for it.

Brute4s
Brute4s

Advocate everything except for the 8 man ladder matches. I hope whoever thought that up wakes up from camping one day with a nest full of mosquitoes in their underwear. The fact that you can't go further until you beat that match on Legendary may be the reason I delete and stop playing this game. This isn't TV WWE where a person can get kicked and lay on the floor 10 minutes, this is video game WWE where a person can get 23,294,127 turnbuckle RKO's, hit with 50 chairs, broken 23 kendo sticks on their face, put through 11 tables from the top of Hell in a Cell, get decapitated accidentally, and be up and fully functional in 20 seconds or less.

lE n v Y x
lE n v Y x

Finally got my copy of #WWE2k22 can't wait to play it tonight on the bus & can't Waite to beat my kids as well! Enjoy619

Anonymous
Anonymous

This game is my first purchase on steam and it has not been good. From lacking basic features like using the mouse to navigating the screen to the fast unnatural gameplay, the game appears like an unfinished product. Sure graphics are ultra high but the whole WWE vibe is missing. Everything would have been ignored if the gameplay was smooth, control system is bad too. Even graphic details are not upto the mark, some superstars and divas look real bad, arenas pyros look unrealistic. The only reason I am still keeping this game is that I was stupid enough to make it to make it work instead of refunding it within 2 hours of purchase. I would not have been fooled if I wasn't a crazy wwe fan. There was no reason this game could have been perfect as it shows potential.

Outspoken gaming
Outspoken gaming

Love the wwe games I have most of them from clear back to the 1993 wwf raw game made for sega genesis and here I am as an adult still playing the games and having fun with it and my friends too

Tone Bone 4 Ever
Tone Bone 4 Ever

this game sucks, always crashes still buggy, and has terrible dlc i hate the fact that 2k has this license why can't anyone make a good game????

The Wenzinator
The Wenzinator

WWE 2K22 is the best "new" WWE game in years. After the flop that was WWE2K20 and the middle-of-the-road 2K Battlegrounds, I am happy to say WWE 2K22 feels like a proper return to form. With a great blend of arcade and sim controls, no recent WWE game has captured my attention like this one. With the new graphics engine, wrestlers also look like themselves (most of the time). It is also great to finally get a WWE game where Bret Hart actually looks like Bret Hart. In Addition, there are many game modes like My Rise, GM Mode, My faction, and lastly, a Showcase for the career of Rey Mysterio and some of his most iconic matches in the company. Overall, I am thrilled with this game. It feels good to get excited about another WWE game since the last ones I truly loved were WWE 13 and 14. As for recent games, this outshines 2K19 and is the new proper foundation for future WWE games.

OMGDeadly
OMGDeadly

Highly recommend 2k22! I haven't enjoyed a WWE game since 2007 and this reminds me of then. Best to buy the nWo pack! Well worth every penny!

okadaibro
okadaibro

Actually playable as a game and not just as a more adult version of putting bugs in a jar and making them fiight.

i like corn
i like corn

the game not the best in the series it have a lot of problem and its crashes a lot of time it not have a good Cutscenes quality or a good 3d models but its fun to play and i really enjoy it

i like wwe 2k22

ZzTodesengelzZ
ZzTodesengelzZ

Amazing gameplay, game modes, and customization.
Biggest downfall is the roster size. (Legends and alternative versions of superstars)

Small_Birdy
Small_Birdy

Dont buy this game if you play career.
The AI will do everything in their power to make you lose.
MITB is a 6 way (What they said)
Its more like a 5 vs 1 handicap match.

Richard2800
Richard2800

I want to start by saying that this is a great game, well done with the animation and mannerisms of the Wrestlers entrances, specials and finishers. I will say the one infuriating thing is when you hit your opponent with 3 specials and 5 finishers and Diesel keeps kicking out is frankly a load of Bull @#$$% yet if I get hit with just 2 finishers I could use a jack hammer on my a button and not break the pin. NONSENSE. other than this they did do it right with the exception of the highly frustrating aspects of nailing finisher after finisher after finisher after finisher after finisher, no joke 2 rope walks and 4 tomb stones later and diesel kicks out???

Zach
Zach

its a very fun game when ever your bored and the showcase is fun when your bored to also u there's many wrestlers in there but kinda mad that Daniel Bryan and Cm Punk wasn't in there but besides that the game is very fun to play mostly when your bored

SokrateeS
SokrateeS

It's fun...when it works. Otherwise, it's just constantly crashing. I wish I could review some of the other features, but they barely work. No patches or anything from 2k about this either. Very upsetting.

Thundernology
Thundernology

The game is good & fun to play. The only problem is MyRise career mode gets stuck on an infinite loop. No patches or fixes. Really annoying after investing so much time creating my wrestler & their moveset. Disappointing to see no support from the developers to fix these issues, ruins what otherwise would be a great game, hence the negative review,

Breeg
Breeg

Sucks that I have to give it a bad review... It's fairly close to being a fun game - but it isn't.... The AI get this crazy weird buff when you are kicking the shit out of an opponent. The gameplay even speeds up weirdly and you have no counterplay to their attacks... It's basically an equalizer of the match... Sometime the ref give the COM a super fast count and it looks/sounds weird and is hecka annoying. Sure - I might be beat but let the count go off in the normal slow fashion that is expected in wrestling... The talking animations in MyRise are atrocious. Most of the time the screen will be looking at a different person while another person in the conversation is talking like it's all out of sync. Voices will be 10 seconds ahead of the animations. I don't know how they can put this crap out. If it was any other product I'd be taking it back for a refund which would be easily granted based on the flaws of the product. But this is gaming and so I will have to eat my losses.

brad.kennett
brad.kennett

The game is okay but there are quite a few things that are very frustrating. The reversal system is crap, the AI in certain game modes are very cheap with it also even on easy difficulty. I lost a match after not being able to reverse anything after the AI reversed my finish. I was hit by a string of moves where that I could not counter and I was laying on the ground stunned unable to get up. After not playing these games for a while it's not that good to see the reversal system is getting worse. Other than that I think the game is good, a great selection of wrestlers, GM Mode, Universe mode, worth your time if you can allocate sufficient time to perfect it or battle through the frustration. I'' put this as a recommendation but I think this is mostly going to be a 2 player experience for me.

Damon
Damon

Fun Game so far. Haven't got into wrestling since the WWE Attitude Era, but I highly recommend this game.

theonlysantino
theonlysantino

WARNING: IF YOU WANT THIS GAME FOR THE CREATION SUITE, DO NOT BUY!!!!

I got bit. I picked this up, started playing with the character creator, then when I got to customising the entrance, the feature is gone. Did some research, apparently a feature that has been a part of the series for nearly 15 years was causing bugs - so they just cut it. AND TRIED TO HIDE IT. Seriously, all I could find about it was a couple of dodgy clickbaity game news websites, a tweet and a couple of Reddit threads.

The creation tools are why I play the WWE games, and removing advanced entrance creation kills a core part of the creation of a character.

Unfortunately, im on 3.8 hours thanks to playing with the regular appearence editor, so Steam refuses to give my money back - I won't be playing this again, and I won't be paying money for another WWE game unless im 100% certain all the old features are retained.

ViolentPanda
ViolentPanda

the controller on myrise are not working. it just show a keybord button. and not an update to fix it. get the game on sale or it is not worth it.

Deejay_Karrot
Deejay_Karrot

definitely of course. the best wwe game created by 2k sports. i cant wait for wwe 2k23 with updated rosters. a new and improved nxt 2.0. They should leave the name of Io Shirai not Iyo Sky. I be playing more Mandy Rose brunette version with Jacy Jayne and GG Dolin as Toxic Attraction. I want to see both Lex Luger and Hulk Hogan in the game. Along with the mid card talent of the late 90's attitude era. Such as ICP Kurrgan, Headbangers, Kaientai, Val Venis, Godfather, NOD, D'Lo Brown Chocolate Mark Henry, Savio Vega Justin Hawk Bradshaw in the mid 90's WWE Generation era. Hopefully WWE 2k23 has more than 300 playable characters. And bring more back stages similar to Smackdown 2 know your role, Shut Your Mouth Game, Time Square in New York, throwing snow balls, The subway station, broiler room, locker room, parking lot etc. Mix old and current superstars. Thanks.

hoodh55
hoodh55

this is a fun wwe game and is much better than the wwe 2020 game my rise is also a fun little story mode type thing it is also fun to play with freinds but sometimes you will get disconnected multple times in a row

`digitaL.braVo
`digitaL.braVo

In the ~90m we played the game my friend and I experienced multiple crashing issues, strange bugs where the menu disappears on you, and an extremely clunky menu system. We refunded the game, maybe it's not for us.

While the game worked it was mostly funny and a decent time. But it's absolutely not worth $60.

JaylaClark
JaylaClark

There are still some annoying glitches in this version, but honestly I think this is a seriously fun game to play if you like wrestling, fighting games, and not-too-serious storylines in said games.

pantheon0918
pantheon0918

WWE 2K22 is a tremendous leap forward compared to 2K20. The action is faster, more pick-up-and-play friendly, the roster of 160+ wrestlers has never looked better, and the addition of MyGM mode rounds out a well rounded offering of modes for just about every type of wrestling fan.

TheKeef
TheKeef

Not a bad wrasslin game, pick it up on a good sale and it is worth it. Good selection of modes, I dont watch current day WWE, so the roster is chalked with people I dont know, but has plenty of old school characters too..

There's a decent but not great deck building mode, you can create your own Universes, A character to rise up the ranks with and other stuff..

Doesn't hit the heights of the N64 THQ products, but this is is a good foundation for future games and a good fighting game for 20-30 bucks.

JBrandoooooo
JBrandoooooo

First off, thanks 2k for making modding a pain in the a**. The game is okay, nothing is great about it but when everyone compares it to 2k20 it looks better than it is. MyFaction is a cash grab that for some reason the devs decided to lock certain wrestlers in so we can't use them outside of the mode. MyRise is very boring; no real story mode but just a bunch of side quests. MyGM is GM Mode if GM Mode cut half of its content. Customization is the only positive aspect in these games as usual. Gameplay is good, I like the faster pace and combos but the hit detection needs a lot of improvement. Overall, 5/10 (average)

takeoverstation
takeoverstation

Poor anti-aliasing even on 4K resolution!
They should patch that. Graphics are ruined by those jagged edges. Put TAA or MSAA in this game!
There is no DSR or DLDSR support.
Aside from that, there are multiple FPS drops and stuttering during gameplay even after so many patches. (running on RTX 3080)

nmckittrick77
nmckittrick77

Think the game is fun but big down side once I started MYRise my controller wouldn't work about halfway thru and now I can't play at all tried all the fixes everyone said. Guess the only thing left to do is delete the game what a waste of money, because they can't even fix this simple issue.

FemboiThighs
FemboiThighs

I don't know about y'all, but I love wrasslin'. I like to play as my favorite wrassluhs.

When this game works, I love it. Showcase is fun, matches with your buddies have the potential to end friendships and Creation Suite/Community Creations is chock full of so much shit you can get lost in it for hours. Some of the other modes are quite stupid and just meant to drain as much of your time as possible (MyCareer, MyFaction) but boredom is never a problem.

However, when this game doesn't work, it's a frustrating mess laden with bugs that can result in you losing *everything.* That has happened to me twice.

If you can catch a good sale on this game + the DLC and you're a very big wrasslin' fan, go for it. It's a lot of fun. But if you're just about anybody else in any other situation, it's hard for me to recommend this game to you. The game at its current state isn't in a terrible place, but we still have a ways to go until it gets to the point in needs to be at. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening.

Cybrax
Cybrax

I'm so done with this buggy shit show...
I had played hours in my Rise, then the game crashed - restarted and got the message that the save is corrupted and a new one has to be created which will OVERWRITE ANY CUSTOM WRESTLER I CREATED!!
Stay away from this crap, it is not worth your time!

Irishg813
Irishg813

Pros:
- Good to see MyGM back, is a solid basis and looking forward to seeing it expanded in 2K23
- Graphics are incredible, big upgrade from previous games and the best looking WWE game out there. The overall presentation is great as well, including lighting, commentary and moves.
- An enjoyable showcase mode featuring Rey Mysterio, although missing some key matches in his career (Wrestlemania 21 and his WWE debut would have been cool but licencing)
- I do like the new combo control scheme as it makes Superstars feel different from each other using the same mechanics. Bigger, more powerful stars like Sheamus feel different to Finn Balor or Undertaker or Becky Lynch
- MyRise is a lotta fun, and an amazing step up from MyCareer in previous games. The different storylines after the tutorial Performance Center are great, and you can tackle them in any way you want. The smaller stories give more life to the game

Cons:
- Can be very buggy at times and loading times are frustrating
- No real development of MyUniverse and MyFaction (a mode that really doesn't need to be in a WWE game). The superstar Universe mode feels thrown in and cheap
- Some really outdated stuff, even from the time of development. Roman Reigns entrance (for example) is more akin to his Shield entrance than his Head of the Table entrance. If you can have ponytail bearded Brock, Roman can have an entrance like his 2021 one.
- Creation suite isn't fun. Same as 2K20 and even some stuff pulled back like the advanced create an entrance missing from the game entirely.

While this is a good step back for the franchise, laying the groundwork for some good additions and development down the line, there are some issues that hold it back from being the ultimate WWE experience. 7.5/10

✪ Ngu VKL
✪ Ngu VKL

suck online game.. server too deley when i press any buton.. beter download crack version n play ofline with friends.. wasted money

nardstyle
nardstyle

Ah.. that's what I get for buying getting a licensed AAA title. A big disease on my machine.
I've never run into such a prevalent GPU issue on any game, where the developer passed the buck as much as this
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1255630/discussions/0/318461336690228229…

46 pages of comments on an issue that's been prevalent for 6 months is not enough justification to address this, I guess.
So, my reported experience ends up having to be around the incompetence around the stability of this title rather than the efforts that went into the gameplay and other qualities.

If I knew this going in, I'd not have wasted my time on such a lack of accountability, even if this issue didn't affect me.

can
can

Very good game. Nearly no bugs.

GoFundThese
GoFundThese

Do not buy this game. There are so many bugs and when you find them steam will not refund you even if it bricks the game like for me. Steam is the worst and I will be only buying games from the epic store from now on.

𝕻𝖗𝖆𝖐𝖆𝖗𝖘𝖍
𝕻𝖗𝖆𝖐𝖆𝖗𝖘𝖍

it's easily the most playable game WWE has put out in several years !! 100% Worth Buying

Simbolic
Simbolic

Spent most of my play time customizing a custom characters. Then started to play a bit in Universe with tag missions. Which I couldn't play since couldn't move the keyboard icon off one of my team members. So had to juggle a controller and keyboard to play tag teams. Gave up figured just to tag in with keyboard player. So could atleast solo with controller but couldn't find the input in keyboard controls. Then finally showed the prompt U, yet the moment figure that out. I get grabbed after switching then body slammed then lost match. Due to a foreign object used like wtf? so tried another mode then decided wanted to change outfits for superstars but couldn't save any outfits on Superstars accept my custom one. Even after hitting save and accepting they just reset there outfits to default. Barely touched any of the other modes sure going to have a great time with those to. Just running into more problems making me want to put my fist through the wall. Not even a fan of wrestling but the games can be fun but This PC port. Been making me feel nothing but rage when should be having fun instead.

WonderBoyGaming
WonderBoyGaming

It's a good game, a massive improvement on 2K20, but the game is prone to crashing during loading screens. Other than that, I love it!

Anonymous
Anonymous

everytime there is an update it resets the whole damn game

Jackass
Jackass

Custom characters are not only gutted, but have been broken since launch. Sent a ticket in March about how characters' ear alignment sliders are de-synced, sending each ear in different directions, that has yet to be addressed, and that's to say nothing of how bad the CAWs look this year compared to standard wrestlers, or how awful the interface / lighting of the CAW creator is, especially coming from 2K19's near-perfect CAW system. Disappointed.

Blaze
Blaze

This is my first Wrestling game in pc..I am enjoying this game very much...So much modes and so much features.So many things to do...The graphics of this game is insane..🔥🔥✨✨

SouthernPanda33
SouthernPanda33

Far and above the last release.

The graphics are good
The sound is good
The gameplay reminds me of the old school wrestling games of the PS2/Xbox era
The story is ok, nothing to write home about
The voice acting is also ok but not stellar
Solid choice for a wrestling gmae.

Kiyeth
Kiyeth

Pros:
Game looks and functions better than it's previous incarnation, which is a low bar.
Good communities orbit around it currently
AI is buggy, but functional

Cons:
Removed Modding support since release
Regular patches bloat the game files terribly
Devs keep locking off costuming items that previously had no prerequisites
AI is buggy, but functional
Shared items can occasionally completely fail for no reason

yay.RyanDesu
yay.RyanDesu

A good amount of fun. Creating a character is always a good time and doing the myRise is a fun time.

[2A-02] R. Santiago
[2A-02] R. Santiago

So I'm distraught. I was playing universe, and all my progress was not saved, and then they told me I had a corrupted file. After looking high and low, uninstalling the game, and turning off the steam cloud, not working. If anyone has had this same issue or found a fix, any help would be great thanks.

Darkwolf K01
Darkwolf K01

This game isn't perfect, far from it.
It is however a better game than the last that they released.
They have allegedly completely rebuilt the engine from the ground up for this game, and in some cases it is noticeable, though frankly I'd be lying if I said it wasn't plagued with many of the same issues as the previous games.
Functionality speaking, it is playable, if you enjoy wrestling, or at a minimum, beating people until they can't stand, then you will enjoy this game.
I won't list off every glitch, because unlike previous entries, they have actually been doing an efficient job at patching most issues out of the game.
The biggest issues this game has, are the frequent crashes when trying to load into the online, and an ongoing issue where some of the beard presets create a neck seam on your character, and completely change the colour of a section of your skin.
Naturally being a WWE game in 2022, this game is very expensive, and would I say it's worth the amount it costs, not particularly.
Perhaps they can be forgiven for the price of the main game, games take time and money to produce, I understand this, but considering the absolute robbery experienced by tge people who bought the last entry, you'd have thought that perhaps they would have been a little more reasonable with the price.
The DLC that comes with the game is a little lacklustre, a good amount of the characters unlocked via the dlc, frankly should have been apart of the game from the start. There's no good reason that someone like Ronda Rousy, should be locked behind an additional pay wall when she was an active member of the roster at the time of development. It's understandable that some of the wrestlers they give you access to would be additional dlc, because for some of them, they weren't apart of the company when the game was in development.

In my honest opinion, the graphics in these games rarely improve, so I question whether it'd be more worth bringing out new versions every 5 years or so, and just drip feeding us new characters, rings, etc, as time goes on, instead of expecting people to purchase a new overpriced game every year.

To summarise, if you are a wrestling fan, you will probably enjoy this game. I wouldn't buy more than the base game, and the season pass, unless you have a lot of money to spare, as both other editions of the game, are even more overpriced than the base game itself, and add very little extra to it.

Zic
Zic

It is a good WWE game. Not a great one, but good. It's good enough to give me hope for visual concepts in the future but not good enough to make me forget about 2k20. I hope the next one improves on this one, same way they have in the past only instead of just re-adding previously removed modes and features, innovate. Add new mechanics, go bigger with the writing, just innovate. The presentation was front and center in this one, you can tell just when you watch entrances, little details everywhere that do such a good job in making you feel like it is regular old episode of Raw. The combo system added in this one was a really nice change and I loved that they were ballsy enough to go with unlimited reversals just making the windows smaller the more damage you take. (I'm probably in the minority but still.)

I_am_RaiinZ
I_am_RaiinZ

Weakest and worst WWE game ever

NastyCube#3170
NastyCube#3170

really fun. great game with lots of replay value

Gio
Gio

Way better game than the lag filled WWE 2K20.

Online servers are stable and the other gamemodes are enjoyable aswell.

Dominusignis
Dominusignis

While this isn't the leap forward that WWE 2K19 was for the series and does have some puzzling half-baked features (the body/weight system in create a wrestler for instance) the game is still absolutely a great step for the series after 2K20.
I could go on about all the things I'm not too fond of and would like to see changed, but at the end of the day this game will likely end up with hundreds of hours of play time and that will be as big an endorsement as I can give.

KyRazed
KyRazed

loading times are eh, but still good

Mr_3-0-5
Mr_3-0-5

It has been months and this game still crashes every time I play it. I will spend an hour setting stuff up just for the game to crash. I like the game play but this game is the definition of unfinished. even with months of updates it still has basic parts of the game like renders and universe mode that have glitch after glitch after glitch.

Edquammer
Edquammer

I really like this game and if you watch wwe it will be very fun if you know about the drama with different superstars and if you know the finishers they have

Besharm
Besharm

they deleted all m saved data...

TheBrainlessRobot
TheBrainlessRobot

I only really buy these games for the Universe Mode and currently Universe Mode is completely unplayable. If you try to edit the matches on a card, the game crashes every time without fail. 2K really doesn't know how to make a game. Jesus Christ was an unsurprising disappointment.

andrewcazer
andrewcazer

Not worth the money for how often it crashes. Pathetic.

antagonist
antagonist

good good goood goood good goood goood goood goood good goood

Colortazz™
Colortazz™

WWE is finally back in the video game world

Toasty
Toasty

Started out pretty good, but the more time you spend with it, the more you grow to resent it and the less you get out of it. Adding custom characters (one of the biggest appeals of WWE games) slows the game down dramatically. The post release updates have created as many problems; if not more; than they solved and the game as of today is barely playable.

Warhawk8492
Warhawk8492

Fun gameplay and awesome creation selections.

Randsyn
Randsyn

"HULK HOGAN WE COMING FOR YOU" - Booker T

Deathifyin
Deathifyin

They broke the game, it's legit trash now. You can choose to play in slowmotion or fast as hell because of a glitch when they tried to increase FPS on PC. Can't do shit now when it comes to the game, making it unplayable. Typical 2K move.

JuiceB0X97
JuiceB0X97

It's better than WWE 2K20 that all you need to know

leondav501
leondav501

This game is dog**** avoid like the plague

Anonymous
Anonymous

THE GAME CRASHES EVERY TIME I TRY TO CUSTOMIZE A CHARACTER AND ADD A CUSTOM LETTER TATTOO OR A LETTER CHANGE TO THE ATTIRE.

Wire
Wire

it was so bad i wish i could refund it

Grimshot
Grimshot

Crash often. People seems overjoyed that the game is less trash than the 2k20 but it's like adding Febreeze to a turd left under the sun. At the end of the day it's still doodoo. More corrupted files than windows 95, hit detection very poor. Not mod friendly. GM is barebone. Universe was nice when not crashing every hour. Graphics are nice but like I said rating this game higher than 2k20 was easy but compared to their previous ones its still trash.

ZEUS
ZEUS

Universe mode is hopelessly broken. Save data becomes corrupted if you bring in more than a handfull of community creations. There is no fix and honestly it's the only mode I play so the game is essentially worthless to me and I'm far past the window for a refund, Steer clear.

Hacked.
Hacked.

i like it when i play as a skinny dude (created superstar) then beat the hell out of brock lesnar with his finsiher XD

Dexteras
Dexteras

First off, I play WWE games because I like creating a superstar, decking out his entrance and movesets and running the universe. However, it feels like they removed half of the features of superstar creation that made the game fun to play as a CAS. No Advanced entrances, confusing menus in Superstar creation with what feels like less customization. Custom images/lettering can't even have outlines anymore. I didn't even bother to go into the move set editor for my CAS once I saw that the entrance "creator" is literally just base create an entrance from previous titles. Just pick a template motion and go basically. During entrances crow chants are fine until you hear random out of place "Woo's" and "Yeahs!" that sound really out of place and take away from the crowd feeling natural.

The tutorial also showed how the control and movement/combat changed and it does feel like after getting used to it could be fun. However, it's pretty complex and offputting if you just want to slam people and hit them with chairs and what not. Honestly would rather play 2k19 or 2k20 and that is my honest feelings.

The Heart Break Kid
The Heart Break Kid

2 year wait just for even less features, broken AI, and "knowing we are just copying and pasting from previous games, pay for these superstars!" Don't let the makeup fool you, they're still pigs.

I have played WWE games since the 90s. I have seen throughout the MANY years of me buying these games features being added more and more. making me extremely happy. from using the outside posts, to con-chair-tos, to even letting you custom an entrance from start to finish with the pyro where you want. yada yada. THEN 2K happened. and started taking these fun unique things away that made us be able to CREATE our own world...
So biting the bullet once again I buy yet ANOTHER WWE game from 2K...
From having a how to play menu with what buttons do what and not everything is there. luckily i'm smart and was able to figure out SOME things but F U.
Tag team matches are broken. God for bid you play as the Usos, do a double team move, and go for the pin. that aint happening. the AI just get up. AI system is the worst EVER.
and now I had to deal with something that should NEVER be a thing.
I created a rated 97 super heavyweight and fought a jabroni rated 30, cruiserweight.
and opening bell when i go to attack him, he reverses/blocks. i restart because that shouldnt be a thing. he does it another 4 times in a row.
So you are telling me that a guy whos settings i have at the lowest they can be is predicting my movement when the fkn bell rings? 5 times in a row?! it also was NOT on legendary, even though I don't think that should make a difference too much. I can't make his reversing bar any lower. and my rating for 2K's WWE games can't get any lower either...
Get over yourself 2K. admit you hate wrestling and their fans.
You are willing to have some mark motion capture AEW wrestlers to add to the game but screw us you improve the referees fkn ONCE.

hotpapisummer
hotpapisummer

Terrible when playing against AI feels rigged AI can still perform moves on you when you're not stunned but you can't on them. It's a fail system. No matter how much damage or finishers you do to your opponent they still have a great chance on coming back and defeating you with only one or two. Creative mode is lacking and game crashes. GM mode is the only thing I enjoy but is still lacking as well. Not worth sixty dollars maybe twenty or thirty most.

The_Chosen#1
The_Chosen#1

few problems but nothing ground breaking

Man Of Tomorrow
Man Of Tomorrow

The button mashing quicktime stuff is infuriating. Stuff that should be easy or at least straightforward is ruined by over complicated mini games (looking at you ladder matches)

But just for plain fun, definitely recommend.

SlizapNutz
SlizapNutz

greaT GAME BEST INSTALLMENT in the 2k series so far besides 2k14

Anonymous
Anonymous

if you have anger issues this game slaps

GriffonRyder
GriffonRyder

Many people will tell you that this is the best WWE game for a long time. And that is sad in itself. The game has made no progress contentwise, they ust get it working technically. And that doesn't mean a lot in itself. 'Working' is a nice term seeing all the problems that are still reported and doesn't get fixed. They 'adress concerns' instead of fixing the problems, go figure.
The content is the same button smashing thing of the past, The career has a boring story (well, that at least corresponds with the real WWE at the moment...). The Management part of the shows loses its charm the moment you start it, the fake competition with the other show is undemanding at its best.
The game is at best in a sale as in, don't pay for it.

Evolytic
Evolytic

firstly it sucked so haarrd but now its playable.
give it some 40gb patches more and i think it will be worth it price

RackOfRibs
RackOfRibs

Got some issues, but is overall a solid game, 7.5/10

Anonymous
Anonymous

A lot of glitches in cut scenes on universe mode.

brightnichol
brightnichol

the best wwe game i played since wwe2k15 and 19

TTV.DeadbyDavy
TTV.DeadbyDavy

i get to play a game without thinking after work. thumbs up

MASTER BEEF
MASTER BEEF

honestly the game-play is amazing the combo system is a great addition to the 2k games, the game looks better than all the others so far. definitely better than 2k20 which lets be honest we all had our fears other than the fact that there are no double title entrances and that the game moves a tad too fast id say this game is at least a 8/10

Cxmpxlse
Cxmpxlse

better than 2k20 but minor crashes online but i barely play online

Mecromuffinbear
Mecromuffinbear

After the Updates its a lot smoother. well worth the entertainment.

Thegiuan
Thegiuan

2k22 CRAP ...Testato con Rtx 2080 Ti , Gtx 980 Ti , Gtx 970 con i5 4590 e R7 3800x , va in crash e disconnette scheda video indipendentemente dai settaggi video.
Richiesto rimborso entro le 2 ore di gioco.
Testet with 3 different high level card and 2 cpu's and ewerytime crash and video card disconnetted. It dosen't matter wich video settings.
Quickly asked a refund before the 2 hours played.
July 2022

CocoShloppinHTML
CocoShloppinHTML

I've spent a decent chunk of time in this game and I could have very easily left a giant block of text rattling off pros and cons, but I think I can do the full game justice in a few sentences:

It's fun. Not perfect, far from flawless, and certainly lacking in a lot of things, but if you enjoyed the WWE 2k franchise prior to its catastrophic 2k20 entry, then you will enjoy 2k22 for the same reasons.

KrebsXXX
KrebsXXX

When will you fix the double speed bug?

Farsan
Farsan

Graphics, looks alright. When it comes to consistent game crashes within creating a character its too much. Played under 60 min and already the issues are flooding.

AncientSensei™
AncientSensei™

Now, don't get me wrong. The control change was unneeded, and some mechanics didn't need to come to this game. However, look past all of that, and you have a game that was well worth the one year wait.

MossyHoe
MossyHoe

WRASSLIN, IT'S STILL REAL TO ME DAMMIT!!!!!!!!

CTYeahmayne1993
CTYeahmayne1993

great game fun and better then 2k20

Pepperlemons
Pepperlemons

imi this close ima t miy limit

Anonymous
Anonymous

Lots of bugs, spend more time on player select screen then playing the game

DigiGod
DigiGod

So good this is Giving me SVR vibes but way better and looks amazing. First game i even bought the season pas DLC i love it so much

Zubang
Zubang

Career mode is super fun。。。all gameplay is good

ASHR95
ASHR95

Game continually crashes during matches. This known bug has not been fixed and any work around has done nothing but add to my frustration. I would recommend saving your money and buy something else.