![]() There is also a separate button from blocking and reversals. You then combine these in different ways to pull off moves, similar to a combo from a fighting game. The basic controls are quite simple with one button each for light strikes, heavy strikes and grapples. To my joy, WWE 2K22 leans more towards the arcade-style. WWE games have to straddle the line between arcade and simulation-style gameplay. This combined with the fact that objects in the foreground do not become transparent when the wrestlers are behind them means that the action can be hidden. Then there is the camera, which works fine most of the time, but tends to get caught behind foreground objects. There have been times when a move fails to connect, which given the nature of the gameplay, can be a costly miss. There have been moments I was genuinely surprised when my move was reversed when I was sure I had executed it.īut, while most issues have been squashed, there are some that rear their head once in a while. The reversal animations are also well done and many of them seamlessly blend in with the action. The results are quite evident with ‘meaty’ hits and falls. Thankfully, Visual Concepts have reworked the game engine from the ground up. The hair in WWE 2K22 is much better, although it still isn’t perfect.Īnother area that definitely needed an overhaul was the animation. The way it moved seemed almost unnatural. The developers could never seem to get it acting like actual hair. But it is still miles ahead of WWE 2K20.Ī personal pet peeve of mine was the hair in WWE games. Even facial expressions look pretty good, although it’s nowhere close to the level of most other AAA titles. This includes their muscles, as well as sweat/baby oil glistening off them. The team has done a commendable job of making them look more real. The Superstars look more realistic than ever. ![]() ![]() With WWE 2K22, Visual Concepts seem to have outdone themselves. With a tagline like ‘It Hits Different’, you know that they really want to make you forget the past few years. Then we had WWE 2K18 on Switch, followed by WWE 2K20… Needless to say, I thought the franchise was done with.īut after a brief hiatus, 2K and Visual Concepts are back with WWE 2K22. However, I wasn’t a big fan of the series’ lean towards simulation-style gameplay. I have fond memories of WWF Wrestlemania on the NES, WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game on the Sega Genesis, and more recently, the Raw vs Smackdown series. So obviously, I have loved wrestling video games. WWE is a sport that is quite close to my heart. ![]()
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