That’s all well and good given that Rey Rey is one of the most iconic luchadores to have ever stepped foot in the ring. This year’s Showcase Mode features Rey Mysterio (who’s also the cover athlete). Characters will move and act based on that template from gorilla to the ring, and you’re no longer able to tweak each segment. You can still assign different videos, banner movies, and so on, but the motions are all based on templates. Perhaps the only downside here is that detailed custom entrances have been removed. Now, you can take a real-life image and use it for match-up and selection screens. You don’t have to settle for the default poses. I definitely enjoyed making my own CAW versions of The Fiend and AEW’s MJF.Įven better, WWE 2K22 allows you to create a custom render or portrait for your superstars. One of these was the fact that you can’t save custom photos or logos at all, completely curbing attempts to make detailed CAWs.įortunately, WWE 2K22 shipped with a fully working Creation Suite. When WWE 2K20 initially launched, it was marred by a litany of bugs and issues. The Create-a-Superstar or CAW feature in WWE 2K22
That was a bit peculiar, though I guess it might be due to how the system is set up. My only gripe here is the use of a grab button that requires another press to do an Irish Whip. I pressed one button to do a reversal and my opponent flew over the top rope, handing me a victory. Perhaps my favorite was when I was in a battle royale and an opponent attempted to do a running attack while my back was turned. Animations are smoother and reversal transitions are a sight to behold.
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This time, you’ll use a combo system, where pressing a series of buttons allows you to chain punches and kicks followed by a takedown.
Other key changes and improvements are related to combat. I haven’t experienced these problems since then. I did experience some crashes when downloading custom images, but these were during the first day when the servers went live. These were from multi-man matches as well, including eight-person tag ladder matches that could take forever.
I have an Intel 10900K, Nvidia 3080, and 32 GB RAM, sure, but I was still amazed by the fact that the game ran at high and stable framerates with hardly any drops. The performance, too, was surprisingly top-notch. Although there are still a few odds and ends, you’ll mostly be wowed by the visuals. Character models are more vividly striking and significantly better this time around. The first thing you’ll notice in WWE 2K22 is the graphical detail. It might not be perfect, but WWE 2K22 is a step in the right direction. Thankfully, Visual Concepts has managed to craft an engaging experience. There’s a lot of trepidation considering past events. It was subsequently replaced by WWE 2K Battlegrounds, a rather mundane arcade offering. That led to the cancellation of the next game in the series. The saga began with the “botchfest” that was WWE 2K20.