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Since the WWE 2K Wrestling Game series of visual concepts targeted the current general platform after a one-year holiday-2 K21-it has been a real series rather than an annual sports release in the middle of the road. By WWE 2K22 After that, sports is permanently improving with tremendous changes and new features, and WWE 2K25 Once again, a huge game of wrestling that improves the things before.
Review the review information
Platform reviewed: PS5 / PS5 Pro
Available: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, PC
Date of Release: March 14, 2025
The basic wrestling feels like an excellent mixture of arcade and counterfeit styles, with every wrestler with counters, Kambus and Frefurum carved tactics. This year’s interior chain brings back to Wrestling Mechanic that was last seen WWE 2K20; This allows matches to start much more realistic. The wrestlers will stop catching and use a miniom to make a panely around their opponent to get the edge at the beginning of the match. It is only available at the beginning of a bout and is equivalent to what the initial match looks on TV, as is exactly the opposite of going out.
It is also the best -looking sport so far, wrestlers are now covered with welcome and injuries, and those who wear physical paint are separated during the match. Meanwhile, the TV style presentation is advanced, in which the camera is cut like a Real WWETV.
The biggest new increase this year is the Integrated Wrestling, which allows men and women to compete against each other. This year’s Rise Story Line has a lot of features, but beyond, I think it can be more. For example, the title is available in the match mode, but it is only for the designated ‘Intrander’ titles, mostly 2K makeup titles and 24/7, cruiserweight, and cutter titles such as official WWE titles, but without any Chelsea Green, it feels like a WWE Championship.
Bloodline rules
This year’s 2K showcase focuses on ‘The Blood Line’ – the name of the WBB Blu -Canon for the Samovian professional wrestlers, including Rock, Roman Reigns, Yokozona, and Amiga. Where the previous editions have followed the single wrestlers, you play the role of the majority of the family this time.
This style has been presented and described this year by Paul Heman, who is already the biggest conversation in the history of the WWE, and his events are terrific and he has long been engaged.
Since not all Bloodline members are made equal, Of 2k25 The matches are divided into three types. Return to the usual relief win (such as Yukozona defeated Light Hogan in 1993). But for members who have no big win or stand out matches, there are re -written and dream matches, as Timina won the first women’s money in the bank or the wild Samoans have contested Dadley Boys.
The Last Few Years This year, 2K has discovered it with mercy and re -prepared the match kits in the engine and the game announcement has added the team’s new commentary. This style reduces the showcase this year and turns it into a standout mode this year.
The only real problem for the mood this year is the goals. At the time of re -making matches, the game wants you to regenerate some heartbeat from the real match, which will unlock new items when it is properly performed (you can play the match usually, but you won’t miss these unlock). This year’s game introduces timely goals, which usually require a special step or loss amount. But if you don’t get it on time, it is left, and if you want another crack on it, you will need to run the match completely.
Some of these timers are ridiculously short, and in multi -personal matches, such as mini -in bank, another wrestler is catching you, enough to guarantee your failure. On the other hand, the goals of the dream match are extremely immense, mostly ‘X -volume’ and then ‘now win’.
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This year’s rise – an original story – a mixed bag after the wrestler you created. This is the best story line found in any of these ways. It follows a group of former NXT wrestlers who are trying to handle the WWE with the brand of their new NXT rebellion, and your role leads the fight against them. It is full of great turns and twists and keeps me busy all the time. But, instead of two gender -related stories, this time you have to go through the story, you have to make a character created by men and women.
The best
Bloodline showcase includes highlights of many family members. But the section dedicated to Amga was not only the best match in this year’s mood, but also a very quick tribute to the incredible talent that was run very quickly.
This year is a big deal selection. There are things that affect the story of some story, such as where your wrestler came from (Indies, MMA) and his relationship with his other wrestlers that you make (used to date, best friend) who introduce different dialogues. And there are big choices, as you recruit wrestlers to fight the rebellion. This means that there is also a major focus on the competence of the replay, which hinders the unlockable unlock. With what I can tell, you will probably need to play through the mood three or four times to make all additional characters and fields available.
This year too is the only story. There are no more missions, and the run time feels less than previous years. There are ‘direct events’ that allow you to fight ordinary fighting, which is also associated with your star rating. Suppose you get a five -star match every time (which takes a while), there is still 56 fights to unlock everything. I can’t help but feel like things have been cut in favor of another mood.
Here comes the money
This island is a perfect new mode that is special to the current gene version of the game (though not PC), and despite being a big thing WWE 2K25This is easily the worst thing about it. The mood plays like a bad MMO where you talk to the NPC, play matches, and compete against others.
But the structure of the mission is so much. One of the early Quest lines is running to talk to two different sets of NPCS many times to rotate and out of the same building. In addition, this story is narrated by Steel Images with the text with the occasional video of the Roman Reigns. It would be a harmless, kind of blend mode, but then the development of its character shows its true colors.
You make a new role for the island, and the figures of this character are upgraded through VC. Not only this but there are special cosmetic items for your characters, which also cost VC. You can earn VC while playing a match, but this is a renovation compared to gear prices, which can make you either grind like crazy or remove credit cards.
Every online match (which was most often found to be found and disconnected) kept me against the most statistics against the wrestlers, so this mood also wins primarily by paying, though thankfully it is not so interesting that I care about it. I play this game about 80 80+ hours every year, but I don’t see myself touching this mood after reviewing myself.
Speaking of money, my faction – 2K’s final team competition – returning with all problems as before. Special characters have been closed behind the ‘Persona’ cards, which are either largely grinding either to get random drops from the card pack or to need it. The new ‘World Tour’ inside my faction is the best thing to add in the mood (you allow some of these ‘parsona’ cards to be unlock), but it also has walls that you need a specific type of card to continue through it.
My GM is another mode that has the same problem as before. I love GM mode with my whole heart, but the 2K version is far from the strange penalty. The characters are the roles and styles. Some raise their voices well with others, and your matches are worse if you don’t have the right pair.
But this is not a sign of what WWE is in real life. CM Punk and Seth Rollins are currently in the middle of blood disputes on TV. They are both good boys. This mode has the ability to be the best thing WWE 2KBut those old restrictions are once again overwhelmed by any improvement.
WWE 2K25 The best wrestling game of the modern era. Showcase and my rise methods are the best with some minor problems, and keeps it fresh with a growing number of basic wrestling match types. But the hungry island of money and the methods of my faction-which cannot be ignored because of their non-pendant content-prevent it from the right place on the table’s head.
Should you play WWE 2K25?
If play it …
If not play it …
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There is not much to write home in terms of accessible. Various mini games are customary for the choice of pins and submissions. There is a high speed button pressing for submissions, which can be converted for slider MoneyGame, while the pin is a timely managing that can be changed to suppress. There is also an option to change the press input buttons quickly. However, these changes are not available in any online methods (including CPU in my faction).
How did I review WWE 2K25
I played 30 hours WWE 2K25 Samsung Q60D Between PS5 Pro and Samsung HW-T450 Sound Bar on TV. I also played on a PS5 on the Samsung Odisi G5 gaming monitor, with the PlayStation Plus 3D headset.
During this time, I played all the showcase (including both sides of the Wargames match), a playth of my rise, one year of my GM, a few months in the universe, and about five hours of my faction. I also played through the first few chapters on the island, which had two matches of PVP in the mood.
Reviewed the first March 2025
