When I review WWE 2K24 Last year, I stated that this series had reached the top of the mountain. This series officially completed its comeback bow thanks to a tighter wrestling, many great fashion, and a large list of superstar. That is a big achievement for 2K games, but who leaves the series to face existential questions: Where do you go next after you reach the top?
I began to feel that answer after playing a few hours WWE 2K25. In many ways, this year’s simulator is trying to maintain the status quo by slightly changing the existing mode like MyGM while adding fine tweaks to the foundation of its core battle. There are more than those who fill the eyes, from new open world fashion to the introduction of intergender wrestling. While I can’t try every new feature, the bit that I do by feeling quite increase to maintain this year’s edition of feeling stale.
There are several changes that might shake ships with old fans, giving a series of revitalization of the first real test since Babyface returned to the form starting in 2022. Winning the title is only one challenge; Defending successfully is something else.
The details are increasing
My demo session let me play with several different modes and types. I can play three showcase matches this year, try a fight backstage, and even simulate the Royal Rumble match before the real thing that day (for the record, Rhea Ripley won my match after throwing Bubba Ray Dudley). Before diving to all of that, I started with traditional matches one by one between Jacob Fatu and Nia Jax.
Okay, so maybe traditional is not the right word there. WWE 2K25 Introducing intergender compatibility, progressive steps that even WWE have not actually fully embraced. The only warning is that the match will not show blood, even though the woman’s match did. Although I am sure there will be some handwriting when moving, this is a fantastic decision. This creates a more dynamic battle between wrestler with different sizes and opens the door for more “dream matches,” which is the entire attraction of the simulation. And as a man who likes a good hoss battle, Fatu vs Jax is a lineage match that I don’t even realize I want to turn it on.
Basics -Basics wrestling will be familiar to old fans as 2K25 Has the same control, PIN system, and second-second reverse request. There are some major changes that are seasoned. For one, players can now be involved in wrestling chains at the beginning of the match. Minigame has two players who move the joystick to choose the maneuver and then find the right stick position and hold it there long enough to get a profit. If I’m honest, I never really used to get used to it. This is a large minigame driven by UI which is like a trading blow feature last year, but it is not cinematics.
Likewise Tricky is a new shipping minigame. Instead of just pounding the button to break the handle, the two players now rotate the colored rods around the circle. Players who are trapped in detention are basically necessary to keep their bar away from other players to get out. I came to master it in the end, but of course it was not as grasted as the pause of the stick of the stick that I love.
WWE 2K25A more successful change is the smoother that makes the battle flow more smoothly. Possum attacks can now be executed from various positions, such as when a player is in the corner or against the rope. Pinfall reversal occurred more naturally in battle against players who are controlled by computers thanks to Ai Tweaking. Paybacks are a little cheaper, which means that players can now connect fog spray and low punch together. Even the TAG team match has seen a big increase thanks to the changes that stop computer players from breaking up each pin, even their teammates will clearly come out without their help. All of that makes the core battle system feel more dynamic without adding visual noise on the screen.
The more ins and outs like this added, the more unique every match is felt. For example, 2K25 Adding a diving barricade to the mixture. When the right conditions are met, the wrestler will dive out of the ring in their opponents in short cinematic cutscene. I only managed to trigger in one match, making it feel like a special moment than what happened at any time. That way, 2K25 Really understand something fundamental about wrestling: more fun, the more unpredictable. If suicide diving occurs in every game, he finally loses excellence. Every match that I played during the session I had his own speed and personality. That’s what you want from a good wrestling simulator.
Experiment with old mode
While I did not get directly with most of the Tentpole Serial modes, I tried a good series of content. I have fun playing with a fight behind the expanded stage, which allows players to fight to the parking lot and diving from a car hood. I have fun hitting Jimmy Uso with a traffic cone and a swan diving from the industrial structure with nimble Jordan. I wore a little dream tag when Jade Cargill and Bianca Slasir took Dudley in an instant classic where fewer Pinfall farewells caused some more surprising dramas. There were no big surprises in one type of match, but they played as usual.
One thing that really caught my attention during this test was the overall presentation. The 2K series is a strange series because it is under the mercy of the promotion of wrestling. 2K22 Suffering because of a chaotic real world drama around its release, which leads to a weak list of mass layoffs at the company at that time. Conversely, WWE is in a little explosion now. Real product production is at the peak with a slimmer set, a more cinematic entrance, and an increasingly premium nuance. It reflects inside 2K25 As a good side effect. The entrance to Jacob Fatu who threatened, for example, raised him in the game. Although there is still a mismatch in the quality between the wrestler (Sol Ruca NXT does not get the same attention to details such as, say, Roman Reigns), the biggest stars really live this year.

What I am a little less sure is the showcase mode this year, which might arouse some mixed feelings among fans. Over the past few years, 2K has made an interactive documentary film that smoothly weave a real match recording into a match. The formula reached a creative height last year by walking very well through the history of Wrestlemania. This year’s fashion is similar on paper, tracing the history of the Anoa’i family (lineage) through a classic match narrated by Paul Heyman, but they are far more loose about maintaining historical accuracy.
The magnitude change is that 2K discards Slingshot technology completely, which means that game recordings no longer turn to clips from real matches. A developer I spoken to at the press event explained that the decision was driven by fans’ requests. They just want to play this match, not doing movements as a way to trigger cutscene. I can understand that mentality, but this year’s showcase does feel a little less unique to that. In one match, I re -created Nia Jax’s Queen of the Ring Victory against Lyra Valkyria. After completing my first goal, Cutscene in a long game played that mimics the sequence of real matches. WOW factor is not the same.
Some feel like the team made the decision because this showcase also includes a complete fiction match. In one, I control samoa wild in a table match against Dudley. Of course, there is no trailer from the match found that can be connected. The third match brought me back to Roman Reigns and 2022 Seth Rollins’ clashes, but in the “what” version “what was played differently. It feels like the team is slightly divided between treating showcases as a historical and fictional document. One or the other will work well, but I am not entirely sure how I feel about mixing the two approaches first.

I feel that this will end up being a nitpick in a big scheme. When I play 2K25 For several hours, I barely saw the whole package. There are still MyGM, factions, myrise, the universe, the best creative suites in their class, new types of matches, and mysterious island fashion to be seen. As long as even two aspects are good, I know I will get the value of my money. There is space to experiment with each part when the safety net is so wide.
So, WWE 2K25 Still looks healthy in front of the next defense. The core wrestling is very good, AI is better, insects still seem to be controlled, Jacob Fatu looks very good, and the compatibility of the intergender makes the list that is familiarly new. WWE 2K24 It is a difficult action to follow, but the eternal champion never gives up.
WWE 2K25 Launched on March 7 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PCs for those who ordered one of the special editions. Those who buy a standard edition must wait one extra week, because the version was released on March 14.
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