WWE 2K22

 PlayStation 5
User Score
7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 189 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 130 out of 189
  2. Mixed: 25 out of 189
  3. Negative: 34 out of 189
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  1. OnlyOneHere
    Mar 12, 2022
    4
    The gameplay in this game is more fluid and fun than the previous game. When it comes to frame rate, I am not some nerd that looks at numbers for frames. All I know is that the frame rate runs at an acceptable rate when 8 wrestlers are in 1 ring. An improvement from the awful frame rate when 8 wrestlers were in 1 ring from previous games, which is expected from a PS5 console. WrestlersThe gameplay in this game is more fluid and fun than the previous game. When it comes to frame rate, I am not some nerd that looks at numbers for frames. All I know is that the frame rate runs at an acceptable rate when 8 wrestlers are in 1 ring. An improvement from the awful frame rate when 8 wrestlers were in 1 ring from previous games, which is expected from a PS5 console. Wrestlers look more accurate than the disaster that is 2K20. I am impressed that the ThunderDome virtual fans actually move during gameplay, except for online. Tons of customization options. Other than that, the game is garbage. The greedy developers didn't even add a proper story mode, and they are charging $10 more than usual. The lip syncing is beyond horrible. The developers were too cheap and lazy to make more proper cutscenes, so they just relied on tweets for story.

    The overall ratings are incredibly stupid and some don't make any sense. For goodness sake, why is the WWE so obsessed with Roman Reigns? Enough already. It's a joke that Roman's rating is 3 points higher than legends like Steve Austin and John Cena, two wrestlers that had a much bigger impact on WWE than him. It's an even bigger joke that Becky Lynch has a higher rating than a legend that changed wrestling forever known as Hulk Hogan. Who came up with these garbage feminist ratings? When I created a roofless arena on daytime, the stadium doesn't even light up and it remains dark. A huge roster and you can't even have a 50 men Royal Rumble match in a fake video game, despite there being one in real life. The referee doesn't count consistently when I am outside the ring. The physics are laughable, especially the hair physics. Only 12 matches in Showcase, and they didn't even add Rey Mysterio's most iconic matches. Like why did they even add Gran Metalik for the showcase? I don't even know who that is, and it doesn't help that he looks like an off-brand Rey Mysterio.

    The online multiplayer is trash. Rey Mysterio has a cringeworthy face on the original cover of this game. This made me remove the cover paper off the game case and rip it into pieces. The greedy developers want me to pay $100 for a decent cover of Rey Mysterio. I only recommend you buy this game until it is like $20 or $15. This is not worth the outrageous price of $70.    … Expand
  2. Trevorbumbarger
    Mar 17, 2022
    0
    2K is the worst company ever!!! This game you can't play because of servers going down. So we have to wait over a month for more people after 2 years. Each game has had people like Bruno Sammartino, Ricky Steamboat, Bam Bam Bigelow, Greg Valentine, Lex Luger and more. Than we are missing others like Paige, The Bellas, Zelina Vega, Kurt Angle, Lita, Brutus Beefcake, Sycho Sid, Dusty Rhodes,2K is the worst company ever!!! This game you can't play because of servers going down. So we have to wait over a month for more people after 2 years. Each game has had people like Bruno Sammartino, Ricky Steamboat, Bam Bam Bigelow, Greg Valentine, Lex Luger and more. Than we are missing others like Paige, The Bellas, Zelina Vega, Kurt Angle, Lita, Brutus Beefcake, Sycho Sid, Dusty Rhodes, Molly Holly, Reggie. This was supposed to be the biggest roster and it isn't and definitely doesn't hit different at all. How can you have a rey mysterio showcase and not have the best matches with legends in it. Legends made WWE and for them not being in is ridiculous since 2K has had 2 years to do it. I know for sure they won't be happy with this! Than we need a new moves pack because hardly no new moves are in the game after 2 years!… Expand
  3. ShamrockExpress
    Mar 10, 2022
    0
    WWE 2K22 should be score of 1/100 and that's being generous. This has been in development for nearly three years, half the roster is missing, you have to pay for wrestlers that were already in the game previously and it's loaded with rubbish micro-transactions. Even the DLC is utter rubbish and over priced. Glitches, crashes and freezes all the way through with bare bone modes. AfterWWE 2K22 should be score of 1/100 and that's being generous. This has been in development for nearly three years, half the roster is missing, you have to pay for wrestlers that were already in the game previously and it's loaded with rubbish micro-transactions. Even the DLC is utter rubbish and over priced. Glitches, crashes and freezes all the way through with bare bone modes. After the horrendous 2k20 nothing has ben learned and you can clearly tell the game isn't running on a new engine and it's still the 29 year old Yukes game engine.

    The sooner WWE gets the license away from 2K the better. 9 years under 2K and this game is still a copy, paste every year and worse it's now being turned into NBA 2K.    … Expand
  4. Dragon7
    Mar 10, 2022
    3
    I swear WWE needs to give the rights to someone else with passion for these games. The accuracy is off for example the rocks entrance move animations are all off. The gm mode was a waste… the game is an improvement from 2k20 but it isn’t that hard to achieve to be honest over all as a wrestling game for fans it’s below average. Really miss the WWF NO MERCY and SMACK DOWN HERE COMES THEI swear WWE needs to give the rights to someone else with passion for these games. The accuracy is off for example the rocks entrance move animations are all off. The gm mode was a waste… the game is an improvement from 2k20 but it isn’t that hard to achieve to be honest over all as a wrestling game for fans it’s below average. Really miss the WWF NO MERCY and SMACK DOWN HERE COMES THE PAIN DAYS.… Expand
  5. GameforGamers
    Mar 11, 2022
    0
    i expected this game to be the usual lazy cash grab it was for years, but somehow it was even more bad, can't wait to see how lazy this franchise get before they actually decide to put the effort to make a decent wrestling game
  6. Ricky90ct
    Mar 11, 2022
    0
    gameplay but good the reversal system is annoying, the physics of the objects is bad, the GM mode is poor and the servers not working. After 2 years of development I was expecting a lot more. It will be the last 2K game I will buy
  7. ChrisGaming
    Mar 11, 2022
    0
    Server still garbage offline everyday for hours
    Target system is horrible just graphics are a little better but thats all.
  8. archangeI121996
    Mar 9, 2022
    0
    Presentation good needs work though in a multiman match controls are fine once you get used to it but crashes a lot
  9. dokoham
    Mar 9, 2022
    4
    although the gameplay is better now
    i really cannot bear they force us to play the showcase and myrise to unlock
    there is no reason to buy the fake supercharger if it can't unlock everything like wwe2k19
    i hope you will not see 2ksport anymore next year
    try to change another company please
  10. ConsolesOWNER
    Mar 9, 2022
    0
    This game is pure trash, after playing 60 hours. Filled with bugs, an absolute trash game. The game has tons of bugs and alot of crashes.
  11. JamesMayhem
    Mar 31, 2022
    4
    The game is still broken. I've had to restart the game multiple times due to it freezing, there have been multiple crashes for me, hit detection is horrible, reversals are horrible if it even gives you a chance to reverse. If you try to use a weapon, it's such a task to even pick the weapon up, When you try to hit your opponent with it, the animation is extremely slow, they'll reverse it.The game is still broken. I've had to restart the game multiple times due to it freezing, there have been multiple crashes for me, hit detection is horrible, reversals are horrible if it even gives you a chance to reverse. If you try to use a weapon, it's such a task to even pick the weapon up, When you try to hit your opponent with it, the animation is extremely slow, they'll reverse it. Since you guys got the new deal, the next game better be fixed. There is no reason for this game to be this bad after 2.5 years of development.… Expand
  12. DTM12NY
    Apr 7, 2022
    3
    Trying to get out of combos or moves are nearly impossible and even when i try to time triangle to avoid any attacks, it doesn't register, the game isn't that bad but when i am winning and all of a sudden the AI is just getting so lucky to where i can't get out of anything because buttons don't want to register, you mind as well put the controller down.
  13. Orvak
    Mar 26, 2022
    0
    Очень понравилось, спасибо, поиграл на Youtube, пока ещё могу, безмерно благодарен
  14. godoi01
    Mar 29, 2022
    1
    jogo até esta com um visual bonito , porem os bugs de sempre assombram o jogo , ontem mesmo numa luta 8man um dos lutadores suspendeu no ar do nada e nunca mais acabou a luta , em outra uma escada entrou em um universo paralelo e ficou metade dentro metade fora no ar , tem muita coisa muita mesmo a se melhorar , por enquanto essa a nota , ainda os lutadores estao com nitro na perna muitojogo até esta com um visual bonito , porem os bugs de sempre assombram o jogo , ontem mesmo numa luta 8man um dos lutadores suspendeu no ar do nada e nunca mais acabou a luta , em outra uma escada entrou em um universo paralelo e ficou metade dentro metade fora no ar , tem muita coisa muita mesmo a se melhorar , por enquanto essa a nota , ainda os lutadores estao com nitro na perna muito rapidos jogo sem cadencia , por fim os menus muito lentos , melhore por favor… Expand
  15. Mariusmaiellano
    Mar 27, 2022
    0
    This game is not just not worth the money it needs to start giving refunds the game is broken every positive review is ether paid off or are die hard fan boys wait 6 months this game will be 10 dollars in gamestop and if they don't fix the glitches it would not be worth ten dollars just don't waste your money the game is unplayable
  16. SUNDEE
    Mar 11, 2022
    4
    Yes it look great, is fast and they fix many issues from previous game, menu is easy. But the disappointment is in character customization. Without body parts or body morph 75% of clothing items look stretched out, laughable and hideous. They need to bring that back because creating a character is a waisted of time so we all stuck with outdated roster from previous game ... This was veryYes it look great, is fast and they fix many issues from previous game, menu is easy. But the disappointment is in character customization. Without body parts or body morph 75% of clothing items look stretched out, laughable and hideous. They need to bring that back because creating a character is a waisted of time so we all stuck with outdated roster from previous game ... This was very disappointed seeing that they copy and pasted 95% of the roster from 2k19 and 2k20. I bought the deluxe version and well I should had bought the cheaper version instead.… Expand
  17. Thomas_R
    Aug 14, 2023
    4
    Create a wrestler has some good move customisation and decent enough visual customisation, the career mode is alright and the Rey Mysterio campaign is passable.

    The MyFaction is a really REALLY mixed bag with a lot of the daily challenges mislabelled or bugged and with certain match types being very poorly tested (such as 6 man tornado tag) as the AI will just focus on one wrestler    Create a wrestler has some good move customisation and decent enough visual customisation, the career mode is alright and the Rey Mysterio campaign is passable.

    The MyFaction is a really REALLY mixed bag with a lot of the daily challenges mislabelled or bugged and with certain match types being very poorly tested (such as 6 man tornado tag) as the AI will just focus on one wrestler completely, sometimes deliberately losing the match by refusing to break up pins. Due to the match actions and being unable to control both of your wrestlers this often means your teammate loses the match for you by pinning an AI while you are chain stunned/countered by the other 3 causing you to win the match but fail the objectives with no player agency which is idiotic, just allow the player to switch wrestlers or remove this half baked game mode.

    The constant issues with animations locking, snapping, collisions missing/not connecting, random I-frames, being interrupted out of your own moves by yourself, the referee or collisions with environmental objects and the AI just being all over the place really mar what would otherwise be a really enjoyable game.    … Expand
  18. GabeLay
    May 6, 2022
    1
    2K should have just waited another year to release this, but I guess WWE would have stripped the license from them. Almost impossible to play on the hardest difficulty in specialty matches because the mechanics are so busted.
  19. TJISHERE2022
    Jul 23, 2022
    0
    2K is the worst company ever!!! This game you can't play because of servers going down. So we have to wait over a month for more people after 2 years. Each game has had people like Bruno Sammartino, Ricky Steamboat, Bam Bam Bigelow, Greg Valentine, Lex Luger and more. Than we are missing others like Paige, The Bellas, Zelina Vega, Kurt Angle, Lita, Brutus Beefcake, Sycho Sid, Dusty Rhodes,2K is the worst company ever!!! This game you can't play because of servers going down. So we have to wait over a month for more people after 2 years. Each game has had people like Bruno Sammartino, Ricky Steamboat, Bam Bam Bigelow, Greg Valentine, Lex Luger and more. Than we are missing others like Paige, The Bellas, Zelina Vega, Kurt Angle, Lita, Brutus Beefcake, Sycho Sid, Dusty Rhodes, Molly Holly, Reggie. This was supposed to be the biggest roster and it isn't and definitely doesn't hit different at all. How can you have a rey mysterio showcase and not have the best matches with legends in it. Legends made WWE and for them not being in is ridiculous since 2K has had 2 years to do it. I know for sure they won't be happy with this! Than we need a new moves pack because hardly no new moves are in the game after 2 years!… Expand
  20. ricky1990ct
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    The game is a broken mess and crashes a lot. Sometimes when I’m well into a match. Fun game but don’t sell us an unfinished game

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76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 61 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 61
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 61
  3. Negative: 0 out of 61
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 30, 2024
    60
    Although the game is certainly better compared to the older version, the impression is spoiled by the sometimes clumsy controls. The strike aiming could use some tweaking. Pressing the right buttons is often more a matter of chance or luck than a planned strategy. The graphics have grown noticeably in beauty compared to the last game. [Issue#318]
  2. Oyungezer
    Jun 26, 2022
    80
    Efforts were made to keep 2020 as a road accident, and this time they came up with a game like it should have. With plenty of game mode and plenty of content, a fun WWE experience awaits you.
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  3. PSX Brasil
    May 7, 2022
    80
    WWE 2K22 fixes many of the serious bugs of the previous game and builds a solid foundation to build on with great gameplay and interesting game modes. Although minor, there are issues that need to be fixed, but there is a lot of fun to be had here.
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