Although you’ll be able to earn the in-game currencies from some of the other modes, it’s just not worth the grind. Especially if you’d like to unlock some of your favourite wrestlers. The cartoon-style art design is fun to look at and some of the flashy animated fight scenes are a joy to experience in the beginning, but after some time, just like the matches, it too will become boring and monotonous, more so if you’re looking for more content from this game, you’ll be knocked down and counted out with the devil of the game that is microtransactions. And even then, you may want to switch up the game after a few rounds. And of course, players will be able to select from the different match types: One-on-One, Tag Team, Triple Threat, Steel Cage and even Royal Rumble to name a few.Īll in all WWE 2K Battlegrounds is an arcade-style game that you’d pick up and play for a short evening with friends. Many of which can be played against the CPU, other local players in couch co-op, as well as online players. Exhibition modes, a Battleground Challenge mode and even a Tournament mode. Jumping into the Play menu, players will be greeted by the different modes offered by the game. The character creator which is quite fun at first but then becomes a little more frustrating when you learn that a lot of the more fun or entertaining skins/costumes are locked behind microtransactions. A news area, the store, daily challenges and a character creator.
The menu then proceeds to the game’s menus that include a “Play” selection window with the various modes of the game. A title screen that really captures the essence of Battlegrounds. When booting up the game, players will be received by an explosive title screen with some of the more popular characters going head to head in the ring. And it honestly was…at first…and then it hit “The Rock” bottom, and I just could not smell what The Rock was cooking any longer. Its cartoon styled aesthetics and flashy fight scenes, combined with some of the more popular wrestlers breaking out of crates before the start of each match, had me thinking that this is going to be a blast.
So going into WWE 2K Battlegrounds, my hopes were high. It’s been a long time since I’ve last played and enjoyed a WWE title.