It may be better suited as a spin-off game. The RPG vibe is interesting but just not there yet. Combined with nonsensical dialogue issues and loot crates I quickly found myself ignoring this mode altogether. Load times in My Player are extremely frustrating. Some eight-man match modes were broken with frame rates starting out slower than other modes then roller-coasting to nearly unplayable lows as the match carried on. Corey Graves is an absolute pleasure on commentary but even his addition didn’t fix what has been subpar in every wrestling game to date. Unfortunately, other aspects of the game still lag behind the customization. It’s so impressive the only request I have is…more? Other than the return of GM mode I can’t think of many creation suite additions. This is the one area where I can say this game is the undisputed pound for pound king. The list of customizations you can do with WWE 2k18 is as good as it’s ever been. I edit every wrestler’s stats, adjust the AI, customize belts and arenas, update attire, etc. In every WWE game my favorite activity is role-playing the legendary Vince McMahon (thanks for the childhood Sir) and making this game MY WWE Universe through customizing every single aspect! I go through this game with a fine-toothed comb. (Poor Macho Man, you didn’t deserve this…or did you?!?!) Fortunately, the freakishly talented fans of this game will make downloadable versions that inexplicably rival the best studio made grapplers (you know who you are you talented SOBs). Keeping with tradition most big-name wrestlers look unbelievable while others look like I created them myself, in 2005. I don’t fault the studio for providing what their consumers desire, but it does end up hurting the overall gameplay experience more than helping it. Does this game look better than any wrestling game in history? Hell yeah! Would I prefer it look less pretty and load faster? Hell yeah! Unfortunately, despite the fact that gameplay defeats graphics 100% of the time, graphics continue to sell games (you know who to blame for that). The load times are long and in some modes, ruin the entire experience. That loading thing is annoying isn’t it? It’s just as annoying in the game. WWE 2k18 for Xbox One builds upon (…loading…) all of the prior interactions with (…loading…) lineage going all the way back to the ancient WWF Smackdown! 2000 tree of (…loading…) wrestling game evolution. I respect their work and admire their art. Yearly installations like WWE2k are some of the grindiest. In a world where companies live and die by the clicks they get and reputations hinge upon the words of the unwashed masses (like game writers), it’s important to take a minute to realize games are made by real people working a grind of a job. Every year I ghost the latest WWE game’s development asking myself three questions along the way will AI improve? Will Gameplay improve? Will load times improve? Read on to see if WWE2k18 won that triple threat or if it jobbed to its predecessors!
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