For the first time in many years, we did not get a new part of the WWE 2K series of wrestling games due to the desire of the publisher and the development team behind the series, Visual Concepts. The focus is to present a strong product in the next year’s version and stop a little from the annual releases that hurt the level of the series a lot, instead of the main series we get this The year for an action game called WWE 2K Battlegrounds and introduces with it an unrealistic and entertaining arcade style with its idea, today we offer you a review of the game and get to know its level.
This game comes from Saber Interactive Studios, and from the very first glance with it, you will notice the designs of the characters that are very different from the usual, where the giant heads and the bodies are spoiled with large muscles, and the most important of that is the crazy and non-signed style of play in which we see the wrestlers flying to the sky to carry out their supernatural strikes, was this method Suitable for wrestling games fans? Well, if you are looking for fun and entertainment, this game does it well, but there is more.
When talking about this game on the technical level, the designs of the wrestlers are good in terms of details, and the game also offers with it various arenas with different ideas that play a role in how to hold matches, there are arenas in which volcanic spots appear on the ground that you can take advantage of by throwing your opponent on it or arenas near Al-Mustaqni where crocodiles and other ideas To suit the general idea of the game, the options screens and the presentation of the game are medium level and the story is presented in it in the manner of the comic stories and there are good effects when implementing the special strikes of the wrestlers.
In terms of phonetics, the game introduces with it the Arab attachment for the first time to wrestling games, but the comment is very limited in all languages and with a set of repeated sentences. There is nothing to talk about at the level of the game’s limited music and may be blamed for the game’s lack of “wrestler entry” to the arena completely and the ability to hear the full music to enter The wrestlers even though they have the rights, so we only hear seconds of them with every wrestler entering.
Let's talk about the style of play, well this game is an arcade game in which it is unrealistic and you can perform superhuman strikes from kicks and punches as well as grabs, under each wrestler there is an energy meter divided into three sections, including energy and fitness, as well as the amount of the super-hit and the happiness of the crowd, and you have to follow these counters To help you win, you will see gigantic jumps and fire strikes, but the game is very flawed by the repetition of strikes, where the wrestlers are divided into two types, either the strong, as for those who love flying and acrobatic jumps, and away from the special strike of each wrestler, the majority of the rest of the strikes and grips are frequent among all wrestlers and there is no great variety here.
You have to exhaust your opponent before executing the superstar strikes to win him, there are different game modes, including cage matches, royal rumble and duo matches and the absence of other stages that were supposed to exist, such as hell in a cage and ladder matches and others, the game starts with a limited number of wrestlers and you have to go through the story stage to collect points And get more wrestlers or the other option to pay money to get the rest of the wrestlers as usual with 2K games.
The game offers an entertaining game style with its idea and method of implementation, but there is a need to connect to the network even in the single player phase to raise your results and obtain news points when winning to strengthen your character that you design in the story phase, the game offers with it a number of play stages, but it is limited compared to what was supposed to exist and also The method of obtaining wrestlers may be annoying to some and it was assumed that many more of them will be available from the beginning, the game is entertaining for fans of gatherings and playing games that do not need much skill and may be one of the best wrestling games issued in the past period in terms of fun, but in the end the product is limited in value Content, and there are tons of in-game purchases to get everything in it
Positives
- An entertaining game system, especially with team play and watching the special crazy strikes of the game
Negatives
- Repetitive strikes between wrestlers, in-game purchase options, and the absence of many types of wrestling challenges