It's the exact same game as WWE 2k22 (I skipped 2k23).

Graphics are identical, gameplay is identical, it's WWE 2k22 with an updated roster.

It's slop but I'm playing it anyway because I'm a sucker just like you who bought this game and likes WWE.

I did a long-winded review on WWE 2k22, my tl;dr problem with it is that the collision sucks and is gamebreaking; it's ridiculously easy to "miss" moves that hit a wrestler just because they were slightly out of position or in the middle of doing a stupid "ow i'm hurt" animation that lasts 4 seconds.

I pine for the WWE Gamecube games, where collision was ridiculous; in a six man match, you could do a (Claudio Castagnoli-style) Giant Swing in the middle of the ring and use one man to knock every other man down like bowling pins. It wasn't very realistic but it was fun as hell. No other WWE game has come close to replicating this experience.

But that's not why I'm negatively reviewing it; I'm reviewing it negative because as mentioned above, the collision sucks. It's worse than any other WWE game I've played and I've played WWE 13, WWE 2k16, Smackdown vs Raw 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. All those games had better collision than this one.


Anyway there's some new features in 2k24 over 2k22, including some new problems. Here are the new problems:


- Stamina. There's way too little of it. I love that they made it so your weakened wrestler occasionally stays down after doing a big slam late in a match instead of instantly springing to their feet, but they went too hard on the stamina overall because unless I am playing as turbo-charged lvl 99 Roman Reigns or Cody Rhodes, my wrestler is completely out of stamina just from running from one corner of the ring to the other, and it regenerates way too slow.


- Showcase mode cinematics. I love the switching back and forth between in-game and real life footage, been done since WWE 2k16, probably earlier. Unfortunately they went too hard with this. There's literally some showcase matches where you are just watching the actual match longer than you are playing the match. Shawn Michaels vs Kurt Angle at Wrestlemania 21 was one of the worst offenders, with maybe half the match passing by just in cinematic.


Also, I get the censorship is necessary due to copyrights and such, blurring out the WWF logo and blurring out Donald Trump's face in the Randy Savage vs Hulk Hogan match (true story), but what the hell is going on when they are blurring out the faces of referees, Howard Finkel, random people in the crowd, random T shirts in the crowd, even other wrestlers who are either still in the company or departed on good terms?


The Randy Orton vs Seth Rollins 2015 match features interference from The Authority's goon squad Joey Mercury and Jaime Noble (J&J Security). They are fully rendered in-game, have their faces and everything. They look like the real people. So why are the actual Mercury and Noble blurred in the real match footage?

You're a multibillion dollar company now thanks to McMahon being sleazy and then selling to Endeavor to try to sleaze his way back into power. Stop being cheap a-holes and cut some royalty checks or don't give us real match footage that's half-visible.


EDIT: Another thing; the MyRise story (for women at least) sucks. WWE 2k22's MyRise story was largely aimless, moving from one cluster of nonsense to another, but at least it was entertaining with the option to be obnoxious and irritating, largely via picking fights on faux-twitter with other superstars.

Here, your character has their own specific backstory and personality that you have no input into, and they are dumb as a rock and thick as a brick all in one. There's no option during the storylines to pick or say something that deviates from the painfully badly written storyline options, almost all of which seem to involve you embarrassing yourself (the Rhea Ripley questline) or being easily manipulated by blatant idiots (such as Alfie the agent).

And there's not even any real variety in terms of stuff to do. "Missions" amount to "Do some damage to opponent" and then win the match. Very rarely are there opportunities to see the story actually change from you losing, as you'll be forced to redo the mission until you win.

It's the exact same game as WWE 2k22 (I skipped 2k23). Graphics are identical, gameplay is identical, it's WWE 2k22 with an updated roster. It's slop but I'm playing it anyway because I'm a sucker just like you who bought this game and likes WWE. I did a long-winded review on WWE 2k22, my tl;dr problem with it is that the collision sucks and is gamebreaking; it's ridiculously easy to "miss" moves that hit a wrestler just because they were slightly out of position or in the middle of doing a stupid "ow i'm hurt" animation that lasts 4 seconds. I pine for the WWE Gamecube games, where collision was ridiculous; in a six man match, you could do a (Claudio Castagnoli-style) Giant Swing in the middle of the ring and use one man to knock every other man down like bowling pins. It wasn't very realistic but it was fun as hell. No other WWE game has come close to replicating this experience. But that's not why I'm negatively reviewing it; I'm reviewing it negative because as mentioned above, the collision sucks. It's worse than any other WWE game I've played and I've played WWE 13, WWE 2k16, Smackdown vs Raw 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. All those games had better collision than this one. Anyway there's some new features in 2k24 over 2k22, including some new problems. Here are the new problems: - Stamina. There's way too little of it. I love that they made it so your weakened wrestler occasionally stays down after doing a big slam late in a match instead of instantly springing to their feet, but they went too hard on the stamina overall because unless I am playing as turbo-charged lvl 99 Roman Reigns or Cody Rhodes, my wrestler is completely out of stamina just from running from one corner of the ring to the other, and it regenerates way too slow. - Showcase mode cinematics. I love the switching back and forth between in-game and real life footage, been done since WWE 2k16, probably earlier. Unfortunately they went too hard with this. There's literally some showcase matches where you are just watching the actual match longer than you are playing the match. Shawn Michaels vs Kurt Angle at Wrestlemania 21 was one of the worst offenders, with maybe half the match passing by just in cinematic. Also, I get the censorship is necessary due to copyrights and such, blurring out the WWF logo and blurring out Donald Trump's face in the Randy Savage vs Hulk Hogan match (true story), but what the hell is going on when they are blurring out the faces of referees, Howard Finkel, random people in the crowd, random T shirts in the crowd, even other wrestlers who are either still in the company or departed on good terms? The Randy Orton vs Seth Rollins 2015 match features interference from The Authority's goon squad Joey Mercury and Jaime Noble (J&J Security). They are fully rendered in-game, have their faces and everything. They look like the real people. So why are the actual Mercury and Noble blurred in the real match footage? You're a multibillion dollar company now thanks to McMahon being sleazy and then selling to Endeavor to try to sleaze his way back into power. Stop being cheap a-holes and cut some royalty checks or don't give us real match footage that's half-visible. EDIT: Another thing; the MyRise story (for women at least) sucks. WWE 2k22's MyRise story was largely aimless, moving from one cluster of nonsense to another, but at least it was entertaining with the option to be obnoxious and irritating, largely via picking fights on faux-twitter with other superstars. Here, your character has their own specific backstory and personality that you have no input into, and they are dumb as a rock and thick as a brick all in one. There's no option during the storylines to pick or say something that deviates from the painfully badly written storyline options, almost all of which seem to involve you embarrassing yourself (the Rhea Ripley questline) or being easily manipulated by blatant idiots (such as Alfie the agent). And there's not even any real variety in terms of stuff to do. "Missions" amount to "Do some damage to opponent" and then win the match. Very rarely are there opportunities to see the story actually change from you losing, as you'll be forced to redo the mission until you win.