WWE 2K22’s release date gives me hope that we might finally get a great wrestling game

After months of speculation, WWE 2K22 finally has a launch date, or more specifically, a release window from March 2022.

Despite slipping next year, I am delighted to see that the visual concepts of the developer are taking the time that should deliver what we hope to be a great wrestling game.

After all, WWE 2K22 can not afford to be another flop that is going through critics and ridiculed by equal players. The WWE 2K20 of Bug-Riddled and the fast cancellation of WWE 2K21 means there is an additional pressure to obtain this right. If the visual concepts do not, it is difficult to see any way to return to a series that needs more than just the Hardcore fight fans to buy it, if it is successful.

WWE 2K22 has to “hit different”, then, as well as the marketing motto of the game. And from the game trailers we have shown, it is at least easy to eyes.

Thousands of new animations and the use of a new facial exploration technology should make WWE 2K22 broad shoulder superstars seem true, but it is the game that will finally decide whether WWE 2K22 will be the king of the ring or another side. job.

And it would not be good to have a great wrestling game again? There was a period of time, particularly in Nintendo 64, where the fighting games were some of the best available titles. From WCW vs NWO: Revenge to WWF: Wrestlemania 2000, Wrestling Games at the N64 provided a golden age for those who liked to hit the flavor of the opponent’s mouth, and it is something that has not been replicated since then .

Apart from the strange blow! The title of PS2 as here comes pain and unexpectedly bright, brightness, selling, fighting video games, have constantly fought to evolve as generations have passed, culminating in Abymal WWE 2K20 that only typified the problem.

Next big thing

Encouraging, we heard that WWE 2K22 presents new controls that are “much cleaner” than previous titles, according to Forbes’ Brian Mazique, who also said that the game is “giving fantastic”.

But it is the citation of Mazique that WWE 2K22 “feels like the fighting game of a Fight fan” that has excited me. I have always felt that, despite nailing the Central Game Game Foundations that support each Wrestling Game many decades ago, nothing has come to replicate the excellent Rock-scissors paper style settings of the developer N64 Games Aki The spirit meter, a mechanic who dictated the reflux and the flow of a party, has not been implemented in the same way.

I am calmly optimistic, then, the revision of the WWE 2K22 controls and the focus on pleasant core fans can only result in a positive result. The game must be accessible for those who are new in the series, of course, but deep enough to satisfy veteran players.

Tense

The delay of WWE 2K22 in 2022 should be considered positive, but a tension is apparently placed in the relationship of 2K sports and developers with WWE itself (thanks, sports players online). According to SGO sources, WWE has not been too happy with the speed of slow development of the game, and, according to reports, it has gone so far as to threaten to cancel your contract with 2K games and find another publisher.

This has caused some tension between the development studio, which is desperate to get things properly, and the WWE that wants to see a return on your investment earlier instead of later. Ultimately, however, the game was awarded a delay, which should give visual concepts the time it needs to convert WWE 2K22 into a title contestant.

You must also give the developer time to ensure that the game list is as updated as it may be. WWE has launched some remarkable superstars in recent months, including the tastes of Braun Strowman, Bray Wyatt, Rick Floir and Lana, so it would not be a surprise to hear that these superstars were previously scanned in the game, but now they are surplus of the requirements. .