It's absolutely insufferable that this much time is spent looking at a loading screen and something that's undisputedly getting worse with each iteration.

Smackdown, Raw, Main Event and then the PPV, loading times before, during and after. I genuinely struggle to play that mode due to the sheer time spent doing literally nothing. I doubt it's intentional, but the loading is the closest equivalent to the third hour of Raw you'll ever find. The big problem here is that adding more to M圜areer inadvertently further exposes what is one of the most boring and frustrating areas of WWE 2K17. Look at The Rock, Stone Cold, Y2J, John Cena and Bray Wyatt with their fantastic mic skills. It makes a great deal of sense that this has been added as one measure of a wrestler comes from their ability to connect to the fans. Possibly the most notable addition has come to M圜areer mode, this being the ability to cut your own promos. The space left by Showcase has been filled by features in almost every other mode found within the game. Thankfully it isn't a story of content simply being cut. I can't particularly say I agree with this if it turns out that most of them eventually feature in the game, held back through the series' prohibitive DLC practices. The explanation is through the lack of his previous rivals not being in WWE 2K17. In addition to this, the 2K Showcase mode has disappeared, so the story of Brock Lesnar won’t be told like those of the previous stars that covered the WWE 2K games. The game’s development would have likely reached a level where the developers would have had problems integrating it into the game. It's perfectly understandable that the brand split isn't an aspect of this release. However, it still has some issues that will only be fixed by a near complete overhaul. Much like the in-ring production, WWE 2K17 has improved on a number of things. However, as the television production changed over time, the game has almost mimicked it. Wandering around the arenas, making your own path to the top, it always kept me engrossed.

Particularly when you got to actually control a brand, or at least follow a story of your own. The Smackdown vs Raw series was, for me, the best sports games around. A little over a decade later I've seen a little and the production is arguably the best it's been in a long time.Įven during the period of not watching wrestling, the games were a part of my life. I loved the theatrics, but around 2005 I stopped watching. The 'please, don't try this at home' warnings were consistently ignored. Stone Cold, The Rock, Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle and so many more were part of my life growing up. I used to love wrestling, but I can't exactly say I'm a fan now.

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