WWE 2K26

I have 84 hours on this game and haven't had a single crash or glitch. I've touched modes I wouldn't normally like showcase, MyRise, etc to unlock characters I wanted, spent time creating gear, setting up my universe, and more. The best mode on this game in my opinion is Universe Mode. I can create stories and have champions that they wouldn't make champions in real life or for very long at least. It's fun to write all my stuff down for it and be creative. The battle passes aren't great, and I will agree they are a cash grab, but I'm glad they at least started putting the superstars for the season pass for free in the first tier instead of having to earn them. The season passes aren't even worth it to me except for superstars. Would be nice to get the Wrestlemania 40 arena, etc. It's not hard to unlock everything and gives me more hours on modes I didn't think I would touch. Do I hate that they're giving into the battle/season pass craze for more money? Absolutely. I hope next game they decide to let this go, but I don't see that happening. This is the way games are going nowadays. I'm going to keep enjoying the game, and I have also not spent any more money on this game than when I bought it. You don't have to pay for tier skips. It's still optional. Just play and earn. It doesn't take very long and the other modes are fun. Give them a chance like I did!

Let me start this by prefacing that I'm a huge fan of the product (WWE) and have been for years now. I've grown up watching Seth Rollins, Undertaker, Rey Mysterio and other wrestling legends creating amazing stories. I've played the old SmackDown vs Raw on PS2 constantly and this is definitely my favorite "fighting game" franchise. However, I've not played a WWE game since SDvR 2011 - aside from completing MyRise on WWE 2k25 on PS4. What I want to emphasize with that is: As a fan of the product and as someone who had some disposable income during the last time this game was on sale, I bought it, and grabbed the most complete edition at the time - Monday Night War Edition. I DO NOT RECOMMEND buying this game at full price to ANYONE, because it's ludicrous and simply a ridiculously greedy price of entry. That said, this is a really complicated game to review due to one simple fact: It can be as fun or as infuriating as you want it to be. Let me clarify. The gameplay itself is absurdly fun 90% of the time. The Creator suite is very, very complete, fun and gives you a lot of freedom. There is a HUGE amount of content to engage with, from the number of superstars on the roster to the game modes. The audio design is really nice, the graphics are really good and overall performance is rock solid. That other 10% of the time, however... it's rough. You can be interrupted out of reversals - which from a "realistic" lens makes sense, but not gameplay-wise. Sometimes, a running attack will NOT connect even when it should if the opponent was in the middle of a specific animation (like pulling out an item from below the apron). There are some annoying bugs with hits connecting and the stamina system can be really finicky. Another REALLY absurd thing is, no matter how much you pay for the top-shelf edition of the game, a LOT of content is still locked behind either paywalls (MyFaction mostly) or a lot of grind. Want a specific Persona card to unlock attire, entrance features and so on? Well, it's not in the base game, go play the microtransaction fest that is MyFaction to grind - OR JUST SPEND EVEN MORE MONEY - to unlock it. Want some of the awesome unlockables from The Island, like the rewards from The Order of Anarchy (CM Punk's team)? Good luck grinding The Tower with a weak-ass character - UNLESS YOU PAY EVEN MORE MONEY TO UPGRADE HIS STATS USING VC. Want to download more content from other creators? Good luck, as the page for this usually throws you back to the menu after scrolling through a few pages of content. HOWEVER, as I've mentioned, this game can be as fun as YOU want it to be. If you do want to engage with everything, unlock everything and expect everything to be there after you paid for it - which is not only fair but correct - then don't. Go play something else, maybe even 2k25. Want to have a lot of fun and can overlook these issues? Yeah, this is (again, on sale) an excellent pick - if something irritates you in the game, ignore it, go play some other mode, or other matches, or create something. We usually want to have it all, unlock everything, grind through the pain. Like a song from the previous game's OST says, "it's supposed to hurt," but it doesn't have to. You can play however you like. Once I quit trying to climb the damn Tower to unlock outfit pieces and decided not to engage with MyFaction, just replaying MyRise and creating a custom Universe for myself, this game really shined and showed what it should be from the start - an amazing experience and game for fans of a product that has entertained the world for more than 70 years. In the end, I recommend this game, but with all these caveats, it may not be for you. For me, however, I'm having a lot of fun now and this is what I expect most from a game. It doesn't justify the innumerable flaws or the ABSURD practices and prices implemented by 2K, but I'm having fun.

Been playing WWE Games since 2011. This will be my last WWE 2K game, I just can't put up with the horrible greed and charging expensive prices for doing the bare minimum. WIth all my heart, I wish the worst for you 2K.

Wrestling is just televised gay sex with BDSM elements + I hate oppressive DRM and needing a third party account. Make a real game next time

This is my first review of a game ever. Don't buy this......These devs have forgot why us the fans want to play wresting games. They lock all the things we want behind pay walls and achievements and force us to play uninteresting gameplay just to unlock charecters we should have access to from the start. Teach them a lesson and don't do what I did...please do not buy this game. We need the old school THQ style wrestling game that allows us to build story and worlds. Not whatever this ♥♥♥♥ is.

Before I played WWE 2K26 i had a small wee wee, no friends, no boyfriend, depression and absolutely no will to live. None of these things have changed, but the game is pretty bad.

The Servers are always crashing your game even with stable internet , half the time your trying to connect to play with a friends but always says your "Offline" . Do not buy this game if your trying to do any online games because 2k refuses to patch this issue. Note, half the game modes are server base so if it says your offline then most of the game modes you cannot play due to this error. Save your money and buy something else that isnt a cash cow for no reason. Bring back Raw VS Smackdown again bro like come on and stop this hot garbage of a so called game.