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WWE 2K23

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80 Critic Reviews

Even discounting the upcoming community creations, WWE 2K23 has so much content baked in that fans should be able to play for hours on end without even scratching the surface of everything the game has to offer.

564

Though the Showcase mode isn’t as super as its subject, John Cena, the sharp focus on refinement instead of reinvention helps keep WWE 2K23 as the gold standard of wrestling sims.

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by nigodom

GAMEPLAY Engaging, true-to-life MyRise careers

GAMEPLAY Action could be refined further

WWE 2K23 is the best entry this long-suffering franchise has put out in nearly a decade, offering mechanically-sound action, a pair of satisfying MyRise career mode storylines, and a handful of other well-executed, if limited, additions like WarGames

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Characters A roster of somewhere around 200 superstars from the past and present.

music A few minor audio quality recordings.

All in all, WWE2K23 is a great game with something to offer to every WWE fan past and present, no matter what your playstyle. With branching storylines and multiple sandbox modes that let you book and play whatever the hell kind of cards you...

522

fun War Games is really fun

Characters John Cena Showcase falls flat

After a tumultuous few years of WWE releases, 2K and Visual concepts have finally been able to begin building on the solid foundations of last year’s game. WWE 2K23 isn’t a huge step up from 2K22 with long load times and a surprisingly unpolished...

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by coyS

WWE 2K23’s more incremental bells and whistles means it’s technically an overall stronger package than 2K22. However, unlike last year, it doesn’t benefit from the rose-colored excitement of getting to play a big wrestling sim again after...

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by coyS

GAMEPLAY Core wrestling stands tall

technical Continued AI issues

WWE 2K23 is another successful chapter in the wrestling series' comeback story, but the red flags of annualization are starting to appear already.

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by beret

58 Gamer Reviews

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graphics marvelous art direction

GAMEPLAY not many reasons to come back

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2023-02-25