WWE 2K22: 10 Rumours You Need To Know

3. Or Be A Souped-Up Universe Mode

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This is a bit more positive.

Reddit threads are clogged up with conjecture about GM Mode's return. Some don't think it'll be a faithful remodelling of SmackDown vs. Raw 2008's suite, whereas others are determined that 2K will give them the classic mode they've waited years on.

Then, there are those who believe 2K22's GM feature will be integrated into the tried-and-tested (but never quite there) Universe Mode. This would be the soft approach for 2K, and it'd let them wrestle back some of the control from a doted-upon mode they didn't actually create - THQ were the ones in charge when GM was a thing.

This might not be the worst idea. Universe Mode could do with a little more emphasis on sim elements; the shell is there, but 2K have never been able to take Universe higher. It gets dreadfully tedious after a few hours of playing around with some paper thin, personalised-but-unintuitive WWE.

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