WWE 2K22: 10 Things To Know Before You Buy

3. There’s A Sweet Change In Universe Mode

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If MyCareer has always been cheesy, then Universe Mode has always seemed hollow. Yep, the addition of MyGM (tease, tease, tease!) does soften that blow a bit, but there are folks who see the potential of Universe and demand more from it.

Now, it's possible to pick one wrestler and follow their journey week-to-week rather than overseeing everything across the wider WWE spectrum. Technically, you could do this before, but it was so limited and often boiled down to a slog of endless matches with little else.

2K suddenly realised that hey, you might just fancy being AJ Styles for a while.

This is as close to one of the classic 'Story Modes' as you're likely to get from the series these days. It seems like superstar-specific Universe runs will play out akin to the original SmackDown title on PS1. If that doesn't sound like much, then at least there will be coherent storylines and better cutscenes to pad things out on top of the actual bouts themselves.

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