WWE 2K23 Early Reviews: 10 Major Details We Learned
9. The Crowd Sings Seth Rollins' Entrance Music
Crowd interaction is king in any form of live entertainment, though it's often proven difficult for developers to replicate this in a digitised form. Niggling issues have been a recurring theme for WWE's litany of video games; lifeless models have been their go-to route, outside of the odd animated fan going wild for the sixth Superkick in a match.
2K has taken this interaction to a new level, introducing various crowd chants and mannerisms throughout their WWE relationship, including but not limited to Daniel Bryan's YES! chant, chanting "one more time" after executing your finisher multiple times in quick succession, and "we want tables" - a classic.
In WWE 2K23, this will extend to the singing of Seth Rollins' entrance music. Rollins' official entrance was posted to WWE 2K's social media, showing the digital Raw audience gleefully welcoming the 'Visionary' with their own rendition of his iconic entrance track.
BURN IT DOWN! ? OHHHHHH, OHHH, OHHH, OH! ? Seth ‘FREAKIN’ Rollins Full Entrance! #WWE2K23 @WWERollins pic.twitter.com/7E2kgs2Bnh
— #WWE2K23 (@WWEgames) February 2, 2023
2K nailed this aspect of Rollins' entrance, too. Simple as it may seem, perfectly timing the computerised audience to line up with the aw-ing and ah-ing of Seth's track requires some complex coding. They sang at every right beat.