So I watched a ton of WWF back in the day, as well as WCW during the wars era. My wife and I have recently started watching modern WWE, and we're pretty happy with the product. I'd like to play a wrestling game, but everything seems to point to this game being kind of bad.

My question is this: is this game bad, or just not as good as the previous one? I don't care about making my own belts/arenas/story, but I do want an interesting or at least fun story, and that Wrestlemania whatever mode from the last game sounds pretty fun.

Should I try this game? Is it good, or is it too weak to be worth buying it?

The game play and graphics are better but it has a lot less features.

the actual playing part of this game has been the most fun I've had in years, but people say it's bad because they removed match types, and most of the creation suite.

@squidking: They took a lot of modes and stuff out of WWE 2K15, and its replacement Be a Superstar mode wasn't that much fun. Single Player content wise, the Attitude Era mode in WWE '13 and the equivalent Wrestlemania mode in 2K14 are much better.

No, it's not fun. Maybe it's better if you haven't approached a WWE game in a long time, but this game got worse from previous installments.

If you do, be ready for 9,000 hours of load times as well. Seriously, that game is the worst on this gen with load screens

@krullban: Thank you, that's exactly what I'm looking for.

@dazzhardy: Reviews made the Superstar mode seem kind of short or shallow. Is that why it's not great?

The career mode is dull. Very much so. You have to grind out nothing matches as you build up your social media fanbase, and that's what determine you moving onto the next level of the roster. You'll occasionally get a pay-per-view feud, but those are spread out. You get a few a year. The vast majority of the time when you finish a match, you'll be presented with Vicky Guerrero complementing you on your match but saying that she has nothing for you right now, so you get to pick between a dark match or a TV match. Over and over.

Oh, and if you win the WWE title your career gets fast-forwarded or something. I don't know about that firsthand as I've never it to that point. I won the World title once, and then didn't immediately defend it on the Raw after the pay-per-view so I got it stripped from me. Fun!

@redyoshi: Certainly doesn't sound great.

@squidking: Yeah, like RedYoshi said, its just dull and repetitive. I never made it passed the NXT part, because I got tired of fighting the same guys over and over for no real benefit. It also restricted what moves you could use until you upgraded stats and unlocked movelists.

God no that game is so bad I just traded it in after getting it for Christmas, trust me I won't miss it. If you have a PS2 get "Here Comes the Pain" now that is a wrestling game right there.

@dazzhardy: so 2K14 would be better?

@squidking: I'd recommend WWE '13 if you prefer the attitude era, or WWE 2K14 if you prefer the history of Wrestlemania. Both of those modes are well done.

@dazzhardy: appreciated

I picked up 2K14 and 15. I have to say that the replay whatever it is mode from 15 was very interesting and helpful for someone who never saw a single one of those matches. I think you guys are jading yourselves at some level.

this is basically my experiance

putting it on the hardest difficulty I win half my matches and wrestlers and moves finally seem to have weight to them.

The storymodes and showcases are repetitive a lil bit

as a game to pick up and play a couple matches every once and a while or with friends its totally worth the 40 bucks

Remember context, we've been playing the same game for close to 10 years. You're new to the series. When you get an iteration of the same game you've been playing since 06 and half the content is missing you're going to shit on it.

I think it depends on how you look at it. Compared to the extensive feature list of the previous games, it seems like a huge step back. However, the base game seems improved. If you haven't been playing wrestling games at all for a long time, then you would probably enjoy 2k15 just fine. Honest answer though is that the next game will probably be the better choice, as logic would entail that it would regain some features and have the better current gameplay.

The gameplay is much better pacing-wise than previous iterations but as stated by other folks, the feature list and match types are sorely lacking. And what is there isn't great. I've had some fun with it, but if you haven't picked it up by now I would definitely wait until it dropped to $20 or so.