WWE 2K25 Bloodline Edition Review – The Ultimate Wrestling Experience?

Our WWE 2K25 Bloodline Edition review delivers a high-energy wrestling experience, packed with new features, enhanced gameplay, and an ambitious expansion in The Island mode. With improved visuals, refined mechanics, and a vast array of customization options, the game aims to be the definitive WWE simulation. But does it live up to the hype, or do lingering issues hold it back? From its deep career modes to the heavily monetized elements, we break down everything you need to know before stepping into the ring. Read on to discover the highs, the lows, and whether WWE 2K25 Bloodline Edition is truly worth your time.

WWE 2K25 Bloodline Edition Review Pros:

• Decent, high-quality graphics.
• 120.6GB Download size.
• Platinum trophy list and a seperate trophy list for the Island game mode.
• You get the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
• Can transfer save from PlayStation 4 to the PlayStation 5 version of the game.
• Officially licensed.
• A performance center pop-up happens first and offers a tutorial with a My Faction reward.
• Real video footage is used, for example, in the performance center, where you get all the hosts acting it all out.
• The performance centre lets you pick and choose the tutorials, or you can do them in one go. You get awarded with WF points.
• Can Invert axis and sensitivity sliders.
• Balancing sliders for how the AI reacts or will do things like reversals, submissions, etc. It’s on a scale slider going from 0 to 100.
• The Island storyline has its own mode, complete with all the real videos, and lets you play out many of the sequences and matches.
• The universe offers new and improved rival actions and outcomes.
• MyGM lets you have control over brands, drafting, booking shows, and a chance to enter the hall of fame.
• Six game modes – My Faction, play, universe, showcase, Myrise, and myGM.
• Four difficulties – Easy, normal, hard, and legend.
• Gameplay settings – weight detection (arcade/simulation), stamina mode (normal/infinite), pin mini-game (timed/rapid), pin mini-game first count lock after finisher (on/off), trading blows (on/manual only/auto only/off), allow held input for mini-games (on/off), rope break automatic (on/off), auto reversal for ground attacks (on/off), entrance run in play mode (player/on/off), mid-match run in (payback/on/off), post-match run in (on/off), blood, subtitles, tutorial tips, edited/created characters (allowed/not allowed). Allow possum pin, allow ring escape, and allow instant recovery.
• Targeting opponents can be set to manual or semi-auto, and each local player can set their own.
• Player sliders for balancing on a 0 to 100 scale.
• You can create your own playlists for the music.
• Roster Options – edit superstar, edit teams, stats, title management, and money in the bank management.
• Match types – 1v1, 2v2, triple threat, fatal four way, 5 superstars, 6 superstars, 8 superstars, gauntlet, gauntlet eliminator, gauntlet turmoil, Royal Rumble, WarGames, handicap, tournament, and custom matches.
• The island has you create a male or female character, also picking a fight style and persona, which will help shape the story.
• 16 match rules – normal, special guest referee, casket, ambulance, extreme rules, backstage Brawl, ladder, table, hell in a cell, steel cage, TLC, iron man, falls count anywhere, submission, last man standing, and no holds barred.
• You can upload and download player creations for moves, characters, stadiums, et,c and you DO NOT NEED PlayStation Plus to do this.
• Creations have – superstar, entrance, and victory move set, championship, mitb, arena, show, custom matches, sign, image, and video.
• Unlock new arenas through the MyRise game mode.
• MyRise lets you use a created character or create one there and then, along with some preset ones.
• In Myris, you have a hub menu where you can edit appearance, entrance, move set, and victory aswel as check records, adjust options, spend attribute points, story progress, and check your in-game social media.
• Choose your journey in MyRise and go with Unleashed or Undisputed.
• Everyone is using their own voice and likeness.
• Social media within the game allows you the chance to create your scenarios and stories in MyRise.
• Creating an entrance has a lot of options and lets you get creative with its powerful tools.
• In the hub in MyRise, you can choose who to interact with and deal with multiple-choice encounters. This also goes to making decisions in the ring or how others see you.
• Earn upgrade points and level up your stats in MyRise.
• Showcase lets you take on classic Wrestlemania matches, and you get a classic original film setting it all up, and you can get rewards for doing certain objectives during the match.
• When fighting in the showcase, you get set objectives along with set pieces.
• Learning the reversals and blocks feels a lot easier this year overall.
• They use the original arenas, animations, and ui for classic matches.
• The charge finisher is where you press the buttons, and then the game takes over and sets up, and executes the move.
• There is a lot of replay value for the game modes, as you have many objectives and choices to shape new paths.
• Great looking animation, and they seem to be trying facial animations again.
• Improved loading times for all the modes.
• The Island is a free-roaming place where you can see other real-world players running around, interact with wrestlers, and others.
• You can rewatch the film in the gallery.
• Think of Myfaction as the WWE version of Ultimate Team in FIFA or Madden. You assemble a team of male and female wrestlers, take on challenges, hire managers, and win championships, all whilst earning credits for cards and packs.
• It’s still funny to me seeing big, huge wrestlers jumping and spinning around like they weigh nothing.
• My Faction is where you earn and buy cards to collect Superstars and upgrade their cards.
• Cards in MyFaction have rarity levels and bonus buffs attached to them.
• Persona cards unlock new attire across the whole game.
• Creating a faction means setting up a name, logo, wallpaper, and nameplate, and setting up your four Superstars who will fight for you, It’s split into men and women.
• Managers in MyFaction can bring buffs and state boosts to your team.
• Daily login rewards for MyFaction.
• Locker codes can be entered for cards, and you can earn some in-game and in real life.
• Challenges, both lifetime and daily, are in MyFaction.
• MyFaction does have an online real-time play, along with offline-style matches and tournaments.
• MyFaction involves doing a certain win condition, and you play as the card you play, you earn stars based on how you are doing, like moves mixup, et, along with any daily and lifetime Milestones.
• All new menu system that makes it a lot easier to navigate with online, play, and extras, etc, is in seperate tabs.
• There are branded shops like Nike on The Island where you can spend VC on items.
• Faction Wars in MyFaction is a run-based game mode where you play matches and earn rewards.
• The crowds look better for the most part, with the up-front ones being well animated, and the ones up high look OK.
• There is more talking and voice work in the Myrise mode, including your character talking, so it feels a bit more engaging now.
• The Island is an ambitious social space with its own set of gameplay and matches. It nails it for the most part, but man, it loves asking for money constantly.
• Take part in quests and missions within the Island that have rewards, unique rewards, and can give out some of the VC coins.
• Earn experience for your character in The Island by playing, but also by completing the many challenges and quests.
• You can see other players on The Island WITHOUT a Playstation Plus subscription.
• The Island lets you create four characters.
• Timed events and rewards can appear on The Island.
• I give 2K props for trying to build the game out and add in more ways to play and socialise. The Island seems to have a solid blueprint, but it definitely has too much real money stuff in there.

WWE 2K25 Bloodline Edition Review Cons:

• The acting in set pieces can be borderline cheesy.
• Cannot remap controls.
• A lot of unskippable sequences from cutscenes to interactions.
• The Bump show has awkward, long pauses.
• Your character in MyRise is so dull and lifeless in his line delivery and charisma, as he has no charisma whatsoever.
• For all the good we do, it still struggles to just say, here are the game settings, here are the graphics, etc.
• Whenever you are in game mode, everything outside of the fighting feels flat and lifeless.
• They try to make a seamless transition between film and game, but to a very noticeable hard cut.
• It can be hard to know how to do certain moves at a given time.
• Some of the animations look bad, and the hair is still not right. After all these years, the hair is still bad.
• Man, some of the character models look dubious at best.
• So many video cutscenes cannot be skipped.
• Reversals are still a game in themselves and a real pain for me.
• Set pieces can break up the immersion and cause setups that are not realistic.
• The Island has a disgusting model where, when creating your character, you can use VC coins (real money currency) to upgrade your character.
• Faces and names are blurred out in some of the classic tapes, it happens, but man, it looks weird.
• The performance centre is a long process, which would be better if it weren’t for the really small writing in the corner telling you the controls.
• I am not a fan of the chaining mechanic where you lock up and then move the sticks to fill your bar before your opponent to then do a move.
• Interactions within the Island are just text-based.
• The Stormzy and Chase and Status Backbone song is censored, as is the Eminem one actually.
• Nearly everything you can buy on The Island is real money VC coins, which is gross.

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WWE 2K25 Bloodline Edition:

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Developer: 2K Games

Publisher: 2K Games

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