


Wrestlers are action figure versions of themselves, with enlarged limbs and colourful style that heightens their real-life look. The in-ring action is absolutely a cool art style and visually striking. While this is an enjoyable diversion, it’s just not deep enough to satiate the obsessed wrestling fan in me for another whole year. While the concept is fun for a while and definitely enjoyable as a multiplayer slam-fest with friends, the single player components fall a little short of being memorable and the crazy elements wear thin, definitely far less crazy the tenth, twentieth and hundredth time you do them. This would seem like an exciting prospect, being able to use superhero-esque moves and special effects in fights that look pulled out of Street Fighter and Dragon Ball Z. While WWE games normally have a more simulation style, with complex gameplay, motion-captured superstars, gigantic lists of move-sets and create-your-own features as far as the eye can see, although they have dabbled in a more arcade style in the past with WWE All Stars back in 2011. WWE 2K Battlegrounds steps into the ring with an over-the-top action figure style of arcade wrestling mash-up, targeting a more casual gamer and attempting to right some of the wrongs caused by last years glitch-filled WWE 2K20.
