WWE 2K17 on Xbox 360 Review – TSC Gaming

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TSC’s Fred Richani reviews the WWE 2K17 Xbox 360 version.

About This Video: WWE 2K17 Xbox 360 version features no MyCareer and 2K Showcase Modes! Is this version of WWE 2K17 worth your money? Find out in our in-depth game review by Fred Richani!

Written Review

What’s up everybody? This is Fred Richani of TSC Gaming here to give you my thoughts on WWE 2K17 on Xbox 360. That’s right, I said Xbox 360. This game was actually released on Xbox 360 and PS3 in addition to Xbox One and PS4. If you’ve played the previous ones, this is very similar, pretty much the same mechanically and in terms of physics, with no real changes on the 360 version. Frankly, I didn’t expect any, because this is a game on a discontinued console, and they’re probably not coming out with a 360 version next year.

The thing is, you get even less content with the Xbox 360 version this year than last year. Why? Because last year they had the popular 2K Showcase mode, which let you play through the top career moments of the cover star, Stone Cold Steve Austin. It was awesome; I got to wrestle in his greatest matches against Ricky Steamboat, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, you name it. This year they have Brock Lesnar on the cover and Bill Goldberg as a special pre-order character, and you can’t play through any of their major moments. I can’t go back to SummerSlam 2002, when Brock became the youngest WWE Champion of all time, and play that match. I can’t go back to when Goldberg pinned Hulk Hogan. I know WWE is on the outs with Hulk Hogan right now, but you’d think they’d have some kind of Showcase mode with legendary feuds. No, it didn’t appear on current gen or old gen.

So what are you left with on the Xbox 360 version at $59.99? You have the usual Universe Mode, which, as usual, is pretty in-depth. You can build different storylines and feuds, but it’s largely the same. You’ve got a new roster, which is pretty cool if you wanted to play as AJ Styles, for example, or some of the women of NXT. Sasha Banks, Charlotte and Bayley are all in this game, which is awesome, since they were a huge omission from last year’s title. You have backstage brawls, which aren’t as fun as on current gen, but you can still brawl backstage and throw a dude on a car, which is kind of cool. And you have the Creation Suite, which is always fun: you can create your own championships, logos, arenas, which are my personal favorite, and of course superstars. After that, there’s not really much. You’ve got online play, which I guess is cool if you still have friends with an Xbox 360. Listen, the Xbox 360 is a legendary system with one of the deepest, greatest gaming libraries of all time, but when it comes to WWE 2K, I think the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions are past their prime.

So what’s the verdict? Graphics, I give it a 7. This was never the greatest-looking game on Xbox 360, but it’s decent enough, and I still love the epic entrances of the likes of Finn Bálor, Triple H and The Undertaker. Gameplay, I also give it a 7. It’s pretty fun and easy to use once you get the reversal system down. The submission system is way simpler, just tapping the buttons to get somebody to their breaking point, compared to the current-gen submission system. I like this one a lot more. Call me a simpleton all you want, but I don’t want my wrestling games to be overly complicated. There are some glitches in multi-person matches, where things get wacky; people might walk in the same direction for two straight minutes if you don’t engage them. The usual wacky WWE 2K glitches.

Content, I give it a 5. I always enjoy Universe Mode, which is super in-depth, as is the Creation Suite, but man, Xbox 360 gamers are getting a raw deal without 2K Showcase. I strongly disagreed with WWE 2K removing Showcase from the current-gen version, so leaving it out of the old-gen version makes sense, but as far as variety goes, you’re not left with much. Unless you’re a super hardcore WWE 2K gamer and a 360 loyalist, I can’t say I truly recommend this game. Overall, TSC Gaming gives WWE 2K17 on Xbox 360 a 6.3 out of 10. Until next time, everybody, as always, enjoy the games.