Back in the heyday of WWF/WWE video games, the career modes were creative, fast paced, daft and hugely rewarding, and all of this can be achieved in 2K17 … well after half a dozen hours or so anyway. M圜areer is back and sadly once again misses the mark. WWE 2K17’s Creation Modes are the easily the best thing about this year’s game, there’s no doubt about it, and something which can only get bigger and better in the future. Just from scrolling through other players’ efforts is just astonishing and a real glimpse into the sheer extent at which you can go into creating your favourite guys and gals who didn’t make it in.

At the time of writing, WWE Cruiserweight Champion TJ Perkins is missing from the roster (as is his belt), however I was able to download someone who looked remarkably like him, complete with an almost identical move-set. Now the next step is to upload your creations and share them around the world, likewise you can download wrestlers that others have painstakingly slaved away making, and honestly some of these efforts are incredible. Never before have I found character creation so deep and easy to use, especially considering I have very little patience. I’m not one to spend hours of my life trying to re-shape each orifice and limb of my custom superstar, but I honestly could have spent all day creating every one of my favourite Independent wrestlers. My first 3 hours on WWE 2K17 was spent in the Creation modes, which are simply amazing. I’m a very pessimistic individual, so I went into this game expecting it to be hugely disappointing, similarly to how I go into every WWE PPV the wrestling community isn’t a very confident one, and surprises are often hard to find. It’s taken me 3 years of being part of Invision to finally be granted the liberty of reviewing the latest WWE game, a rather daunting task for anyone obsessed with sports entertainment. The happiest day in my life was being surrounded by 80,000 people in the New Orleans Super Dome to witness Daniel Bryan lifting the WWE World Heavyweight Title at Wrestlemania 30 my wedding is obviously a close second.

There are only 2 things in my life that I have great passion for, my wife and wrestling.

Wwe 2k17 rank up fast