

Beyond that, this story campaign also provides players with oodles of unlockable abilities and in-game currency to purchase new wrestlers and upgrade special talents – so let’s talk about that. Unfurling as a series of comic book pages and frames, WWE 2K Battlegrounds campaign is a humorous and easily digestible affair through which players are given a taste of each of the five main classes as they tangle with a full roster of WWE superstars en route to a final showdown at Wrestlemania. The moves are gloriously mental and exaggerated. Told from the perspectives of Paul Heyman and Stone Cold Steve Austin, the two legendary industry figures find themselves jetting across the world to discover untapped talent for the new WWE Battlegrounds league. That playful, lightheartedness extends to other aspects of the game too, including most notably WWE 2K Battlegrounds main campaign. I know it’s a small thing in the grand scheme of things, but it really does add to the overall loudly fun audiovisual presentation that WWE 2K Battlegrounds has going on. Obtained with either premium currency paid with real-life money or through Battleground Bucks which can be earned in-game, these new character bust out of action figure blister packs in a way that’s cool and immediately charming. From the exaggerated proportions of the wrestlers themselves whereupon they boast abnormally large heads, arms and legs, to superstar entrances which has them busting out of box/coffin/case and more in a shower of fireworks, it’s clear that the WWE 2K Battlegrounds is intended to be taken with tongue very much in cheek.Īnother nice little touch is how additional wrestlers are unlocked. The casual and less-than-serious nature of WWE 2K Battlegrounds is reflected in every aspect of its presentation too.

The audiovisual presentation of the game is certainly in keeping with its high energy, over the top theme.
