Hello and welcome to What Culture Wrestling with myself Andrew Pallard. I hope you well. I hope you good and I hope you are ready to discuss all things.

WWE 2K25 because this, yes, consider this our official review of the latest WWE video game.

Now, given how well received WW2K24 was, visual concepts in 2K, they had quite the tough task on their hands to try and match

last year's release. Did they manage to pull it off or is 2K25 a step back for the series?

Let's have a look. Right, as has become commonplace in these games, there's the simple

pick-up and play option, there's universe mode, there's the annual showcase mode, there's

my GM, there's my faction, there's my rise,

and also the much hyped new island mode, where players you get to compete to impress a certain

Roman Raines, acknowledge him. Firstly, I reckon, yeah, let's start things off with the one of,

for me, one of the standouts of 2K25, if not the standout of 2K25, that would be the showcase.

Now, wow, last year's showcase was essentially a greatest hits of WrestleMania matches.

And other recent showcases have seen you play through the careers of legends like John Sina, Ray Mysterio.

This time out, it is all about the bloodline, the Samoan dynasty and the various offshoots of the family.

Not just do you get to play through a selection of matches featuring various members

of the dynasty, but even better is the fact that each match, yes, it has an introduction

from the wise man himself, Paul Heyman.

And Heyman basically gives you a history lesson about the talents in question and adds some

context to the match, I guess you could call it. For example, Paul Lee delves into his own power. basically gives you a history lesson about the talents in question and adds some context

to the match I guess you could call it. For example, Paul Lee delves into his own past with the

Samoan's SWAT team back in WCW when discussing the head shrinkers ahead of their new replay

Fatu and Samu's WrestleMania 9 match against the Stainess. And while some of these matches

in real life ended in defeat for the bloodline names,

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