It should never be acceptable for developers to issue endless patch releases for bugs and glitches a crutch for an unfinished product. However, gamers that commit to purchasing yearly franchises like the WWE 2K series have grown used to putting up with the bugs until they are patched.
This year, however, WWE 2K20 is quite possibly the worst launch and the most broken in the series’ 20-year history. It’s so bad that not only is PlayStation issuing refunds, but national news media outlets like the BBC are reporting on it too.
Furthermore, 2K only angered their fans further by choosing to promote a WWE 2K20 competition between Twitch influencers. They have now acknowledged that they are working on a patch which could take up to two weeks, but one has to wonder if the damage has already been done. Developers Visual Concepts have a lot of work to do to get the game at an acceptable level, and here are ten issues they should address first.
9 Network Errors When Starting The Game
One of the most complained about bugs for WWE 2K20 is that players are greeted with a message telling them that they can’t access any of the game’s online features. This is because the game seems to think that they don’t have an internet connection.
Users that are greeted with this message may or may not be able to access any of the online features in WWE 2K20, but those using an Xbox One can temporarily fix the issue by restarting the game. However, network errors seem to be persistent for those trying to set up a lobby for online matches.
8 Automatically Signing In As Guest
Many Xbox One users are experiencing an issue when trying to playing the game with their Xbox username. For some reason, many users are being logged in as a guest player and the game seems to think there are two controllers connected. This can cause issues in several areas, as the game will block access to unlocked content via the Accelerator pass, and Xbox Achievements won't unlock under a guest account. In addition, MyPlayer and Universe game progress won't be saved, either.
There is a temporary workaround for this where the user will need to put their console into rest mode by keeping the game running and turning off the console with the controller. Then the user will need to turn the console back on and resume the game—this should allow them to play WWE 2K20 with their username. However, the game still thinks that there is another controller connected.
7 Unable To Download Custom Creations
One of the reasons why so many gamers play and keep returning to the WWE 2K series is the ability to upload and download their own creations. Many of the creators in the community are capable of building everything from incredibly accurate recreations of real-life wrestlers not in the game to superheroes like Batman and Spider-Man.
Unfortunately, downloading these characters has proved troublesome for many players with the Accelerator pass (which is supposed to unlock everything in the game), and they are being prevented from downloading characters to be greeted with a warning that they don't have access to the unlocked content.
6 Unable To Download Uploaded Images
Further adding to the Community Creations frustration, and one that is certain to frustrate long-time creators that strive to make their characters as accurate as possible, is the inability to download uploaded images.
The official WWE 2K20 website like previous entries is supposed to allow gamers to upload face images, logos, and more. This lets creators edit accurate recreations of AEW arenas, tattoos, clothing logos, and near photo-realistic character models. Unfortunately, even though the images can be accessed, a bug is preventing them from downloading into the Creation Suite.
5 Targetting Problems In Multi-Person Matches
Early previews of WWE 2K20 revealed that there were some serious targeting problems in every game mode. However, the day one patch on the Xbox One has at least resolved the targeting problem in one on one matches.
Unfortunately, matches that feature more one character in the ring at a time, and Ladder matches, in particular, still suffer from targeting bugs. Characters will flail all over the place and consistently miss when trying to initiate a strike or a running grapple.
4 Hell In A Cell Matches
Visual Concepts seemed to be stepping in the right direction with this year’s Hell in a Cell match. They have made improvements to combat outside of the ring by making it more interactive than WWE 2K19 instead of taking the control away from the players with forced animations.
However, many of these improvements have gone unnoticed because of the number of weird glitches that are happening during the match. Heads can sometimes become deformed and stretch, making the wrestlers look like Stretch Armstrong figures. In addition, there have been reports of the Cell roof not breaking when it should.
3 MyPlayer Save Data Corruption
MyPlayer is the WWE 2k equivalent of a story mode, and it’s a great alternative to the old-school method of climbing the rankings ladder until the player finally reaches and defeats the world champion. WWE 2K20 uses RPG-like branching story choices and is twice as long as the previous entries.
It should go without saying then that maintaining an up to date save file that works is of the utmost importance. Unfortunately, many Xbox One and PlayStation 4 users have reported that their save game data is getting corrupted meaning that hours of gameplay are being lost.
2 Frame Rate Drops
Even when the first WWF Smackdown game was released on the PlayStation twenty years ago ,it impressed critics and fans with its speed when compared to other wrestling titles at the time. It lacked the complexities seen in WWF No Mercy, but the arcade-like action was enjoyed by many.
That speed still remains to this day, albeit in more strategically paced matches. However, there is a significant amount of slowdown when playing two-player matches locally. There have been many reports where the game’s frame rate drops to around half the usual speed.
1 Alternate Attire For Hulk Hogan
The addition of Hollywood Hulk Hogan is one of the WWE 2K20’s biggest selling point, as his absence from the Legends roster has been impossible to ignore over the last five years. His character model is one of the better ones in the game, as are his signature entrance and victory poses.
Unfortunately, his black and white nWo attire is missing, so it is up to players to recreate it through the creation suite and set it as an alternate attire option. However, there is a bug causing the game to crash and freeze whenever Hogan makes his entrance wearing the user-created alternate attire.