Avoid this game for now. If they get their act together
355984
Avoid this game for now. If they get their act together then take a look at it.

Graphics are just average (at best), game play seems very close to BC2 and MP is almost unplayable during prime time. Actually, it is unplayable since you simply cannot connect during primetime... it's like playing the lottery just to get in a game.

Wait to see if they get these things ironed out and then purchase. Especially if you are purchasing it primarily for multiplayer.
3124779
Only good to go along with the game--and the game is impossible to play.
2797289
Look elsewhere. The game is just terrible. I'll save you the effort of playing - the computer wins every time.
4294741
I expected to LOVE this game. But...

1. HMX employees were caught posting 5 star reviews on amazon, pretending like they were normal customers. I can't believe you guys would do something so scummy. Disgusting.
2. This game was released unfinished and buggy. They are going to patch in most things that were missing I've heard, but still the launch of this game was incredibly weak.
3. Little innovation. If you were getting a little tired of the RB formula before, this is just more of the same. Which is good and bad because their past games were amazing and well supported, but really everything here is just "been there, done that". Freestyle guitar solos are something I feel most people will try out, then almost never use for 99% of the songs.

I think in time after some updates this game will be more than worth it, its pretty worth it now if you really want to play bass, drums, or vocals.
But for guitar, get the new Guitar Hero instead. It actually makes things interesting and harder again.
Im giving this just 1 star because of how terrible this release was compared to all their other games. This was a huge step back.
And as I mentioned earlier, the HMX team posting their "reviews" on amazon, has made me lose so much trust and respect for these guys.
22437
I've played 2K the past 7 years (and Live before that), and this year is a major disappointment.  AI issues are still a major problem and yet again they've failed to ship the game with realistic game settings.  You can adjust the settings to actually make sense, but that should NOT be something the customer has to do.  Did they even play this game before shipping it out?

Another reviewer had it right - they paid way too much attention to presentation rather than substance.  The visuals and player likenesses are incredible, but once you get past the pretty cover it's the same BS all over again.

In short, you can make this game right by playing with settings (same as with previous years).  The main reason behind the low rating is that the customer is forced to do their job for them.  If it was just a matter of changing one thing then it would be acceptable.  However you will have to adjust EVERYTHING to make the game at least somewhat realistic.
3306608
Online does NOT work. You will connect and disconnect, challenges aren't available. Its been far too long after release date, this game will never work correctly. Stay away from this, it is just a trap. Don't make the same mistake I did and buy this game. Get your racing fix elsewhere
4748017
Like buying a car that doesn't drive. I can never connect to the server. There are no diagnostic suggestions and the game won't troubleshoot. I'm able to connect with all games and the dashboard. From the reviews online it sounds like EA is unwilling to offer support for that half of the game.

If you like playing online (and this is a great on for that) you should save yourself the frustration and avoid this game.
4756638
This game has inaproppriate  BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH! Thank you,for CONSIDERING THE FOLLOWING.
3730732
This game would have been great if Microsoft had designers who knew anything about football. However, they don't. If you set the game on the beginner difficulty you will crush the computer even if it's your first time. If you up the difficulty one level you cannot complete a pass, you may get 4 yards on a run if your lucky, and will never hold a lead. It's terrible and will piss you off to no end. You will beat good teams like the Eagles and lose to the Redskins (mind you this is 2003's rosters...so the 'Skins still sucked)! Do yourself a favor and save your time, money, and frustrations for the new Madden or ESPN games to come in the next few months.
3194379
Steer clear of this game until the developer can fix the bugs in it. Biggest being the game doesn't load after a certain amount of hours or days are logged into play. Don't believe me, do a Google search for "stuck on building environment" or "game won't load". Multiple threads for over a month with apologies from the developer but no resolution in sight. Buying this game right now is basically buying a glorified drink coaster or paper weight. **PURCHASE WITH CAUTION**
53512
As others have repeatedly stated, this was a terrible implementation for an otherwise fun game.  GIANT RIPOFFF.  Send Microsoft and EA a message and DONT BUY THIS GAME!!!
3588055
This is by far the worst game in the series, and I've been playing since 2001 as a kid.

CONS:
-The passing is atrocious. It often goes completely in another direction.

-Your AI players are useless. Complete idiots who skate right into you.(Even in Superstar difficulty)  Defense-men let skaters just blow past them. Yep. Just keep skating backwards and do nothing to stop them. They will crash into your goalie and cost you goals and games.

 -Player switch is awful, and is completely random. I've given up easy crap goals due to this issue, as your AI defense men do absolutely nothing. AI players will completely let passes just go right by them, or head to the bench unexpectedly as you pass towards them.

-Puck pickups are god awful. You can flatten a guy and he still has enough time to get up and regain possession. This his also cost me plenty of breakaway opportunities and gotten me scored on.

-It's WAY too easy to lose the puck. Opposing skaters don't even need to poke check you. As long as they're anywhere near you, you lose the puck and they gain possession

-CPU is way overpowered. The momentum system in this game is insane. If they have the puck and you're down or up by a goal or two the AI has no problem roaring back. Expect to get scored on with half a second often from the strangest angles. Think the Karlsson goal on Henrik. -Scrub goalies like Greiss and Mrazek can absolutely rob you consistently while your goalie lets in everything and everything. This applies more to HUT. I find my goalie performs as he should in Franchise, but in HUT they are awful. Their rating doesn't matter. Especially after 20 games or so. They let everything in. Expect your stick to break or to whiff a shot when up by one or two late in the game. It never ceases to amaze me.

-Whiffed shots. So many whiffed shots. Why? Why is 97 Heatley, 94 Rob Blake, 99 McDavid etc whiffing on wide open one timers and slapshots so frequently?

-Slingshotting. Every now and then players will slingshot across the ice, as well as the puck. Why? How lazy are these guys?

- Menus. So many damn menus. Plus they're really slow.

- Music. Most of it is just god awful. And there's no option to turn off certain tracks. Again, why?

- Many star players aren't face scanned or haven't been updated in ages/have the same player photo since NHL 15.

-Crowd doesn't react appropriately most of the time, nor is attendance realistic. Why do the Panthers play to sold out crowds every time I face them?

-Commentary is awful and lazy. Players are often referred to as "the shooter" and teams as the "away team" and "home team". There are audio discrepancies in which certain pieces were recorded lower. Just very boring commentary. Doesn't feel like an NHL game, especially in the playoffs. There's just no excitement.

- Be a Pro is awful and boring. Nothing happens. You can score 50 goals in a season and get 2 contract offers for 1.5 million because you're an 81 overall. lol

-Celebrations are horrible. Just look at them. Stiff like robots. Player facial expressions are robotic. They showed more emotion in 15.

Pros
-Tie ups. Pretty neat addition and helps defend against one timers

-The crowd goes nuts with a late important goal, accompanied by camera shake. Neat!

-You can relocate in Franchise. Kinda cool if you want to bring back the Whalers.

That's about it for the Pro's. This game is god awful. Stay away unless you want to be filled with rage just about every time you play. Hopefully 18 is better. I'm sure I can think of more cons, but you get the picture.
4507578
First the Sims 3 DLC fest rip-off... Then Command and Conquer 4 and now THIS!?!?!? (among MANY MANY MANY other ruined game series as of late)

I would love to review this game properly IF IT WORKED OR WAS ANY GOOD!!

How's that whole Anti-piracy thing working for you guys? I think most here cannot wait till someone finds a way to crack or hack this game so they can play their LEGALLY OWNED COPIES IF THEY HAVEN'T RETURNED THEM ON FIRE YET!!!!

So I must put this simply... I will NEVER PRE-ORDER, or most likely, BUY ANOTHER EA GAME AGAIN!! There was a bigger line at Gamestop to return this for 2 days AFTER its release than the line to buy it on its day of release.

Bottom Line:

EA can suck my big, long, veiny, throbbing

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3400242
Please, if you are really smart don't even hear it again 'cos this can ruin your game in about 2 months max. And heed my words this is pure evil
2353947
Please don't buy this game. While it does offer a fun interface for pitching and interesting mechanics for batting, any player will become extraordinarily frustrated with the baserunning AI. I'm not talking about your opponent. I'm speaking of trying to control your own team. Picture yourself in desperate need of one run. You've managed to place a runner on second base. For some unknown reason he's going to come home on any grounder hit by an infielder. He'll be thrown out at the plate most likely. You're going to try and take control of him and make him retreat to third, but you'll probably be unsuccessful. So while you may feel proud of yourself for figuring out you have to pull back on the right analog stick and not release until the ball passes in front of your batter in order to produce hits, you might find yourself a little upset about the wasted time you invested in playing this game as inning after inning ends in baserunning errors by your team of choice. There is no downloadable patch coming. Just don't buy this game. The game produces gray hairs on young men and women. Avoid it like the plague.
360386
I should have known that when 2K announced that Showcase mode was being scrapped in the middle of development, this game would have issues. 2k added a lot to the gameplay this year with rollouts in mult-person matches, more customization in Universe,new mechanics to ladders and tables matches, crowd fighting and backstage brawling, as well as improvements to Create a Superstar and Create a Championship.

If I was scoring the game on all that I would probably give it an 8.5. Unfortunately the game is mired in a litany of bugs and glictches. The fanboys will deny this and tell you "you're playing the game wrong" but this is the buggiest, most unstable game I have ever played.

You can't edit cards in Universe. The game just adds random matches to the card at the end every time you try to edit something. Good luck having a brand split or separate promotions. The game randomly injects superstars from other shows into your cards. Wrestlers don't come out with titles. The text in the promo system is plagued with spelling and grammar issues. Did this game even go through QA testing?

The worst part is the constant crashing. People are having their games crash only to find when they relaunch the game, all their save data is gone. The crashing was so bad for me that I finally got fed up, called MS customer support and asked for a refund.

WWE 2k17 has some improvements but is plagued with bugs and issues. 2k released an unfinished, unplayable game. Hopefully people don't experience as many issues as I did. However if you do, don't hesitate to get a refund. 2k should be held to account for releasing such a broken game.
3217565
Stay away from this game, unless you enjoy playing error prone poorly programmed video games.  I have a high end PC that easily meets the requirements to play both the retail, and the high-res downloadable version.  This game is pathetic.  If you want King Kong go see the movie.