A member of the WWE 2K24 production team has elaborated on the process used to decide how a character receives their overall rating.
Much like other video games and the WWE roster, not all characters are equal. Hardcore fans of a particular video game franchise know that there are certain teams, characters or abilities that will give them an advantage over the competition and the best chance of winning.
As each annual 2K title nears its release, the developers gradually let fans know what overall rating their favourite Superstar has been given out of 100. While some are more obvious, such as Roman Reigns being the highest rated in 2K24 with a score of 97, others have generated more backlash, such as Logan Paul’s 90 rating being equal to Gunther and Eddie Guerrero.
Speaking with Squared Circle Pit, producer Bryan Williams explained that not everyone can have an extremely high rating:
“For us on the design side, we’re really big on character differentiation and making sure that when you select a character that they are of their appropriate hierarchy on the card. Not everybody can be a Roman Reigns. You have people that are at the tippety top of the card and then you have people that are not, but there’s no slight on anybody.”
In regards to the specific process of determining ratings for wrestlers in the 2024 version of the game, Williams stated that the scores are determined based on the respective Supertar’s achievements in the past 12 months:
“We kind of take all that into account to see, did they hold championships? Were they winning more than they were losing? Are they consistently pushed?”
WWE 2K24 Using Edited Footage
Along with the numerous match types and game modes on offer in the title, the showcase this year focuses on 40 years of WrestleMania. To build to iconic matches at the Show of Shows, archive footage has been inserted to give players background information in regards to the context of the upcoming match. Disgraced former Chairman Vince McMahon has been a part of some of the biggest storylines at Mania, which left many questioning how his involvement in the game would be handled in light of the allegations that broke back in January. Following the release of the game, footage circulated online of Vince McMahon being heavily edited in WWE 2K24.
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