In my review of WWE 2K18 on the other platforms, I had a mostly positive experience with the still-solid wrestling gameplay but criticized it for not addressing the modes and features that needed the most work after WWE 2K17, and for the especially underwhelming MyCareer and Universe Modes. I gave it a 7.0, for Good. Unfortunately, the Switch version of WWE 2K18

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“ An overall lack of polish permeates every single aspect.

Whenever there are more than two characters in a match, the frame rate slows to a nearly unplayable crawl. And the more characters you add, the worse the slowdown gets. That makes match types like Elimination Chamber, Hell in a Cell, and Ladder Matches an absolute chore to get through. Eight-man matches have been totally removed, for obvious reasons.The slowdown even ruins entrances. Every wrestler’s entrance is affected by characters moving at about half speed while their music plays normally, leading to these awkward moments where actions are completely out of sync, making the sequences take twice as long as they’re supposed to.The very faint and dim light at the end of the dark tunnel that is WWE 2K18 is that at least 1-on-1 matches are fine, for the most part – though backstage brawls take you to slowdown city if you ever go into split screen by entering a room or hallway that your opponent isn’t in. And there are a few smaller arenas where the slowdown isn’t as substantial, allowing you to at least play triple threat or fatal four-way matches.