WWE 2K17 - Accelerator (DLC)

Let's be straight about what this is: a grind-skip, nothing more. WWE 2K17's Virtual Currency system gates a huge chunk of the roster behind match after match of earned VC, and the Accelerator just cuts the whole queue. Every WWE Superstar and Legend on the base roster, every alternate attire, and full control over individual attribute and ranking sliders for every character - all of it unlocked on day one. No DLC characters are included, so don't expect the Future Stars or Legends packs to magically appear, but the base roster itself is enormous. At launch the game shipped with 136 playable characters, which is already a stacked card to play around with. Now, a word on the base game before you commit to any add-ons. WWE 2K17 has a split personality depending on which platform and which crowd you're playing with. The in-ring combat runs on a deliberate, simulation-leaning pace built around strike and grapple combos, reversal timing, and stamina management. Multi-person match logic got a notable fix here, with damaged wrestlers rolling to ringside to recover instead of clogging the ring, which actually makes Royal Rumble and multi-man matches feel a lot more like the real show. Ladder matches received ease-of-use tweaks too. For a couch session with three or four friends who know their wrestling, it clicks. For four people who have never touched the series, the learning curve is genuinely steep and there is still no real in-game tutorial to speak of. The PC port has its own separate baggage. Community feedback consistently flagged the Windows version as noticeably rougher than its console counterparts - shakier performance, some character models that look worse than the console builds, and a higher crash frequency especially when custom wrestlers are in the mix. MyCareer mode also has a reputation for being a slow, opaque grind where progress toward championship opportunities is frustratingly unclear without external guides. The Showcase mode that longtime fans loved from previous entries was cut entirely from the base game and only partially returned as paid DLC. Commentary is broadly considered the weakest part of the presentation by a wide margin. So where does the Accelerator actually earn its keep? Mostly in two scenarios. First, if you picked up WWE 2K17 specifically to mess around with the full roster in exhibition matches, the VC grind is genuinely tedious and skipping it gets you straight to the fun part. Second, if you want to spend serious time in WWE Universe mode building custom shows and rivalries, having stat editing for every character from the start is legitimately useful for balancing custom feuds rather than being stuck with 2K's default numbers. For casual couch-versus sessions where the game is mostly an excuse to settle arguments about who would win between Goldberg and Brock Lesnar, this DLC does meaningful work. If you are a single-player MyCareer grinder who enjoys earning unlocks, it adds nothing you need. One thing worth noting for hardware folks: WWE 2K17 on PC plays fine with a gamepad, which is the recommended setup. There is no wheel or HOTAS relevance here, obviously, but controller layout comfort matters in a reversal-timing game, and a standard Xbox or PlayStation pad is the way to go over keyboard. Riley, Scout Team