Unlike some of the negative reviews are claiming, I've seen improvement from the last 3 years like smoothness of player collisions on a good screen and general on-court movement.
Summary: Learn new system for badges and their tokens before spending any VC (play the W for a free badge token test environment).
The badge "token" unlock system will drive you crazy without some research. Nothing worse than finding out your badges/stats can't receive enough tokens to use all of your possible Gold/Hall of Fame badges you want to run late game at the same time. Your potential 99 setup decides how many tokens per category you can earn (I heard cap breakers won't give you more possible tokens)
I'd recommend a "test" player with little/no VC first (or better yet, dive into 'The W' where you start at 85, don't spend VC while earning it, and can actually remove and reallocate attribute points).
I think it's great that I can get a shooting token from knocking down triples and use those tokens to open of post fades too.
The City/storyline are cringeworthy trash. Yes, you can bring a female to the City, but it's height/weight/span are male config (so it's just a skin, not a WNBA player)
I'm in 'The W' to test/learn the token system (and enjoy the W for the lack of microtransactions), so that's all I can speak to.
Changes to The W from '26 that stand out:
Camera angle is straight on from the base line instead of an isometric angle.
Quarters max dropped down from 12 to 10 minutes (normally My Career still has 12)
The W MP's attributes aren't linked (as in you can have 25 in mid range and 99 in 3's) and can be lowered/swapped around at any time outside of a game. The only limit is your current max overall progression and height/weight/span. That means, you can ditch outside shooting to boost your boards/steals for GOAT challenges or just to F around.
