AusGamers has posted up a feature outlining how the WWE series of games has failed to remain relevant and points out that now under 2K, the series should rest up for at least a year and re-emerge with a new engine and potentially be headed up by Visual Concepts.
From the feature:
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True enough, a change in publisher from THQ to 2K Games will help freshen the polish, marketing and online support for the videogame series, and at face value it could be argued that there’s a sense of energy around the IP in videogame form again. But the biggest change required needs to go beyond the fluff. Development of the WWE videogame needs to be taken away from Japanese developer Yuke’s and given to Visual Concepts (veteran sports game developers, responsible for the NFL2K and the NBA2K series, specifically the truly next-gen experience that is NBA 2K14). True, WWE 2K14 credits both studios, but the gremlins associated with Yuke’s’ SmackDown Vs Raw series (the precursor to WWE2K) still linger in last year’s Squared Circle release."
The best wrestling games range from all-time classics on the N64 all the way up to some surprising new hitters you should check out.
I was always partial to the arcade wrestling games like Saturday night slam masters, wwf superstars, wrestlefest, wrestlemania, wrestle war and then a NES classic... pro wrestling. By the time the N64 era of wrestling games happened, I wasnt into wrestling much anymore (tv & games).
Virtual Pro Wrestling 1 & 2 > Most games on that list.
Also, WCW/NWO Revenge should be #2 minimum.
WWE 2k13 thanks to the WWE Attitude Mode. Followed by WWE Attitude and ECW Hardcore Evolution.
also: ECW! ECW! ECW!
Some of you may know that the latest instalment in the WWE gaming franchise 2K20 was released late last year to generally poor reviews. Some of this was based on graphical issues, but mostly it was due to the many glitches and bugs found – many of which are hilarious to witness.
Fire Pro needs more love. The last PS4 title gets regular playtime from me.
I hear that there are financial troubles at the studio, but I'm hopeful for a Switch port one of these days.
I have Fire Pro for PS4 and PC but it seems more of like a Sim creator rather than people actually playing out matches. I still dont like anything as much as the N64 games
Yes, the WWE ones at least. The last good one was 2K14 and the last great one was Here Comes the Pain.
James writes - "The good faith of wrestling fans is diminishing rapidly and five years after the mediocrity found in WWE 2K15, it doesn’t seem like 2K have learnt anything. The time for change is now."
Piss on these games, I have more hope of AEW putting out a quality produced game. This product will be better after Vince McMahon is dead, even if his dufus son-in-law takes over.
I don't think it'll take a year for the next WWE videogame to be good, 2K knows how and what it takes to make a sports game because they go above and beyond the call when putting work and detail into the game to make the representation look and feel as authentic as possible.
If we were talking EA sports, it would take them years to get this game right.
I just hope they don't get VC happy like in nba 2k14 and charge me for everything, like ring entrance music and VC to create a wrestler
All it needs is a new engine and alot of new animations becaues most of them i remember way back in WWE smackdown here comes the pain so that makes it really old
I've had every WWF/WWE game since the first WWF Smackdown game came out on PS1 and yes some have been great and others not so good but I've always enjoyed them coming out towards the end of the year. If they did skip release this year and release it Q1 or Q2 2015 I'd be happy with that, I just hope the detail is better, a new engine, some new match types such as Ambulance match/stretcher match and the ability to explore the arena more and every superstar made available throughout the past if possible.
to be fair the revamped store modes in 2k13 and 2k14 were great additions, of course there are lots of room for improvement but not all is bad