WWE 2K14 Available Today, Share Your Impressions Here

[Hooe]

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Got the game on Tuesday (XBOX 360), I've just about finished Wrestlemania mode; need to fully clear the historical objectives in a small handful of matches yet, but I've at least won every match in the mode.

This game is a very, very polished version of WWE 13. I say that as a very good thing; since the necessary series reboot that was WWE 12, this series has lacked polish, IMO. Things like load times being snappy, legacy glitches being fully addressed, functional and stable Community Creations servers from the get-go, menu navigation being smooth and quick... nothing that will wow a normal person who doesn't pay attention to these things and certainly they don't make the game great themselves, but the effort in making the experience seamless and to keep the user in the ring is noticed by me and much appreciated.

Gameplay-wise, I'm playing on Normal difficulty right now simply for purposes of unlocking everything. The AI is notably more aggressive; there's less in-ring dead time. The change to reversals which eliminate endless grapple reversal chains is very welcome. Reversals are harder in general to execute; I used to be a master at it in the older games even with the indicators off and the sliders lowered, but on all-default settings this year the CPU can sustain offense (and I'm sure the case is even more so at a higher difficulty). Commentary is the same as it's always been; notably better in the historic mode because it's canned, probably still subpar in a standard match.

I'm looking forward to diving into Universe mode very soon, because this game is pretty fun. I can already tell I'll get more out of it than WWE 13, and hopefully I get as much out of it as I did WWE 12.

EDIT: one really minor thing that made me smile - with John Cena, I used a hammer throw Shawn Michaels into the turnbuckle, and he did that front-flip-up-the-turnbuckle thing that is one of his in-ring trademarks upon impact. I'm wondering what other little details are hidden in this game.

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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Damn, the more I play the more I am blown away by the gameplay and AI. It almost feels like I'm playing a human opponent because of the aggressiveness.

[Spear]

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Love how many alternate attires there are for the wrestlers that show up WM30 mode. Hogan and Cena have a ridiculous amount. Reminds me of the good old days on N64 when you'd use the c-pad to cycle through different attires.

[COMMISSIONERHBK9]

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Love how many alternate attires there are for the wrestlers that show up WM30 mode. Hogan and Cena have a ridiculous amount. Reminds me of the good old days on N64 when you'd use the c-pad to cycle through different attires.

I also love when a wrestler has multiple attires you can choose random and have the game pick the attire for u

[mcavner]

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Smooth, more difficult AI, better design and more options, WAY more reliable server (has worked since day one - imagine that!) - what's not to like?

When your only beef after three days is that the logos are too small on the announce table in create-an-arena and Hogan's muscles are too big - what you've bought yourself is a damn good game.

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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Smooth, more difficult AI, better design and more options, WAY more reliable server (has worked since day one - imagine that!) - what's not to like?

When your only beef after three days is that the logos are too small on the announce table in create-an-arena and Hogan's muscles are too big - what you've bought yourself is a damn good game.

My major complaint is Andre does not look fat enough. Haven't checked to see if that girdle he used to wear back in the 80's is part of his attire and could be removed. Like you said damn good game.

I know some people here want more of the current roster in the game but I don't watch much wrestling these days but I was a fanatic about it back in the 80's and 90's so playing with all these classic guys makes me feel like a kid again. IMO there isn't enough legends. I'm strictly using the old guys in my universe with just the main eventers from the current era who I know which is only a handful.

[aholbert32]

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My major complaint is Andre does not look fat enough. Haven't checked to see if that girdle he used to wear back in the 80's is part of his attire and could be removed. Like you said damn good game.

I know some people here want more of the current roster in the game but I don't watch much wrestling these days but I was a fanatic about it back in the 80's and 90's so playing with all these classic guys makes me feel like a kid again. IMO there isn't enough legends. I'm strictly using the old guys in my universe with just the main eventers from the current era who I know which is only a handful.

I thought the same thing about Andre. Thought he would be taller.

The problem with adding more legends is it costs money. The wrestlers currently on the roster have licensed their likeness rights to WWE so 2k/WWE doesnt have to pay extra to get them in the game. Each legend costs money so there is a cap on the number they can sign.

[TJdaSportsGuy]

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I know I've said it already but the commentary sucks even in the 30 Years of Wrestlemania mode its repetitive. Its a shame because the commentary in the Attitude Era mode was so good. If I hear "Hogan's on spaghetti legs right now" I'm going to lose it.

I'm so conflicted as it pertains to the commentary in the 30 Years of WM mode. I love the fact that they have JR doing it...but he's REALLY bad at it. Some commentators & play-by-play guys are good at being able to fake it for video games...JR is not one of those guys. You can just tell it's being recorded in a sound studio. Lawler on the other hand is very believable.

I also love when a wrestler has multiple attires you can choose random and have the game pick the attire for u

Like that too but the negative is when you get one where a guy is wearing a shirt. Cena has one. Hogan too. In fact, with Hogan, he's wearing a t-shirt, a necklace with the cross on it, and his bandanna.

[COMMISSIONERHBK9]

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I'm so conflicted as it pertains to the commentary in the 30 Years of WM mode. I love the fact that they have JR doing it...but he's REALLY bad at it. Some commentators & play-by-play guys are good at being able to fake it for video games...JR is not one of those guys. You can just tell it's being recorded in a sound studio. Lawler on the other hand is very believable.



Like that too but the negative is when you get one where a guy is wearing a shirt. Cena has one. Hogan too. In fact, with Hogan, he's wearing a t-shirt, a necklace with the cross on it, and his bandanna.

Yea but if u think about it sometimes hogan wrestle In his shirt in those sneak attacks so it's cool with me

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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I thought the same thing about Andre. Thought he would be taller.

The problem with adding more legends is it costs money. The wrestlers currently on the roster have licensed their likeness rights to WWE so 2k/WWE doesnt have to pay extra to get them in the game. Each legend costs money so there is a cap on the number they can sign.

With all these duplicate wrestlers, I'm somewhat surprised that they don't have a retro Andre from the 70's. He had that long hair and was in somewhat good shape and had some agility. That would have been a cool wrestler to use in the game with that more menacing look combined with Andre's size and better quickness.

Hopefully 2k14 sells better than prior games which gives the WWE incentive to license more legends for next year or at least keep the same amount. If 2k15 uses half the legends next year then it loses a lot of the attraction for me. All the wrestlers these days are so vanilla, they just don't have that charisma or presence like the old days.

[jgarrett]

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Can you still create a superstar and wrestle against other players online? I haven't bought a WWE game in a couple of years, and I wanted to see if that had changed. All I seem to be reading about is the Defeat the Streak and 30 Years of WrestleMania modes.

[jvalverde88]

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I'm so conflicted as it pertains to the commentary in the 30 Years of WM mode. I love the fact that they have JR doing it...but he's REALLY bad at it. Some commentators & play-by-play guys are good at being able to fake it for video games...JR is not one of those guys. You can just tell it's being recorded in a sound studio. Lawler on the other hand is very believable.

I wish they had gone the Attitude Era Mode route in terms of the commentary and dub in the original commentary but like aholbert said it would cost more money especially Ventura.

[woody2goody]

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With all these duplicate wrestlers, I'm somewhat surprised that they don't have a retro Andre from the 70's. He had that long hair and was in somewhat good shape and had some agility. That would have been a cool wrestler to use in the game with that more menacing look combined with Andre's size and better quickness.

Hopefully 2k14 sells better than prior games which gives the WWE incentive to license more legends for next year or at least keep the same amount. If 2k15 uses half the legends next year then it loses a lot of the attraction for me. All the wrestlers these days are so vanilla, they just don't have that charisma or presence like the old days.

I don't want to be the guy to start that debate, but are the current wrestlers really that bland and boring, or do you just not know enough about them to find them interesting?

That's not a dig, just an honest question. Do you think because the legends from the 80s and 90s were so well known, that it made them seem better or more talented than what they really were?

They definitely were talented and brilliant in some cases, but I think there is a slight 'rose-tinted glasses' element to it, because the current roster is very talented and has some great personalities in it.

Having said all that though, I'm really excited to play some of the older WrestleMania matches, because I'm the reverse of you - I started watching WCW in 1999, and WWE in 2000, so that's an era I'm not too familiar with, just like the start of the Attitude Era in last year's game.

This is a great roster this year that's for sure.

[Mercury112491]

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Well there were def more "characters" back then with a greater emphasis on being over-the-top.

[spacefunk]

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Current wrestlers didn't learn the same way the older ones did. They came up through the "territories" and got a lot more experience both in ring and on the mike. The current guys promos are scripted so their real personalities don't come through.