WWE 2K14 Available Today, Share Your Impressions Here

[TJdaSportsGuy]

Quote: Originally Posted by jvalverde88

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.

Quote: Originally Posted by COMMISSIONERHBK9

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by TJdaSportsGuy

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

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]

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by TJdaSportsGuy

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by Seymour Scagnetti

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]

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

[spacefunk]

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.