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WWE2k19 prepares for a grand release in just under a week on the 9th of October. The game is promised the best iteration yet of the 2K version of WWE games. It features a wacky career mode set from the Indies to the main roster in retaliation of HHH and the system itself.
At the same time, the game has a stellar Showcase mode celebrating the career and return of Daniel Bryan. As well as a Mortal Kombat three-tower level war for a superstar to get to the big boss: cover star AJ Styles. That too a Phenomenal One that is Gold Plated!
It's the wackiest WWE game yet, but there are dream things this series needs to include for future versions. There's a lot of dream things that 2K hasn't yet included in its games including even some elements from previous versions that fans are clamoring for.
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Hopefully, we find some version of these five out of the box but weird concepts. Including a certain, honorable mention and possibly WWE games best mode ever.
Honorable Mention:
As WWE's 2016 hit, an interesting thing happened that allowed its deep roster to celebrate. A renewed experimentation that has yielded both positive and negative results. Regardless WWE's experiment has made it easier to view the product (somewhat) while elevating certain characters that might not have thrived in the Roman Reigns era.
Of course, we're talking about the Brand Split and its resultant up and downs in the past year. Despite this brand warfare tag playing strong, WWE 2K games refuse to give the one things fans have been chanting for. With the brand split in full effect, it gives fans much more reason to call for the beloved GM Mode.
The playable mode featured gamers taking control of a WWE show (whether RAW or Smackdown) and turning it into the most must-see brand for the WWE. Hope is that the GM mode can finally come to fruition in WWE games, before the company tires of the brand split and inevitably brings the rosters back together.
It could also be interesting if this mode allowed an NXT version or 205 Live version that could speak to something interesting mentioned later on this countdown (at Number 4)
#5. Tag Team Turmoil
One of the more intriguing angles of the WWE is that of the journey that tag teams take, especially in the modern era where a lot of tag teams even those successful ones you find in NXT, are thrown together. This could take many different routes depending on the way 2K and developers want to play it.
We could have a tag team mode that begins with thrown together singles stars maybe starting from NXT, to challenge for the Dusty Rhodes Invitational cup and going all the way to the main roster. Maybe it could be a create your team challenge taking them through a tour mode of tag teams all the way to their greatest challenge; The Hardys(?).
It could even be something as simple as a genuine tag team story akin to Road to Wrestlemania from Smackdown vs. RAW 2009 where a team goes from best friends and champions to a break-up and feud. There are many different layers to explore with the tag team narrative and it would give players an interesting division from the regular singles modes we find in 2K games.
#4. NXT Invasion Mode
As mentioned, if the GM Mode were to return, we could have a version that sees the player take the route of elevating the game with NXT and trying to build the brand and its superstars from the ground up, each time it's raided by the main roster. This could also be narrative fuel for a story between NXT and WWE (main roster).
Rumors swirled a month or so ago of WWE looking to do an NXT invasion story. It'd be the first time that WWE really did a year-long story affecting the roster, since the highs of the Authority angle. It'd give players the chance to book a variety of unbelievable dream matches through the calendar year, with high stakes.
Just imagine ten man NXT vs. WWE tag matches at Survivor Series or a Wrestlemania main event for the WWE/Universal and NXT Championship between say a Seth Rollins and Matt Riddle. One can already see the mouths of fans salivating at this prospect. Players would live the dream before seeing it and considering WWE's booking, it would probably be better.
#3. Can You Book it Better Mode
Speaking of WWE booking, fans including this writer do question the companies credentials and abilities to book correctly when it comes to the wrestlers and stories. So what if 2K gave fans the reigns to correct these indignations by booking the WWE. This might sound similar to GM Mode or Universe mode but there's a catch.
Instead of booking from a fresh point, fans would have the chance to book a multitude of Wrestling angles from past and present, using only the resources and restrictions available to the company at that time. Which means WWE fans could book the much-maligned Invasion angle or even Roman Reigns current rule at the top, with a few restrictions.
It would help create dream situations and elevate them to new heights while understanding the working mechanics of the company and its operating styles. Of course, the game would also give fans some leeway to able to create scenarios into a possibility, but the mixed bag could become an intriguing alternative to the GM Mode.
#2. Phenomenal One Mode
AJ Styles doesn't necessarily have the resume in WWE to yet have a showcase mode, despite two world championships and some great feuds/matches. There's a lot more juice that WWE can squeeze out of Styles story. Yet his arrival in WWE gets highlighted in an interesting way, that could come into play.
This solely depends on how WWE can gain the rights for an enormous amount of things for the game mode to work. WWE could have two layers, the second would be the least complicated mode with the game exploring highlights of AJ's career in WWE as of now including major highlights.
The first would add weight to that by being a Road to WWE mode for AJ Styles. This would explore the highlights of his career around the Indies and the world, with featured matches and storylines from not just the likes of Ring of Honor but Impact Wrestling and New Japan as well. It'd be a dream mode that'd elevate his showcase in WWE and give new fans a highlight to why Styles is so revered if they already haven't caught on it.
Of course, the rights are the big issue, but it would be an epic mode and even elevate WWE as the place, everyone dreams to conquer even someone as accomplished like AJ Styles.
#1. The SHIELD Showcase
Unlike the other modes mentioned this one might not really be a big dream showcase that is out there. Yet, the good thing about a SHIELD showcase is the fact that the faction has its fans, especially of the story, told and more importantly it's a possibility in the near future.
Roman Reigns surprisingly is yet to feature in the cover of any WWE 2K game, probably for good reason. Yet teasing a SHIELD cover with a showcase mode would fly off the shelves, even now. The intriguing thing about this showcase mode is unlike previous iterations it wouldn't just follow a singular path.
Rather in this game, the showcase mode will include choices for players to take the path of any of the three SHIELD members and explore the highlights of their careers as a unit, separately and back to a unit once more (where the Showcase might likely end). Imagine the battles you'd recreate from the beloved series against the Wyatt Family to the underrated triple threat between the brothers.
It'd be one hell of a ride, in fact, if WWE is building to a SHIELD triple threat for Wrestlemania 35 then the game could even end there, bringing to close (as possible with pro wrestling) a story years in the making.
