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WWE has been creating their games since the release of MicroLeague Wrestling which released in 1987. Since then WWE has been releasing their games which were based on WrestleMania, then Programming and then starting main game series which includes games like SmackDown: Here Comes the Pain, WWE Raw Vs SmackDown series, WWE series(all published by THQ) and currently going WWE 2K series.
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However, the 2K game series has been defined as worst. It is because they have only worked on graphics and forgotten everything else. Last release, ie WWE 2K18, received very rave reviews from Metacritic.
WWE 2K19 is set to release this year on October 9, 2018. Pre-order will gain access to playable characters like Ronda Rousey and Rey Mysterio whereas pre-order of the deluxe edition of the game gives four-day early access. But there are many things 2K games needs to do in order to make the game better.
So here are five things that will help WWE 2K19 get the good reaction and help game better:
#1 Giving same preference to NXT and main roster superstars
NXT is the best promotion in WWE right now. Known as development territory, NXT has been considered better than WWE flagship shows Raw and SmackDown.
With better booking(done by Triple H), stories, rivalries, and matches, NXT is the thing a wrestling fan wants. If you don't know, NXT has given four five-star matches this year which includes two one-on-one, six-man Ladder Match and a tag team match(first ever WWE Tag Team match to get a five-star rating).
If we look back at WWE 2K18, the ratings of NXT players were very low. Only then champion Bobby Roode and Asuka managed to get overalls above 85. Also, it featured only 25 superstars of which one was a manager(Paul Ellering) and four DLC superstars.
WWE 2K19 must feature more NXT superstars and give them better overalls. DLC should also have better ratings. Also, include more women from NXT and all from Mae Young Classic Season 1.
The fans love NXT, so 2K should consider more of NXT in the game.
#2 Better WWE Universe Mode
WWE 2K18 Universe Mode was lacklustre. It was all same Universe Mode we saw in WWE 2K17. A new feature called WWE Power Rankings was added which showed wrestlers who have been active in recent time.
Sorry, 2K we don't want any Power Rankings we just want a better WWE Universe Mode. Since taking over from THQ, 2K hasn't done much to the Universe Mode.
Since WWE 2K14 2K has added rivalries, promo system(promos without sound), superstars working multi-branded and Power Raking talked above. We don't want all this. Because of this, we can't even have more than seven matches on a Pay Per View(single branded or dual branded).
Improving the rivalry system might help, increase the number of rivalries a show can consist of. Include rivalry type featuring multi-man ie Triple Threat or a Fatal four-way rivalry or 6-man tag team rivalry.
For example, a rivalry for Money in the Bank featuring six-man rivalries. Everyone would love it especially hardcore wrestling fans. Also, increase the number of matches we can have on a PPV. We want a Universe Mode that gets controlled like we want not you 2K.
#3 Include special match types and new commentary team
WWE 2K series featured a new commentary team which included Michael Cole, Corey Graves and Byron Saxton and the fans thought we are getting a better commentary this time.
But nothing has changed since they keep on repeating sentences and it feels the same boring commentary we have been seeing in previous games except people doing commentary.
2K needs to fix the problem of commentary. We don't need to hear the same sentences again and again. Corey Graves is really a great commentator and 2K needs to feature him correctly in the role like he is in reality.
2K also needs to give us matches we want to play regularly and not only with the same characters. 2K put Casket and three-stages of hell matches in WWE 2K15's 2K Showcase and Buried Alive and three-stages of hell in WWE 2K16's 2K Showcase. Wrestling fans love playing these types of matches and would love if they can play them regularly.
So, WWE should put these type of matches in One on One match types so that fans can play them. WWE hasn't banned Casket match(Rusev Vs Undertaker at Greatest Royal Rumble), so 2K should consider adding this match in the match type. Also, mixed Tag Team match should be reintroduced(Mixed Match Challenge happened this year).
#4 Women's Revolution should be included
WWE has started the Women's Revolution. WWE has been in full force since 2016. They changed Divas title and introduced WWE Women's Championship, then turning it into two different titles, one for Raw and one for SmackDown.
Also, WWE has given more time for women, giving them different stages and even main-eventing Pay Per Views. WWE has held all women's Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber, Money In The Bank and Hell in A Cell.
WWE games have features all match types(except for Women's Royal Rumble) for women. But they also need to contribute to Women's Wrestling.
They need to give fans more women wrestlers in the game(at least 60) including legends, Hall of Famers and all women on the current roster.
Also, they need to give us WWE Women's MyCareer mode featuring all women match types like WWE is doing.
Also, add a feature in Universe Mode for us to create an all Women's Pay Per View like WWE is hosting named Evolution. We need the Women's Evolution everywhere and in every form.
#5 Bring back the 2K Showcase
The last time we saw WWE 2K Showcase mode was in WWE 2K16. There was a part of it in WWE 2K17 mode featuring Hall OF Fame Pack.
But then it disappeared completely in WWE 2K18. 2K Showcase mode featured the best matches of cover superstars during the course of their careers like WWE 2K15 featured John Cena Vs CM Punk and WWE 2K16 featured Stone Cold Steve Austin's career highlights.
The only thing that made WWE 2K games better was the 2K Showcase mode. There was no more 2K Showcase and it made the game a bit odd.
WWE 2K16 was considered the best game of 2K series due to the 2K Showcase mode. Showcase mode made us feel going back to THQ published games like WWE' 13 featured Attitude Era.
WWE 2K19 features AJ Styles on the cover of the game. But it is not necessary to have only cover star in the 2K Showcase mode.
Like 2K15 had two stories, it can also have two stories, one of AJ Styles Vs John Cena and the other featuring The Shield or considering Women's Revolution can add the rivalry of Lita and Trish Stratus. THAT IS GOING TO BE 'AWESOME'!!
If 2K consider this, we are gonna get a dream WWE game and help us give a game for the ages. Also, it will help WWE 2K series get revelation and profitable.
