Modern games have MyFaction (card collecting) and MyRise (RPG storytelling). 2K14 had two hidden gems:
It wasn’t perfect. But looking back ten years later, WWE 2K14 stands as a towering monument to everything that made wrestling games great. It was the Avengers: Endgame of the franchise—a victory lap and a fond farewell wrapped in one.
It remains the definitive "Legends" wrestling game of the 2010s. If you own an Xbox 360 or PS3 and see a dusty copy at a garage sale, buy it. Turn off the music, blast the entrance themes, and relive the 30 Years of WrestleMania. You won't regret it.
: Expanded options for creating superstars, entrances, finishing moves, and even entire stories.
In the lineage of wrestling video games, certain entries act as time capsules. WWF No Mercy captures the Attitude Era’s grit. Here Comes the Pain represents the Ruthless Aggression era’s athletic peak. But for a generation of fans who grew up during the PG era and the dawn of the Reality Era, one game stands tall as the final masterpiece of a dying dynasty: WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2K14 .