10 Shocking Times Older Wrestling Games Did Graphics Better

6. André The Giant

Andre The Giant WWE 2K20
2K Games

Games: WWE 2K20 (left) and WWE 2K14 (right).

Time Between Release: Six years.

On the left is a bang up to date look at André The Giant's character model in WWE 2K20. Though it is difficult to properly evaluate the scale of his entire body without seeing it or trying him out in-game, that man with the furrowed brow there doesn't exactly look like the old 'Eighth Wonder Of The World'.

If André was the eighth and Chyna was the ninth, then the tenth is 2K's hatchet job of their own work.

Six years earlier, they produced a much more realistic Giant in 2K14. It's clearly based more on André before he started wearing the classic one-strapped singlet, but it's facially more recognisable at first glance. The one from 2K20 is a caricature rather than a faithful recreation.

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