10 Things We Want To See From Yukes' Alternative WWE 2K Game

3. A Retro Masterpiece

Wwf No Mercy
No Mercy

Or, they could kick it old school and recapture that childlike wallop of arcade-like fun titles like the N64's No Mercy or the PS2's SmackDown: Here Comes The Pain had. Both those games, released just a few years apart on different systems, nailed what they were going for. Can the same really be said of 2K's recent work?

We doubt people will be talking about 2K19 with the same gusto as they do No Mercy or HCTP in 15-20 years.

Back then, AKI and THQ ignored the relentless pursuit of photo-realism 2K are on in favour of fun gameplay and an immersive WWE experience that plain rocked. Of course, neither company had the hardware capabilities to produce picture-perfect replicas of the roster, but they didn't need to. Fans could look past some rough models if the gameplay was fun enough.

It'd be something special if Yukes married No Mercy and Here Comes The Pain with the arcade goodness of WWE All Stars (released in 2011). That was a clear departure from the simulation style of the SmackDown vs. Raw series, and it was infinitely more playable than any WWE game since.

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