Creating The Ultimate Wrestling Game

3. A Strong Story Mode

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Here we have Brock Lesnar, having flown in to discuss his new $10 million, three matches per year contract...

Alas, that isn't quite the case, but this is more a hark back to the days when WWE video games had proper story modes in place where you could take control of a wrestler and decide their destiny.

To be fair to the more recent WWE games, there has been a strong emphasis on the MyCareer mode - with WWE 2K19 having a particularly fun journey of discovery for players to embark on - but there still feels like something's massively missing from those releases.

It's one thing to having a self-created grappler work their way up from parking lots to PPV main events, but the story arcs of MyCareer can only carry a game so far. What a good portion of gamers really want, is to take control of their own personal favourite superstars and partake in a story mode where said superstar interacts with other wrestlers, bonds are formed, friendships are soured, and the player has to make decisions at every turn as they work their way through rivalries and championship reigns.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.