Half-Glass Gaming: "It’s a long shot, but I hope WWE 2K22 features a gameplay system that’s more in line with WWE Day of Reckoning. There’s never been a more polished wrestling game. Considering fans are always talking about how they want something like No Mercy, I’m surprised more people don’t talk about Day of Reckoning since that game was basically No Mercy but much faster and smoother."
VGChartz's Chinh Tran: "By looking at a list of fighting games this year, you may notice the lack of certain key franchises like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, or Smash Bros. Instead, the void was filled by relatively smaller fighting titles and several key newcomers. Despite this, however, fighter fans were still kept busy, particularly by the finalists.
DNF Duel from Arc System Works successfully reinvented the classic Dungeon Fighter series as a fighter by adopting simple-to-learn mechanics without sacrificing depth. Player First Games took the fighting world by storm with MultiVersus, allowing players to finally decide whether LeBron James can take on Superman, or Tom and Jerry can defeat Arya Stark. SNK also released The King of Fighters XV, building upon its storied franchise in both new and familiar ways. Finally, WWE 2K22 saw the series return to form after its disastrous predecessor."
Daily Video Game writes: "Amazon is currently hosting a new game sale that slashes up to 75% off on several action-adventure, racing, RPG, and simulation games across multiple gaming platforms."
Neil writes: "We've seen a host of new downloadable content drops arrive for WWE 2K22 over the last couple of months, but we think that the Clowning Around addition is the best yet."
Asking for the "engine" of that old game means asking for old graphics. Gameplay wise, you know fully well they're more leaned into the simulation crap than the arcade stuff that game had. It ain't happening. Wait for the AEW game instead