>>11502492SD 2 is the best of the first 3 and that style.
SYM and HCTP are completely different but good for different reasons.
SVR 2006 and 08 are great for what they add and they have a bunch of shit to do.
13 and 2k14 have fun showcase modes. 13 basically puts the entire AE in the game and their arenas. 2k peaked with 14.
Raw 2 is like an Mdickie game. It's actually insane how much shit you can do in that game and not enough people bothered to play it.
No Mercy and Revenge are amazing, but DOR2 is the best version of both those games.
The rest are not mentioned because they're not that good.
Overall, I'd say it's between HCTP or DOR2, I feel like HCTP has more shit to do, but DOR2 is more fun to play and has a better system. It's the right speed as well.