The 2014 design was much closer to the original 1950s movie but the reason he looked like that in the 1950s movie so they could fit in a human actor in a bulky rubber suit and have him walk around and turn corners.
The 1998 design was closer to a giant prehistoric mutated lizard, which is what Godzilla is supposed to be according to his origin story.
I guess I was partial to the 1955 version because that’s what I grew up with.