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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Sept 2, 2022 9:43:31 GMT -5
What are some of you guy's least favorite storylines in wrestling games?
For me I'm reminded of the WWE 12 "Outsider" storyline on Road to Wrestlemania, mainly because it feels like Triple H's self insert Mary Sue fan fiction, and something he absolutely would have done given the chance.
The storyline begins with Triple H making his triumphant return at Wrestlemania having won the Royal Rumble but been taken out by Sheamus. He still gets his title shot after Sheamus won literally every title in WWE at Wrestlemania in a 4 way elimination Falls Count Anywhere Match. He chases Sheamus (who is pathetically crawling on his hands and knees) down to ringside. Sheamus gets to the ring and begs Triple H for mercy even offering to relinquish his title if only Triple H will spare his life. Triple H declines and squashes Sheamus.
For some reason in this timeline Triple H is a 16 time world champion, with his triumph at Wrestlemania being his 16th. He then for some reason enters the King of the Ring tournament, where he defeats three young talents to face Miz in the semifinals inside of a steel cage. Miz, with the help of two of the peole you'd beaten, proceeds to handcuff Triple H and savagely beat his previously injured quad with a chair, putting him out of action and forcing him to vacate the WWE title.
He returns a year later and finds himself in the middle of a gang war between new champin Randy Orton and his posse, and the Mizfits. He forces his way back into the title picture. The Miz becomes Smackdown GM after a "career ending injury", and Miz proceeds to make Triple H's life a living hell. This leads to Triple H being stopped at every turn by the Miz and his crew from winning his 17th World Title.
The story itself contains many 3 on 1, 4 on 1, and 5 on 1 brawls in which Triple H cleans house and beats everybody easily. The most egrigious moment is Triple H fighting in the Money in the Bank Ladder match which is effectively 5 on 1 with all of Miz's followers working in perfect harmony (and only focusing their offense on Triple H), until Triple H lays them all out with a Pedigree on his own (which keeps them down indefinitely) and being just about to win... Until Miz interferes and costs him the win.
The story concludes with a 4 way Last man Standing match between Triple H, Edge (who won the WWE title thanks to Miz's bullshit), Randy Orton, and The Miz for the WWE title. Triple H eliminates Orton and Edge and it comes down to Triple H and Miz, and Triple H has Miz beat...
Causing Miz to summon his minions from the back, Triple H cleans house and defeats all of them before finishing Miz by tossing him off the entrance ramp through electrical equipment to win and become 17 time world champion.
Sitting on a throne on the stage with the WWE title in his lap, many promising young talents strewn across the entrance ramp, Triple H retires as world champion having buried an entire generation of talent and put absolutely nobody over in the process.
There's also a random cutscene of Kevin Nash powerbombing Triple H for some unknown reason that never comes up again.
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Post by Hypnosis on Sept 2, 2022 10:50:20 GMT -5
SVR 2006's Raw Season Mode path was too linear no matter what choices you made.
Even trying to be a heel still leads to beatdowns from Triple H and Ric Flair, and Bischoff stripping titles from you.
The Smackdown path felt way more fun on the other hand.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Sept 2, 2022 17:39:44 GMT -5
What are some of you guy's least favorite storylines in wrestling games? For me I'm reminded of the WWE 12 "Outsider" storyline on Road to Wrestlemania, mainly because it feels like Triple H's self insert Mary Sue fan fiction, and something he absolutely would have done given the chance. The storyline begins with Triple H making his triumphant return at Wrestlemania having won the Royal Rumble but been taken out by Sheamus. He still gets his title shot after Sheamus won literally every title in WWE at Wrestlemania in a 4 way elimination Falls Count Anywhere Match. He chases Sheamus (who is pathetically crawling on his hands and knees) down to ringside. Sheamus gets to the ring and begs Triple H for mercy even offering to relinquish his title if only Triple H will spare his life. Triple H declines and squashes Sheamus. For some reason in this timeline Triple H is a 16 time world champion, with his triumph at Wrestlemania being his 16th. He then for some reason enters the King of the Ring tournament, where he defeats three young talents to face Miz in the semifinals inside of a steel cage. Miz, with the help of two of the peole you'd beaten, proceeds to handcuff Triple H and savagely beat his previously injured quad with a chair, putting him out of action and forcing him to vacate the WWE title. He returns a year later and finds himself in the middle of a gang war between new champin Randy Orton and his posse, and the Mizfits. He forces his way back into the title picture. The Miz becomes Smackdown GM after a "career ending injury", and Miz proceeds to make Triple H's life a living hell. This leads to Triple H being stopped at every turn by the Miz and his crew from winning his 17th World Title. The story itself contains many 3 on 1, 4 on 1, and 5 on 1 brawls in which Triple H cleans house and beats everybody easily. The most egrigious moment is Triple H fighting in the Money in the Bank Ladder match which is effectively 5 on 1 with all of Miz's followers working in perfect harmony (and only focusing their offense on Triple H), until Triple H lays them all out with a Pedigree on his own (which keeps them down indefinitely) and being just about to win... Until Miz interferes and costs him the win. The story concludes with a 4 way Last man Standing match between Triple H, Edge (who won the WWE title thanks to Miz's bullshit), Randy Orton, and The Miz for the WWE title. Triple H eliminates Orton and Edge and it comes down to Triple H and Miz, and Triple H has Miz beat... Causing Miz to summon his minions from the back, Triple H cleans house and defeats all of them before finishing Miz by tossing him off the entrance ramp through electrical equipment to win and become 17 time world champion. Sitting on a throne on the stage with the WWE title in his lap, many promising young talents strewn across the entrance ramp, Triple H retires as world champion having buried an entire generation of talent and put absolutely nobody over in the process. There's also a random cutscene of Kevin Nash powerbombing Triple H for some unknown reason that never comes up again. Nash texted himself to stick the winner. |
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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on Sept 2, 2022 17:50:54 GMT -5
'Do magic'
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Post by Psicofreak667 on Sept 2, 2022 18:27:11 GMT -5
Which game in the series was it where, if you lost the pentultimate match in the angle, instead of a grudge match at the pay per view with your feud partner you instead had a meaningless match against a Diva (even though you were a guy)? I think it was Smackdown vs Raw 2006. Even by the standards of the time it was kind of questionable.
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Post by Cyno on Sept 2, 2022 18:45:10 GMT -5
SVR 2006's Raw Season Mode path was too linear no matter what choices you made. Even trying to be a heel still leads to beatdowns from Triple H and Ric Flair, and Bischoff stripping titles from you. The Smackdown path felt way more fun on the other hand. The Smackdown path had Teddy Long being yeeted by a car. You can't top that. |
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Sept 2, 2022 20:57:27 GMT -5
Which was the one where you had an entire Rumble in your imagination against Druids, but it turned out it was actually just a regular Rumble? And you possessed Santino? And whatever other crazy shit was happening.
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Post by Hit Girl on Sept 2, 2022 22:34:49 GMT -5
Trying to free Torrie Wilson from her contract.
Seriously, who cares?
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Sept 2, 2022 22:45:40 GMT -5
This gem from WWE 2k18 MyCareer mode is such a f***ing disaster so far that it's honestly kind of mind blowing. Jey Uso tells me Luke Harper is talking shit about me and that next week I should call him out for it. Then I do a promo, call out Kevin Owens, and afterward Rich Swann tells me that I haven't shut Cedric Alexander yet. Next week, callout promo where Jason Jordan comes back for a second??? round, calling me Mr. Money in the Bank (haven't even hit that show in the mode yet). Then Swann tells me I really punked out Gran Metalik. And that's objective clear, I successfully completed the side quest. I can't even imagine how they could have f***ed things up that hard but it's absolutely stunning. Even Russo would've put together something more coherent |
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 2, 2022 22:55:45 GMT -5
This kind of makes me wonder how the Fire Pro game would go over today where Ric Flair kills your mentor, you kill Ric Flair, your wife leaves you, and you shoot yourself.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 2, 2022 23:32:14 GMT -5
Replayed Shut Your Mouth's story mode recently and the Vince and Flair feud just drags so hard. It goes on for nearly the entire length of the story mode and keeps repeating plot points, like they do one giant battle for the fate of the company like four times before it finally sticks.
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Post by SAJ Forth on Sept 3, 2022 2:02:59 GMT -5
Any storyline involving magic. Not in an Undertaker way, I mean turn into someone of fall under a spell.
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Post by Chainsaw on Sept 3, 2022 2:03:24 GMT -5
There's also a random cutscene of Kevin Nash powerbombing Triple H for some unknown reason that never comes up again. You buried the best part about this moment. |
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Post by Chiral on Sept 3, 2022 2:33:28 GMT -5
Replayed Shut Your Mouth's story mode recently and the Vince and Flair feud just drags so hard. It goes on for nearly the entire length of the story mode and keeps repeating plot points, like they do one giant battle for the fate of the company like four times before it finally sticks. Yeah on my last SYM replay I couldn't believe how like 90% of the storylines are just Ric and Vince either being like "I HATE YOU SO MUCH" or "WE'RE BEST FRIENDS NOW" back and forth for the whole two year story. Whoever you play has zero connection to most of the Flair/Vince BS too. |
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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on Sept 3, 2022 2:49:57 GMT -5
Here, watch this. Oops I'm sorry you said worst, not GREATEST.  |
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Post by Chainsaw on Sept 3, 2022 4:02:15 GMT -5
Here, watch this. Oops I'm sorry you said worst, not GREATEST. For years, I used to shit on this for being one of the worse ideas that they've ever come up with for a storyline in a game. Now, between a combination of becoming more open-minded towards goofy shit, watching so much nL, the entire world going insane, and WWE 2K20, I realize the sheer brilliance of this madness. |
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Sept 3, 2022 7:59:50 GMT -5
This kind of makes me wonder how the Fire Pro game would go over today where Ric Flair kills your mentor, you kill Ric Flair, your wife leaves you, and you shoot yourself. Oh god Bless Suda51! We actually got the sequel to this story in Fire Pro World. Speaking of FPW, by no means was the story mode bad, however I was highly underwhelmed by the chapter Suda51 wrote. The Jr Heavyweight storyline was way more engaging to me. |
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Sept 3, 2022 8:14:36 GMT -5
There's also a random cutscene of Kevin Nash powerbombing Triple H for some unknown reason that never comes up again. You buried the best part about this moment. LOL @ getting power bombed just being a minor inconvenience for Triple H |
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Post by TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out on Sept 3, 2022 8:47:37 GMT -5
SVR 2006's Raw Season Mode path was too linear no matter what choices you made. Even trying to be a heel still leads to beatdowns from Triple H and Ric Flair, and Bischoff stripping titles from you. The Smackdown path felt way more fun on the other hand. Fair, but getting swerved out of the tag titles due to Bischoff invoking "the Virgil Runnels amendment of 1987" is good shit And I'm still not sure if the alternate ending to the Teddy Long story being that you ran him over despite you (the player) having no indication that this was the case until the reveal is incredible or bullshit |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Sept 3, 2022 11:40:36 GMT -5
In SvR 2006 I think it is, Trish takes the title in a ladder match and despite not being a competitor in the match, is then the champion for some reason
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