FinalGwen
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Post by FinalGwen on Sept 11, 2012 18:27:52 GMT -5
Barrett still doesn't do his punching motion, or the proper slap-the-mat-then-point-up.
I guess you could say they... Just don't care anymore.
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Post by George. on Sept 11, 2012 18:43:11 GMT -5
The Rock looks great this year.
-DFG
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Post by Hanz Moleman on Sept 11, 2012 18:48:13 GMT -5
Man, sometimes being part of this board makes it tough to get excited about this game. I mean, you guys are totally right, just, YOU GUYS ARE SO RIGHT. I gotta keep saying nuts to perfection.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Sept 11, 2012 19:04:32 GMT -5
Man, sometimes being part of this board makes it tough to get excited about this game. I mean, you guys are totally right, just, YOU GUYS ARE SO RIGHT. I gotta keep saying nuts to perfection. The same thing happens to me every year. I still get clearly frustrated with stuff they do/don't do, but I usually enjoy the game itself if it plays well. I know I can fix things like improper theme music and movesets and whatnot. The only stuff that really bugs me are crappy animations and attires, because there's no real way to fix those. On the upside, I liked almost all of what I saw in today's videos. The only things that bugged me where the Acolytes having a face entrance (easy to fix), and Road Dogg's entrance not saying "Your ass better call somebody" (again, an easy fix). Other than that, looking good. Randy Orton's entrance is infinitely better than the shitty one they made for him last year, and the new RKO is brilliant.
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FinalGwen
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Post by FinalGwen on Sept 11, 2012 19:24:39 GMT -5
Wow, just saw the Bradshaw finishing moves video. Would it really not have been easier to use the existing animations for his actual finishers?
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Post by Hanz Moleman on Sept 11, 2012 19:59:24 GMT -5
Wow, just saw the Bradshaw finishing moves video. Would it really not have been easier to use the existing animations for his actual finishers? Do you mean his taunt where he puts the cigar out? Because that wasn't until later in his career.
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Post by FinalGwen on Sept 11, 2012 20:29:17 GMT -5
Even if they cut out the cigar animation there (not that anything in this game is free of anachronism) I believe the powerbomb itself was animated a bit differently, so could actually be counted as a unique move, rather than another cut and paste. At the very least, the Clothesline From Hell could have been done correctly.
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Post by Krimzon on Sept 11, 2012 20:42:22 GMT -5
Even if they cut out the cigar animation there (not that anything in this game is free of anachronism) I believe the powerbomb itself was animated a bit differently, so could actually be counted as a unique move, rather than another cut and paste. At the very least, the Clothesline From Hell could have been done correctly. The Powerbomb looked different to me as well. It's weird that they decided on the Powerbomb to reanimate for Bradshaw instead of the move that actually needed it.
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Post by FinalGwen on Sept 11, 2012 20:44:14 GMT -5
I may have put that badly. The powerbomb here is definitely the usual Powerbomb variation, but the JBL bomb from previous games seemed different, cigar aside. EDIT: Compare and contrast the current bomb with this. Seems to be a more forceful variation in the previous games. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY9IwUmwvP4
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Post by TheDieselTrain on Sept 11, 2012 22:11:22 GMT -5
Okay i've always wondered this but is there a reason why in these game in create an entrance/movesets they just cant say what the animations are besides team #1, team#2 or mixed tag #1 etc. Dont WWE own the names and such. Sucks having to go through entrances every year not knowing who they are. Surely someone who isnt there cant sue and say hey thats my entrance or moveset being used. Right? Barrett still doesn't do his punching motion, or the proper slap-the-mat-then-point-up. I guess you could say they... Just don't care anymore. I've been using the CM Punk/Luke Gallows tag entrance for Barrett so at least we get the punching motion in some form. Hopefully they keep it in this year.
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Post by Starshine on Sept 11, 2012 22:18:08 GMT -5
Really hope there's a legit Reverse DDT in the game. Slater hasn't done the Jumping Reverse F***-It in a long, long time. He was using it as recently as earlier this year. See around 5:10
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Post by -Lithium- on Sept 12, 2012 2:24:50 GMT -5
Have they talked bout changing the length of time people stay down for? Or is it just going to horribly fast, to the point where someone will get up within 7 seconds, after being beaten in a Hell In A Cell match for 30 minutes, like it was in WWE12?
That's really my biggest concern. That was ridiculous.
Oh, and for Gods sake, stop with the bullshit where you HAVE to do the whole taunt. Put it back to where it was in HCTP. You have to finish the taunt to gain momentum, but you can choose to stop.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2012 3:43:42 GMT -5
Okay i've always wondered this but is there a reason why in these game in create an entrance/movesets they just cant say what the animations are besides team #1, team#2 or mixed tag #1 etc. Dont WWE own the names and such. Sucks having to go through entrances every year not knowing who they are. Surely someone who isnt there cant sue and say hey thats my entrance or moveset being used. Right? That's an excellent question and I don't think it's ever been addressed. I think it's just something that they never bothered to change since no one apparently minded since the first Smackdown. That would be a good question to ask on Bryan William's twitter. Even if they can't use names, initials would be a million times better than just numbers. Have they talked bout changing the length of time people stay down for? Or is it just going to horribly fast, to the point where someone will get up within 7 seconds, after being beaten in a Hell In A Cell match for 30 minutes, like it was in WWE12? That's really my biggest concern. That was ridiculous. Nothing mentioned so far. I have the exact same concerns and while I'm trying not to get my hopes up, this could be something that gets solved by the "epic match" setting. So far they've been pretty vague about what that setting means exactly, but I would think that selling would be a priority.
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Post by simplydurhamcalling on Sept 12, 2012 4:43:14 GMT -5
Okay i've always wondered this but is there a reason why in these game in create an entrance/movesets they just cant say what the animations are besides team #1, team#2 or mixed tag #1 etc. Dont WWE own the names and such. Sucks having to go through entrances every year not knowing who they are. Surely someone who isnt there cant sue and say hey thats my entrance or moveset being used. Right? I always assumed it was a WWE request as most of those entrances involve people who have left the company, I agree it is annoying though. Probably the same reason they change the names of moves when people leave e.g. most of the Dudley's moves after they left.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Sept 12, 2012 9:44:49 GMT -5
JBL's Clothesline is just Turrible. Why couldn't they have the old wake up one from the floor they had for like, one game? That was so awesome!
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Post by Hawk Hart on Sept 12, 2012 9:46:59 GMT -5
Okay i've always wondered this but is there a reason why in these game in create an entrance/movesets they just cant say what the animations are besides team #1, team#2 or mixed tag #1 etc. Dont WWE own the names and such. Sucks having to go through entrances every year not knowing who they are. Surely someone who isnt there cant sue and say hey thats my entrance or moveset being used. Right? That's an excellent question and I don't think it's ever been addressed. I think it's just something that they never bothered to change since no one apparently minded since the first Smackdown. That would be a good question to ask on Bryan William's twitter. Even if they can't use names, initials would be a million times better than just numbers. Have they talked bout changing the length of time people stay down for? Or is it just going to horribly fast, to the point where someone will get up within 7 seconds, after being beaten in a Hell In A Cell match for 30 minutes, like it was in WWE12? That's really my biggest concern. That was ridiculous. Nothing mentioned so far. I have the exact same concerns and while I'm trying not to get my hopes up, this could be something that gets solved by the "epic match" setting. So far they've been pretty vague about what that setting means exactly, but I would think that selling would be a priority. Haven't they mentioned a new match setting that essentially balances it to make for different lengths of matches or was that some sort of weird dream?
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Post by Hanz Moleman on Sept 12, 2012 11:35:43 GMT -5
Okay i've always wondered this but is there a reason why in these game in create an entrance/movesets they just cant say what the animations are besides team #1, team#2 or mixed tag #1 etc. Dont WWE own the names and such. Sucks having to go through entrances every year not knowing who they are. Surely someone who isnt there cant sue and say hey thats my entrance or moveset being used. Right? That's an excellent question and I don't think it's ever been addressed. I think it's just something that they never bothered to change since no one apparently minded since the first Smackdown. That would be a good question to ask on Bryan William's twitter. Even if they can't use names, initials would be a million times better than just numbers. Have they talked bout changing the length of time people stay down for? Or is it just going to horribly fast, to the point where someone will get up within 7 seconds, after being beaten in a Hell In A Cell match for 30 minutes, like it was in WWE12? That's really my biggest concern. That was ridiculous. Nothing mentioned so far. I have the exact same concerns and while I'm trying not to get my hopes up, this could be something that gets solved by the "epic match" setting. So far they've been pretty vague about what that setting means exactly, but I would think that selling would be a priority. Actually at Summerslam both Corey and Bryan mentioned that they have adjusted the sell times of moves. They mentioned it was one of the things they had listened to from the community, whether how well they tuned it, is still obviously up in the air. They also discussed the three match settings: The first one being where you can go in and destroy the guy in like 4 minutes, the next one being the level that we are used to playing, and then an epic setting which apparently helps matches go longer, with more broken up pins etc etc. As far as the generic movesets and what not, its probably a likeness issue. No doubt WWE oversees this game completely and ultimately decides what is put in or not. Hence the cencorsing, Road Dogg's different entrance and what not, THQ doesn't have complete control over everything, because if they did I firmly believe we'd have a game more to our liking. I'm sure the legal department doesn't want a legend or some worker from another company being like "hey, clearly those are my initials and my moveset, I want some kind of royalty blah blah blah"
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Post by BJ Sturgeon on Sept 12, 2012 13:25:17 GMT -5
The Rock ... looks GREAT ... this year. -DFG Fixed.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Sept 12, 2012 13:50:14 GMT -5
The Rock ... looks GREAT ... this year. -DFG Fixed. Question is, does The Rock have a .... GREAT .... The Rock Bottom ... in WWE '13?
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Post by The Tim Duncan Experience on Sept 12, 2012 15:52:15 GMT -5
Barrett still doesn't do his punching motion, or the proper slap-the-mat-then-point-up. I guess you could say they... Just don't care anymore. He does it in his post match celebration too right?
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