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Post by The Tee Why on Oct 10, 2012 10:51:31 GMT -5
I'm so pumped for this game, so glad i'll have it by 27th. what!? Damn you're lucky, I know the game(for north america is only 20 days away) but even a few days, when you're this pumped is like a whole week haha
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Oct 10, 2012 11:35:43 GMT -5
Haha could possibly be a few days before. I've been lucky enough to be picked to host a WWE 13 party lol
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Post by The Portable Stove on Oct 10, 2012 13:11:04 GMT -5
Reading around about the game, I just hyped myself up into a Day One buy. I might pre-order it a few weeks before for Tyson, but I haven't decided yet.
Tyson's going to be my Ring of Honor Tri-County Heavyweight Champion, and I am going to enjoy the hell out of it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2012 13:20:49 GMT -5
BenPhoenix, you're a lucky, lucky man. You're in Manchester, INVITE ME DAMMIT! (pretty please)
But otherwise, why do the UK get screwed over with release dates? I know it's only like 3 days, but it makes no sense, especially with things like FIFA which sells like hotcakes here but isn't quite as popular in North America...
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Oct 10, 2012 13:23:30 GMT -5
Here are some random thoughts looking again at the Attitude Era DLC...
I'm still surprised Gangrel is in the game, though I've already explained why several pages ago.
It's weird that they are using the name 'Chainsaw Charlie' yet the picture they use is clearly not his Chainsaw Charlie character, but his regular 'Terry Funk' attire.
-What finishing move will Brian Pillman have? I watched all of Pillman's Raw and PPV appearances and I never remember him having a finisher in WWF. In WCW he mostly used the diving crossbody pin, but also used a springboard clothesline.
-I'm mildly surprised that they didn't throw-in one of Tensai's previous characters as an Attitude Era DLC to go along with modern day Tensai. I was kind of expecting Albert or Prince Albert.
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Post by Chip on Oct 10, 2012 13:31:59 GMT -5
But otherwise, why do the UK get screwed over with release dates? I know it's only like 3 days, but it makes no sense, especially with things like FIFA which sells like hotcakes here but isn't quite as popular in North America... I believe there's........ kind of a law that restricts the majority of games to a Friday release, I guess to stop us all from calling into work and pulling a sicky.
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Post by CH Punk on Oct 10, 2012 13:36:35 GMT -5
-What finishing move will Brian Pillman have? I watched all of Pillman's Raw and PPV appearances and I never remember him having a finisher in WWF. In WCW he mostly used the diving crossbody pin, but also used a springboard clothesline. The DLC trailer showed him doing the springboard clothesline, so I'm guessing that it's his finisher.
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Oct 10, 2012 14:08:05 GMT -5
BenPhoenix, you're a lucky, lucky man. You're in Manchester, INVITE ME DAMMIT! (pretty please) Haha, well there is still a few spots available ;D But otherwise, why do the UK get screwed over with release dates? I know it's only like 3 days, but it makes no sense, especially with things like FIFA which sells like hotcakes here but isn't quite as popular in North America... I believe there's........ kind of a law that restricts the majority of games to a Friday release, I guess to stop us all from calling into work and pulling a sicky. Yes, there's certainly something to do with the Friday release dates. If you remember though, up until 2/3 years ago we always got the game the Friday before rather than the Friday after the American release. So for many years we were the lucky ones.
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Post by Krimzon on Oct 10, 2012 15:55:12 GMT -5
-What finishing move will Brian Pillman have? I watched all of Pillman's Raw and PPV appearances and I never remember him having a finisher in WWF. In WCW he mostly used the diving crossbody pin, but also used a springboard clothesline. The Springboard Clothesline (Air Pillman) is what they're using.
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Post by BR329 on Oct 10, 2012 16:01:56 GMT -5
So I just thought of this. If Ryback faces Punk and wins the title at HIAC would that make WWE 13 the first wrestling game to ship with out the current champ on the roster?
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Post by Jeremy on Oct 10, 2012 16:04:54 GMT -5
The WWF Midway game didn't have Diesel.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2012 16:06:38 GMT -5
Day of Reckoning 2 didn't have JBL.
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Post by Jeremy on Oct 10, 2012 16:07:27 GMT -5
Day of Reckoning 2 didn't have JBL. Perhaps it was another case of Doink ruining a payday for someone...
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Post by CMWaters on Oct 10, 2012 16:49:13 GMT -5
Whew...
FINALLY got all the achievements for WWE 12.
Now I can drop it off tomorrow for credit to 13.
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Oct 10, 2012 17:14:15 GMT -5
Day of Reckoning 2 didn't have JBL. You mean DOR1, not 2. JBL wasn't in DOR1 because he was doing nothing as Bradshaw when the characters were finalized and then all of a sudden became JBL. Hence how guys like Lance Storm got in the game without even doing anything in 2004
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Post by Krimzon on Oct 10, 2012 17:20:40 GMT -5
Whew... FINALLY got all the achievements for WWE 12. Now I can drop it off tomorrow for credit to 13. That's exactly what I did when I preordered it. I wanna go into WWE '13 having quit WWE '12 cold turkey. Going a few weeks without a wrestling game experience can only help my enjoyment of WWE '13.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2012 17:28:11 GMT -5
Day of Reckoning 2 didn't have JBL. You mean DOR1, not 2. JBL wasn't in DOR1 because he was doing nothing as Bradshaw when the characters were finalized and then all of a sudden became JBL. Hence how guys like Lance Storm got in the game without even doing anything in 2004 Right, yeah, meant the original. Sorry, been awhile.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2012 17:29:22 GMT -5
I've brought a wrestling game every year since WWF War zone on the PS1, but this is the first time where I have read the roster list a dozen times and every time I've been surprised by another name on the list. This game is seriously stacked. There's so much I want to do first, I can't take the waiting.
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Post by D2: Sweet & Sour Edition on Oct 10, 2012 19:40:47 GMT -5
For the last few WWE games, the release day has been celebrated by few of us as F*** THQesday. With so many posts ending in "Sorry Godz...".
This year...it doesn't look that way.
...sorry Godz...
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Oct 10, 2012 19:45:45 GMT -5
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