skulldouggory
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Post by skulldouggory on Oct 15, 2012 5:39:29 GMT -5
Assuming that there's not a gremlin on the disc, waiting to trap us when we put it in the system, could this save THQ? No. THQ is in it way too deep for a single game to save them. I think all WWE games from THQ each year would sell the same, because people have high hopes every year for the game. The only difference i can see is that there would be less people trading in the game, which means less second hand sales of the game, but some people still trade in the a game at some point regaurdless if it is broken or not.
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Post by sonofblaine on Oct 15, 2012 8:10:55 GMT -5
Make a Mean Mark CAW... Have Big Johnny use Christian's time machine to send Ryback back in time to take Mark Calloway out after that loss. Then, create a current Mark (attire 2), who had to retire from in ring action before becoming Undertaker, and in the new time-line is a road agent. Then Johnny goes after him, with evened odds, for a revenge rematch. But current timeline Taker show's up to thwart Johnny's plans, by unlocking the dark, stygian power within Mark Calloway. Now revitalized and powerful, it leads to Mark "The Undertaker" Calloway (attire 3) (w/ Current Earth 1 Taker) vs. John Laurinaitis (w/Ryback) at Wrestlemania. Will this begin a new streak? Or will Big Johnny be victorious? Tune in next time! Same Warrior Time! Same Warrior Station! Continuing the trend of odd anecdotes from my renewed playing of '12, having a 2/3 Falls Last Man Standing HIAC match against Batista, and damn, is he resilient. I've hit him with about 15 finishers, many more signatures, and I've broken him through the cell roof. He's bleeding more than anyone I've ever seen in '12, and his chest looks like he's been hit with machine gun fire. I decide to finish it off, and steal his finisher to hit him with the Batista Bomb. Before I've even done the included taunt after the powerbomb, he's up and kicking me. That can't be right. I dream of a match like this. Maybe I have a defective version of the game, but it's not hard. I play on legends and I get no challenge and sometimes it's not fun. To test this, I set up the match similar to what you described (mine was a 2/3 falls Extreme match), but me as Heath Slater (trying to pick a low stats jobber) against Triple H (who should be a beast). Trip barely got a move in, didn't get busted open, and lost in about 5 minutes, Heath beating him in 2 falls, one finisher and pin per fall. I know I'm not good at the game, because whenever I've played against another person (...all 3 times....) I've gotten my ass handed to me, unable to hit a single move. I hope 13 will be a little harder in the Hard and Legend settings. EDIT: Just replayed it with your specs (Tyson Kidd vs Batista) and won after one finisher and the second fall after a finisher followed by a few other moves and finally a Hurricanrana.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2012 9:03:57 GMT -5
i don't know what to be happy about. The fact that Drew McIntyre is in the game, or the fact that they got rid of that god awful hair do that looks like he has braids. I'm going to choose to have bittersweet feelings about him being in. On one hand, it means he's in. On the other, the disc won't have the Futureshock or the beginning part of his entrance which is probably the single most useful thing for custom ones.
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Post by sludgehammer on Oct 15, 2012 13:53:45 GMT -5
I don't see the point in playing these games to win. Having great matches and creating awesome spots/sequences is what I'm here for.
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Post by The Tee Why on Oct 15, 2012 14:46:28 GMT -5
I don't see the point in playing these games to win. Having great matches and creating awesome spots/sequences is what I'm here for. Yeah I never understood people who would brag about how many titles they won in the game cause honestly, the games ARENT hard if you go full on tryng to win. If you have a 20-30 minute match that is absolutely awesome, then I'm impressed.
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Ryanar
Samurai Cop
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Post by Ryanar on Oct 15, 2012 15:31:44 GMT -5
I don't see the point in playing these games to win. Having great matches and creating awesome spots/sequences is what I'm here for. Yeah I never understood people who would brag about how many titles they won in the game cause honestly, the games ARENT hard if you go full on tryng to win. If you have a 20-30 minute match that is absolutely awesome, then I'm impressed. Exactly, if there is a sick sequence that makes the match realistic, i am willing to take the loss. The real challenge of these games is to make them as realistic as possible, not to beat them.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2012 15:56:48 GMT -5
With that in mind, does anyone else really hate how if you let the computer beat on you long enough, the game will automatically reverse for you?
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Post by WarChief on Oct 15, 2012 15:58:07 GMT -5
Count me for the group who'd prefer better matches over playing to "win".
That's what I love about Universe. Really looking forward to 3.0.
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Bub (BLM)
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advocates duck on rodent violence
Fed. Up.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Oct 15, 2012 16:15:02 GMT -5
With that in mind, does anyone else really hate how if you let the computer beat on you long enough, the game will automatically reverse for you? Wait, that happens? Hopefully with 13 and the match length modifier, we'll finally be able to have epic matches without letting the CPU take the offense on purpose.
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Ryanar
Samurai Cop
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Post by Ryanar on Oct 15, 2012 16:27:04 GMT -5
With that in mind, does anyone else really hate how if you let the computer beat on you long enough, the game will automatically reverse for you? Wait, that happens? Hopefully with 13 and the match length modifier, we'll finally be able to have epic matches without letting the CPU take the offense on purpose. yeah it happens. After 6-7 moves without any offense, the game will reverse for you. I have no problem with this being in the game, but it should not be on Legend difficulty.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2012 17:36:30 GMT -5
Some of my best matches ended with me losing. I only really hate losing when I've gone through a 20min match, then lose after an armdrag.
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Post by Ron Woodsman aka Shempaholic on Oct 15, 2012 17:38:36 GMT -5
There probably won't be anything revealed we don't already know, but Xplay is having a WWE '13 preview in a few minutes.
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Sajoa Moe
Patti Mayonnaise
Did you get that thing I sent ya?
A man without gimmick.
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Oct 15, 2012 18:08:04 GMT -5
There probably won't be anything revealed we don't already know, but Xplay is having a WWE '13 preview in a few minutes. How many jokes did they make about naked men rolling on the floor?
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mattyy
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holy moly its the big homie
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Post by mattyy on Oct 15, 2012 19:45:20 GMT -5
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Oct 15, 2012 22:31:40 GMT -5
New CAW Call Names. Can you spot the new ones?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2012 22:40:16 GMT -5
Bane is in...
It's back breaking time.
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Post by George. on Oct 15, 2012 22:47:08 GMT -5
All the Kane CAWs will now come out as "BANE!".
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Oct 15, 2012 22:53:46 GMT -5
Glad to see Wolf and my real first name are in, I guess I'll have to use Long instead of Lone though
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Oct 15, 2012 22:54:27 GMT -5
*sigh*
No Daphne. Again. She's the one I always make.
Though they have added "Screaming" so Screaming Queen Shannon it is I guess.
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Post by The Tee Why on Oct 15, 2012 23:11:46 GMT -5
Kinda peeved there's no regular non flippy stone cold stunner in the game :/
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