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Post by BigJerichool222 on Oct 4, 2012 19:54:40 GMT -5
That Q&A vid had the APA theme in the background. So I assume it's in the game.
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Post by metylerca on Oct 4, 2012 20:06:44 GMT -5
It's not paying whatever to buy a 'finished roster' its buying to get an extended roster. But wait, Layla is a 'recycled model' with a 'recycled moveset' and 'recycled entrance' right? So of course she's free. AJ is a new model. Can't have it every way. My God, people on here do my head in. Don't want it? Don't f***ing buy it. I'm sorry if i seem ticked off and i'm not having a go at anyone in particular (sorry if it seems that way, it just annoys me because I try to get excited for a game and people are just SO negative) but we're getting a very good roster (even without DLC), two new match types, the usual updates, a new story mode, a new Universe mode. Look at ANY other annual title and you don't see this many updates. But yes, THQ are the devils. Let them go out of business. Give it to another company. Then we can wait 3 years for a game as good as TNA iMPACT! This post will either go largely ignored or analyzed to reassure that THQ could do a better job with the franchise and because they don't, they shouldn't have the license. Because the difference between buy/no buy is a proper Glam Slam or a proper entrance animation for a few characters. Trash it. There's a few things that gain my ire from reading about this game, but they're largely drowned out by the plethora of new features and characters to sink my teeth into. Win some, lose some. Such is life.
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Post by xCompackx on Oct 4, 2012 20:28:14 GMT -5
It's not paying whatever to buy a 'finished roster' its buying to get an extended roster. But wait, Layla is a 'recycled model' with a 'recycled moveset' and 'recycled entrance' right? So of course she's free. AJ is a new model. Can't have it every way. My God, people on here do my head in. Don't want it? Don't f***ing buy it. I'm sorry if i seem ticked off and i'm not having a go at anyone in particular (sorry if it seems that way, it just annoys me because I try to get excited for a game and people are just SO negative) but we're getting a very good roster (even without DLC), two new match types, the usual updates, a new story mode, a new Universe mode. Look at ANY other annual title and you don't see this many updates. But yes, THQ are the devils. Let them go out of business. Give it to another company. Then we can wait 3 years for a game as good as TNA iMPACT! Fair points, and I agree that WWE '13 has a REALLY good roster and the story mode looks awesome. I can't speak for anyone else, but personally my main gripes with '13 are more based around how awful '12 was and being weary of THQ learning their lesson. I mean, I love the WWE game franchise as much as anyone else, but THQ handled things BAD last year. Between the Twitter "promises", the patch that made things worse, and the general dickish attitude that some of their employees gave off about legit criticisms, it was awful. I understand that when you release a yearly game that there's going to be years that just suck or aren't up to the previous year, but there's a certain faith that you have to have when spending $60 on a game and THQ just doesn't have that for me. Plus, to be honest (and I'm not trying to seem overly negative here), having guys like Drew McIntyre or Yoshi Tatsu as DLC that you have to pay for is a rather odd decision imo.
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Oct 4, 2012 21:10:46 GMT -5
It's not paying whatever to buy a 'finished roster' its buying to get an extended roster. But wait, Layla is a 'recycled model' with a 'recycled moveset' and 'recycled entrance' right? So of course she's free. AJ is a new model. Can't have it every way. My God, people on here do my head in. Don't want it? Don't f***ing buy it. I'm sorry if i seem ticked off and i'm not having a go at anyone in particular (sorry if it seems that way, it just annoys me because I try to get excited for a game and people are just SO negative) but we're getting a very good roster (even without DLC), two new match types, the usual updates, a new story mode, a new Universe mode. Look at ANY other annual title and you don't see this many updates. But yes, THQ are the devils. Let them go out of business. Give it to another company. Then we can wait 3 years for a game as good as TNA iMPACT! This post will either go largely ignored or analyzed to reassure that THQ could do a better job with the franchise and because they don't, they shouldn't have the license. Because the difference between buy/no buy is a proper Glam Slam or a proper entrance animation for a few characters. Trash it. There's a few things that gain my ire from reading about this game, but they're largely drowned out by the plethora of new features and characters to sink my teeth into. Win some, lose some. Such is life. That's not what it is for me. I'm buying the game, but I don't like having to pay for things that should be included with the game to begin with, or at least free DLC when the game comes out. It's like if I'm in college and HAVE to buy a text book for a class, but the book is a rip off in the school store, I can still be pissed that I have to pay $300 for a text book when it should be fair to the consumer, not existing only to make money.
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Post by Indiana Miz on Oct 4, 2012 21:15:05 GMT -5
Sidenote: In regards to the pre-order offer, has anybody else been able to get the offer in past years without pre-ordering? For WWE '12 I was able to get the Rock, despite not pre-ordering, and could swear that was the case for SvR 2011, but can't really remember. That's why I'm not pre-ordering this year. I pre-ordered from THQ's site last year, and my game didn't arrive until about 3 weeks later than it was supposed to, with no Rock code in it. Every copy I saw at Wal-Mart had it, though.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Oct 4, 2012 21:43:34 GMT -5
Well, I'm definitely getting Fan Axxess. That list of content is incredible. The only thing that really bugs me about the DLC is the fact that there are two Chris Jericho's on-disc, yet the frigging Lionsault is DLC? Wha...?
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Post by metylerca on Oct 4, 2012 22:03:39 GMT -5
This post will either go largely ignored or analyzed to reassure that THQ could do a better job with the franchise and because they don't, they shouldn't have the license. Because the difference between buy/no buy is a proper Glam Slam or a proper entrance animation for a few characters. Trash it. There's a few things that gain my ire from reading about this game, but they're largely drowned out by the plethora of new features and characters to sink my teeth into. Win some, lose some. Such is life. That's not what it is for me. I'm buying the game, but I don't like having to pay for things that should be included with the game to begin with, or at least free DLC when the game comes out. It's like if I'm in college and HAVE to buy a text book for a class, but the book is a rip off in the school store, I can still be pissed that I have to pay $300 for a text book when it should be fair to the consumer, not existing only to make money. In that analogy, the Gamestop equivalent would be your best bet. But a better example would be getting into a class, getting the book, and then finding out you need to buy chapters to further look into the course. But even then, $20 extra for a yearlong (or more) investment for a 100% complete game, and you'll be able to download created wrestlers to fill in the blanks in your roster. Then all the perks that come with the game. I don't make terribly much, but for the hours of replay I'll get, the game+Axxess seems like a no-brainer. If those that "poo poo" every little detail that comes out can't look forward to playing the game without everything being to their liking first, then I don't know what to say. It's coming out the way it's coming out. They've shown patterns of not listening to hardcore gamers, and they're set to make some good money on this title, regardless of it not being No Mercy 2 or the new Spike game with ultra technical customization options. It's being marketed to those who would buy a game based on the Attitude Era. They already have people who will buy every year's new title, regardless of the quality. It's WWE, it's a video game, the engine is playable. That isn't to say you aren't allowed to have gripes, like myself. I don't like that the animations look largely the same as previous years, and I don't get how Legends of Wrestling 3 had different scaled arenas, and in 2012, we still have Wrestlemania in a 20,000 seat arena design. Hell, Wrestlemania XIX had an awesome SafeCo Field, and that was in 2003. That's something I hate, but I don't expect THQ to come onto this forum and lose their shit because the game isn't perfect to me. I think some of us could use that reality check. Whether we buy it or not, a few longtime gamers lost in exchange for a few new ones is something THQ is willing to risk. Besides, in a few years when they go back to using joysticks for grappling and bring back the Hell In A Cell (that they'll get rid of just to bring back in this hypothetical situation), we can still play older games that we think they got right.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2012 22:17:48 GMT -5
Well, I'm definitely getting Fan Axxess. That list of content is incredible. The only thing that really bugs me about the DLC is the fact that there are two Chris Jericho's on-disc, yet the frigging Lionsault is DLC? Wha...?Yeah that caught my eye on the moves list. I have no idea why that is.
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Post by Krimzon on Oct 4, 2012 22:23:17 GMT -5
Well, I'm definitely getting Fan Axxess. That list of content is incredible. The only thing that really bugs me about the DLC is the fact that there are two Chris Jericho's on-disc, yet the frigging Lionsault is DLC? Wha...?Yeah that caught my eye on the moves list. I have no idea why that is. It's probably a grapple move that they decided to put in late.
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Post by Kev The Omniscient on Oct 4, 2012 23:03:30 GMT -5
Bryan Williams said on twitter that we can now vacate titles set up title matches for vacated championships. That's awesome. Now I don't have to give all of my unwanted championships to Mr. McMahon. Edit: Hmm, he doesn't specifically say for Exhibition or for Universe, but that would be stupid to allow it in one and not the other... right? Right?
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Post by Krimzon on Oct 4, 2012 23:24:09 GMT -5
There has supposedly been a "leak" of the rest of the information regarding Universe & Creation suites: {Spoiler}1. You can restrict rosters to your liking for shows. Not sure about PPV's
2. I could be wrong but im almost positive it was 5 or 6 for major shows and 7 for PPV's
3. You can have as many major or minor shows during the week as you want. you can also have multiple PPV's in a month but they have to be on Sundays. You could have a new PPV each week of the month if you wanted
4. We saw everything. The full game was there. Paul Heyman wrote the storylines for WWE Universe mode this year and there are TONS of them. I THINK they said over 200 stories were added but I could be wrong
5. Well thats how they described it. Im assuming its both. Remember the storylines arent that long. and usually only last a few weeks or a month in WWE universe
6. You can put a show on any day of the week and you can turn on or off things like injuries or storylines. If you simply want to just play without storylines you can turn them all off
7. Embargo lifts tuesday. You will have your proof then. I cant really post anything to prove it. I have an invitation letter but it has contact info all over it. And we werent allowed to take photos at the event.
8. CAW got some more parts and you can give your wrestler kickpads or just wearing kickpads and no boots like Kana. They also brought back being able to make your CAW any color you want so if you want an all green CAW you can do that... Story designer had a **** TON of scenes added to it but other than that its the same.
9. The APA attires, titantrons and music are in the game. Its their alternate attires. Its not just Acolytes.
10. Create an arena is awesome though. you'll spend hours with that. The only thing disappointing about that is that there really wasnt a "high school gym" arena like others said there would be.
11. Create an entrance, titantron video, finisher are pretty much the same.
12. Question: Can you actually change the skin colour on the colour wheel this time? I hated having only one human skin tone you could pick. Answer: Yes
13. Question: Are kickpads an actual thing this time and not just a layer on top of boots? Answer: Kickpads are separate from boots now As they said, we'll see Tuesday if this is true. I hope #1-6 are true, as that would make Universe that much better.
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Post by xCompackx on Oct 4, 2012 23:42:35 GMT -5
If that's true, they're really giving Paul Heyman a ton of power these days. Considering how he left in 2006, that's pretty shocking.
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Post by DrewVonAwesome on Oct 5, 2012 0:25:58 GMT -5
Vamperic derp.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2012 0:45:22 GMT -5
If that's true, they're really giving Paul Heyman a ton of power these days. Considering how he left in 2006, that's pretty shocking. I don't know, I always saw writing video game storylines for WWE as some grunt job. Not to belittle Heyman because that idea genuinely has me interested, but it doesn't strike me as a gig people scramble over, especially considering the quality of of the stories we've been given, it sounds like a burden on already overworked writers.
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Post by Chainsaw on Oct 5, 2012 0:59:40 GMT -5
I am hoping that THQ has learned it's lesson from last year, I hope they throw a ton of stuff into the game, and that it all works perfect, and everyone's happy. But I'm not buying this day one. I may wait until after all of the DLC released, and I sure as hell am not getting it directly retail. I'll buy the game used off Gamefly when the time's right, I'll probably pay the $20 for the Axxess thing because they have everyone's nuts in a vice with some of my favortie moves and wrestlers being DLC, and that's it. I still have a feeling we're not going to get a game that works great, just a lot of cosmetic sheens on the WWE 12 engine, but if it works, hey, awesome. I'm just not going to get burned again.
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Post by Sin Cara Tres on Oct 5, 2012 3:04:00 GMT -5
Yeah that caught my eye on the moves list. I have no idea why that is. It's probably a grapple move that they decided to put in late. Then they should give it to us for free. Let's not forget that you also have to pay for Jericho's springboard drop kick, another move he's been doing for years. I'm not too bothered about El Generico's brainbuster. I think THQ likes their indy moves a bit too much. Really they should be mocapping NXT guys. There's a better chance we'll see Bateman's finisher on TV than El Generico's but guess which one is in the game?
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Post by Corporate H on Oct 5, 2012 3:12:33 GMT -5
I haven't done the comparisons, but is EVERY wrestler from the original SmackDown! game in this now?
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Oct 5, 2012 3:25:52 GMT -5
I haven't done the comparisons, but is EVERY wrestler from the original SmackDown! game in this now? Not everyone from the original is here. I think these are the missing guys. Al Snow Bubba Ray Dudley D'Lo Brown D-Von Dudley Hardcore Holly Jeff Hardy Matt Hardy Test Chyna Debra Tori
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Oct 5, 2012 3:26:25 GMT -5
I haven't done the comparisons, but is EVERY wrestler from the original SmackDown! game in this now? Not even close
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Post by Ryushinku on Oct 5, 2012 3:39:40 GMT -5
24 of the 36. Here's the complete original Smackdown! roster, with those missing in WWE '13 highlighted.
Stone Cold Steve Austin The Undertaker The Rock Big Show Mankind Ken Shamrock Triple H Kane Val Venis Big Boss Man X-Pac Vince McMahon Mr. Ass Road Dogg Hardcore Holly Test Al Snow Gangrel Christian Edge Chyna Tori The Godfather Debra D'Lo Brown Mark Henry Matt Hardy Jeff Hardy Chris Jericho Buh Buh Ray Dudley D-Von Dudley Shane McMahon Paul Bearer Steve Blackman Faarooq Bradshaw
It would seem pretty likely that six of those missing (Snow, D'Lo, Matt & Jeff Hardy and the Dudleys) could've been on the roster if it wasn't for them being signed for TNA, or recently so.
I doubt they chased hard for Tori and Debra, Test might be a touchy issue, no idea about Holly & Blackman and Chyna, well...Chyna.
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