FinalGwen
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Particularly fond of muffins.
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Post by FinalGwen on Dec 30, 2011 14:22:13 GMT -5
Just started playing this today and frankly it's ridiculous. THQ seem to have put out the same game with an updated roster and just made it harder. The gameplay feels the same and barring the obvious limb attack moves and moves of doom aspect, it feels like 2011. Road to Wrestlemania is a joke too, it's even more scripted than before. The Bragging Rights "5 on 5" "match" is farcical. What on earth would've been wrong with bringing back the HCTP engine? Evidently you're playing a far different game than me. The gameplay seemed quite different and refreshing. Familiar, certainly, given that they're building on the progress they've already made (why throw the baby out with the bathwater?) but there's changes to the way the match plays out, both in the enemy AI and in that it's not as easy to get groggy grapples with the new targeting system, so my usual tactics have shifted somewhat. And what would've been wrong with bringing back the HCTP engine is that it's outdated and overrated (In my opinion anyway, I far preferred SYM, and the current games beat them hands down.). Frankly, I've got HCTP right there on my shelf, why should I buy it again rather than taking advantage of roughly half a decade of progress?
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Post by woowoowoox on Dec 30, 2011 15:30:07 GMT -5
I still can't win a match (on Easy!) and that makes it pretty hard to play the game at all. Whether it's the new controls or the AI, I'm not sure, but it's very frustrating.
I've tried so many times and it's like I can never get a move in edgewise.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Dec 30, 2011 15:36:43 GMT -5
I still can't win a match (on Easy!) and that makes it pretty hard to play the game at all. Whether it's the new controls or the AI, I'm not sure, but it's very frustrating. I've tried so many times and it's like I can never get a move in edgewise. Have you tried turning the reversal rate down? Even on easy the opponent kept countering most of my moves. I turned it down to about a quarter and it solved the problem. Made it so I actually won matches but also was just tough enough so that the computer got in some decent offence and occasionly scrapes out a victory against me
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nWoElite
Don Corleone
Putting The Band Back Together...
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Post by nWoElite on Dec 30, 2011 16:06:00 GMT -5
I love it for the Wii (altho I hate Wii doesn't have DLC or a deep create a show mode). But I do have one issue..
Anyone but me miss a Diva story for Road to Wrestlemania? I was kinda hoping for one.
Also, I think the 'E should have shelled out some money for Tori and Stacy for some WcW "Divas".
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2011 16:29:40 GMT -5
I'm loving this so far, except for the fact that Heath Slater is somehow the number one contender on Smackdown for Undi's title. What do I do to get him out of this slot? Do I just have to play against him in every match and make sure he loses?
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Dec 30, 2011 17:10:21 GMT -5
I'm loving this so far, except for the fact that Heath Slater is somehow the number one contender on Smackdown for Undi's title. What do I do to get him out of this slot? Do I just have to play against him in every match and make sure he loses? You could make him switch shows, either to Raw or make him a free agent. Also, if you're having trouble, soften 'em up with strikes first. I find hitting your strike combo early in the match will make them groggy and setting up big moves is easier.
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Post by xCompackx on Dec 30, 2011 17:12:10 GMT -5
"I had the opportunity to talk to Michael Cole before the show" - Michael Cole
Best quote ever.
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MrBRulzOK
Wade Wilson
Mr No-Pants Heathen
Something Witty Here.
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Post by MrBRulzOK on Dec 30, 2011 17:17:13 GMT -5
So this is interesting. Last night I was playing more Universe mode and I got to the Royal Rumble... again. So this time it came down to Cody Rhodes and Demolition Ax. And wouldn't you know it, Ax ends up winning the thing.
However for some reason he never challenges for the belt at Wrestlemania, perhaps because he's technically not even unlocked yet. Instead, Chance Confidence, now the WWE Champion AND United States Champion, apparently decides to challenge the World Heavyweight Champion, Big Show, for his belt instead. And to make things stranger it's a Last Man Standing match for some reason.
So I potentially had the chance to hold three belts. Unfortunately didn't happen though as Mr. Confidence didn't fare too well against Show. I still need to get the hang of that kick out system, I suppose.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2011 17:40:43 GMT -5
"I had the opportunity to talk to Michael Cole before the show" - Michael Cole Best quote ever. "Michael Cole's gorgeous face has been DISFIGURED!"
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Dec 30, 2011 19:19:41 GMT -5
For some reason Michael McGillicutty of all people has just started a faction that includes Jack Swagger, CM Punk and WWE Champion Brock Lesnar. He's also got a ridiculously high momentum rate purely by simming matches. I guess he's this years Primo ;D This game is bizarre at times with the random tagteams and factions that get thrown together but also awesome. R KANE O are feuding with Hunico & Ted Di Biase for the tag belts and on the last Smackdown Mark Henry and Daffney came down to help Wade Barrett beat up Rey Mysterio. Cody's running roughshod over everybody, it seems every Smackdown match I play Cody pops up to jump the winner
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Dec 30, 2011 20:10:57 GMT -5
I just went against Swagger for the first time. I cannot gauge how disappointed I am that he doesn't have his pushup pyro. I mean, seriously THQ?
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Post by héad.casé on Dec 30, 2011 20:12:55 GMT -5
So i'm playing as Headcase in Universe mode...who should jump me after a U.S Title win but Triple H (who's not even on the same show as me). In a match a week later, I made him tap out, we go to a cut scene where he goes to attack me with a chair, but Chavo Guerrero takes the chair off Hunter and runs him off, then Chavo hits me with it. I have a match against Chavo with Triple H coming out as a guest on commentary, I beat Chavo, then Triple H and I have a pull apart brawl on the stage.
The next week it's me vs Triple H again, this time he beats me, and I get stretchered out, then he beats up all the EMT's, tips the stretcher over. Then it's over for a few weeks. After one of my U.S title defences, Booker T comes out to congratulate me, and the next week we have a tag match against Chavo and Triple H. We win, then I have a U.S Title defence on PPV. After the match, Triple H attacks me with a baseball bat, and now i'm scheduled to face Chavo with Triple H in his corner. Not that i'm not enjoying this little angle on my road to the World Title, but can Triple H really not take it that i've made him tap out three times now?? Let it go dude and go back to your own show!
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Dec 30, 2011 20:23:06 GMT -5
I feel your pain bro. Triple H is a free agent in my game, yet he still attacks my CAW & no one else.
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Post by ace r0ckolla on Dec 30, 2011 21:16:10 GMT -5
So, I just had a match, Otunga vs Ryder (US champ), Swagger comes out and beats up Otunga, helping his enemy Ryder get the win. And then after the match, Ryder is celebrating with the World title (?!), only for Swagger to come back out and beat him down with it. Huh?
Edit: And then the same thing happened in Chavo vs Sin Cara, Eddie attacked Chavo, his partner, before the match and then came out and beat down both guys again. I swear the last two matches were booked by Vince Russo.
And another topic, I've had three injuries now, and they were all Raw wrestlers wrestling on Superstars. There's gotta be a Superstars curse! My midcarders are dropping like flies.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2011 21:38:48 GMT -5
I love it for the Wii (altho I hate Wii doesn't have DLC or a deep create a show mode). But I do have one issue.. Anyone but me miss a Diva story for Road to Wrestlemania? I was kinda hoping for one. Also, I think the 'E should have shelled out some money for Tori and Stacy for some WcW "Divas". I enjoy women's wrestling, so I was pretty disappointed with the lack of content in general for them. I think there's only 6 available out of the box to begin with, which is ridiculous.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Dec 30, 2011 21:53:42 GMT -5
Just had the best cutscene ever. Falls Count Anywhere for the WWE title, Me Vs CM Punk, back & forth match that goes for aged, when Punk countered a lionsault & hit the GTS. I was like "Ok, I'll let him have this one, it's been good" When it shows a scene of him getting a two count & going berserk, getting in the ref's face in the corner, then throwing him across the ring. It then give me a finisher as I arise, so Punk walks into a sitout spinebuster for the win!
Love this game!
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Bearer is God
Bubba Ho-Tep
I must've twisted my knee pretty bad
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Post by Bearer is God on Dec 30, 2011 21:58:06 GMT -5
Just started playing this today and frankly it's ridiculous. THQ seem to have put out the same game with an updated roster and just made it harder. The gameplay feels the same and barring the obvious limb attack moves and moves of doom aspect, it feels like 2011. Road to Wrestlemania is a joke too, it's even more scripted than before. The Bragging Rights "5 on 5" "match" is farcical. What on earth would've been wrong with bringing back the HCTP engine? Evidently you're playing a far different game than me. The gameplay seemed quite different and refreshing. Familiar, certainly, given that they're building on the progress they've already made (why throw the baby out with the bathwater?) but there's changes to the way the match plays out, both in the enemy AI and in that it's not as easy to get groggy grapples with the new targeting system, so my usual tactics have shifted somewhat. And what would've been wrong with bringing back the HCTP engine is that it's outdated and overrated (In my opinion anyway, I far preferred SYM, and the current games beat them hands down.). Frankly, I've got HCTP right there on my shelf, why should I buy it again rather than taking advantage of roughly half a decade of progress? The gameplay doesn't feel smooth to me at all. Half the time it feels like the game is in slow motion (Especially backstage where it feels like you're in mud STILL). It seems to me that the main change they've made here is the game is simply harder, which I could change myself with difficulty settings. My Xbox broke in January of this year and I went back to playing HCTP for a little bit and to be honest, for a game from 2003, it was a lot of fun. The gameplay felt a lot more smooth to me and despite the overpowered pair of Goldberg and Lesnar, I enjoyed it. I do not enjoy WWE 12 as of yet at all. I'd think maybe going online would make it better but half the time it doesn't even seem to work/lag. (Shocking for a game in 2011 I might add, games were meant to move past this about 5 years ago).
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Post by DJ Maniak on Dec 30, 2011 22:05:37 GMT -5
So i'm playing as Headcase in Universe mode...who should jump me after a U.S Title win but Triple H (who's not even on the same show as me). In a match a week later, I made him tap out, we go to a cut scene where he goes to attack me with a chair, but Chavo Guerrero takes the chair off Hunter and runs him off, then Chavo hits me with it. I have a match against Chavo with Triple H coming out as a guest on commentary, I beat Chavo, then Triple H and I have a pull apart brawl on the stage. The next week it's me vs Triple H again, this time he beats me, and I get stretchered out, then he beats up all the EMT's, tips the stretcher over. Then it's over for a few weeks. After one of my U.S title defences, Booker T comes out to congratulate me, and the next week we have a tag match against Chavo and Triple H. We win, then I have a U.S Title defence on PPV. After the match, Triple H attacks me with a baseball bat, and now i'm scheduled to face Chavo with Triple H in his corner. Not that i'm not enjoying this little angle on my road to the World Title, but can Triple H really not take it that i've made him tap out three times now?? Let it go dude and go back to your own show! I'm the other guy that downloaded your CAW. :-) Add me on XBL, DJManiak668
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Dec 30, 2011 22:14:14 GMT -5
Punk just went from being WWE champ to getting pinned by JR on RAW. ;_;
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J.O.B. Squad
Don Corleone
On Our Backs Since Birth!
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Post by J.O.B. Squad on Dec 30, 2011 22:18:02 GMT -5
Finally injured someone today,Managed to injure R Truth with Mason Ryan.... But here is the confusing part and I am sure most have already experienced this but even though I injured him he still was showing up in matches(Keep in mind this injury said he was out for life)
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