Post by suave on Aug 11, 2013 20:29:00 GMT -5
Before I say this, let me just say that this idea would be extremely ambitious, likely require a lot of licencing and voice work, and would probably take a year or more to finish. That being said, I feel like this could be an epic journey that would make the game memorable to all who played it.
First, you create a character. There's some restrictions (No tattoos, no dyed hair, only trunks, boots, kneepads, armbands, and vests allowed), but other than that it's just basic create a superstar. You then create an entrance, and a moveset with the same restrictions. (No pyro, no fancy lighting, no moves that weren't invented before 1975, etc.). Then, you enter "Legendary Mode", and the fun begins.
The opening could be something like the player walking through a 70s NYC to the Garden while sound clips of people saying generic legends fare ("He was the greatest". "He inspired me to become a wrestler".), and the opening credits rolling. You sneak backstage, and beg Vince Sr. for a job. He initially says no, but you keep pleading and he puts you in a match against some 70s wrestler. You get your ass kicked, but survive for long enough that they let you stay. From there, you wrestle guys from the 1970s up until 12/31/1979. You're pretty much a scrub, so you're in the lower midcard/jobber zone, but you have some okay results. You meet some guys backstage that will come to play a bigger role in the story later "Mr. Johnson, is this your son Dwayne?" "You're the new guy? Nice to meet you, Mr. Bollea.") to give it an epic, long term feel. You go through several feuds with guys of the time until you hit the 80s.
Once the 80s begin, a few things change. One, the presentation becomes more vibrant. Two, you're allowed some more freedom with the way your character dresses. More colorful, vibrant attire is allowed, and you can put logo designs on stuff. Your character begins to slowly progress up the card, and your storylines involve the tag and IC belts. You form a tag team or two (with a set of a couple people to choose from) and square off against talent of that era. You have a match at Mania, maybe even have unlockable cartoon with your guy playing a role, just to flesh out the time frame. You rise from an opener in 1980 to an upper midcarder in 1989. You might get a taste or two of the main event, but you usually stay in the midcard. The graphics and presentation gradually progress as time goes on, and your superstar's age increases slightly at the end of each calender year. After the 80s are over, the 90s begin.
As the 90s take place, your superstar slowly rises into the main event. The steroid trial leaves the WWE reeling, and they need you to be the man. You finally win the big one around 1993 or so, and you main event against guys like Hart and Michaels. There are also more options for tattoos and what not.
Now, here's where things get a bit interesting. Your contract expires around 1995, and you have a choice to make. Do you go to WCW, where Ted Turner is offering you some pretty sweet cash? Do you head to ECW, and decide to see what the buzz coming out of Philly is all about? Or do you stick with the WWE through the New Generation, and stay loyal to Vince? You make your choice, and the story goes into a few different arcs. You join the nWo (or fight it, your call) in WCW, you put on brutal slugfests with top rising stars in ECW, or you can be one of the top guys behind the Attitude Era in the WWE. All the while, you're getting older, and there's a bit of buzz around how long your guy is staying. You can go in between companies at the end of every year. Do you ditch WCW and help the WWE put the nail in their coffin? It's up to you.
Regardless of your choice, the Invasion Angle goes down in 2001. If you're a WWFer, you can defend the company or lead the charge against it. Or, if you're in WCW, you can choose to get paid for doing nothing and fast forward to 2002, or you could be an invader. If you're in ECW, you invade regardless.
Come 2002, and it's brand extention time! You choose where to go, and there are a few storylines that accompany the era. You could create a new stable and bury the shit out of the RAW roster for 3 years. You could try to end The Streak (and maybe succeed), you could watch the rises of John Cena, Batista, and CM Punk, and you could watch the current roster take shape. It's random on whether you get drafted or not, but there are stories written regardless for both scenarios.
And now, the end is here, and so you face, the final curtain. It's 2013 (or whenever the game comes out) and you're an old mofo. You've been wrestling for 40 years, and it shows. Your hair is grey, the body types you can choose from are befitting of someone who's wrestled for juuuust a bit too long, and your speed and strength decrease. But what hasn't decreased is your competitive fire. You fight back the young guns, maybe have one last run with the title, and then, at Mania, you have one final match. (I'm unsure as to where this could go. Maybe if you have a title, it's against a young gun of your choice, who then beats you and is anointed the new best in the world. If you don't have a title, it's a duel against Vinnie Mac, whose dad let a kid off the street wrestle 40 years ago. Now, his son wants to kick the kids ass. Or maybe just the first one.)One last stand. After the match ends, you receive a standing ovation for the ages. You walk out on your own two feet, everyone in the arena is crying manly tears (even the girls!) and clapping, and we fade to black.
Then, text appears saying *One year later*. You're in your wrestling school that recently opened, teaching the kids a thing or two about the business, when your phone rings. It's the WWE. They want you in the Hall. But you're not just an ordinary inductee. You are to be inducted on a special episode of RAW, the *Your Name Here* tribute show! Here, there are induction speeches from tons of people that played a role in your career. Your tag partner, the kid you trained who just got signed, the promoter you chose to go with in the 90s, the guys you've feuded with, the taxi driver who you told to step on it on that fateful night in 1975, and more. They all give emotional speeches, and you are recognized as the greatest of all time.
At the end, your guy has a speech where you get to pick the talking points. Wanna talk trash about Vince? Wanna give thanks to everyone who's helped you? Wanna tell a road story about Ric Flair? You've got the stage, brother. In the end, your guy smiles, thanks the crowd, and walks out as fireworks celebrate the end of a marvelous career. Then, a beautiful piano tune plays over clips of your legendary career, as you get the whole "congratulations! You are the greatest!" end game scene, and you head back to the main menu, likely in shock from all that just happened.
So, with all that being said, what do you think about this? It would be ambitious, elaborate, and potentially expensive, but, if done well, it would be the greatest story mode in WWE games history IMO. What do you guys think about it?
First, you create a character. There's some restrictions (No tattoos, no dyed hair, only trunks, boots, kneepads, armbands, and vests allowed), but other than that it's just basic create a superstar. You then create an entrance, and a moveset with the same restrictions. (No pyro, no fancy lighting, no moves that weren't invented before 1975, etc.). Then, you enter "Legendary Mode", and the fun begins.
The opening could be something like the player walking through a 70s NYC to the Garden while sound clips of people saying generic legends fare ("He was the greatest". "He inspired me to become a wrestler".), and the opening credits rolling. You sneak backstage, and beg Vince Sr. for a job. He initially says no, but you keep pleading and he puts you in a match against some 70s wrestler. You get your ass kicked, but survive for long enough that they let you stay. From there, you wrestle guys from the 1970s up until 12/31/1979. You're pretty much a scrub, so you're in the lower midcard/jobber zone, but you have some okay results. You meet some guys backstage that will come to play a bigger role in the story later "Mr. Johnson, is this your son Dwayne?" "You're the new guy? Nice to meet you, Mr. Bollea.") to give it an epic, long term feel. You go through several feuds with guys of the time until you hit the 80s.
Once the 80s begin, a few things change. One, the presentation becomes more vibrant. Two, you're allowed some more freedom with the way your character dresses. More colorful, vibrant attire is allowed, and you can put logo designs on stuff. Your character begins to slowly progress up the card, and your storylines involve the tag and IC belts. You form a tag team or two (with a set of a couple people to choose from) and square off against talent of that era. You have a match at Mania, maybe even have unlockable cartoon with your guy playing a role, just to flesh out the time frame. You rise from an opener in 1980 to an upper midcarder in 1989. You might get a taste or two of the main event, but you usually stay in the midcard. The graphics and presentation gradually progress as time goes on, and your superstar's age increases slightly at the end of each calender year. After the 80s are over, the 90s begin.
As the 90s take place, your superstar slowly rises into the main event. The steroid trial leaves the WWE reeling, and they need you to be the man. You finally win the big one around 1993 or so, and you main event against guys like Hart and Michaels. There are also more options for tattoos and what not.
Now, here's where things get a bit interesting. Your contract expires around 1995, and you have a choice to make. Do you go to WCW, where Ted Turner is offering you some pretty sweet cash? Do you head to ECW, and decide to see what the buzz coming out of Philly is all about? Or do you stick with the WWE through the New Generation, and stay loyal to Vince? You make your choice, and the story goes into a few different arcs. You join the nWo (or fight it, your call) in WCW, you put on brutal slugfests with top rising stars in ECW, or you can be one of the top guys behind the Attitude Era in the WWE. All the while, you're getting older, and there's a bit of buzz around how long your guy is staying. You can go in between companies at the end of every year. Do you ditch WCW and help the WWE put the nail in their coffin? It's up to you.
Regardless of your choice, the Invasion Angle goes down in 2001. If you're a WWFer, you can defend the company or lead the charge against it. Or, if you're in WCW, you can choose to get paid for doing nothing and fast forward to 2002, or you could be an invader. If you're in ECW, you invade regardless.
Come 2002, and it's brand extention time! You choose where to go, and there are a few storylines that accompany the era. You could create a new stable and bury the shit out of the RAW roster for 3 years. You could try to end The Streak (and maybe succeed), you could watch the rises of John Cena, Batista, and CM Punk, and you could watch the current roster take shape. It's random on whether you get drafted or not, but there are stories written regardless for both scenarios.
And now, the end is here, and so you face, the final curtain. It's 2013 (or whenever the game comes out) and you're an old mofo. You've been wrestling for 40 years, and it shows. Your hair is grey, the body types you can choose from are befitting of someone who's wrestled for juuuust a bit too long, and your speed and strength decrease. But what hasn't decreased is your competitive fire. You fight back the young guns, maybe have one last run with the title, and then, at Mania, you have one final match. (I'm unsure as to where this could go. Maybe if you have a title, it's against a young gun of your choice, who then beats you and is anointed the new best in the world. If you don't have a title, it's a duel against Vinnie Mac, whose dad let a kid off the street wrestle 40 years ago. Now, his son wants to kick the kids ass. Or maybe just the first one.)One last stand. After the match ends, you receive a standing ovation for the ages. You walk out on your own two feet, everyone in the arena is crying manly tears (even the girls!) and clapping, and we fade to black.
Then, text appears saying *One year later*. You're in your wrestling school that recently opened, teaching the kids a thing or two about the business, when your phone rings. It's the WWE. They want you in the Hall. But you're not just an ordinary inductee. You are to be inducted on a special episode of RAW, the *Your Name Here* tribute show! Here, there are induction speeches from tons of people that played a role in your career. Your tag partner, the kid you trained who just got signed, the promoter you chose to go with in the 90s, the guys you've feuded with, the taxi driver who you told to step on it on that fateful night in 1975, and more. They all give emotional speeches, and you are recognized as the greatest of all time.
At the end, your guy has a speech where you get to pick the talking points. Wanna talk trash about Vince? Wanna give thanks to everyone who's helped you? Wanna tell a road story about Ric Flair? You've got the stage, brother. In the end, your guy smiles, thanks the crowd, and walks out as fireworks celebrate the end of a marvelous career. Then, a beautiful piano tune plays over clips of your legendary career, as you get the whole "congratulations! You are the greatest!" end game scene, and you head back to the main menu, likely in shock from all that just happened.
So, with all that being said, what do you think about this? It would be ambitious, elaborate, and potentially expensive, but, if done well, it would be the greatest story mode in WWE games history IMO. What do you guys think about it?
