Wrestling Games 2013

[Angle-plex]

no, it's horrible. it could be wayyyyy better, but it isn't. lets be honest. they should fix this shit, at least for new consoles.

 

[vivisectvi]

I half agree. It's a horrible experience if you try to book your own matches in the game - nothing happens. None of the "dynamic" stories supposedly scripted by Paul Heyman. But that stuff does happen if you just let Universe mode make the matches it wants (you can always play the matches to make sure whoever you want to win, does). So it's at least partially enjoyable.. I had a good time with it at least. Definitely needs some changes/fixing, though.

 

[vivisectvi]

Oh and tag teams are fucked beyond belief, that's for sure. That definitely needs to be addressed.

 

[MillenniumMan831]

I wish they could somehow limit it to two saves per team or allow you to set it.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

I was just going to say that, since it's apparently a real rule in WWE that is never mentioned on TV[1].

Sources:
[1]DH Smith - Wrestling Observer Radio interview.

 

[Danville_Wrestling]

I was just going to say that, since it's apparently a real rule in WWE that is never mentioned on TV[1].

Sources:
[1]DH Smith - Wrestling Observer Radio interview.

This makes zero sense. Why would you make this rule in booking matches and NEVER tell the TV audience?

 

[Exslade ZX]

I was just going to say that, since it's apparently a real rule in WWE that is never mentioned on TV[1].

Sources:
[1]DH Smith - Wrestling Observer Radio interview.

This makes zero sense. Why would you make this rule in booking matches and NEVER tell the TV audience?

Because it's not an official 'rule' that has anything to do with the fans. It's basic wrestling psychology you learn your first month of training.

Constant interference distracts the fans, and takes away from the match. And at a point just downright makes the receiving side look dumb. Wrestling psychology isn't really something you explain to the fans though...

 

[Dobbs3K]

A simple way to handle interference would be to have the interfering wrestler slow down as the match progresses with each interference attempt. This would make it more like a real match, where wrestlers get fatigued the longer a match goes.

 

[vivisectvi]

JBL is in:

The character model looks like him, but the photo/rendering looks like it's got some serious frying pan to the face action going on:

It's like one of those things where they morph peoples faces together and you have to guess who the people are.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

I don't care who else they add to the game, or what features they "improve". I'm tired of Championship belts looking like magical floating hula hoops! The N64 for this right back in the 90's but an infinitely more powerful console still fucks it up.

 

[vivisectvi]

It's true. How can they do layers of polygon clothing and have that not clip and look properly, but they can't do something as simple as a title belt properly.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

http://wwe.2k.com/news/us-30-years-of-wrestlemania.php

For almost three full decades, WWE has been host to the Grandest Spectacle in all of Entertainment, WrestleMania. Now, 2K and WWE are honoring the Show of Shows with WWE 2K14’s all-new single player campaign, the 30 Years of WrestleMania Mode.

Last year, WWE ’13 gave you an in-depth look at one of WWE’s most beloved time periods, the Attitude Era. This year, we’re broadening our focus, with a nostalgic gameplay mode that covers nearly three decades of WWE history with more than 45 historic, groundbreaking and legendary matches, including Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant at WrestleMania III, The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania X8 and The Rock vs. John Cena at WrestleMania XXVIII. The 30 Years of WrestleMania Mode

In addition to all of the detailed in-game historic cut-scenes and archival WWE footage, the 30 Years of WrestleMania Mode also includes the greatest roster in franchise history, featuring legendary names like Hulk Hogan, The Rock, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Ultimate Warrior, Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, Stone Cold Steve Austin and many more.

Want to know who else made the roster? Then make sure to check out our upcoming 30 Years of WrestleMania Mode Roster Reveal, live on Twitch.TV/2K on August 17, 2013 at 12:30 p.m. PDT.

 

[KingPK]

Goddamnit I had no interest in buying this game!

 

[vivisectvi]

I'm really hoping that 2K has taken notice of how much success Netherrealm has gotten with their alternate skin DLCs.. I'd love to see skins/alternate attires become a "thing" in wrestling games again (and not just for one or two wrestlers).

 

[Angle-plex]

I think that awesome actually.

 

[Dobbs3K]

How'd they get to use Hogan? Isn't he still with TNA?

 

[vivisectvi]

I think Hogan still has a Legends deal regardless. So they can use his likeness, etc, and he gets a royalty cheque?

 

[Exslade ZX]

Ugh, I'm tired of the retreads. Just make more Legends games if you want a roster full of legends! I have a whole half of roster on 2k13 that I don't use.

Really wish with the current games they'd stick with the current roster, and include more lower card guys instead of the same ol' same ol'. I mean I'm not going to build my current era story around Hulk Hogan. I'm sad I never got to do my Trent Barretta rise to Wrestlemania story lol.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

I like the idea that both Razor Ramon (how do you ignore WrestleMania X?) and Scott Hall (Rock vs. Hogan) might be in the game.

The novelty does wear off after a few plays but I do like that the different era guys - at least in '13, so I assume 14 too - were different characters resulting in wacky things like a stable of 3 Triple H's. I think a Megapowers vs. nWo match would be fun for a play.

http://kotaku.com/a-huge-roster-delivers-30-years-of-wrestlemania-to-ww-1108261943

"I'll go out on a limb and say my Wrestlemania match with the Ultimate Warrior might not make it into the greatest moments aspect of the '30 Years of Wrestlemania' history—although it was a phenomenal moment for me." Triple H said.

 

[Baby Shoes]

It'll be interesting to figure out the 45 Mania matches. Given the roster, it will probably include some stuff like JBL-Cena and we will have to get Razor for X, seeing there's no chance of Bret/Owen.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Why is that? I figure there's more chance than ever for Owen.

 

[vivisectvi]

Yeah, Owen's widow settled, no? So that opens his likeness up for video games, DVDs, etc.

 

[Vigo]

Ugh, I'm tired of the retreads. Just make more Legends games if you want a roster full of legends! I have a whole half of roster on 2k13 that I don't use.

Really wish with the current games they'd stick with the current roster, and include more lower card guys instead of the same ol' same ol'. I mean I'm not going to build my current era story around Hulk Hogan. I'm sad I never got to do my Trent Barretta rise to Wrestlemania story lol.

See I'm the opposite. I don't watch the WWE right now so most of the new guys I don't know so when I play I prefer as much legends as possible. I'm with you though, I wish they'd just make the same game but have two different rosters.

 

[FLAM]

I'm with Exslade. The Legends characters do not appeal to me, and I usually like to take a lower card guy and build him up, but 13's selection was pretty limited. I get why they include the old characters though. There's been a lot of excitement about this when the news broke out.

 

[vivisectvi]

I can appreciate both styles of rosters.. BUT it does get kind of bizarre/lame when you're trying to book a current Universe and half of the roster are guys who are either retired or dead. They should definitely do either two separate games, or preferably, a large expansion pack that features an entire roster on it's own. I'd pay another $20 for that, easily (pending the game not sucking of course).

 

[2GOLD]

I kind of like the old school wrestlers when they are from the same era, when they are spread out over two or 3 different eras, it makes no sense. The last WWE game is the WWF for me, mainly because there was not much of the current WWE roster in that game I cared about.

This game is still a hold off for me. No matter what the company, those pricks from the last few games are still there. They know how to get you hyped but when it comes time to deliver on a lot of stuff, it doesn't happen. Then they don't seem capable of patching ANYTHING they screwed up without breaking three other things.

 

[vivisectvi]

No matter what the company, those pricks from the last few games are still there.

This. 100% this. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Really wish 2K had just canned Ledesma, Williams and Stitterson and started fresh when they bought the WWE rights.


Maybe that will be the case for WWE 2K15 since 14 was already well into development when THQ went under.

 

[fazzle]

That's my hope as well. I'm hoping they're using all the Yukes assholes as a stopgap to get a product out this year while they've got their own team working on a whole new engine for next gens to come out in 2014

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

...and that new team is the old AKI crew (fingers crossed)...

 

[Sabre]

Isn't this basically legends of wrestlemania built into wwe 14?