Wrestling Games

[Baby Shoes]

I know Guerrero was left out of Legends of Wrestlemania because that roster wasn't including anyone past Wrestlemania XV and guys who really had their bigger Wrestlemania moments after still kept that model with HHH being the Blueblood who in no way was a Legend of Wrestlemania at that point.

I have no idea why he wasn't in the past few SvR in the legends or this current game.

 

[Baby Shoes]

I bought TNA: Impact and is it common for the computer to kick out of your first finisher attempt? Is there an easy way to kick out of pin attempts?

Easy way is destroy your analogue stick.

It takes maybe 2-3 finishers. If in career mode, good luck when you start facing the mainevent type guys.

Few pages back but this is spot on. Jeff Jarrett in Career Mode is impossible. I think I had to beat him with every chair and at least a half dozen finishers. I enjoyed the game more than most, but it is definitely frustrating. I usually like to try to get 1000/1000 but I know I probably won't on that one with some of the online achievements seeing even when the game was new, the online community was dead, along with the viral achievement for playing against someone in TNA or who played them.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

I thought they might be trying to limit their Dead Person Roster as much as they can to avoid drawing unwanted attention, but then you always get guys like Rick Rude or Bulldog as Legends (and hell, Earthquake was DLC for SVR 09).

My second theory is they're concerned about Eddie Exploitation and the backlash that cropped up when people started getting sick of WWE doing it. I also have a theory it has something to with Benoit (since if memory serves me right, 2007 is about when he stopped appearing in games). Neither of those make much sense, but I'm sure they have a reason.

Back to SVR 2011, I just finished Cena's RtWM and am trying to finish the Vs. Undertaker one (as Ziggler), but I can't seem to knock out

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Paul Bearer

within 90 seconds. In all my other brawls, just doing a knee drop as the signature would knock people out - in this, I do that, the Zig Zag, and two powerbombs in a row into the lockers and nothing. Time just runs out. I saw someone call Cena's boring but I actually really liked it. The story made sense and would actually be interesting in the real WWE and I enjoyed the fact that, apparently, SVR story modes have continuity year to year since the Better Than U-Topia storyline got mentioned. It was weird hearing Cena refer to that as the incident "in SmackDown vs. Raw 2009" instead of just saying "two years ago", but whatever. The sub-plot with Santino was pretty amusing too. The Undertaker storyline is obviously silly (as they have been yearly) but from a presentation standpoint, it's really cool. I thought maybe they were banned from saying "Ric Flair" since Stephanie states that Undertaker took on "a crafty veteran" at Mania XVIII, but then Lawler and Cole repeatedly mention Flair during the match that sets up.

 

[Baby Shoes]

I thought of the same things for Eddie as you did, so that's why I couldn't make sense of it.

I haven't tried the Cena or Undertaker stories yet. I rushed to do the Christian one and then did the Rey for the promise of

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Heel Mysterio

. I've been meanign to hop on and do the Undertaker story, I just can't decide if I want to do it as Kofi or Ziggler.

In other news, I don't know what the source is, but something on Rajah is talking about speculation that Hulk isn't really in the WWE All-Stars game because that was a preliminary cover, he has not appeared in any other footage or promotions and WWE may have nixed including Hogan in the game. I don't know how accurate this is, but I hope it isn't true.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Part of me kind of thought that cover might be a mock-up. I just hoped it wasn't true.

 

[ChrisMWaters]

http://pwinsider.com/article/54565/wwe-all-stars-game-website-launches-news-on-three-more-legends-featured-in-new-game.html?p=1

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VIVA LA RAZA!

 

[bps21]

I bought TNA: Impact and is it common for the computer to kick out of your first finisher attempt? Is there an easy way to kick out of pin attempts?

Easy way is destroy your analogue stick.

It takes maybe 2-3 finishers. If in career mode, good luck when you start facing the mainevent type guys.

Few pages back but this is spot on. Jeff Jarrett in Career Mode is impossible. I think I had to beat him with every chair and at least a half dozen finishers. I enjoyed the game more than most, but it is definitely frustrating. I usually like to try to get 1000/1000 but I know I probably won't on that one with some of the online achievements seeing even when the game was new, the online community was dead, along with the viral achievement for playing against someone in TNA or who played them.

I have the viral one and can get it to you if you want to

 

[bps21]

PWInsider says that Hogan is going to be in the game and also mentions that Flair is not. I don't know where they got their info from exactly since they just reference Hogan's being allowed to take outside deals but it's still a more positive shot at it being true than not.

 

[Baby Shoes]

I have the viral one and can get it to you if you want to

I may have to take you up on that sometime. I think I have like 830/1000 on that, which is like everything but the viral and online.

Good to hear on Hogan. While I'm not surprised on Flair, I can only dream at how amazing a "cartoony" Flair Flop would've been.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

PWInsider says that Hogan is going to be in the game and also mentions that Flair is not. I don't know where they got their info from exactly since they just reference Hogan's being allowed to take outside deals but it's still a more positive shot at it being true than not.

This makes sense now. I thought WWE and Savage/Warrior mended things when Mattel announced figures of them (even if it was, "Hey guys we invested a lot of money in, pretend to get along with Randy Savage so we can make a toy okay?" - not saying it is, but you never know) but Meltzer noted that Savage being in this game was basically THQ doing their own roster decisions. Hogan would be a similar deal I guess - if he's open to take money from them, he would, and his likeness could be in the game.

 

[Baby Shoes]

That's probably true, and I hope so for our sake. I forget where I read it, but I saw somewhere recently that both THQ and Mattel have worked with Savage, with Savage still having no direct contact with WWE.

 

[The Buzz]

WWE's figure line has been making warrior figures for years(JAKKS), so him working with the video games and toy lines still doesn't surprise me. Part of his deal with the toy companies is they make him customer limited run figures of himself that he turns around and sells on ebay for like a grand a piece. Between the DVD, Video Game, and toys now...WWE must realize that Randy Savage is too big of a part of history to continue to leave out.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Larger version of the game cover:

 

[ChrisMWaters]

Venkman: Your signature is a perfect reaction to the cover.

 

[KOAB]

I don't get how Kofi made the cover. Was there no other black guy to mirror The Rock in this game?

 

[Sabre]

Off the top of my head... Besides the black Cena, isnt Kofi the only black guy on the roster now with any upper card ability?

 

[Baby Shoes]

Kofi is probably the biggest star. There's Kofi, Young, Otunga, Henry, JTG, Zeke Jackson.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Kofi is probably the biggest star. There's Kofi, Young, Otunga, Henry, JTG, Zeke Jackson.

And R-Truth.

 

[fazzle]

R-Truth isn't in the game. They want to be able to sell it internationally.

 

[bps21]

Michael Hayes is a better option than any of those people.

...

Also HHH should have been grappling with Warrior.

 

[Baby Shoes]

 

[daileyxplanet]

Wow, they truly are trying to be Street Fighter IV.

 

[ChrisMWaters]

Wow, they truly are trying to be Street Fighter IV.

Maybe Zangief will be an unlockable!

 

[Broward83]

I'd be tempted to pick one of those up and use it at EVO just to fuckin troll people..

 

[Master Thrasher]

I'm stuck on Rhino on TNA: Impact Story Mode. I really hate Rhino now. I know why they made the wrestlers so hard to beat. This game has no depth to it. If this game wasn't hard, it could beaten in a day.

 

[MillenniumMan831]

So I did a system update for the PS3, purchased Bret Hart, downloaded alt Taker attire . . . and for the second fucking time, everything got reset . . . Universe mode, theme adjustments, guys' brands . . . soon as the WCW arena comes out, I'm playing a few matches on that and trading this piece of shit in.

 

[fazzle]

You're SO ANGRY at this game that you're waiting until you can spend more money on it before you get rid of it?

Makes perfect sense to me.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Doesn't happen on Xbox.

 

[MillenniumMan831]

You're SO ANGRY at this game that you're waiting until you can spend more money on it before you get rid of it?

Makes perfect sense to me.

I bought that Fan Axxess thing, it's already paid for.

 

[vivisectvi]

So I did a system update for the PS3, purchased Bret Hart, downloaded alt Taker attire . . . and for the second fucking time, everything got reset . . . Universe mode, theme adjustments, guys' brands . . . soon as the WCW arena comes out, I'm playing a few matches on that and trading this piece of shit in.

They were supposed to fix this, but I guess they didn't. The workaround is to download your DLC. Then immediately quit the game and restart your system. Don't go back to the main menu or it will autosave over your files. Once you reboot, the DLC is already there, and your old saves should be fine.