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Psycho666Soldier
April 3rd, 2013, 9:06 PM
Just saw this on the first page:


“5 Star Wrestling” Announced Exclusively For PlayStation 3 (For Immediate Release)Dundee, Scotland – April 2013
The wrestling game world is long over due a shake up. The same development studio has dominated the genre for well over a decade with little to no competition. Well as the saying goes, ‘Enough is enough and it’s time for a change!’
Introducing ‘5 Star Wrestling’ the first PlayStation 3 wrestling game made out of pure passion for the art form of professional wrestling (http://rajah.com/node/33000#). This is not a Sports Entertainment game, it’s a Professional Wrestling game! The stories aren’t told through badly dubbed cut scenes, they’re told in the ring (http://rajah.com/node/33000#) with truly genre enhancing gameplay!
Wrestling Psychology
Everything in wrestling is done for a reason. Have you ever noticed that technically gifted wrestlers will focus their attacks on an opponent’s legs if they are outmatched in size and strength? The reason that’s a popular strategy is because if a man can barely support his own body weight, he’s going to struggle to lift you above his head and send you crashing down to the mat.
In 5 Star Wrestling, the way you attack an opponent can significantly limit their offensive arsenal. If your opponent is faster than you and is constantly running around, attack their body to drain their stamina and slow them down. If your opponent is stronger than you, injure their legs and next time they try a lift up move like a Powerbomb, their knee will buckle and you’ll be left on your feet while they roll around crying like a baby.
Putting The Rules Back Into Wrestling
Wrestling has referee’s for a reason. Groin shots and eye pokes are dangerous weapons that have ended many matches and they will not be tolerated in a 5 Star Wrestling ring (http://rajah.com/node/33000#). If you want to kick a man in the crotch, by all means go for it but IF THE REF CATCHES YOU, it could be game over. Of course if he doesn’t catch you, you might just be on a winner!
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Finishing Moves Galore
Finishing Moves are a huge part of a professional wrestling and 5 Star Wrestling revolutionizes finishingmoves (http://rajah.com/node/33000#) in wrestling games. Tired Finishers, Power Finishers, High Risk Finishers, Quick Finishers, Finishers that come from nowhere, 5 Star Wrestling has it all. There’s no robotic formula of 2 finishers per wrestler because 5 Star Wrestling is aiming to be as close to the sport of wrestling as possible. Some wrestlers utilize devastatingly powerful finishers, while others stringing multiple finishers together to end a match and some of the best wrestlers can perform their finishing moves from virtually any position making them incredibly dangerous. That’s the same approach 5 Star Wrestling takes and the end result is characters that are fun master. It’s The Moves That Make The Man It won’t surprise you to learn that the most highly praised wrestling games of all time were the ones where wrestlers could utilize the most amounts of moves and the most heavily criticized wrestling games were the ones where wrestlers didn’t have many moves at all. Not only does 5 Star Wrestling feature more Moves Per Wrestler than any other wrestling game in history (nearly 200 per wrestler) it also has the most character specific move sets of any wrestling game, making each character feel incredibly unique.
Styles Make Fights
In 5 Star Wrestling, each character has strengths and weaknesses but they also fit into certain archetypes. Brutes are powerful but slow and stupid. Ring Technicians are cunning with tactical move sets but are weaker than your average wrestler. Risk Takers are fast and can perform dare devil type moves but they hurt themselves in the process and Showman are highly resilient wrestlers with lots of finishing moves but they aren’t the strongest, fastest or smartest wrestlers in the mix. Heels (bad guys) have access to devastating (but risky) cheat moves, Faces (good guys (http://rajah.com/node/33000#)) don’t cheat but they can receive huge momentum swings that allow them to perform amazing comebacks. The bottom line is, each character in 5 Star Wrestling feels unique and that means players will need to come up with different strategies if they want to be successful.
Follow 5 Star Wrestling on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/5-Star-Wrestling/514166671980792) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/5StarWrestlin) for all the latest developments.

This sounds incredibly intriguing. Of course, it's a lot of talk, and has the potential to flop, but I'm excited for any fresh attempt at making a wrestling video game. Not having to coincide with an existing roster or product also leaves plenty of room for the game to just be a GOOD GAME, not a yearly chore that's polished to the maximum allowed for such a short development time. Looking forward to more info, especially screens and videos.

Mark Hammer
April 3rd, 2013, 9:18 PM
Is Jeff Hardy in it?

Psycho666Soldier
April 3rd, 2013, 10:52 PM
I thought the same thing. I'm still not sure if it's a real-wrestler roster or made-up/parody characters. I'm still wondering if it's even real, heh.

mth
April 3rd, 2013, 11:24 PM
Looks more like a Jeff Hardy-look-a-like to me. Wonder if it'll be like Fire Pro and have all the familiar faces with just enough tweaked to not get sued. "Ice Cold" Sam Houston and the like.

The Doc
April 4th, 2013, 1:27 PM
Interesting. Though I hate the idea of face/heel being something that is worked into a game's mechanics.

The Law
April 5th, 2013, 12:28 AM
I'd be surprised if they used knock-off characters. That seems too risky for a game being produced and released in America. They also can't make a game with wrestling legends because WWE has basically all of them under contract. So that leaves fake guys, which is actually kind of intriguing. I'm sure they will follow familiar archetypes: the American hero, the dark loner, the arrogant technical wrestling heel, the evil Middle Easterner/Russian/Japanese person. The masked monster, the evil rich heel, the masked luchador, the daredevil. Not really any shortage of wrestling cliche characters.

Kimura Kid
April 5th, 2013, 4:53 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dad-RlTYcMA

Psycho666Soldier
April 5th, 2013, 5:55 PM
I didn't realize it was a PSN game. Makes me wonder how big of a game it will actually be if it's just a downloadable title. I hope it doesn't reduce the games capabilities, because it could be great otherwise.