I hope PETE DUNN makes it in
I hope PETE DUNN makes it in
Dunn would be awesome..
They did the same thing last year with Taker. Present Taker had the same face as ABA Taker and Ministry Taker just with longer hair.Originally Posted by RuneEdge
This version of Kurt Angle looks good. But the classic one, literally looks like the older one in a bad wig.
EDIT
Looks like they reused the exact same head model and added in the hair. Instead of creating a younger looking face.
Having another look at it, it seems like the whole body has been reused judging by the veins on his arms. I don't mind taking shortcuts if it still gets the job done, but that old school Kurt Angle doesn't look right.
Glad we're getting both versions of Angle but the one with hair looks like shit. Looks like the exact same body and face just with hair.
No real surprises from the roster so far. Wondering what new legends we'll get other than Rock N Roll Express and Beth Phoenix in the Hall of Fame DLC. RVD and Batista are returning, so that's kind of cool.
More names:
Kevin Owens
Samoa Joe
Big Cass
Rusev
Finn Bálor
Chris Jericho
Rick Martel (NEW)
Mick Foley
Ricky The Dragon Steamboat
Miss Jacqueline
Rikishi
Macho Man Randy Savage
Mr. Perfect
Lex Luger
Razor Ramon
Rick Rude
Vader
Ric Flair
Chad Gable
Alexa Bliss
Nia Jax
Tye Dillinger
Apollo Crews
Carmella
Dana Brooke
Neville
Shane Thorne (NEW)
Akam (NEW)
Rezar (NEW)
Michael P.S. Hayes
Jimmy Garvin
Tommaso Ciampa (NEW)
Cedric Alexander (NEW)
Asuka
TJP (NEW)
Roderick Strong (NEW)
Johnny Gargano (NEW)
Jason Jordan
Nick Miller (NEW)
Dash Wilder
Scott Dawson
Surprised that Shane Thorne and Nick Miller made it. Decent selection of legends too.
Really liking this roster so far.
I wonder if Paul ellering will be in
His model is used for the AOP entrances (video's on IGN).
Can't wait to put the World Title on Johnny Wrestling as soon as I buy this.
Nice to see The Model, probably his first appearance since one of those old Mega Drive/SNES WWF games.
/AoP, TM61, DIY and Roddy Strong are cool additions as well.
Has there been any option to turn off the camera vibrations in these games? Just curious. Kind of struggling with a camera at the top and back of the arena shaking on impact of every move. Everything else looks so beauteous.
One hell of a roster, gosh. Gran Metalik is in!
Aiden English
Alicia Fox
Big E
Billie Kay
Bo Dallas
Booker T
The Brian Kendrick
Charlotte
Christian
Curt Hawkins
Curtis Axel
Darren Young
Enzo Amore
Epico
Fandango
Goldust
Gran Metalik
Heath Slater
Kassius Ohno
Jack Gallagher
Jake “The Snake” Roberts
JBL
Kofi Kingston
Noam Dar
No Way Jose
Peyton Royce
Primo
R-Truth
Rich Swann
Rhyno
Shane McMahon
Shawn Michaels
Sting
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Stephanie McMahon
Sycho Sid
Tatanka
Tatsumi Fujinami
Titus O’Neil
Trish Stratus
Tyler Breeze
Typhoon
Tyson Kidd
Ultimate Warrior
Xavier Woods
Bummed that they removed Arn Anderson and Brian Pillman and was hoping they would put some guys like Sgt Slaughter, Honky Tonk Man, Roddy Piper and Ted DiBiase back in. There will probably be a legends DLC pack but I doubt that they will put guys that has already been in the game just 1-2 years ago behind a paywall.
For whatever reasons there are some wrestlers the CAW makers never manage to get right, Honky and Arn are two of them. On the other hand there are always one or two amazing Iron Sheik CAW's.
/Then again, they did have Eddie Guerrero as DLC last year despite him having been in the series on disc many, many times previous.
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Vince McMahon, Papa Shango and Albert has been revealed by 2K to still be in the game. Hoping for AA and Pillman to still be in as well.
And the first pic of Gran Metalik:
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I miss the Road to Wrestlemania storylines. Is there anything similar or is just Universe mode still?
Universe and My Career, they took out showcase mode last year and there won't be one this year.
Full (non DLC) roster all in one place for convenience:
Manager only Ted DiBiase makes me kind of..
Is mycareer storyline based? Or random exhibition matches with a CAW?
Never played it. I think there's some sort of story though.
First "gameplay" trailer:
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Most interesting parts for me were the new Andre The Giant model (really surprised by that, but it was needed..), Royal Rumble '91 USA attire for the Warrior, 8-man matches, can't tell what attire Macho Man is wearing. My guess would be the green one from his 1988 SNME match against Andre.
Some of the models look pretty amazing honestly, ECW Kurt Angle and Asuka for example.
Has DLC been announced yet?
Nah. Last year it was announced on September 22, so probably any day now.
Will they try and replicate the WM33 entrance ramp? Or just do a normal sized one?
It looked normal size from what I could tell
Definitely looked generic sized to me as well. I think one problem is that all arenas, from NXT to WrestleMania must have the same sized ramp because of the canned entrance animations. They would probably have to mo-cap three different entrances (one for Full-Sail/NXT style venues, a second for the average sized venues and a third for stadium/dome sized WM venues) for each wrestler to make it work. There's probably other ways around it, like adding in some generic walking animation for the WM sized entrance ramp, but they might not have that high on the priority list, which is kind of understandable.
I've always wanted a properly scaled WrestleMania III/Silverdome arena with the entrance way being half a football field or so though.
Taker better be fat in this years game, it urks me that everyone looks like a body builder.
No Mercy preview, Strowman vs. Lesnar:
/Wow, that was a straight squash wasn't it..
brocks face is rubbing me the wrong way
New video of the create modes. Really like the high school gym and Hammerstein Ballroom venues. Really happy to see old blue bars returning.
All new moves are shown as well. There's a new Banzai Drop in there I see..
Hardy Boyz announced as DLC.
Elias Samson is DLC.
YUSSSSS
Ruby Riot is next.
Drew McIntyre.
Will they allow men vs. women in this game? I had great fun trying to beat Andre the Giant with Stacy Keibler a few years ago.
Nah.
Lars Sullivan.
Slight shocker.
If Lars Sullivan's in the game, Aleister Black had better be as well.
If there are no contractual chicanery both Almas and Black should be in.
I'm a fan of Sullivan, it's cool that he somehow made it in.
What's the deal with Almas not being in?
There was some rumors that someone on the roster refused to be put in the game, many believed for some reason that it was Almas. We'll know pretty soon though.
Wonder why that would be. Not wanting to do the scanning and motion capture? Otherwise it's just a little extra money in your paycheck.
Rock n' Roll Express.
The wrestler who was refused to be put in the game HAS TO BE Ellsworth... he and a playable Lana are the only big omissions I see this year. Well, actually, Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate not being in is a goddamn crime. I'm so mad about that.
Man, being a legends fan this DLC was absolute horse shit. Didn't expect anything amazing but at least something similar to the last couple of years 5-6 Legends DLC Pack. Rock n' Roll Express and Beth Phoenix.. Yay?
I'd just want the Hardys.
Yeah, as someone who plays these games exclusively for nostalgia this year was a bit of a letdown. No Showcase mode, not many new legends. I'll get the game because it will be my first one on XBox One and I'm looking forward to seeing what people do in Community Creations.
up up down down has an exclusive gameplay video. a match between aj and hbk 98.
gameplay looks solid. the commentary is absolutely fucking horrendous.
I read that Cole, Saxton and Graves will record new commentary every month down at the WWE PC, so it might at least improve slightly with each update.
Right now it isn't too far off the Tazz/Cole commentary in JBI though..
I was going to say, in Madden now you get new pieces of commentary with each roster update and they should be able to do that for the WWE games. Good for them, but still feels like the commentary is way behind where it should be.
This looks so good.
One thing I've noticed in some entrances (Maryse and the two Aussie girls from NXT) is that the announcer only says, for example "From Montreal" or "From Sydney", not Canada or Australia. Don't think it was like that when Lilian did the announcing. Wonder why, sounds kind of strange. Does she do the same on WWE television?
Its awful. It sounds nothing like the real thing. The main problem is they try and "call the action" in the game so it just sounds stilted and awkward. Madden etc have proper conversations with each other that sound like something real humans would say.
Why does the crowd still sound shit too? Its 2017!
the crowds are shit in real life in 2017 so that part is realistic
hey im gonna go out for a bit after work, when you lookin to play brah? you are probably sleeping or taking your kid for ice cream or some shit right now so just let me know whenevs, alright? peace out bro xoxo
saddned none of the uk guys are dlc... however black being dlc is a good thing
https://youtu.be/W6XB39mDAhc
The straps coming down is a cool little feature
Its a neat idea to put in, but should've looked better in this day and age. The straps shouldn't be disappearing like a cheap PS2 era effect.
For some reason they were able to get it right for Angle, skip to the 4 min mark.
https://youtu.be/CrZifbLlJuU
Being able to toggle day and night for outdoor arenas is a nice addition if that's in there.
Definitely. How about a feature where you can create a card, and as the card progresses, it gets darker?
That looks really cool.
Going all the way back to Wrestlemania 2000 on the N64 you could create a pay-per-view, but not in the modern games for some reason. I mean, there's Universe Mode but that's a much bigger thing.
Dropped a pre-order on this the other day. Not that fired up for it, but it's going to be my first WWE game since I got my XBox One so I wanted to get it with the launch DLC.
I really wish you could toggle day/night for domed indoor arenas as well, WrestleMania III and VIII says hello. To get the daylight effect in 2K17 I had to make my WMIII arena outdoors, using the WMXXXI template.
Definitely agree that having a PPV gradually shifting from day, to evening, to night would be cool. Just like WMIII and VIII did.
Yeah, when I'm doing an outdoor PPV I just switch stadium templates to go from night to day. Would be really cool if you could just change it in the match settings option.
Looking forward to going roster crazy with this one. Thinking a Golden Age (pre-Hogan) roster, a Hulkamania era (1984-1992), a New Generation/Monday Night Wars roster (1993-2001). And maybe a post-Monday Night Wars roster too.
I love that I really don't have to create a whole lot of people that are not in the game that I am a fan of... I mean, I always create or search for created versions of Chyna and Sable, but male-wise I think the only wrestlers I'll need/want to make/download from CC are Owen Hart, Tyler Bate, CM Punk, Ken Shamrock, and D'Lo Brown (to complete my Nation of Domination stable). Female-wise, other than the aforementioned Divas, probably just a hacked version of a playable Lana and created versions of Melina, Victoria, Luna, Molly, and Miss Elizabeth.
I do really, really wish that "I Quit" Matches, Mixed Tag Matches, and Inferno/Ring of Fire Matches were back in this game from '13. Is Special Guest Referee back in as well?
I love the free-roaming aspect of backstage... but I feel like there were a lot of opportunities to do some other really crazy shit backstage with weapons/interactions that were missed.
-Seamstress' area, someone could use the mannequin or the iron as an interactive spot/weapon.
-Catering, I wish they actually showed food being thrown or used instead of empty catering dishes (I think they had that in the first SD Vs. RAW).
-No running on treadmills...
-Using the ice machine in the parking lot would have been great.
-Some sort of interaction with the ambulance in the parking lot would have been cool (like when in a previous game you interacted with the hearse and Boogeyman made a cameo).
-A concession stand/merch area would have been cool.
-Tossing someone through a window backstage.
-Opening a car door to bash someone's face in, or slam the door closed on their head or arm.
-A bathroom where you can give someone a swirlie or crack a mirror over their head.
It also would have been cool to sprinkle some nostalgic weapons just for fun... Pierre the Moose Head, Moppy, a crowbar, a pair of brass knuckles. I'm so happy they listened to fans but it seems like the backstage area is devoid of the charm and character that was present in earlier games from a decade ago (I don't expect exploding cars or chokeslamming people while riding a harley or doing dives off of a helicopter in Times Square again, my God... the memories; but they could have added a lot of fun interactive things).
Naomi’s entrance is kinda shit, I guess they couldnt figure out how to do the glow in the dark thing yet.
I havent played much yet but it seems like the rivalries in Universe mode include more cut scenes/interactions than last year.
Just got home. Work and errands. Holy fuck I can't wait to break this baby open! I have 2 solid hours before kids get home and take this shit over like Hall and Nash.
im finding reversing the AI incredibly difficult. constant 'too late' prompts. dont know of its my reaction time or the fact the reverse button is on a trigger and im not pressing it in far enough, but it's aggravating as all hell and makes the game really tedious and unfun. i set up an iron man hiac with a downloaded 97 rated kenny omega against an 84 rated baron corbin and after a half hour quit out because it was 10-1 in corbin's favor. he'd reverse shit constantly and always seemed to regenerate his reversals quick as hell, multiple times he would go on a tear against me where no reversal prompts would appear for me during the set ups to his strikes and moves, so I'm just wildly mashing the button. so, so, so many times i would swear i got the reversal in, but the move would be completed, especially on moves that have minor and major reversals. id think i nailed it on the green minor, it wouldn't give me an early or late prompt so i think i got it, then the move continues, the yellow major reversal prompt pops up and im not ready at all for it cause i thought i did it the first time, and the move completes. i don't know how i didn't accidentally reverse some shit. i gotta mess with the sliders on it a bit.
First time playing on XBox One and adapting to the submission and kick out system is taking some time. Basically at this point if I get covered or put in a submission I'm done.
Eight man matches are a lot of fun. If only to see the entrances.
I like that I can do 6 man battle royals with pin and submission instead of having to be over the top elimination like it has been the last few years. Add having a 8 man elimination match is even better.
Royal Rumbles are going to be more fun too with eight guys on the screen at once. Haven't had a problem with the frame rate yet either.
I'll definitely do some Survivor Series matches.
Some takeaway notes I have from playing the game all day yesterday:
-Graphics are amazing.
-Videos on the ramp have been added, which adds a lot to the entrances.
-ABSOLUTELY LOVE the new clothing materials added such as glitter, it really makes even the most basic of attires standout.
-I wish they had smoothed out Retro Kurt's face, he has his age lines and it is just really throwing me off because back then he was still really babyfaced, LOL.
-Eight-Man Tag Team Matches are fucking insane, and I experienced some lag playing them, HOWEVER, Eight-Man Battle Royals don't seem to have this issue and are really challenging in a fun way.
-I made a customized Eight-Man Tag Team Elimination Match, played with Jackie, Ivory, Trish, & Lita against Billie, Charlotte, Naomi, & Becky... was cleaning house hardcore until it was just Naomi and Billie, then, for some reason, the referee would not count my pins. He would refuse to count after I hit a finisher or if someone was knocked down on the outside, it was SO ANNOYING. Insanely fun but frustrating due to the lag and the referee.
-JoJo's mouth doesn't move when she does intros.
-Over-the-Top-Rope Battle Royals and Rumbles are way more difficult this year due to the the new carry system being implemented and I was merely clotheslined over the top and eliminated because I had a negative buff. Makes it imperative to avoid as much damage, conserve stamina, and eliminate people when you can.
-Submission System seems to be fixed... it was much easier for me to get out of submissions as opposed to last year with that damn wheel... they also added an alternative method where you can press button combinations, thank God.
-You can not extract your MyPlayer into Exhibition/Universe, meaning you have to recreate the character from scratch. That's pretty annoying, and was a feature we had last year or the year before, I can't remember... don't know why it was taken out.
-MyPlayer is very limited in regards to options for moves and gear until you buy loot cases *eyeroll*.
-I love roaming backstage and talking to people; it also helps because I'm not too familiar with a lot of the people in NXT these days... I kept confusing Sawyer Fulton with Shane Thorne, LOL. So this is helping me become acquainted with people. I really love the callback to continuity where Barron Blade is back in the game from last year or the year before and instead of being an NXT wrestler, he is know the production guy. I still hate him though, lol.
-Asuka talking about food backstage really makes me laugh my ass off.
-I love all the levels you can unlock in MyPlayer which will help you gain managers, gear, and perks to creating your own matches and titles.
-Loading screens are a bitch and I wish they were something like fast facts or wrestler bios so I had something to read while passing the time.
-Playing with Customized Matches makes me miss Mixed Tag Matches, Inferno Matches, I Quit, and Special Ref Matches all the more, this is why I keep all my old games.
-I wish there were more managers, makes me sad there is no Sherri or Liz to go with Savage; also, no Paul Bearer, Mr. Fuji, or Jimmy Hart.
-The Carry System is fun and I'm glad there is a way to get out of it too.
-Targeting is MUCH BETTER. Praise Jesus. Also, collision detection seems improved.
-WTF... DLC Wrestlers (Batista, 2 John Cenas, Kurt, and RVD) are not playable in Royal Rumble Matches. How the fuck did that get past the testers?
-Promos seem better and easier to nail.
-Some amazing work on Community Creations this year, as always... downloaded a great CM Punk, Michelle McCool, alternate attires for Lita and Mickie, and saw some amazing CAS for the Young Bucks, Omega, Liv Morgan, Eva Marie, and Chris Benoit.
-Oh man, if you play MyCareer, make your MyPlayer and then go in and re-edit him to fix the face, change the hair color, and alter the attire to make it less basic... even with the limited options you can still make something great until you unlock better gear. The game mentions you can unlock corporate attire for those in WWE Corporate and specifically mentions William Regal, I have yet to see him.... so I'm wondering when he'll pop up.
Anyone know how to pull the straps down on ps4?
This has been happening to me alot. Happens when I do a 8 man battle royal but turn on pin/submission. I find if the ref is stuck just run at him and bump him down. Might take a couple trys but after the ref wakes up he seems to reset and makes the count. Hopefully they fix it soon. My 9 year old son was P-I-S-S-E-D PISSED that it happened. He had a battle royal locked up and it happened then he lost to my 10 year old daughter. She doesn't win a lot and was stoked to beat him.
R1 + Down on the D-Pad I think.
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Can't wait to get this tomorrow and DL The Sheik!
Only having two attires instead of four is a drag. And if I understand right, does it use a CAW spot to give a guy who is in the game a new attire? Like if I make Taker's gloves purple instead of grey that uses a CAW spot?
That's how it was through 2K17. Have yet to try it with 2K18
Haven't got the game yet but I'm 99.99% sure it's the exact same unfortunately. Upside is that two attires (four including entrance attires) only takes up one CAW slot.
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I wish they'd give us more attires for guys in the game. This year Vader is WCW Vader, no WWF attire. Savage only has one attire, no Macho King long tights or his 1992 look with the shirt. Only one Warrior costume, only one Rick Rude outfit. Guys like that were so defined by their look and gear you're really not getting the full package with only one outfit in the game.
Lex Luger this year is 1980s mullet Lex Luger, would love to have that look as well as Lex Express and Late 90s WCW Luger.
Is there a proper career mode yet?
There's something similar to last year where you start in NXT and work your way up. No idea if it was good though, don't use those kind of modes.
So, I'm playing 4 vs. 4 (no CAW's/created content) and there's some noticeable slowdown, not horrible but I'd say it looks like you are playing at 75-80% speed. I've heard people saying there's no lag/slowdown in 8-man matches so I'm starting to think there's something up with my PS4. Not sure what though.
Any opinions on the 8-man matches? Are they running smoothly for you guys?
There's definitely slowdown on the gameplay videos I've seen. Some don't have it, but they could be running on a PS4 Pro. Then again, I think it seems like the slowdowns happen when there's full blown 8 man carnage and the camera has to zoom out to capture all the action. When its a 4 vs 4 tag and 6 guys are just standing on the aprons with the default camera zoom, it looks like it runs fine in those cases.
I miss the older PS2 games where you could leave the arena, go fight in the streets, Club WWE or whatever it was called. There's the one where you can climb up the helicopter ladder and do a move. Gotta be Here Comes The Pain or Shut Your Mouth, I can't remember but that element is so fun. Or the backstage brawls in past games, they had some much diversity.
There was some crazy stuff in that, like climbing up on top of the Smackdown fist.
Sorta slow. I noticed the ref not counting in matches more and more. Started like once a night now it's like 3 or 4 times a match.
I'm assuming from the lack of posts in here that people either haven't bought the game yet or it's not that good.
I red-boxed it for a weekend. My Career is clunky.
Myplayer is so slow to start off. now at least im getting matches every second week and won a title but it took a few hours of running from the car park to the match board to find out they either had nothing for me or a promo. The loot box system makes it slow to put cool moves on my wrestler so im stuck with boring moves. Stupid shirt system is still there. Last year i couldn't stop playing now im struggling to want to play it. I understand the loot system for pvp but not to play the base game.
Noticed the price dropped by almost a third today (Argos/Amazon, UK) so I'm going to give this a bash later. First WWE game in 6 years, and on current gen, so I'm curious if it's really as bad of a game or whether it just hasn't progressed sufficiently with each instalment.
Unless you're a stickler for some old features that don't exist anymore, you'll probably get a lot of enjoyment out of it. Usually, these games impress when you haven't played one in a while. Like you said, it's the fact the progress is so little between each iteration, and considering they have the habit of fixing one thing and breaking/taking away another, it loses its luster on successive years.
But if you haven't played one in a few years, even having not played this one yet, I would recommend it.
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