Wrestlemania 21 for XBOX
05-10-05, 03:14 PM
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I played this a few times before my friend sold his copy to get Forza.
The CAW was horribly lame. The story mode, while decent, wasn't near as good as it should have been.
The bullshit amount of time it took to get back up off the mat was what did it for me though. THere is no way I should be forced to take 100 elbow drops in a row.
The CAW was horribly lame. The story mode, while decent, wasn't near as good as it should have been.
The bullshit amount of time it took to get back up off the mat was what did it for me though. THere is no way I should be forced to take 100 elbow drops in a row.
05-13-05, 11:00 AM
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Considering how the jump from last gen to this gen actually made wrestling games WORSE, are you sure you want to do that? We've already seen that as the focus becomes graphics, the load times and gameplay suffers. I can't imagine how bad the first year wrestling games are going to be in the next gen...
05-14-05, 02:32 AM
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I still can't get over how terrible the AI is in this game. Chavo kept hitting me with the belt over and over and over again in this crappy story mode. And the only way I can win the stupid triple threat ladder match is to bait cena and JBL to all the way up the ramp and get them to fight up there, so i can run back to the ring and climb up the ladder. And the new disk freezes everytime i play it. I really hate this game.
05-17-05, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by nodeerforamonth
Exactly. Some STILL say that Fire Pro Wrestling, with it's 2D graphics (PS1 & GB Advance), is the best wrestling game.
When the focus isn't on the biggest and best graphics engine, you can usually start to focus on gameplay. This is most likely why the Smackdown games on PS2 are currently the best of this generation, because the PS2 has the least graphics capability, and the game really has nominal graphical improvements from year to year. The N64 games went through multiple iterations where the gameplay changed much more than the graphics.
Of course, Firepro wouldn't do well out here because it's not licensed by the WWE, and we're so graphics-oriented that it wouldn't sell well anyway. Luckily, the GBA was built for 2-d goodness.
American wrestling has been more about flashy entrances than actual wrestling for a while now, so I guess the games reflect that (I mean, they must've spent a ton of time getting all the entrances correct).
I still have fun with the (Live-updated) game, and don't regret my purchase. The only thing I wish they'd fix, besides stupid AI, is getting up off the mat, as I still roll around like an idiot while they stomp me, and I have to start again. ugh. Also, I can't for the life of me figure out how to win a table match... how do you get someone on the table to do a move on them?
05-18-05, 01:34 PM
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Also, I can't for the life of me figure out how to win a table match... how do you get someone on the table to do a move on them?
05-18-05, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by JBR52
Set the table up, get close to it with your opponent, and then tap A. He should throw him on there. Tap A again and he should piledrive him through.
05-19-05, 03:44 PM
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dayummmm that sux man. I played Smackdown on PS2 and I fell in love with it. Looking at the trailer for this game...it looks disappointing just by looking at it. Very very upsetting cause im a huge WWE fan.
05-19-05, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by JBR52
You sure? I could be wrong, but I remember trying to irish whip him, and he just ends up running through the table and toward the turnbuckle.
