WWE Legends of WrestleMania Demo Available, Impressions Here

[The 24th Letter]

Re: WWE Legends of WrestleMania Demo Available, Impressions Here

They are on to something w\ these real time button responses....I dont think the way they do it is perfect....but it definitely belongs in future wrestling games...

its gives the game a realistic feel

[goh]

Re: WWE Legends of WrestleMania Demo Available, Impressions Here

Yea on most or all UK demos you have to have a HD tv. Don't know why though

SD over there is 576i instead of 480i so the TVs can't display them but HD is the same 720/1080 as it is here. Since it's a UK only demo the SD is 576i.

[noshun]

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I have to say this just became a day one purchase for me. I love the control scheme and the chain combos are great.

The pace of the gameplay is nice. I know it is early but the grapple mechanic is similar to "No Mercy", but not as deep. There are combinations of weak and strong grapples, as well as strikes.

A few maybe concerned about the chain combo button, but it does not block your view nor get in the way of gameplay.

Will add more later. So far so good.

Same here, Im crying with Joy!

[kbshowtime]

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The game is great Im buying this the first week for sure. Im so hyped about playing with the old guys like Jake the Snake, JYD, and Honky Tonk Man

[Jon22]

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From what I understand from the pin meter, you have the option to either mash the buttons to get the meter up to the blue line, OR hold down a button and release it on the blue line. It's much quicker to hold the button, but if you miss the blue line you're f'd.

At first I didn't like the pin meter, but I got used to it as time went on.


As for those complaining about the grapples, I don't think it's that bad.

You have four weak front grapples and two strong front grapples available at all times. As your wrestler "levels up" the grapple moves change, which gives variety as to what moves you're doing.

It's not any worse than SVR where you're stuck doing the same four weak grapples because the CPU counters every strong grapple lol

four weak and Two strong... Two. I'll pass

[TJdaSportsGuy]

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four weak and Two strong... Two. I'll pass

Oh well...all games can't be as good as the TNA game.

[NBA2k8 CHAMP]

Re: WWE Legends of WrestleMania Demo Available, Impressions Here

It's way better than svr 09 imo

[Hooe]

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The chain wrestling in this game is a very welcome addition. Not sure if it make sense in all the spots it's used though, particularly the finishers; with Stone Cold, I go from the Lou Thesz press to the bionic elbow, which makes sense, but then immediately into the Stunner? It looked odd, but was fun to do.

The managers are fun too... I was playing my brother as Andre (he was Hogan) with Heenan in my corner, and he would have beaten me had Heenan not put my foot on the rope.

Overall, I'm pretty impressed with this demo. It's a different game than SvR but still a fun one.

[vernond]

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Anyone know what the adressess are like in the UK? Trying to create a UK account for ps3. Are they basically the same as in the states? Like

1234 Mockingbird Lane
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[Jon22]

Re: WWE Legends of WrestleMania Demo Available, Impressions Here

Oh well...all games can't be as good as the TNA game.

Never played the TNA game. I would say on par with Raw 2 from Xbox.

[DXZeke]

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four weak and Two strong... Two. I'll pass

But those 2 Strong Grapple moves change based upon the Charge Level that your wrestler is at.

Austin at a Charge 1 was only doing a body slam and a strong punch.
Austin at Charge 2 was a suplex and something else.
Austin at Charge 3 was a Lou Thez Press.

So there is variety, but you can't do all of it from the start. They tried to give this a real TV feel too it in that case since Austin doesn't hit the Thez Press at the start of a match.

[DXZeke]

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Oh well...all games can't be as good as the TNA game.

I found this funny!

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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Ok what's this QTE? Does it mean that if you hit a combo everything stops and it goes into a cutscene showing the move kinda like street fighter when you hit an ultra combo?

[Ian_Cummings]

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My humble opinion...I would rate the demo about a 40/100. That sounds harsh but I honestly could not get into this game at all...just way too many flaws for me. To be clear, I'm not a wrestling enthusiast at all...don't watch it or anything...but I really LOVED wrestling games...for the longest time.

Quick thoughts...

- Really didn't like the exaggerated models (Hulk in particular)...his arms look triple the size from real life, and he looks odd to me with this super skinny waist. Also, their backs seemed abnormally bent throughout the match...very noticeable as they stand up next to each other. Example:






Not a fan.

- I felt like I was basically in zero control...moving around the ring felt really sluggish...I couldn't easily start to run or bounce into the ropes or anything like that (like the old games were). When I left the ring I couldn't run around or outside of the normal area either. When I tried to grab a chair, CPU guy warped out of the ring and into a QTE cut-scene
- There was no real grappling...just keep mashing A and eventually I'd trigger a lame cut scene
- The QTE mechanics were interesting but I'd much rather actually play the game. It was so blatantly obvious that at most of the branch points it wasn't even branching to the correct move. I also never seemed to get any feedback on whether I succeeded or failed at the QTE...the button animation was the same either way
- Way too many meters, and tons of extra art on the screen...do I really need to see the CPU's button mash buttons? I thought I was supposed to be doing something when they came up. Speaking of which, the 'tips' that came up were horrendous...they were like 20 sentences long explaining the most complex moves and they came up every 2 seconds. I just want to know a few things if I'm just picking this game up...
- How do I punch a dude?
- How do I kick a dude?
- How do I slam a dude?
- How do I sling a guy into the ropes?
- Commentary IMO was absolutely terrible (as usual with this series). I mean really they can't get them to not repeat the same lines in a match? And all that crew can do is one-sentence lines?

I was honestly quite surprised to see that people were enjoying this...honestly I thought it was one of the worst wrestling games I'd played (though I haven't extensively played any of the 360 versions I did play the PS2 ones a ton)...but to each his own I guess.

[Brian Gee]

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That's where I stand too, Ian. Though I'm a pretty big wrestling fan and was looking forward to this game a lot, there seems to be a lot that I would change. Too bad, because the roster alone makes me want it...

The character models don't bother me as much as the gameplay does. I'd rather they had gone with the SVR 09 control system.