WWE 12 Retail Early Impressions

[fpac]

If I got this I'd be interested in a completely CAW Universe w/o WWE guys and me "booking" CPU vs CPU matches and watching them play out. If anyone gets the game and has information on how/if this works this year (like 11?) then I'd appreciate it.

This is what I did in '11 with WWE guys, legends and CAWs and what I will do with this years game if I get it also. So I am very curious to see how this works as well.

[baseball1014]

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If you have touched CAA, can you make a 6 sided ring? Just wanted to see if we could make a TNA arena.

[rangersfan30]

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With all these updates i am really hyped for this game now. I am having a rough time with NHL 12 at the moment and cant find a happy meduim so WWE 12 can't come quick enough.

Thanks Jrider99

[Redacted01]

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If you have touched CAA, can you make a 6 sided ring? Just wanted to see if we could make a TNA arena.

You can only change graphics, not the ring, not to mention, pretty sure TNA had that copyrighted, even after ditching it.

[coolio83]

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is the commentary just Cole and Lawler or does it change with the shows?

[jrider99]

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is the commentary just Cole and Lawler or does it change with the shows?

Commentary is Cole and Lawler all the time.

[OSUFan_88]

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Other than that, not seeing any issues, unless you count Heath Slater winning a match as a bug.

I consider that a game breaking bug...

[Outlaw424]

Turned off postmatch highlights and custom music plays throughout, through the celebration animation and keeps playing until you exit the match.

Awesome. So at least there is still a workaround. Crazy that they'd let a glitch like that slip by two years running. It seems like something pretty prominent someone would notice.

Thank you so much for checking this, mate. I really appreciate it.

[Steven547]

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Any new sliders? Or are they all the same? Attributes?

[jrider99]

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Any new sliders? Or are they all the same? Attributes?

I think the list of attributes has been out there for a while on THQ's website under the wrestler profiles, but when I get home I'll give a rundown of those and the sliders

[hulkhogan1]

Have you got a chance to play through the draft yet? If so, how balanced is it? I'm wondering what's to stop Raw getting several main eventers in the draft and Smackdown only get jobbers in return.

[jrider99]

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Have you got a chance to play through the draft yet? If so, how balanced is it? I'm wondering what's to stop Raw getting several main eventers in the draft and Smackdown only get jobbers in return.

I've seen two drafts and it's totally random. In my first year, Triple H and Husky Harris went to Smackdown and Goldust (I think) and Sheamus came to Raw. In the second year, ADR went from Raw to Smackdown (I can't recall who else was involved). The good news is the draft can: a) be turned off and b) essentially vetoed by editting a guys brand.

In a related note, I've straight simmed two years worth of Universe and have no problems with any of the title reigns I've seen. If anything, guys seem to hang on to the belts too long. I haven't seen any jobbers rise through the ranks to claim a belt, though several have earned title shots, including Slater, McGillicuty, Otunga and Goldust. Goldust actually had a brief run as IC champ, but it lasted only one month.

Major title holders have included Cena, Punk, HBK, Undertaker, Sheamus, Orton, Christian, Mark Henry and Triple H -- I may be forgetting one or two, but these have been the most dominant guys in my Universe, as they should be.

[ctr05]

did you bring back the Women's championship or just using the Diva's championship? have you seen any stories with them, and what have been the prominent feuds/matches? Also, is the Undisputed Title put on both shows if selected? ohhh and did you find a way to figure out the tag title debacle for the ones you don't want to use?

[hulkhogan1]

I've seen two drafts and it's totally random. In my first year, Triple H and Husky Harris went to Smackdown and Goldust (I think) and Sheamus came to Raw. In the second year, ADR went from Raw to Smackdown (I can't recall who else was involved). The good news is the draft can: a) be turned off and b) essentially vetoed by editting a guys brand.

In a related note, I've straight simmed two years worth of Universe and have no problems with any of the title reigns I've seen. If anything, guys seem to hang on to the belts too long. I haven't seen any jobbers rise through the ranks to claim a belt, though several have earned title shots, including Slater, McGillicuty, Otunga and Goldust. Goldust actually had a brief run as IC champ, but it lasted only one month.

Major title holders have included Cena, Punk, HBK, Undertaker, Sheamus, Orton, Christian, Mark Henry and Triple H -- I may be forgetting one or two, but these have been the most dominant guys in my Universe, as they should be.

So how easy is it to push a main eventer down to midcard status? Do you have to have them lose alot of matches so their momentum goes down or something? Or will the guys with the highest overalls be main eventers regardless?

[jrider99]

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did you bring back the Women's championship or just using the Diva's championship? have you seen any stories with them, and what have been the prominent feuds/matches? Also, is the Undisputed Title put on both shows if selected? ohhh and did you find a way to figure out the tag title debacle for the ones you don't want to use?

I haven't done anything with the divas. Well, actually I did try to get rid of the women's title and replace it with another minor championship, but couldn't. As far as the tag belts, I've stopped trying to figure it out. I think someone else on here offered a suggestion that involved creating a team, moving them to a dead brand and then resetting them, but I haven't tried it out. And I keep forgetting to check on the Undisputed title. I'll look at that when I get home tonight.