WWE 12 Retail Early Impressions

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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No, I'm playing on Hard with the momentum sliders turned all the way down. I've gotten to where I can win most matches that I should win -- i.e. ADR vs. McGillicuty or Cena vs. anybody -- but I still lose those matches sometimes, too, if a well-timed reversal happens.

When the roles are reversed, it's still a struggle to beat the elite guys. Maybe that's due to the way I play, or me not being as good as the guys you're seeing play in those videos. Who knows? I just know that for me, the game is still presenting a good challenge and I'm having fun with it.

I just started actually playing matches in Universe and am seeing a ton of stuff I hadn't already seen.

Good to know because the last game I played was SVR 10 and it took me literally 3 days to win 95% of the time on the hardest level even with reversal sliders jacked up for the AI and I don't even consider myself that great a player, it's just once you get familiar with the AI it gets formulaic on how to win quickly.

I guess with the ability to edit attributes I can always take the 3 or 4 wrestlers I plan to play with and lower thier ratings across the board down 10-20 points or so to keep the difficulty up. That way if I'm at a severe disadvantage agaisnt the Undertaker etc.. I can play old school and take the fight outside of the ring and do whatever I can to wear him down rather than just spamming moves back and forth. I plan on just taking 2 wrestlers from each brand (called WWF and NWA of course) and play with whatever Universe throws at me for matches.

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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One other issue I have with what I've seen is that after 5 minutes (or after one kickout used up) the pin window seems really tiny for you to kick out. If that is THQ's way of making it difficult because you can't kick out more than once then I don't like it. How do you increase that window? By increasing resiliancy as an attribute for your wrestler?

[jbird991]

Ive got a question i think was answered here but cant see it.

Can I edit the entire card change every match then play through the show using stream flow.

Some people say you have to play the edited match straight away whilst other such as yourself or caws.ws say you can edit the entire card without having to play an edited match up straight away

dont suppose you could clear this up for me?

cheers

[ronyell]

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so let me get this straight. u TECHNICALLY only CONTROL ONE superstar in universe mode (although u can play as others)?

can u change who u control at any point in universe mode?
can u add & remove superstars, CAWS at any point in universe mode?
can replace shows at any point in universe mode?

[Redacted01]

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so let me get this straight. u TECHNICALLY only CONTROL ONE superstar in universe mode (although u can play as others)?

can u change who u control at any point in universe mode?
can u add & remove superstars, CAWS at any point in universe mode?
can replace shows at any point in universe mode?

It's called Universe for a reason. You are not one single person. You can choose to control a single person, but nothing says you have to. It can be an open-ended story mode. It can be a GM mode. It can be whatever the hell you want.

[jrider99]

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so let me get this straight. u TECHNICALLY only CONTROL ONE superstar in universe mode (although u can play as others)?

can u change who u control at any point in universe mode?
can u add & remove superstars, CAWS at any point in universe mode?
can replace shows at any point in universe mode?

You have total control over every superstar in Universe mode. If you want to just play as one guy, you can. But it isn't like a sports game where you pick one guy and follow his career. And you can make changes to your Universe at any time. I was in my third year, I believe, when I decided to make Superstars into NXT.

Think of Universe Mode as a big sandbox that has tools you can use to create just about any wrestling world you want.

[jbird991]

dont think my q posted cos i cant see it so ill repost

Can I edit the entire card change every match then play through the show using stream flow.

Some people say you have to play the edited match straight away whilst other such as yourself or caws.ws say you can edit the entire card without having to play an edited match up straight away

dont suppose you could clear this up for me?

cheers

[yellowboy91]

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i was wondering if you could change the controls to the old ones and thanks jr for all the great work you did answering questions

[ronyell]

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It's called Universe for a reason. You are not one single person. You can choose to control a single person, but nothing says you have to. It can be an open-ended story mode. It can be a GM mode. It can be whatever the hell you want.

i understand that ANYONE is playable but im asking if you control EVERYONES decisions, do you control the superstar that you've selected FOR THAT MATCH or do you simply control EVERYONE & ALL OF THEIR DECISIONS?

its not clear to someone who has NEVER played the newer games as from articles & in this thread things seem to happen with players that you are NOT controlling also.

& as far as the other questions about when u can add or remove wresters... any answers on that one. im one to prepare before hand to enjoy at realease

[Molarmite]

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There aren't any decisions to be made, all the cutscenes are done randomly for every wrestler even if you aren't wrestling. What do you mean by decisions though?

[fpac]

I decided to cancel my preorder at Gamestop. I can't preorder from Target and pick it up in store so I'll just go when they open Tuesday morning and there should be no issue in getting The Rock with it... at least there better not be. Hard to pass up saving $13 and getting it sooner.

Same here. I was going to preorder yesterday to be safe but I saw the Target ad says the Rock is included so I'll be picking it up Tuesday morning for $47 also.

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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There aren't any decisions to be made, all the cutscenes are done randomly for every wrestler even if you aren't wrestling. What do you mean by decisions though?

I think he's looking at this game from a franchise mode perspective like madden or 2K12.


So to answer that person's question. Everything is controlled by the universe as in what the next match is, it's all contingent on whether you have won or lost as to what match the universe puts you in. But every match you can enter as any wrestler. So like someone said the universe is your sandbox and what you choose to do with any or all wrestlers is up to you. There is no personal achievements or training with any particular wrestler nor is there any story mode where you have to make any decisions, it simply goes from card to card and is totally customizable as you see fit.

If you wanna play as Brock Lesner and fight all his matches for a month you can. If you want to play every match on all the cards with any wrestler you choose then you can. For me I would control 3 or 4 wrestlers and play the matches that the universe gives me and if I get bored with those guys then I would switch to somone else.

[ronyell]

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you guys have answered my question... i do NOT like a "franchise mode" or Road to wrestlemania, so this is perrrrfect. i was probably making it a LOT more complicated then it actually was.

as far as entering in other CAW & wrestlers at ANY point, is that possible?

[Fiddy]

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amazon has this for 47, plus 10 dollar credit.. so you get this for $37.. (today only deal)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...SIN=B0053BQREE

downside, no release day shipping!!

[thefranchise03]

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I just started actually playing matches in Universe and am seeing a ton of stuff I hadn't already seen.

Like cutscenes? Which is the best one you've seen so far?