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WWE '13 Has Been In Development For Several Months Now

Although THQ is still planning features for WWE '13, it has been revealed that the game is already been in development for several months now.

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TheCopyNinja5235d ago

Why cant THQ just die? God damn..

Foxgod5235d ago

Thats how it normally goes with yearly titles.
Hopefully universe 3.0 will be more fun then 2.0.

SephirothX215235d ago

The whole gameplay needs an overhaul. It is not fun in single player with the reversal system the way it is and it is too laggy online. Animations and graphics are good enough but the gameplay is not.

rocky0475865235d ago

Gameplay did get an overhaul with the predator technology. You are probably just not timing the reversals right because I always have fun online and it's not laggy with the reversals at all, or hardly ever anyway. Don't follow what the game tells you to reverse, you have to actually look at the move and time it correctly with just ONE hit of the reversal button, that's all it takes, no more button mashing.

Cra2yey35235d ago (Edited 5235d ago )

Overhaul for the worse. The gameplay is so boring and every wrestler has almost the same moves. I sold it the week I got it. Haven't kept a wwe title since 2006.

DeadlyFire5235d ago

Gameplay is the same since SVR 2008. YES in WWE 12 as well. The "Overhaul" is just a slight AI improvement. Animations cleaned up a bit.

Reversals as Rocky said can't be followed by the icons. They appear later than the move beginning so its not possible to click at the same time. I don't know if glitch or just royal F-up. Either way its not pleasant. AI reversing everything you throw at it is not always fun, but its not fun to have them sit still either. I feel like WWE 12 strips the freedom of doing what you used to want to do in a match away. Now its 100% match and no side fun or less of it than typical.

Online is laggy for me as well. Lag depends mostly on location, but knowing Yukes. They rely likely on gamespy servers. Not perfection if you ask me its the lazy way to craft an online mode.

Gameplay is boring. Universe mode is boring.

Last fun SVR game was SVR 2007. WWE games 2008-2012 can suck it.

rocky0475865233d ago

DeadlyFire, Gameplay isn't the same as 2008, hell no. I played that game recently and I literally couldn't stomach how atrocious it was compared to now. The animations aren't just cleaned up a bit, they are totally new and fluid animations as far as how they are rendered on the screen compared to ANY WWE game before it. You have to be delusional if you can't feel the difference.

AI doesn't reverse everything you throw at it either. I don't know what game you're playing but it isn't WWE'12 if this is what you're experiencing. The icons are meant only as a partial guide and not as a means to an end, you don't need to follow the icons in order to be successful at reversals at all.

Online isn't laggy unless you have someone that has a bad connection or you have a bad connection yourself. THQ does the game servers in-house, they got rid of Gamespy last year so you're wrong about that as well.

Your opinion if Gameplay and Universe is boring, I think those two things are the saving grace and most important parts of the core experience of the game. If you don't have fun with the game then I don't know what to say other than you'll never be happy with a wrestling game they make then.

cyguration5233d ago

Completely agree Rocky.

Everyone griping on WWE 12 obviously didn't play it. The game is a HUUUUUGE step up from Smackdown vs Raw 2011, just with the animation transitions and gameplay fluidity. The Predator technology is very sexy.

In fact when I was doing a tag-team match with a buddy we couldn't tell when we could do moves or not because the transitions were so smooth, coupled with the TV-style production cameras. It was like you were literally watching a match play out as opposed to just seeing wrestlers toss punches, kicks and grapple moves around.

Also, the tag-team moves and move-combinations are amazing. I can't wait to see what they do for WWE 13.

And anyone who says Universe mode is boring obviously hasn't played it. It can be extremely addictive if you're a wrestling fan.

rocky0475865233d ago

Haha, I agree with you Cyguration. Are you on PS3 bro? I, too, can't wait to see what happens for WWE'13 and beyond. Universe mode is one of the best things to ever be put in the game. Of course it can use some work, but it's a continuing work in progress and a major step up from the past iteration in many ways. I'm glad I finally have a person that knows what they are talking about on here, usually it's just someone that either doesn't know what they are talking about or haven't played the games in years and haven't touched WWE'12 and are just talking out of their asses and out of pure nostalgia for the old games.

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Are Wrestling Games Getting Worse?

Some of you may know that the latest instalment in the WWE gaming franchise 2K20 was released late last year to generally poor reviews. Some of this was based on graphical issues, but mostly it was due to the many glitches and bugs found – many of which are hilarious to witness.

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Atom6662324d ago

Fire Pro needs more love. The last PS4 title gets regular playtime from me.

I hear that there are financial troubles at the studio, but I'm hopeful for a Switch port one of these days.

The Wood2324d ago

Anyone remember Giant Gram Wrestling on the Dreamcast .....

Rambokind2324d ago

Ah hell yes! That was loads of fun.

Acecalibur2324d ago

Fire Pro just gets better. Buy it.

micdagoat192324d ago

I have Fire Pro for PS4 and PC but it seems more of like a Sim creator rather than people actually playing out matches. I still dont like anything as much as the N64 games

b163o12323d ago (Edited 2323d ago )

Golden Era of wrestling games in the Golden Era of wrestling. I've been contemplating going back and getting a N64 and getting those classic's
WWF Wrestlemania 2000
WWF No Mercy
WCW vs. nWo Revenge

micdagoat192320d ago

Yeah its the only wrestling games I still play consistently for fun.

TheTony3162324d ago

Yes. The last great wrestling game was svr 2006.

addictedtochaos2324d ago

Yes, the WWE ones at least. The last good one was 2K14 and the last great one was Here Comes the Pain.

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The 10 Best Wrestling Games of all Time

There's been so many great wrestling games throughout the years. But this list of the 10 best wrestling games of all time will crown one true champion.

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Where Did the WWE Wrestling Games Go Wrong in the Last Decade

Bidness Gaming: WWE wrestling games went through several transitions, but in the end we saw it all end in a count-out!

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Kribwalker3775d ago

Thq and AKI stopped making the games. The N64 games were the best

fad6323774d ago

couldn't agree more, think it was No Mercy which i liked the best, although I remember the WCW NWO game being very good also.

In its current carnation it will never top the N64 games

3-4-53774d ago

WWE 12 was the last good wrestling game.

WeAreLegion3775d ago

I'll tell you where they went right. WWE All-Stars freakin' rules.

Ruggadagod3774d ago

You can obviously tell they got lazy.

showtimefolks3774d ago (Edited 3774d ago )

IMO the story aspects became the worst. the universe mode isn't as good as the GM mode(imo)

commentary is really bad
enemy ai isn't good neither is hit detection

instead of putting effort into single player story all we have gotten are past glory moments. i mean we are basically watching replays of old matches

i am surprised we didn't get a true wwe vs wcw game

the one wwe game few years ago with wcw story line was good(i had fun with story mode atleast)

here comes the pain
shut your mouth
day of reckoning
no mercy

are some of the best wwe wrestling games

vanity293774d ago

all these years and no real ragdoll physics to make selling moves look different either. 2k15 and 16 have like halfassed ragdoll.

nevin13774d ago

It's funny how you mentioned modern games problem being story related.

But then mentioned

here comes the pain
shut your mouth
day of reckoning
no mercy

HCTP, SYM and No Mercy was cherished by its gameplay.

Its seems alot of people these days are more interested in stories in videogames then the actual game. Gameplay should be number 1.

roxette923774d ago

wwe 2k14 was the last great release gameplay wise. wwe 2k16 still has the annoying chain grappling.

showtimefolks3774d ago

nevin1

they could have a bad story but still a original story. these past wwe games have moments from past like 30 years of wrestlemania and attitude era

i rather just get original stories and that's just my personal opinion