Granted I’ve only played about 10 matches so far
I don’t care that the roster is outdated.
I don’t mind the short intros (we all skip 90% of em anyway after a while)
RTE is laughable so far,
Intense workout
Go out and do the media tour option (TV Show, signing etc)
Light workout
Eat
Go to Dynamite/PPV
Doing that gets you 2 work outs it raises your motivation and you will be at full or near full energy at the end of that “week”. There’s no real strategy to it, just do those 4 things in that order and you won’t get injured and you have solid skill gains with no downsides that I can tell. This was supposed to be some big deal mode and it really feels like a slog. Do the same 4 things in the same order go to match win match repeat. None of the things you can do before wrestling are interactive. If you hit the gym you decide on one of three intensities you get a % as to your likelyhood of injury and then you watch the same cut scene. Heavy work out you bench, light work out you squat, occasionally someone will show up and interact with you at the gym usually because you are wrestling them next.
Every location is the same restaurant regardless of what you eat. I’m eating avocado toast or Philly cheese steaks with a bottle of red wine on the table, at a nicer looking restaurant.
The customization is really disappointing, trying to make Mr. Perfect from the 80s is rough. We have a handful of faces, how could we not have more than the selection we have. I’m not expecting a lot but can I have another curly hair that isn’t Kenny’s? How do we only have these hair options? Hair in a pony tail? Nope! I could go on but unless it’s an unlockable (which it shouldn’t be it’s a pretty common look) it’s not in there. That’s how low you should be setting the bar for where this game is with character creation.
Graphics are fine but the lack of voice acting is surprising.
How many of these people were injured where they couldn’t work in the ring but you could have had them go to a recording booth and get some lines into the game. The lack of commentary kills me, and really makes me feel like I’m playing an old game. Especially considering Taz and his antics would be so great for this game.
I was expecting the No Mercy of 2023
What I got was WCW vs NWO World tour of 2003.
I’m really hoping they start adding more to the game soon, the upcoming Stadium Stampede looked really cool until I found out cross play wasn’t a thing anymore. I tried to get a game online last night at 9pm and couldn’t find a match, which is concerning for a game that released last night (playing on steam).
I would have returned it if I wasn’t have so much fun in the ring. The gameplay is able to prop the rest of the game up but it makes all it’s shortcomings stand out like HBK selling to Hogan. I’m really hoping for a No Mans Sky level of patching and support. I have no problems supporting this game for years, if they build on this bare bones framework.
Where did the time go?
Granted I’ve only played about 10 matches so far I don’t care that the roster is outdated. I don’t mind the short intros (we all skip 90% of em anyway after a while)
RTE is laughable so far, Intense workout Go out and do the media tour option (TV Show, signing etc) Light workout Eat Go to Dynamite/PPV
Doing that gets you 2 work outs it raises your motivation and you will be at full or near full energy at the end of that “week”. There’s no real strategy to it, just do those 4 things in that order and you won’t get injured and you have solid skill gains with no downsides that I can tell. This was supposed to be some big deal mode and it really feels like a slog. Do the same 4 things in the same order go to match win match repeat. None of the things you can do before wrestling are interactive. If you hit the gym you decide on one of three intensities you get a % as to your likelyhood of injury and then you watch the same cut scene. Heavy work out you bench, light work out you squat, occasionally someone will show up and interact with you at the gym usually because you are wrestling them next.
Every location is the same restaurant regardless of what you eat. I’m eating avocado toast or Philly cheese steaks with a bottle of red wine on the table, at a nicer looking restaurant.
The customization is really disappointing, trying to make Mr. Perfect from the 80s is rough. We have a handful of faces, how could we not have more than the selection we have. I’m not expecting a lot but can I have another curly hair that isn’t Kenny’s? How do we only have these hair options? Hair in a pony tail? Nope! I could go on but unless it’s an unlockable (which it shouldn’t be it’s a pretty common look) it’s not in there. That’s how low you should be setting the bar for where this game is with character creation.
Graphics are fine but the lack of voice acting is surprising. How many of these people were injured where they couldn’t work in the ring but you could have had them go to a recording booth and get some lines into the game. The lack of commentary kills me, and really makes me feel like I’m playing an old game. Especially considering Taz and his antics would be so great for this game.
I was expecting the No Mercy of 2023
What I got was WCW vs NWO World tour of 2003.
I’m really hoping they start adding more to the game soon, the upcoming Stadium Stampede looked really cool until I found out cross play wasn’t a thing anymore. I tried to get a game online last night at 9pm and couldn’t find a match, which is concerning for a game that released last night (playing on steam).
I would have returned it if I wasn’t have so much fun in the ring. The gameplay is able to prop the rest of the game up but it makes all it’s shortcomings stand out like HBK selling to Hogan. I’m really hoping for a No Mans Sky level of patching and support. I have no problems supporting this game for years, if they build on this bare bones framework.