What would make the best wrestling game?

TheCandystripes

Your opinions? I really hate all wrestling games which are available to buy here(SMACKDOWN VS RAW series and TNA game) and I would love to see a wrestling game that brings me joy.

So I want to ask you as wrestling fans and maby gamers what would be elements that you desire from a wrestling game?


For me?

• A realistic simulator-Lightweights not able to lift up heavy guys and John Cena for example lifting up Khali looks like it takes tremendous effort like it does IRL. He would be unable to do suplexes on him and would only be able to manage a power move such as his finisher the F-U at the end when his andrenaline is through the roof.
• Fluid gameplay-See TNA Impact. I like the way the wrestlers move in this game from the vids I've seen on youtube.
• Deep CAW-No limitations. Able to create and download(like in svr 2010) caws from internet. Also there would be loads of moves and also create a move rather than just a finisher.
• You know when there is a ladder in the middle of the ring and you deliver a suplex and magically the ladder seems to slide away? Well why doesn't the person being hit by the suplex hit ladder like in No Mercy?
• Arenas-Ability to edit and school or bingo hall arenas or backyard wrestling arenas(necro butcher vs john cena )
• Weapons-Give me 30ft ladders god dammit. I want to be able to replicate CZW. give me some glass tables as well.
• OK maby this is just me but I'd like to be able to set what wrestler is gonna win. So lets say I'm wrestling with Cena against Undertaker I'd like to be able to tell the computer to make Undertaker win the match ok a bit weird but i try to do a story angle using single player.
• when wrestler interferes they have an impact on match, they don't just run down, get in the ring and stand there.
• AI-behave like they do irl. cena never quits, he is unbelievable resilent and unless you are a top guy it will be very hard to beat him, because he finds that something when its needed. he also doesnt use that many moves and relies on punches and basic moves.

Ok so there my ideas, your views or any ideas?

Bubs101

The only thing I want is the open ended storyline from No Mercy where every little action affected the story

flahavaj

A Chikara or Hustle roster would be most amazing thing in the history of computer games.

krudler

No Mercy+HD graphics=only wrestling game you'll ever need

that or Fire Pro

Sirsok

TheCandystripes wrote: »

Your opinions? I really hate all wrestling games which are available to buy here(SMACKDOWN VS RAW series and TNA game) and I would love to see a wrestling game that brings me joy.

Fluid gameplay-See TNA Impact. I like the way the wrestlers move in this game from the vids I've seen on youtube.

Why you hate it if you only seen youtube vids?its actually fun to play with a few mates

Cactus Col

Well ... I would say the best wrestling game series hasn't been mentioned yet.

The Total Extreme Wrestling series I find to be great fun, a nice departure from the standard action oriented games, putting the emphasis on management of a promotion.

But even that has it flaws, the things I would like to see in that would be a mentoring system where veteran wreslters could be used to mentor rookies.

A delegation option for multiple brands.

In the more traditional action oriented games of SVR and such ... more open ended gaming. Never played No Mercy, but Smackdown 2 had a great system.

TheCandystripes

could you expland on that 'open ended'

Bubs101

TheCandystripes wrote: »

could you expland on that 'open ended'

Well the storyline lasted forever and adapted to the way you played the game. My favourite one was as Kurt Angle I was hardcore champ but I never bothered using weapons and just tapped everyone out. I then got a storyline about how I wasn't hardcore enough to be the champ. The replay value in that game was immense. You could also go for the women's title with Rikishi which was fantastic for the bikini contest

TheCandystripes

that would be excellent actually and if they actually bothered could probably make it a lot better than no mercy. altho rikishi in a bikini contest lol no thnx

Penn

Cactus Col wrote: »

Well ... I would say the best wrestling game series hasn't been mentioned yet.

The Total Extreme Wrestling series I find to be great fun, a nice departure from the standard action oriented games, putting the emphasis on management of a promotion.

But even that has it flaws, the things I would like to see in that would be a mentoring system where veteran wreslters could be used to mentor rookies.

A delegation option for multiple brands.

In the more traditional action oriented games of SVR and such ... more open ended gaming. Never played No Mercy, but Smackdown 2 had a great system.

Yeah, I loved the story mode in SD2. While it is nice to have a story mode with the proper wrestlers voices, and tailored for their mannerisms and stuff, only being able to play a true story mode as one of only 6 wrestlers, and only from the Royal Rumble to Wrestlemania is just too limited. I'd love to see a story mode similar to SD2 included as well as the RTW for 5-6 wrestlers

Lone Kimono

Bubs101 wrote: »

Well the storyline lasted forever and adapted to the way you played the game. My favourite one was as Kurt Angle I was hardcore champ but I never bothered using weapons and just tapped everyone out. I then got a storyline about how I wasn't hardcore enough to be the champ. The replay value in that game was immense. You could also go for the women's title with Rikishi which was fantastic for the bikini contest

This is one of the reasons I hate the last few Smackdown vs Raw games. On Here Comes The Pain and Shut Your Mouth you had really long and great story modes, they lasted about two years and every choice you got affected the story. On the new ones the Storymode is crap.

I would love a game though I understand it would probably be very hard to make, where you wrestle matches like real life, you get instructions before the match such as put this guy over, lose by DQ, squash your opponent in three minutes etc and the better you perform in the ring the higher you rise in the organisation. Obviously WWE wont ever have a game like this, but it would be cool all the same...

Cactus Col

I remember one of the smackdown games ... I think the first one on the PS2 ... can't remember what it was called... but the storyline mode was basically made up of 3 matches!

It was awful.

The career mode in the first smackdown game was decent too, where you put yourself in different belt divisions, I think depending on how highly you were ranked.

Lone Kimono

Yes the first game on the PS2 was terrible. But the next two games more than made up for it.

Penn

Cactus Col wrote: »

I remember one of the smackdown games ... I think the first one on the PS2 ... can't remember what it was called... but the storyline mode was basically made up of 3 matches!

It was awful.

The career mode in the first smackdown game was decent too, where you put yourself in different belt divisions, I think depending on how highly you were ranked.

That was Just Bring It. Yeah, the story mode in it was awful. You just spent most of the time wandering round backstage talking to people. Pretty cool, for about the 4 minutes. Then you realise "Why would Kane be talking to Earl Hebner?"

Tricity Bendix

Cactus Col wrote: »

Well ... I would say the best wrestling game series hasn't been mentioned yet.

The Total Extreme Wrestling series I find to be great fun, a nice departure from the standard action oriented games, putting the emphasis on management of a promotion.

But even that has it flaws, the things I would like to see in that would be a mentoring system where veteran wreslters could be used to mentor rookies.

A delegation option for multiple brands.

In the more traditional action oriented games of SVR and such ... more open ended gaming. Never played No Mercy, but Smackdown 2 had a great system.

Ive only played the free version of TEW (06 I think) so I can't say if they've changed it up at all, but I found it to be quite a boring game. I'd been searching for a booking sim after getting hooked on GM mode in Smackdown, but I found not being able to see the matches that you booked in TEW to be highly irritating, and kinda took away from the payoff of booking a big match.

Red Sleeping Beauty

Just as long as Acklaim don't make it I don't care

Speaking of No Mercy, what would a second hand copy cost? There's one for £8 on both Ebay and Amazon and that seems, a bit much?