New WWE Video Game Announcement This Friday

[CWood2]

Quote: Originally Posted by CanuckJ

Thank god for the TNA game developed by midway, hopefully THQ and the wwe will have to sit up and take notice come June 24th.

Thank God for Japanese imports like KOC II

[sportznut02]

i`d love to see them make a legends game since Vince owns just about everything

[CaptainZombie]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportznut02

i`d love to see them make a legends game since Vince owns just about everything

Sportz, not too sure if you were on my site today, but I reported from IGN that it is confirmed for tomorrow: WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 is Official... + they have 9 pages worth of content.

[Spectre]

LOL

Tag-team is the new feature they're pushing for this version? You gotta be kidding me

Looks like this is SvR2007, version 1.2 since SvR2008 was clearly just SvR2007 with patch 1.1

Create a finisher is neat but the screens of the game look... identical to the last two versions. I read the interview at its just PR spin over and over. They say they're trying to "drastically" cut down loading times, I don't buy that for one sec. Then they have the audacity to say the commentary isn't that bad- I want some of what the THQ guys are smoking if they believe that's true.

For all the crap Madden gets, this series is far worse in terms of recycling the same game over and over. Wonder what fired WWE Superstar will feature prominently in this game? Bobby Lashley is my guess

[J_Posse]

I totally skipped '08 out of apathy. I'm truly praying that Yukes and THQ will finally, after two years on current-gen, produce a strong, polished and innovative title. They've gotta redefine and improve the gameplay, while giving a more realistic (it isn't "real," I know) presentation of wrestling.

And, if they give us another small roster then they should at least make the wrestlers have their near-exact moveset for God's sake. Stop removing moves and add the actual wrestler specific name of the move, and not "spinebuster 1,000" and "spear 225."

[Spectre]

Quote: Originally Posted by J_Posse512

I totally skipped '08 out of apathy. I'm truly praying that Yukes and THQ will finally, after two years on current-gen, produce a strong, polished and innovative title. They've gotta redefine and improve the gameplay, while giving a more realistic (it isn't "real," I know) presentation of wrestling. And, if they give us another small roster then they should at least make the wrestlers have their near-exact moveset for God's sake. Stop removing moves and add the actual wrestler specific name of the move, and not "spinebuster 1,000" and "spear 225."

I was exactly like you

I just didn't care to get it- I had no reason to do so. Everything about the game was so bland.

After reading the whole interview, there's some stuff that's more exciting and I hope THQ carries them out well.

1) Looks like 24/7 is going the way of the dodo- thank goodness. I got two words for 24/7...

2) Create a Finisher- this could be a LOT of fun

3) Redone animations- some of the transition animations were laughably bad

4) Decreased loading times- I'll believe this when I see this. SvR is one of the most clunky games ever from menu to menu.

5) Wrestler-specific storylines in career mode: this is huge. I had a great Randy Orton career in 07 and it pissed me off to no end that I was getting friendly calls from Rey Mysterio and other guys he shouldn't talk to. This would give more legs to Story mode since each wrestler would have a unique experience.

[DTX3]

Downloadable content seems interesting...could it be roster updates? i hope so.

[ILLCHILL]

I just picked up 08 this earlier in the week and me and my buddy are having a blast playing multiplayer. I'm bringing him to Smackdown in a couple weeks and he's playing this game to kind of get into wresatling and he thinks its great.

I played the hell out of GM Mode in 07, and I'll start up an 08 one once i unlock everyone.