WWE All Stars Preview, Partial Roster Revealed (IGN)

[ExtremeGamer]

Check out the WWE All Stars preview at IGN.

So far, the roster includes:

• John Cena
• The Rock
• Andre the Giant
• Bret Hart
• Rey Mysterio
• Triple H
• John Morrison
• "Macho Man" Randy Savage
• Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
• Big Show
• Kofi Kingston
• Sheamus
• The Million Dollar Man (GameStop Exclusive)
• Ted Dibiase (GameStop Exclusive)

Quote:

"Now, lots of games say crap like "easy to pick up but deep," but I'm happy to tell you that it looks like THQ isn't BSing us this time When I was just getting a feel for the controls, I was still pulling off fantastical stuff -- I made Rey Mysterio run up Andre the Giant's chest, leap to the top rope, and then fire off an attack. That's amazingly awesome to watch and satisfying to do. When I had built up a finisher, it was a simple pair of button presses to pull off and see Bret the Hitman Hart grab his opponent and throw him into the Sharpshooter for the KO. As I got the hang of that stuff, the strategy and depth of the game began to shine through. When someone's grabbing for you, you can reverse it with a button press and perform the grab on them. They can reverse it as well to get a chain going. When you knock guys down, they're going to get up pretty quickly to keep WWE All Stars frantic pace, but every other time you drop an opponent, they'll glow red letting you know that you can perform a move without the fear of them popping right back up. Layered on that base stuff are character classes. Big Men are slow but are hard to knock down, while Acrobats can connect from the top rope pretty much anywhere in the ring and run without draining their extreme signature move bar as quickly. Each class has its own pros and cons."

[Nature_Boy]

The "Macho Man" Randy Savage is in the game? You now have my interest THQ.

[goh]

Quote: Originally Posted by ExtremeGamer

"Macho Man" Randy Savage The Million Dollar Man (GameStop Exclusive) Ted Dibiase (GameStop Exclusive)

Does THQ even know what they're doing anymore?
Macho Man in THIS but not SD vs. Raw? I've already said multiple times how crap these exclusives are and what can be done with them.

[jyoung]

Pre-order exclusives and DLC characters suck.

[stephensonmc]

Quote: Originally Posted by goh

Does THQ even know what they're doing anymore? Macho Man in THIS but not SD vs. Raw? I've already said multiple times how crap these exclusives are and what can be done with them.

They're two different games with two different budgets. I know you'd like to think things work the way we would all want them to, but they don't. SvR is a sim game that has loads of features and budget associated with that. All Stars is a new IP with a blank canvas. Macho Man was a priority for that team, and I love it!

[goh]

So THIS had a bigger budget? If you hadn't of made this game would that have increased the budget for SD vs. Raw?

[DJ]

I'm curious how THQ got Savage for this game, seeing as how he wasn't in Legends of Wrestlemania.

[stephensonmc]

Quote: Originally Posted by goh

So THIS had a bigger budget? If you hadn't of made this game would that have increased the budget for SD vs. Raw?

Nope, they're unrelated completely. We have budget to maintain and add additional things to a huge game like SvR. When a new game (IP) comes out, they get to reprioritize whatever they want. With SvR, we can't start from scratch. Make sense?