Gameplay hasn't changed much at all, but that isn't the main feature this year. The models and arenas look good, so I'll probably be buying this regardless of what they show gameplay wise.
They also mentioned something about Daniel Bryan having his new finisher the single knee kick in-game. Any footage of that out yet?
They brought back the Legends of Wrestlemania modes, which is great, that is a really fun game and re creating the matches are a lot of fun. This mode adds a lot of replay value to the game, it's like a whole other game packed in. If you haven't played Legends of Wrestelmania I highly recommend it and it's cheap now. That and WWE All Stars are the 2 best games this gen.
I agree with it looking smoother. I thought it was a hell of a lot smoother whenever they showed Ryback's Catch Finisher. Sounds are a hell of a lot better too.
They played the same match when they were talking with Ronnie2K and he said the match was on Normal difficulty and it was also obviously on the Quick match setting. They usually talk about Legend being easy, but this year for some reason when Bryan was talking about Legend he sounded like it may be harder because he was saying how "Die hard members of WWE gaming will like it", or something to that effect.
Really tempted to not get it this year. Mania mode looks cool and they have a great roster in terms of legends but I don't wanna shill out 89.99 Aussie Dollars for a game that is still broken outside the main game mode like 13 was.
Much like WWE 13 the gameplay wasn't good but reliving the Attitude Era moments gave me the nostalgia I needed.
Again this year the gameplay looks like it's been slightly tweaked (with the reversals getting the improvements it desperately needed), but it's gonna be reliving the nostalgic memories from growing up as a kid watching wrestling.
I do love the little things they've done like adding the warrior's yellow IC belt to the game, really looking forward to seeing whether or not any of the other titles (I.E. Sgt Slaughter's Purple winged eagle belt he had at WM VII).
Now all I need is some sort of ECW era mode, which I know will probably never happen but you can always dream....
Really tempted to not get it this year. Mania mode looks cool and they have a great roster in terms of legends but I don't wanna shill out 89.99 Aussie Dollars for a game that is still broken outside the main game mode like 13 was.
Much like WWE 13 the gameplay wasn't good but reliving the Attitude Era moments gave me the nostalgia I needed.
Again this year the gameplay looks like it's been slightly tweaked (with the reversals getting the improvements it desperately needed), but it's gonna be reliving the nostalgic memories from growing up as a kid watching wrestling.
I do love the little things they've done like adding the warrior's yellow IC belt to the game, really looking forward to seeing whether or not any of the other titles (I.E. Sgt Slaughter's Purple winged eagle belt he had at WM VII).
Now all I need is some sort of ECW era mode, which I know will probably never happen but you can always dream....
Gameplay did seem more balanced and the matches built better during the time I played at the Vegas Expo. I've owned every WWF/WWE game since the original one on NES I can honestly say this seems like it could be the best one of this generation gameplay wise. I didn't get any info on Universe mode and that's the main thing for me outside of gameplay. Like Attitude Era, I will probably only play WM mode a few times
I'm a little underwhelmed by the gameplay, but I don't guess I was really expecting a complete overhaul in the last year of current gen. The reversals look less annoying for sure, but it just seems really stale seeing so many of the same old animations and transitions. Sliders can be adjusted to make the game more challenging, I'm not so concerned about that, so really if they just fix the 1-count glitch and polish up a few other things, I'll probably get the game regardless. Despite its flaws, I still loved last year's game and this appears to be an upgrade to that, especially with the WM mode looking so awesome. Just give us more CAW slots and you have me sold.
Not sure if I'll pick this one up or not. I really want to wait to hear about what they've done (if anything) to Universe mode since that's where I spend 99% of my time in the game.