November 2, 2004
Known Positives:
01. Title belt defense, creation and usage. You can make belts, defend them in exhibition, and use them as weapons in matches. Awesome.
02. Create a PPV. About fucking time they brought this back! Self explanatory.
03. Create a Wrestler is supposed to be refined and simplified.
04. Chop fights decided by a meter. Makes you want to have a Benoit/Flair match just for that!
05. Fixed logisitcs ala small dudes not being able to slam Big Show under any circumstances. Also, no CAW can ever have stats of 10 in every catagory. Seems cool and fair to me.
06. Bret Hart is a legend in the game. Not sure whether you have to unlock him or not, my guess being that you do.
07. Special challenges that allow you to unlock hidden shit. For example, gain a victory without using your finisher and receieve <whatever you unlock>.
Known Negatives:
01. Smallest roster eva'. Where are Kidman and London (among others)? Eugene?
02. No new match types aside from backstage brawl, which is supposed to be great, but I'll decide for myself.
03. Changed move system to where I believe you have a certain set, then once you do so many of them, you have access to trademarks, then you get a finisher. Don't complicate it! Sure, it makes sense but it better be fairly simple to work with.
Unknowns and Hopes:
01. Choosing moves, in my opinion, is the greatest part of these games. Will they have as many to choose from despite the shortened roster? Wll there be new ones? Requests: Turnbuckle Grapple Additions: Top Rope Powerbomb, Jericho's springboard dropkick, AJ Styles' Moonsault to a Reverse DDT. Finishers: A good version of the double arm facebuster/Stroke/Breakdown as well as the Canadian Destroyer, Black Hole Slam, Torture Rack Backbreaker, Moneymaker...give us the TNA stuff!
02. Please let us edit superstars' attires!
03. Better original entrances and theme choices, maybe more old school stuff especially.
Known Positives:
01. Title belt defense, creation and usage. You can make belts, defend them in exhibition, and use them as weapons in matches. Awesome.
02. Create a PPV. About fucking time they brought this back! Self explanatory.
03. Create a Wrestler is supposed to be refined and simplified.
04. Chop fights decided by a meter. Makes you want to have a Benoit/Flair match just for that!
05. Fixed logisitcs ala small dudes not being able to slam Big Show under any circumstances. Also, no CAW can ever have stats of 10 in every catagory. Seems cool and fair to me.
06. Bret Hart is a legend in the game. Not sure whether you have to unlock him or not, my guess being that you do.
07. Special challenges that allow you to unlock hidden shit. For example, gain a victory without using your finisher and receieve <whatever you unlock>.
Known Negatives:
01. Smallest roster eva'. Where are Kidman and London (among others)? Eugene?
02. No new match types aside from backstage brawl, which is supposed to be great, but I'll decide for myself.
03. Changed move system to where I believe you have a certain set, then once you do so many of them, you have access to trademarks, then you get a finisher. Don't complicate it! Sure, it makes sense but it better be fairly simple to work with.
Unknowns and Hopes:
01. Choosing moves, in my opinion, is the greatest part of these games. Will they have as many to choose from despite the shortened roster? Wll there be new ones? Requests: Turnbuckle Grapple Additions: Top Rope Powerbomb, Jericho's springboard dropkick, AJ Styles' Moonsault to a Reverse DDT. Finishers: A good version of the double arm facebuster/Stroke/Breakdown as well as the Canadian Destroyer, Black Hole Slam, Torture Rack Backbreaker, Moneymaker...give us the TNA stuff!
02. Please let us edit superstars' attires!
03. Better original entrances and theme choices, maybe more old school stuff especially.
