WWE SD v Raw '09 Screens

2007 was ok but it's too samey, and every year they seem to take stuff away and add some other stuff rather than constantly progressing on things.

I remember playing some version of this game on the PS2 where you could constantly make decisions in the story mode, choosing your destiny, choose to make alliances with wrestlers, attack other wrestlers...etc. And now all these years later the story mode is far more simplistic than it was back then? What on earth?

Also the entire combat system needs to be redone, it feels so last gen.

And I wish they would stop putting useless boring things in like Manager mode, it was so lame I couldn't even figure out how to play it. It's just a load of text and stats like a football manager game, except 100 times worse. Utterly pointless.

Oh and the ULTIMATE annoying thing about 2007, when you do one thing in the match then the outcome is entirely different, changed through a cutscene. For example when you win a ladder match by climbing the ladder and taking the belt, then a cutscene comes on showing you fighting for the belt with your opponent at the top of the ladder, then you and the opponent fall off knocked unconscious then some other person comes and steals the belt, and you lose the match/belt. WTF! I GOD DAMN CLIMBED THE LADDER AND TOOK THE BELT! It's like I win the match, then the game just decides that I didn't win and it'll make up some other outcome instead, so friggin annoying!
 
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Only thing that has me interested in 09 is the create a finisher option, theres a video knocking about showing how it works. Basically you have points to put a move together, you could for example put someone onto your shoulders for an FU then turn it into a ddt, its then possible to dictate how fast the impact of the move goes, can range from slow mo to super fast.

can watch some vids of it here:

http://uk.media.xbox360.ign.com/media/142/14242641/vids_1.html
 
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Was I the only one thinking there was going to be a comparison of old SD (Standard definition) WWE vs the new '09 outing to show how far it had come.

Obviously now I look back and see its smack down. Wrestling games haven't really been fun for me since the n64 days.
 
KittensCake said:
I remember playing some version of this game on the PS2 where you could constantly make decisions in the story mode, choosing your destiny, choose to make alliances with wrestlers, attack other wrestlers...etc. And now all these years later the story mode is far more simplistic than it was back then? What on earth?
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2008 was even more basic than 2007.

KittensCake said:
Also the entire combat system needs to be redone, it feels so last gen.
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Again, the Combat System in 08 was actually more simple (and a lot worse) than 2007 :p.
 
2009 is meant to have create-a-finisher mode, updates to tag matches (dramatic tags and one momentum) and a three month story mode. Inferno matches are set to be included. The final thing I heard is that there is meant to be create an titantron video mode where you can record segments of matches and such like.

Here comes the pain was the best Smackdown to date. Season mode was never the same twice unlike now where it's so incredibly dull. Anyone else remember being able to smash the opponent about after the match and have it affect the storyline? Now the storyline can't even keep the same champion for two weeks before forgetting who it was and changing.
 
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NokkonWud said:
The create-a-entrance from 2008 was pretty spiffy, I enjoyed that, would like a better one in 2009.
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I apologise it came across slightly wrong. I should have said create a titantron video mode with video capture from matches.

But yes create an entrance is quite good (even if on PS3 you can't import music though this is set to change) but I felt it could have done with some more variation.

edit: changed my previous post to hopefully make it a tad clearer :D
 
Imo create an entrance for 2k8 was crap, Theres still basic things missing like how long before your wrestler appears on stage. Older games had that basic functionality built in and you could have upto around a minute before your character appeared.

Even the custom tracks was half assed, i mean ripping a song and having to make that single song into its own playlist? Wtf was that? RAW 2 for the original xbox just seen all the songs on your hard drive and let you select whatever song you wanted.

I also dont get why theres no option to use videos on your hard drive or on a connected pc as titan tron videos for your entrance. As long as theyre in wmv format or something the 360 can recognise theres should be no problem making the game rescale the vid and display it on the tron.

Theres just so much basic stuff this series misses out on its insulting, 2k7 could have had the mp3 tracks in it but oooh no cant patch it in, that has to be saved as a feature for 2k8 so it seems like we actually did some work other than making the game more annoying to play. :rolleyes:


And for christ sake get rid of that bloody counter where they just grab your legs to trip you up and your character reacts like he's been piledrived through a table, why in the hell does that counter keep you down for so long even at the start of a match?

Theres so many stupidly long pain\selling animations in this game that many losses are attributed to them directly, and dont you just love how kane is still doing the chokeslam from about 4 years ago? He even still has the part where he flicks his non existant hair back out of the way..of course not before walking in circles for a few seconds so when he delivers the chokeslam you can almost be guaranteed the opponent will be under the ropes, and you will have to waste time dragging them away before pinning them.
 
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