WWE 12 does mediocre fan service to the genre but really falls down in some places.
Alex & Mike talk Biomutant, a game from Experiment 101/THQ Nordiq you likely have not heard of. While the AAA side of the industry tends to homogenization and imitative, cinematic presentation, “AA” games remain creative and innovative in 2021. Drawing on inspirations as varied as Dark Souls, third person shooters & kung fu cinema, Biomutant is Ratchet & Clank on acid, developed by a team of 20 people.
Some of you may know that the latest instalment in the WWE gaming franchise 2K20 was released late last year to generally poor reviews. Some of this was based on graphical issues, but mostly it was due to the many glitches and bugs found – many of which are hilarious to witness.
Fire Pro needs more love. The last PS4 title gets regular playtime from me.
I hear that there are financial troubles at the studio, but I'm hopeful for a Switch port one of these days.
I have Fire Pro for PS4 and PC but it seems more of like a Sim creator rather than people actually playing out matches. I still dont like anything as much as the N64 games
Golden Era of wrestling games in the Golden Era of wrestling. I've been contemplating going back and getting a N64 and getting those classic's
WWF Wrestlemania 2000
WWF No Mercy
WCW vs. nWo Revenge
Yes, the WWE ones at least. The last good one was 2K14 and the last great one was Here Comes the Pain.
Remember THQ? They published such games as Avatar: The Last Airbender, Darksiders I & II, the Destroy All Humans series, Homefront, the Red Faction series, and Saint's Row 1-3. Almost as famous as their games were the THQ marketing stunts, including a Golden Wii.
I clicked your article and all I saw was a bunch of complaining.
Some of the things you said made sense to me like Road To Wrestlemania being too heavily scripted, but to me the Universe Mode was the saving grace. After finishing RTW that is where you would continue to play anyways. It's a mix between GM mode and past modes and allows full customization of the roster, matches and everything.
The addition of all of the wrestlers along with their moves was done perfectly and the new grapple system is actually good. It is much better balanced for online play (when it works....)
While there is no GM mode you could easily do what you are looking to do in universe mode.
Personally '12 has it's issues and I know it isn't a perfect game but I see the changes they've made this year in the right direction. They need to fix Road to Wrestlemania and look back at how older titles did this(Especially WWE NO Mercy) because I preferred it.
I just think your article looked past the things that they did right and only focused on the few parts that could have been better.