WWE Day of Reckoning

Professor S · 07-09-2004, 03:30 PM

I know many of us might be disenfranchised when it comes to wrestling games, as most of the modern games released have ranged from average to poor. If you're anything like me, everytime you pick up a wrestling game, part of of you longs for the old days of No Mercy and the N64 grapplers that we grew up knowing and loving.

Well I just took a look at the interview with the Day of Reckoning devopers, and there might be hope for us afterall:

Quote:

IGN: What play style does the game employ? How does the grappling system work?

Kendall Boyd: This is a simulation wrestling experience. Smackdown vs. Raw is the quicker paced game, while we are trying to capture the feel of the N64 days. I've heard so many people pick this up and say, "This is like a modern day No Mercy or WrestleMania 2000."

What? A wrestling simulation? Just like every GOOD wrestling game has ever been? Wow, what a monumental idea!!!!

Truthfully, this game is looking to be great. Yukes has always been great at making incredibly deep CAW engines (including the most important area: tons of moves), and now we can only hope that they go through with the simulation experience that they are promising.

*keeps his fingers crossed*

BreakABone · 07-09-2004, 03:42 PM

You know I avoided posting on this game for that reason.

They made that same promise several times over with both WrestleMania X8 and WrestleMania XIX and while I personally believe that XIX was a step in the right direction, many including yourself if I'm not mistaken didn't really like it.

The game looks failry interesting, but for some odd reason not anticipating it as much as I did the other two, maybe the rule of dimishing returns, who knows.

fingersman · 07-09-2004, 04:54 PM

I agrees with BAB, they say this every singles time they make a wrestlings game for cube and then the game doesn't evens end up remotely close to No Mercy or WrestleMania 2000, so I'ms really not exciting about a news wrestling game for cube

Typhoid · 07-09-2004, 04:56 PM

Thats because you guys are expecting a game like No Mercy, which was the best one to date, i think, and i still play it too.

They are going to try and make it the best they can by their views, for some reson they barely factor in consumers.

BreakABone · 07-09-2004, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

Thats because you guys are expecting a game like No Mercy, which was the best one to date, i think, and i still play it too.

They are going to try and make it the best they can by their views, for some reson they barely factor in consumers.

I'm not expecting the next No Mercy, I take each game for it's own merit.

It's just that they've said that every game so far would play just like No Mercy, and thus far not many have agreed. So I'm not getting my hopes up that it will be. I'm a fan of XIX

Jonbo298 · 07-09-2004, 07:22 PM

I don't understand the need for 3 seperate wrestling games for 3 consoles but I guess its to milk more money every few months. But I don't expect much from this. Gamecube's WWE games have been meh. Plus, WMx8 put a bad taste in my mouth because of its horrible CAW and just about everything else. I know XIX improved, but its no where near what the Smackdown/Raw brands are on the opposing consoles.