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I think this game looks like it could be fun. I'd probably enjoy it more than SDvR, at least.

At 0:56 in the Macho Man video, it looks like he combos one more into another. That could be fun.

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Before we get another Smackdown vs Raw, THQ is going to be delivering an over-the-top, arcade-style wrestling game in the way of WWE All Stars. This WWE game is about getting into the action fast with twitch-like controls and overly stylized moves.
You'll likely recognize a lot of the moves, but expect a very cartoon-y result. Imagine The Big Show power bombing someone which then results in the opponent getting launched 12 feet into the air from the impact. You can even juggle others like in traditional fighting games (e.g., Street Fighter).
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WWE All Stars (Xbox 360 [Previewed] / PlayStation 3 / Wii / PlayStation Portable / PlayStation 2
Developer: THQ San Diego
Publisher: THQ
To be released: March 29, 2011
There are around 31 wrestlers that will be in WWE All Stars, and so far, THQ has shown off Ricky Steamboat, Brett Hart, The Rock, Triple H, John Cena, Andre the Giant, The Big Show, Kofi Kingston, Rey Mysterio, John Morrison, Shamus and Randy "The Macho Man" Savage. Two additional characters -- Million-Dollar Man and Ted Dibiase -- will be available exclusively through GameStop pre-orders.
All of the fighters are split up into four categories: acrobat, big man, brawler and grappler. Don't expect the wrestlers to have the same moves just because they're in the same category, either. Someone like Shamus will have a completely different play style in comparison to someone like Brett Hart.
Only one game mode was shown off -- a simple one-vs-one gametype. There will be up to four-player support that we'll hear more about at a later date. We were at least told to expect a wrestler creator system, downloadable content and multiple modes including one called "Fantasy Warfare" where players pick between WWE Legends or WWE Superstars to see who the greatest (virtual) fighter of all time is.
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Controls were pretty simple from what I tried out on the Xbox 360. Y is assigned to your strong strike, X is for a quick strike, B is a strong grapple and A is for a quick grapple. Combos can be performed and a different move will happen depending on which direction the joystick is pushed with the button presses.
Players have an energy meter that allows them to use four different signature moves for each wrestler (The Rock's "Rock Bottom," for example.) These meters fill up faster the more a player uses different techniques. Performing these signature moves is done with a combo of either the X + A or Y + B buttons. These special moves also cause all of the action to go into very cheesy slow-motion.
Along with the energy meter is the Finishing Meter which is activated by pressing the left and right bumper together at the same time. A player can activate the Finishing Meter once it's filled up and if they connect, it's over; the opponent is knocked out.
On the defense side, players will be able to counter grapples/reversals with the left bumper and block/counter strikes with the right trigger. It's kind of a guessing game as you're not sure if the player is going for a strike or attempting to grapple. Everything can be reversed, so it's up to you to be quick enough to prevent an attack.
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You'll of course be able to do things like climbing the turnbuckle, whipping players into the ropes -- you can even use objects like steal chairs, although you have a limit to how many times you can use a weapon before getting disqualified.
The other meter you'll be worrying about is your health meter, naturally. You're in trouble when it's flashing red and it'll be harder to get out of pins. One thing I liked about All Stars is that even a pinned player will have a second chance as a meter pop-ups for both players. The player that's pinning the opponent will need to try and fill the meter while the pinned player will be trying to increase the capacity of the meter, making it harder to get filled up.
Overall, I felt that the controls were very easy to pick up and play. I managed to win a couple of matches; granted, I used Andre The Giant against an AI-controlled Rey Mysterio. It'll be interesting to see if players use the Mad Catz Fight Sticks or Fight Pad for All Stars. I think the regular controller is a better fit, but I can see why THQ would want pro controllers.
The one thing I couldn't stomach with All Stars is the over-the-top look for the wrestlers. I mean, I get why they did it, I just think caricature designs of ANYTHING are always gross looking.
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After the WWE All Stars presentation, THQ had The Big Show, Ricky Steamboat, Kofi and Shamus talk about the game. It was kind of cool hearing how the current wrestlers are honored they are able to go up against old-school wrestlers like Brett Hart, Macho Man and more. It's just as much of a dream match for the wrestlers as it will be for wrestling fans that get WWE All Stars.

Gotta say I'm looking forward to this a bit more now.

http://www.destructoid.com/hands-on-...s-191975.phtml

I was telling myself I'll NEVER play this, now I'm looking into getting it as the price goes down now.

No divas in the game and each wrestler will have over 500 moves.

If I know the company well they certainly count punches and chops as moves.

Well yeah, but they will have their place as it's built like a fighting game so they should have different timings and the like.

Wait, what? There are 500 moves or 500 moves per wrestler?

Either way, it does sound pretty awesome. I LOVE that there's the different reversal buttons for striking and grappling. Wish they'd bring that back to SvR.

@ Hasney:

Doubtful. More likely the fighting game aspect is found in the combos and health system, we will not be talking about punishing HHH's overhead punch recovery with Rey's chest slap start-up. Returning to two different counter holds does open up a welcome meta-game and probably fits better here than SvR, which abandoned two-button counters last I heard(?).

The stick/fightpad shows that the left stick may have no use as well.

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Originally Posted by Xero (Post 3399583)

Per wrestler from the Q&A Destructoid did

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I later asked Mike how many moves per wrestler we would see: we can expect the average of 500 each. There's overlap, of course, but some fighters like Bret Hart have done so many moves in their career that they'll be doing more in comparison to someone like Triple H.

500 is a lot of moves for one character in any game.

I can't even think of points of comparison, shit's crazy. Even with overlap.

At least this game is gonna have more than two modes especially a CAW mode, now I might buy this game because HHH, Bret, Ricky Steamboat & The Macho Man are in it

Maybe with 500 moves they're including combos. I just can't fathom how you can even map that type of move list unless there are a ridiculous amount of stupid position-specific moves.

I wonder if the game is only playable with the fight sticks & the fight pad and not a tradition game controller

Sort of looks like the Force Unleashed for the WWE. Just as long as it's not the Force Unleashed 2 then it'll be ok. Ohhhh yeahhh Macho Man is in a WWE game dig it?! Hall of Fame next? The game is coming around the time of Wrestlemania and the Hall of Fame. Once again oohhh yeah snap into a slimjim dig it?!

The tower of power too sweet to be sour funky like a monkey. Too hot to handle and too cold to hold! ohhh yeah!

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Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 3399616)

500 is a lot of moves for one character in any game.

I'm betting they're counting different "versions" of each move. A weak powerslam, a medium powerslam and a strong powerslam adds up to 3 "versions" of one move.

That means, if they have "500 moves each" and they are counting W/M/S versions of each move, they would have 166 moves each which differ from situation to situation.

Then they'll include punches and kicks in that count, which would each have W/M/S versions of one punch or kick with a total of 5 or 6 punches or kicks, meaning a little under 160 moves each (punches and kicks aren't moves, they're strikes, afterall).

So, they'll have a lot of moves but saying it's 500 is likely artificailly inflating it.

160 or so moves would be broken up into situational moves. We have...
Both men standing
CPU on the ground and player standing
CPU lying in the turnbuckle
Player standing on the turnbuckle with a standing CPU
Player standing on the turnbuckle with a lying CPU.

Each situation could have the same inputs with different results. Inputing a certain input while both men are standing could result in a piledriver but the same input when your on the turnbuckle with the CPU lying on the mat could cause a frog splash.

If it works like that, it would be pretty easy to map all the different buttons and combos and inputs to the pad.

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Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 3399616)

500 is a lot of moves for one character in any game.

And that's the claimed "Average."

So, like, Cena has 30, and Bret Hart has 800 or something.

Probably counting taunts, too.

LOL

The commercial for this couldn't even last a day on Xbox Spotlight

Honestly, I think this is the worst fucking thing I've ever seen.

Will I pre-order it? Hell no
Will I buy it? Hell no
Will I GameFly it? Hell no
Will I borrow it? Hell no
Will I play it if I'm drunk and someone happens to have it? I'd like to say hell no but Jager might say otherwise

Fail of the year 2011 candidate. I'm calling a GameInformer 3.5

Congratulations on saying a video game you have never played is going to be fail of the year and get shit scores. I hope the ladies know of your shallow ways.

Only playing, but I'm cautiously optimistic. Can't be any worse than Legends of Wrestlemania.

tbh, I didn't mind Legends of Wrestlemania. It just had the promise of being so much better. As so many people have said, it should have just been SvR with Legends.

But if they insist on doing something arcade, then at least they've taken it as far away from 'sim' as possible, with out making Crush Hour 2.

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Originally Posted by jamesdiesel (Post 3400422)

yea, not lasting on XBOX spotlight (whatever the fuck that is) is certainy a dagger to the game.

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Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 3400264)

Probably counting taunts, too.

"You can't see me."

"You can't see me against prone opponent."

"You can't see me facing turnbuckle."

"You can't see me to crowd."

"You can't see me to supine opponent."

'You can't see me to groggy opponent."

You forgot the weak/medium/strong variations.

The Fink is in the game.

Hogan and Warrior as well apparently...very interesting.

Yeah, I was just thinking... too bad Hulk Hogan and Kurt Angle can't be in this. Well... at least one of them is in it.

I hope Chris Jericho is in it as well. He definitely has more than 500 moves.

And those are just the holds.

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Originally Posted by LuigiD (Post 3400657)

Hogan and Warrior as well apparently...very interesting.

Can't believe Hogan would be in this.

http://www.gamestop.ca/common/images/lbox/700822b.jpg

If that is real, then not only is he in it, but he is heavily featured on the box art.

It should have been Randy Attacking Randy in the grapple.

Well I'll be damned.

It looks like Hogan is about to punch Cena in the face because he stole Hogan's spot.

Why is Hulk HOGan in the game? -_- Haven't Undertaker & Shawn Michaels been confirmed yet?

Apparently, when Hogan and Warrior signed to do Legends of Wrestlemania they signed up for more than one game..who knows how many.

http://www.wweallstars.com/roster

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lol at Sheamus, but yeah, here's the roster so far.

Andre
Savage
Bret
Steamboat
Rock
Cena
Triple H
Mysterio
Morrison
Big Show
Kofi
Sheamus

And according to PWInsider, Slaughter, Eddie and Snuka will be in.

Eddie will be my go to guy, unless we get some Nexus/Corre guys in.

So Hogan and Warrior was a rumor then?

The covers not been confirmed, but not denied either.

Sid would be perfect for this game!

Word is Million Dollar Man will be a Gamestop exclusive.

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Originally Posted by LuigiD (Post 3402955)

Word is Million Dollar Man will be a Gamestop exclusive.

Yeah, already confirmed. Along with Ted DiBiase JR.

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Originally Posted by D Mac (Post 3402922)

Sid would be perfect for this game!

Yeah, with 500 moves average he could even shit himself.

If they include a Royal Rumble mode, it should be pretty interesting and funny with how people are flying all over the place.

You know...this could actually be good. I've been waiting for a new change of pace from wrestling games and this could be very refreshing. It looks so over the top and stupid that it could be good.

I sure hope they add tables. Cause if I can throw somebody fifty feet and land threw a table, I'll be satisfied. Also, is CAW going to be in?

Yeah, pretty sure I read CAW will be in.

It'd be epic if they have a Royal Rumble mode in this game.

read some where that WWE vetoed hogan out of the game

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Originally Posted by taker707 (Post 3404513)

read some where that WWE vetoed hogan out of the game

Thanks for yr. source.

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Originally Posted by Xero (Post 3404356)

Yeah, pretty sure I read CAW will be in.

If CAW is gonna be in the game then I cannot wait to create Daniel Bryan and match him against Bret Hart :)

Because this is the game to have a technical masterpiece of a match in.

LABELL LOCK IN MIDAIR!!! He taps!!!

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Originally Posted by Xero (Post 3405145)

Because this is the game to have a technical masterpiece of a match in.

Fuck yeah it is. I hope bones snap in submissions. Just combo into them.

Powerbomb-Powerbomb-Transition to Walls of Jericho

:cool:

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Originally Posted by Ultra Mantis (Post 3405380)

Hogan and Warrior renders are up on IGN.

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/ar...38192_640w.jpg http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/ar...39411_640w.jpg

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Originally Posted by taker707 (Post 3404513)

read some where that WWE vetoed hogan out of the game

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Originally Posted by Hasney (Post 3404611)

Thanks for yr. source.

Warrior doesn't even look beefed up.

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Originally Posted by Hasney (Post 3404611)

Thanks for yr. source.

Somewhere's a source.

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Originally Posted by XL (Post 3405395)

Warrior doesn't even look beefed up.

Because Warrior in real life looked like a super-jacked cartoon wrestler lol

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The way the IGN article reads its like THQ bent over the WWE with the Hogan-on-the-cover idea.

And Hogan wasn't HUGE?

Yeah the funny thing is Hogan and Warrior weren't far off from those renders.

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Originally Posted by XL (Post 3406158)

And Hogan wasn't HUGE?

Yeah but he was just BIG, like Hogan was never "ripped" in the early WWF compared to Warrior...

What I'm saying is: Warrior should be bigger in this game. He looks slim compared to the Cena/Rock models.

The rest of his mass was put into tassles.

So they're releasing a toy line in conjuncture with the game.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...7175346442.jpg

Ohh yeah! Two bandannas for the Macho Man none for Jomo! Awesome I only wish it was the orange tights for the Macho Man dig it?!

I bet the special code is to unlock more Randy Savage bandannas.

Just noticed that I passed 3000 posts. Ohh yeah dig it!

LOL everyone is supposed to be comically jacked up in this game right? I think that's why Warrior looks smaller; since he's was so large in the past they decided to make it funny by making him smaller

I wonder what Scott Steiner would look like?

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Next Up: Attitude Go Kart Racers!

already dont. WWE Krush Hour

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Originally Posted by Xero (Post 3410890)

I wonder what Scott Steiner would look like?

Not enough room on the screen... would look like Roseanne or something

Not sure if its been mentioned but Nintendo Power is saying The Fink will be the ring announcer and JR with Lawler as commentators.

The developers also cited WWF No Mercy, Saturday Night Slam Masters, Def Jam Fight for New York, and Street Fighter IV as inspirations for the game and fighting style.

Love to know which game inspired what mechanic.

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Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD (Post 3411444)

Love to know which game inspired what mechanic.

Reminded me of this:

http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/gl...v/27/27254.jpg

That's fucking awesome

I love that dancing mega man avatar.

dunno guys, this game looks incredible

No. Just. No. :nono:

The slow motion really kills it. I don't want to play a game and have it slow down every couple of seconds because I perform a move. Not only that, it looks really stupid. Seems like a fail.

Macho Man backflip on to the top rope is pretty epic

I agree. And the atomic drop sell is awesome. Backflip? lol....clever.

But come on, slowwwww motion atomic drop into a slowwww elbow drop? I don't want to see that everytime. Hopefully you have the option to turn off the slow motion effects.

i am looking foward to see what other legends will be in the game

im hoping for
Diesel
Marty Jannetty
Roddy Piper

and

THE LETHAL WEAPON STEVE BLACKMAN!

wasn't there another game with the slow motion stuff, but you could turn it off. feel like there was. can't remember though

:lol: at their weights.

Did Hogan ever have abs?... oh yeah this is a THQ game. Plus his hairline wasn't even close to that full in his 20s. Come on, THQ.

This would be a neat mode to have in the Smackdown games, but definitely not a full release for me.