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Played for about 30 minutes this morning. Started the Punk/Cena showcase.
The presentation is awesome. They do a ppv-movie-type trailer/summary that talks about the rivalry and showing real WWE footage leading up the match you are about to play. It felt great to relive the MITB match between Punk/Cena. I felt the Punk model is sub-par compared to most of the other models. Not sure if he was available for scanning when they were scanning everyone else or what... but yea.
Gameplay feels completely different. Every previous version of WWE games I have been able to play on Legendary difficulty with Epic match settings and absolutely dominated from start to finish. Counters were very easy to execute, they feel much harder this time around. The icon pops-up, but if you press the counter button as soon as you see it, 99% of the time, it is "Too early". You have to be pretty spot on as the impact of the move takes place to effectively counter it.
Back to the match...... I didn't bother with checking the options so everything was at default and Cena pretty thoroughly kicked my ass. The chain wrestling feature is nice and adds the realism element to the flow of things. You can strike or wrench your opponent in each hold up to 3 times per hold (trying to find the hotspot). The CPU was surprisingly fast at this and it made for a really good back and forth feel to start off the match.
The commentary, while still spotty at times is by far the best commentary of any previous WWE game to date. It is obvious when Cole/Lawler or any other combination of announcers are calling the match that they recorded actual conversations and not just one liner after one liner.
After having my ass kicked, I went to exhibition and did a 6 man tag of The Shield v The Wyatt Family. The Shield entrance could have been better, but it works for what it is. Started the match as Ambrose (v Luke Harper) and it was somewhat even. Harper tagged out when he started getting a beat down and Bray came in and started tearing Ambrose apart. I tagged in Reigns and things felt like they were more even. I highlight this because each superstar feels different when you play as them. Reigns hits hard and his moves have quite a bit of impact and it feels that way.
Briefly checked the community creations and updated Rollins and Ambrose already exist and look incredibly accurate. Here is hoping they patch custom themes in at a later time.
That is the extent of what I was able to do in the short time before I had to leave for work. So far, it feels reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally good and I am looking forward to mixing it up after work this afternoon/evening.
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