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Games / I review: WWE 12
« on: March 29, 2012, 07:30:27 PM »
Before I start, let me explain to you what WWE 12 is.
WWE 12 is a console-only wrestling game that is loved because of its huge creation system, and its "fun" while playing.
About a year ago, when Smackdown VS. Raw 2011 came out, I got it because I expected that I would create a storyline and do alot of fun stuff, SVR 2011 was a good game, but I never did do what I wanted because it lacked alot of things, and the superstars in the game aren't all what I wanted, so I left the game on the shelf for awhile.
Then I figured I'de wait a year for Smackdown Vs. Raw 2012 to come out.
I did wait a year for SVR 2012, but instead we got WWE 12, the same game with a different title, why they changed it i have no clue.
So I bought the game, put it on the shelf for a week because I was busy, and then when I wasn't, I started playing.
The first thing I always do was create a fully customized character, so I figured I would do that, play a bit, then log off and play another day like I usually do with games now.
I was dissapointed as soon as I got to the customization menu. I realized that the title music wasn't random, it was a 3 minute song played over and over again, you have to atleast start a match for it to change music, but it still repeats over and over again.
Why would you not bother to fix that?
I forgot about it and started to customize my character, but was extremely sad when I saw that they only added about 6 new apperal items, and the motto was "Bigger, badder, better", so that should mean that you should add a ton more items instead of just 6 or 10.
I played my customized character in a match, I always do a match to see whats new. But there was no "starters guide", no "tutorial", so I had no idea what buttons are which, in SVR 2011 they had a tutorial at the very start of the game, but not here, so what the forget.
Something I noticed was that my reversal button wasn't working, it says in the game manual, and even on the loving screen of the game that when you are about to get hit you have to press R2 (ps3) and you can reverse it, but no. I had to push and hold the R2 button about 2 seconds before I got hit, and even then I had a milisecond oppurtunity to reverse anyway, the NPC can always reverse every attack you make, even on easy difficulty.
This NPC stuff was unplayable, you can't even win a match anymore. I thought "maybe multiplayer would be better".
Holy loving stuff.
Every game has a terrible multiplayer, and I usually refuse to play multi player games where I can't reach through my screen and slap the other player across the face, but this reached a new low.
Let me debrief you on some gamemodes.
Royal Rumble: The first 2 guys are always friends and just taunt at eachother until someone comes out, the first guy who comes out is always beaten by the 2 gang-bangers, and when you get put back in you are usually immediatly put out, and you cant do stuff about any move they throw at you because of the broken reversal system.
Tag Team: 2 vs. 2, I actually had a hard time finding a tag team, because every other tag team was a Divas tag team, a match that it wouldn't let me into, or I got kicked from the match as soon as I joined. When I did find a match, I wasn't able to play it because the game litterally glitched so no matter how many players joined, it didnt start.
TLC: I knew 1 vs 1 would suck bad so I saved a ragequit and didn't play it, so I went to a TLC fatal 4 way because I thought It would be kinda cool, but nope. When the match started I was immediatly met by a raging fist that was too fast for my slow character, luckily I had the escape from ring perk and I just watched from outside the ring, which sucked because I didnt get to play. Eventually a guy came out to beat me up, and he kept punching me faster then I could comeback, and because of the broken reversal system, I wasn't even able to defend myself and I was stuck in an endless loop of being knocked down and being draged up again. I left the match at that point.
Oh, and another thing; each loading screen takes about 20 seconds. EVERYTIME you go to a new screen you have to wait 20 seconds, and if you leave a match in the community area they take you back to the start meny, where you waste 2 minutes getting back to the community section.
So I wasted $49.99 on a COMPLETELY broken game that the creators don't even bother to fix. It's an unplayable forgetfest of broken reversals, lag, kicks, loading times, and i'm sure there are other problems I didn't get to see.
Was a big waste of my time, if I was a critic I would rate this game a 22 out of 100.
WWE 12 is a console-only wrestling game that is loved because of its huge creation system, and its "fun" while playing.
About a year ago, when Smackdown VS. Raw 2011 came out, I got it because I expected that I would create a storyline and do alot of fun stuff, SVR 2011 was a good game, but I never did do what I wanted because it lacked alot of things, and the superstars in the game aren't all what I wanted, so I left the game on the shelf for awhile.
Then I figured I'de wait a year for Smackdown Vs. Raw 2012 to come out.
I did wait a year for SVR 2012, but instead we got WWE 12, the same game with a different title, why they changed it i have no clue.
So I bought the game, put it on the shelf for a week because I was busy, and then when I wasn't, I started playing.
The first thing I always do was create a fully customized character, so I figured I would do that, play a bit, then log off and play another day like I usually do with games now.
I was dissapointed as soon as I got to the customization menu. I realized that the title music wasn't random, it was a 3 minute song played over and over again, you have to atleast start a match for it to change music, but it still repeats over and over again.
Why would you not bother to fix that?
I forgot about it and started to customize my character, but was extremely sad when I saw that they only added about 6 new apperal items, and the motto was "Bigger, badder, better", so that should mean that you should add a ton more items instead of just 6 or 10.
I played my customized character in a match, I always do a match to see whats new. But there was no "starters guide", no "tutorial", so I had no idea what buttons are which, in SVR 2011 they had a tutorial at the very start of the game, but not here, so what the forget.
Something I noticed was that my reversal button wasn't working, it says in the game manual, and even on the loving screen of the game that when you are about to get hit you have to press R2 (ps3) and you can reverse it, but no. I had to push and hold the R2 button about 2 seconds before I got hit, and even then I had a milisecond oppurtunity to reverse anyway, the NPC can always reverse every attack you make, even on easy difficulty.
This NPC stuff was unplayable, you can't even win a match anymore. I thought "maybe multiplayer would be better".
Holy loving stuff.
Every game has a terrible multiplayer, and I usually refuse to play multi player games where I can't reach through my screen and slap the other player across the face, but this reached a new low.
Let me debrief you on some gamemodes.
Royal Rumble: The first 2 guys are always friends and just taunt at eachother until someone comes out, the first guy who comes out is always beaten by the 2 gang-bangers, and when you get put back in you are usually immediatly put out, and you cant do stuff about any move they throw at you because of the broken reversal system.
Tag Team: 2 vs. 2, I actually had a hard time finding a tag team, because every other tag team was a Divas tag team, a match that it wouldn't let me into, or I got kicked from the match as soon as I joined. When I did find a match, I wasn't able to play it because the game litterally glitched so no matter how many players joined, it didnt start.
TLC: I knew 1 vs 1 would suck bad so I saved a ragequit and didn't play it, so I went to a TLC fatal 4 way because I thought It would be kinda cool, but nope. When the match started I was immediatly met by a raging fist that was too fast for my slow character, luckily I had the escape from ring perk and I just watched from outside the ring, which sucked because I didnt get to play. Eventually a guy came out to beat me up, and he kept punching me faster then I could comeback, and because of the broken reversal system, I wasn't even able to defend myself and I was stuck in an endless loop of being knocked down and being draged up again. I left the match at that point.
Oh, and another thing; each loading screen takes about 20 seconds. EVERYTIME you go to a new screen you have to wait 20 seconds, and if you leave a match in the community area they take you back to the start meny, where you waste 2 minutes getting back to the community section.
So I wasted $49.99 on a COMPLETELY broken game that the creators don't even bother to fix. It's an unplayable forgetfest of broken reversals, lag, kicks, loading times, and i'm sure there are other problems I didn't get to see.
Was a big waste of my time, if I was a critic I would rate this game a 22 out of 100.
