Guest DVD Spree Report post Posted March 15, 2005 Ah shit, double post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted March 15, 2005 Gott abe completely honest on that one and just dick out with an "I really don't know". I didn't do the review, just got to have a little play time and watch some other people play – but nobody rocked any tag matches or SS bouts while I was there (we were basically rapid-firing 1-on-1 matches to use all of the characters). So I really can't answer the question, sorry. The game is fucking good, though. It's all good. Thanks for the response. I'll probably pick up a used copy. My faith in good wrestling games for X-Box is withered at best. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skullman80 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 The pushback for the title to May is for the UK release only as far as I know. US version still to be released March 28th/29th.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted March 16, 2005 Yeah. I checked with EB today while pre-purchasing Chaos Theory and they said it's not been delayed here. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skullman80 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 And I take that back about the US version not being delayed... http://www.gamingring.com/cgi-bin/ultimate...ic;f=1;t=000329 dammit... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted March 16, 2005 And I take that back about the US version not being delayed... http://www.gamingring.com/cgi-bin/ultimate...ic;f=1;t=000329 dammit... What does it say? All I have is EB's statement (and they are pretty good about mentioning delays) and they still have the game out on the 28th. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fazzle 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 Well, THQ's official site lists it as having a Q2 release date. So, yeah, looks like May. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skullman80 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 And I take that back about the US version not being delayed... http://www.gamingring.com/cgi-bin/ultimate...ic;f=1;t=000329 dammit... What does it say? All I have is EB's statement (and they are pretty good about mentioning delays) and they still have the game out on the 28th. -=Mike The post says this: 'I just confirmed with my contact at THQ that WWE Wrestlemania XXI has indeed been delayed until April 18th. The delay will provide THQ and Studio Gigante more time to provide to you the game that you want. I will have more on Wrestlemania XXI later tonight as our coverage of THQs latest wrestling game continues" Its from the Site admin who seems to pretty spot on with stuff, and has been posting many movies from the game, because he has gotten some early builds of the game from THQ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 Yeah, Mike Regan from Gaming Ring is as reliable as they come. I worked at WrestlingGames.com (mailnly the message board, though) with him back in the early 2000's and we had Sanders Keel and others from THQ posting at the board. They even thanked us in No Mercy's credits. So yes, Mike has good contacts. They're even flying him out here for WrestleMania 21. Unfortunately (in this scenario), Mike's info should be assumed to be correct. At least I have time to save up for the game now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheDon Report post Posted March 16, 2005 Does this mean they take out wrestlers like Nidia and Jazz and replace them with people who should be in the game? Does this mean they fix the selling aspect? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Coffey Report post Posted March 16, 2005 No. It probably means the people working on the game are slackers. The game will be released and still be dated. That's just the way it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted March 16, 2005 Yeah, Mike Regan from Gaming Ring is as reliable as they come. I worked at WrestlingGames.com (mailnly the message board, though) with him back in the early 2000's and we had Sanders Keel and others from THQ posting at the board. They even thanked us in No Mercy's credits. So yes, Mike has good contacts. They're even flying him out here for WrestleMania 21. Unfortunately (in this scenario), Mike's info should be assumed to be correct. At least I have time to save up for the game now. That's a bummer. I do hope that they fixed the collision detection, as it seemed that on the video of the HHH/UT match in XBM's DVD they had some issues with that here and there. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DVD Spree Report post Posted March 16, 2005 That's a bummer. I do hope that they fixed the collision detection, as it seemed that on the video of the HHH/UT match in XBM's DVD they had some issues with that here and there. -=Mike The DVD was from a much earlier build than the one XBM even had for review (two builds earlier, I think) – the review build was better in virtually every aspect, clipping being one of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted March 16, 2005 That's a bummer. I do hope that they fixed the collision detection, as it seemed that on the video of the HHH/UT match in XBM's DVD they had some issues with that here and there. -=Mike The DVD was from a much earlier build than the one XBM even had for review (two builds earlier, I think) – the review build was better in virtually every aspect, clipping being one of them. That's good. I was noticing the clipping (and how weird Shawn Michaels' intro looked) and was worried. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2005 They won't have time to change the roster, but they may have found some minor glitches that they need to fix or some things they need to tweak. Either that, or they didn't want to release the game on the same day as the new Splinter Cell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2005 Here are some scans of the review from the UK XBM magazine: http://img32.exs.cx/img32/4812/wm21reviewpage1xbm5op.jpg http://img31.exs.cx/img31/4839/wm21reviewpage2xbm3xl.jpg http://img31.exs.cx/img31/1473/wm21reviewpage3xbm2ib.jpg http://img31.exs.cx/img31/4969/wm21reviewpage4xbm6gq.jpg http://img31.exs.cx/img31/6346/wm21reviewpage5xbm1bc.jpg http://img32.exs.cx/img32/3456/wm21reviewpage6xbm9qz.jpg ---------------- These screens have only served to get me that much more hyped for the game. I enjoy pretty much any wrestling game,. but the amazing graphics, rich feature list,and online play for this title make it look like possibly the greatest wrestling game of this console generation. The impressions of various reviewers and Mike Regan, along with the awesome videos he has posted at GamingRing.com, make me want to pre-order right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DVD Spree Report post Posted March 22, 2005 You know I can't condone the posting of those pages… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2005 Do you work for that magazine? I know you do reviews and you did pimp the review, but I wasn't exactly sure if you were employed by that particular publication. I'll remove the links if that is the case and you don't want them posted here, but they're on pretty much every wrestling games message board around. I figured the review would be of interest to the 99% of us who don't live in the UK and don't have access to the magazine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dobbs 3K 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2005 Well, at least they gave it a very good review. Hopefully they are correct. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DVD Spree Report post Posted March 22, 2005 Do you work for that magazine? I know you do reviews and you did pimp the review, but I wasn't exactly sure if you were employed by that particular publication. I'll remove the links if that is the case and you don't want them posted here, but they're on pretty much every wrestling games message board around. I figured the review would be of interest to the 99% of us who don't live in the UK and don't have access to the magazine. No worries Matt, I know they're floating around the net, and they are of legitimate interest here because most of y'all are from the US/Canada. Just voicing my "official standpoint" on the matter! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2005 I must admit the game looks awesome, but I need to see more positive reviews before I become excited about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted March 22, 2005 Do you work for that magazine? I know you do reviews and you did pimp the review, but I wasn't exactly sure if you were employed by that particular publication. I'll remove the links if that is the case and you don't want them posted here, but they're on pretty much every wrestling games message board around. I figured the review would be of interest to the 99% of us who don't live in the UK and don't have access to the magazine. No worries Matt, I know they're floating around the net, and they are of legitimate interest here because most of y'all are from the US/Canada. Just voicing my "official standpoint" on the matter! Besides, I find the magazine readily available at my local Barnes & Noble. You should be able to locate it. BTW, Spree, does it always have little strategy guides/cheat books with every issue? I just recently started reading it. And I really did think Shawn looked just weird for his entrance in the game. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DVD Spree Report post Posted March 23, 2005 Besides, I find the magazine readily available at my local Barnes & Noble. You should be able to locate it. BTW, Spree, does it always have little strategy guides/cheat books with every issue? I just recently started reading it. And I really did think Shawn looked just weird for his entrance in the game. -=Mike Yo Mike. Yup, the books have been with every issue almost from the start. We're always toying with covermounts – the DVD came in two months ago (and actually is becoming almost standard on all of our console mags), as did the Live magazine as a separate mini-mag instead of a pullout. The WWE issue also came with a lovely poster of John Cena, which has been plastered all over the office and drawn ridicule from all the other mags. I've been doing some work for the GameCube mag (Cube) as well, and they used to come with Action Replay discs (as their DVDs are pressed by Datel), but I don't think that's the case any more. And yeah, a lot of things looked weird on that build of the game – hair is one of them, Kane's towel another. I think that was the build with something like 380 A-line bugs, so obviosuly there was a lot to work out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jericholic82 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2005 Besides, I find the magazine readily available at my local Barnes & Noble. You should be able to locate it. BTW, Spree, does it always have little strategy guides/cheat books with every issue? I just recently started reading it. And I really did think Shawn looked just weird for his entrance in the game. -=Mike Yo Mike. Yup, the books have been with every issue almost from the start. We're always toying with covermounts – the DVD came in two months ago (and actually is becoming almost standard on all of our console mags), as did the Live magazine as a separate mini-mag instead of a pullout. The WWE issue also came with a lovely poster of John Cena, which has been plastered all over the office and drawn ridicule from all the other mags. I've been doing some work for the GameCube mag (Cube) as well, and they used to come with Action Replay discs (as their DVDs are pressed by Datel), but I don't think that's the case any more. And yeah, a lot of things looked weird on that build of the game – hair is one of them, Kane's towel another. I think that was the build with something like 380 A-line bugs, so obviosuly there was a lot to work out. Kanes towel? he hasnt used that since like last april. thq needs to keep a little more current Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DVD Spree Report post Posted March 24, 2005 Kanes towel? he hasnt used that since like last april. thq needs to keep a little more current Wrestling games? Current? Hell, Jazz and Nidia are in the game. Off the top of my head, I can't think of a WWF/E game that had a current roster upon release (maybe one of the SNES games, I dunno). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jobber of the Week 0 Report post Posted March 24, 2005 From that review: The man from Death Valley rises again to no-sell everyone's moves and go over the entire roster. Jesus, are you guys TRYING to get them to not send you future games or something? That's the kind of attitude usually reserved for.... Uh.. Here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DVD Spree Report post Posted March 24, 2005 Actually, I added that caption. Anything vaguely "inside" is something I added, but that was a dig at the WWE, so THQ couldn't care less. Wow, just re-read the "quick fact"s – Brock Lesnar had just sued the WWE over his contract when I wrote that. Shows how long magazine lead-times are… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jericholic82 0 Report post Posted March 24, 2005 Kanes towel? he hasnt used that since like last april. thq needs to keep a little more current Wrestling games? Current? Hell, Jazz and Nidia are in the game. Off the top of my head, I can't think of a WWF/E game that had a current roster upon release (maybe one of the SNES games, I dunno). Point well taken Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted March 25, 2005 From that review: The man from Death Valley rises again to no-sell everyone's moves and go over the entire roster. Jesus, are you guys TRYING to get them to not send you future games or something? That's the kind of attitude usually reserved for.... Uh.. Here. Ha ha, I was just checking through to see if anyone noticed that, before I posted it. Last thing I expected to read! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DVD Spree Report post Posted March 31, 2005 Just an update on the delay – which you can actually call XBM SAVING WRESTLEMANIA 21. The game is being delayed in order to polish the Live features. This came about after Studio Gigante heeded advice from XBM that Live play would be a real asset to the title and a huge benefit against the SmackDown! series, and thus was definitely worth pursuing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
