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Fifteenth Platinum Trophy: WWE ’12

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Posted by Rob on January 13, 2012 – 2:15 pm
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One of the lamest-looking WWE Platinums, and one of the most annoying to get

Gotta catch ‘em all: I have the Platinum trophies for Smackdown vs. Raw 2010, Smackdown vs. Raw 2011, WWE Legends of WrestleMania and WWE Allstars. Thus I was destined to continue the tradition and work towards the Platinum trophy in WWE ’12. It was a mediocre one…there were a lot of easy trophies, but two in particular were a real pain to snag.

“You’ve Got Fans” was a particularly difficult one to obtain, and it should not have been. The trophy requires you to upload something to the servers and then have five players download it. Well the big problem is that the servers were constantly down. If you’ve played WWE games in the past then you’re used to servers being down or laggy when trying to get an online match going. But the servers are so messed up in WWE ’12 that it took me a couple of days just to get on long enough to completely upload a CAW (create-a-wrestler.) So with me having a hard enough time just uploading, it took even longer for five people to find my CAW and then download it. The servers have been cruddy since the game launched in Novemeber, and to this day they have not been fixed. It’s a shame not only for people who want to get this trophy, but for others who just want to download a crappy Hulk Hogan CAW that has an overall stat value of 100. Read More »

Guys Night In a Success

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Posted by Rob on December 19, 2009 – 9:05 pm
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The weekend of gaming is over. Tomorrow starts preparations for Christmas with baking, wrapping, and planning. However, the week leading up to it was a blast as Steve and me got our game on. Here’s what was being played:

  • Sacred 2
  • Buzz! Quiz World
  • Borderlands
  • Monster Madness: Grave Danger
  • Revenge of the Wounded Dragon
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
  • Bomberman Ultra
  • WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Reshelled
  • Prototype
  • Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
  • Army of Two: Fortieth Day Demo
  • Guitar Hero: Van Halen Demo
  • Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

The three days were a huge success. Not only did we get our game on, but we got it on in style with an HDTV. I ran over to Wal-Mart and purchased a 37inch Vizio HDTV, and it was amazing. My biggest concern with standard definition was not the visual graphic, but the fact that I could not read text. With the HDTV, I could read EVERYTHING. For example, in Sacred 2 when you activate a buff, a little symbol appears under your character’s status. I assumed it was just a color indicating what kind of buff it was, but with the HDTV I could actually tell it was a picture representing the buff. Also, on standard def. it is impossible to read the answer options on Buzz! Quiz TV, but I had no problem in HD!

But alas, we cannot afford a HDTV, so I sadly returned it to Wal-Mart today. Looking at my PS3 now, I miss the HD. I knew it was better, but I had never personally experienced it before. But now that I had, I want an HDTV more than ever. It brought an amazing look to my PS3 games, and I was able to enjoy them more than I ever have. Someday soon I will save up some cash to purchase an HDTV to call my own…

PS3 Review: WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010

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Posted by Rob on November 25, 2009 – 3:47 pm
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I always start off these reviews by saying this…I am no longer a fan of the WWE (I stopped following it in about 2001 or so, back when it was still the WWF). I do not watch it during the week, I don’t follow it online. All I know about whats going on in the WWE is based on each edition of Smackdown vs. Raw that comes out, so my knowledge is generally limited. That being said, I LOVE playing the Smackdown vs. Raw games (to hearby be referred to as SvR), and I tend to purchase the newest edition each year. Normally, there are some minor changes every year, but this years edition (2010) surpasses them all, and I think it is safe to say that SvR 2010 is the best wrestling game ever made.

I guess I will start with the actual in-ring gameplay. SvR 2010 now allows each wrestler to perform 16 strong grapples, as opposed to the old school 8, which means that each wrestler now has a move set that is twice as large. You use the right analog to perform a quick grapple, which is usually a cheesy weak move that wont do much damage, but is a great way to get in a cheap shot (usually a punch, kick, elbow, or quick takedown.) Then if you hold R1 while using the right analog, you will initiate a strong grapple. These are the big, devastating moves such as power bombs, choke slams, suplexes, DDTs, and all that other good stuff. Depending on the direction you push the right analog will result in different holds. For example, R1 and left on the analog will initiate a wrist hold, and R1 and up will start an up-close true wrestler grapple. Once the grapple is initiated, pushing the right analog in any of the four basic directions will result in a different move being performed. So that’s where you get your 16 moves from…four different grapple holds, and four moves for each grapple. You can assign which moves you want for each hold from a menu screen, and there are literally hundreds of moves to choose from. Oh, and lets not forget the grounded grapple moves. When an opponent is lying on the mat, you will be able to perform up to six different moves, depending on where you are standing (head, side, or legs), and if he is lying on his back or face-first.
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