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WWE
All Stars
is old-school.
Fourteen years ago I
would have fainted
if you would have
told me this game
was coming. I would
have waited outside
of the store for
days to be one of
the first to get the
game too. But I was
14 back then, and
well yeah… anyway…
there’s also been a
plethora of solid
WWE titles that have
had all kinds of
modes and perks to
them. There has been
some amazing
wrestling ‘sim’
games coming from
THQ and some cool
arcade games too.
Over the past 14
years THQ and their
developers
absolutely crushed
game after game in
terms of quality.
They made great
products that were
fun to play. But
over the past few
years they’ve ran
out of ideas for
improvement. The
idea of implementing
classic superstars
over the past four
decades was
implemented with
WWE
Wrestlemania.
Now they’re back to
the arcade style of
WWE titles, but with
the classic
superstars mixed in.
That brings us to
WWE
All Stars.
I will say that I
haven’t had this
much fun with a
wrestling game… well
probably since the
Nintendo64 days.
WWE All Stars brings
over 30 present and
classic superstars
together in an
arcade style game
that’s sure to make
any WWE fan scream
in delight. The
game’s arcade style
is easy to pick up
and play with some
basic controls but
still tough enough
with some
intricacies that
will be tough to
master. The controls
are pretty easy;
strong punch, weak
punch, strong
grapple, weak
grapple, and block.
Those are the basic
controls. When
you’ve filled up a
meter you can hit
two buttons together
to do an ‘all-star’
move that does tons
of damage. Then you
fill up a different
meter to execute
your finishing move.
There are ins and
outs to all of the
controls, but
they’re easy enough
to do right away.
They’re also hard
enough that it will
take a little bit of
work to master.
As far as style and
graphics; that’s
what WWE All Stars
has going for it
more than any other
WWE title that has
been released over
the past few years.
The game’s graphics
look polished and
nice, this is true.
But they also remind
me of the old WWF
titles that I’d play
at my local arcade
more than a decade
ago. That’s not just
with the graphics,
that’s with the
controls, with the
menus, that’s with
everything. That’s
the coolest thing
about this game.
As far as what this
game doesn’t have
going for it, I
would say the game
modes and the online
play are a little
meager for the
roster that they
were able to compile
with this game.
There are two main
modes outside of
exhibition to play.
There’s a road to
glory mode that lets
you play through 15
different
classic/current
matches and you get
to choose your
sides. Basically
it’s like a normal
exhibition mode, but
you do get a very
cool video before
you play through
each match up.
That’s the perk. The
other big mode is
lets you face a
bunch of different
teams and wrestlers
on your way to face
Degeneration-X, The
Undertaker, and
Randy Orton. The
Road to Glory mode
is alright, but the
other mode is a bit
weak for what it is.
There’s also an
online mode but it’s
a little big
sluggish and needs
an update.
WWE
All Stars
is a can’t-miss game
for any current or
former WWE fan. You
can play as The
Hulk, Macho Man,
Andre the Giant,
Ultimate Warrior,
The Rock, Stone
Cold, and John Cena;
all in their primes
and you can put them
up against each
other in some
high-octane arcade
style wrestling
action. It’s a bit
thin with game
modes, but
on-console games
with a friend are
sure to be a blast.
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