Does anyone know the release date of Smackdown HCTP? ... I've heard about 50 bajillion dates; the majority of which tend to linger along the 10/24-11/01 range.
"This is U.S. History, I see the globe right there." -- Jeff Spicoli, Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Pre-orders: The night of October 27th Regular Release: October 28th UK: November 7th
Incidentally the game looks awesome from what I've seen of the 98% build. You could probably find a list 'o features from the usual suspects, but just at its most basic it looks to be miles ahead of SYM in terms of gameplay and graphics.
Wisconsin Badgers: 6-1 (What an unbelievable game. Could we win the Big Ten this year? Well...probably not, but let's win a bowl game at least.)
Minnesota Vikings: 5-0 (Bye week means I don't have to care as much about football on Sunday! I hope Culpepper rests up.)
Originally posted by Mayhem I don't think he is, but Rodney Mack is ...
I'm 95% sure that the APA aren't even on the playable roster ...
There's a rumor floating around that they and La Resistance will be "buyable" from the Shopzone section, but take that with several thousand grains of salt.
Also it's pretty much confirmed that there won't be any commentary, and I'm not even sure that ring announcing made the final cut (but I'm not positive on that one).
As for non-wrestlers, no, Teddy isn't in. As far as I know the confirmed list of non-wrestlers is as follows:
Jonathan Coachman (Involved in Cutscenes during Season Mode) J.R. (Involved in some angles in Season Mode, maybe a match) Jerry Lawler (Ditto) Vince McMahon (Playable in Exibition, not in season) Stephanie McMahon (Ditto) Eric Bischoff (Ditto) Earl Hebner (Referee RAW and PPV) Mike Chioda (Referee Smackdown)
Note:
Ric Flair and Steve Austin are officially listed as wrestlers, so I'm assuming you can play as them in Season mode. All of the Divas (except Stephanie) are available for the "Diva's Season" so I'm not counting them in this list.
Note: Upon looking, Vince and the GMs are listed as "active", which would mean that you could play them in season, but I'm pretty sure this is an error.
I remember one earlier list saying that Christian wasn't on it. Please tell me that list was just a mistake.
This comes out the same day as Monster Rancher 4? Hmmm....I'm torn.
Chris Tian is on the roster.
I'm buying both. Though I'm buying HCTP on Monday and Monster Rancher on Tuesday.
Well, since I'm just about doing it anyway, for your viewing pleasure, here is the final confirmed roster.
Active:1. A-Train 2. Batista 3. Big Show, The 4. Booker T 5. Brock Lesnar 6. Bubba Ray Dudley 7. Charlie Haas 8. Chavo Guerrero 9. Chris Benoit 10. Chris Jericho 11. Christian 12. D-Von Dudley 13. Eddie Guerrero 14. Edge 15. Eric Bischoff (RAW GM, Playable?) 16. Goldberg 17. Goldust 18. Hurricane, The 19. Jazz 20. John Cena 21. Kane 22. Kevin Nash 23. Kurt Angle 24. Lance Storm 25. Lita 26. Matt Hardy 27. Randy Orton 28. Rey Mysterio 29. Rhyno 30. Ric Flair 31. Rico 32. Rikishi 33. Rob Van Dam 34. Rock, The 35. Rodney Mack 36. Sable 37. Scott Steiner 38. Sean O’Haire 39. Shawn Michaels 40. Shelton Benjamin 41. Stacy Keibler 42. Stephanie McMahon (Smackdown GM, Playable?) 43. Steven Richards 44. Stone Cold Steve Austin 45. Tajiri 46. Test 47. Torrie Wilson 48. Triple H 49. Trish Stratus 50. Ultimo Dragon 51. Undertaker, The 52. Val Venis 53. Victoria 54. Vince McMahon (Owner, Playable?)
Legends:
55. Animal 56. George 'The Animal' Steele 57. Hawk 58. Hillbilly Jim 59. Iron Sheik, The 60. Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka 61. Nikolai Volkoff 62. 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper 63. Sgt. Slaughter 64. Ted 'Million Dollar Man' DiBiase 65. Undertaker, Old School
Non-Playable:
66. Jim Ross 67. Jerry Lawler 68. Earl Hebner 69. Jonathan Coachman 70. Mike Chioda
(edited by Excalibur05 on 15.10.03 1755) Wisconsin Badgers: 6-1 (What an unbelievable game. Could we win the Big Ten this year? Well...probably not, but let's win a bowl game at least.)
Minnesota Vikings: 5-0 (Bye week means I don't have to care as much about football on Sunday! I hope Culpepper rests up.)
Wait wait wait a second...there's no Molly Holly? *looks at the list again* There's...no...Molly...Holly?! THERE'S NO MOLLY HOLLY?! GODDAMMIT! Oh well...I guess I should be glad that all of the original members of the Renegade Faction won't be screwed up since Christian is in the game...
And a Diva's season? I wonder if you can enter your own created females wrestlers. If that's the case, I don't know whether I should be happy for my character or very afraid for what she'll have to do...
Originally posted by DarkRenegadeWait wait wait a second...there's no Molly Holly? *looks at the list again* There's...no...Molly...Holly?! THERE'S NO MOLLY HOLLY?! GODDAMMIT! Oh well...I guess I should be glad that all of the original members of the Renegade Faction won't be screwed up since Christian is in the game...
And a Diva's season? I wonder if you can enter your own created females wrestlers. If that's the case, I don't know whether I should be happy for my character or very afraid for what she'll have to do...
Molly was never added, I think she was left out initially because the intial roster creation was while she was helping out in OVW and they assumed that she wasn't coming back any time soon, and then they never got around to adding her. I'd bank on a pre-made model in the CAW though (or else, you could just make a CAW , actually the only one I know that Yukes said they were making as a sample CAW was Tommy Dreamer).
And as far as I know, you can add CAWs to the Diva's season, but I'd be prepared for a bunch of Bra and Panty matches.
Wisconsin Badgers: 6-1 (What an unbelievable game. Could we win the Big Ten this year? Well...probably not, but let's win a bowl game at least.)
Minnesota Vikings: 5-0 (Bye week means I don't have to care as much about football on Sunday! I hope Culpepper rests up.)
Though I'll agree that the Legends are a "neat" idea ... Personally, I'd rather have a larger roster of current WWE superstars to choose from ... but I guess that what the CAW mode is for ...
"This is U.S. History, I see the globe right there." -- Jeff Spicoli, Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
I had a hell of a time with CAWs in the last game too. I could never seem to get the shoulders right with the rest of the body. Plus they had no teeth and looked pretty gay.
Originally posted by SomeRandomFag IVI had a hell of a time with CAWs in the last game too. I could never seem to get the shoulders right with the rest of the body. Plus they had no teeth and looked pretty gay.
Those are exact same problems that I encounted ... but you'll have to admit, as an over whole, the CAW mode kicked ass ... 1000s of choices ... hopefully HCTP will out do SYM.
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I just put my preorder in. Can't wait! I've read that the "Legends" wont have their own entrances but rather will come to the ring in the classic wrestlemania "mini Rings". Now thats cool and all for slaughter and Piper but if old school Taker doesnt get hi symphony of darkness entrance (IMO the greatest entrance of all time.) im gonna be PISSED!!
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I saw a preview of this game on X Play this week. The way they explained it made it sound like each character has their own storyline in the season mode. If this is the case then that's going to made it extra good because of the replay value.
Originally posted by bubblesthechimpI just put my preorder in. Can't wait! I've read that the "Legends" wont have their own entrances but rather will come to the ring in the classic wrestlemania "mini Rings". Now thats cool and all for slaughter and Piper but if old school Taker doesnt get hi symphony of darkness entrance (IMO the greatest entrance of all time.) im gonna be PISSED!!
Actually, from what I understand there are a few legends that have their "old school" entrances in, and Undertaker is one of them. It's just a matter of playing around with his moveset, but if you've played Shut Your Mouth, you should be accustomed to that. I think the rings thing was just something that they put in to seperate the guys from everybody else. Though, I'm having a hard time saying that besides maybe Piper, Dibiase and maybe L.O.D. that I'd think about putting any of these guys in season mode. Of course "Everybody's Got a Price" makes a kickass theme song for my wayword CAWs.
As for the teeth in CAW, it never bothered me until someone on a message board pointed it out to me, and even then it was only at the level of "minor annoyance". But anyway, everything I've heard said teeth are in this year.
Wisconsin Badgers: 6-1 (What an unbelievable game. Could we win the Big Ten this year? Well...probably not, but let's win a bowl game at least.)
Minnesota Vikings: 5-0 (Bye week means I don't have to care as much about football on Sunday! I hope Culpepper rests up.)
While on the subject of CAW excalibur would it be too much to ask for a Stone Man Still Austinberg moveset? The Raw Satire Universe will come alive in "Here comes the pain". Now if only i could figure out how to make that damned Lance Storm Squared :)
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Originally posted by bubblesthechimpWhile on the subject of CAW excalibur would it be too much to ask for a Stone Man Still Austinberg moveset? The Raw Satire Universe will come alive in "Here comes the pain". Now if only i could figure out how to make that damned Lance Storm Squared :)
Interesting...I'll give it a shot when I'm doing my CAWs. As for Lance Storm Squared, hey, just make a carbon copy of Lance and put them in a Stable. You can even make a third one for Old School Satire Action .
Wisconsin Badgers: 6-2 (What a sever letdown. The fact that despite getting outclassed the whole game, we stayed in it gives me a glimmer of hope for the rest of the season.)
Minnesota Vikings: 5-0 (Bye week means I don't have to care as much about football on Sunday! I hope Culpepper rests up.)
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