Product Description:
It takes blood, sweat, and tears to become the best in the world. And if you want to rise to the top on your terms, you better bring the Attitude, and ignite a revolution. Last summer, one man revolutionized the sports entertainment industry. In a legendary moment at the end of Monday Night Raw, CM Punk shook up WWE and a hero was born. Fifteen years ago, the legendary “Stone Cold” Steve Austin revolutionized entertainment, sparking a new generation of supporters with his relentless Attitude. Now, a new crusade is upon us, and it doesn’t start with an iconic WWE Superstar on television, online, or at a live event. WWE ’13 is imminent, and it’s time to Live the Revolution. The WWE videogame franchise returns to provide the most authentic, seamless and passionate experience to date, presented with a grittier Attitude. WWE ’13 will transform WWE gameplay through the introduction of WWE Live, completely changing the videogame’s audio and presentation elements. Predator Technology returns to further implement critical gameplay improvements, while fan favorites in WWE Universe Mode and the franchise’s renowned Creation Suite are poised to offer the utmost in player freedom. Furthermore, WWE ’13 will introduce a groundbreaking, single-player campaign based on the highly influential Attitude Era. Complete with a robust roster – the largest to date in the franchise – along with a host of additional features, WWE ’13 is ready to live a revolution all its own.
Product Details:
- PREDATOR TECHNOLOGY 2.0: Driven by new animations, transitions and modified controls, Predator Technology returns to deliver intelligent, fluid and engaging WWE action, resulting in a smoother gameplay experience than its franchise predecessors.
- CREATE AND SHARE YOUR WWE: Utilize the franchise's industry-defining Creation Suite to develop and customize Superstars, arenas, entrances, finishing moves, storylines, and more! Go online and upload your creations to share them with the WWE Universe and download creations from others to add to your own experience.
- RELIVE THE ATTITUDE ERA: You have heard the legendary stories and witnessed the history. Now, for the first time, return to an unparalleled and groundbreaking era in WWE history: a time of pure raucousness, grandiose personalities and colossal revolution through a franchise-first single player campaign focused on eight purveyors of attitude during the famed "Monday Night Wars," including WWE Hall of Famer "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
- WWE LIVE: Experience the atmosphere, spectacle and fervor of a WWE live event through attention-grabbing Spectacular Moments, including ring breaks and barricade crashes, along with a brand new audio system designed to produce the most authentic and vibrant commentary, sound effects and crowd participation levels ever experienced in a WWE videogame.
- WWE UNIVERSE 3.0: Control the virtual WWE experience like never before in the franchise's popular career-style mode, as individual decisions throughout gameplay will dynamically introduce matches, alliances, rivalries and unpredictable moments along the path toward becoming a WWE champion.
Customer Reviews:
Not perfect By Thomas A. Zulli
I am the kind of fan that buys this game every year no matter how different it is from the previous year. But what drew me to this year's game the most was its tribute to the famous attitude era that played a huge part in the industry from 96-01 (from Austin winning the 96 KOTR to the demise of WCW). In it we get dozens of wrestlers from the attitute era (from The Rock and Stone to Billy Gunn). We event get a mod,e that replaces Road To Wrestlemania mode/storymode, that lets us reinanct the great matches from that era. Of course we still get most of the current roster. Although despite the game's large roster (over 100) we get duplicates. Meaning certain wrestlers take up multiple spots (three HHHs, three Foleys, 2 Cenas, 2 rocks, etc) so some wrestlers missed the cut especially popular guys like Tyson Kidd and William Regal. However a good ammount of guys excluded are included in DLC and for once all of the dlc wrestlers are ones fans were hoping were going to be in.
One of the big issues last year was online. Most of the time, players cried in anger as they werent able to download created content or even play online. Fans were hoping this year would be different. For the most part it is. We can easily download created content with no problem. But online plays has a tendency to freeze or just no work. Sometimes you will win a grueling match and despite it being a rated match you wont get the win. Now these issues dont happen all the time so it shouldnt take too much fun out of it.
Universe 3.0 is vastly better then past years. In the mode that allows you to create your own wwe world, this year the included the ability to make more shows on any day of the week (mon-sat) and even delete/edit current shows to your pleasing which is something fans have been wanting for a while. Now Universe mode still has its problems but its still a fun expereince. One big feature have been begging to return is create a belt which allowed players to create their own championship. The good news is it returns however ownly as edit a belt. Meaning we can edit an existing championship belt by changing its color, name and call name. Its still cool as we can assign it as a belt for your original show. Now what is always expected in any game, there are bugs and glitches. Stuff that even defies the laws of physics. I wont get into details but if you played past games, its the same.
Overall this is a great game. Its far from perfect but being able to make dream matches featuring stars from today and the attitude era makes this the perfect game for current and old school wrestling fans
Pros:
-Attitude era mode and wrestlers
-Huge improvement to create an arena
-DLC we actually want
-Being able to make a third brand in Universe
-Ability to make dream matches
-Create a belt is back....sort of
Cons:
-Online is still annoying at times
-Duplicate wrestlers
-Exclussion of popular wrestlers (Regal, Kidd, etc)
-Bugs
-Create a belt isnt what we expectedGreat entry in WWE's long gaming history! By A. N. Sharber
Let me start by saying that I have not experienced any bugs, or glitches while playing this game. Just for starters let me tell you I have been playing WWF/E games since the very first one was released way back in the 80's. I currently own every WWF/E, WCW, ECW, New Japan Pro Wrestling, etc game that has ever been made, with one exception, WWE '12. I loathed that game. Hated almost everything about it. It was the one game that I was glad I rented before buying. That game was full of glitches, and some would stop you from ever going past a certain point in the game. With all of that said, here's my review of WWE '13.
Now a lot of people have already touched on the major points of the game. So I won't go too deep into details.
Attitude Era was my sole reason for picking this up. I was a little gun shy on the purchase due to hating WWE '12 but I actually got to get hands on at a comic convention, and all my worries went away.
If you were a fan between '95-'01 you know how amazing this period was, it was amazingly fun to replay some of the key moments like DX, Stone Cold vs McMahon, Mankind, Kane, the Undertaker, etc. It was great hearing the audio we all know and love from those matches, and boy what a relief it is to here good ol' JR and The King back together again. Hearing JR call the Mankind vs Undertaker Hell in a cell still gives me chills to this day, and it did so in this game. I had more fun than I can ever tell you playing this. My full intention was to go home, open this, download Fan Axxess to get DDP, Goldust, and Gangrel, and the accelerator to unlock all characters, then play a few matches, and put it away until I finished Assassin's Creed 3. That didn't happen, and as of this writing, I still have not touched Assassin's Creed 3. I really can't put this down.
Attitude Era 10/10
Now onto the WWE Xbox Live portion.
I don't play these online much if at all, and even though they can be played online, I don't feel like this is an online game. I would rather play with a friend sitting in the same room, than online, but hey that's just me, and my opinion. To each his own. I did however play 3-4 matches, and have to say it was rather slow, and buggy.
I love the Community creations more than anything. I can't tell you how dead on accurate a lot of these Arena's and Wrestler's are, and they are free to download. I already have 50 characters, and 15 arena's downloaded, and the download took seconds. If you do download please rate as it helps to weed out the bad ones.
Community Creations 10/10
Online Play 7/10
WWE creations. Where to begin here, this is where this game stands out above and beyond all other console games. The creations are amazing. Want a logo, t-shirt, arena, wrestler, make it here. The options are beyond deep.I love being able to upload music to this as well. I gave DDP his music from WCW. i have the Outsiders, i have all the WCW arena's, Impact arena, ECW arena's, etc. There is nearly no limit to what you can create. Now I admit I am not great at creating, but I made some pretty solid creations, and uploaded them to the community.
WWE Creations 10/10
WWE Universe. Have you ever sat there and thought you can do a far better job than the creative team, well get to work, and have a blast. Create stables, create tv, make WWE on 7 days a week. This makes you Vince McMahon.
10/10
Let me get into Fan Axxess for a minute. I like the concept, but I absolutely hate having to throw down another $20 for characters, and move set's that should already be in the game.I bought it because it was the only way to get DDP, and Goldust. I don't really care for Brian Christopher, Scotty too Hotty, and some of the other's that are going to be released. Forcing me to buy this to get 2 characters is BS. What is also BS is that Ryback, Aj Lee, and some of the current superstars won't be out until next month, and the move set for Brock's Kimura, and Jericho's Lionsault won't be available until January. I believe they did this to help boost sells. If you didn't grow up on Attitude Era, or just don't care about the older Superstars, then you really are being shafted in having to wait. When the next pack releases in December it will boost sells because main current stars will be available to download.
Fan Axxess 6/10
Current Superstars. I still watch Raw, Smackdown, and Impact. There aren't a huge number of current stars that I really like. The ones that I do are all here, and are fun to play as. CM Punk, Ziggler, Daniel Bryan, kane, Undertaker, etc. So if you are a fan of the current roster, they are all here.
My final rating is 5 stars for the sole reason that I have had ridiculous fun playing this. The controls are smooth, the damage is great, the online community adds to this game so much, and it's just flat out fun.
While at the Comicon I did get one of the developers to slip that the next is geared towards WCW. That is not set in stone, but that is the way they want to take it. Imagine Attitude Era from WCW's perspective.
If you liked the SvR, or if you somehow managed to like WWE '12 you will love this.Better than every WWE wrestling game since Day of Reckoning 2 By UziSpray
First and foremost, I feel it's important to list my favorite wrestling games so that you can see wrestling games I enjoyed prior to WWE '13.
In no specific order:
WWF No Mercy
WWF Wrestlemania 2000
WWE Smackdown: Shut Your Mouth
WWE Smackdown: Here Comes the Pain
WWE Wrestlemania XIX
WWE Day of Reckoning
WWE Day of Reckoning 2
I've played a lot of the more recent wrestling games. The last ones I found somewhat enjoyable but did not love were WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2006 and 2007. While not incredible wrestling games, they were much better than the games that would come out in the years to follow. I played 2008, 2010, and 2011, but I didn't stick with any of them, as I didn't care for the rosters or the gameplay. Due to the disappointment of recent wrestling games, I skipped WWE '12 entirely. But WWE '13 felt like a good time to jump back in since it brought back the Attitude era. I'm happy to say I jumped back in at the right time.
While the graphics are still a bit off at times, because long hair still looks goofy and some wrestlers don't look quite right, the game's overall presentation is still really good. The lack of HUD features allows you to feel more immersed in the action, allowing it to feel more like a live wrestling show and less like a game. Some goofy animations and glitches still rear their ugly head every once in a while, too, but this is the best a wrestling game has been in years.
As far as gameplay goes, honestly, I can't go too deep into this since I'm more of a casual wrestling game fan that just likes tight controls and smooth gameplay. It's generally a smooth game the majority of the time, but some animations are still pretty robotic and dated. However, I do believe the controls are much better than the controls in the 2008-2011 Smackdown vs. Raw games, as the controls in those games threw me for a loop and I didn't care one iota for them. The controls are vastly superior in WWE '13, in my opinion.
The greatest thing about WWE '13, aside from the improved gameplay, is the roster and Attitude storylines. This is a game built for those of us with a fond remembrance of that era. The Attitude era was controversial, unpredictable, and exciting, which are all qualities missing from the current product. WWE changed their rating to entice the family and not the young male demographic, but it's lost a lot of its appeal in the process. Granted, you have some great wrestling talent like Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, Dolph Ziggler, etc., but it feels as though the product has become too dull, predictable, and, quite frankly, boring. Less weapons, less attractive Divas doing scandalous things, less top notch storylines and character building, less theatrics, etc. Most matches are pretty formulaic these days. Divas have definitely suffered under the current brand. Anyways, just because WWE's current product is lacking doesn't mean you can't find something WWE related that brings back the good ol' days, which is what WWE '13 does. Sure, they censor Austin's middle finger, which is pretty lame, and they censor anything that has to do with "World Wrestling Federation," which is equally lame, but the rest of the Attitude mode is a top notch blast from the past that reminds us just how good that era of wrestling was.
WWE '13 is a great game, but it's even better if your favorite era was the Attitude era.
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