Post by Reflecto on Jun 5, 2006 16:49:17 GMT -5
The newest (lack of) buzz is that Capcom has rumoredly taken the video game rights to whacked Out wrestling for a reported sum including "all the deposit bottles at the offices." Now, we here at dubohdub.com have reportedly gotten a First Look at the game:
GAME:
This wrestling system is different from most due to a revolutionary two-level system in game. In addition to the common exhibition matches and Create a PPV options, wOw Flagship has two special modes for it: "Season Mode", in which you take your wrestler and try to bring him to the top of the federation, and "Story Mode", in which the personal relationships between characters are explored.
In addition to this, each character has additional "special moves" that give benefits to them outside the original ones, with each worker on the roster getting both a "Pro" (a benefit to them) and a "Con" (something that hinders their performance in game.) In addition to this, certain workers have a pass towards each other in which they are both immune to each other's finishing move, causing more strategy to come into play.
Our lines for what to expect for each worker's Pro and Con:
The Phantom:
PROS: Double-team: At random intervals, The Phantom can have a duplicate of himself come up from underneath the ring and join in on the assault without the referee's problem, in effect turning the match into a handicap in your favor.
CON: If The Phantom manages to get unmasked by his opponent, then The Phantom automatically loses half his power in every move.
Story Mode Problems: If you choose The Phantom in story mode, Missy Hardy will NEVER fall in love with your character.
Ex-factor: The Phantom and Harry Potsmoker are immune to each other's finishers.
Jay Matthews: PRO: When Jay Matthews is used in a Title Match, the match automatically becomes much easier.
CON: If Jay Matthews is defending in the same title match, the match becomes much harder.
Kevin Killgore: PRO: Killgore has an ability to "Hulk Up" at certain occasions, becoming invincible for 2 minutes in-game...
CON: ...but Zeeboe is immune to the Hulking Up. As such, if Killgore attempts to do so against Zeeboe, then Killgore will immediately be hit with a mega-attack taking him down.
Sierra: PRO: Youthful Exuberance- Sierra's youth makes it so that her stamina increases faster than most of the workers on the roster.
CON: Inexperience- Sierra is more likely to botch a major move in her matches- with a 75% chance of the worker not getting as much impact from it (though a 25% chance that she will drop the worker on their head and get an automatic KO.)
Story Mode- How To Win: Sierra's intensity to get to the top of wOw and succeed means that she will fall in love with you if you can get to the main event and then proceed to show interest in her.
Immune: Greg Burch and Sierra are immune to each other's top rope finisher.
RD Reynolds:
PRO: " The System is Down!" - RD can call the entire System on his opponent without referee invovlement.
CON: "WRE-STLE-CRAP-PER! WRE-STLE-CRAP-PER!" -Any opponent against RD gets double-strength to their "Crowd Cheer Boost".
Ozzy Osbourne:
PRO: "SHARROOOOOON!"- Standard interference bonus
CON: "HUh? Whuzza? Unnnghhh....." Ozzy's controls randomly reverse ro becxome unresponsive.....
Prodigy:
PRO: Impressive Physical Specimen- Prodigy is able to no-sell minor strikes and attacks, as well as having a higher stamina.
CON: Choke artist- Prodigy has a much harder road in title matches.
EXTRA: Prodigy and Sharon Goddard are immune to each other's main finisher (Vertibreaker to Reverse Goddard Driver). The secondary finisher (Curb Stomp/LARIATOOOOOOO!) are fine, however.)
Jared Steele:
PRO Heart of the Warrior - Steele's brawling and power values increase when Missy Hardy is in his corner.
CON: Crimes of the Heart - But Steele is seriously distracted if ANYTHING happens to Missy during a match, causing his "Focus" (Accuracy) attribute to drop considerably....
Story Mode Bonuses: If you play as Jared Steele in Story Mode, Missy Hardy begins already in love with you.
Harry Potsmoker:
PRO: Aces High: Potsmoker gets an automatic double in his "Crowd Cheer Boost."
CON: Bonds of Friendship: If Harry Potsmoker is in exhibition mode or season mode with someone who he starts as friends with in Story Mode, that person automatically starts the match with one stored finisher.
Story Mode Bonuses: If you start Story Mode as Harry Potsmoker, Jocelyn Richter starts the game in love with you. However, Sharon Goddard will NEVER fall in love with your character.
-Easter Egg: If you beat Story Mode as Harry Potsmoker, you unlock a GM Mode in the game.
Immunities: Harry Potsmoker and The Phantom are immune to each other's finishers.
Finale:
PRO: Unstoppable Evil: Finale can naturally no-sell all non-grapple holds.
CON: End of Evil's Reign: Finale has a much harder time at Specialty matches.
Shane Goddard:
PRO: Fighting Spirit- Once a match, If Shane Goddard's stamina winds down to nothing in his match and stays that way for one minute, it will immediately shoot back to a new form of stamina that does not go down for up to 10 minutes.
CON: During this time period, Goddard cannot use his finisher.
Richard Destine
PRO : History of Restraint- Destine is so used to being restrained that all submissions effect him at half-strength.
CON: Berserk - Destine occasionally goes into an "Auto pilot" mode when player-controlled.
Jayce Simmons
PRO: Heartthrob- At any point during a Jayce Simmons match, a random female wOw worker will run in to help out with the referee turning a blind eye.
CON: Cuckold's Anger- If the worker manages someone in Season Mode, the male worker will immediately run in and attack Simmons, turning it into a tag match.
Season Mode Specials: Jayce Simmons has an easier time of making any wOw female fall in love with him.
DJ Bishie Boy
PRO: Slight Remix- DJ Bishie Boy only needs to use one finisher symbol instead of two to steal his opponent's finishing move, and nobody on the roster is immune to this.
CON: Spot Monkey- all of DJ Bishie Boy's strikes are at half-strength to any other worker.
Ironwood
PRO: British Violence- Ironwood can use weapons in any type of match without drawing a disqualification.
CON: The Monsoon Legacy- All Grapple holds are at half-strength for Ironwood.
Story Mode Extras: If you play as Ironwood in Story Mode, Lori Angel will never fall in love with your character.
Brandon Downard
PRO: Hardcore God- Any match Brandon Downard goes into automatically gets a Hardcore rules stipulation added to it, no matter what the other rules are.
CON: MPD- At any point in the match, Downard has a 25% ability to have his moveset change entirely at midpoint to the moves he used in one of his other forms.
Hand Maid Mully:
PRO ":Robotic Strength" - Hand Maid Mully's stamina does not go down at all for five minutes...
CON: "The Key to Defeat"...however, once it starts going down, it cannot be recharged without managerial assistance, which costs one of Mully's finisher points
Inita Ho
PRO: Samoan Wrecking Machine- Any match Ho has against a worker in a smaller weight class than he is is automatically dumbed down two levels on the difficulty.
CON: Please Don't Sue- Any specialty match Ho is in automatically goes up two levels.
HeartBurnKid
PRO: MBWF Legend - Any match Dobbs has against a former MBWF wrestler goes down a level in difficulty.
CON: Knee Injury - Dobbs is more vulnerable to attacks to the legs...
John Roche
PRO: Rejection of Humanity- At one point in the match, Roche can switch his fighting style from clean to dirty or vice versa, automatically getting a "super" in either form.
CON: Smoldering Rage- If Roche gets three parts of his body in the red, he will auto-pilot and walk back to the dressing room to draw a countout.
Johnny Ramon
PRO: Cash Flow- Ramon can offer to bribe his opponent at the beginning of the match, drawing a 1-in-5 chance of the following things: Automatic win/match drops one level/No change/Opponent gets one Stored Finisher/DQ.
CON: Loss of Supremacy- Any match Ramon's in with a member of a stable goes up one level of difficulty.
PsykoSlash
PRO: MBWF Legend- Any match Dobbs has against a former MBWF wrestler goes down a level in difficulty.
CON: Tag Team Specialist- PsykoSlash has any non-MBWF singles match go up a level in difficulty.
Easter Egg: Each time you win a title in Singles Mode with PsykoSlash, you can make a "Trade Bait" option to get one of three hidden characters: Sir Quincy Penfold IV, VB Fosters, and The Dungeon Master 3.5.
GAME:
This wrestling system is different from most due to a revolutionary two-level system in game. In addition to the common exhibition matches and Create a PPV options, wOw Flagship has two special modes for it: "Season Mode", in which you take your wrestler and try to bring him to the top of the federation, and "Story Mode", in which the personal relationships between characters are explored.
In addition to this, each character has additional "special moves" that give benefits to them outside the original ones, with each worker on the roster getting both a "Pro" (a benefit to them) and a "Con" (something that hinders their performance in game.) In addition to this, certain workers have a pass towards each other in which they are both immune to each other's finishing move, causing more strategy to come into play.
Our lines for what to expect for each worker's Pro and Con:
The Phantom:
PROS: Double-team: At random intervals, The Phantom can have a duplicate of himself come up from underneath the ring and join in on the assault without the referee's problem, in effect turning the match into a handicap in your favor.
CON: If The Phantom manages to get unmasked by his opponent, then The Phantom automatically loses half his power in every move.
Story Mode Problems: If you choose The Phantom in story mode, Missy Hardy will NEVER fall in love with your character.
Ex-factor: The Phantom and Harry Potsmoker are immune to each other's finishers.
Jay Matthews: PRO: When Jay Matthews is used in a Title Match, the match automatically becomes much easier.
CON: If Jay Matthews is defending in the same title match, the match becomes much harder.
Kevin Killgore: PRO: Killgore has an ability to "Hulk Up" at certain occasions, becoming invincible for 2 minutes in-game...
CON: ...but Zeeboe is immune to the Hulking Up. As such, if Killgore attempts to do so against Zeeboe, then Killgore will immediately be hit with a mega-attack taking him down.
Sierra: PRO: Youthful Exuberance- Sierra's youth makes it so that her stamina increases faster than most of the workers on the roster.
CON: Inexperience- Sierra is more likely to botch a major move in her matches- with a 75% chance of the worker not getting as much impact from it (though a 25% chance that she will drop the worker on their head and get an automatic KO.)
Story Mode- How To Win: Sierra's intensity to get to the top of wOw and succeed means that she will fall in love with you if you can get to the main event and then proceed to show interest in her.
Immune: Greg Burch and Sierra are immune to each other's top rope finisher.
RD Reynolds:
PRO: " The System is Down!" - RD can call the entire System on his opponent without referee invovlement.
CON: "WRE-STLE-CRAP-PER! WRE-STLE-CRAP-PER!" -Any opponent against RD gets double-strength to their "Crowd Cheer Boost".
Ozzy Osbourne:
PRO: "SHARROOOOOON!"- Standard interference bonus
CON: "HUh? Whuzza? Unnnghhh....." Ozzy's controls randomly reverse ro becxome unresponsive.....
Prodigy:
PRO: Impressive Physical Specimen- Prodigy is able to no-sell minor strikes and attacks, as well as having a higher stamina.
CON: Choke artist- Prodigy has a much harder road in title matches.
EXTRA: Prodigy and Sharon Goddard are immune to each other's main finisher (Vertibreaker to Reverse Goddard Driver). The secondary finisher (Curb Stomp/LARIATOOOOOOO!) are fine, however.)
Jared Steele:
PRO Heart of the Warrior - Steele's brawling and power values increase when Missy Hardy is in his corner.
CON: Crimes of the Heart - But Steele is seriously distracted if ANYTHING happens to Missy during a match, causing his "Focus" (Accuracy) attribute to drop considerably....
Story Mode Bonuses: If you play as Jared Steele in Story Mode, Missy Hardy begins already in love with you.
Harry Potsmoker:
PRO: Aces High: Potsmoker gets an automatic double in his "Crowd Cheer Boost."
CON: Bonds of Friendship: If Harry Potsmoker is in exhibition mode or season mode with someone who he starts as friends with in Story Mode, that person automatically starts the match with one stored finisher.
Story Mode Bonuses: If you start Story Mode as Harry Potsmoker, Jocelyn Richter starts the game in love with you. However, Sharon Goddard will NEVER fall in love with your character.
-Easter Egg: If you beat Story Mode as Harry Potsmoker, you unlock a GM Mode in the game.
Immunities: Harry Potsmoker and The Phantom are immune to each other's finishers.
Finale:
PRO: Unstoppable Evil: Finale can naturally no-sell all non-grapple holds.
CON: End of Evil's Reign: Finale has a much harder time at Specialty matches.
Shane Goddard:
PRO: Fighting Spirit- Once a match, If Shane Goddard's stamina winds down to nothing in his match and stays that way for one minute, it will immediately shoot back to a new form of stamina that does not go down for up to 10 minutes.
CON: During this time period, Goddard cannot use his finisher.
Richard Destine
PRO : History of Restraint- Destine is so used to being restrained that all submissions effect him at half-strength.
CON: Berserk - Destine occasionally goes into an "Auto pilot" mode when player-controlled.
Jayce Simmons
PRO: Heartthrob- At any point during a Jayce Simmons match, a random female wOw worker will run in to help out with the referee turning a blind eye.
CON: Cuckold's Anger- If the worker manages someone in Season Mode, the male worker will immediately run in and attack Simmons, turning it into a tag match.
Season Mode Specials: Jayce Simmons has an easier time of making any wOw female fall in love with him.
DJ Bishie Boy
PRO: Slight Remix- DJ Bishie Boy only needs to use one finisher symbol instead of two to steal his opponent's finishing move, and nobody on the roster is immune to this.
CON: Spot Monkey- all of DJ Bishie Boy's strikes are at half-strength to any other worker.
Ironwood
PRO: British Violence- Ironwood can use weapons in any type of match without drawing a disqualification.
CON: The Monsoon Legacy- All Grapple holds are at half-strength for Ironwood.
Story Mode Extras: If you play as Ironwood in Story Mode, Lori Angel will never fall in love with your character.
Brandon Downard
PRO: Hardcore God- Any match Brandon Downard goes into automatically gets a Hardcore rules stipulation added to it, no matter what the other rules are.
CON: MPD- At any point in the match, Downard has a 25% ability to have his moveset change entirely at midpoint to the moves he used in one of his other forms.
Hand Maid Mully:
PRO ":Robotic Strength" - Hand Maid Mully's stamina does not go down at all for five minutes...
CON: "The Key to Defeat"...however, once it starts going down, it cannot be recharged without managerial assistance, which costs one of Mully's finisher points
Inita Ho
PRO: Samoan Wrecking Machine- Any match Ho has against a worker in a smaller weight class than he is is automatically dumbed down two levels on the difficulty.
CON: Please Don't Sue- Any specialty match Ho is in automatically goes up two levels.
HeartBurnKid
PRO: MBWF Legend - Any match Dobbs has against a former MBWF wrestler goes down a level in difficulty.
CON: Knee Injury - Dobbs is more vulnerable to attacks to the legs...
John Roche
PRO: Rejection of Humanity- At one point in the match, Roche can switch his fighting style from clean to dirty or vice versa, automatically getting a "super" in either form.
CON: Smoldering Rage- If Roche gets three parts of his body in the red, he will auto-pilot and walk back to the dressing room to draw a countout.
Johnny Ramon
PRO: Cash Flow- Ramon can offer to bribe his opponent at the beginning of the match, drawing a 1-in-5 chance of the following things: Automatic win/match drops one level/No change/Opponent gets one Stored Finisher/DQ.
CON: Loss of Supremacy- Any match Ramon's in with a member of a stable goes up one level of difficulty.
PsykoSlash
PRO: MBWF Legend- Any match Dobbs has against a former MBWF wrestler goes down a level in difficulty.
CON: Tag Team Specialist- PsykoSlash has any non-MBWF singles match go up a level in difficulty.
Easter Egg: Each time you win a title in Singles Mode with PsykoSlash, you can make a "Trade Bait" option to get one of three hidden characters: Sir Quincy Penfold IV, VB Fosters, and The Dungeon Master 3.5.