Putting in my usual shout-out to WCW vs. the World...the original game with a truly legendary roster that kicked off the greatest wrestling video game series of all-time.
It’s a shame they didnt put the later n64 games on the ps1. Wcw vs the world was excellent on the ps1. Maybe a little slower paced but they fixed that with the n64 titles.
I grew up with the AKI games and love wrestling games. But man am I over the nostalgia for AKI style or Here Comes The Pain. Those games were fun, but a bit part of that was wrestling was super popular and playing with your friends or family.
This looks awesome!! Can't wait to play as Mortis vs Glacier...sucks it's only Dvon and not Bubba because Dudley boys is one of my favorite tag teams but Jim Duggan etc makes up for it.
I really love that the actual wrestlers they put in there is a combination of big name legends and some lesser known indie guys that need some more recognition like Warhorse. This looks awesome.
I don't like Warhorse. Idk why. I just don't. He doesn't fit in my opinion, felt the same way about him being in the "WWF Wrestle Fest" inspired game too. That said, I love most of the names they picked for DLC in this game. A lot of these guys are deserving of being in a Pro-Wrestling game. Hope there's more
I liked seeing him as part of the DLC. I popped for certain names I saw. But the entire DLC roster deserves a pop!! I hope there's more DLC Legends to come. And to be fair, some lower to mid-card wrestlers too bc some of them are Legends in their own right as well.
Yeah looking forward to this and The Wrestling Code. This looks like what I wanted Fight Forever to be...they kept boasting about the No Mercy influences and it's just its own thing. Not a bad thing, but not the game I wanted either. Really hope this delivers.
The Wrestling Code seems like all empty promises with nothing to show for it. The lead developer of this is incredibly interactive. This game wasn't even announced that long ago, and look at what they have to show for it...
AEW-FF has THE ENGINE. The in-ring stuff is there, but it's so bare-bones for 2023 that it's insane. Only 4 players in the ring at the same time in 2023?!? NO STEEL CAGE?!? No multi-wrestler Ladder Match?!? It's looking like the promise of GTA V style updating is up in the air as well
I hope we're not limited to 4 wrestlers in ring at a time. It was an understandable limitation at the N64 time but we really need at least 6, maybe even 8, to enjoy the carnage of a Royal Rumble, tag TLC or Elimination Chamber match type. Royal Rumble especially just doesn't feel right with only 4 wrestlers in ring at a time. Also, would love to see an ever present referee and, of course, ref bumps.
WOW!! This looks like it could be a fantastic wrestling game. Great roster, the AKI engine just works so well, and I'm keen to follow the progress of this one as we move through the development cycle.
It looks like what we’d want as THQ/AKI N64 wrestling fans - however, we’ve heard this before - many games claimed to be “bringing back No Mercy” and then flopped. So I’m going to be cautiously optimistic for now
R.I.P. Hayabusa Sure, El Habenero in Revenge was good but it wasn't "him him" LOL But you could change names in Revenge, right? I loved his character in Wrestle Kingdom 2. Great to see him here. I'm glad he didn't go to WWF/E
Holy crap this game looks so freakkin awesome. The 64 game play and mechanics were perfect. My only question is if you’re gonna bring back 3D where’s Buba Ray Devon? Lol
Great video! I remember playing the n64 aki engine and it was a game changer! It reminds me of baseball games and how I dont play the MLB the shows etc modern versions... However, the super mega baseball series has me hooked since it has that old school baseball game play! Have you done a video on super mega baseball 4? If not, a video themed just like this one would be exciting to watch! Keep up the great work! 🎉
Been following this over on Steam. Feels like I've been waiting forever, but each time something comes out regarding the work...it keeps the hype alive.
This looks awesome. Love the art style and some of the legends included. Mortis is going to destroy! Let’s hope it comes out in a reasonable time. Please keep us updated
HELLYEAH 2 COLD SCORPIO FINALLY!!!!!!!! HE'S MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE WRESTLER AND I'M 45 YEARS OLD!!!! And coming in second DYNAMITE KID and 3rd which is my favorite tag team of all time, THE POWERS OF PAIN
*2:27* I'd love to see this game include things like if you suplex/slam your opponent too close to the ropes, the opponent will go outside the ring. Bouncing off the ropes to the outside. Or even bouncing back toward you, like a botch etc
If they put the option to create like a community creations to download and put for example Stone Cold into the game is a Win and if you put create entrance believe me, it’s a Home Run and I’ll buy it. No mercy fan right here!!
UPW is the real No Mercy successor. Get a much more legit NM vibe with this game. I just hope the AI is good, as there are alot of us simmers out here.
I love the AKI engine. Def Jam fight for New York perfected it. They definitely need to tweak the fluidity here though. It... looks....so... sluggish I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this though
The mistakes they all made with the AKI engine beyond the N64 iterations (perfection) was making the games too frenetic. The whole tactical and strategic part of those titles, was the pacing. I don't think it looks sluggish at all. The pacing is perfect, a la N64 movement fluidity. As an aside, Def Jam was absolute pants imo.
Well it looks promising. The only thing I hope you can do is interrupt moves like in the Day of Reckoning games. Those were seriously underrated. I remember modifying The Big Show's moves so h would do a cartwheel back elbow. Me and three of my friends all chose him and started spamming that move, which made the game glitch out with a loud buzzing sound as the game froze.
I want this game for the nostalgia. Bill Dollar reminds me of Magnum TA and they look like the Wrestling action figures one would buy at the dollar store back in the late 90’s-00’s
Graphically, it looks as good, or better than AEW-FF. Me, personally, I don't care about graphics, I care about the gameplay. If they nail the gameplay, I'm getting it 100%!! I prefer "The Steak" (pause ⏸️), over "The Sizzle"
This reminds me of power move pro wrestling. Not game play wise but that it’s all made up wrestlers and has a real Indy esthetic to it. I hope there’s voice acting and announcers in it and play by play.
@@robertoramosaguilu7314 I figured it was based off of Japanese wrestling but I didn’t know there’s was another series for it. But either way it’s a great game.
@@meatsloth333Toukon Retsuden has 4 installments. 3 games on ps1 and the last one was made on DC. The series also have a brother series on N64 called Toukon Road which has 2 installments. These are all great games. If you love Power Moves, you will love these games
@edwinafamefuna4383 I have some of the Pro-Wrestling games you listed. Power Moves Pro-Wrestling for Ps1 (which plays in my Ps2), I have I believe Touken Retsudon 2 or 3 on my Japanese ps2 and I have Touken Retsudon 4 on my Japanese Dreamcast (along with the CLASSIC Giant Gram 3)
Dude, this is exactly the AKI engine, I know the animations when I see them. If you fire up No Mercy and compare how the moved are performed, the running and the striking, you‘ll see it‘s nearly identical. I just hope, the developers don‘t get hit with a lawsuit, because we need more arcady wrestling games.
@thedarknate0845 I heard it's not doing well. I own it too. But I haven't been back to it. It's decent wrestling. It's just missing things like cage matches, multi-person ladder matches etc It just got an update and there's DLC on the way. That said it's bare-bones. Wish I had waited for a price drop like you did. Hopefully my comment ages badly and AEW is able to improve FF
WcW/NWo revenge was my favorite, hopefully this one will bring over the replays of the moves the old games had, the music that follows the tempo of the matches etc
Like the roster. I want that retro feel back you know. The nostalgia. Have you played wrestling empire, wrestling 3d by m Dickie? For an app game you can do so much. Jump/ leap off everything the announce desk, guardrails the steps etc. You can even jump/ leap off said items while wielding weapons. Carry weapons during entrances. My personal favorite is you can switch perspectives. Yeah first person. Giving us the feeling of what it's like to walk the aisle. Hope they implement these and a few others in this game. You've earned a subscriber.
I was digging the old art style more. That had me more excited to be honest. This looks nice graphically but for me it just isn't getting me excited at this time. Sad part is that I was looking forward to it. I'll have to see more of it to finalize my decision.
The paning of the arena during the entrance had me sold, then the mechanics was shown, hope we get a ton of the missing match types AEW should have had. CAW is definitely what AEW needed, so hyped to see that. Then the roster, was cool to see the similarities of the games roster..... but yeah, I marked out seeing the ECW/WCW/WWF Legends.
If you have Arn Anderson, you have to include Tully Blanchard. The Brainbusters were one of the best tag teams of the 80's! Also, I'm a huge ECW fan, and would love to see even more wrestlers represented like Tommy Dreamer, Raven, all the Dudleys, and Sabu. Hopefully it will have a good enough CAW system to create these legends. I am super excited, and cant wait for this project to release!
Okay I was sold before I even saw the DLC roster. I’m hoping they have backstage areas and good weapons like No Mercy did and potentially the UFC grappling fighting styles like Japan’s Virtual Pro Wrestling did. I was pretty disappointed with AEW’s lack of creative content, but I did like the wide array of weapons they offered.
Graphics wise it reminds me of Legends of Wrestling; It looks like they took Aki's grapple engine and combined it with Legends of Wrestling's Graphical art Style.
Cartoony models are cool but imo animation needs a good bit of work that’s one thing the next gen games improved a lot on, hopefully they can pull off a good story mode that’d definitely make it stand out
I don’t know if you saw the early trailers, but I like the way it looks before. If you like it now you have to see the other earlier trailers. Is like no mercy again.
To make it complete I need the knockout feature NO MERCY had. Made the game fun without pinning. You actually had land your finisher a couple times to win. If not no sale.
@pontflair - Yeah, I honestly couldn't remember who the publisher and developer was when I was writing the comment, but I figured people would know which games I was talking about. But thanks for the correction, nonetheless.
@@AlstanusI've said this in posts and threads, I'm kinda hoping this is different from the N64/"AKI" games, and different from all Yuke's (using AKI's engine in certain games) and Def Jam Vendetta and FFNY. This reminds me of how thr Legends of Wrestling Series should've been. With a twist or 2.
@pontflair - It certainly seems like a needed departure from the useless garbage that most wrestling games turn out to be. Especially triple A ones. I'm looking forward to this game, though.
My hands in my pocket already with that roster, just to hear 2 cold scorpios theme would be enough. But I feel to be complete they need Das Wunderkind and Disco Inferno, but to have frosty balls is enough.
