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Anyone else buying the game? It's rumored to have 78 wrestlers. Right around 35 superstars, 35 Legends from the Attitude Era and 8 Divas.


THQ is doing it's roster reveal during Summer Slam Fan Fest which is 3 weeks from now.


Playable Roster:

According to THQ's website, there will be a total of 78 superstars: 38 current, 33 Attitude and 7 Divas.

Obviously guys like Randy Orton and Triple H will be in but until they are officially confirmed I won't post them. There's also guys like Road Dogg and X-Pac confirming themselves through twitter, but, again, I won't post anything until it's official. Here's who's confirmed so far:

Current Generation Superstars:

- CM Punk (In his MITB 2011 attire, "Best In The World" t-shirt as entrance attire, also his Pepsi and Cobra Commander have been replaced with lookalikes)
- Chris Jericho (with his signature light-up jacket during his entrance)
- Big Show (with current camo singlet attire)
- John Cena (with current green themed attire)
- Mark Henry (in his black singlet with red details, "Hall Of Pain" t-shirt during entrance)
- Miz (blue attire similar to last year but now with his signature trench coat as entrance attire)
- Sheamus (with current black/red/gold attire despite earlier builds showing his black/green/white attire)

Attitude Superstars:

- The Undertaker (shown in his pre-Ministry attire)
- Stone Cold Steve Austin (with his signature vest during his entrance)
- Mankind
- Mark Henry (in his Nation Of Domination appearance)

Per-Order Superstar:
- Mike Tyson (with his WrestleMania XIV appearance)


There is also a no-name website the has an apparent "leaked" roster. While it is a rumored list it is looking more legit. For those wondering, here's the "leaked" roster:
http://www.pastapadre.com/2012/05/29/fe ... for-wwe-13



Arenas:

There will be a mix of both current age and Attitude Era themed arenas, but so far the confirmed ones are:

RAW (current)
Smackdown (current)
RAW IS WAR (Attitude, with classic WWE logo)
Hell In A Cell
Money In The Bank
Over The Limit
Survivor Series (Attitude, 1998 arena)

New/Improved Features:

- OMG/Spectacular Moments: Like the "OMG" moments on TV, we will now be able to do certain spots like those in the game, from spearing an opponent through the ring barrier to catching a finisher in mid-air to even making the whole ring collapse. These will be preformed similar to finishers but only by certain wrestlers, match types and locations. Yukes is said to be working on special visuals and audio to amplify these moments. So far, confirmed OMG moments are: ring collapsing (requires 3 finishers), spearing through the barricade, thrown off the HIAC, thrown through the HIAC, superplex to the outside of the ring, and announcer table finisher (not detailed). The crowd will even chant "OH MY GOSH" when these moments occur. As far as mid-air finisher catching (during Diving and Springboard attempts), confirmed finishers that can do that are: Codebreaker, Go To Sleep, Chokeslam and World's Strongest Slam.

- Match Experience. As we all know, matches on TV and matches on PPV are very different from each other time-wise. With Match Experience you can change the flow of the match. There will be three settings: "Quick", "Normal" and "Epic". Each setting will have an effect on momentum, damage, A.I., and even kick-out and reversal rates. The "Quick" setting will be similar to televised matches while "Epic" will be more of the PPV type, and "Normal" will obviously be a middle balance between the two.

- Better Weight Detection. While this wasn't really talked about too much, it's said that smaller guys like Rey Mysterio won't be able to slam big guys like Big Show, but instead do some kind of other move.

- "Road to WrestleMania" being replaced by "Attitude Era Mode". It will be a chapter based storymode featuring 8 different popular "Attitude" superstars. The story will obviously be focused on the Attitude era and will feature in-game cutscenes and video packages assembled by WWE's own editors. Matches will feature main and side objectives (such as "pin the opponent" or "put opponent through a table"). There will also be hidden objectives and clearing the overall objectives will result in unlockables. More info on this mode will be released at a later date.

- Improvements on Create-A-Superstar and Universe Mode 3.0 as well as info on new match types, arenas, moves and roster will be released at a later date.



Random Tidbits:

- Special Guest Referee match will return.
- There will be two sets of commentators this year: current (Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler) and Attitude (Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler)
- Climbing and standing on tables and the announcer table returns.
- Six divas will now be able to compete in the ring together.
- The PS3's version will now be able to have 64 layers in Create-A-Superstar mode.
- Breaking Point submissions and the Pin Meter will return. The only difference with the Pin Meter is that pinning is not only influenced by how damaged the opponent is but also what the last move executed was.
- Non-tagged partners can now be controlled.
- Refs will slide to count a pinfall similar to the real-life WWE refs.
- WWE '13 will use the same servers as WWE '12, but apparently improved.
- Weapons will be getting more "realistic" sounds.
- Replays during matches will pause the action and show the replay in full-screen and from different angles.
- Evolution's "Line in the Sand" theme will be in-game.
- Bigger guys like Mark Henry and Big Show are getting beefier character models to represent their bigger size.
- An "Attitude" announcer will be announced soon.

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I expect absolutely nothing new, but I'll still buy it anyway. It's a blast with friends online[that's another thing wrong with this series, too many cheap move/movesets etc], oh well.

Do they expect me to believe CM Punk can catch Miz doing a crossbody off the top rope?

So the major part of WWE 13 is the Attitude Era gameplay. You get storylines of DX, Bret Hart, Mankind, Rock, Stone Cold and the Undertaker.


The roster is going to be over 100 wrestlers. So far the Following have been announced


Jericho 1990's and Current
Heath Slater
Zach Ryder
Wade Barrett
The Miz
The Great Khali
Steph McMahon
Randy Orton
Lita 1990's and Current
John Cena 2004 and current
Hawk
Faarooq
Eve
Eddie Guerrero
Dolph Ziggler
Cody Rhodes
Christian 1990's and Current
Mark Henry NOD and Current
Brodius Clay
Bret Hart
Bradshaw and JBL
Big Bossman
Beth Phoenix
Animal
Mike Tyson
Undertaker 1990's and current
Stone Cold
Sheamus
Mankind, Dude Love and Cactus Jack
CM Punk
Big Show 1990's and Current
Edge 1990's and Current
John Laurinaitis
Hunter Hearst Helmsley, HHH DX and HHH Current
XPac
Mr Mcamahon
Vader
Trish Stratus
The Rock 1990's and Current
Ted Dibiase Jr
Shawn Michaels 1990's and current
Sin Cara
Shane Mcmahon
Santino Marella
R Truth
Road Dogg
Rey Mysterio
Primo
Nikki Bella
Brie Bella
Kevin Nash
Kharma
Kovi Kingston
Ken Shamrock
Kelly Kelly
Kane 1990's and Current
Justin Gabriel
Jinder Mahal
Jack Swagger
Hunico
The Godfather
Epico
David Otunga
Daniel Bryan
British Bulldog
Brock Lesnar
Booker T
Billy Gunn
Alicia Fox
Alberto Del Rio

DLC so far announced is

Damien Sandow
AJ Lee


So far there are 87 slots and THQ has promised over 100 wrestlers so that should lead to at least 13 plus more in plan DLC

I had no interest when this game originally was being advertised, as I bought last years version and never really got the controls down or ended up having a ton of interest in it, but with all the attitude era storylines and character I couldn't help but buy it. The game was released today so we'll see how it is.

I've pretty much felt the same about this game. When it was announced I couldn't have cared less. But as time has gone on, the marketing of the game has really got me interested. Not sure if I'll buy it, but I'll at least rent it for a few nights.

I've been debating getting it as well. I don't play video games anymore like my boys still do, but seeing videos and the advertising of it is bringing me back to the old days when I wouldn't leave my house to play all day.

So far so good. I'm only half way through the first chapter so far which is the D-X chapter, but this one right here has been my favorite

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bang bang!

I caved and picked this up, really enjoying it. Still getting used to the controls and how to do some moves. I'm liking the attitude era stuff though.

Do wrestling games ever have storylines anymore? I loved the older versions where you could interact with guys, make decisions, and kinda pick and choose which direction your career path would go. I'm more interested in that stuff typically as I often find the actual game play to usually be fairly consistent.

This one has a whole attitude era section where you go through a majority of the major storylines from that era but it all seems predetermined (since it already happened). It's cool reliving the moments in video game form while you're playing though.

I'm on the Brothers of Destruction chapter right now and just recently got done throwing Mankind off HIAC through the announce table

I remember those games though spykelee, like Smackdown Here comes the Pain and the ones from that time frame. You could walk openly through the arena and talk to who you wanted to, run outside, go to the gm's room to demand a title shot, etc. Those games were awesome.

^^ Ya man. That's what I prefer, a lot more exciting I thought. I loved challenging whomever, maybe teaming up with somebody, creating your own rivalries and storylines, demanding title shots and having the GM respond accordingly etc. I think that aspect of wrestling games add's so much more than incremental in game improvements. I never could understand why they got away from that.

By the sounds of it, though fun to re-live the attitude era, it doesn't sound like that game would appeal to me that much.

Yeah I agree. I bought last years version and hardly played it at all. Probably didn't even put 15 hours in it total and had no interest in story mode because it was forcing me to start out as Sheamus

If it weren't for the attitude era section and half the roster being from that time frame theres no way I would have bought it. It will also easily be the last wrestling video game I buy until they bring those kinds back.

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These attitude moments are one of the best parts of the game. Super easy to do when the time comes, but how smooth the gameplay stays while it cuts to the attitude moment is really cool. It's been forever since I seen the actual video of this moment but I could picture it happening in my mind while it was happening on the game. It starts right around 3:20 in this video. King and JR on commentary do a great job helping relive the moments also.

It's been hilarious making these ridiculously disproportioned created wrestlers and playing with them on line. Every time one of my guys come out to their entrance I hear a bunch of "what the f**** is that thing?!?!"