What would happen if 2K made a TNA game?

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i could have sworn dixie announced that tna had a wrestling deal on the table? but we didn't know if she ment actual game or that mobile crap again.. would love for yukes to make a japanese game like KOC3 or Wrestle Kingdom and add TNA guys vs wwe guys and alot of Japanese and latino wrestlers as well..

[ECWDanSelby]

I remember hearing a tasty rumour that the former AKI company had made a deal with TNA to build a next-gen console game (well, now current gen).

 

Must have been a load of crap.

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Anyone saying 'I wouldn't like it if they made a game' is crazy. Have WCW/ECW going under not taught you anything?!

 

Competition is ALWAYS good. Even if most of the game sucked, but there were a few fresh approaches and new ideas, 2K could steal them for the WWE games!

wcw nitro wcw thunder wcw mayhem and above all wcw backstage assault video games says hello.. would you really want something like that?

 

Yup! Absolutely!

 

Any wrestling game that's shifting copies is COMPETITION, meaning it lights a fire (no matter how big or how small) under 2K to some degree.

 

Plus, even if the gameplay sucks, there may just be a good idea or two in there somewhere that can be poached and improved by 2K. We're in a day and age where you can't just release a wrestling game that sucks and has zero features (ie. just doing 1-1 bouts, zero weapons, basic moves). 

 

Besides, I was in the VAST minority that happened to enjoy Mayhem and Backstage Assault.

 

mayhem i liked but anytime you remove a ring in a wrestling game, no dice at all.  but i do agree with what you're saying my man

 

I remember hearing a tasty rumour that the former AKI company had made a deal with TNA to build a next-gen console game (well, now current gen).

 

Must have been a load of crap.

most of the aki guys work for yukes now, the rest had another company syntopia or something like that

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yeah that was the only thing i hated about the acclaim wwf/ecw games other than the button presses they were pretty solid lol then again people complain about anything, remember in wwe12 people complained about the show intros? What a stupid thing to complain about lol

 

By the time Acclaim reached the ECW games with Hardcore Revolution & Anarchy Rulz, that engine was solid.  A lot of fans complained[as they often do] and said it was the same engine[sound familiar for the THQ games? ] and didn't like those games.  Acclaim did manage to get the finisher combos down to less button by the time they made ECW Anarchy Rulz.  It was something like two directions and a face button which was better than the older system of 5-6 direction buttons + two face buttons.  I didn't see the complaints about show intros in WWE '12 but that is just the nature of online gaming fans, we complain about a lot of things instead of appreciating what positive we have.  I say that knowing full well that I am among those complaining for change, but I do try to be constructive with my criticism and point out the good as well.  Ya know what they say, admitting it is the first step to recovery: Wrestling game-a-holic......

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i could have sworn dixie announced that tna had a wrestling deal on the table? but we didn't know if she ment actual game or that mobile crap again.. would love for yukes to make a japanese game like KOC3 or Wrestle Kingdom and add TNA guys vs wwe guys and alot of Japanese and latino wrestlers as well..

Yeah, I was thinking that the dirt sheets reported that awhile back.  But rule numero uno when dealing with TNA is never believing anything that Dixie Carter says.  She is a ditz and completely clueless on what goes on within her company.  I have seen her at TNA live events & PPVs and she is a total airhead...

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yeah that was the only thing i hated about the acclaim wwf/ecw games other than the button presses they were pretty solid lol then again people complain about anything, remember in wwe12 people complained about the show intros? What a stupid thing to complain about lol

 

By the time Acclaim reached the ECW games with Hardcore Revolution & Anarchy Rulz, that engine was solid.  A lot of fans complained[as they often do] and said it was the same engine[sound familiar for the THQ games? ] and didn't like those games.  Acclaim did manage to get the finisher combos down to less button by the time they made ECW Anarchy Rulz.  It was something like two directions and a face button which was better than the older system of 5-6 direction buttons + two face buttons.  I didn't see the complaints about show intros in WWE '12 but that is just the nature of online gaming fans, we complain about a lot of things instead of appreciating what positive we have.  I say that knowing full well that I am among those complaining for change, but I do try to be constructive with my criticism and point out the good as well.  Ya know what they say, admitting it is the first step to recovery: Wrestling game-a-holic......

 

yeah i didn't mind it, my best friend was more into ecw than i ever was so i really didn't know too many people other than maybe sandman taz and sabu lol

 

and yeah you're right people will always complain and yeah there were complaints about the show intros on the thq forums.  obviously they just decided to remove them instead of improving them (The opposite of what my tagline says)

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yeah that was the only thing i hated about the acclaim wwf/ecw games other than the button presses they were pretty solid lol then again people complain about anything, remember in wwe12 people complained about the show intros? What a stupid thing to complain about lol

 

By the time Acclaim reached the ECW games with Hardcore Revolution & Anarchy Rulz, that engine was solid.  A lot of fans complained[as they often do] and said it was the same engine[sound familiar for the THQ games? ] and didn't like those games.  Acclaim did manage to get the finisher combos down to less button by the time they made ECW Anarchy Rulz.  It was something like two directions and a face button which was better than the older system of 5-6 direction buttons + two face buttons.  I didn't see the complaints about show intros in WWE '12 but that is just the nature of online gaming fans, we complain about a lot of things instead of appreciating what positive we have.  I say that knowing full well that I am among those complaining for change, but I do try to be constructive with my criticism and point out the good as well.  Ya know what they say, admitting it is the first step to recovery: Wrestling game-a-holic......

 

yeah i didn't mind it, my best friend was more into ecw than i ever was so i really didn't know too many people other than maybe sandman taz and sabu lol

 

and yeah you're right people will always complain and yeah there were complaints about the show intros on the thq forums.  obviously they just decided to remove them instead of improving them (The opposite of what my tagline says)

 

I missed most of ECW during it's heyday although I did catch a lot of the TNN era ECW, which was quite good.  So I bought the games simply because I bought just about every wrestling game released.  I didn't know most of the roster in either ECW game, but they were fun to play as.  Hopefully, 2K will do better than the former THQ did on improving things.  They did a decent job this year on 2k14 aside from all the glitches & freezing.  I am not holding my breath on that happening though......

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yeah that was the only thing i hated about the acclaim wwf/ecw games other than the button presses they were pretty solid lol then again people complain about anything, remember in wwe12 people complained about the show intros? What a stupid thing to complain about lol

 

By the time Acclaim reached the ECW games with Hardcore Revolution & Anarchy Rulz, that engine was solid.  A lot of fans complained[as they often do] and said it was the same engine[sound familiar for the THQ games? ] and didn't like those games.  Acclaim did manage to get the finisher combos down to less button by the time they made ECW Anarchy Rulz.  It was something like two directions and a face button which was better than the older system of 5-6 direction buttons + two face buttons.  I didn't see the complaints about show intros in WWE '12 but that is just the nature of online gaming fans, we complain about a lot of things instead of appreciating what positive we have.  I say that knowing full well that I am among those complaining for change, but I do try to be constructive with my criticism and point out the good as well.  Ya know what they say, admitting it is the first step to recovery: Wrestling game-a-holic......

 

yeah i didn't mind it, my best friend was more into ecw than i ever was so i really didn't know too many people other than maybe sandman taz and sabu lol

 

and yeah you're right people will always complain and yeah there were complaints about the show intros on the thq forums.  obviously they just decided to remove them instead of improving them (The opposite of what my tagline says)

 

I missed most of ECW during it's heyday although I did catch a lot of the TNN era ECW, which was quite good.  So I bought the games simply because I bought just about every wrestling game released.  I didn't know most of the roster in either ECW game, but they were fun to play as.  Hopefully, 2K will do better than the former THQ did on improving things.  They did a decent job this year on 2k14 aside from all the glitches & freezing.  I am not holding my breath on that happening though......

 

well that was what my best friend tried to get me into, but between being sucked into wcw and wwf at the time, around the time he tried to get me into ecw, it was too late, ECW had went bankrupt around the time i started watching it lol

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Hell i am still waiting on them to do a legends game like low but base it off the exact 2k engine they use that year so you can import the 1k game into it like low and sd vs raw 2009...

 

In low, the imported sd vs raw wrestlers looked awful, so i think if they base it off the same engine things would flow and match correctly.

 

Every time they have allot of legends in a game of the past these little whining kids who have been brainwashed into loving the current garbage wrestling product wwe shoves down our throats they whine and cry because someone who is currently on tv didn't make it into the game.

 

Personally i am dying for a wcw vs wwe or some sort of game that has all the legends from the past attitude and 90's era us adults remember and love with arena etc and stuff we grew up and were lucky to have.

 

They got real close with 2k14 and last years attitude game.. Personally i think Vince hates the thought of the name wcw because they about put him out of business. My proof is simple, wheres all the wcw dvd collections like the wrestlemania collections? Or royal rumble sets? Wcw had great ppv's and a starrcade, or fall brawl set would be awesome...

 

Vince hates wcw because they kicked his ass and about bankrupted him, i really came close to crying when i saw vince on the last nitro because i knew what it meant for wrestling.

 

Ever since we have been screwed over as fans while we sit and watch our beloved sport go down the tubes and replace with gags and generic humor crap in a attempt to have programming for kids etc.

 

To me the "WWF" was most successful in the mid and late 90's and to me they can return to the glory days without going into the gutter like before.. They must remember one single thing, the adults have the "money" not kids!

 

I so long for the days of a believable wrestling federation again.

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yeah that was the only thing i hated about the acclaim wwf/ecw games other than the button presses they were pretty solid lol then again people complain about anything, remember in wwe12 people complained about the show intros? What a stupid thing to complain about lol

 

By the time Acclaim reached the ECW games with Hardcore Revolution & Anarchy Rulz, that engine was solid.  A lot of fans complained[as they often do] and said it was the same engine[sound familiar for the THQ games? ] and didn't like those games.  Acclaim did manage to get the finisher combos down to less button by the time they made ECW Anarchy Rulz.  It was something like two directions and a face button which was better than the older system of 5-6 direction buttons + two face buttons.  I didn't see the complaints about show intros in WWE '12 but that is just the nature of online gaming fans, we complain about a lot of things instead of appreciating what positive we have.  I say that knowing full well that I am among those complaining for change, but I do try to be constructive with my criticism and point out the good as well.  Ya know what they say, admitting it is the first step to recovery: Wrestling game-a-holic......

 

yeah i didn't mind it, my best friend was more into ecw than i ever was so i really didn't know too many people other than maybe sandman taz and sabu lol

 

and yeah you're right people will always complain and yeah there were complaints about the show intros on the thq forums.  obviously they just decided to remove them instead of improving them (The opposite of what my tagline says)

 

I missed most of ECW during it's heyday although I did catch a lot of the TNN era ECW, which was quite good.  So I bought the games simply because I bought just about every wrestling game released.  I didn't know most of the roster in either ECW game, but they were fun to play as.  Hopefully, 2K will do better than the former THQ did on improving things.  They did a decent job this year on 2k14 aside from all the glitches & freezing.  I am not holding my breath on that happening though......

 

well that was what my best friend tried to get me into, but between being sucked into wcw and wwf at the time, around the time he tried to get me into ecw, it was too late, ECW had went bankrupt around the time i started watching it lol

 

Yeah, it was kinda the same deal with me.  My brother and I were big fans of WWF & WCW during the Monday Night wars and we didn't really catch any ECW until it was on TNN.  By that point, most of the major moments in the company had already happened and the company soon went under.  That's one of the great things about WWE releasing the previously unreleased ECW material: I get to see what I missed because about as much ECW as I saw back in the day was from their games from Acclaim.

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Hell i am still waiting on them to do a legends game like low but base it off the exact 2k engine they use that year so you can import the 1k game into it like low and sd vs raw 2009...

 

In low, the imported sd vs raw wrestlers looked awful, so i think if they base it off the same engine things would flow and match correctly.

 

Every time they have allot of legends in a game of the past these little whining kids who have been brainwashed into loving the current garbage wrestling product wwe shoves down our throats they whine and cry because someone who is currently on tv didn't make it into the game.

 

Personally i am dying for a wcw vs wwe or some sort of game that has all the legends from the past attitude and 90's era us adults remember and love with arena etc and stuff we grew up and were lucky to have.

 

They got real close with 2k14 and last years attitude game.. Personally i think Vince hates the thought of the name wcw because they about put him out of business. My proof is simple, wheres all the wcw dvd collections like the wrestlemania collections? Or royal rumble sets? Wcw had great ppv's and a starrcade, or fall brawl set would be awesome...

 

Vince hates wcw because they kicked his ass and about bankrupted him, i really came close to crying when i saw vince on the last nitro because i knew what it meant for wrestling.

 

Ever since we have been screwed over as fans while we sit and watch our beloved sport go down the tubes and replace with gags and generic humor crap in a attempt to have programming for kids etc.

 

To me the "WWF" was most successful in the mid and late 90's and to me they can return to the glory days without going into the gutter like before.. They must remember one single thing, the adults have the "money" not kids!

 

I so long for the days of a believable wrestling federation again.

Wow, I think you just nicely summed up my feelings on pro wrestling in general these days.  WWE sucks these days and its the damn PG kiddie era combined with not listening to their fanbase that is to blame.  Unfortunately, it looks like the days of "attitude" are long gone and the cartoony throwback to the 80s are back in.  WWF did that before the attitude era and are back doing it again, which sucks!  Their 'entertainment' is often childlike, sophomoric, and asinine.  Not only do they not focus on wrestling, but their characters are as far from relatable & realistic as it gets. 

 

They cannot make new stars to save their own lives and they often copy a lot of what WCW got criticized for doing near it's downfall period.  Anything WCW did that sucked WWE has done and outdone ten times over.  Sadly, most fans would rather act like today's product is great when in reality it is just a shell of its former glory and will continue to decline until they notice how inadequate the product truly is.  Although at this point, calling their material a 'product' may be giving them too much credit.  In the words of The Rock, it is "hot garbage"......

[The 4th Doctor]

80's Golden "Hulkamania" era and Ruthless Aggression  trumps the Attitude era. . WWE makes more money in the current era then they ever did with the attitude era. That is one of the many reasons I hated wwe 13 cause it was attitude garbage.

 

Kids + parents = $$$$$$$$$$$$$ because when the kids get older and have kids they will bring their kids into watching wrestling rinse and repeat.

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80's Golden "Hulkamania" era and Ruthless Aggression  trumps the Attitude era. . WWE makes more money in the current era then they ever did with the attitude era. That is one of the many reasons I hated wwe 13 cause it was attitude garbage.

 

Kids + parents = $$$$$$$$$$$$$ because when the kids get older and have kids they will bring their kids into watching wrestling rinse and repeat.

The Hulkamania era trumps Attitude?  You been celebrating New Year's a little early?  Ruthless Aggression was pretty great, I must admit.  But still, the Attitude era was better because it was more realistic than the current cartoony 80s throwback.  Attitude garbage?  Seriously?  The Attitude era did have its awful moments but they were fewer and further between instead of the same boring crap each week like we endure these days.  Who's the big star for this era?  Oh yeah, they haven't got one.  Say what ya will about the Attitude Era but they had bonafide star power and had the ratings to back up their popularity.  Ever wonder why wrestling isn't as popular now as it was then? 

[The 4th Doctor]

Attitude was way to gimmicky you couldn't go 1 match without having  a hardcore TLC table Ladder match etc. Vince has been making way more money now then he did in Attitude. Man Attitude is OVERATED. 80's was better didn't need gimmicky matches to help fueds you could have decent stories and good wrestling matches.

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Attitude was way to gimmicky you couldn't go 1 match without having  a hardcore TLC table Ladder match etc. Vince has been making way more money now then he did in Attitude. Man Attitude is OVERATED. 80's was better didn't need gimmicky matches to help fueds you could have decent stories and good wrestling matches.

Were there some gimmicky things about the Attitude era?  Yes.  But it was far more realistic than either the current PG era or the Hulkamania era and for the same reason: both were over-the-top cartoon cookie cutter crap.  It really is that simple.  As for the gimmick matches, those match types provide some of the highlight reel type of moments that the Golden era couldn't dream of touching.  Who can deny seeing Jeff Hardy swanton off a ladder through a table @ WrestleMania 2000 was awesome?  Hardcore, TLC, table, or ladder matches are all great matches that hadn't been done before and in all likelihood will never be as great as they were during the Attitude era and part of Ruthless aggression era.  Perhaps the biggest and best events from the Attitude Era contributed to WWE even still being around as a company because if you remember, what they were doing during the 80s wasn't really working and without that shot of Attitude to fight off WCW, WWF/WWE would be nothing but a forgotten memory......

[The 4th Doctor]

The Attitude Era wasn't about wrestling, it wasn't even about "good storylines", it was about sleaze.

 

At least in the 80's you had awesome feuds like Macho Man Ricky Steamboat, Ricky Steamboat Jake Roberts  Jake Roberts Rick Rude, Hogan Slaughter Hogan Andre Mr Perfect Bret Hart  ETC. All the Attitude had was Austin Mcmahon and Austin rock that is all they people talk about when it comes to Attitude.

 

PG isn't the problem its the lazy creative writing. CHIKARA pro wrestling is pg and they have been a successful indy company for plenty of years. How come there is more dvd's on the 80's era and only 1 dvd on the attitude era

Edited January 1, 2014 by The 4th Doctor

[Shadow Storm]

I would like to se EA Sports make a wrestling game tbh

No thanks. 2K's support for WWE 2K14 is bad enough, EA's WAY worse.

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I think a TNA game wouldnt do well. Nothing against the company but if they dont have any big names I cant see it being a sucess. Maybe if they had Hogan & Flair maybe I know we have Sting but its not enough to buy one.

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I would like to se EA Sports make a wrestling game tbh

No thanks. 2K's support for WWE 2K14 is bad enough, EA's WAY worse.

 

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I think a TNA game wouldnt do well. Nothing against the company but if they dont have any big names I cant see it being a sucess. Maybe if they had Hogan & Flair maybe I know we have Sting but its not enough to buy one.

yeah i got impact solely bc sting was in it and hated it

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I want wwe to buy tna and then 2K to make a wwe game that inclued all tna wrestlers arenas ppv and belts 

[BigDaddyM]

I want wwe to buy tna and then 2K to make a wwe game that inclued all tna wrestlers arenas ppv and belts 

 

I don't think you'll be waiting too long, TNA will be dead within two years, tops.

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The Attitude Era wasn't about wrestling, it wasn't even about "good storylines", it was about sleaze.

 

At least in the 80's you had awesome feuds like Macho Man Ricky Steamboat, Ricky Steamboat Jake Roberts  Jake Roberts Rick Rude, Hogan Slaughter Hogan Andre Mr Perfect Bret Hart  ETC. All the Attitude had was Austin Mcmahon and Austin rock that is all they people talk about when it comes to Attitude.

 

PG isn't the problem its the lazy creative writing. CHIKARA pro wrestling is pg and they have been a successful indy company for plenty of years. How come there is more dvd's on the 80's era and only 1 dvd on the attitude era

First off, WWE/WWF has never truly been about wrestling or even "good storylines".  It has always been over-the-top entertainment and sleaze going back to the 80s that you seem to be so fond of.  The fact is, any company that Vince McMahon Jr. runs will be sleaze and nothing but.  The only difference between the Golden Era & The Attitude Era is that this usual sleaze wasn't edited or confined to just cookie cutter kiddie crap.

 

Secondly, yeah the 80s did have great feuds and matches no doubt.  But Attitude had their memorable feuds as well.  HBK/Bret, Austin/Rock, HHH/Jericho, Rock/Shamrock, Taker/Kane, all great feuds that we got off the Attitude era.  That's not even including the awesome lower & mid-card that they had back then with greatly stacked divisions like the IC, tag team, hardcore, European, etc that the 80s simply didn't have.  Have you ever went back and actually watched some of the 80s/90s programming?  It is so boring you cannot watch it.  Some of the moments and matches were great but for every one great match there were 5 or 6 more on the same card that sucked. 

 

Lastly, there are probably more incarnations of DVDs on the Attitude Era than the Golden Era.  Between WWF, WCW, and ECW there are numerous titles that reflect how impactful that era truly was and how it helped change the course of pro wrestling history.  The Golden Era may have been the better time to you personally, but without the Attitude Era WWF would have went out of business long ago and would have taken WCW's place as the irrelevant loser company of the Monday Night Wars.  There truly was no competition during the Golden Era as NWA wasn't nearly as popular as WWF, so comparing the two eras is truly apples & oranges in a discussion of which was better.  Attitude had shock television and unexpected moments that still are infamous and replayed on WWE television today[and included in games].  The Golden Era is remembered as well, but not as a turning point in wrestling history like Attitude was.  Ever wondered what the reason is for that?

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I would like to se EA Sports make a wrestling game tbh

No thanks. 2K's support for WWE 2K14 is bad enough, EA's WAY worse.

 

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I think a TNA game wouldnt do well. Nothing against the company but if they dont have any big names I cant see it being a sucess. Maybe if they had Hogan & Flair maybe I know we have Sting but its not enough to buy one.

yeah i got impact solely bc sting was in it and hated it

 

Even though Impact was a deeply flawed and lackluster game, it did have a few moments of being fun to play[although very few].  It was obvious that Midway were big wrestling fans and the biggest problem with Impact was that the gameplay simply wasn't deep enough.  Aside from the crappy story mode & a CAW that was severely lacking, it was kinda fun to play.  It had a unique roster with a good mix of a few big names like Christian, Angle, Nash, Scott Steiner, Jarrett and Sting with a healthy mix of new guys like Styles, Samoa Joe, Daniels, Eric Young, James Storm, and Roode.  So the roster was pretty deep considering it was a base game.  People tend to forget that base games are just that bases of what each series will eventually become.  That'd be like judging the current WWE games off of the original Smackdown on Playstation, which is a very inaccurate way of gauging how good the series actually is.

 

Of course, this topic is a moot point.  People in the know have stated that TNA is in bad financial shape and isn't focused on making a game.  For all we know TNA may be out of business in the next few months/years.  Which will be a shame and one of the bigger disappointments will be that they never got a truly great game to reflect how talented their roster has been...

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I would like to se EA Sports make a wrestling game tbh

No thanks. 2K's support for WWE 2K14 is bad enough, EA's WAY worse.

 

THIS

 

I think a TNA game wouldnt do well. Nothing against the company but if they dont have any big names I cant see it being a sucess. Maybe if they had Hogan & Flair maybe I know we have Sting but its not enough to buy one.

yeah i got impact solely bc sting was in it and hated it

 

Even though Impact was a deeply flawed and lackluster game, it did have a few moments of being fun to play[although very few].  It was obvious that Midway were big wrestling fans and the biggest problem with Impact was that the gameplay simply wasn't deep enough.  Aside from the crappy story mode & a CAW that was severely lacking, it was kinda fun to play.  It had a unique roster with a good mix of a few big names like Christian, Angle, Nash, Scott Steiner, Jarrett and Sting with a healthy mix of new guys like Styles, Samoa Joe, Daniels, Eric Young, James Storm, and Roode.  So the roster was pretty deep considering it was a base game.  People tend to forget that base games are just that bases of what each series will eventually become.  That'd be like judging the current WWE games off of the original Smackdown on Playstation, which is a very inaccurate way of gauging how good the series actually is.

 

Of course, this topic is a moot point.  People in the know have stated that TNA is in bad financial shape and isn't focused on making a game.  For all we know TNA may be out of business in the next few months/years.  Which will be a shame and one of the bigger disappointments will be that they never got a truly great game to reflect how talented their roster has been...

 

well that's just the thing, aside of sting, nash, angle, christian, jarrett and samoa joe, i didn't know the rest of the roster lol

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well that's just the thing, aside of sting, nash, angle, christian, jarrett and samoa joe, i didn't know the rest of the roster lol

 

You seem to be a fan of all things wrestling, so you really should brush up on TNA from 2002 to about 2008.  After that, the shows were pretty substandard and just copying off of whatever WWE happened to be doing and culminated after Hogan/Bischoff joined in 2010.  TNA hasn't been the same since they came in, pillaged the company, and then left.  But TNA as company was far better in the beginning years and I think you'd be surprised at how many great moments & matches that you missed.....