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    TNA iMPACT!

    Game » consists of 4 releases. Released Sep 09, 2008

    Enter the six-sided ring and wrestle in Midway's first wrestling game from the Orlando-based TNA wrestling promotion.

    Is this game already a failure?

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    #1  Edited By TheGamerGeek

    I mean just look at the roster no Team 3D and no female wrestlers I'm already saying it's a failure,what do you think?

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    #2  Edited By Weesh

    It looks like the gameplay is decent and there is a few modes in it. Could be a solid wrestling game but i'll wait to play it before i pass judgement.

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    #3  Edited By uglybob

    i would forget it. they answered questions on it the other day and its a glorified demo

    NO female wrestlers
    NO create an entrance
    The only weapon is a steel chair
    Sting wields a bat but cant use it on people
    NO blood
    NO edit a wrestler in the games moveset
    NO double team moves in tag team matches
    NO multiple attires for wrestlers
    JUST 5 CAW slots
    JUST 1 FINISHER
    NO demo
    NO Season Mode
    No Fighting in the crowd
    Cant use a wrestler in story mode, it has to be your custom character
    NO CAW for PS2 or Wii owners
    NO full length entrances
    NO Custom soundtrack
    NO call names for your created wrestler
    NO trophy support for PS3
    Only 2 player support online
    Only 4 people can be on screen at one time
    NO GM mode

    after that bombshell, is anyone who doesnt have access to the internet going to buy this game? 3 years in development and this is what we get. no wonder its coming out budget price. you probably get more options on a smackdown demo

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    #4  Edited By Lemegeton
    uglybob said:
    "i would forget it. they answered questions on it the other day and its a glorified demo

    NO female wrestlers
    NO create an entrance
    The only weapon is a steel chair
    Sting wields a bat but cant use it on people
    NO blood
    NO edit a wrestler in the games moveset
    NO double team moves in tag team matches
    NO multiple attires for wrestlers
    JUST 5 CAW slots
    JUST 1 FINISHER
    NO demo
    NO Season Mode
    No Fighting in the crowd
    Cant use a wrestler in story mode, it has to be your custom character
    NO CAW for PS2 or Wii owners
    NO full length entrances
    NO Custom soundtrack
    NO call names for your created wrestler
    NO trophy support for PS3
    Only 2 player support online
    Only 4 people can be on screen at one time
    NO GM mode

    after that bombshell, is anyone who doesnt have access to the internet going to buy this game? 3 years in development and this is what we get. no wonder its coming out budget price. you probably get more options on a smackdown demo
    "
    you are a fucking idiot. look at the first Smackdown game, there was fuck all in that too, and the same goes for any wrestling fighting game. Do you have any idea how long it
    takes to build a game engine for something like this FROM SCRATCH. The Smackdown games have all the fancy bells and whistles but they have been using the same engine for years and have just added to it and tweaked it. Midway have always said that for this game their focus is on getting a solid gameplay and graphic engine in place and they can build on that. i mean look at the greatest wrestling game of all time "WWF No Mercy" that was very thin on the ground in the vein of features but the gameplay kicked the ass of every other wrestling game. You dont need all the fancy extras that Smackdown has to make a good game.

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    #5  Edited By SSbabel

    It is TNA, that's all you really need to know.

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    #6  Edited By TheGamerGeek
    SSbabel said:
    "It is TNA, that's all you really need to know."
    Is that good or bad?I say that'd be bad...
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    #7  Edited By Lemegeton
    TheGamerGeek said:
    "SSbabel said:
    "It is TNA, that's all you really need to know."
    Is that good or bad?I say that'd be bad..."
    they are better than the WWE shit anyway. not by much though, TNA has seriously lost the plot lately.
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    #8  Edited By killer_meatballs

    I didn't know they didn't have all that.  No Angelina Love???? 

    No season mode???

    I was going to wait until I saw the reviews before buying this game.  I'll wait and see.

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    #9  Edited By Lemegeton

    the game does have a story mode .

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    #10  Edited By HandsomeDead

    Yeah, after seeing that Q&A on IGN, this game looks dire. I wish AKI would make wrestling games again.

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    #11  Edited By TheGamerGeek
    Lemegeton said:
    "TheGamerGeek said:
    "SSbabel said:
    "It is TNA, that's all you really need to know."
    Is that good or bad?I say that'd be bad..."
    they are better than the WWE shit anyway. not by much though, TNA has seriously lost the plot lately.
    "
    Epic Fail.
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    #12  Edited By ThePhenomenal1

    wrestling is just in the shit right now all over. TNA imo is the only one trying to make things better by offering a different product with better wrestling. i wanna see this game and that company do well.

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    #13  Edited By Lemegeton
    TheGamerGeek said:
    "Lemegeton said:
    "TheGamerGeek said:
    "SSbabel said:
    "It is TNA, that's all you really need to know."
    Is that good or bad?I say that'd be bad..."
    they are better than the WWE shit anyway. not by much though, TNA has seriously lost the plot lately.
    "
    Epic Fail."
    Go Fuck Yourself
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    #14  Edited By ThePhenomenal1

    wrestling fanboys .... way funnier than console fanboys.

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    #15  Edited By Joker

    What has this thread become? Can't we just come back to the topic at hand?

    I believe that this game is alright. I wasn't feeling very good about it before the release, but now it looks alright, what with the 3/5 stars and not terrible reviews.

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    #16  Edited By killer_meatballs

    Has anyone here bought the game?   The IGN review wasn't very good.  I was hoping it would do well, to put some pressure on SVR.   I wasn't crazy about last years SVR. 

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    #17  Edited By Baillie

    I really like the gameplay, it just needs more moves and more matches. Kind've liked what Smackdown! 2 did to the Smackdown! series.

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    #18  Edited By TheGamerGeek
    killer_meatballs said:
    "Has anyone here bought the game?   The IGN review wasn't very good.  I was hoping it would do well, to put some pressure on SVR.   I wasn't crazy about last years SVR. "
    Yep, I bought it yesterday and despite the lack of any real content, the games fun.But after a week I'll be bored because all they have is story,online(Which sucks),and exhibition.
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    #19  Edited By killer_meatballs

    Cool.  Thanks TGG.   I'll get it when the price goes down.  How is Petey Williams'  finisher,  The Canadian Destroyer?  I think the game would be worth it just for that!!

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    #20  Edited By Arkthemaniac

    Who honestly cares about female wrestlers? Seriously.

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    #21  Edited By killer_meatballs
    Arkthemaniac said:
    "Who honestly cares about female wrestlers? Seriously."
    pervs like me
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    #22  Edited By DualReaver
    Lemegeton said:
    "you are a fucking idiot. look at the first Smackdown game, there was fuck all in that too, and the same goes for any wrestling fighting game. Do you have any idea how long it
    takes to build a game engine for something like this FROM SCRATCH. The Smackdown games have all the fancy bells and whistles but they have been using the same engine for years and have just added to it and tweaked it. Midway have always said that for this game their focus is on getting a solid gameplay and graphic engine in place and they can build on that. i mean look at the greatest wrestling game of all time "WWF No Mercy" that was very thin on the ground in the vein of features but the gameplay kicked the ass of every other wrestling game. You dont need all the fancy extras that Smackdown has to make a good game.

    "
    Not an excuse. Don't call people fucking idiots because they think a mediocre game is in fact mediocre.
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    #23  Edited By Demilich

    This game was a failure when they decided to make it.

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    #24  Edited By Lemegeton
    DualReaver said:
    "Lemegeton said:
    "you are a fucking idiot. look at the first Smackdown game, there was fuck all in that too, and the same goes for any wrestling fighting game. Do you have any idea how long it
    takes to build a game engine for something like this FROM SCRATCH. The Smackdown games have all the fancy bells and whistles but they have been using the same engine for years and have just added to it and tweaked it. Midway have always said that for this game their focus is on getting a solid gameplay and graphic engine in place and they can build on that. i mean look at the greatest wrestling game of all time "WWF No Mercy" that was very thin on the ground in the vein of features but the gameplay kicked the ass of every other wrestling game. You dont need all the fancy extras that Smackdown has to make a good game.

    "
    Not an excuse. Don't call people fucking idiots because they think a mediocre game is in fact mediocre."
    1. his comments were made even before a review was out so nobody knew what the game was like
    2. he called the game a glorified demo which is soooo far below mediocre

    so yeah i took issue with his comments . i believe you should give a game a chance and not call it crap based on an interview that just drew attention to what was missing from the game as opposed to what was good about the stuff it did have.

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