After dismissing the recent SvR games, I dug the 09 demo out the other day in anticipation of Legends.
I actually enjoyed it this time and found the right stick controls to be ok.
What do people (specifically Dags and Rad) think of it? I know very little about it in terms of modes, customisation etc... is it worth getting dya reckon, or should I stick to just Legends?
The game has probably more things for you to play around with. more match types and game modes. From beat the clock challenges to king of the ring tournaments to the career mode to the road to wrestlemania story mode. Not that they're all amazing modes but it's more than the legends game has.
Road to WM, is a short 12 week story mode where you take a handful of wrestlers from the royal rumble to wrestlemania. I think from memory you have stories for Undertaker, CM Punk, Chris Jericho, HHH, John Cena and a Tag storyline with Batista and Rey Mysterio. There's nothing there that will keep you playing for months but they're interesting enough to play through once (and in some cases twice as you can unlock certain items with a second play choosing different choices)
Career mode is good but faulted. If you remember the season mode from Smackdown 2 on the PS1 you'll have a good idea of how this works. You pick 1 wrestler and start on a title path. After you defeat 6 wrestlers you can then challenge for the belt. When you win you move to a different title path. There aren't any sotrylines for you to follow - it's like fighting your way up the ranking in fight night 3. It's ok, but without any of the build up hype you're kind of left feeling a little empty as you beat people again and again. It's very simple and doesn't offer much of a replay value BUT the mode was basically there to let you build your caw stats up.
Which is where the game failed for caw makers. All caws start on 36 and the only way to build their stats to how you want is to take each and every one of them through the career mode. If you want to give someone the ability to use weapons or dive over the top rope while running you have to take them into career mode and then achieve a certain goal to unlock that ability.
It's very annoying and is why after complaints they added the cheat to set caws stats to an overall of 94 (i think 94?) - the problem then though is who wants the bushwhackers at 94?
Create a wrestler mode is better than ever and caws don't look horrid standing next to the in ring wrestlers. but all of the caw parts on SD09 are on the legends game (with 100+ new items)
Basically...
If the roster and game modes appeal to you you'll have fun. But I've not watched the WWE for over a year so the roster means nothing to me and the match types i have played and played in the past few games already.
PLUS you can bring the roster over to the legends game so i guess you're only looking at Sd09 for the storyline modes and the match types that aren't on the legends game. I think the elimination chamber and TLC are not on the legends game though hell in the cell is.
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Off topic slightly my favourite wrestling game was Smackdown 2 for it's never ending season mode and the create a pay per view mode that rated how all of your matches were and gave you an overall rating. I loved going abck and trying to beat my PPV ratings.
Fire Pro Wrestling R was great fun and I had a lot of fun making edits for that but i did grow a little bored of it after a year. No real big reason I just think that I have more fun with the 3D games.
ASPW3 has a special place in my heart though. I LOVED this game despite it's piss poor create a wrestler mode.
YouTube - Best of Aspw3 Part 1*All the greatest moves*
YouTube - Best of Aspw3 Part 2 *All the greatest moves*
