Post by #HEEL Dark Lord on Aug 8, 2008 18:04:30 GMT -5
August 8, 2008 - For a few years now, the wrestling game business has been a one company show, but Midway will change all of that this September when the men and women from TNA elbow drop their way onto your favorite console. However, it's been hard to get a good look at TNA iMPACT!. IGNers have played the game at events, but we've never had the chance to just sit down and tear this game apart.
Thankfully, TNA-Listers is going to fix that and bring you along for the ride. iMPACT! is now in the office, and we're going to show you every wrestler and every finisher while giving you a little tidbit of how the day's brawler played. Look for updates every day this week except for Thursday. Plus, look for the first two brawlers to be in Japan and the last two to be in Mexico.
Ring the damn bell.
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Anyone who dresses like a superhero is OK in my book.
Although Super-Eric doesn't appear to pop up in TNA iMPACT!, his alter ego Eric Young -- a former tag team champion and a guy who has been in some great feuds with the likes of Robert Roode and James Storm -- plays a huge part in the game. Young's in-game bio sheet lists him as a grappler packing the "Wheelbarrow Neckbreaker" as a finisher, but the truth is he makes up a hefty part of the Story Mode, which I'm also detailing on IGN today.
See, when you create your wrestler and set out to make your name in the world of ring ropes and steel chairs, the TNA powers that be decide you need a tag team partner and give you the timid, awkward Young. He tells your character that you smell like bananas, he creeps out Christy, and he breaks up pins -- what's not to like?
In terms of gameplay, Young's packing a number of moves you should be familiar with if you've been keeping up with TNA-Listers. There's an arm-drag takedown, DDT, jawbreaker, neckbreaker, and so on. They're solid moves and they set up his finisher nicely.
Thankfully, TNA-Listers is going to fix that and bring you along for the ride. iMPACT! is now in the office, and we're going to show you every wrestler and every finisher while giving you a little tidbit of how the day's brawler played. Look for updates every day this week except for Thursday. Plus, look for the first two brawlers to be in Japan and the last two to be in Mexico.
Ring the damn bell.
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Anyone who dresses like a superhero is OK in my book.
Although Super-Eric doesn't appear to pop up in TNA iMPACT!, his alter ego Eric Young -- a former tag team champion and a guy who has been in some great feuds with the likes of Robert Roode and James Storm -- plays a huge part in the game. Young's in-game bio sheet lists him as a grappler packing the "Wheelbarrow Neckbreaker" as a finisher, but the truth is he makes up a hefty part of the Story Mode, which I'm also detailing on IGN today.
See, when you create your wrestler and set out to make your name in the world of ring ropes and steel chairs, the TNA powers that be decide you need a tag team partner and give you the timid, awkward Young. He tells your character that you smell like bananas, he creeps out Christy, and he breaks up pins -- what's not to like?
In terms of gameplay, Young's packing a number of moves you should be familiar with if you've been keeping up with TNA-Listers. There's an arm-drag takedown, DDT, jawbreaker, neckbreaker, and so on. They're solid moves and they set up his finisher nicely.
