We need a legitimate amateur wrestling video game

[Peak Out]

Would need a big financial backing to make it happen as it’s likely a loss financially. Most kids gravitate to the ball sports, let’s at least try to direct them to the best sport

[Ohio Elite]

6 hours ago, Peak Out said:

Would need a big financial backing to make it happen as it’s likely a loss financially. Most kids gravitate to the ball sports, let’s at least try to direct them to the best sport

I've been saying this for years. This is the best way we could simulate some of the greatest wrestlers of all times in their prime having matches.  Smith vs Uetake, Sanderson vs Brooks etc...

[RawDog]

I have been wishing for this as well.

[NotThatDave]

I didn't know this was a children's forum.

[BarSeries]

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

Honestly, it would be extremely boring.  95% of the game would be handfighting and trying to get out of a spiral ride.

[Rassling2]

Nice idea and concept but until we start filling the seats with more fans this video will never come to fruition. 

[Winners Circle]

1 hour ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

Honestly, it would be extremely boring.  95% of the game would be handfighting and trying to get out of a spiral ride.

What is this the 90s? Spiral ride is dead Mr. Pastry.

[okokzach]

You could play the UFC game and just not throw kicks and punches

[Hammerlock3]

We need a stealth RPG made by Rocksteady and based on the predator Franchise wayyyyyyy more.

[alex1fly]

As a casual gamer I've thought this for a while now. Wrestling is perfectly set up to translate to common gaming mechanics. Movement, button combinations for offense/defense, combos, power-ups, character stats, skill trees... not to mention gameplay modes like Season, head-to-head, tourneys, time trials, etc. It'd be difficult to develop from a software perspective, and would need gamers/developers/wrestling experts, but if it was done well it could be REALLY cool.

Edited 15 hours ago by alex1fly

[wrestlingshoe]

Freestyle seems to be best fit for gaming. Lots of 4s. Lift guys above your head and take them to the mat. Hi-amplitude throws. 

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

17 minutes ago, alex1fly said:

As a casual gamer I've thought this for a while now. Wrestling is perfectly set up to translate to common gaming mechanics. Movement, button combinations for offense/defense, combos, power-ups, character stats, skill trees... not to mention gameplay modes like Season, head-to-head, tourneys, time trials, etc. It'd be difficult to develop from a software perspective, and would need gamers/developers/wrestling experts, but if it was done well it could be REALLY cool.

The problem is the demand would be tiny.  And the game would be pretty complicated.

[bnwtwg]

Any true wrestling game will be sure to incorporate 20 minute review stoppages to ensure realism

[Winners Circle]

[Ragu]

The coding on a game like this would be unreal

[BloodRound]

eh.

[CHROMEBIRD]

I guess this never went anywhere: https://batstoi.com/xp/

[alex1fly]

6 hours ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

The problem is the demand would be tiny.  And the game would be pretty complicated.

Madden is pretty complicated and people do ok. Agreed that the demand would probably not be enough to pay for the development of the game. 

[bnwtwg]

7 hours ago, Ragu said:

The coding on a game like this would be unreal

EA Sports publishes a UFC game annually. Wouldn't be that different except it would not be a AAA title, and EA has been significantly negatively churning developers and QA for a few years now.