For personal reference more than anything else.

Played this for a couple of hours over the last couple of days. Did play it when I was younger but don't really have any memories of it outside of getting it.

So, I have missed three games and while I may get to them in the future, if there's something about this game that was not in 2007 or 2008 that I want to talk about, then I'll still bring it up even if I know it did not originate in this game. Not that I think there's much to discuss here.

This game is kind of boring. It feels unpleasant to play, just slow and kind of awkward which 2008 also had but it feels so much worse here. Some improvements seem to have been made, the tap any button thing is only for submissions now and that's fine, I prefer it over the submission minigame in 2008. There's also a new minigame for pins which is to hold a button until it reaches a small shaded in part of a bar and then release the button in that bar, I kind of like it.

Some scattered thoughts:

• The lack of a HUD is something I really don't like, while there may be other types of games that I'm fine if they don't have a HUD, a wrestling game isn't one of them. The only thing is the bar that shows the player how close they are to getting a signature move.

• I started Road To Wrestlemania which actually seemed pretty interesting and kind of out there which was quite fun but the gameplay not being good made it so that I didn't want to put time into this mode to see it through a lot further than a few matches.

• Create a superstar is good and something that is pretty neat that I don't think was a thing in 2007 & 2008 is a lack of restrictions when it comes to customising wrestlers, in that anything present in this mode can be used by either Superstars or Divas.

• Difficulty seems fine but due to the gameplay, the game felt like a slog no matter what difficulty it was on.

• Character select screen is exactly what I think this series should have, having all the pictures at once and not having to cycle through them one by one.

Its a fine game I think, but compared to some of the other WWE games there's just no reason for me to come back to it, the one thing would have been the story mode but I could just watch the cutscenes on YouTube and probably have a better time. I don't really see me picking this up again.

I remember playing this game for the first time as a kid after being done with SvR 11, and there was a lot to like, but also a good amount to dislike. The main menu feels empty. Just some of the most basic edgy music playing and nothing else. No practice arena when you first start the game like in SvR 11 and just no character. That being said, the real good part comes when you start playing the modes. Road to Wrestlemania is a bit different as instead of multiple stories you can pick to play, you get three that you have to play in order. I absolutely loved all three stories, it was the right amount of wacky wrestling and I couldn't get enough of it. Matches themselves played like SvR 11, albeit a bit less smooth than before. What really shines is the universe mode. You can control more of what happens, changing what titles are on different brands, and seemingly every match has some kind of cutscene that happens before, during, or after. The draft was extremely cool and I wish they would incorporate it into modern universe modes. All in all, something that looks very dull when you open it but as you play it there is more and more to like about it

Joguei isso aqui por provavelmente um ano inteiro quando comprei, seguindo minha tradição de devorar joguinhos da WWE o tempo todo até sair um próximo que comecei com Smackdown Vs Raw 2010. Depois desse eu meio que parei por que não conseguia mais achar os jogos por aqui (originais), só fui voltar no WWE 2K16.

WWE'12 é... Okay. O modo Universe veio aparentemente mais forte do que no ano anterior pelo que lembro, mas rejogando hoje ainda considero ele meio torto. Tipo, eu passei horas reorganizando rosters e stables pra jogar com elas e a IA do modo Universe simplesmente resolveu colocar os personagens no show errado e quebrar o time que eu juntei na noite de estreia. Ainda assim, fui deixando pra ver o que acontece e o negócio foi alternando entre muito bom e "what porra is this". Tinha show que o jogo nem de dava a "Remarkable Match", show menor que todas as lutas eram entre aliados, etc. PELO MENOS as coisas eram realmente aleatórias, o que já torna ele superior ao WWE 2k16 que eu tenho aqui, que eu precisava programar as rivalidades antes.

O Story Mode, Road to Wrestlemania, sempre foi a parte mais legai desses jogos mais antigos e o WWE'12 tem o mais fraco que eu já joguei. Não é ruim. A história do United Kingdom é boa até apesar de mal acabada. A do HHH e a terceira que eu acho que é Jacob Cass eu nem joguei dessa vez, mas só do fato de eu não lembrar como elas eram de 10 anos atrás significa o suficiente pra mim.

Da jogabilidade, eu achei bem repetitivo com o tempo, e o jogo não ter uma IA que te dê nota pelas lutas faz com que você só vá apelando até ganhar. Entretanto, eu nunca soube se fui eu que nunca aprendi direito os comandos depois do Smackdown Vs Raw 2010 ou se os comandos foram ficando mais confusos e/ou limitados depois desse jogo. Sendo assim, sou suspeito pra falar se essa parte esta boa ou não.

Visualmente eu acho o jogo bem bom, não desgostei de nenhum dos modelos 3D que vi.

Sobre o roster, funcionou pra mim que assistia religiosamente naquela época. É inclusive uma viagem no tempo bem gostosa rever alguns dos lutadores.

Um bom jogo eu diria. Nada incrível, mas um bom jogo.

The gameplay aged better than SVR 2011, with a formula which would be enriched by future releases, and it's still better than most 2K releases. RTWM is a big fav, despite distancing itself from reality and really tripping with the WCW stuff; really fun regardless. Best version of Universe Mode ever here with total chaos and random events, there's always something happening, always some cutscene and event taking place; just don't like all the random titles showing up on random wrestlers. Graphics are still great and the entrances are fantastic, great camera angles and details.

Esp: Hago la review de este juego, al igual que los que salen cada año, sabiendo que sólo compraré este (y quizá en 10 años otro), el juego es bueno y entretenido, los diferentes luchadores, movimientos y escenarios para usar están bien, y el modo historia es bastante bueno. Sin embargo me parece un sinsentido sacar un juego exactamente igual cada año.

Eng: I do the review of this game, like the ones that come out every year, knowing that I will only buy this one (and maybe in 10 years another), the game is good and entertaining, the different fighters, movements and scenarios to use are fine, and the story mode is pretty good. However, it seems nonsense to me to release a game exactly the same every year.