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5 Star Wrestling Coming To PlayStation 3 This Summer
Posted by: Ben Kerin of WrestlingNewsSource.com on Apr 01 2013
A mere days before the biggest event in the WWE calendar, WrestleMania 29 - Scottish developer Serious Parody have something just as big to shout about. The makers behind Wrestling Manager
for iOS just announced a direct challenge to WWE's video game offering
with 5 Star Wrestling which will launch as a PlayStation 3 exclusive this summer!
Official Press Release:
“5 Star Wrestling” Announced Exclusively For PlayStation 3 (For Immediate Release)
Dundee, Scotland – April 2013
The
wrestling game world is long over due a shake up. The same development
studio has dominated the genre for well over a decade with little to no
competition. Well as the saying goes, ‘Enough is enough and it’s time
for a change!’
Introducing ‘5 Star Wrestling’ the first
PlayStation 3 wrestling game made out of pure passion for the art form
of professional wrestling. This is not a Sports Entertainment game, it’s
a Professional Wrestling game! The stories aren’t told through badly
dubbed cut scenes, they’re told in the ring with truly genre enhancing
gameplay!
Wrestling Psychology
Everything
in wrestling is done for a reason. Have you ever noticed that
technically gifted wrestlers will focus their attacks on an opponent’s
legs if they are outmatched in size and strength? The reason that’s a
popular strategy is because if a man can barely support his own body
weight, he’s going to struggle to lift you above his head and send you
crashing down to the mat.
In 5 Star Wrestling, the way you attack
an opponent can significantly limit their offensive arsenal. If your
opponent is faster than you and is constantly running around, attack
their body to drain their stamina and slow them down. If your opponent
is stronger than you, injure their legs and next time they try a lift up
move like a Powerbomb, their knee will buckle and you’ll be left on
your feet while they roll around crying like a baby.
Putting The Rules Back Into Wrestling
Wrestling
has referee’s for a reason. Groin shots and eye pokes are dangerous
weapons that have ended many matches and they will not be tolerated in a
5 Star Wrestling ring. If you want to kick a man in the crotch, by all
means go for it but IF THE REF CATCHES YOU, it could be game over. Of
course if he doesn’t catch you, you might just be on a winner!
Finishing Moves Galore
Finishing
Moves are a huge part of a professional wrestling and 5 Star Wrestling
revolutionizes finishing moves in wrestling games. Tired Finishers,
Power Finishers, High Risk Finishers, Quick Finishers, Finishers that
come from nowhere, 5 Star Wrestling has it all. There’s no robotic
formula of 2 finishers per wrestler because 5 Star Wrestling is aiming
to be as close to the sport of wrestling as possible. Some wrestlers
utilize devastatingly powerful finishers, while others stringing
multiple finishers together to end a match and some of the best
wrestlers can perform their finishing moves from virtually any position
making them incredibly dangerous. That’s the same approach 5 Star
Wrestling takes and the end result is characters that are fun master.
It’s The Moves That Make The Man It won’t surprise you to learn that the
most highly praised wrestling games of all time were the ones where
wrestlers could utilize the most amounts of moves and the most heavily
criticized wrestling games were the ones where wrestlers didn’t have
many moves at all. Not only does 5 Star Wrestling feature more Moves Per
Wrestler than any other wrestling game in history (nearly 200 per
wrestler) it also has the most character specific move sets of any
wrestling game, making each character feel incredibly unique.
Styles Make Fights
In
5 Star Wrestling, each character has strengths and weaknesses but they
also fit into certain archetypes. Brutes are powerful but slow and
stupid. Ring Technicians are cunning with tactical move sets but are
weaker than your average wrestler. Risk Takers are fast and can perform
dare devil type moves but they hurt themselves in the process and
Showman are highly resilient wrestlers with lots of finishing moves but
they aren’t the strongest, fastest or smartest wrestlers in the mix.
Heels (bad guys) have access to devastating (but risky) cheat moves,
Faces (good guys) don’t cheat but they can receive huge momentum swings
that allow them to perform amazing comebacks. The bottom line is, each
character in 5 Star Wrestling feels unique and that means players will
need to come up with different strategies if they want to be successful.
Serious Parody: The Story So Far…
5 Star Wrestling is being developed by Serious Parody Ltd, a studio
established in 2010 with the primary purpose of bringing the new wave of
wrestling titles to games players. The team of 15 are based in the
Scottish games hub of Dundee.
Made the 1st 'Prowrestling Management Sim' on any mobile device itunes.apple.com/us/app/wrestling-manager/id465946596?mt=8
Made the 1st iOS game to feature mod tools (no coding/no jail breaking) www.wrestlingmanagement.com/forums.html#/20130106/pokemon-battle-league-2213433/
Raised a bit of cash to build a team venturebeat.com/2012/05/17/serious-parody-funding/
Made a cool augmented reality Bat Signal prototype to book our own tickets scottishgames.net/2012/07/20/the-dark-knight-returns-to-dundee/
The CEO/lead designer of 5 Star Wrestling/Wrestling Manager was listed in Develop Magazine's 30 Under 30 www.develop-online.net/features/1780/The-fourth-annual-30-Under-30
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