Match Sim Discussion

[Mistah Showtime]

So, I have been doing a lot of simming as of late using the OWN 2009 settings with a few tweaks on 2010. This is what I have discovered so far on the game.

Hell In A Cell - These are about the same as last year. The AI treats it like a singles match. The cell is never used and nobody ever leaves it. It doesn't matter if it's 2 people or 6 in the match, it's the same. In other words, a glorified singles match. Nothing special at all.

Elimination Chamber - The corner glitch is fixed and you can actually irish whip people into them now. From the few I have simmed, these matches are pretty good. Last year they were good as well, just had a bad glitch that took away a lot of possibilities. These are a good sim on 2010.

Championship Scramble - I've simmed several in a row and all of them ended in a draw. I even tweaked the settings so that signatures and finishers were gathered much quicker. Still, unless there is a pinfall before the 3rd person enters, there probably won't be one. Entertaining, but almost always a draw and therefore not a very good sim.

Last Man Standing - Unlike 2009, these aren't marathon matches anymore. I simmed 3 in a row that lasted 6, 8, and 10 minutes. Someone else simmed 2 and one lasted 18 minutes while the other lasted 4. So, they can be short or decently long. At least they aren't hour+ marathons like last year!

Submission - These are no longer marathon matches either. Everyone has at least 7 SS moves, so this makes these matches much better. I've simmed a few and they lasted between 11 and 15 minutes. Good matches overall with several attempts at submission moves.

Royal Rumble - The revamped rumbles are awesome, plain and simple. I'd prefer the momentum rate be jacked up to see lots of finishers and finisher eliminations. It makes the matches that much better to see the cool stuff.

Money In The Bank - These matches take a while due to so many people being in the ring. They do more ladder swinging than climbing to get whatever is hanging up above them. They can be 30 minute+ marathons a lot of the time. Sometimes they end in 10 minutes as well. More often than not, they are marathons. Be wary if you want to sim one of these. You could be in for a long wait for them to end.

Singles - Pretty good from what I have seen. I suppose it all depends on your settings on how long they can go. If you have high damage and high momentum rates, they could be over quickly. If not, they could take a while. It all depends on what your sliders are set at on how long these matches can be.

Tag Team - Pretty good matches whether they be normal, tornado, or elimination. They seem to last between 10 and 20 minutes. I haven't tested any of the special tag match types, but I'll post what I find out later on them.

Triple Threat/Fatal 4-Way - These can be quick or they can take a while. I haven't seen any over the 20 minute mark however, which is a good thing. Most of the time, these are pretty good sims and quite entertaining.

That's all I have managed to do so far. I'll post more as I test them. Feel free to post your own results from simming different match types. Input is always welcome. ;D

[j]

Extreme Rules matches are the most I've simmed, and they are fairly decent. In my experience they tend to grab the weapons from the crowd rather than under the ring. The object ability may change that though.

Ironman Matches I've noticed that this year they go out and grab weapons by default, you can probably change the rules to them so that they don't do that. I've only had the one ended in a draw,

[Mistah Showtime]

I simmed a few more match types last night while waiting for the finals to finish saving so I could upload them. Here are some more of my findings:

Cage - These matches sim much better than last year. There is a lot less climbing and a lot more fighting. They are actually entertaining now instead of one person after another being pulled of the cage until someone is eventually hurt enough to get pinned or allow their opponent to escape. A good match to sim.

Inferno - These are no longer 5 minutes of both people trying to drag the other to the rope. I watched a couple last night in which it took 4-5 times of the flames reaching 500 for anyone to be tossed out. They were quite competitive matches as well. The AI were fighting even while the flames were at 500, reversing their opponent's grapples so they wouldn't be thrown out and lose the match. While the flames are at 500, you could almost feel the desperation of each not wanting to be the one set on fire. They were entertaining to me and a good sim.

Falls Count Anywhere - These matches are entertaining, but I don't think they should be a match type on the game. This should be an OPTION for matches much like having entrances, KO, give up, etc. is. How about an option for pinfalls like way back on SD! 1 & 2 as well? I'm just sayin'. Anyway, these have been a good sim with all of them that I have done. Plenty of weapons and they last at least 10 minutes each time, whether 1 on 1 or 4 people.

Battle Royal - I never sim these with over the top rope on, so this is strictly for pinfall/submission based BRs. They are entertaining as always and a reliable sim. These are always good matches with lots of action.

Extreme Rules - All the ER matches I have simmed were great. Weapons galore and even flaming tables and 2x4s were involved. Is good to see that the AI uses these things. It's always nice to see someone go through a flaming table. If only you could make these Falls Count Anywhere and be able to go somewhere besides in the arena. Damn THQ removing REAL backstage areas!


I'll be sure to post thoughts on more matches as I test them. Post your own findings during match sims and see how they compare to others. Maybe we can find a good sliders setting to make them all entertaining somehow.