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The control is really good. Sort of a cross between Smackdown and No Mercy. X does normal attacks and you can press any direction for different attacks, so you get 5 standing attacks. A grapples (what else is new? lol) and the grappling is pretty good. Finally, the Enzuigiri is a grapple move instead of just a damn counter. Only took them 3 or 4 years to get it right. Sadly, there's no Counter Stunner. That was my favorite move in No Mercy. Another nice thing about the control is running. You can actually run in ANY direction you want very easily, unlike other games that made it hard (if not impossible) to change direction mid-run. That means you can run circles around the Big Show and try to make him dizzy if you want. LOL! The game rather challenging on Normal. The CPU fighters actually have some realism to them; like the Big Show can level your ass easily cause he's so strong, and the Hardy Girls (yes, I said girls) are quick and annoying just like on tv. They don't do much damage to you, they just get you worn out from chasing them in circles. The CPU doesn't drop like a dead deer after a couple specials either. Don't get me wrong, this isn't one of those shitty Smackdown games where the opponent doesn't even stay down long enough to stomp. They'll stay down long enough for you to let off a taunt and shove a boot in their face. Then they jump back up and start kickin your ass. You can actually stomp them back down and hit them as they're getting up. You couldn't do that on THQ's N64 games. I like to beat a guy down with a chair, then throw it at him as he gets back up. hehe Weapons? Well, there's too many of them. They have everything from ladders to hats. What really pisses me off though is the fact that there's no shovel. There's like 170 different items on that game. They can put in a bowling ball but they didn't put in a shovel!? What kinda shit is that!? Also, some of the weapons don't work right. The way you swing the chair when you run is totally screwed up :( For those of you who like interference, you'll fuckin love this game. They come out 2 and 3 at a time in some matches! And it's not like No Mercy where they're only set to target one person. These guys will kick anybody's ass. :D The game's features are somewhat limited, but not nearly as bad as Royal Rumble on DC: no gimmick matches (HIAC, Table, etc.), no blood, and a limit of only being able to store 16 CAWs on the freakin hard drive! Even No Mercy on N64 had 18 FFS! A "rent before you buy" kinda thing? Well, I think it was worth buying. If I had to rate it, I'd probably say 8.4 mostly because of the features that were left out and in. WTF? I'd rather have Fred Krueger in the game than Fred Durst. I hadn't really paid attention to the info about hidden wrestlers in WWF Raw, but I noticed something today that's really dumb. What in the name of Jupitor's balls is Fred freakin Durst doing in the game!? It was bad enough they put him in Smackdown 3, now Raw!? WHY!? He's never appeared on WWF programming let alone ever stepped in the damn ring. Give us some real hidden wrestlers for cryin out loud! Anybody would be better than Durst! The Ultimate Warrior would really kick ass. Hey, they brought back Andre The Giant in No Mercy, so why not the Warrior? How bout "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon and "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel? They'd make great hidden wrestlers. Hell, I'd take Mr. Perfect over some idiot from Limp Bizkit. I'd rather see Bryan Pillman in the game! | |
