I have only had it for a few hours, so I have some learning to do but so far I see some things I do like, and others I do not. The bad news so far is......
1 arena, it's just RAW.
The roster is very outdated due to the many delays.
There is no blood in this game. WHAT!
The create a player seems to go into too much detail and it takes a very long time to create a wrestler. I spent a long time on just 1 guy, and I am still not done yet.
No commentating during the matches. The music that play's during the matches is kinda annoying, and it would have been nice to get a play by play.
It seems pretty hard. I am getting my ass kicked so far, and it's hard for me to get used to this new engine. It's not as smooth as WM 2000 or No Mercy, and I do not like the way the meters work on this game. It has a voltage meter, and keeping the crowd happy is how you win using a variety of moves. Whitch means you can be kicking a guys ass, yet still be losing because the crowd is not pleased. So far this voltage meter is really annoying the hell out of me, and I miss WM2000's he who is kicking the other guys ass is winning as oposed to this crowd pleasing crap.
The good news.......
The graphics are fantastic. Some of the guys will enter the ring a little funny, or look a little off, but this game still looks kick ass.
There is a ton of things hidden in the game to make it a fun 1 player game, so hopefully I can someday get good enough at it to win a title. I bought the book and it has a monsterous list of extra's in the 1 player mode that need to be unlocked.
Match types, Single, Tag Team, Tornado, Triple Threat, Fatal 4 Way, Battle Royal, and Handicap.
Well it might take you an hour, but you should be able to make a guy look close to a missing superstar that is not in the game, there is a lot of extra's like weird masks and stuff, and there is a ton of stuff I have not even unlocked yet. You control the pyros your fellawalks into the ring, the lighting, the light colors, and everything.
I would say I cannot rate this game yet completely because I am not really good at it yet, I am not used to the new un-familiar engine yet, and I am not used to this new create a wrestler yet either, but I will say I hoped for a better first impression from this for sure. It's missing too many things, and this engine still seems to need work, whitch amazes me after all the delays. I plan on playing it, and giving it a fair shake, but I really expected better, and it would not suprise me if Gamecubes first wrestling game blows RAW away.
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