booswayn
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Post by booswayn on Aug 19, 2004 9:11:23 GMT -5
can anyone recommend a good wrestling vid game for the x-box. i've been browsing the reviews and most seem to suck. can you guys let me know your favs before i grab one? thanx!!
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Post by The Shadow on Aug 19, 2004 9:35:52 GMT -5
They're all really, really, REALLY bad. The closest you're going to come to something you might enjoy is WWE Raw 2. It at least uses a version of the engine that was used in all the great N64 games.
Avoid Legends of Wrestling at all costs.
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Post by JTM on Aug 19, 2004 13:01:22 GMT -5
I rather enjoyed the Gamecube version of Legends of Wrestling 2, myself. For X-Box, the only one I played was Raw 2 and it was poop.
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Post by The Shadow on Aug 19, 2004 13:20:15 GMT -5
Okay JTM, maybe you'll know this. As someone (me) who thought Legends of Wrestling was horrible and Legends 2 was only mildly better, do you think that Showdown: LOR is ANY better?
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Post by felixgraham on Aug 19, 2004 16:00:25 GMT -5
I enjoy RAW 2
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Post by XBigXTomX on Aug 19, 2004 19:15:36 GMT -5
i think showdown looks better but its so much worse
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Post by JTM on Aug 20, 2004 1:15:48 GMT -5
Okay JTM, maybe you'll know this. As someone (me) who thought Legends of Wrestling was horrible and Legends 2 was only mildly better, do you think that Showdown: LOR is ANY better? I haven't had the chance to play it yet, actually. My PS2 died as I was playing the BYW game and I only have a gamecube now.
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Post by shookerdo on Aug 20, 2004 1:41:21 GMT -5
I played Showdown for PS2 at Best Buy the other day and I was impressed. Much better then the 1st Legends (which I owned before I sold my PS2). It seemed a lot smoother and had a good amount of moves.
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Post by booswayn on Aug 20, 2004 9:25:52 GMT -5
thanx for the info everyone. if i can get raw 2 cheap i'll check it out. i had heard that the legends games were pretty bad.
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Post by The Shadow on Aug 20, 2004 9:47:34 GMT -5
Word on the street is that Def Jam Vendetta is actually the best wrestling game out there, even though it doesn't have any actual wrestlers. I hear the gameplay surpasses any current wrestling game. Anyone confirm or deny this one?
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Post by JTM on Aug 20, 2004 12:56:29 GMT -5
I was gonna pick it up cuz it's cheap now, but I have a feeling it'll be like the BYW game: a fighting game with wrestling as the background for it.
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Post by XBigXTomX on Aug 21, 2004 11:37:20 GMT -5
its going to be just like that just get the new mortal combat coming out
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Post by JTM on Aug 21, 2004 13:20:54 GMT -5
Yesterday, I reserved a copy of the new Gamecube game, Day of Reckoning. It looks like Gamecube finally caught up with Smackdown: bra & panties matches, PSYCHOLOGY~! with a little guide person at the bottom of the screen, and a story mode that actually involves WRESTLING (what a crazy idea). If you've ever played WMXIX for Gamecube, then you know how badly the story mode sucked.
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Post by The Shadow on Aug 21, 2004 14:29:53 GMT -5
I'll put RAW 2 for the Xbox's story mode up against any other game for sheer storyline suckitude.
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Post by JTM on Aug 22, 2004 1:16:43 GMT -5
The WMXIX story mode... you don't wrestle. You're fired by Vince and hired by Stephanie McMahon to take out Vince. But not by wrestling: by sabotaging projects. You beat up security guards and throw guys off ledges. Once and a while you have contact with workers, but it's just the same deal.
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