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| Nickey
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|  "Re(3):Rumble Roses XX + 2 more sports for Xbo" , posted Wed 27 Jul 00:08:
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I got it for $10 at Circuit City. I played it with some friends and the gimmick of "LOL BOOBS" wore thin after 2 fights and after that it was a pretty generic fighting game. Also the first few times through story mode are funny but the insane plots get tired quickly and I haven't played it much after that. I think I got $10 of entertainment out it, but I'd be pissed if I paid anything more.
That's sort of the problem with RR; at the end of the day it's still just a wrestling game. I don't claim to be an expert on wrestling or wrestling games but their flaw always struck me as being that all the characters are a variation on the same theme. When playing the game I felt like I my choices were limited to a fast wrestler, a wrestler with slightly different grapples... it was like playing a SF where Ryu and Ken were the only characters. If the producers could create a greater variety in the moves list it might make the game stand out more but would it still be a proper wrestling game then?
That, or they need individualized and/or controllable stretching and rolling around on the beach sequences in the gallery.
Yeah I agree, the big thing is the game has potential, but they just need to use it. The game esentially has 3 characters, Power girl (hits hard), Pin girl (has alot of throws that end in a pin) or Submission girl (Girl with lots of subbmission moves). I think if Yukes actually developed more for this game instead of just using the Smackdown engine and pasting boobies over the men It would have been a better game. Also the mud isn't really sexy its just kinda messed up cause it looks like they are wrestling in uhhh yeah....
Also with the US version, I have a funny feeling it wasn't finished and rushed out. The Japanese version has more moves or each character and gets rid of alot of the shared moves between characters. Also in the story the text in the US gets misaligned alot.
Although I wish they would take The Catfights awesome weapon system of 3 weapons, Chair, Nailbat and Machine gun.
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| kurushimi
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| "More System Details" , posted Thu 28 Jul 08:36:
Tag Team Action, more stages, and something better than mud wrestling?
I've heard some of the english clips, and yea, maybe I'll get lucky and find the import at play-asia for dirt cheap sometime.
But now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever played a wrestling game before - always preferred the more traditional fighting game, but for those who play them, would you put them in the same category as say, Tekken, SF, etc? I mean, it seems to me that yes, it's a fighting game, but the feel of it is significantly different?
Or maybe I should just shut up and find it at Circuit City...
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| Pollyanna 1261th Post
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| "Re(1):More System Details" , posted Thu 28 Jul 12:23
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But now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever played a wrestling game before - always preferred the more traditional fighting game, but for those who play them, would you put them in the same category as say, Tekken, SF, etc? I mean, it seems to me that yes, it's a fighting game, but the feel of it is significantly different?
Or maybe I should just shut up and find it at Circuit City...
Wrestling games are nothing like fighting games. They're -very- simplistic. As far as I can tell, they're more about visuals. If you're into wrestling, or you think the characters are sexy, then Rumble Roses is for you, because the motion capture is excellent and you have a wide variety of moves. However, unlike a fighting game, those moves all basically amount to the same thing. You'll do just as well doing the same attack over and over as you would doing a wide variety of attacks, especially as you target certain body parts in Rumble Roses.
Since I'm not much of a wrestling fan and I think most of the characters in Rumble Roses are quite unlikable (excluding the Cutey Honey parody, of couse), it didn't do much for me. But even still, from a wrestling game perspective, I think it has a lot of appeal in terms of move variety, graphics and motion capture. I found it quite fun for a few days, but it's all style and no substance. If you want a fighting game, though, you should stay far away.
Of course, if it's something you find really sexy, then I can't relate at all and it may be something you really want to pick up.
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