To be honest, after playing the actual game for a while now, Def Jam is VERY dissapointing for me.
I know it's not supposed to really be the sequel to No Mercy, but why they would take things out of an already awesome engine is beyond me. I'll just name some of the things that make this game sorely dissapointing in my view...
-No CAW. It's a MUST for wrestling games nowadays, especially if it doesn't even feature real wrestlers.
-Storymode can be beaten in a very short amount of time, it's the same everytime so beating it with other characters isn't very fun, it's completely linear.
-You can't drag your opponent around. This really sucks considering that all the finishers make you do eighty flips and land by the ropes where you can't pin your opponent.
-You can't pull your opponent only half-way up by tapping R, it just automatically pulls them to their feet (I THINK, unless I'm forgetting something)
-Way too arcadey. It's meant to be that way, but I just don't like it. It's pretty fast which I don't mind at all, but I can't stand the super moves and whatever, not my favourite.
-No weapons. A game like this is PERFECT for having weapons... No Mercy had them, hell, WCW vs nWo: World Tour had them. I don't understand why they took out so much from an engine that was already made...
-The specials, there are too few. Hate to say it again, but No Mercy had a special for almost every position.
-No tree of woe.
-No gimmick matches. I never care for too many gimmick matches, but playing regular matches the entire time will get boring.
I could go on and on if I had to, but even with all those shortcomings IMO, this game is still better than all the other next gen wrestling games (in North America). But sadly, but the No Mercy sequel I was hoping for.
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