I just got back from reading a site that has a current preview of the upcoming sequel to Raw, WWE's XBox franchise.
There were several areas that made me start caring about this frachise again:
1) Career Mode - The last game a had a base championship mode where you just wrestled one after the other until you won the title. This new Career mode has been descibed as a open ended RPG. Let me say that again... an open ended RPG... like Morrowind... cept different
You can steal Kurt Angles medals in a match or in a run in if you want, but expect Kurt to come after you on the next show. This may be what the wrestling gamer community has been waiting for in a virtual grappler.
2) More Wrestlers - Meh. As long as they get the proper move lists and charatcer attributes in there, I don't care how many wrestlers they have. In Raw, I spent most of the time playing as Steven Regal because he had the most distinctive move set. He looked like Regal and wrestled like Regal. The only other wrestler they achieved that level of detail with was Tajiri, but you ended up kicking too much.
3) Graphics - They've ipdated the graphics? Raw may not have been that great, but it was DAMN PRETTY. I saw some screens, and yes, they did improve the graphics... just take a look at Hogan. It IS Hogan.
and most importantly, the last 2...
4) Enhanced Create a Wrestler - The backbone of ANY grappler. If the CAW don't cut it, neither does the game.
5) OVERHAULED ENGINE -
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That was me praying to God, thanking him for answering my previous requests to overhaul the Raw engine. Raw will now be a GRAPPLING based wrestler. THANK YOU, JEBUS!!!!
Just hit the link for more goodness...
http://www.gamingring.com/news/0007.shtml
Raw 2 Might Not Suck!!!
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