Def Jam:Vendetta(not what you think it is)

Hot Chocolate

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Well since my first thread on it isn't getting fixed can you say REWRITE.


A friend of mine hooked me up with a "demo" of it. I to basically wrote it off as a, "Wrestling and Hip-Hop? Yeah that combo works." attitude but since it was from EA Big I gave it a chance, which was a very good thing.

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This game is more like what would happen if the boyz from UFC got into a fight with some dudes from a Fight Club but was on a local rappers turf. Being that it was a demo I got to chose from two characters, one was a clown in need of anger management and the other was just your typical big swole dude that lives on damn near every block of every city. The opening match trash talk scene did get a chuckle out of me, and the details on the facial expressions was cool.

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Like the pic above and on NBA Street there's a lil stuff going on in the background (i.e. fans cheering, dancing, or just standing there), they put in a lil detail on the crowd to make em look human but don't expect any super-duper detail to set crowd person 1 from crowd person 2. The ingame music is around NBA Street and SSX Tricky level but nothing really to groove out to, hope it's changed by the time it comes out.

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The control is easy to pick up and get into and the moves are easy to pull off and look tight when done. Wasn't any weapons in the demo so not sure if there will be any in the actual game(it'd be kinda nice) but the moves alone look painful. The boss of the demo was Ghostface Killa :D (of Wu-Tang Clan fame and newly signed to Def Jam), unlike the regular grappler Ghostface was actually beating my ass for a good part of the match and damn near laid me out with what I assume is his "Uber" Move which again looked both painful and cool as hell.

Well with good ps2 games a dime a dozen these days(imo) I look forward to getting this one when it comes out.
 

Mike Shagohod

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Looks cool, maybe I'll pick it up. It can't be any worse than some of the horrid WWF games made in the past.
 

Argentina94

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The ONLY reason I'm getting this game is because it's developed by AKI, and will be the first wrestling game for a 128-bit system to revive the No Mercy engine.

A good wrestling game will FINALLY be available since No Mercy was released.
 

Hot Chocolate

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Originally posted by Argentina94:
<strong>The ONLY reason I'm getting this game is because it's developed by AKI, and will be the first wrestling game for a 128-bit system to revive the No Mercy engine.

A good wrestling game will FINALLY be available since No Mercy was released.</strong><hr></blockquote>

It'll grow on you Arg, btw isn't AKI also doing RAW 2 for thq on the x-box?
 

Argentina94

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Originally posted by Yung Burnout:
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It'll grow on you Arg, btw isn't AKI also doing RAW 2 for thq on the x-box?</strong><hr></blockquote>

Actually, it doesn't need to grow on me. With the No Mercy engine in place, I'll be right at home. Besides, the rappers look far more interesting than the WWE wrestlers and the game looks leagues better than the grossly-overrated Smackdown series
<img src="graemlins/angry.gif" border="0" alt="[Angry]" />

I had no idea AKI was developing RAW 2 for XBOX. :eek:
 

buster_broon

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Originally posted by Argentina94:
<strong>The ONLY reason I'm getting this game is because it's developed by AKI, and will be the first wrestling game for a 128-bit system to revive the No Mercy engine.

A good wrestling game will FINALLY be available since No Mercy was released.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Sal you are older than me and you like wrestling

**buster scoffs with laughter in teh background**
 

John

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Originally posted by buster_broon:
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Sal you are older than me and you like wrestling

**buster scoffs with laughter in teh background**</strong><hr></blockquote>

Hey man, wrestling's the male ballet. (a change of pace ;) )

If you're a skeptic, I advise that you check out a small local show instead of the big-time stuff... the indy guys bust their asses to entertain the fans. It's really quite amazing, is some of the stuff they can do.
 

Argentina94

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Originally posted by buster_broon:
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Sal you are older than me and you like wrestling

**buster scoffs with laughter in teh background**</strong><hr></blockquote>

Actually, I don't.

Never watch it since it's fake and quite boring. But the games are a different story. A lot of fun and NOT fake or prescripted. You control the outcome.

Much like golf. I love playing Hot Shots 3 and Neo Turf Masters, but I NEVER watch it <img src="graemlins/angry.gif" border="0" alt="[Angry]" />
 
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