Last week, I bought WWE Day of Reckoning 2 for the GameCube. After booting it up and playing a few matches, I was hooked again. This game is so good! It's like the natural progression of No Mercy with some tweaks to it. For one, the pace of the matches can either be really fast or slow and it's dependent on the stamina meter. At first, I wasn't a fan of it, but I realized it adds some extra strategy and planning to your matches. For one, you can't just spam moves and win. You have to manage your stamina, otherwise you'll be exhausted. Another cool thing is that any move, even finishers, can be broken up. So, there's no locked in animations that'll waste time. You can even cancel the taunts when you activate your special/finisher.
Graphically, the game blew me away. I'm amazed that the game is from 2005. The lighting looks great, the character models are impressive, very accurate to their real life counterparts.
Unlike some other wrestling games that came out in 2005 (*cough* SVR 2006 *cough*), most of the wrestlers actually have entrance gear. Chris Jericho, for example, has his jacket, Carlito has his shirt, Edge has his coat and shades, Christian has his sweat suit, etc. The game runs really well, too. 60FPS for the most part. There is some slowdown, but that's during entrances that are pyro heavy.
There's a good amount of variety for match types, too. Basic singles and tag team matches, to steel cage, hardcore, and Hell in a Cell. I've already had some epic matches in the game already. It took me like five RKOs to put down Taker in a Hell in a Cell match. In another match, it took three chokeslams from Kane to defeat Kurt Angle. If you played or heard about this game, got any memories? Thoughts? Comment away.
Graphically, the game blew me away. I'm amazed that the game is from 2005. The lighting looks great, the character models are impressive, very accurate to their real life counterparts.
Unlike some other wrestling games that came out in 2005 (*cough* SVR 2006 *cough*), most of the wrestlers actually have entrance gear. Chris Jericho, for example, has his jacket, Carlito has his shirt, Edge has his coat and shades, Christian has his sweat suit, etc. The game runs really well, too. 60FPS for the most part. There is some slowdown, but that's during entrances that are pyro heavy.
There's a good amount of variety for match types, too. Basic singles and tag team matches, to steel cage, hardcore, and Hell in a Cell. I've already had some epic matches in the game already. It took me like five RKOs to put down Taker in a Hell in a Cell match. In another match, it took three chokeslams from Kane to defeat Kurt Angle. If you played or heard about this game, got any memories? Thoughts? Comment away.
