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by **Temjin** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:19 pm

If he is a hermit, maybe some lucky(or unlucky, I'll explain later) person might stumble onto him and be trained by him....though his training might be extreme, kinda like what he supposedly went through......but think about it - legends come from that.

I really hope he's not dead either, just "away from it all", like what Bam Bam Bigelow always wanted.

by **Brick Side** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:30 pm

I played the demo for the new Smackdown vs Raw game, and... Well, it of course looks and plays exactly the same as it did last year (which is refreshing after playing that horrid TNA game). In relation to all the new tag-team mechanics, I am still trying to figure out how to do double-team moves and what not.

I will say that in a one-on-one match they completely messed it up for when you're outside the ring. Instead of just panning the camera back a bit, the added in fixed camera angles to give it a more TV-like feel. The problem is that if you're standing outside and the opponent is inside, you can't see them at all. Even when they do exit the ring and they're standing by you, the camera is zoomed in way too much and it makes it difficult with trying to irish whip them to, say, the announcers table for example. Furthermore, the camera follows YOU so if you start running to try and get away then good luck trying to figure out where the opponent is coming from. It's an annoyance and I have no idea if you can turn it off.

Also, from what I can tell it looks like they took out that side-area in the crowd. There's still space back there, but then you don't see any of the tables or chairs or anything that has always been there. I have no idea if this is included in something like the ECW Rules match, or if it's even in the game at all. I hope it is because I hate the devolution they have taken with areas outside the ring: from backstage areas, to just the side area, to apparently nothing. I know that the wrestlers don't really go to the back or over the railing to fight, but this game includes the inferno match which was created 10 years ago, and hasn't been seen in over 2 years so why take that area out?

Anyway, I do want to say that the load times are improved. While just a demo (for the PS3. I heard there isn't a demo on XBL yet), it doesn't take too long to go from title menu to match and that's a good thing. With developers making you install parts of games to the hard drive, then I expect there to be around the same time of waiting between starting the game and going into a match.

Oh, one last thing. Concerning the roster, well the demo has the Hardyz and DX, which is nice. But even though there's going to be downloadable content (which I would assume also includes roster updates), I can't believe how lazy the developers were, because according to them... HBK is on Raw, Matt Hardy on ECW, Jeff Hardy on Smackdown, and then HHH is on... Raw. Yeah, HHH has been on Smackdown for months now. That has always bugged me. The draft usually happens at the beginning of the summer, months before the game comes out, and then they always have the pre-draft roster. Now it is apparently a mix of both.

by **Tom R VanSlambrouck** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:02 pm

Eh the Triple H goof up is minor maybe it's a sign that he'll be back on Raw soon?

I'm interested in checking out the Create a Finisher thing in the game myself.

by **Brick Side** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:18 pm

There's no way Vince would let HHH, Batista and Cena be on one show. I think even he knows that's just overkill.

by **Tom R VanSlambrouck** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:00 pm

by **Brick Side** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:26 pm

by **Tom R VanSlambrouck** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 3:42 am

I agree to Brick I told him that it's highly unlikely that he'll get a title shot his first night back if anything he'll earn a title shot that night.

by **Brick Side** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:35 am

by **Brick Side** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:49 pm

by **BruceAReville** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:12 am

Charlie "The Hitman" Haas - that made my Raw tonight :lol:

by **Brick Side** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:29 am

by **Tom R VanSlambrouck** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:55 am

It was my friend who jinxed it I didn't think he'd get one the first night back well I guess he can predict this stuff he has been watching the program for over 15 years now.

by **Brick Side** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:01 am

by **Cookie** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:16 am

by **Tom R VanSlambrouck** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:53 am

by **Temjin** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:40 am

I hope the GM storyline has the Mcmahons feuding.....

I dunno 'bout you guys, but I didn't like seeing Stephanie again. I dunno, bnut to me, she brings back some baaaad memories. Shane, on the other hand, looks like he should be there...no idea why.....strange, isn't it?

Jericho winning the belt might be a sign that either Cena wins, or Jericho retains by some fluke victory.

I don't see Cena turning heel anytime soon - the kids love him, and his character can only grow or be expanded upon....in more ways than one. He's already in Hogan territory, believe it or not, but has yet to reach that high plateau of "wrestling superstar" that Hogan had at this time in his career.

I believe Vince and co. NEED to find the most convincing and interesting way to ease Cena into popular culture NOW, than continue their involuntary push of him on the masses. They need to find some way to give him an edge and let nature take its' course - he's got the energy and the drive to make him popular....why not let him drive his own character? If he's so good, then why continue to gimmick him?

Hogan did it, Sting(before Crow Sting) did it, and Ric Flair did it, so why not let the Cena Experiment go on its' own?

...........oh yeah, Bret Hass kicked ass. Sad it wasn't serious, though - I wanted to see a sharpshooter.

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