@impati3nt: Yeah, I think this is the important thing: Yukes had immediately said after being released from the WWE stuff that they were excited to move on and make a different wrestling game and were immediately working on the bones of a non WWE wrestling game. I think the idea of potentially shackling them with the idea of saying "okay make this a no mercy style game" simply because its what the niche fans are clamoring for is a massive misstep. Now its tough to say how much of what Yukes was working on is gonna be in this game, but i cant imagine they were working on something in the vein of No Mercy.
I'm with you, im cautiously optimistic, but I would've been way more happy with a new version of the old arcade-style Smackdown games, instead of trying to chase this nostalgia bump from saying "ITS GONNA BE LIKE AN AKI GAME GUYS!!". I still think a game in the style of SD/SD 2/ JBI/ SYM would be way more refreshing. Because i feel like Fire pro being so readily available covers the super hardcore wrestling nerdy style game and i feel like the SD style games had more a fighting game feel that made it easier to pick up and play. I dont know if this makes sense but personally to me, the SD games were games you could play with non wrestling fans, but the AKI games were the games you would prefer to play with your wrestling buddies.
This is it, this is the list. I dont know if thats my final order, but im pretty sure this is the full list. Oh wait, i need to add Tony Hawk and then thats the list.
You might need to allow Ben to do an extra run in an episode if he dies than 20-30 minutes in, because these games can be cruel and arbitrary at times - especially to a novice.
That said he was being lazy and sloppy here moving around while letting monsters get a bunch of free hits, so he kinda deserved it. Remember you can move and attack diagonally using the numpad.
I thought this was the idea right? wasnt there supposed to be a discussion of what constitutes an "official run" or not? I would say under 20 minutes or under 5 floors shouldnt count as an official run.
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