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"WWE X8. Quick Poll: is it any good or not?"

Might get it this weekend.

Is it any good? A simple yes or no will suffice. :D

goood for a cheap laugh when it comes cheap. ONLY.

Cheers! I read through them a few days a go. I am very pleased they have gone ahead with Hell in a Cell. Imagine the chaos in a 4 player season mode with a Hell in a Cell involving all of you.

Armageddon 2000 anyone...?

;)

IGN have a couple of good articles on RAW 2.

If I like RAW then it's sequel will be high on my 'must have' list.

Even on the hardest difficulties I can still finish people off in a matter of seconds rather than minutes. One of my fights on RAW went on for 32 minutes! The ring starts to wear and you can see the sweat marks on it afte a while. Even though the RAW engine felt under developed in places I could see what THQ were aiming towards. I will be biterly disappointed if they don't refine the engine as they promised.

If they stick to what they said then who knows?! It could end up as a sleeper hit for this year :)

(No pun intended)

The only thing I ever liked about smackdown was the 2/4 player season mode.
It's just a beat-em-up and it's too damn fast.

I'd rather have a sim than a beat-em-up

I used to enjoy the Smackdown games. Now the engine is repetitive and old. Its not really a case of "whats not broken doesn't need to be fixed" because to be honest the Smackdown engine is a little too easy to master and it becomes repetitive quickly. THQ are looking into the future with Wrestlemania X9 and RAW 2 and with those on the market I doubt I will be picking up Smackdown 5 when the time comes this November.

I've beaten all the other wrestlers I have (minus 2 :D ).

WCW/NWO
WCW?NWO revenge
Warzone
Attitude
Wrestlemania 2000 (bit of a git to beat this one)
No Mercy (my crap version)
Legends of Wrestling (gone and best forgotten)
Def Jam Vendetta (Gone too)

I think I beat Royal Rumble on the DC but the game really sucked.

and I haven't beaten the ECW one on the N64 as it wasn't advanced enough over Attitude.

Be warned though...

You will get your ass whooped the first few times you play it as the controls seem un-responsive. However give it a few matches and the game starts to unfold and you will know how to break grapples, counter and perform moves quickly.

Well it's certainly a limited little thing, still it'll make the multi tenser and people will actually have a chance to beat me! :D

It'll tie in well with No Mercy. I need my Ironman matches!!! :D