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19 of 22 found the following review helpful:
Such a sweet smelling rose.Jan 06, 2007
By B. A. Gibson
"Gatewalker"
I'm not sure what exactly I was expecting when I loaded up Rumble Roses XX for the first, but I do remember I wasn't expecting to be impressed. So much for pre-judgment.
Rumble Roses XX turned out to be a pretty sweet game.
First off, I have to say, I rarely ever play wrestling games. The last one I played was on the Dreamcast, and I thought it sucked (the game, not the system). So, if there is any common criteria by which such games are judged by, I am unaware of them. I can only comment on what I liked and disliked about the title.
That said, I must say, there wasn't much about the title I didn't like.
Rumble Roses XX, is a wrestling game. All of the standard characters you play with are female. There are a variety of play modes to enjoy and entertain you and your friends with.
The graphics are gorgeous, and I'm not just talking about those lovely polygon models that you wrestle with (though they are, err... composed very well). The stages you play on are richly detailed and beautiful. The soundtrack never seems to be inappropriate; every song or tune seems to match the moment it is played. The character models are well designed and well animated. Most model motions are smooth, fluid and natural looking with the odd exception of the execution of a few of the holding moves. I'm pretty sure most normal people can't bend like these character models can bend.
Graphics, sounds, and pretty polygons are all done very well, but all those points would amount to nil without good game play to enjoy them with. Fortunately, Rumble Roses XX has very solid but simple game play. Nearly all moves are executed by hitting a single direction and a button. Special moves are executed by positioning yourself correctly, and hitting a simple combination of buttons (usually no more than two). The most annoying control issue is the mashing of buttons to escape holds or pins, but that seems to be a universal design flaw among almost all wrestling games I've read about.
You can participate in a variety of different match types against a computer opponent. You have the traditional one on one match, the tag team match, battle royal free for all matches, handicapped matches (two on one), and humiliation matches. With the exception of the humiliation match, in all of these you win by pinning your opponent to the mat or having them submit to a hold.
Rumble Roses XX has in addition to the wrestling mode, a street fighting mode. This is a sort of simplified `Street Fighter' type fighting mode. Your wrestling moves are limited, and you have a `life bar'. You win a round by simply pummeling your opponent until their life bar is empty, and you win a fight by winning two out of three rounds. It does make for a nice change of pace from the normal wrestling matches.
Complementing the primary wrestling focus of this title, there is a collecting aspect that features many things may be unlocked. Each character has many outfits you can acquire. These outfits run the range from very revealing thong bikinis and suggestive shorts, to combat gear and school girl outfits. There is a photo shoot mode where you can take pictures of the characters wearing the outfits you have unlocked while they participate in special activities you have also unlocked (like riding a bike, swimming, or stretching).
Also, in addition to unlocking additional outfits, each character has a counterpart that can be unlocked. The game has a face versus heel arrangement (good guy versus bad guy). Each face character has a heel version you can unlock, and the same goes for the heel characters. Each character version has her own unique outfit and intro movie.
In addition to playing against the computer, there is an `Exhibition Mode' where you can play against up to three friends, and use the outfits you have unlocked. All of the wrestling match types, along with the street fighting mode, are available. I've found this to be a very enjoyable element of the game.
Rumble Roses XX lets you online to play against others, and even lets you share photos you have taken.
There are only three things about this game that annoy me, all fairly minor.
The first thing that I found annoying is that it is a great pain to change a characters costume in the `Exhibition Mode'. You can only change the color of the outfit your wrestler is wearing, or pick her `Super Star' outfit if it is available. To change the outfit to something different you have to exit out of the exhibition mode, load up your single player character, change her costume there, then go back to the Exhibition Mode. Very annoying of you have four people who keep wanting to change outfits.
The second most annoying thing I found about Rumble Roses XX is that it is unclear what you are supposed to do in the single player mode, and how you progress in the game. If it is explained in the manual, I overlooked it. I just kept playing matches until I won a title.
The last thing that annoyed me about this game (and this is really the most minor) is that there was no kind of training mode. I guess I've played too many fighting games where this feature is provided and I've come to expect it.
Over all, I have to say, I enjoyed this game greatly. It's entertaining to play by yourself, and is a great title to bring out when your friends come over.
Unexpectedly, Rumble Roses XX turned out to be a really sweet smelling rose, without any thorns.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
sexy and funOct 23, 2009
By Cryogenic Stasis J
"guitar soldier"
NO JOKE ! THIS GAME ROCKS!!!!! I had three maxed out (superstar status) girls and the alternate costumes were SWEET!@ Man no kidding the chicks are super-sexy . . . . there , I said it , Lol
I love the photo shoot mode, tag team modes. I played STREET MODE all the time! This game had NO BORING OR FRUSTRATING MOMENTS! The girls are sexy and anatomically correct, Lol. Makes DOA look like junk. Very cool diffuse lighting , intro dances, hidden unlockables. Very nice design!
The humiliation moved are unbelievable! You really feel sorry for the other gal , LoL / / / I honestly recommend this game for it's sexiness, ease of play , unlockable characters, costumes, realism, and easy pace. I played this game for hours and hours and I still enjoy it.
18 of 25 found the following review helpful:
Great wrestling game, little bit shallowApr 08, 2006
By trashcanman Yeah, yeah, I've read the critic's reviews that this game is nothing but T&A and only for losers with no girlfriend and the gameplay stinks and all that. All I can say is this: don't believe the hype. While there is definitely a "sex sells" kind of attitude about Rumble Roses, it is done in an over-the-top, very tongue-in-cheek fashion that is more likely to make you laugh than arouse you. That aside, the fun is in the game itself. Wrestling game fans should be more than satisfied with the gameplay; it features dozens of diverse and creative moves for each of the great characters, all of whom have 4 different incarnations (face, heel, and a superstar version of each) with different styles as well as 3 finishing moves each. The entrances range form super-badass to ridiculous to hilarious and feature some unique...ummm.. visuals to say the least. The action is fast for a wrestling game, arcade friendly, and provides lots of challenges in the way of unlockables you can get by beating a character's specific rivals repeatedly or by performing various other challenges. The best mode is tag-team which features a lot in the way of teamwork between tag-partners. Team with your character's buddy and your teamwork will rock your opponent's worlds. Screw up and attack your friend too often or choose a bad teammate and you will find yourself with a partner who won't tag with you or participate in doubleteam attacks. The voice acting is great and conveys trash-talking, self-motivation, teammate encouragement, or the decline of your friendship with said teammate during the matches. Then there's the "queen's match" in which the loser has to perform a humiliating task in an outfit of your choosing. There are tons of things: cleaning the pool, sexy poses, jumping rope, getting squirted with a watergun, bouncing on a pogo stick, limbo, dances, the list goes on and on. After victory, you get to watch you opponent's embarrassment as they perform the task and you can zoom in and around the shot in any angle you like in a manner similiar to the Dead or Alive games. Lastly, there's the "street fight" mode which borrows heavily again from DOA but drops the actual fun. All of this is great fun, but the game could have been much, much better. First off, the countering system is a little janky, it can't seem to decide whether to be easy or hard so it pretty much seems to only work when it feels like it. Skill doesn't appear to play much of a role. While there are lots of outfits to unlock, most of the best outfits are what you already start out with and it takes HOURS of matches against the same opponents to unlock costumes that usually aren't worth unlocking. The biggest problem, though, is that there is no real story mode. You just choose the venue and fight whoever's there and that's about it. The only incentive is the redundancy of unlocking the same old stuff for every girl over and over by fighting the same people over and over. You can create dozens of custom fighters, but you can't enter them into the pool of opponents (which gets quite shallow pretty fast). You can also customize each character in many ways, but those sessions usually end up with just an increase in bust size. Sorry, I'm a guy. It's also extremely disappointing that you can't pick songs from your hard drive as each girls theme music and there's no customizing the entrances either. Too bad. Like I said, this game is loads of fun and will provide hours of entertainment, but what could have been a truly incredible all-girl wrestling experience is held back by a failure to add any depth to the game itself. If you love wrestling games and gratuitous silly sexuality then this is a no-brainer to buy. Just don't expect the same depth other, license-based wrestling games have offered in the past.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great fun with a group of guys playing. Otherwise....Sep 21, 2009
By Raymond Sindell So Rumble Roses XX was 5 dollars on sale for trading in a used game at a local video store, so I laughed and scooped it up. Me and my roommate could literally not stop laughing while playing. I mean it, hilarious. You basically pick from a group of scantily clad sexy ladies and try to do submission and humiliation moves that put the other wrestler in incredibly comprimising and revealing positions. There is also a match to where the loser has to do a number of humiliating penalties. By humiliating penalties, I mean doing something incredibly sexy or fulfilling a stereotypical male fantasy. There is so much built-up sexuality in this game it is unbelievable. It does exploit women, so do not get if this will offend you.
Unfortunately, after the laughter goes away after about a week, you are left with a shell of game with no story (not kidding), absolutely no gauge or guide of your current progress towards title matches or unlockables. If you try to complete all the achievements from all your games, you will find this game incredibly lengthy and tedious. Thanks to online walkthroughs I have discovered that I will have to play roughly 400 or more matches(in only certain modes and meeting certain standards) in order to unlock everything. The game is funny, but not that funny. In fact, you will be thinking evil and naughty thoughts instead of laughing if you try to play this game by yourself.
If you can find for under 10 bucks, have friends and roommates, and don't care about achievements, then go ahead and indulge yourself. Otherwise, find some other entertaining games.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Awesome fanservice wrestling game, but ...Oct 04, 2007
By AvangionQ
"AvangionQ"
This game is a fanservice favorite - the graphics are just awesome. On the other hand, the gameplay has a few inconvenient flaws - specifically, in a tag battle or three way rumble, the inability to break up or assist in a grapple using a third character. This game also has a relatively high learning curve, poorly written instructions and limited online help - if you're willing to play with the game and take a few trial and error losses until you get used to the game, this won't be too much of an issue.
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