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Michael Jackson: Wrestling With The Truth |
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Developer | MDickie |
Genre | Fighting |
Platform | Windows |
Downloads | 3069 |
About:
Hailed as a rare example of games as "expression", this wrestling spin-off lends some much needed support to Michael Jackson amidst the latest allegations...
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Please offer only constructive criticism. The intent of the GD Showcase is to help the developer create the best game they possibly can. Show them you support their efforts when posting.
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| Madster
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Posted - 11/15/2004 1:31:29 PM | fun!
statement aside (which gets across), here are my thoughts:
Controls:
Very playable and intuitive, grabs always grab, strike always strikes. Could have used a move guide though.
Pacing:
Gameplay pace is good, and the cutscenes are skippable as they should.
Visuals:
Keeping perspective, they're good. Nifty grapple animations, though the pace in the face-punching grapple is weird (slow?). I have a suggestion or two though.
1.- there is some way to smoothen the edges on the crowd. That would help a lot. Also, some oldies used to wave the crowd front polygons around a bit so from far you could see movement and not a static crowd.
2.- The fog in the arena shows ugly artifacts on the ceiling corners. Keep the fog, reshape/change the ceiling.
3.- Face textures need serious work. They look like lego faces. Retexture from a photo? if thats not an option, consider asking for help drawing a base face, and then modify for each character.
4.- Faces again, the basic head needs a chin and a nose. This would greatly help towards making the characters look human.
Fun factor:
good ol wrestling. If you like wrestling games, this one does the job. Suggestions:
1.- some grapple-escape rules need to be set and applied for both the player and CPU alike.
2.- There are collision glitches here and there. They're sporadic, so its not really horrible, just annoying at times.
3.- Throwing things is mostly useless, as they're thrown too far and too high. Auto-targeting thrown items would be a nice addition.
Good work, and good luck!
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| mike74
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Posted - 6/4/2005 3:23:43 PM | This game is quite impressive and is by far the best offering I have seen in the Game Developer Showcase. I played it in the library, and it attracted quite an audience.
Great framerate. Great 3d models. Great job.
Mike C.
http://www.coolgroups.com/zoomer/
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| dudethedreamer
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Posted - 9/6/2005 8:59:49 AM | Gayest game i ever downloaded (the game was actualy a 'text' file refering me to download another file) Ill comment later when i play the game... Says 'this file contains invalid data'. 'Dam
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