Fun (for a while), but could have been a little more serious about its presentation and career mode.

User Rating: 6.3 | Rumble Roses XX X360
I was a little skeptical about this game, especially after reading its review and the review of its predecessor. But I decided to give it a try because I like fighting games.

Let talk about the obvious: the women characters. Frankly, I think they "overdid" it. I would have appreciate a more serious approach to the character's background and story (like you see in other fighting games), instead of relying only on the physical side. Geez... not everybody is a 15 year old teenage boy.

Anyway, I looked at most of the presentation and decided that it's best to disable all the presentations and go directly to the game itself. (It makes loading times shorter).

Now for the gameplay. First, it's a wrestling game. It's much slower than a normal fighting game (like DOA or MK). And it's for the best. It's been a while since I had time to think about my move during the match rather than relying on reflexes and button mashing.

The fight itself is not difficult once you get used to the characters. They all have basic standard moves, plus some specific for each character. They are not difficult to execute after few matches of practice. Once you have discovered a good combination for a character, going for the title is easy. It's just very long, and it soon becomes very boring. I had most of my fun trying to discover the different moves of each character. But when you know them, you simply lose interest.

The most disappointing part of the game is the lack of a structured career mode. You choose your fighter and then fight at different arenas. At a certain point in time, you will be able to fight for the title. That's it. No other reward than cash, costume or unlocking a character, no story ending, no nothing. Very disappointing.

Load time are also annoying. It's a long loading time when you select an arena (if the fight is a 3 or 4 fighters match, it's even longer). Loading the presentation (if you did not disabled it) is even worst.

Conclusion: it's fun... for a while. The slow paced action is a refreshing change from the button mashing of DOA, but the presentation and the lack of a good career mode does not compensate for that. This is a "rent one night" type of game.