Haven't played any actual matches yet, but I'll do the pros & cons now (and finish up later).
PROS
- For starters, there are only 2 licensed songs as opposed to the 8 (?) from the first DoR. This is good because the first DoR had only 1 good song in the soundtrack. The new background music is generic, but not bad enough to make me mute it like before. Also, more room for other stuff.
- The models aren't so shiny anymore. In the last DoR, even the clothes were shiny.
- CAW has been expanded. Not just more outfits, but a more in depth mask editor and a new ability system that determines the moves you can actually do.
- Speaking of moves, the new ones are sssssssssick. TTD anyone? Also, you are now able to pull off more powerful moves from weak grapples (probably at a cost of Stamina draining faster).
- It is way easier to use the crate an entrance, now that they mention which camera angle does what. Also, the lighting has never looked better.
CONS
- WTF? Batista's new music isn't in the game
- The legends have theme music, apparently (Real American was mentioned in the book credits)
- WTF did they do to the Afros hairstyles? They look terrible
- Why is the only black character template for sale in the shop? Do you know how long it took to custom make a skin color that doesn't look like the guy is made of chocolate?
- It takes
way too long for the game to load any time you make a cosmetic change to your CAW. Like 20 seconds too long.
- No new pyro in the entrances except for Chrs Masters
