8 out of 8 people found this review helpful.
Seems like they released this game RAW.
Date of Review: Apr 8, 2002
The Bottom Line: Like I said in the last paragraph. Wrestling fan, rent. Non-wrestling fan, avoid.
The first wrestling game to come out for the X-Box, could of been big, and could of drawn ALOT of people to it, but, it came short. Yes, it had graphics, but, that's all it had.
Although THQ seemed to want this to be all about gameplay, this game seems to have nothing of that sort, since it's engine totally sucks to anything THQ has ever produced. Also, seeing as the game only has about 5 modes (tag singles, 2 on 1, 3 on 1, and some crappy tourny), horrible hidden characters (egos and copyrights run around here), and just the overall animation of wrestlers walking and running like they're trying to hold in their crap, really makes you satisfied. For about 7 minutes. Then you regret you bought it (or, rented, if you're one of those lucky people). And, CAW isn't much better. You'll spend an hour tweaking, and wondering how the heck it works, and just get frustrated and never use that option again.
There isn't much to say here, except this is a pathetic excuse for a wrestling game, and makes the old NES wrestling games look good.
Graphics
Where the game shines as much as the wrestlers sweat beams off.
Sound
Full entrance themes! Who couldn't frown at that?
Fun Factor
Unless you've played and mastered FPD matches on difficulty 10, you won't have much fun battling the computer for 11 minutes (Seriously, that's about how long the matches last. I'm not being sarcastic. Surprisingly.) But, wait! Maybe there is a shred of fun, and replay value! You can collect over 100 weapons, and see them in the gallery! ... Nah. That get's boring after the first day.
If you're a wrestling fan, then, it's worth a rent. If you're a casual gamer, not all that familiar with wrestling, avoid this. Pick up something good, like No Mercy for N64, or SD!3 (or 2) for PS2. Much better.
