WCW vs. NWO: Thunder

by THQ

Product Features

• 1-2 Players
• Vibration Function Compatible
• Steel Cage Matches
• Signature Moves, Taunts, and Finishes
• Numerous Weapons

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000I1BN
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: January 15, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,870 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Brace yourselves, wrestling fans. All of your favorite World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and New World Order (nWo) stars are ready to square off in this realistic wrestling game from THQ. Goldberg, Hollywood Hogan, and Sting are among the wrestling heavyweights that you can control in one-on-one matches, 30-man battle royal mode, cage combat, tag teams, and title fights. For hard-core wrestling fanatics, this is a great way to interact with your favorite heroes and hated rivals. Prematch introductions build you up for the main event, while a variety of camera angles helps add to the feel of a real match.

Like any fighting game, WCW/nWo Thunderis much more fun in two-player mode, competing against a friend. Although the advanced library of moves includes power slams, back-breakers, pile drivers, and even fighting outside the ring, it's often difficult to manage your wrestler's moves. Average players may prefer to find a wrestling game that is easier to handle, but WCW/nWo Thunder is worth the effort if you want to play with the WCW and nWo teams. --Sal Barcia

Pros:

• Features WCW and nWo wrestling stars
• Wide variety of match selections
• Advanced library of moves

Cons:

• Non-wrestling fans may not appreciate the game
• Difficult to manage your wrestler's moves

Product Description

Feel the Power. 4 Wrestler Battle Royal. Over 60 Superstars. Rated "E" for Everyone.

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Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars this game is okay, July 8, 2001

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blake (Mo. usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: WCW vs. NWO: Thunder (Video Game)

This game has good graphics and sound but it is hard to control and play. overall it's okay.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I do believe I am quite ready to rumble, August 20, 2003

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Daniel Jolley "darkgenius" (Shelby, North Carolina USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WCW vs. NWO: Thunder (Video Game)

I know this will sound crazy, but the main reason I finally broke down and purchased a Playstation several years ago was because I wanted to play some of the wrestling games available for this particular console. For whatever reason, no one has ever come close to producing a decent wrestling game for the PC. At the time, I was a serious wrestling fan, having been drawn back to the fold by the brilliant internal division in WCW between the good guys and the evil NOW. WCW Thunder came out while the WCW was at its peak of popularity, and I just had to have it. While the game has naturally lost some of its luster as time has passed and gaming hardware improved, it had all sorts of enticing features then and remains a fun diversion even now.

WCW Thunder had a lot to offer fans when it was released. For starters, you had some 60 superstars to choose from, including the biggest names around such as Goldberg and Hogan; all kinds of other hidden wrestlers also lay buried inside the game, waiting for you to win with certain characters (or use the handy dandy cheat codes) to unlock them-everything from made-up goofy characters to the wrestlers who got beat up for a living every week to announcers to members of the Nitro Girls (including the luscious Kimberly). While certain basic moves worked for all wrestlers, each individual wrestler, including the hidden ones, had their own signature moves. Thus, you could have Goldberg take his opponent out with the Spear followed by the Jack Hammer, or have Lex Luger turn a man into a little baby while hoisted up in the Torture Rack. Each wrestler came with his own theme music and personal allegiance, but you had the option of changing a guy's alliance. This could become important in terms of one of my favorite features of the game, the ability to have an ally come to the ring to help you avoid a loss or just to help you beat the heck out of your opponent.

The game offers a number of game types for one or two players. You can fight an exhibition match or go for the TV Title, US Heavyweight Title or walk that aisle in pursuit of the World Heavyweight belt. If you get tired of one-on-one action, you can choose tag-team play or battle it out with 29 other wrestlers in a Battle Royal. You can even get down to brass tacks and battle it out in a cage match. The only bad thing about a cage match is the fact that it does not allow you access to any weapons. In normal game play, there are a number of weapons outside the ring (you control how many) that you can pick up and use to beat the fool out of everybody that gets in your way; you can even just keep wailing on your opponent after he hits the ground.

WCW Thunder is and never was perfect, though. For one thing, the game quickly becomes rather easy. You can just pile drive your opponent over and over again into oblivion if you like or take a stop sign upside a guy's head a dozen or more times and pin him easily. The clumsy combination moves actually become a good thing here because it is sometimes a challenge to perform that special killer move your wrestler is famous for and end the match in style. The graphics are decent but not great, and my Playstation seems to have a few hitches in its gitty-up when it tries to render large numbers of wrestlers all at once in Battle Royal mode. I still enjoy playing WCW Thunder, though. It looks a lot like the earlier WCW Nitro game, but it plays a lot better in my opinion. There are better games available now, even for the Playstation, but I have a feeling that I'll be enjoying this game on and off for many years to come.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ..., April 16, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: WCW vs. NWO: Thunder (Video Game)

Wcw Thunder is an okay game. One of the greatest features it has is to see all the fmv. Also the game has tons of moves plus three or four specific ones for each wrestler. The gameplay while not as great as mayhem ,attitude, warzone, or smackdown is still fun. Especially with all the great extra wrestlers weapons and cage match. I would recommend to buy this but more than likely used.