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WWE Raw (Jewel Case)

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games like these are best on xbox 360 and play staions... Not for the PC. The graphics are ify at best. The game play stinks with so many diffrent buttons on a keyboard... Way to many buttons.

WWF Raw finally bought a wrestling game back to the PC. A WWF title hadn't been seen since Acclaims WWF In Your House in about 1996 or so. However, this game did not live up to the expectation of what it should have been.

I myself have always loved Wrestling games, ever since way back in the days of the original Nintendo, and the games and graphics have come a long way since then, and THQ where able to whip out the best of the best wrestling games of all time for the Nintendo 64, kicking off with WCW titles and working there way up to WWF No Mercy which is still my all time fave.

But I have no idea what THQ have been thinking when they make there Wrestling games for other systems... why change it and develop a new way to play when there is nothing wrong with the way it is loved best? THQ made the classics WCW/NWO Revenge and WWF No Mercy, the two best of the best wrestling games, but then they went and made WCW Nitro which is hands down the worst wrestling game of all time, being too arcade like and no fun.

You would think they learned from there mistake, but no, they did have some success with a similar but better style of game play with the PS games like Smackdown, but every one still agrees that the way they developed it for the 64 games was the easiest to use and preferred way.. but they did not listen to what the fans wanted, and instead combined the awkwardness of Nitro and Smackdown to create there first title for the X-Box, which later was converted to the PC, this game here, WWF Raw.

First off, there is already a few titles called WWF Raw, most fan's call this game WWE Raw now to separate it from the SNES classic. First thing I noticed was THQ screwed with the moment you start the game, they released there first few with the ability to turn the game on, and within 5 seconds you can be playing a match.. unlike this one, they bore you with copyright screens for a minute.

Ok, now onto the game; the graphics look pretty darn good, a big improvement since the N64 games, the wrestlers look cool, much better then the PS titles that looked awful. The moves are executed decently, some are too quick for my standard, but thats just my opinion. The new polygon system is a nice touch, to be able to adjust heads, bodies, and the rest to whatever size you want. The intros look pretty damn good and the pyrotechnic graphics are amazing. The controls are not too bad, you can get used to them, after a while and the music is as close to the real thing as its gonna get.

Now, the cons. There is no where near enough moves to do in this game. The menus are atrocious to guide through when creating a wrestler, the CAWS take a back step now with an option to make the crotch, upper thigh, lower leg and feet costume... to make a simple pair of pants you have to go into 3 different menus and select each section to do it. interesting idea, but annoying, they should have kept it the old way or had an option for the preset proper clothing/attire stuff in the one selection. The caws have so much new stuff to chose from, but not enough attires you actually wanna use.

The matches are a joke; there is nothing in this game but 1 on 1, 2 on 1, 3 on 1, 2 on 2, 3 on 1 and a so called Battle Royal that is only 4 players. A battle royal is a match where you all start in the ring and try to eliminate everyone else by knocking them over the top rope... not a fatal four way elimination match... what was THQ thinking????

No cage match, no cell, no backstage areas, no HBK, No DX (i'll let the last 2 pass as they weren't around at the time) no LADDER MATCH, no TLC... and whats worse, there IS a ladder in the game, you can pick it up, you can set it up, but you can not climb up it!!! The only decent weapon is the table, which you can set up and break your opponent through, but using hacks on WWF No Mercy show that that game could do better still cause the breaking tables in this game are nothing special.

I may not have done something correctly, but, as far as i know, there is only one arena, Raw. No Mercy was called that and still had all the arenas to choose from.. why was it so hard to develop a few extra pictures and stick them on the background of the arenas?

Now i'll list as a WWF No Mercy fan what I liked about this game and what I hated.

Liked
- Wrestler Intros (pyro, effects, music, crowed)
- Undertakers Motorcycle is a proper 3D model he rides in on.
- Ability to alternate between titan tron video and players entrance during intros.
- Options to change the polygons around.
- option to attack opponent during there intro.
- actually does have some music WWF did not own the copyright to like the Undertaker and HHH's theme that they slacked off on buying the rights to in previous games and had them with old themes or gave them the raw theme song.
- can sustain more then 4 wrestlers during a match at a time.

Hated
- no commentary
- unclimbable ladder
- not enough match types
- not enough moves
- not enough CAW options (every category)
- playing against the computer is too hard even on easy
- Some controls are confusing
- only one arena
- no backstage
- intros show things like motor bikes and ravens trolley, yet there not usable during a match or even seen, they magically disappear.
- Unlockable characters are not worth it.
- nothing special about unlocking hats and sunglasses to pick up and put on during a match.
- can sustain more then 4 wrestlers in a match at a time, but does not have any 4 on 4 or royal rumble match to do that with, there only seen when "interference" is selected.
- during the match music is annoying.
probably more
- No blood
- Cant climb the ladders.

overall; get yaself a rom of No Mercy and hack away with it. This game here is a nice looking game, but a dud to play and no replay value. Fun on two or more players, but frustrating and annoying on one player.