WWF Raw - Xbox Game (Platinum Hits)

by THQ

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• ASIN: B00005NZ1X
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (244 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,084 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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Including such moves as the People's Elbow to the Stone-Cold Stunner, WWF: Raw features realism and highly detailed graphics. You can play as any of more than 35 WWF superstars--including the Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, the Undertaker, and Triple H--as you fight to win the title of WWF Heavyweight Champion. For the first time ever, you can assault opponents on their way to the ring and see the audience scatter as the action spills into the crowd. The game features TV-style presentation with in-game cutaways and Double Feature replays. The variety of match types include a Royal Rumble and King of the Ring tournament. The game also includes authentic superstar entrances complete with full TitanTron videos.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Graphics, Mediocre Gameplay, February 14, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: WWF Raw - Xbox Game (Platinum Hits) (Video Game)

First, if you see any reviews from prior to 2-12, disregard them. If you, like me, hate wasting your time reading rumors and slams on a product that hasn't even been released, ignore about 90% of the "reviews" on here. This game shipped on 2-12, so most of the country didn't get it 'til today.

First, the graphics are top-notch. The arena has a great amount of realism and depth to it. The intros and lighting/pyro are outright phenominal.

The characters themselves are well-sculpted, however they do lack a certain amount of fluidity. They tend to move like video game characters typically move, and don't convey a whole lot of natural body language. Most annoying is that the wrestlers tend to walk knees-first, as if they're trying to balance a quarter on the end of their... well, nevermind.

The mechanics of the game appear to be similar to No Mercy and WM2000. Let me emphasize "appear." If you go into the create-a-wrestler mode, you'll be able to select moves in an almost identical manner (grapple and then direction + A or B = whatever move). So far, in a regular match setting, it flat out doesn't work that way. It's more arcade-style "hammer the buttons and what you get, you get" gameplay.

I'm a bit dismayed, also, as I'm a hardcore No Mercy addict, yet I've only managed to win two matches thus far. One of which, I played Kane against Spike Dudley on "Easy" level. Any "wrestling" moves don't seem to be a factor here... it's mostly just punch-punch-punch-kick-try-to-grapple-but-get-reversed-punch-kick.

I attempted to set the black and clear buttons as my "finishing move" triggers, rather than try to hit two buttons at once (hitting two buttons at once being next to impossible on the huge X-Box controller). It doesn't work. Period. I think the only way to hit a finisher on this game is prayer and fasting.

Another annoyance is the "Action" button. The red "B" button is used for taunting, picking up objects, climbing, tagging your partner, getting in the ring, changing position, Irish Whipping your opponent, and pinning. This leads to stupid things like making a pin attempt when you're trying to climb the turnbuckle, or taunting when you're trying to pin.

The most important factor for me was the Create-A-Wrestler feature. I'd consider this one solid, but not great. It doesn't seem to have nearly as many clothing options as No Mercy, or even WM2000. Sure, there are many that can probably be unlocked during gameplay, but I honestly don't give a crap. Call me a freak, but I like to create my own characters the way I want them from the beginning. I don't want to "earn" a new t-shirt.

On that same subject, I found it unusual that a lot of costumes and appearance selections that were used for the pre-made characters aren't available in Create-A-Wrestler mode. For example, I was looking for a HHH-style shoulder-length wet hair option, and it's not there. I figured I'd settle for a Test/Al Snow long hair with partial pony-tail, and it's not there. Why do these need to be "unlocked?"

Likewise, I'm not going to go to the trouble of winning every Championship mode just to unlock the McMahon family and Fred Durst, no matter how badly I'd like to kick their asses.

A strange observation as an aside... Christian's "shower of sparks" is available as a create-a-wrestler option. But if you play as Christian, no shower of sparks when you enter. Strange.

There are some great features. You can pick signs for the crowd to hold up for your created wrestler, for example. It would've been nice for them to include a feature for customizing these signs, and for adding text to shirts (the only redeeming feature from WWF Attitude), but as yet, they're not there.

Can you upload your MP3s to use as intro music? Nope. Not unless it's a feature that's hidden somewhere that I haven't found yet.

I know this sounds overly-negative, but I haven't given up hope yet. I think that most of my gameplay problems stem from being so used to the nearly-flawless No Mercy/WM2000 game engine. I'm sure that gamers more into arcade-style games like Smackdown will take to it much better than I have.

One word of advice... don't even try to use the D-pad to control movement. Use the analog stick. Night and day difference there.

I'm giving this game three stars, primarily because it's gorgeous and has a lot of cutting-edge features. I'm hopeful that THQ will get on the ball, and design a new game using the graphics and features of RAW with the gameplay of No Mercy/WM2000. THAT would be a damn-near perfect wrestling game.

99 of 132 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WWF RAW: THE TRUE FACTS and THE RUMORS, December 8, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: WWF Raw - Xbox Game (Platinum Hits) (Video Game)

NOTE: I'm not 12, I'm 13. I forgot my Amazon.com password so I'm using this Under 13 Review thing. Check out my reviews of WWF Amageddon 2000, WWF Wrestlemania 2000, and WWF No Way Out 2000.

WWF RAW is the first wrestling game for X-Box. Many people are skeptical because of THQ giving out a lack of the games infomation. But don't worry because I went to XBOX.COM and THQ.COM and VIDEOGAMES.COM for infomation.

1)+35 Wrestlers(STONE COLD, THE ROCK, UNDERTAKER, TRIPLE H, KANE, BIG SHOW, DUDLEY BOYZ, HARDY BOYZ, SPIKE DUDLEY, CHRIS JERICHO, K-KWICK, and more.

2)Variety of Matches(KING OF THE RING, ROYAL RUMBLE, ONE ON ONE VARIATIONS, TAG TEAM, HANDICAP, TRIPLE THREAT, FATAL 4-WAY, ANYWHERE FALLS, HARDCORE, WWF CHAMPIONSHIP MODE, and more)

3)Assault you opponents on their to the ring

4)10 Backstage Areas(BREAK STUFF)

5)Wrestlers bleed plus there will be 1ST BLOOD matches

6)DOUBLE STYLE REPLAYS and IN-GAME CUTS

7)Grappling like WWF NO MERCY plus you can grab clothing

8)Create-a-wrestler mode like WWF NO MERCY only bigger and better

9)Highly Detailed ARENAS and WRESTLERS

10)TRUE ENTRANCES and MUSIC and TITANTRONS(ENTRANCES CAN LAST 1:30)

11)6 Wrestlers in the ring at a time

12)CROWDS (GO IN CROWD and THEY TURN while the wrestlers move plus some look at the titantron)

These are true facts for WWF RAW but what are the rumors? Check this out.

1)+40 matches(HELL IN A CELL, DUMPSTER, CAGE, INFERNO, LADDER, TLC, TABLE, CASKET, BURIED ALIVE, I-QUIT, and more matches)

2)Different backstage areas depending on the arena

3)SEASON MODE longer than WWF SMACKDOWN! JUST BRING IT

4)12 people in the ring at a time

5)Wrestlers talk and sweat

These are the top rumors. Now you know the true facts. WWF RAW is coming really shortly and if the rumors are false, WWF RAW may not live up to its type. If some of the rumors are true or evening all of them, WWF RAW could be better than WWF SMACKDOWN! JUST BRING IT for the Playstation 2 console. Remember ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP for the Sega Dreamcast? Was it cool? Yes! Anchor (makers of UFC and the upcoming UFC:THROWDOWN\TAP OUT) teamed with THQ to make a wrestling experience that you have never seen before!

Its an only matter of time if this will be a top game for the X-BOX console.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Only Buy if You REALLY Want a WWF Game for the XBox, February 20, 2002

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Jason Waldman (Laguna Niguel, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WWF Raw - Xbox Game (Platinum Hits) (Video Game)

I'm really glad I rented this game first. Graphically, it's stunning, starting with the perfectly recreated Raw open at the beginning. But graphics can only take you so far. There also are a ton of available wrestlers in this game, but most of them fall into the "he's still around?" category.

The problems start right at the main menu. There are only the most basic matches, like one on one, tag team, triple threat, and a six-man tag match. You can make the matches hardcore, but that's about the extent of what you can do in this game. No ladder matches, no steel cage or hell in a cell matches, no options. You can't even fight into the backstage area or crowd in a hardcore match. There is also no career mode, meaning no alliances built and no real direction for you to go. Instead, the game allows you to go after the individual belts, which require you to beat a certain number of superstars. After you win the belt, that's it. And you can't save your progress either, so be prepared to spend a solid hour and a half at least going for a belt.

I also have issues with the gameplay. It's a simple enough system and pretty easy to use, but there are a few quirks. The stamina meter is a great idea that's been very poorly done. Four punches and you're out of breath, opening you up to all sorts of attacks. I thought these were WWF superstars, not Homer Simpson. The computer also gives wrestlers like X-Pac the ability to reverse everything, including punches and kicks, and never let you get anything going. That can be a good or a bad thing, depending on how much of a challenge you want. But the most annoying thing has to be the crowd meter, which allows you to do your finishing move when it starts flashing. In order to get this, you have to vary your moves, which I don't have a problem with. What I do have a problem with is that the crowd turns on you bigtime if you use the same moves repeatedly. For example, you can inadvertently let your opponent do their special move if you throw one too many punches.

The Create-A-Wrestler system is good, but I've seen better. The developers also see some reason to only allow you to create 16 wrestlers. Also, if you expect to create a true superstar, that won't happen. You can't build your stats up enough.

Overall, this is an ok game that could have been much better if more time was spent on it and the developer didn't rush it out. It's worth a rent, but just barely.