Kevin Kissane of The Average Gamer takes a look back at the evolution of WWE games on the current generation of consoles.
"The 2007 edition was released on the Xbox 360. This marked the first major change in the gameplay of the series, from grappling with a single button to using the analogue sticks for multiple grapples. This was certainly for the better; instead of the usual 8 grapples this system allowed for 16 different grapples, from the front and back."
What classic WWF/WWE wrestling games are worth playing now? Quite a few, actually.
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WCW/NWO World Tour and Wrestlemania 2000 were peak wrestling games. Back when wrestling was at the top of pop culture, everyone in school would watch. The gameplay is phenomenal and create your own characters opened up the door to WCW vs WWF. What a time!
The best wrestling games range from all-time classics on the N64 all the way up to some surprising new hitters you should check out.
I was always partial to the arcade wrestling games like Saturday night slam masters, wwf superstars, wrestlefest, wrestlemania, wrestle war and then a NES classic... pro wrestling. By the time the N64 era of wrestling games happened, I wasnt into wrestling much anymore (tv & games).
Starman was awesome. I also remember a tan dude with bright yellow hair. Good times!
Virtual Pro Wrestling 1 & 2 > Most games on that list.
Also, WCW/NWO Revenge should be #2 minimum.
WWE 2k13 thanks to the WWE Attitude Mode. Followed by WWE Attitude and ECW Hardcore Evolution.
also: ECW! ECW! ECW!
Some of you may know that the latest instalment in the WWE gaming franchise 2K20 was released late last year to generally poor reviews. Some of this was based on graphical issues, but mostly it was due to the many glitches and bugs found – many of which are hilarious to witness.
Fire Pro needs more love. The last PS4 title gets regular playtime from me.
I hear that there are financial troubles at the studio, but I'm hopeful for a Switch port one of these days.
I have Fire Pro for PS4 and PC but it seems more of like a Sim creator rather than people actually playing out matches. I still dont like anything as much as the N64 games
Golden Era of wrestling games in the Golden Era of wrestling. I've been contemplating going back and getting a N64 and getting those classic's
WWF Wrestlemania 2000
WWF No Mercy
WCW vs. nWo Revenge
Yes, the WWE ones at least. The last good one was 2K14 and the last great one was Here Comes the Pain.
and started playing wrestling games on NES. some of the best wrestling games were made so long ago and that's the sad part about it. With newer tech instead of improving the games their quality have gone down hill pretty steadily
wwe no mercy(wish we could get this in hd or a hd remake)
wwe wrestlemania 2000
wwe here comes the pain
wwe shut your mouth
wwe day of reckoning 1 and 2
And that's it everything other than those games have been not good. The way i look at THQ is they look at WWE games like EA looks at MADDEN. Each year they make a huge deal out of a new feature and they run with it and than the following year they remove that feature and add something else and say now its the best game.
This year they change the name but don't expect anything better than last few years. What they actually need to do is release those 6 games i listed above in a HD remakes package for full 60 bucks and let the actual WWE team take over 2 years to make actual changes.
I use to buy a lot of wwe games last gen but now its a waste of money i usually get em through rent just to play the story. I am tired of road to wrestlemania story mode they just need to do a story that's longer than one wrestlemania.
My DREAM is this. they introduce a career mode where you can build your character any way you want than you choose which ERA you want to JOIN wwe. Like you can make your character than join WWE in 1997 during start of attitude era pr you can join from wrestlemania 1 and you should be able to take your character to present day wrestlemana
In between you can sign contracts with wwe on how much you make from selling your merchandise,your wrestling contract and other sponsorship. Make its like having RPG elements like if you work out you will stay in shape if you eat unhealthy food you will gain weight.
Than you can drive from one even to next and have the WCW elements there too since VInce owns the name WCW
now a wrestling fan can dream but if they can make that happen i would be all in