WWF Warzone
Reviewed by Raymond Drain
Pro wrestling is overlooked as a sport in todays society. The game WWF
Warzone depicts this sport almost perfectly and really shows off the N64's
hardware. The character animations are excellent and the N64 has two
exclusive play modes over the Playstation version: the royal rumble and
gauntlet. Every wrestler has their signature moves and finishers along
with individual taunts and poses. Now I must start the review so please read on.
Graphics 9 out of 10
These graphics are amazing! They are much better than the competition
(WCW/NWO Revenge comes to mind) and all are in beautiful hi-res. The
characters are all animated wonderfully and look fantastic. The faces are
real life and look as they would in real life. The moves are beautiful and
are animated wonderfully. The only gripe about graphics are that there
is a little clipping in some areas but this rarely ever happens. These
graphics are fantastic and are much superior to the competition and it's
Playstation counterpart.
Music and Sound 7 out of 10
Although not as high as graphics in score I think the sound could have been
better but it isn't. The MIDI forms of the theme music for each wrestler
is good but it only plays a little bit and that could have been done better
with a little more time put in by the programmers. Although commentary
is nice it gets a little repetitive and annoying if you are losing and Vince
or Jim insults your wrestler. The thing that picks itself up off the floor
in the sound department is the taunts. Weather it's Triple H's "Suck It" or
Steve Austin's "Somebody's gonna get their *** wipped" this feature truly
shines and adds a little bit of comic relief to the game.
Game Challenge 8 out of 10
This game is challenging. Put it on hard setting and prepare to have a good
fight. The computer AI is top notch when it can reverse some things (and not
everything like in WCW/NWO which was dumb!) and they block and time
their attacks. The challenge mode when going for the belt is extremely fun
and challenging which is complete with grudge matches (which sometimes
get a little repetitive) It is still fun but never gets too hard. This game is
challenging but with practice you can become unstoppable!
Game Play-Fun 10 out of 10
This is one of the most addictive and fun multiplayer games of ALL time!
Invite three friends over and you will play non-stop for at least 5 hours
(I played for 7 it's just that fun). Or do a 2 player vs. match and battle it
out and destroy your friends. By far the best thing is the weapons match. I
love smashing my friends with TV's, Chairs, 2 by 4's, the ring bell, and
occasionally a table! Or pit yourself in a steel cage and make it out to win.
This game is so fun your thumbs might fall of before you put the controller
down. Or you might deprive yourself of sleep, food and your social life until
you have beaten down every sorry SOB in this fantastic game. It's just that
much fun!
Rumble Pak 10 out of 10
Game play is the best ever in this game. The rumble pak helps with realism
and everything clicks. The characters are animated beautifully and never
look dumb. With all the different modes if you didn't need food or sleep it
would be heaven. This game's gameplay will never get old. With all the moves
(about 64 for each wrestler!) You will discover secret moves you never knew
existed. (like the figure four, or the hurricane, and the shooting star press).
This game can do no wrong in this department so lets go right to frustration.
Frustration
There is some frustration in this game. But it is not a lot the only things
I can think of are as follows. Having your moves reversed all the time and
not being able to chose who you fight. Other than that if you practice and
are good enough you will have no frustration.
Replayability 10 out of 10
Does this game have replayability? In the words of "stone Cold" Steve Austin
OH HELL YEAH! There are 9 different ways to play, and bring some friends over
and watch you never put this game down. Time after time when you've had a
long day at work or school you come home with only one thing on your mind
causing other people pain. What better way to do it then by popping in Warzone
and beating the living snot out of other people. Also you have to earn cheats
by beating challenge with different wrestlers which greatly increase replay
value trying to get them all. That's all I have to say about replayability now
on to Game value.
Game Value 10 out of 10
Look at all the above scores, what do you think? This game is worth every
penny. I love it I love being "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, The Rock, and Shawn
Michaels. With all the different ways to play and the fun of it all I'm
surprised this game hasn't risen in price it's just that good. Not a lot here
but just two more categories.
The best feature Create-A-Wrestler 10 out of 10
I know what you're thinking "is this all the game has with only 17 wrestlers?"
Nope. There is also the best feature of any wrestling game out there. The
ability to create your own. You can chose clothes, body build, accessaries,
gender, moves, masks, everything. It's fun to mock people in real life by
making them look like people you know and care about. It's also fun to help
them grow and develop by winning with them you can get them attribute
points that can make them stronger and help them be able to kick the snot
out of everybody who crosses your path. You can also hold 30 to a memory
pak along with hidden wrestlers that's about 50 wrestlers about the same
as WCW/NWO). So now you've heard everything individually now see how it
comes together.
Overall 95 out of 100
What? You're still here? You should have left you're house five minutes
ago to go buy this game. Seriously if you want a true wrestling experience
that's realistic with the best and most diverse gameplay modes along with
the best feature ever with create a wrestler get WWF Warzone it delivers
and so much more. Or if you want to buy another game with more wrestlers
but less than great graphics and a horrible grappling system instead of
Warzone's combo system go ahead. Go buy WWF Warzone.