WWF Raw is War
Can you smell what the Xbox is cooking?


Review by Vertigo
System:  Xbox
Genre:  Fighting
Rating: 'T' for Teen
Developer:  Anchor
Release Date:   Available Now
Gameplay: 
Visuals: 
Audio:  1/2
Innovation: 
Replay Value:
"Holy Sh*t" Factor: 
I can't tell you how long I've been waiting for this game. A wrestling game on the power of the X-Box? It seems like a formula for success......SEEEEMS! The game is once again published by THQ, who ruled the world of wrestling in the N64 days.(WCW vs. NWO, WCW/NWO Revenge, WWF Wrestlemania, WWF No Mercy) You would think that developing a game for a cd system instead of cartridge would give them the chance to pack this mutha full of extras. They promised us fighting in the crowd. We didn't get it. They promised 10 different backstage areas to ambush your opponent. We got an assault on the ring walkway. They promised cage matches, ladder matches, table matches and more. You guessed it, nada. In fact, you don't even get as many wrestlers as you did in the past. The intro was un-inspired(the exact intro from the TNN show, which fits....but I expected more). Once you actually get into the game you'll realize that there is no story mode. Just a number of challenges for seperate belts. These challenges are a joke, Stone Cold can fight for the women's belt. And Kane can be selected to fight in the lightweight title ladder. WTF?? While the game looks dope; (like it should)that's all it is. It is the video game incarnation of Britany Spears-all looks and nothing more.
The Good! The Last Word(s):

I can see why they pushed this one off from being a launch title.  Should
have saved it for their next console. Save your money.  UFC Tapout is coming
out very soon.

Final Rating:

75%
Way Pimpy
  • Best looking wrestling game yet.
  • Characters are portrayed very accurately.
The Bad...
  • The controls are horrible, similar to a hybrid between UFC (Dcast) and past THQ games.
  • No announcers during matches, just shitty porno-inspired rock music.
  • No WCW wrestlers.
  • Wrestlers interfere for no apparent reason, and attack BOTH wrestlers.
  • Not many moves for each wrestler.
The UGLY.
  • Nothing Ugly here folks, unless you buy games to play them instead of staring at all the pretty pictures.
BY THE NUMBERS:
For those of you with too much time on your hands, here's the overly-complex system of how it's done:

Each game is given a rating from 1 to 5, with 1 being horrible to 5 being outstanding, in 6 different categories.  We then take an arbitrary number from the deepest crevices of our ass (basically what we think the game deserves without averaging any numbers together), and then a GYEAH.com stamp quote. 1-10 (Pure Husk); 11-20 (DEAD); 21-30 ("companies" buttchild); 31-40 (Terriable); 41-50 (L.A. Clippers-ish); 51-60(Average as your girlfriend); 61-70(Coolio); 71-80(Way Pimpy); 81-90 (Hotter than Prison Sex); 91-99 (Iconish); 100 (GOD-LIKE). Enjoy.