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Publisher: THQ
Category: Sports, Wrestling
Platform: PS1
ESRB Rating: Everyone Release Date: January 1999
Overall Rating:
2 Stars out of 4
Review by Tom Allen
2 Stars out of 4
Even wrestling fanatics won't be KO'd by WCW/NWO Thunder. We like the video
introductions for the characters as they enter the ring, but that's really the only unique
feature.
The game is stuffed with modes galore, but hey, fighting is fighting. There's a Battle
Royal for one-player or two-player, a single match mode for one or two players, and
three tournament modes for WCW TV, U.S. heavyweight, and world heavyweight.
Pretty soon all these options run together. Oh, let's not forgot the cage matches for one
or two players. Cage matches prevent interference from outside the ring and also
provide the best environment for the beasties of mankind. Too bad a zookeeper isn't on
hand.
Wrapping it up, the characters move too slowly, and the problem is compounded by
poor camera performance outside the ring. When the action does go ringside, all the
usual weapons are there -- chairs, TV's, etc. Cheating is now a tradition in wrestling.
While Thunder doesn't steal the thunder of WWF War Zone or WCW/NWO Revenge, it
does have all the standard oodles and googles to at least make it passable. We still
think THQ should take our idea to make a wrestling game that stars politicians... but
don't count on seeing James Rogan in the ring any time soon.
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