Ian Fisher writes: The thing about the overall legacy of wrestling games to date, in particular the WWE titles, is that they essentially dragged things out too much to the point where even the biggest marks were ready to bail out. Mirroring sports games like Madden, the WWE games received minimal updates over the years which led to a product that was dull if not completely dry of creativity. Some gamers were still happy with the core product and enjoyed whatever new roster additions that may have been added, but for the most part wrestling games stopped evolving by 2007.
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.
They are ok. But I find is strangely fascinating that games on current generation hardware still can't hold a candle to the classics such as No Mercy.
For NM to be an N64 game it was a blast. WWE 12 is fun but it's missing a lot of features that the older games had. For example, in WWE 12' Rey Mesterio can pick up Mark Henrey and do a Suplex. That should NOT be possible.
WWE All Stars is the "fun" wrestling game. If they make a sequel and make it a bit tougher they can have my money.
they are lame compared to the wwf/wcw games on N64
WCW/WWF N64 wrestling games were limited by Nintendo using Cartridges. But despite its greatness, Here Comes The Pain had a million flaws that should of been addressed in the Vs Raw series. Instead THQ switch the formula to horrible results.
Day of Reckoning on the GameCube! Had way too much fun with that game. They tried to implement breaking up grapples mid move in WWE 12' but nothing compared to WWE Day of Reckoning