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A Stand Point Issue

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Okay, first off, your opinion of this game is very much affected by your siding of the great battle between Insane Clown Posse(oohyeah) and Eminem(pshh), because Phsycopathic Records is the unofficial representatives of the game. E.G. Playing as Violent J, Shaggy 2 dope, Monoxide, Sabu, etc. In other words if you like ICP, you'll like this game. If you like Eminem(hiss) you'll probably be too blind sided by the fact that ICP is in the game, and thus put forth prejudices against a pretty good game.

This game is really fun. The levels are small, but very adequate in the fact that almost anything can be damaged, or used as a weapon. Like, ripping picture frames off the wall and beating someone with it. Also the way the health bar is alot like fighting games, rather that wrestling games wear your health bar refills slowly. The graphics are good and the soundtrack is better than sex, but, yes the but. In short, the game is short. I tear through games quickly, but never the first time playing it, beating it in less than half a day. I beat talkshow mode in about 5 1/2 hours, that means most of the extra objectives of each level. Even the matches in their own are short, maybe if they had a third health bar, usually a match is over within 1 1/2 minutes.(the human body can withstand more than that) The other bad thing, create a character, they have premade costumes to choose from rather than articles of clothing. The games main failing point.

All in all, the game is well-worth the buy, but if you one of those people who like to try things out, rent it, but only play for like an hour or all the bonuses and things are found. The two player match up is really the most enduring part of the game. Theres nothing more fun then two maybe 115lb chicks in there underwear throwing 30lb stuffed chairs across the room at each other.

GREAT GAME! LOTS OF LAUGHS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

At first when I looked at this game and read the reviews it looked really bad. I thought, im not even going to rent this game and i didnt. But when my friend did i went over to his house and we played it. It was one of the best games i have ever played. It was halarious and great fun. The create a player isnt that great but it doesnt pull the game down. There are so many things you can do. You can go from throwing things and hitting people with car doors or getting burnt or set on fire by a welder. You can jump off water towers and throw people into fish tanks and then for fun throw the fish at them. In each level their are tons of weapons and can be used in different ways. The blood in this game is really fake but looks good.

if i could give it a 0 i would

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

i hate this game... i know physics isnt a big basis in most games, but when the comp throws something at you it turns in mid-air to hit you... wtf??? when you fall down you squirm... who squirms?!?!! and best of all: there is no tutorial youre thrown into the game not even knowing the buttons, i didnt have a booklet with it when i rented it and i had to have my ass kicked about 400 times before i realized what the buttons did i would not order this game aven if it were free... well ok i would, then i would snap the cd in two

Backyard Wrestling!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is probably the best game I've ever played!!! I am a huge fan of ICP and Twiztid as it is but this made me like them even more. The soundtrack is awesome but they could've used more Twiztid songs or had some Blaze and ABK on the soundtrack or Zug Izland on the gaming part instead of the credits. The moves are awesome but they did have a small create-a-character choice. That didn't matter to me though cause the character I created looks ill. My brother and I have unlocked all of the characters except Tylene Buck so if you have unlocked her please e-mail me or something like that. You can also e-mail me if you need to know how to unlock any other characters. They did an awesome job on how everybody looks too. The only one they could've done a better job on was Jaime Madrox. But other than that it was an awesome job on the wrestlers. They even got how they acted down and all of that too. The graphics are awesome and while the areas are a little small and there are small glitches, occasionally, it's an all-around awesome game. The most that has ever happened to me was getting stuck behind the trailer in the truck stop area. I would recomend this game to anyone who likes either wrestling or Psychopathic. If my e-mail doesn't show up on this post just post another thing asking for the cheats. I'll get back to you.
MMMMFCL!!!!!

Backyard Wrestling: Definative Review

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ignoring WWE's advice to `Please don't try this at home', kids across the nation are all too keen to bust their friend's heads open with chairs and launch themselves off their neighbour's garages. This `Jackass' style trend, known as Backyard Wrestling, has spawned quite a following. After recent DVD successes, and the continued popularity of wrestling games, it's no surprise that `Backyard Wrestling' should find it's way onto video game consoles.

The kamikaze wrestling licence has been taken on by Eidos, best known for creating hits such as Tomb Raider, Soul Reaver, and TimeSplitters. They have enlisted Paradox Entertainment to work on the game. Paradox have produced several fighting games in the past including `Wu Tang Clan: Shaolin Style', and the notoriously banned `Thrill Kill'.

The main focus of Backyard Wrestling's action takes place in `Talk Show Mode'. On starting a level, you are `treated' to a cut scene of a fictional Chat Show called `Today's Talk'. Here a number of degenerative guests talk about the day's subject, Backyard Wrestling. This leads to scenes reminiscent of the Jerry Springer Show, complete with beeped out swearing. Cut scenes loosely introduce the action for the upcoming levels, which include slaughterhouses, strip joints and television studios. Each level consists of three consecutive matches in a row. If you loose one of the fights, you will have to start the entire level again. Progression can be frustrating, but stick with it and you will be rewarded with new characters and video clips.

`Exhibition Mode' is ideal when you want a quick fight against the computer or a friend. Once they are unlocked, you can select from 30 wrestlers to use. Characters include Dogg 20, Josh Prohibition, Mad Man Pondo, The Rudeboy, Sabu, Insane Clown Posse, and various scantily clad women. All of the levels from Talk Show Mode' are available to use in `Exhibition Mode'.

Other unlockable features include `King of the Hill', Tag' and `Survival' Mode. Completing `Survival' will earn you an additional 5 wrestlers to use in the game. These modes offer little variation to the rest of the game, and do little to enhance its lifespan.

The `Create a Wrestler' feature is quite misleading. There are only 8 pre-designed character models available, and their physical attributes cannot be altered. Their clothing is the only part that can be changed, and only by colour. This means that CAW mode effectively contains 8 more pre-designed wrestlers to use in the game. Well not quite... there are only 6 save slots in which to save the wrestlers, meaning two will be left out. Do not despair however, as your likeness can still appear in the game. You will just have to gain a couple of hundred pounds and start dressing like one of the characters.

So there aren't many options, but we all know that it's the gameplay that makes a good game. There are a variety of blood inducing moves at your disposal, including punches, kicks, and grapples. There are also plenty of weapons about, to be used or thrown. The latter is the computer-controlled wrestlers favourite past time, as will soon become apparent. Instead of taking you on directly, your opponents prefer to run around, continuously picking up and throwing weapons at you. Conveniently, weapons have been installed with homing devices, and will hit their target nearly all of the time. This in turn causes you to also run around, avoiding projectiles, and trying to get the odd move in. Punches and kicks are more effective then grapples, as they are harder to block. Grapples will only come into play when your opponent becomes stunned, and unable to counter your every move. What you are left with is a fast-paced weapon retrieval game, set in the garden.

The character designs aren't exactly rich in detail, but are functional enough. As you inflict more damage, your opponents' body will quickly become bloodied and bruised. Each move sends a mist of blood into the air, leaving a puddle on the floor. Each level is full of multi-tiered platforms to launch off including bamboo huts and music stages. There are also various interactive elements, such as mattresses that can be set on fire, and background characters that attack on approach. The game also suffers from extreme clipping, so expect to get stuck in a lot of walls!

Interestingly, the most entertaining part of `Backyard Wrestling' doesn't involve the game at all. On completion of certain levels, unlockable movie clips are made available in the `Media Room'. They feature the Backyard Wrestling stars at their most stupid, hurling themselves from rooftops onto wobbly cardboard tables and getting hit repeatedly with dangerous objects. More entertaining still is their choice of costumes, which look like cast offs from Marilyn Manson.

In the few clips that actually show wrestling, one detail becomes evident. Like other Wrestling Federations, the Backyard guys also fight in a wrestling ring. Bizarrely, this little detail seems to have been overlooked, with not a single wrestling ring to be found in the entire game.

Underneath the blood, carnage and semi-naked women, hides a game lacking any substantial depth or playability. Even the `Create a Wrestler' and multiplayer modes offer little replay value. With the amount of high quality wrestling titles on the market, it appears that Eidos has underestimated the expectations of its target audience, producing a below-standard beat-em-up.

Unless you are particularly entertained by games with graphic violence, it's probably best to take Backyard Wrestling's own advance and `Don't try this at home'!

Mark (webmaster)
www.Smackdown5.com

The Game Rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I love The backyard wrestling game the game rocks i love the Music The wrestlers and tv show mode this ganme you should buy it the game rocks.

good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this is a good game but it needs work they need to improve alot of the wrestling aspects of the game before they release byw 2 the music is good though

Great Game, Great Price!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a good wrestling game, it's worth buying just so you can wrestle someone else in vs. mode. For this price - get it!

Rent Borrow but Don't Buy

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: October 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was proud of myself with my restraint. I wanted to buy this game the day it came out, but having been burned on many wrestling titles I decided to rent the game from the local video store. Good thing I did because I'm sure I'll be tired of it before my 5 days is up.

The controls feel slopy. The computer cheeses like crazy (mostly by repeatedly throwing things that you can't dodge). And there isn't much selection in the way of characters.

On the up side, this game is a very origional twist on wrestling. I can't say I agree with the real BYW, but in video game form, I can't really see the harm in it. The enviroments are very interactive. I was surprised when I was able to set a matress on fire and burn my oponnent.

Though this is not a great game there is promise. The Smackdown series started off rather weak, but now it is the best of the wrestling titles.

backyard wrestling

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: October 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

THIS GAME IS FULL OF EXCITEMENT AND FUN. YOU CAN DO NETHING YOU WANT IN THE LEVELS AND BLOOD IS DEFFINETLY A MUST. ITS AS INTERACTIVE AS TONY HAWK GAME AND HAS MANY DIFFERENT WRESTLERS. WITH OVER 30 PEOPLE! THIS GAME IS A MUST FOR ANY WWE OR WWF FANS. I HIGHLY RECOMEND THIS GAME AND CANT WAIT TILL BYW 2 COMES OUT.

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