Sports Reviews

this game is good because it has undertaker,kane,mankind,the rock,stonecoldsteveaustin.on this game there is no smackdown stage. because smackdown made its debut at the same time as this game did.and i am not complaing because i do have cable and do watch raw on spike tv.

These games (Warzone, Attitude) are fun wrestling games, but they are much more difficult and less fun then the WWF No Mercy, WWF Wrestlemania 2000 style games. It's still relatively fun, but there's too many cons to shake a stick at:

1) God, the wrestlers look two-dimensional. I'd expect much better coming from a Nintendo game... And they walk like penguins!

2) Too confusing to do moves. The buttons are all over the place, and each wrestler has an individual list of moves that requires thumb acrobats to complete. The finishers are the worst, with anywhere from a two button to an eight button combination to complete the move. That removes a lot of the fun that comes from seeing the cool finishers the wrestlers can do.

3) The announcing is so repetetive it makes you want to break the game. They sometimes even say the same thing as many as three or four times in a row.

If you can look past all those flaws and still see a good game, I both applaud you and question your sanity. If I were you I'd stick with the other wrestling engine, the one that WWF No Mercy was built upon. Better graphics and not nearly as difficult to learn all the moves.

WWF Attitude was pretty good. It was basically an expanded version of WWF Warzone and this time around you had a lot more control in the game as in actually creating a wrestler instead of copying another wrestler's moves.

The problem with Attitude was that the game was very predictable and after a while kind of boring because you could only do so much in this one. I will say that you got what you paid for because this game was entertaining and pretty fun to play with friends.

You had a lot more clothing options with the create a character. One thing that bothered me about the Create a wrestler on Wrestlemania 2000 was that you had very few options with your wrestler's face whereas in Attitude you had dozens of masks, face paint and hats and several other items to make your character more individual.

The one thing that isn't too great is that this game has a really tricky curve as far as the learning goes because the controls are a little tricky and weird and difficult (not as bad as WCW/NWO Nitro) but the game as a whole is still too easy (unless you get stuck in a 3 on 1 match, which might I add was a terrible idea!).

I'd have to say unless you really want to check this out, I would rent this one first because there are much better WWF (now WWE) games out there and you could easily find a better one. Still if you must, go ahead and check it out!

This game is absolutely horrible. I am a big basketball fan and obviously I am going to get a game. I had previously owned NBA Live '99 and '00 for my PC. These games aren't bad but no one plays em anymore. When I got my XBOX I was looking for an NBA game. I thought about NBA 2K3 and NBA IDrive. From the beginning NBA Live 2003 was out. I played it at my friends house, who had rented it. The game play was back and forth every time a fastbreak or a three pointer. One game the score after one quarter was 52-37 in a 6 MINUTE quarter. My friend also showed me his franchise. The minute we got in a screen popped up. The Bulls offer you Jayson Williams (82) for Jason Kidd (94). We were shocked. Why the HELL would anyone make a stupid trade like that? The one good and cool part in this game are the throwback jerseys that the teams wear. Overall I'd rate this game a 1.9 out of 10.0. It is just an all around bad game.

This game is all right. It has all-stars from 1950 up till now, but even in Rookie mode, the computer always makes 3 pointers and you almost can't. There is one on one (nba player against nba player, like a hussle)mode, season, franchise, and normal games and practices. Also, you can't steal much. Everytime you try to steal, you get fouls. That's why I gave 3 stars.

Wow!!!
Nba live 2003 is great. From throwback jerseys to play in to the new freestyle mode its like your in the game. By using the right thumbstick you can do crossovers, pumpfake, do a defensive crouch, make a perfect steal and whatever kobe or t- mac can do. BUY IT!!! Its the best one of its kind out. Nba live 2004 should be just as good.

WCW Mayhem rocked the ring with many game modes and options. The only problem was the playability. The moves in WCW Mayhem were nearly the same for each wrestler, even the signature finishing moves looked awkward. The collision detection hurt the game in a big way, the wrestlers would punch each other, the punches would never land, it seemed as if the fist would go right through the body! The graphics were decent, detailed down to the very fatigues on Rey Mesterio Jr. The huge drawback was that the wrestlers moved stiffly on their way to the ring. The introductions were pretty flawed as well, some of the wrestler's theme music didn't even sound right, plus the wrestlers would walk so fast that they would be in the ring less than 5 seconds! The Pay-Per-View venues and sets were designed in a whacky way, this added a little flair to the game. The sound was okay until the commentators keep repeating the same lines, Tony Schvonie and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan need to stick with commentating in the broadcast booths. Overall this is the first wrestling game made by Electronic Arts, this was a good attempt but they should hit the mats to try to make their next title become the heavyweight champion.

WCW Mayhem is a relatively old game (the 'WCW' should give that away) it was initially released in 1999. Yet it still has enough entertainment value to be worth a play even today.

1. Sound. The best sound effects I've ever heard on a wrestling game. I've played many titles in this genre, including Wrestlemania XIX and Legends of Wrestling II, and Mayhem is superior to both. The crowds roars and jeers, the thuds and slams, go together to make a fantastic atmosphere. Even better is the two man commentary, and it's like you're watching it on TV.

2. The wrestlers. Coming from the late 90's WCW era, this has got some of the biggest superstars in wrestlin history gruped together. Hollywood Hogan (as he was then), Macho Man Randy Savage, Ric Flair, Sting, Bret Hart, Lex Luger, Goldberg, Curt Henning, Scott Steiner, Rick Steiner.....it's a great line-up. I'd say it's the best line-up in any wrestling game until this years Showdown: Legends of Wrestling. There's 50 wrestlers all together.

3. The wrestling itself. Don't expect super-fast gameplay. Don't even expect the pace of the latest wrestling games. Expect the methodical, paced action of late 80's wrestling. It's spot-on. I haven't seen such an accurate representation of the speed of wrestling in any other game.

4. It's for PS1, so it's incredibly cheap now. I picked up a secondhand copy from this very site for a mere £1.99. Two pounds, and to think it used to cost about £34.99 originally. As far as value for money goes, it's a five star purchase.

Now the negatives. The graphics are weird and not especially attractive - the crowd is just a flat block of coloured blobs. The weak collision detection means your punches will often miss at point blank range. There's no season mode, you just fight for titles and defend them. The Create A Wrestler mode is so basic you won't be able to make any of your favourite wrestlers not in the game already. You can, however, make a knight in armour...

To sum up, WCW Mayhem is not the greatest wrestling game on the market. No matter what console you have, there is atleast two better games avaliable. For the PSX/PS1, WWF Smackdown and Smackdown 2: Just Bring It. For the PS2, four Smackdown games, and three Legends of Wrestling games. For the XBox, WWE Raw & Raw 2, and three Legends of Wrestling games. And for the GameCube, Wrestlemania X8 and XIX, and two Legends of Wrestling games.

Nevertheless, I'm still playing Mayhem today and I have both Wrestlmania XIX and Legends of Wrestling II on my shelf. The commentary, the wrestlers avaliable and the accurate pace of real wrestling make this unique and enjoyable. Add to that the fact that it's ridiculously cheap (even if you only played it for one night, you'd still get value for money), and you're looking at a worthwile purchase.

WCW Mayhem seems like a pretty fun game at first. You have over 50 WCW wrestlers at your disposal, the ability to take the fight backstage to one of twelve different areas, ring entrances for each wrestler, a choice of six different types of match, a smattering of weapons lying about such as bats, chairs, and - my favorite - tasers, the ability to wrestle (in all of the historical rings from important WCW events) in exhibition and pay per view matches as well as go in quest of titles leading up to the coveted heavyweight championship belt, and the option to create your own wrestler. Another important aspect of the game is the color commentary provided by Tony Schiavone and Bobby the Brain Heenan. It doesn't take long for some of these plusses to start feeling like minuses, however.

I am not a big fan of the new manner of controlling your wrestler built into this game; it is much less intuitive than older WCW-based wrestling games, and I often find myself able to come up with only a very limited number of moves; still worse, I constantly find myself repeating moves I had no intention of repeating. The announcers do at least have fun with this, talking about move repetition in disparaging terms as it is going on. Their overall banter, though, while quite funny at times becomes repetitive itself after a short while. Even the overexcited shouts of Schiavone declaring a victory in the ring grow stale, as do his constant calls for someone to stop the bloodbath and call for help. I never get tired of the Brain, though; he is always hilarious.

I don't think the graphics here are much of an improvement over older games, either. There's really not a lot of difference in audio and visual between WCW Mayhem and earlier WCW games for the Playstation. You can fight backstage now, which is cool, but the graphics are largely unimproved and the gameplay is awkward and sometimes annoying. I would much rather play the older WCW/NOW Thunder than I would WCW Mayhem, when it comes right down to it.

In my opinion this is one of the best baseball games out there. The graphics are great and the special features like TWIB challanges and home-run derbys are nice. But the game quality is bad. Sometimes the frames will move really slow and cause you to mess up a play. And the thing that bothers me the most is that the game freezes a lot, even though the disk is almost brand new and has no scratches.(It only freezes when its loading back to the main menu after you have won or lost the game, hopefully won.)So if you're planning to get this game you better have a lot of patience.

Allstar baseball 2005 is very much like other MLB games, such as MLB 2005 and MVP 2005. The players are very life like with their regular batting stances and feilding positions. The graphics are incredible and the camera angles are different and fun to play through. Franchise mode is very similar to the 2004 version with spring training and real live season play. Scenerio mode is very good with very well thought out 2003 scenerios including the heartbreaking Bartman foul ball incident with the Chicago Cubs. All-in-all the 2005 version of Allstar baseball is indeed a great on going game to have if your collector of the Allstar baseball games, but there is not much difference between the this game and the other MLB games except for the fact that Allstar baseball has a scenerio mode!

All Star Baseball 2005 is a decent game. It's not as good as MVP Baseball 2004 and here's why. When I played the game, I noticed the graphics were pretty amazing. The parks and players looked very accurate and were pretty clear. However, for most gamers, graphics isn't everything. I found the game to be very choppy (slow frame rate) when I played; a few times the game stopped for a split second during either a pitch or while in the field, causing me to miss the ball when hitting and I didn't catch the ball so it got very frustrating. The controls are okay, not the best, and the gameplay modes are actually pretty good. There's a homerun derby which is pretty fun, a TWIB section to win some more fun things, a good franchise mode, and more fun options. Also, I liked the camera mode that you can chose when pitching (it's from behind the pitcher just like on TV). Overall, MVP Baseball is probably the better choice because the fps is higher, the graphics are a little better, the Barry Bonds replacement (Bonds isn't in any baseball games because he didn't sign the agreement) is more accurate to Bonds then a white player who's not A+ in contact, and the modes are about the same. This game is definitely worth renting though.

I'm used to playing NBA Live - which I consider to be the best basketball game out right now... and I truly looked forward to Ballers - the focus on 1-on-1 play seemed like it could enhance Xovers, the ability to completely dominate the opponent - I guess I was spoiled by Live's freestyle...
The major moves in this don't really consist of watching your opponents defensive moves and countering - it's more arcade style where the combos of a couple of buttons easily slide by the defender. It's not an in-depth look at the game and what's possible - button mashing game. Very disappointing....
On top of that, the 'bling' that it seems to advertise do nothing - NOTHING. Mansions seem to be a theme to the menus rather than a real court, friends just stand in the crowd, cars just seem to be something you can win to look at in subscreens. Clothing and ice are about the only items that really count - and that's because they are with your player on the court, and actually worn.
Good points - Graphics - the graphics are incredible, the players are recognizable as the actual players. The gameplay isn't overall bad - the controls are responsive, even if shots don't conform to your stats - examples Backing down a player is a button-mashing showdown, and doesn't seem to match the stats so well, and, even more important to me, whether or not someone is guarding your player (on the court it seems to me that a shot is a lot easier if you are open than if a hand is in your face - which doesn't seem to be true in this...).
Bad points - Xovers are based on button combos regardless of what the defender is doing - with the exception of taking a charge or tapping a button to steal the ball. But it isn't generally dependent on the defender's position - no stayin in front of your man. The announcer - can you pick a more annoying white guy to try and say slang? really... turn off the volume.
It's an arcade game, plain and simple, without any real skill to back it up - suitable for kids. If you want a real simulation of one-on-one, pick up EA's Live franchise (2005 - soon), and play their one-on-one mode. More fun and REALISTIC.
I bought the game based on the reviews on here... I just want to prevent anyone else from soing the same.

The Ballers are here! So are the graphics, but whare is the fun? You chose an NBA player and a crib to play and it's on! You have to win if you wanna play at exotic cribs like Shaq's in Hollywood, Kobe's in Italy, or Yao's in Beijing. There is a segmant of the game called "Rags to Riches" in which you are a poor Street Baller staring in a reallity T.V. show that puts you up against other street players and NBA players to win cash. This is a cool idea and it is preety fun, I would not buy the game. It dose'nt compare to NBA street or NBA Live.

It is the best game ever. It is better than halo. This game will
make you thee best. You should rent it 1st and get cheats for it at a Tips & Tricks magazinze. This is the BOMB for a PLAYA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now that the Dreamcast has gone on permanent vacation, one of the things it will be remembered most for is it's awesome sports library. Rippin' Riders is not one of those games however, but it's clearly not a bad game either. UEP Systems, the developers behind the Cool Boarders series, seem to have been on a time budget to put this game together. Graphics are super smooth and look great, while the sound effects have very nice touches here and there, but control is a major issue. Not to mention now and then you'll run into a wall that came out of nowhere and it costs you valuable time to figure out what direction to go in when you get back up. Plus, after you unlock everything between hidden tracks to hidden characters and boards, there is really nothing else exciting to do in the game. All in all, Rippin' Riders isn't really a bad game, but the last time I checked it is the only pure snowboarding game for the Dreamcast, and that alone makes it worth checking out.

I love this game and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a good time. I did notice right away that there was no way to practice the courses before you took it out for a run with checkpoints. It got highly frusterating at first because you did not know what lie ahead because you can not practice the course. Even when you beat the course you can't just liesurely go down the course because you have to reach the checkpoints.

As much of a dissapointment as that was I did love this game. The graphics are great and once you master the tricks they are so cool and so much fun. I played the half-pipe for over an hour just trying to beat the top score. It is not like other games where the scores are easy to beat. Due to no difficulty selection you have to be at least moderately good at the game to do anything. No one could just sit down and play it.

The tracks are extremely beautiful with many unique backgrounds. At a point in the game you are boarding on roof tops. The boarders are not very inspiring, but you get over that quickly. I wish there were more boards to choose from and some more original board designs. All of them look the same size and the same width.

This game was really fun, but it could have been the best game if it had a free ride mode and a difficulty setting. I hope this review was helpful.

If you like boading games like CoolBoarders or 1080 you'll like Rippin Riders. The graphics put any other boardin game to shame. The tracks are sick with awesome backrounds. The characters are off the hook. I love DJ Ken, he's fat, got two turntables and sports a hawaiian shirt. One guy has a MIB suit and a football uniform complete with helmet. The tricks are extreme, one level I can pull a 2540. Triple backflips and helicopter spins are common. Every character also has signature moves. Every character is so different in style that it's almost a new game with each one. You have to master the style of every rider. When the game is first played many options will be locked so you have to beat all the levels to unlock the various tracks, boards, costumes and players.

The game has awesome replays. The graphics on two player mode suffer quite a bit, but game play makes up for it. Play head to head and every trick you hit takes part of your opponents screen until until your opponent can no longer see where he's going. It's pretty fun.

The game is very (near extremely) difficult to master. To achieve first place rankings on the tracks you will have to have the track completely memorized and hit perfect tricks off every hit. To pull tricks is also tough to master, and landing - forget about it. I play this game every night and have unlocked maybe half off the games features. It is the first true gamers boardin game. You can't pick this game up and master it in a night or two, but when you get the hang of it there are no limits to what you can do.

After thoroughly enjoying some of EA's other sport titles, Tiger Woods golf left me completely unimpressed and disappointed.

The well-captured motion of Tiger is the only plus in this game, as the other features of the game remained below par:

- graphics of the courses did not fully utilize PS2 capabilities and are easily beaten by the PS1 version from last year
- accuracy of play in terms of predictable distance and ballflight is lacking, even though the analog stick seems to give more control
- variety of courses is unacceptable for a PS2 title
- overall playability in terms of time to play a round of golf and enjoyment derived from it is rather poor (you spend more time waiting for something to load than play and don't really get rewarded for your wait).

In summary, this title seems to have been rushed by EA to get something on the market, so it can go back to the store and I'll just pop in my PS1 PGA Tour Golf for some enjoyable play.

Ever since the introduction of the Playstation to the world of video gaming, I've been searching for a console golf game that would rival the fun and satisfaction I had playing PGA Golf II and III for the old Sega Genesis. Sad to say I've been greatly disappointed thus far.

Tiger Woods golf for the PS2 is pretty solid. This was my first foray into the 'Tiger Woods' series of golf and I have to say I was somewhat surprised. I enjoyed the new swing meter (you use the analog stick to control the meter) and the graphics are very good. However, I felt like the accuracy of the shots (i.e. distance relative to club selection and weather situations) was somewhat questionable. I was also very disappointed in the fact that there are so few courses and players to select from.

In all, this was an enjoyable game, but not as enjoyable as, say Links 2000 for the PC. Hopefully EA will rectify these problems for 2002.

This is a good game it has three golf courses pebble beach, poopy hills and spyglass hill there are so many ways to hit the ball its so good. You can play 6 different kinds of shots, and it has greatg graghics. there are about 5 or 6 diff. types of games - skins, match, tourny, stroke, practice, and play now mode which is a random games that the computer picks.

NO.....SERIOUSLY DON'Y TRY THIS AT HOME.....Somehow I got stuck reading almost all of these reviews... and I can't believe that their are actually people out there that say this game is great, or even good for that matter. I rented it last week, and returned it 3 days early! I'm sorry you guys... this may be thee most boring game I have ever played for the PS2 console. The game consists of the charactors constantly "running around"... it seems more of a game of tag than anything else. And when you finally engage in actual fighting, you can punch, kick, and when your opponent is down you can body slam him..........Thats it. End of story. I would advise everyone to rent it, and get that backyard wrestling rush out of your system (and it will happen quick), and save your $50.

Before this game was released, I was a little tenative. I mean, backyard wrestling isn't exactly my favorite--- but once the game was out and in my hands, words cannot describe my addiction to it.

This is the first time since the game was released on TUESDAY that I've managed to pry myself away from it. The game's features are amazing. Fully interactive environments, hardcore wrestlers like MAD MAN PONDO, JOSH PROHIBITION, and M DOGG 20, a killer soundtrack, and an amazing affinity for blood and gore!

Nothing is more fun than sitting down with a group of friends and letting the blood flow in this game! The fact that you can use or climb on just about everything in this game is an amazing feature and I applaud EIDOS for having the guts to try something new and exciting in a tired old genre!

Thanks to EIDOS, the wrestling game genre has new life! Get your copy of BACKYARD WRESTLING. You won't regret it! :-D

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.

I absoulutley love this game. I just got my xbox with halo, street hoops, mlb slugfest, microsoft constroller s, and rf adapter. Lets get back to the topic. In this game you can unlock xzibit, lil romeo, master p, and I heard at cheatcc.com you can unlock bow wow. It is awesome how you can talk trash, give an elbow, play 1 on 1 through 5 on 5, make you own character, win money and spend it on jewerly, shoes, clothes, and a hell of a lot more. I love this game just has much as halo and mlb slugfest combined in a way. Maybe in street ball 2 there will be drive bys and you have to duck or die but that's a different story. You are a lover or non-lover of basketball get this game.

A careful look at most of the good reviews will reveal that the reviewers are more impressed with the hype of brand name clothing and court varieties than the actual game play. Obviously, more time was spent on researching courts and players than coding the game.

First of all, team uniforms are so similar that you're not sure if you have the ball or not. (Maybe the makers of the game are color blind). By the time you figure it out, the other team would have scored. The commentary is totally tired and boring compared to other basketball games. I'm not sure what it is but sometimes its extremely difficult to see the ball. The graphics are not particularly impressive either. The views are so awkward that sometimes you only get to see the opposing team's point guard starting the offence. By the time you see any member of your team, the opposing team would have already scored. How do you defend against that?

Something else that I found mindly annoying is the fact that some courts are locked until you win there! So you have to spend all of your precious spare time playing before you get to play on the famous courts. That is just totally wrong. Its ok to lock the venues in tournament mode. But you should be able to play anywhere you like in other modes.

Lastly, the officiating is totally ludicrous. Minor taps are called as fouls and major shoves are ignored.

I really believe more time should have been spent on coding this game as it would have been a really good game since so much time was spent on other stuff that should be just gravy.

I hate basketball, but for some reason i love to play basketball games on the consoles. This game aint like Inside Jam, its what is streetball, street attitude and street moves. Lots of fun, especially with four players. Controls are standard B-ball controls like Inside Drive but with some special freaky deeky moves to cut you way to the hole for the jizzam! The graphics are good, nothing to write home about, but good enough. The scenaries are great and if there is anything lacking in this game the trash talking hard core play makes up for it all. I had the chance to play this on August version of Official Xbox Magazine, if you dont get this mag you should. Demos on it rock the hizzy!

A few people don't like the game because its difficult to beat. But if you go to any of the popular game websites, you can get free codes which alow you to win ever race, select every hover board, and every stage.

The graphics are great and you get to do a lot of outrageous moves.

A title such as Trickstyle has great potential but suffers for designers with little vision! When playiing this game you WILL get the feeling that it needs more. You will go away feeling short changed. The graphics are cool but the control is not. this game is basically flat with little replay value, the tracks are TOO SHORT and there is no real element in the game that makes it a worthy purchase.

PLAY BEFORE YOU BUY!!!!!!!!

Trickstyle has some very nice features, like fluid character movement, variety of characters to choose from, and relatively fun gameplay, but it unfortunately lacks depth as a game. While the racing tracks are certainly challenging, there are too few of them, and little is offered in terms of replayability.

The racing portions have an unnervingly unbalanced learning curve as well. I personally found the initial tracks to be very hard at first, but once I got the hang of the first couple, the rest tended to simply be an issue of seeing the track a couple times and then winning. The final track in the game put a crimp in this style, as it's suspended in the air, so falling off the edge is easy, and actually making it far enough along to see the later bits is a challenge in and of itself.

For me, the only aspects of replayability in this game involved simply going around the practice arena doing tricks. Trickstyle suffers from what seems to be a difficulty in deciding whether it's a racing game or a boarding tricks game. While it initially seems geared towards the racing, the tricks aspect is fairly developed, and the racing portions just don't offer much past the initial challenge of actually winning the race. At the same time, there's little in the way of actual tricks competition in the game, making it almost a proof of concept of the tricks engine than anything approaching a releasable game.

Don't get me wrong, it's a fun game, and finding your own challenges to do within the practice arena can be interesting for a while (trying to get maximum amount of points in a single jump, jumping over the high crossbeams of the hub of the arena), but while both aspects of the game show promise, the combination of two underdeveloped games really leaves the user unsatisfied in the end.