Ready to Rumble? Not really! (WWF Royal Rumble (DC))

Member Name: briangilmour

Product:	WWF Royal Rumble (DC)
Date:	14/05/08 (31 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Looks good and sounds pretty good.

Disadvantages: No depth or longevity.

Being a huge wrestling fan and having Played Smackdown on the PSX at the time, I was completely shocked when I walked into my local games shop and seen WWF Royal Rumble on the shelve exclusively for the Dreamcast. Being such an impulsive shopper at the time, I whipped out my Visa and planked down £250 to get the system along with this game and Virtua Tennis. My thinking that the Tennis game would very rarely feature in my DC.

How wrong I was though. It must be said that although Royal Rumble is not a bad game, it's far from being a great one. Theres no doubt that the graphics were at the time the best for any wrestling game and given the time it came out , the roster was perfectly up to speed. But the problem lies in that instead of being a wrestling game, it's just an arcade fighter with wrestlers in it. The only modes you can really do were Exhibitions or Royal Rumbles, it reminded me of the old Wrestlefest Arcade machine, you can just bash buttons to win and theres very little thought to go into it.

The sound is ok and the gameplay is kind of like the Smackdown games only more awkward, the targeting on each opponent was annoying and it just wasn't that much fun at all to play. In fact I'm sure I only played this for a few weeks before tiring of it.

If you still have a Dreamcast and want a quick fighter that looks good I guess this fits the bill , but if you're looking to indulge in an actual wrestling game then I'd advise best to avoid.

Summary: A fun little fighter but thats about all it is.