WWE Raw 2 - Good graphics, terrible game (WWE RAW 2 (Xbox))

Member Name: lfc_whitey

Product:	WWE RAW 2 (Xbox)
Date:	15/12/05 (305 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great graphics, realistic tv-like presentation, create an entrance

Disadvantages: Flawed gameplay, bad AI, etc

This is the second wrestling game released by THQ on the Xbox. Being a big fan of wrestling, I picked this game up just after it came out, expecting it to improve on the mostly terrible original Raw game. How wrong I was.

Graphics

The graphics on this game are brilliant. They are very realistic, and make the game seem as if you were watching WWE on TV. The wrestlers entrances are brilliant, and so are the in-match graphics.

However, the in-match animation is poor and glitchy, and this makes the gameplay frustrating and dull.

Gameplay

The gameplay could have been good on this game, but poor animation means it is just frustrating and you will end up getting bored of this game very quickly unless you are an absolute WWE fanatic. The moves are slow, and the collision detection is laughable, with your wrestler sometimes going to pick up the other wrestler off the mat while they are standing on the other side of the ring laughing at them.

There's also not as many matches to get your teeth into as the much better Smackdown (now Smackdown vs Raw) series on Playstation 2.

The create an entrance feature is very well done however, and you can create some really nice-looking entrances with this mode.

Sound

The sound on this game is adequate, but the developers could have done a lot more in this area. The in-game sounds are OK but not brilliant, there are no licensed in game tracks, and, most dissapointingly, there are no superstar voiceovers in season mode.

Overall

Overall, this game is OK if you absolutely need a wrestling game on Xbox, but if you've got a Playstation 2 as well, you will be much better off getting Smackdown vs Raw 2006, which is a much better game.

Summary: I give WWE Raw 2 on the Xbox a final score of 6/10.