Wcw Thunder

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FEEL THE POWER Take control of the world's greatest athletes in WCW/NWO Thunder! Dictate the rules, then break them. Only your imagination can keep you from ruling the world of professional wrestling! Over 60 WCW and NWO Superstars, including Goldberg, Hollywood Hogan, Kevin Nash, Diamond Dallas Page, The Giant, Bret Hart, Konnan, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Curt Hennig, Saturn, Randy Savage, Chris Jericho, Sting, Raven, and more! - Full-Screen Wrestler entrances with theme music - Commentary from Thunder announcers Tony Schiavone & Mike TenayAmazon.com Brace yourselves, wrestling fans. All of your favorite World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and New World Order (nWo) stars are ready to square off in this realistic wrestling game from THQ. Goldberg, Hollywood Hogan, and Sting are among the wrestling heavyweights that you can control in one-on-one matches, 30-man battle royal mode, cage combat, tag teams, and title fights. For hard-core wrestling fanatics, this is a great way to interact with your favorite heroes and hated rivals. Prematch introductions build you up for the main event, while a variety of camera angles helps add to the feel of a real match. Like any fighting game, WCW/nWo Thunderis much more fun in two-player mode, competing against a friend. Although the advanced library of moves includes power slams, back-breakers, pile drivers, and even fighting outside the ring, it's often difficult to manage your wrestler's moves. Average players may prefer to find a wrestling game that is easier to handle, but WCW/nWo Thunder is worth the effort if you want to play with the WCW and nWo teams. --Sal BarciaPros:Features WCW and nWo wrestling starsWide variety of match selectionsAdvanced library of movesCons:Non-wrestling fans may not appreciate the gameDifficult to manage your wrestler's moves Product description Includes game, original case, and manual. Game has moderate scratches but has been tested for playability. Case may have small cracks or flaws. Review WCW Thunder is a rehash of THQ's previous PlayStation wrestling game, WCW Nitro. The wrestlers, graphics, and modes have changed, but the gameplay is still substandard. The gameplay in Thunder is different from most wrestling games. Instead of relying on button mashing and complicated tie-up exchanges, Thunder uses a series of button presses to execute moves from both the standing and tie-up positions. Once your opponent gets hold of you, all you can do is pound down on the controller, hoping you can execute the escape move before he can pull off a move. The computer AI is absolutely terrible, and you can take out any computer opponent in around 30 seconds using the new button-mashing move that's been added, where you grab each other's hands and attempt to gain leverage. Using this move can easily drain half of the computer player's life. So, that said, use it twice, kick the poor guy once to knock him down, and pin him. Bang. Occasionally the computer will get a move or two off, but it's just about impossible for it to come back from being that far down. If he manages to regain some power, slap that move on again (press up and circle at the same time) and drain it all away. Human opponents obviously put up more of a fight, but the total lack of strategy involved in the game's various moves and holds really keeps it from being any fun. The game, like its predecessor, is pretty long on atmosphere. The game has short FMV ring intros and hilarious rant videos (be sure to check out Nash's and Piper's rants - they're classic) that play on the wrestler selection screen. Also, you can flip your wrestler's affiliations around. So you can put Goldberg into NWO White, force Sting to join Raven's flock, and make Hogan a Horseman if you so desire. Some affiliation changes change the character's in-ring appearance, but this is usually limited to painting a red T-shirt onto your guy. The WCW's three main singles competition belts are in the game, and the selection screen reflects who the current belt holders are at any given time. Modes include championship tournaments for all three belts, exhibition matches, tag matches, the 30-man battle royal (though only four wrestlers are in the ring at any given time), and cage matches. Graphically, Thunder improves on Nitro, bumping up the frame rate and improving the backgrounds a bit. However, the wrestlers still look and move a little strangely. Also, the game has an overly grainy look to it. The backgrounds especially suffer from this, though the multi

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