WWF Royal Rumble was released on April 26th 2001 by developers Sega & Yuke's and publishers THQ & again Yuke's. The game is based on the yearly WWF event of the same name, Royal Rumble. Not being remotely interested in wrestling (either to watch or in videogames) I skipped getting a copy of this when it was first released but have acquired a copy for my ongoing Dreamcast collection.
Looks wise its all pretty passable, although how accurate the onscreen wrestlers look compared to their real life counterparts is something im unable to judge because I wouldn't recognise one of these lycra wearing loons if one body slammed me into the nearest Jagermeister display. However saying that I found the fighters and surrounding sights all solid and as I would expect from a snazzed up, highly polished wrestling title.
Royal Rumble has two modes; Exhibition and Royal Rumble mode. In Exhibition mode, the player chooses a main wrestler and a partner and wrestles a series of singles matches. You can get help from your partner but in the heat of battle its not always so easy, especially when it forgets to tell you which button is the call for HELP button. Or I missed it.
Royal Rumble on the other hand involves one multi-wrestler match where you must eliminate a certain number of opponents from the match within a timed limit. The game apparantly features 22 steroid pumped superstars, but the Royal Rumble match has 30 which stupidly has some wrestlers appearing twice in the match. Indeed it was this that drew the most criticsm to the title, along with the fact it only has a miserly two modes which makes for a shallow depth of play.
Admittedly im no fan of WWF and this lack of excitement is no doubt coming through in this review BUT! Do not let this put you off because this title is far from dire. In fact it can be be damn fine fun in short bursts even for non fans like myself and seeing as it can be picked up for between £1 to £3 on auction sites (or car boots if you're lucky) then its well worth a punt. Or a piledrive. Decent enough game.
On 9th September 1999, Sega released a new console to an excited public, the now legendary Dreamcast. Many would argue the first in Next Gen visuals, and online gaming, the Dreamcast was overtaken by Playstation2 but never forgotten. To this day, a decade on, it is still a powerful force in the gaming world. This is my tribute to the console and games, where a poet becomes fanboy.
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