Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home

"Don't try this at home? Heck, I won't try this on my PS2!"

Some wrestling games are bad. There was wCw Thunder, Nitro, and ECW Hardcore Revolution. And then, there's Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This At Home.

I'm not saying this is the worst game ever or anything, but it's definitely the worst wrestling game I have ever played.

Gameplay: 3/10.
Well, let's take a look at a basic match in this game: Run at each other and do a move or two. Run off and find a weapon to throw at each other. Opponent find's his first, throws it at you. It hits you. Repeat. You CAN NOT run from weapons such as bricks or basketball's (yes, a basketball) because they LOCK ONTO YOU. The A.I. is extremely cheap. I had a match and didn't get ONE wrestling move in because I was too busy throwing a brick at my opponent. The ''backyards'' that you ''wrestle'' in are extremely small. As a matter of fact, there are only TWO backyards in the entire game. The rest are pointless areas such as the mall and a truck stop. While the background is very interactive, it doesn't do much to help you win your match.

Graphics: 5/10.
Honestly, graphics are one of the few things that I enjoyed about this game. The character models look pretty good and the characters look kind of good. But some things like the tables and fire look very fake. The fire looks terrible, also. But the backgrounds look wonderful.

Sound: 6/10.
The sound track in this game brought the score up about, oh, I don't know, five points. The sound in this game is awful. Weapons don't make any noise. I can barely hear a noise when my character falls off a semi onto concrete. The only noise I really hear when I use weapons is when I...um....go ''through'' a ''table.'' Back to the sound track: it's pretty good. But they also had to put ICP on there who I REALLY hate. But some of these songs are good. ''I ran (So Far Away)'' is a great re-make of the older song.

Replay Value: 0/10.
Beat Talk Show mode and you're done. After you unlock all the characters and levels, you don't have anything else to do. Unless you want to toss basketballs, tires, and bricks at your opponent again, then go ahead. But I can't find anything else to do.

Overall: Yuck. This is easily the worst PS2 game I own (replacing Big Motha Truckas). Save up your money and buy the obsolete WWE Smackdown: Here Comes The Pain.

Reviewer's Score: 2/10, Originally Posted: 12/05/03