" I like me some good old fashion Slobber Knockers"

As many people you will come cross who have played this game they will say they hated it, but for me this is not the case. Wrestlemania 21 is the third and last WWE game for the Xbox.

Graphics:
The graphics for this game are beautiful. Everyone looks like who they are. I can not find a single problem. The sets and crowd also look nice. Everything has nice animations. It's all here for this game.
Final Verdict: 10/10

Sound:
Yet again another great thing in this game. All the superstars themes are correct and the voice overs are great. But it isn't over, there is some bad. The announcers get on your nerve. Every move I do they call the finishing move. If they are going to put in announcing why not do it right? Sadly because of this the score gets lowered.
Final Verdict: 6/10

Story:
You are a new to the WWE and you have to fight your way up to the top and headline events. Can you take up on the challenge?
Final Verdict: 7/10

Game play:
This is where the game shines. This game is easy to just pick up and play. Quickly press A, you have a light grapple. Hold A, you have a strong grapple. Quickly press X, you have a quick attack. Hold X you have a strong attack. Not much more than that. To me it feels like the old N64 AKI games. Total greatness.
Final Verdict: 10/10

Create a Superstar (CAW)
What was THQ thinking when they made this CAW? It is horrible you have almost no choices for anything. You can't use a superstars theme you either are going to have to use a crappy theme that was put in there by some no name artist or use one of your own! I'm sorry but I can not give this a high score.
Final Verdict: 3/10

Roster:
Another big mess up we have here. Almost half the roster isn't with the company. Now the roster only has around 35 people. I can not believe they messed up with this. Oh and you know how I said there were around 35 superstars? Well I lied, take away two because there are two rey mysterios and big shows. Yes you heard me right, there are 2 of them.
Final Verdict: 5/10

Xbox Live:
What could of been so great has failed me. All matches have a ten minute time limit sadly. You can do any kind of match but ten minutes is hardly ever enough. Lots of times the matches lag and you can't do anything right. The other problem is since the day this was released you would be lucky to find more than three matches going on. Almost no one plays this. I can understand why too.
Final Verdict: 4/10

Rent or Buy?
Rent this title and see if you will like it. I mean if you want some single player wrestling action this I for you. If you want a deep CAW and great online skip this title. It is all up to what you want. Hopefully we can soon have the perfect wrestling game.

Reviewer's Score: 6/10, Originally Posted: 10/11/05