WWF Raw Review by: Spicy - 6.2/10
WWF RAW For the Super Nintendo ''Really, really meh''Well, hello there and welcome to my review of WWF: Raw on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
Once upon a time ( About a year ago ) I made a review for WWF Super WrestleMania, now if you read that abomination, you’d know I didn’t quite like it. Now, this is actually the third game in the series the second was WWF: Royal rumble, now out of laziness, I’m not gonna review that game anytime soon, maybe in a year, haha.
Well, anyway this game was released in 1994, the year after the debut of the new weekly wrestling show for the WWF, Monday night Raw, which is still the biggest weekly show for wrestling, today.
So, you have a roster of 1994, which was pretty okay. The company was building new stars at this point, which lead to guys like Hulk Hogan leaving, and Randy Savage being restricted to Commentary.
So, do I think it’s as horrible as super wrestlemania? Well, you’ve come to the right place!
Graphics: 5/10
They are mostly the same as Super WrestleMania, just a tad less awful. Now that being said, it doesn’t mean it’s good, either. The animation is absolutely horrid! I get this was the SNES, and there were restrictions for 3D environments, but seriously, this is amazingly awful. It’s stiff as all hell, in fact, It’s probably the worst animation I’ve seen on any 16 bit system, and that’s saying a lot.
The character models are alright, not anything special, but not horrible either. They kinda look like the actual wrestlers. Also, hitting someone with a chair just looks awful, in fact, the entire chair looks awful.
The crowd looks pretty alright, though. And the commentary team in the background is a nice touch.
Story: N/A
There is no story, but like I said in my review for WWF Superstars 2, you can use fantasy and make your own. But I don’t know what it is, it’s just less fun to do here, really.
Depth: 2/10
Bad, bad, bad, This was a problem they also had in Super WrestleMania, it’s just awful.
There’s no 1P mode, like a road to championship mode or something like that, no, just matches and that’s IT.
There’s no point to just repeatedly doing random matches, it gets old really fast, now they did add a royal rumble match, which is pretty okay, actually. But the survivor series match is still broken, now what do I mean by that?
Only 2 of your team mates and opponents are on the same screen. Now if you don’t know what survivor series is, it’s a match typicially done with each team having three or more guys in it, Usually 4-ish. Everytime someone gets pinned, he is eliminated.
Now for example when I pin Lex Luger, only one guy will come to the ring.
But, anyway. The tag team match is also broken. The opponent’s CPU tag partner, does break up pins, yet yours doesn’t, now that is really unfair.
Controls: 7/10
The controls are, really okay, they are pretty good, and don’t burn my fingers, Like Super WrestleMania did.
There’s a grapple button, and every other button serves as a different move, which I like. I actually mapped my right analog stick to be the buttons, which is actually a lot of fun.
Surprisingly, they actually fixed the controls for the most part if you map it to the right analog stick (I’ll get to that later, trust me), still, it’s pretty slow, and the animation also bothers the controls a little, which is not good.
Gameplay: 6/10
The gameplay.. it’s really meh. It has a tug-of-war system where when you lock up, you have to go in to a button mash frenzy, which hurts my fingers, each button does something else, which is good.
But, overall, it’s kinda bothersome to play on an actual SNES, because you can’t remap. The only way to play this game, without your fingers dying, is to map the buttons to the right analog stick, it’s really a lot better that way. But it shouldn’t be this way, they should’ve realized that this system is a little bothersome, and they should’ve fixed it.
The gameplay in WrestleMania challenge on the NES is a lot better than this one.
Difficulty: 8/10
This game is hard, mostly because of the controls decisions. You may gain control, but if you maintain control, it will be blister city, which is not fun, trust me.
The CPU, I thought was well designed, for a game in its era. They are very, very good in the tug of war, thing. And since they won’t have any blisters on their fingers, they have the advantage.
There is really not a lot to say about the gameplay, It doesn’t really have a nice flow, as what you will be doing the most, is punching, and grappling, and nothing else.
Adictiveness: 5/10
This game, is just.. not addictive. It’s all because of that control decision (I’m beginning to see a pattern, here.) The gameplay was a good Idea, but should’ve been executed much better. It really didn’t intrigue me, honestly. And the blisters on my fingers didn’t help, either. It just did nothing to keep me company, I’d rather play a different game, or if I wanted to play a good wrestling game on a 16-bit system, I’d play fire pro wrestling, or WCW Superbrawl.
WWE really failed in giving the children what they wanted, a good wrestling game, with WWE Superstars.
Sound: 7/10
Pretty good, the 16 bit remixes of your favourite entrance themes, are here. And they sound a little worse than in super WrestleMania, I love bret hart’s theme especially.
The crowd noise is very good, when you hit a body slam, the crowd cheers, when you punch, they cheer, and overall they sound like an actual crowd. This time, they fixed what happened in WWF super WrestleMania, and unlike super wrestlemania you will have satisfaction landing a punch, which is very essential in a wrestling game.
It’s alright, really. It’s not something I’d put on my phone, or anything. But.. it’s really not that bad. You won’t mute the TV.
OVERALL: 6.2/10
This game.. was really meh, I thought it was a lot better when I played Super WrestleMania, but since I went back to it, I have changed my mind, this game is not a lot better than super WrestleMania.
The gameplay, is not well done, the controls are not good at all, and give you blisters, and overall it’s just not worth playing a lot. Personally, I don’t think I will ever go back to it.
Well, that was that, thanks for reading. And now, it’s time for me, to turn off the lights!
Graphics
5 Sound
7 Addictive
5 Depth
2 Difficulty
8
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