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Here Comes the Pain is by far my favorite. The roster was awesome and the fast pace playability of that game was amazing. I´ve stopped playing wrestling games a long time ago because nowadays the graphics are great but the playing experience is sooooo slow, overly complex and boring. The Def Jam games were also badass.
Darran Kern I´ve played Shut Your Mouth like 3 or 4 times so I can´t fully evaluate the game (story mode, unlocked characters and etc...) but the few times I played it in my friend´s house I liked it very much.
The N64 AKI games reign supreme to this day. "No Merce?" as we say it, will still get my brothers and friends together to this day to play some royal rumbles.
In terms of pure gameplay and presentation, nothing can beat Revenge. It had very colorful graphics and arenas, fast paced, effective grappling, and the full WCW roster at the height of the Monday Night Wars. Plus that intro was so sick. Best wrestling game of the 90s! One of the few games that made N64 worth having.
I love Smackdown Vs Raw 2008, first one that let you run in any direction, first with the ECW roster, first one with the crowd fighting bit by the announce tables and had an amazing soundtrack.
it was addicting; but lack of full control made it difficult. which led to the modern era of video games allowing higher graphics; but more control. I think after a while; Graphics and Gameplay must be together to be at the top. I loved no mercy as a kid; but i also hated how AI can be so unfair. These day's wrestling games aren't as hard as it used to be.
I lived in the era where World Tour, Revenge, Wrestle Mania, and No Mercy was the shit. But I can honestly say I agree with you on 08. It was like the first game where I'd feel like I was actually in a wrestling arena. It showed me that the games were getting better. Allowing multiple people to be in royal rumbles instead of only four people (despite the tossing out mode being crap). And the ability (on Xbox or PS 3) to add your own music just gives it extra depth (along with the extra details in creating characters). I had fun recreating characters I made in No Mercy and bringing them out of retirement after 7 years of being no where in the ring lol. But the only reason I give No Mercy the crown is because they had the ability to do special guest referee all day any time. Otherwise, I'd actually give these up to date games the better rating.
LilPrince Killa I think 2k14 had the best overall options; creative, match, & arena wise.(EVERY WRESTLEMANIA!) Though it takes sliders to bring the best out of 2k14
I remember being so hyped for Here comes the Pain, my older brother came home with it one day and we played it all day. Wrestling games bring back great memories.
Hctp was the hieght of main entry wwe games after that the copy abd paste feeling slowly kicked in and wwe 12 was the last one that felt great the 2k games always got a pass mark but nothing else Wrestling games from the ps1 and n54 era until the ps3/360 era were way better than what we get now although there’s some non wwe games coming out that look good and as good as fire pro wrestling world is to me it kind of just feels like fire pro wrestling returns hd remaster
No Mercy !!! Yes!!! I miss this game so much :( I tell my kids about how fun this game was and how ahead of its time it was .... This list brought back some good memory . Love it.
This guy seems to disagree with you: This game is terrible. Literal garbage pile. It's as if the developers couldn't think past throwing handicapped matches at you to make it somewhat difficult. It just gets old, and annoying (and fast.) With spelling errors galore, and a half-brained career mode, this could be the worst game of all time in my opinion. It's about as polished as a box of crayons. 1/5 Read more at www.emuparadise.me/Nintendo_64_ROMs/WWF_No_Mercy_(USA)/40406#O9es8SxASDHoJoIs.99
@@amirperreg8405 100% agree. It has to be one of the most overrated games ever, especially since people keep saying it has aged well. I bought a n64 just to play no mercy since everyone keeps saying it's better than the amazing here comes the pain and I'm ready to sell it or throw it in garbage. I just don't get the fascination with it. It's got to be Nostalgia.
No Mercy was absolute trash. I recently undertook an endeavor on my channel to analyze No Mercy without nostalgia impairing my judgment of the game. My verdict? No Mercy pissed me off so much that I rage-quit after only 14 episodes. Here's the let's play, if you're interested: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e3vFfvmEKLg.html
It was the only game to that allowed that. And honestly, the only reason I put that as number one on the list. I created a specific wrestler that was a guest referee to handle specific wrestlemania matches. Also, since I was the best out of all my friends, I was just to be the referee and watch everyone do their matches, despite the fact that I'd try to resist the temptation to interfere. I was the best at resisting though, unlike everyone else. lol
+LilPrince Killa my favorite thing to do was have Paul bearer referee a match between undertaker and Kane LOL. I also enjoyed the clone a superstar mode. You could edit their profiles and I actually have Paul bear walk out with undertaker or cane. Undertaker and Kane were my favorite, just in case you could not tell. LOL
VrOOm1337 Only SvR game I know they had it was in the 2008 one. But you could only choose it as Triple H where you decide whether he wants to join Evolution or DX in a match between Randy Orton and Shawn Michaels. No other game gave you the option to freely be special guest referee other than WWF No Mercy.
No surprise WWF No Mercy is top pick. I'm glad you mentioned the game deleting bug in the first batch of cartridges which I had. I actually mailed my bugged cartridge to THQ for the hell of it with a letter saying the damn thing is broke and amazingly, they actually sent back a new copy to me for no charge and no bugs. Very nice of them, too bad THQ is gone.
My favorite when I was younger was WCW Thunder for PS1. For the only simple feature of changing stables with every worker. It was fun putting Goldberg in the Wolfpac and Jericho in Raven's Flock.
What I loved about no mercy and now revanche is that it was so simple to learn everything and yet it delivered everything wrestling fans wanted .. fun factor was really high because of this .. I think that’s what new games need to do .
+Nicholas Beharrylal you were born in the late 90s or early 2000s to say that wwe hctp is the best wrestling game ever but it's not the best wrestling game ever it's wwf no mercy
WWE 2K14 had my favorite campaign mode. Playing through Wrestlemania 1-29 introduced me to wrestling and the history and changed what I thought of it. I am still a huge wresting fan to this day and that game is part of why I am.
Don't care what anyone says, WWF Royal Rumble for the Sega Mega Drive was great fun as a kid. Trying to beat your own best time for eliminating all the other wrestlers was as addictive as listening to the theme tunes on endless repeat.
Day one No Mercy owner here. We were devastated to unlock everything, only for our saved progress to be wiped out. But we always went ahead and did it all again, but the game was so awesome. (my brother, my cousins, and I actually bought the foam and plastic replica belts, and competed for them on the games, and this was by far, the best time we had)
Yep I had the flawed copy as well, can't tell you how many times I re did everything and re made my characters, since every few months it would randomly delete everything and I couldn't send it in because I got the game second hand. Wonder why I got it so cheap lol
Svr 07 06 shut your mouth and here comes the pain are always gonna be the goats in my book, I played day of reckoning 1 and 2 as well when I went to my friends house when I was a kid, shit was fun
Def Jam: Vendetta and Def Jam: Fight for NY were some pretty fun games. 2000, No Mercy, and Revenge were amazing games. I played the hell out of those when I was younger.
Best wrestling games of all time (in my opinion in no order) • Smackdown Here Comes the Pain • Smackdown vs Raw 2007 • Smackdown vs Raw 2006 • Smackdown Shut Your Mouth • Smackdown vs Raw 2011 • WWE Day of Reckoning 1 & 2 • WCW vs NWO World Tour/ Revenge • No Mercy • Smackdown vs Raw • WWE 2K14 • WWE 13 • WWE All Stars • Def Jam Vendetta: Fight for NY
Also, I loved your comment about the No mercy bug and how it deleted all progress after you beat it.. It took me a few times to realize that it was happening.. I needed up buying a memory card and creating all the unlocked characters myself, plus many more bad ass ones and I was never disappointed! You were right
No Fire Pro Wrestling Returns? That has to be the deepest wrestling game of all time! You can download the latest rosters, hand-made by fans, and put them in the game via an AR Max!
I have to agree with you man. The other games on this list are great, like SD HCTP, SD vs Raw 2006, WWF No Mercy, etc. However, Fire Pro Wrestling Returns is also a great game in its own right. Talk about customization, this game enabled you to edit your created wrestler's A.I. pattern, whether they'll go coward halfway into fatigue or go all out brawling, man it's insane. :)
DoR2 is criminally underrated. It's always my "go to" for a wrestling game and was an excellent complement to the gameplay style of the Smackdown games.
Here is a review of No Mercy on emuparadise:This game is terrible. Literal garbage pile. It's as if the developers couldn't think past throwing handicapped matches at you to make it somewhat difficult. It just gets old, and annoying (and fast.) With spelling errors galore, and a half-brained career mode, this could be the worst game of all time in my opinion. It's about as polished as a box of crayons. 1/5 Read more at www.emuparadise.me/Nintendo_64_ROMs/WWF_No_Mercy_(USA)/40406#O9es8SxASDHoJoIs.99. Do you think he is joking or serious?
I agree 1,000,000,000%.... I still play no mercy when all my cousins come over. When you have 4 people the Royal rumbles, ladder matches, and no tag matches were just epic. I will say you did have fight for NY too low. That game is a classic as well
That's the gamecube one, right? I remember that had one of the best CAW systems. I created Batman, Superman, Wolverine, Spiderman and most of the characters from the Matrix.
I see you weren't a big fan of any of the PS1 Wrestling games. Like... Warzone, Attitude, Smackdown, Smackdown 2: Know Your Role, WCW Mayhem, Nitro and Thunder. ECW Hardcore Revolution. I guess all these games sucked huh lol... But when they came out were super addictive and so fun. Maybe you were more of a N64 guy. WrestleMania 2000 and No Mercy were amazing but I only got to play them at friends houses back then. I got them now but the PS1 Wrestling titles get crapped on. At least admit they were cool when they were released. .
themadrapper101 I feel u I was a ps1 man myself and WWF attitude was the shit when I was in forth grade but I had a 64 too an no mercy on it...I'm playing no mercy on my phone now lol
Attitude was a great title, but overall its probably the only one that would be competitive with the titles chosen. The original Smackdown games were pretty bland, and all the WCW games were godawful even for their time.
themadrapper101 I actually started off with a PS with Warzone then I got both smack downs. After playing no mercy on my cousin's 64 I traded in my PS for the 64. I was a die hard wrestling fan and I have to say best wrestling game that I had played. It was definitely before it's time.
So glad the original Def Jam Vendetta made it here, I had friends coming back again and again for matches who had no clue or care whatsoever for Rap music or the Rappers themselves, the gameplay was that solid
Def jam vendeta was my favorite game growing up the story was fantastic and when FFNY came out I shit my pants trying to get my hands on it. Its one of the best games that isnt made for a WWE/WCW fan.
GREAT list. As a fan who's been playing since the days of the NES, I can attest to how great wrestling games have been at times. However, I would have definitely had SVR 2007 instead of 2006. That being said, my list differs somewhat from this one, though most of the titles are the same. From my own personal experience, my favorite and most beloved wrestling game has always been and will always be WWF Smackdown 2: Know Your Role. As for other entries, my list would also have to include Day of Reckoning 2, WWE 2K14 (still the best of the 2K series in my humble opinion), Showdown: Legends of Wrestling 3, and WWE Legends of Wrestlemania.
No Mercy or HCTP? Also, No Mercy is like X-Seven (Great, but severly overrated) while HCTP is like XIX (Awesome, but either gets it's deserved praise (HCTP) or is criminally underrated (XIX).)
I always think there’s an interesting conversation to be had about whether you should design the game as a fighting game or as a sports game. It sort of has to be both, but in the right measure
Yes!!! Here comes the pain for ps2 was the best. Heel Rock, Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle, Undertaker, Classic Taker, GOLDBERG!! Here Comes the Pain was the first WWE game Goldberg was in.
I still have my PS2 and use it it to play the original copy from time to time :). Actually been wanting to replay it recently, after seeing what crap 2k17 is.
Yes! the gamecube wrestling games are terribly underrated. Until 2k16, I've pretty much stuck with DOR 2. Loved that you could interrupt moves whereas you couldn't in the smackdown series, made the matches so much more intense.
I never was a fan of the series, despite even playing one of it's successors "Wrestle Kingdom" (PS2) that used the same game engine. Still too "arcady" for my taste (and horrible loading times). "Wrestle Kingdom 2" might have a kick ass roster with all the japanese stars and lots of legends, but still I didn't like the DoR/Wrestle Kingdom Engine so I didn't import this one.
I like day of reckoning 1 better. The second one they introduced stamina and kind of ruined it for me. In the middle of a good match all of a sudden you couldn't do anything unless you just stood in the ring and did nothing for a good minute lol
I was not surprised to see No Mercy at the top of this list. Let's not forget that you could steal your opponent's finishing move in that game too! I loved doing the pedigree on Triple H. XD
+Dillon Haggett "Shitty rappers" Method man? Scarface? Proves you know nothing about Hip Hop and nobody wants a video game on shitty rock frontmen who scream their lungs out like they're having orgasms.
No Day of Reckoning I or II? Gameplay-wise one of the best ever! Just how you could set up moves, block them or interfere in a move done by somebody else ... it was amazing :)
What about the original Smackdown and Smackdown 2: Know Your Role for the Sony PlayStation? I remember playing with both games when they first came out and the depth and customization of the games were incredible, not just for wrestling fans but for gamers in general. SM2 is also considered one of the highest selling wrestling games ever made as well.
