Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood PlayStation 2
Metascore
46 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 23 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 23
  3. Negative: 11 out of 23
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  1. IC-Games
    48
    I’m sure there’s humour and enjoyment in this title somewhere but I think it’s that of a slightly dysfunctional thirteen-year-old boy – quite a narrow market to be aiming for.
  2. Games Radar
    46
    A shoddily stitched together beat-'em-up which is appealing for minutes. Quite frankly we'd rather have our backyard occupied by the Groundforce team. [PSM2]
  3. PSX Nation
    40
    Despite new licensed wrestlers, dozens of new songs and new additions meant to appeal to rural America’s prurient interests (i.e. porn stars as playable wrestlers) Backyard Wrestling 2’s bad graphics, poor collision detection and awful dialogue sink it into the pit of holiday expendability.
  4. Cheat Code Central
    40
    Compared to last year's game, this is last year's game. There are so few improvements that whatever you hated or liked about the original is what you'll hate or like about this sequel.
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  5. VGPub
    40
    The few genuine improvements are easily forgotten amid the many things that were made worse from the first game into this one.
  6. GameSpot
    34
    This game is just flat-out bad in most every way you can think of, and for a franchise with such promise and potential, that's a truly disheartening thing.
  7. RewiredMind
    30
    A rushed mess of a game that doesn't follow up on its promises.
  8. GamePro
    30
    With sloppy production values, insane load times, sub-par graphics and sound, and gameplay that irrevocably evolves into: grapple, counter, super, grapple, counter, super, this game isn't even worth the rental fee.
  9. Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    30
    What really makes this game a disaster is the presentation. The character models and environments look like they were made using "Fighter Maker," which is to say that one one with a fundamental familiarity with 3D modeling was hired to make this game. [Feb 2005, p.91]
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  10. Game Revolution
    25
    The collision detection issues become especially irritating when dealing with projectiles, since they’ll clearly appear to miss you, and yet you get smacked.
  11. G4 TV
    20
    Unfortunately, while hitting porn stars with weed whackers to the finely articulate tunes of the Insane Clown Posse might sound like a dream come true to some, the junior high-level execution of this game just brings down any possibility of a truly good wrestling title.

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User Score
3.8 out of 10

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. Maniak
    10
    The Gameplay, whether or not these MAINSTREME A$$Holes wanna say that its good or not, it IS better than the First one in more than one way.... for instance... Although MYW2 Doesnot Contain Madrox or Monoxide from Twiztid, it still holds tha Juggalo Fam, which is tha S#!T if you ask me, and being owner of a Record Label gets me to REALLY UNDERSTANDINGWhy the Mainstream Media Has to Lay Disses on ICP, On the Juggalo Fam And the Hatchet Family...... Thanks fo Listenin' and MUCH MUCH MUCH JUGGALO FAM LUV
    Maniak of Insanitarium Records    … Full Review »
  2. AdamJ.
    1
    This game is poor it is pitiful. it may be an improvement on the first one it is sorry. the graphics are sorry.my caw lips dont move sometimes while he is talking. i gave it a 1 cause the game maybe improved i never played part 1 but this game sucks. if u want to play a wrestling game that fights with weapons play wwe hardcore match or def jame ven fight for NY.… Full Review »
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