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Backyard Wrestling allows you to step out of the the staleness of the wrestling genre, and into a groundbreaking new world of open ended gameplay. Punish your opponent in highly interactive sprawling environments implementing instruments of pain like thumbtacks, barbed wire, light bulbs, stop signs, baseball bats, tables, fireĀ
as well as the environment itself. Prepare yourself to endure inhuman amounts of pain, and take incredible risks, as you leap from breathtaking heights to beat your opponent, and be crowned "The King Of Hardcore". [Eidos Interactive]
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Eidos Interactive
Sports, Wrestling
Players: 2
M (Mature)
Developer: Paradox Development
Released October 7, 2003
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Critic Reviews
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Playboy
We finally fulfilled our dream of beating guest stars Insane Clown Posse with a baseball bat. [Oct 2003, p.37]
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| 65 |
IGN
Fans of the Backyard Wrestling line of DVDs, Insane Clown Posse junkies, and blood fiends should probably go nuts over it...[though it] isn't as fulfilling as it should be.
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| 65 |
GameZone
Could have been one of those great alternatives to the WWE wrestling titles, but its many flaws are just too numerous to make this one any fun.
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| 64 |
Team Xbox
What could have been a very unique and innovative title failed in several key areas. With a very clunky wrestling/fighting engine that will leave the player frustrated, and more than lackluster visuals, Backyard Wrestling needs plenty of touch-ups.
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| 60 |
Cheat Code Central
Attempts to span the chasm between wrestling and fighting but it should have taken it further to the fighting side since that's the direction it heads in.
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| 60 |
XboxAddict
I suggest totally revamping the wrestling engine to make the game play more like a wrestling game and less like "Final Fight."
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| 57 |
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Don't count on using this stuff the way it was intended, though. Unlike the routines real wrestlers choreograph, these matches are absolute button-mashing chaos. [Dec 2003, p.194]
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| 55 |
Game Informer
Borderline unplayable due to terrible collision and sloppy mechanics. [Dec 2003, p.174]
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| 50 |
Official Xbox Magazine
Body-slammed by slipshod control, uninspired storytelling, and AI that flips between hyper-brutality and empty-headed idiocy. [Dec 2003, p.106]
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| 48 |
GameSpot
So unpolished that it's far more of a chore than a pleasure to play.
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| 40 |
TotalGames.net
Limited, repetitive and tediously gratuitous.
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| 33 |
Play Magazine
There are many reasons to be appalled by this game, but it all starts with a poorly designed game engine that's spazzy to the point of near unplayability. [Dec 2003, p.100]
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| 30 |
GameSpy
Compared to most wrestling games, the movesets here have been whittled down to almost nothing. The basic attacks are almost all simple strikes that quickly become half-hearted combinations (punch, punch ... kick!) for button mashers.
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Maxim Online
Sadly, the sloppy controls and graphics make the game about as fun as a blow to the brainpan with a spiked bat.
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Xbox Nation Magazine
This one comes straight from the backyard. It should return there, preferably buried deep by the family dog. [Dec/Jan 2004, p.95]
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