There's no excuse for a half baked, beta test like this to be released on the market.
Anchor should be ashamed of themselves and Microsoft should be downright embarrassed.
It's things like this that validate all the Xbox bashing that's been going on. The charges of it being an eye candy machine and nothing more stand true on games like this.

Let me say here and now that Smackdown 3 still stands well unchallenged as the best wrestling game of the newer generation thus far. I think GC's Wrestlemania game has great potential.

This had outstanding potential and I was well pleased when this got delayed by four months. Why? Because I thought a lot of extra work was going into it. Now I shudder in fear to think of what this would have been like had it been released on its original December date.

The Pros: Gorgeous looking and sounding, like any Xbox game.
Cons: Gameplay mechanics are slow and cumbersome at times. Player model and movements are downright bewildering.
Near zero options and replay value. You can't even go for the tag titles! No story mode! No steel cage, no Royal Rumble...no nothing!
The roster is filled mostly with jokes. 35 wrestlers sounds impressive until you realize it's filled mostly with names like K-kwik and Haku!! There's no excuse for not having the updated, post-Invasion roster ready to go.
I am angry enough about this that I am starting to make plans to unload my Xbox. I have one game for it: Halo. I don't see anything coming anytime soon that looks promising. Everything else has been empty eye candy.
This is a crime and they should pull it off the shelves and issue an apology. They should also rework, top to bottom and in about six months give us the finished product.
Smackdown 3 looks like a masterpiece next to this. I am ashamed to own an Xbox as of now.
There's no excuse for a half baked, beta test like this to be released on the market. Anchor should be ashamed of themselves and Microsoft should be downright embarrassed. It's things like this that validate all the Xbox bashing that's been going on. The charges of it being an eye candy machine and nothing more stand true on games like this. Let me say here and now that Smackdown 3 still stands well unchallenged as the best wrestling game of the newer generation thus far. I think GC's Wrestlemania game has great potential. This had outstanding potential and I was well pleased when this got delayed by four months. Why? Because I thought a lot of extra work was going into it. Now I shudder in fear to think of what this would have been like had it been released on its original December date. The Pros: Gorgeous looking and sounding, like any Xbox game. Cons: Gameplay mechanics are slow and cumbersome at times. Player model and movements are downright bewildering. Near zero options and replay value. You can't even go for the tag titles! No story mode! No steel cage, no Royal Rumble... no nothing! The roster is filled mostly with jokes. 35 wrestlers sounds impressive until you realize it's filled mostly with names like K-kwik and Haku!! There's no excuse for not having the updated, post-Invasion roster ready to go. I am angry enough about this that I am starting to make plans to unload my Xbox. I have one game for it: Halo. I don't see anything coming anytime soon that looks promising. Everything else has been empty eye candy. This is a crime and they should pull it off the shelves and issue an apology. They should also rework, top to bottom and in about six months give us the finished product. Smackdown 3 looks like a masterpiece next to this. I am ashamed to own an Xbox as of now.