WWE RAW (video game)
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- For the TV show, see WWE RAW. For the game called WWF RAW released in 1994, see WWF RAW (video game).
Originally slated to be an Xbox launch game, numerous delays pushed back the game from November 2001 to February 2002. Due to a recent string of lawsuits directed towards the WWF blaming the company for youth injuries, the game's blood effects were removed. In earlier builds of the game, wrestlers would bleed realistically from different body locations, and drip blood on the mat, which would remain there and darken to a brown color as time passed.
The game itself was subjected to mixed reviews. Some players praised the game for its fantastic graphics which included such detail as tattoos and hair along with such features as attack a person during their entrance and stealing pieces of attire such as Kurt Angle's gold medal. However, a lot of players complained that the game lacked gameplay. Examples of this included confusing controls such as having the same button for pinning an opponent, taunting, climbing the turnbuckles and entering and exiting a ring. This proved to be such a hard task to pin near a corner as a consequence. Also, the game had missing features that were included in previous games such as those in the SmackDown! series but not this game such as backstage areas and a Season Mode.
Some pointed out that WWF RAW (video game) that was out almost a decade earlier was far more rich of options:
While on paper WWE RAW (video game) had multiplayer support, it was only on the same computer (i.e. no net support!) and 2 out of 4 players could only play with joysticks (which means it was a 1-2 players' game for most people).
Also, the battle royal mode wasn't really a battle royal. It was just the four way match mode with eliminations. WWF RAW (video game) had a full fledged royal rumble.
Last but not least, if a player controlled a tag team, they could only have played the active (tagged) wrestler, while in WWF RAW (video game) they could switch control with the click of a button. While choosing to control the unactive wrestler, they could rest outside (and interfere at will) while the computer took over the active wrestler.
The game was succeeded on the Xbox by WWE RAW 2 in 2003.
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