| 词条 | WCW vs. the World |
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| title = WCW vs. the World | image = WCW vs. the World.jpg | developer = Asmik Ace Entertainment The Man Breeze | publisher = THQ | director = | producer = | designer = | programmer = | artist = | writer = | composer = | engine = | series = Virtual Pro Wrestling | platforms = PlayStation | released = {{vgrelease|JP|September 13, 1996|NA|February 28, 1997|EU|December 1997}} | genre = Fighting | modes = Single-player, multiplayer }} WCW vs. the World is a professional wrestling video game for the PlayStation video game console. It was the first game developed by The Man Breeze to be released outside Japan, and is an American localization of their Japanese game Virtual Pro Wrestling, the first game in the Virtual Pro Wrestling series. WCW vs. the World marks the first World Championship Wrestling video game released during its rise amidst the Monday Night Wars. GameplayWCW vs. the World features various modes including League Challenge, Best of Seven, Exhibition, Elimination, Tournament, League, and Double Title. Such modes are predominantly characteristic of Japanese pro wrestling as opposed to American customs. The game includes many other establishing features that would carry on and improve in future AKI wrestling games. A "spirit meter" replaces the traditional but more linear energy bar to better suit the momentum of a wrestling match. However, it also features modes surrounding the winning, defense, and even creation of championship belts which would be entirely absent from the game's immediate successor, World Tour. The latter, however, would achieve far greater popularity thanks to its introduction of the intuitive "grappling system" not yet developed in WCW vs. the World. RosterThe game features 51 wrestlers. In addition to its WCW/nWo roster, in keeping with the game's title, WCW vs. the World also has several "fictional" foreign wrestlers. These performers are actually renamed counterparts of real-life Japanese wrestlers that could not be properly represented in the game's American version due to copyright restrictions. This practice of altering Japanese performers for American games would carry on through two more AKI games for the Nintendo 64. Reception{{VG reviews| EGM = 7.75/10[1] | GSpot = 6.3/10[2] | IGN = 6.0/10[3] | NGen = {{rating|2|5}}[3] }} The game garnered generally positive reviews, with the majority of praise aimed at its broad selection of gaming modes[2][3][3][8] and wrestlers.[1][2][3][3][8] Most critics commented on the cleanness of the polygon graphics,[1][2][3][8] though some remarked that the textures are bland and minimal.[3][3] Kraig Kujawa and Dean Hager of Electronic Gaming Monthly said WCW Vs. the World was "probably" the best 32-bit wrestling game to date, but further qualified that statement by noting that there weren't many such games out.[1] Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot noted, "There are some problems with the play, and the sound is a bit lackluster, but the sheer number of characters and options make up for the deficiencies."[2] A Next Generation reviewer instead contended that they "[don't] really amount compared to the game's numerous shortcomings." He found particular fault with the way the game treated wrestling as a serious sport, as compared to how The Arcade Game tapped into the drama and fantasy appeal of wrestling.[3] Johnny Ballgame of GamePro instead judged the use of real wrestling holds and the authentic recreation of the looks and personalities of real wrestlers to be the best points of the game, and gave it a strong recommendation.[4] IGN staff claimed, "The control is a little off [...] but the sheer amount of options should keep most wrestling fans happy."[5] In a 2008 retrospective on the history of wrestling video games, IGN's Rus McLaughlin lamented, "WCW vs. the World took a strong step towards 3D gaming on the PlayStation without putting a solid game behind it."[6] See also{{Portal|Professional wrestling|Video games}}
References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite magazine|title=Team EGM Sports: WCW Vs. the World |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly|issue=93|publisher=Ziff Davis|date=April 1997 |page=114}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|first=Jeff|last=Gerstmann|authorlink=Jeff Gerstmann |title=WCW vs. the World Review|url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps/sports/wcwvstheworld/review.html|website=GameSpot |accessdate=2 March 2011|date=February 25, 1997}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite magazine|title=WCW Vs. the World |magazine=Next Generation|issue=30|publisher=Imagine Media |date=June 1997|page=120}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite magazine|title=PlayStation ProReview: WCW vs. the World|magazine=GamePro|issue=104 |publisher=IDG|date=May 1997|page=82}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 IGN Staff WCW vs. the World Review IGN (October 7, 1997). Retrieved on 2-03-11. 6. ^McLaughlin, Rus IGN Presents the History of Wrestling Games IGN (November 12, 2008). Retrieved on 2-03-11. External links
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