WWF Raw (also known as WWE Raw or WWF Raw is War, depending on version) is a video game released on the Microsoft Xbox and Microsoft Windows by THQ in 2002. It is based on the television series of the same name. It was the first WWE game released on the Xbox and also the last WWE game released on PC until the release of WWE 2K15 thirteen years later in 2015. A sequel was released in 2003. It is also the last game released under the WWF name, as the World Wrestling Federation changed its name to "World Wrestling Entertainment" in May of that year.
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My friend Phil was my go-to guy for wrestling. We watched PPV's at his house, created entrances set to Offspring's "Americana," and took chunks out of each other wrestling in our respective living rooms.
Phil was the first person I knew who got an Xbox, and so the hype around a wrestling game on this super advanced console was high. It's funny how right away we could see how awful this was. Despite being a generation ahead of the PS1's SMACKDOWN franchise, Xbox's RAW felt absolutely inferior. Limited game modes, awful looking character models, and abysmal controls.
It's kinda fitting though. RAW was released at a time when WWE was going through some putrid creative directions. The Era, like this game, was ugly and creatively bankrupt. I ended up bailing on my wrestling Fandom for a few years around this point.
Haven't talked to Phil in awhile. Wonder if he still likes wrestling.
Phil was the first person I knew who got an Xbox, and so the hype around a wrestling game on this super advanced console was high. It's funny how right away we could see how awful this was. Despite being a generation ahead of the PS1's SMACKDOWN franchise, Xbox's RAW felt absolutely inferior. Limited game modes, awful looking character models, and abysmal controls.
It's kinda fitting though. RAW was released at a time when WWE was going through some putrid creative directions. The Era, like this game, was ugly and creatively bankrupt. I ended up bailing on my wrestling Fandom for a few years around this point.
Haven't talked to Phil in awhile. Wonder if he still likes wrestling.
When I was a kid, this game and St. Anger taught me the meaning of disappointment
Thought this was pretty bad more than a decade ago and I dislike it even more now.
The only positive here is the cover art.
The gameplay is bad, controls are pretty bad, roster is outdated even for the time this came out and match types are incredibly limited.
The only positive here is the cover art.
The gameplay is bad, controls are pretty bad, roster is outdated even for the time this came out and match types are incredibly limited.