Summary
Backyard Wrestling is a fighting game developed by Paradox Development, and published by Eidos Interactive in 2003 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
| Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home | |
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| Developer(s) | Paradox Development |
| Publisher(s) | Eidos Interactive |
| Designer(s) | Kevin Gill |
| Series | Backyard Wrestling |
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| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Gameplay edit
The goal of backyard wrestling is largely to use the environment to defeat an opponent. The gameplay could be better described as a cross between classic pro wrestling video games and 3D platform fighting like Power Stone.
Aside from the standard backyard locations, Backyard Wrestling's arenas include a truck stop, a slaughterhouse, an outdoor parking lot, a talk show set and a strip club. Each environment is littered with barbed wire-laden bats, fluorescent light bulbs, breakable tables, steel chairs and other objects players may use to injure their opponents.
The game has a "Story" like mode, entitled "Talk Show Mode" circling around a show called "Today's Topic", which resembles The Jerry Springer Show. The talk show host, a nameless character that resembles Kevin Gill, one of the game's creators, interviews different victims and personalities of backyard wrestling. After the interview, the character is placed where the victim is and will fight three other backyard wrestlers. They will face three opponents with one health bar.
Roster edit
- Violent J
- Shaggy 2 Dope
- Mad Man Pondo
- The Rudeboy
- Josh Prohibition
- M-Dogg 20
- JCW's Evil Dead
- Jamie Madrox
- Monoxide Child
- Sabu
- Tom Dub
- Masked Horn Dog
- El Drunko
- El Chicharron
- Karnage
- Gupta
- Masked Mike Jackson
- Sonny D. Chopper
- Atrocity XXX
- Commissioner
- Dameon Redd
- Da Bone Doctor
- Josh Asbill
- Tylene Buck
- Kitana Baker
- Sally
- Jezebel
- Rosie
- Adrianne Pain
- Hernia
Reception edit
| Aggregator | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| PS2 | Xbox | |
| Metacritic | 51/100[1] | 50/100[2] |
| Publication | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| PS2 | Xbox | |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 5.67/10[3] | 5.67/10[3] |
| Game Informer | 5.5/10[4] | 5.5/10[5] |
| GamePro |    [6] | N/A |
| GameSpot | 4.7/10[7] | 4.8/10[8] |
| GameSpy | [9] | [10] |
| GameZone | 7/10[11] | 6.5/10[12] |
| IGN | 6.5/10[13] | 6.5/10[13] |
| Jeuxvideo.com | 8/20[14] | N/A |
| Play | D+[15] | D+[15] |
| TeamXbox | N/A | 6.4/10[16] |
| Maxim | 2/10[17] | 2/10[17] |
| Playboy | 75%[18] | 75%[18] |
Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home received "mixed or average" reviews on both platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[1][2] In Japan, Famitsu gave the PlayStation 2 version a score of 27 out of 40.[19]
Sequel edit
A sequel to the game, titled Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood, was released in 2004 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
References edit
- ^ a b "Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on May 1, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
- ^ a b "Background Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on December 14, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
- ^ a b EGM staff (December 2003). "Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 173. p. 194.
- ^ Leeper, Justin (December 2003). "Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home (PS2)". Game Informer. No. 128. p. 148. Archived from the original on November 18, 2005. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
- ^ "Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home (Xbox)". Game Informer. No. 128. December 2003. p. 174.
- ^ The D-Pad Destroyer (October 7, 2003). "Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home Review for PS2 on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
- ^ Navarro, Alex (October 9, 2003). "Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home Review (PS2)". GameSpot. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
- ^ Navarro, Alex (October 15, 2003). "Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home Review (Xbox)". GameSpot. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
- ^ Freeman, Matthew (November 6, 2003). "GameSpy: Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This At Home (PS2)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
- ^ Freeman, Matthew (November 6, 2003). "GameSpy: Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home (Xbox)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
- ^ Aceinet (October 19, 2003). "Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This At Home - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on December 30, 2008. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
- ^ Zacarias, Eduardo (November 20, 2003). "Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This At Home - XB - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 1, 2008. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
- ^ a b Dunham, Jeremy (October 8, 2003). "Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home". IGN. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
- ^ "Test: BYW: Don't Try This at Home". Jeuxvideo.com. December 4, 2003. Archived from the original on July 29, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
- ^ a b "Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home". Play (UK magazine): 100. December 2003. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
- ^ Fisher, Matthew (November 30, 2003). "Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home Review (Xbox)". TeamXbox. Archived from the original on April 22, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
- ^ a b Porter, Alex (October 8, 2003). "Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home". Maxim. Archived from the original on December 16, 2003. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
- ^ a b "Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home". Playboy: 37. October 2003.
- ^ "Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home (PS2)". Famitsu. Vol. 801. April 23, 2004.
Further reading edit
- Archived game preview, from the April 2003 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly
External links edit
- Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home at MobyGames