WWE Raw
WWF Raw is a professional wrestling video game released on the Xbox and Microsoft Windows by THQ in 2002. It is based on the television series of the same name. It was the first WWF game released on the Xbox and also the last WWF game released on PC until the release of WWE 2K15 12 years later in 2014.
WWE Raw
- Date
- 2002
- Publisher
- THQ
- Genre
- professional wrestling video game
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It is also the last game released under the WWF name as the World Wrestling Federation changed its name to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in May of that year following a lawsuit.
Key facts
Key facts
• Title — WWF Raw • Developer — Anchor Inc. • Publisher — Kadokawa Shoten • Director — Hiroshi Inukai • Designer — Kentaro Arai • Composer — Takayuki Nakamura • Released — * Xbox • Microsoft Windows • Genre — Sports • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — * Xbox • Microsoft Windows
Gameplay
Gameplay
The game offers the players a wrestling experience with various matches like singles match, tag team match, triple threat, fatal four-way, battle royal and handicap matches. The players can also play various tournaments such as King of the Ring and several title tournaments. They can create their own character as well as their attire, move set and entrance. The game has a weak/strong grapple system and there are two types of grapples: one which is done with normal opponents and other with groggy opponents. The normal grapples do little harm when compared to grapples done when the opponent is stunned. There is a voltage meter which shows the momentum of the wrestlers. Special move, high flying attacks and taunting boost momentum while repeated attacks cost loss in momentum. Finishers can only be applied when the opponent is stunned and the voltage meter is flashing. Excessive use of finisher also cause loss in momentum.
Development
Development
During development, the game was originally called WWF Raw is War, but the title was changed after the WWF shortened the television show's title in October 2001 due to the end of Monday Night War. In Japan, a limited edition was released with a shirt and a figure of The Undertaker or "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan (who does not appear in the game).
Release
Release
The game was released in North America on February 11, 2002, and in Europe on September 27, 2002. The packaging of the latter renamed the title to WWE Raw, although the game retained all WWF branding. The game was published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten in October 2002, and released in a standard edition containing just the game, and a limited edition containing a The Rock T-shirt and one of four action figures from the Jakks Pacific range.
Sequel
Sequel
A sequel to the game, titled WWE Raw 2, was released in 2003 on the Xbox.
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Reception
The game received "mixed or average reviews" on both platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave the Xbox version an unfavorably low score of 10 out of 40. In its first week, the game sold the most units ever for a third-party Xbox game, second only to Halo.
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- 1.WWF Raw Updated Preview. GameSpot.
- 2.Villoria, Gerald. WWF Raw is War Updated Preview. GameSpot. August 23, 2001.
- 3.Gamebox_ukv on Instagram: "🇯🇵 2 x Japan Limited Edition Boxsets - WWE RAW Both New & Sealed but with different figures. Both include- ➡️WWE RAW Sealed Game…". Instagram.
- 4.WWE RAW. www.amazon.co.jp.
- 5.Marriott, Scott Alan. WWF Raw (Xbox) - Review. AllGame.
- 6.EGM staff. WWF Raw (Xbox). Electronic Gaming Monthly. 145. April 2002.
- 7.Leeper, Justin. WWF Raw (Xbox). Game Informer. 107. 84. March 2002.
- 8.The D-Pad Destroyer. WWF Raw Review for Xbox on GamePro.com. GamePro. February 26, 2002.
- 9.Nash, Joe. WWF Raw Review (Xbox; score mislabeled as "D−"). Game Revolution. March 2002.
- 10.Varanini, Giancarlo. WWE Raw Review (PC). GameSpot. November 20, 2002.
- 11.Villoria, Gerald. WWF Raw Review (Xbox). GameSpot. February 11, 2002.
- 12.Bub, Andrew S. WWF Raw (Xbox). GameSpy. March 7, 2002.
- 13.Lafferty, Michael. WWE Raw - PC - Review. GameZone. November 19, 2002.
- 14.Lafferty, Michael. WWF Raw Review - Xbox. GameZone. February 25, 2002.
- 15.Boulding, Aaron. WWF Raw (Xbox). IGN. February 8, 2002.
- 16.WWF Raw. Official Xbox Magazine. 76. April 2002.
- 17.Morris, Dan. WWE Raw. PC Gamer. 75. February 2003.
- 18.WWE Raw for PC Reviews. Metacritic.
- 19.WWF Raw for Xbox Reviews. Metacritic.
- 20.Xbox - WWE RAW. Famitsu. 915. 107. June 30, 2006.
- 21.THQ Tops Retail Sales Charts With Both Xbox and Game Boy Advance Titles. Jakks Pacific. February 27, 2002.
- 22.pWw--Everything Wrestling. Raw is War. March 25, 2002.
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