Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood
Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood
Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood, deuxième volet de la série, est sorti le 16 novembre 2004 sur Xbox et PlayStation 2. Développé par Midway Studios Los Angeles et édité par Eidos Interactive, ce titre mêlant sport et combat propose une bande-son sous licence incluant notamment Andrew W.K., Insane Clown Posse, Mudvayne et Hoobastank. Malgré la promesse d'une expérience de jeu améliorée, le jeu a été un échec critique à sa sortie, tout en écoulant près de 300 000 exemplaires d'ici 2005. La presse finlandaise Pelit a relevé de sérieux problèmes d'intelligence artificielle liée aux armes et de détection des collisions, tout en jugeant les arènes et le système de déplacement étonnamment bons, tandis que le magazine Weekly Famitsu lui a attribué des notes de 6, 7, 7 et 6. Certains joueurs sur Metacritic ont affirmé s'être amusés sans maîtriser les commandes, appréciant notamment l'idée de combattre près d'une piscine, et ont qualifié le titre de bon jeu de catch au sein de la franchise.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« 6 / 7 / 7 / 6 [Vol. 852] »
« There Goes the Neighborhood has serious weapon-related AI and collision detection problems. The arenas and the movement system are surprisingly good. [Jan. 05] »
« Takes advantage of the new lease on life by endangering the lives of its onscreen combatants in much better fashion than before. [Feb 2005, p.84] »
« Movement feels floaty, hit detection and collision issues are everywhere, and enemy AI is painfully stupid. [Jan 2005, p.118] »
« Three times superior to its predecessor. Though still well shy of very good. [Feb 2005, p.100] »
« But in its current form and with so many other better wrestling titles out there, it's mediocrity is the only thing that's exceptional about it. »
« The all-important create-a-wrestler is rather lackluster - which, sadly, also best describes the game as a whole. [Jan 2005, p.73] »
« If you are looking for a wrestling game that isn’t WWE, I’d advise you to check out Legends of Wrestling before you come to this backyard. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Although I had no clue how to do anything, I still had a good time! Plus who wouldn’t want to wrestle by the pool? »
« Backyard Wrestling 2 There Goes the Neighborhood is a great wrestling game of this franchise. Unlike the previous game, Backyard Wrestling Don't Try This At Home. This second installment has actually improved overwhelmingly and so is the music. The sequel got proper character customization where you can finally create a character by customizing hair, skin, face, size height, and clothing including accessories from the shop instead of finding a character model and reskinning it. The controls in the game improved and were almost very easy to use I favorite the weapon grapples, environmental moves, and super specials and of course, arenas may not have a ring but most of the arenas are absolutely unique in their own ways. The Career mode of the story is just winning the game. All you have to do is win the $1,000,000 prize and become BYW World champion by getting 3 little belts that are Eastern, Western, and Northern champions. Career mode has repetitive tasks which make it a little more stressful rather than enjoyable. And even the roster is kind of big. Each and every single character only focuses on getting the million-dollar prize and the Insane Clown Posse in the game gave me death threats to my character every time I won a title belt and showed upcoming characters that are only in the carnival rather than other venues which sounds like uyou just show death threats of jealousy then wait for a little longer to beat all 3 bosses in the final. In conclusion, I am going to give 9 stars for this game. It may be not perfect for Def Jam Fight For NY but it's still a great game to play. If you want to try something new and underrated then play this game that brings in the Neighborhood. »
« I like this game even though the controls are rough I had a lot of fun playing with a friend. This game manages to be much cooler and more violent than WWE both in game and on TV (real life) »
« Holy **** This game is **** radical. It is seriously the dopest game I have ever played. Hands down. Like damn, son. Immediately buy this game. Seriously. Stop reading this review and buy the game, you **** nerd. »
