User Rating: 6.9 | WWE WrestleMania XIX GC
Compared to last year's WM X8, XIX is fantastic. The problems with the games physics have been cleaned up (though not completely removed) enough to make the game playable without being overly annoying. The game seems much more fun and had me playing through the Exhibition mode time and time again. My problem comes with the Revenge mode which is XIX's story mode. At first, I thought the idea of beating up security guards to make sure WM XIX didn't go down sounded like fun, but having played it, I can only say that what little annoying factors the publishers were able to take out of the core gameplay, were put squarely into the Revenge mode. Performing the same action over and over again is not my idea of fun. Trying to throw some security guard off of a platform while another punches me in the back gameplay, coupled with a bad camera system, and unclear paths to finish goals are just a few of the reasons that Revenge sucks. If I had more control, or a more dynamic system, then we might be in business. And while I'm at it, aren't security guards or construction workers just supposed to be regular people? Then why does it take so much to put one away. An average joe rent-a-cop took a Screwdriver and still got up like it was nothing. To sum, rent it first. If you've got a constant buddy to go one on one with in Exhibition mode, then you might like it enough to buy it, but for me, this game just doesn't offer enough reasons to keep it long term.
