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ECW: Anarchy Rulz

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Rated: Teen
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
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Extreme Championship Wrestling is to other professional wrestling outfits what gangster rap is to mainstream rap: a much more hard-core permutation. Whereas the WWF and WCW are more like soap operas, ECW features in-your-face, high-impact maneuvers and, shall we say, more aggressive language.

Acclaim made an equity investment in the wrestling series, and Anarchy Rulz, their second PlayStation title in the Extreme series, is fully loaded with plenty of features and gameplay modes. Plus, you'll have 34 wrestlers that you can select from, including Tommy Dreamer and Super Crazy (note the easy-to-remember names!). Of course, knowledge of the franchise helps immensely.

ECW includes a Create-a-Wrestler option that lets the would-be manager have fun with creating fighters. You can even put together your own four-person wrestling posse, complete with theme songs, personality clashes, and a logo for your group. Anarchy Rulz also comes with the typical wrestling game modes: exhibition, career, and tournament.

In terms of the action in the ring, this is where Anarchy Rulz shows its true colors. The camera's flutter and movement is very irritating, and the gameplay seems an exact replica of Acclaim's previous WWF titles. The wrestling action relies too much on grappling and not enough on the over-the-top action that the ECW is famous for. There are very few throws and no high-risk leaps or takedowns.

Crazed ECW fanatics or wrestling lovers should enjoy this game, while all others might want to pass. --Todd Mowatt

Pros:

  • Tons of features
  • Gorgeous graphics and great environmental sound effects
  • Create-a-wrestler feature offers many hours of enjoyment for wrestling fans Cons:
    • Not enough of ECW's over-the-top action
    • Poor wrestler AI
    • Camera flutter and bad camera angles

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3.8 out of 5 stars
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Mick Sadah
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome game
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2014
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This is a really fun game. The controls got easier, and the roster is more up to date, plus newer features and it's more challenging
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Terri A.
3.0 out of 5 stars I love Extreme Championship Wrestling, but...
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2000
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Acclaim really has got to develop a new wrestling game engine already. Anarchy Rulz is nothing more than an updated version of the Hardcore Revolution game, which was a re-hash of WWF Attitude (1999) and WWF Warzone (1998). It has an updated roster, a few more modes, and seems easier to control than Hardcore Revolution, but that is about it.
Acclaim used to make decent wrestling games, but sadly there just doesn't seem to be much that is new anymore. Four games with the same wacky wrestling engine? Sure you can change the roster, and the controls, but that doesn't make it good. If I were a betting man, I'd bet that the next ECW game will look exactly like this one with a few new faces. Lord knows they re-hashed the same game engines over and over when they had the WWF license. Come on Acclaim, make something more original. ECW deserves it. And while you're at it, cough up a little money and try to get the real themes of all the wrestlers into the games. The generic songs in Anarchy Rulz (and Hardcore Heaven) sound like someone spent an hour making them all on a Casio.
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D. Weber
1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing but a Headache
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2004
That's precisely what this title was for me---literally---and I honestly and sincerely believe that it will be for other fans of Acclaim's line of wrestling games for the Sony PlayStation as well, mostly because of various elements in its gameplay. Whereas the gameplay found in three other PSX wrestling titles by Acclaim---namely, WWF Warzone, WWF Attitude, and ECW Hardcore Revolution---seemed complex at first with its multi-button commands for each move in a given athlete's arsenal, most players eventually got the hang of it after a few matches, which made it that much easier for them to win with preexisting grapplers. Creating their own characters with the games' Create-A-Wrestler feature also became a more enjoyable experience because of this system. Instead of keeping such a set-up, however, the company's development team tried to facilitate matters in Anarchy Rulz by simplifying the controls for certain moves to only one or two buttons apiece. Unfortunately, this complicated matters instead, as certain maneuvers only become available when a player's wrestler stands in front of a dizzied opponent or has two or three stripes in the little box besides his/her name that indicates his/her advantage in a tie-up. Likewise, reversing particular moves (e.g., a hip toss, a hammerlock, an Irish whip, or a hurricanrana) is still pretty tough to pull off---for human-controlled competitors, that is. CPU-operated wrestlers, on the other hand have a jolly time reversing such moves whenever they have the opportunity, regardless of the game's initial difficulty setting. This makes it all the more frustrating for beginners. Of course, how about trying to trap another wrestler within the turnbuckle? Though it was a breeze in HR and Attitude---and even in Warzone---trying to do the same in AR is almost impossible, as the other athlete flops out of the corner almost every single time. This consequently renders corner moves highly impractical for both preexisting and customized grapplers.
In examining the other features available in AR, I will admit that I did enjoy the inclusion of those ECW personalities that didn't appear before in Hardcore Revolution and hence made their debut in this game, from the legendary "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes to the lovable yet laughable "loser" named Mikey Whipwreck. I also liked the various "jobbers" that players can unlock---even the foul-mouthed Trainer, who (for some reason I as yet cannot ascertain) is now a heel (bad-guy wrestler) after being a babyface (good-guy wrestler) for three games straight since Warzone. The opportunity to create one's own stable (four-member team) is also pretty fun, but considering that it takes a whole block of memory to save a single custom-made stable, players will ask, "Why bother?" The same goes for the new types of matches that one can participate in---Dumpster, Table, Backlot Brawl, and Brimstone. Sure, they're all very innovative and quite fun to watch, but the aforementioned flaws in control take much of that fun away. Even the Create-a-Wrestler feature---a staple in this line of games from Warzone on---leaves much to be desired, for though players have far more options available to them in selecting the outfit, entrance music, voice, moves, and so forth for each character they make, the nature of AR's gameplay again messes things up by compromising the nature of the moves in use. For example, in the instance that a given CAW uses both a Torture Rack and a Beast Choker, that character can only use one of these two submission holds upon pressing the punch button when grasping an opponent from behind, which varies with the degree of tie-up advantage (s)he has at the moment and accordingly makes the selection of created characters' maneuvers rather useless. This especially holds true for players who might not know what some of the moves are supposed to be in the first place based on their names alone. Speaking of submission holds, I would like to bring up the fact that almost EVERY hold in Anarchy Rulz is now meant to force opponents to "tap out"---even such holds as the Side Headlock, the Leg Grapevine, and the run-of-the-mill Full Nelson.
Sorry to say, but only the most "hardcore" enthusiast (if you'll pardon the bad pun) of Extreme Championship Wrestling would want to purchase Acclaim's ECW Anarchy Rulz, and then only for its nostalgia value. Not only is its gameplay a chore to become accustomed to (as mentioned above), but with its ugly graphics and mediocre sound quality, Joel Gertner's obnoxiously self-serving "color" commentary, and an inappropriately large amount of bloodshed for ANY game with a rating of "T for Teen," this title is not one worth playing. My advice for PSX owners and ECW fans alike is simple: Save your money on both Aspirin and video games by sticking with Hardcore Revolution.
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Michael Lui
4.0 out of 5 stars ecw
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2014
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Got this to compare it to WWF attitude, Is so much better then attitude, tried it upon arrival worked good.
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Duane Holmes
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2014
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Great wrestling classic. Worked perfectly.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent ecw
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2002
A great game and had me entertained for hours. This was even without looking at the career mode. The game has been good although i cant find any caws for this game. Excellent Brimstone matchs+Tables. The best weapons and well unlimited tables, need i say more. The moves are even better than attitude with not as good entrances or clothes but much more good wrestlers and imitations... There we go and best yet barbed wire and lots of blood. The crowd rule and rule the match its got a lot of things that Smackdown 2 hasnt but a lot less but hey unlimited tables with crowd + n e move through them = good game!!!!!
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Emmanuel Spears
5.0 out of 5 stars Ya Gotta Love Rvd, Da Whole Fn Show
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2001
When ya get tha game, and that intro screen appears, you'll be amazed at how better it is than hardcore revolution, even though hardcore revolution is still my favortie game, but anyway, you'll love the heat from this games moxxy, so get da game, it's much better than Twisted Metal 1 and 2
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mike
3.0 out of 5 stars real review
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2000
Im gonna tell the truth this game is not good but its not bad but the best wrestling game by acclaim thebest match is the deathmatch. e-mail DA__DON@webtv.net to here more.
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Nick Cuozzo
5.0 out of 5 stars It’s one of my all time favourite wrestling games
Reviewed in Canada on February 15, 2023
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I’m beyond satisfied with how it works, and the nostalgia came right back to me, as soon as I started up the game! Thank you so much!!
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jay
3.0 out of 5 stars AMERICAN ANARCHY!
Reviewed in Canada on March 8, 2021
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Love this game from ECW in 2000, 3 thumbs up!
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