Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home

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  • Summary: Get ready for the most hardcore fighting experience on your console. Insane stunts, brutal weapons and a whole world of pain, Backyand Wrestling allows you to step into a groundbreaking new world of open-ended gameplay.
    Punish your opponent using instruments of pain like bricks, light    Get ready for the most hardcore fighting experience on your console. Insane stunts, brutal weapons and a whole world of pain, Backyand Wrestling allows you to step into a groundbreaking new world of open-ended gameplay.
    Punish your opponent using instruments of pain like bricks, light bulbs, tables as well as the environment itself.    … Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 15
  3. Negative: 6 out of 15
  1. Playboy
    75
    We finally fulfilled our dream of beating guest stars Insane Clown Posse with a baseball bat. [Oct 2003, p.37]
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  2. GameZone
    65
    Could have been one of those great alternatives to the WWE wrestling titles, but its many flaws are just too numerous to make this one any fun.
  3. IGN
    65
    Fans of the Backyard Wrestling line of DVDs, Insane Clown Posse junkies, and blood fiends should probably go nuts over it...[though it] isn't as fulfilling as it should be.
  4. Game Informer
    55
    Borderline unplayable due to terrible collision and sloppy mechanics. [Dec 2003, p.174]
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  5. Official Xbox Magazine
    50
    Body-slammed by slipshod control, uninspired storytelling, and AI that flips between hyper-brutality and empty-headed idiocy. [Dec 2003, p.106]
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  6. GameSpot
    48
    So unpolished that it's far more of a chore than a pleasure to play.
  7. Maxim Online
    20
    Sadly, the sloppy controls and graphics make the game about as fun as a blow to the brainpan with a spiked bat.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 3 out of 4
  1. GuyF.
    Oct 30, 2003
    10
    Wickid clownz neva die!
  2. JackBenimble
    Dec 1, 2003
    1
    THis game is terrible! If you want to play a wrestling game, try SMACKDOWN!
  4. PaladA.
    Nov 10, 2003
    0
    Wicked clowns never die, they live on in very crappy games like this. Anything ICP touches seems to turn to crap. Whoever gave them Wicked clowns never die, they live on in very crappy games like this. Anything ICP touches seems to turn to crap. Whoever gave them permission to make a game should be shot, and I feel sorry for the wrestlers they included in this game, they probably will never appear in a real wrestling title simply becouse of this. Poor sabu, went from tag teaming with RVD to being a side charecter in a third rate pure crap title like backyard wrestling dont try this at home. A word of advice to anyone who wishes to get a good game, stay far away from this one. … Expand
  5. [Anonymous]
    Jan 9, 2005
    0
    One of the sorryest games I have ever had the dishoner of playing. The good thing is that I only rented it and Just like Jack Benimble said One of the sorryest games I have ever had the dishoner of playing. The good thing is that I only rented it and Just like Jack Benimble said "If you want to play a wrestling game, try SMACKDOWN"… Expand