WWE WrestleMania 21

 Xbox
  • Publisher: THQ
  • Release Date: Apr 20, 2005
User Score
6.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 50 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 50
  3. Negative: 14 out of 50
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  1. AB
    Apr 26, 2005
    3
    The best thing about WrestleMania 21 is Stacey Keibler, but even she can't hide its numerous flaws. It would be a waste of time to explain why, but it's just not a good game.
  2. TheDude
    Apr 29, 2005
    1
    I recently rented this game and I now wonder whether Studio Gigante and THQ even bothered with testing and quality assurance. There is potential in this game for future releases, but how this game made it to retail shelves is beyond me. Collision detection is awful, AI is brutally dumb, the create-a-wrestler feature is mind-numbing, and the gameplay is slow and full of bugs and defects. I I recently rented this game and I now wonder whether Studio Gigante and THQ even bothered with testing and quality assurance. There is potential in this game for future releases, but how this game made it to retail shelves is beyond me. Collision detection is awful, AI is brutally dumb, the create-a-wrestler feature is mind-numbing, and the gameplay is slow and full of bugs and defects. I haven't been able to get Live working even with the patch from THQ. My recommendation: rent it, check out the glitzy graphics, return it the next day and demand a refund or a new rental because this game is broken - do not buy!!!!… Expand
  3. Torch911
    May 3, 2005
    0
    An XBox game that locks up audio on loads?!?! As for the CAW, it's so in depth the only TWO moves you can get to jump off the turnbuckle are Axe Handle and Missile Dropkick. This game is inferior to the Smackdown's from the PS1!
  4. RichardS.
    Dec 16, 2005
    2
    I have no interest in wrestling at all, but a friend lent me the game. Basically it's totally unplayable - nothing seems to happen whatever buttons you press. Truly dreadful.
  5. JaceN.
    Dec 7, 2005
    3
    Why-o-why did I trade in Raw 2 with all my painstakingly created superstars...for this? To think, all THQ had to do was update the roster, add a few new modes, more Create A Superstar material and they had Raw 3 set to stun everyone...twice...but no...proof that when it aint broke...you should redesign everything for redesignings sake!
  6. PeterD.
    Apr 23, 2005
    4
    This game is full of bugs,.!!! the loading is way too long and the play action is too slow in if you compare with previous smackdown (especially bring the pain,.. wich is the best ever if u ask me)... i wish i could get a refund.
  7. BlueFalcon
    May 24, 2005
    1
    I was a bit surprised at just how poor this one was. It's basically unfinished. It looks decent during the wrestler entrances, but not during gamplay. There's all kinds of unfinished animation and weird interactions during gameplay. Gameplay doesn't get much less fun than this. Raw is way better, and it's not all that exceptional itself.
  8. XboxRules
    May 5, 2005
    0
    This is the crappiest game I have played this generation.
  9. JasonC.
    Apr 26, 2005
    0
    This game should have never been released. It has glimpses of what would make a really cool game, however the game is not finished. I paid 50 U.S. dollars for an unfinished game? come on! I have never played a game with so many glitches in my life.
  10. Bacon
    Apr 28, 2005
    2
    This was the first wrestling game ive bought and without doubt the last. This game is full of holes, load time, glitches in the video...and so on. It could have been polished alot better before release. Bottom line if you like being frustrated...rent it, but by no means buy it!!
  11. MichaelB.
    May 23, 2005
    0
    When you losers stop watching wrestling and buying all the crap to go along with it, they'll stop making travesties like this.
  12. Metroidguy4
    May 15, 2013
    1
    WWE Wrestlemania 21 for XBOX is the worst wrestling game and WWE game that I have played. It has the worst game play of any wrestling game that has been released and it takes five minutes to do one Boston Crab. When I saw the story mode is a dumb down version WWE Day Of Reckoning for Nintendo GameCube and there was no originality.

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#40 Most Discussed Xbox Game of 2005

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Metascore
56

Mixed or average reviews - based on 48 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 48
  3. Negative: 19 out of 48
  1. Boomtown
    70
    Wrestlemania 21's outrageously flawed A.I. and emphatically clunky control integration sully an otherwise outstanding display of wrestling prowess.
  2. Gamestyle
    50
    Wrestling fans may find some enjoyment here, but for others, your best bet is to dig out that N64 and play the brilliant WWF No Mercy - the game that Wrestlemania tried so hard to be.
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  3. AceGamez
    50
    Surely not pushing the Xbox anywhere near to its limits and it fails to capture the essence of WWE, feeling outdated and sluggish to play. Best avoid this one until a real next-gen wrestler comes along.
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