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Add to this the fact that there just isn't much to do in Backyard Wrestling. The game's main feature is the talk show mode, which basically acts as the game's story or season mode. Here you have to play through a number of survival-type matches against multiple opponents in each level. These matches are interspersed with cutscenes that take place on a fictional talk show called "Today's Topic," where today's topic is, of course, Backyard Wrestling. The show's host interviews a number of different guests, including a billionaire who allows his son to participate in backyard wrestling in his mansion's backyard, and the Insane Clown Posse, who lament about backyard wrestlers inadvertently destroying their tour bus. Unfortunately, none of these interviews are particularly funny, despite being overtly tongue-in-cheek.
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Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood is the second game in a series of fast paced fighting-wrestling hybrid games. The game is based on the BYW license, a gruesome series of videos of amateur wrestlers who actually do, at times, wrestle in backyards. In the game, a tournament has shown up in your town, and the one million dollar prize is turning everyone into a backyard wrestler, and every place into a ring. Players take their created wrestler through the different federations to have a chance at the money. There is a versus mode, and unlockable content.
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Eidos has partnered with Quazal to incorporate online play into Backyard Wrestling 2. Quazal's SyncSim for Net-Z engine is a deterministic networking system, allowing stations to connect and play against each other with no chance of divergence. So, when gamers have got an opponent lined up for a moonsault off of a ladder, and timing is critical, they know that everything is synchronized perfectly between the connected stations. You can learn more about Net-Z at http://www.quazal.com
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When you're playing Backyard Wrestling, everything in the game feels extremely loose, repetitive, and sloppy. Moving your character around can be a bit of a task, as the analog stick's sensitivity level is pretty unforgiving. So, for the most part, all you'll be doing in the game is running around at full speed. This can be a bit unwieldy when trying to approach an opponent. Another problem is that matches never feel particularly engaging. All you have is a standard life meter--the match ends when it's depleted--and there are no real momentum swings or any other wrestling-like elements to be found.
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Backyard Wrestling: Don’t Try This At Home is based on the best-selling Backyard Wrestling video series that has become a worldwide phenomenon. Chaos ensues as gamers break free of the restrictive ring and non-immersive environments traditionally offered in the genre. This will be the most outrageous, extreme and over-the-top wrestling and action game on the market. The fully interactive environments let GAMERS re-arrange a hell of a lot more than their opponent’s face.
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Eidos today announced the official soundtrack for Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes The Neighborhood. It's a long list (48 tracks) so you should press 'read more' to read it, but here are a few names included: Andrew WK, Hoobastank, Mudvayne, T.S.O.L. and Insane Clown Posse. The game is currently in development by Paradox Development and will be available for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in October of 2004 (US release).
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