Ok, when I first heard about
WWF Royal Rumble, and that it was being made by THQ, I was pumped because I was expecting an even better version of
Wrestlemania 2000 for N64 or
Smackdown! for PlayStation. That is totally not the case. First off, there are only two different matches you can do: Royal Rumble and Exhibition.
For those of you that don't what Royal Rumble is, it is where you have a bunch of guys in the ring at the same time, and the purpose is to knock your opponent out of the ring. I had mixed emotions about this because you can have up to nine guys in the ring at one time, which was just awesome. But the fact that there are only 20 wrestlers in the game meant that everybody kept coming back in. That's right, I said 20! No Dudley Boyz, no APA, no Chris Benoit, no Too Cool (although I don't care about them too much), but they do have Kurt Angle, Tazz and Rikishi.
The Exhibition I just hated, because the game is an arcade setting. You pick a wrestler, and then someone to be your partner... not to tag in, but to help run interference during a match. Then you go through a series of single matches, and are able to call in your partner to do something to your opponent. And at any random time, the lights go off and you end up in a new place to fight. That I don't get at all. Plus, you may have random run-ins, but I still don't know if they’re there to beat you up or your opponent.