Throwback Thursday: WWF No Mercy

[SmashMan]

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Feels bad to say I never even played it until a few years ago. I had a PlayStation and was never really a multiple console kid so I didn't have an N64. My friends with an N64 had WM2000 and my cousin with the N64 only had the WCW/nWo game.

So looking through the lens of playing this for the first time a few years ago...I don't know. Some stuff feels really dated (obviously) but the momentum swings in the matches feel better than what we have today, and that makes it really fun.

[Turbojugend]

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That being said, my choice for best wrestling video game is the very underrated Day of Reckoning 2. Such a great but forgotten wrestling game!

That was a great game as well. They were really going for that AKI feel and they pretty much nailed it.

[DBMcGee3]

I've played wrestling games since Pro Wrestling on NES, and this will always be in my top 2 or 3.

King Slender for the win!

[PeoplesChampGB]

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King Slender for the win!

Tecmo World Wrestling > Pro Wrestling

[victorkingchamp]

I still own this and the rest of the AKI N64 games. Those are some of the best designed games of all time.

[Guapo516]

Fun factor wise this is an all time great game. I think day of reckoning 2 is the greatest wrestling game ever, but this game holds a special place in my heart and day of reckoning series is akin to this game anyways. Idk if it would happen to anyone else but my no mercy would erase itself repeatedly lol, but it kinda didn't matter because back then the replay value was there.

And don't get me started on my endless hours of local multiplayer.

[Guapo516]

No Mercy was a great game no doubt, and I put MANY hours into it back it the day, but the main gripe I had with it and what kept it from being near perfect for its time was the choppiness when several wrestlers were on the screen at once. Nonetheless, it was still a GREAT game.

That being said, my choice for best wrestling video game is the very underrated Day of Reckoning 2. Such a great but forgotten wrestling game!

Couldn't agree more, I just wish I could get these style of wrestling games mixed with the newer emphasis on realism or just the throwback style of wrestling games as an alternative. I'm not happy about what I'm hearing about the Nintendo NX, but if they can't have the normal wwe 2k games and have a day of reckoning style wrestling game unique to their console, I'd be sold on that alone.

[jvalverde88]

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Bradshaw Hammer and The Rock's jumping clothesline were the realest moves.

There's also bans awaiting those that disagree with this being the GOAT wrestling game.

Personally I prefer Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 over No Mercy. Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 has a crap load of moves, awesome roster and the ability to have MMA style matches is amazing.

[scottyp180]

I did not like No Mercy whatsoever and have never quite understood the appeal.

It always looked and felt clunky to me, the N64 controller was awful (not something in the game's control but a negative to my experience nevertheless), and the music sounded bad (another limitation of the N64 hardware). The creation suite was strong, absolutely - especially compared to the first WWF Smackdown game, which had a rather awful creation tool - but that wasn't nearly enough to keep me coming back.

At the time I preferred THQ's WWF Smackdown series by a large margin, especially Smackdown 2: Know Your Role which basically lived in my PSX as my friends and I vied for all the titles against each other (SD!2:KYR is what I would consider as a classic). Heck, I even liked Acclaim's WWF games with their right-right-down-right body slams over the AKI-style grapplers (be it WCW-nWo Revenge, WCW vs The World, or whatever else I tried back in the day).



You can't ban me, I'm also a mod!

Did you play no mercy around the time it released or awhile after?

I can understand complaints to gameplay as it was very much a grappler but that's also part of what made it great. I wish games brought back the week and strong grapple styles.

I was mainly a playstation gamer back then myself. The acclaim games commonly get pooped on but, at the time, I thought they were great. Wwf attitude was great when it released. I remember being able to make opponents bleed from nearly any part of their body (head, arm, back, etc). The CAW system was also great, especially for the time.

The smackdown games were some of most played games. I actually strongly disliked the first game. Caw was terrible and the gameplay was just way to arcadey and fast paced. Felt more like a fighting game and not a wreslting game. Smackdown 2 was worlds better and the match types were awesome, first time table and ladder matches appeared on playstation. Me and my brother had a blast with the game. My favorite, however, would have to be Here Comes the Pain. No Mercy and Here Comes the Pain are my two favorite wreslting games of all time.

[TheShizNo1]

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Personally I prefer Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 over No Mercy. Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 has a crap load of moves, awesome roster and the ability to have MMA style matches is amazing.

I always see you guys talking about it but have never had the opportunity to play it.

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[PeoplesChampGB]

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I always see you guys talking about it but have never had the opportunity to play it.

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Ive played it a few times. I thought the AI was easier in VPW2 compared to VPW64/revenge/WM2000 but it may have been because I was playing with Vader and Stan Hansen. However, I am a big fan of the combo meter and while it uses the WM2000 type of season mode, the different tournaments you enter makes it rather fun.

WM2000 the AI is almost godly on the maximum setting.

[Turbojugend]

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I always see you guys talking about it but have never had the opportunity to play it.

Gran Naniwa vs. Super Delfin in VPW2 is the stuff of legend.

[SavoyPrime]

Dat AKI engine! Best gameplay for a wrestling game ever in my opinion. Only wrestling game that was better in my opinion would be Virtual Pro Wrestling 2. Really wish 2K would dump Yukes and start fresh. Hell, they could entirely copy the grappling engine from No Mercy/Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 and I'd be perfectly fine with that.

[PeoplesChampGB]

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Dat AKI engine! Best gameplay for a wrestling game ever in my opinion. Only wrestling game that was better in my opinion would be Virtual Pro Wrestling 2. Really wish 2K would dump Yukes and start fresh. Hell, they could entirely copy the grappling engine from No Mercy/Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 and I'd be perfectly fine with that.

I agree with best engine only because in FPW wrestling you have to really practice to get striking down. Everything else is gold.

[TecmoZack]

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This game is the truth. Still have this and my 64. So many hours spent with this game.