AbstractWCW Backstage Assault takes over 50 WCW wrestlers out of the ring and into real-world venues like a locker room, garage and a loading dock. Traditional wrestling moves can be used, but weapons like two-by-fours and trash cans are also thrown into the mix. By working your way through the game's various modes, you can unlock additional wrestlers, areas and weapons. Bobby Heenan and Tony Schiavone provide the commentary with over 8,000 lines of dialogue.
ESRB rating
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Animated Violence |
Full descriptionWCW BACKSTAGE ASSAULT takes wrestling out of the ring and lets you smack the opposition with anything you can find. There are a large number of wrestlers to choose from including Booker T, Jeff Jarret, Hulk Hogan, and Scott Hall. While a small number of athletes are available at the beginning of the game, more can be unlocked by completing the Hardcore Challenge mode. You will have to compete in a number of matches, completing specific tasks like using a particular object to hurt an opponent, setting an opponent on fire, and knocking out an opponent with a particular object in order to advance. When your friends come over, you can let them get in on the action with the challenge the Exhibition mode. It's time to throw the rules out the window and try to become the toughest of the tough in WCW BACKSTAGE ASSAULT.
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AmazonWCW: Backstage Assault takes the action out of the ring and puts it in a complex of more than a dozen interlinked rooms. The fully interactive environments contain more than 40 objects as weapons. For example, smash your opponent over the head with a two-by-four, then knock a urinal off the wall and on him. Players can choose from over 50 male and female wrestlers. You even can create your own wrestler by choosing characteristics in 39 different categories. Game modes include Tournament, Grudge Match, First Blood, and Human Torch.
Fight in a total of 14 backstage areas, including a semi-trailer lot
Use power-ups, weapons, and the environment to defeat your rivals
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