This isn't as good as I'd hoped, but not as bad as I first thought. Let's start with the good things. The wrestler models are very nice. In S v Raw the characters are often over-muscly but Impact gets this right, also the wrestler likenesses are great too. Also the game is presented fairly well.

The collision detection is good and reversing mid-move is good, if a bit too frequent. the AI is difficult to beat even on the easier levels, which may put off players until they get to grips with the overly complicated controls.

However despite the few good points this game is so basic it's almost a joke. The biggest mistake is making TNA into an arcade wrestling game, especially when the TNA shows itself are more about the actual wrestling then the WWE shows.

Even Smackdown, which looks like a hardcore sim next to this, is essentially a middle of the road game between arcade and simulation.

The lack of moves is the main disappointment. Your character will usually… more »

This isn't as good as I'd hoped, but not as bad as I first thought. Let's start with the good things. The wrestler models are very nice. In S v Raw the characters are often over-muscly but Impact gets this right, also the wrestler likenesses are great too. Also the game is presented fairly well.

The collision detection is good and reversing mid-move is good, if a bit too frequent. the AI is difficult to beat even on the easier levels, which may put off players until they get to grips with the overly complicated controls.

However despite the few good points this game is so basic it's almost a joke. The biggest mistake is making TNA into an arcade wrestling game, especially when the TNA shows itself are more about the actual wrestling then the WWE shows.

Even Smackdown, which looks like a hardcore sim next to this, is essentially a middle of the road game between arcade and simulation.

The lack of moves is the main disappointment. Your character will usually only have about 5 grapple moves and 3 or 4 strike moves, which doesn't do justice to even someone like Abyss, let alone Christian Cage or Kurt Angle.

With the technology at their disposal, Midway could have done so much more. Entrances are truncated, the matches are nothing like real life, there are next to no moves available, the controls are much to difficult to remember let alone master. Let's hope they improve it for the next installment.

ok. well this game is a strange one. it has good points but yet it is so bad. tna does what it says (total non-stop action) and that is carried into the game with the controls being more reactive than say svr2008 (i havn't got 09 so maybe this review is a little unfair) the wrestler reacts instantly with out the second or so wait that svr has. the graphics are not any better than svr but they are more realistic. tna gets the scale of muscle just right on the men unlike svr, which is well over exagerated. its a nice take on the story mode; it very original. for those who want to know what the story is this is a brief overveiw: you are the wrestler suicide, you get the beating of your life and forget who you are. you go back to tna under a new name (your desision) and looks (you get given plastic surgery by two doctors). those are the good parts about the game and i think they are things midway should be proud of. now for the bad parts: the main problem is the quantity of things. the… more »

ok. well this game is a strange one. it has good points but yet it is so bad. tna does what it says (total non-stop action) and that is carried into the game with the controls being more reactive than say svr2008 (i havn't got 09 so maybe this review is a little unfair) the wrestler reacts instantly with out the second or so wait that svr has. the graphics are not any better than svr but they are more realistic. tna gets the scale of muscle just right on the men unlike svr, which is well over exagerated. its a nice take on the story mode; it very original. for those who want to know what the story is this is a brief overveiw: you are the wrestler suicide, you get the beating of your life and forget who you are. you go back to tna under a new name (your desision) and looks (you get given plastic surgery by two doctors). those are the good parts about the game and i think they are things midway should be proud of. now for the bad parts: the main problem is the quantity of things. the roster is small, there is only about 25 westlers (all men) maybe more but not by much and the amount of match choices is pathetic, theres about 10 if not that. there's single, tag, falls count anywhere, submission, ultimate x and few others (i cant remember sorry). All the characters are the same size, so shark boy is the same size as abyss (i think thats how you spell it) lol. there is no blood and you cant leave the arena, not even up the ramp. although its original the story is very shallow, win match after match until you can face the champion. the entrances are short about 5 seconds which is disapointing. so overal tna sucks but it has a few points to be liked about. VERY DISAPPOINTING