Total Extreme Wrestling 2005

In the world of wrestling, things run a bit different from what you would expect from an athlete's career. Thus, although they do engage in lengthy training sessions and watch their intake, most of them aim to be popular with the crowds and big on TV, which is in fact what sponsors and teams are looking for, rather than the actual wrestling skills performed during the matches.

In Total Extreme Wrestling 2005, this is exactly your purpose as well: work as hard as you can to promote wrestling as a sport around the world, by hosting events and hiring the desired wrestlers to participate in them. You can create well-thought story lines and build up hype around your matches, in order to get the public interested and sell the desired number of tickets.

The simulator actually encompasses much more than a few basic ideas, since it manages to overwhelm you with the sheer amount of settings and options you can control right from the moment you start the career mode. Thus, beside the fact that you can manage your overall schedule, you can also hire new staff members, look at various competition ratings around the world and take an interest in the wrestlers that captivate your attention.

As with any other show, the bigger the stars involved, the more popular it is, which means that you get more money and you are able to afford continuing to do so. The game provides you with a huge list of wrestlers that can be contracted to appear in your matches and all of them have certain attributes that must be taken into consideration before choosing the appropriate combination.

Hence, each individual has a different rating when it comes to his technical prowess, entertainment value and physical fitness, all of which affect they way he is seen by the crowd and the attendance levels. Moreover, thanks to the smart algorithms used by the game, the fans can quickly get bored of the same thing, even if you hire the most famous characters in the sport. Thus, you are encourage to always innovate and come up with new ideas, if you want to keep the public interested in what you're doing.

Total Extreme Wrestling 2005 has its ups and downs, but it manages to provide you with almost everything you need in order to lose a few dozen hours inside the fascinating world of wrestling. There are almost endless ways your career can evolve, which makes for a high replayability factor.