OT: Free Text-Based Sim (and it is free)

Swaggs · 04-14-2003, 05:52 PM

Okay, a caveat first: It is a wrestling universe sim.

I am not a wrestling fan. I do have some knowledge of the WWF(E) from the 80-90s, that I picked up as a child.

Still, I have enjoyed playing the game, and it seems incredibly well-written and bug free.

The premise of the game is this: You are the general manager of any one of roughly 20-25 "promotions" (leagues like the WWE or NWA), from the WWE all the way down to Canadian, Midwest, and Puerto Rican independent promotions.

You hire "workers" (wrestlers/managers/figureheads) and "other staff" (writers/announcers/production/roadies/refs/etc.), manage the workers' characters and storylines, and try to get TV deals, pay-per-views, improve your development facilities, and basically improve the overall quality of your promotion.

You can buy out and merge promotions if you have enough cash, and you can improve your promotion from cult to regional and all the way up to global (of which the WWE is the only promotion right now). There are real characters--almost anyone I can think of from the 80s, in fact.

Also, there is a ratings level which allows you to tone things down to make your promotion suitable for family viewing or make things extreme, with more agressive matches and more explicit storylines available.

Since the price is right and it is a text-based management sim, I thought some of you might want to check it out and share your thoughts.

Game is available, free of charge, here: http://www.adamryland.co.uk/ew.html

TLK · 04-14-2003, 05:56 PM

the depth is there...... it's just hard to keep interest.....

TLK

Swaggs · 04-14-2003, 06:04 PM

If you hate wrestling, here is another free game.

A classic from the past that I just came across again: http://takegame.com/arcade/htm/jezzball.htm

samifan24 · 04-14-2003, 06:23 PM

It's a fun game but the fun wore off after a while because there are no real goals in the game if you play as the WWE. I enjoyed it for awhile, but got bored after that. Just my .02.

JonInMiddleGA · 04-14-2003, 11:47 PM

If the lack of competition for the WWE is making it hard to hold interest, but you still find the game promising, I'd suggest trying some of the alternate universe scenarios at places like RaveX
http://ravexgames.simgameresources.us/pafiledb/pafiledb.php?action=category&id=5

04-14-2003, 06:04 PM	#3
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	If you hate wrestling, here is another free game. A classic from the past that I just came across again: http://takegame.com/arcade/htm/jezzball.htm __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

04-14-2003, 06:23 PM	#4
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	It's a fun game but the fun wore off after a while because there are no real goals in the game if you play as the WWE. I enjoyed it for awhile, but got bored after that. Just my .02. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

04-14-2003, 11:47 PM	#5
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	If the lack of competition for the WWE is making it hard to hold interest, but you still find the game promising, I'd suggest trying some of the alternate universe scenarios at places like RaveX http://ravexgames.simgameresources.us/pafiledb/pafiledb.php?action=category&id=5 __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

04-14-2003, 05:56 PM	#2
TLK Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Allen Park, MI	the depth is there...... it's just hard to keep interest..... TLK

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