Lights, Camera, Action:

Graphically the game looks pretty decent considering that one guy created everything. The game is entirely 3D and is populated with lots of objects, computer controlled characters, and further enhanced by a variety of particle and lighting affects. Character modeling is also pretty sharp, but by no means as flashy as, say, a PS2 game. Nonetheless the graphics are easy on the eyes and serve their purposes.

There's also a limited amount of music and plenty of sound affects for wrestlers in the throes of combat. Again the sound is well rounded, despite the lack of spoken dialogue. The game engine being used to build the game does have it's technical limits so you can kind of understand why every wrestler doesn't cut a full blown promo. What's there is pretty decent and fits in well with the overall presentation, so we can't find any reason to complain.

Judgement Day:

Wrestling Encore reminds me of Fire Pro Wrestling: it offers a lot of different organizations to join and over 200 hundred wrestlers (many of which are modeled after real wrestlers). Unique to this game is the backstage politics and management elements that wrestling fans love, a well implemented fight engine, random events and a stat system that is pretty unique. Add to that a price point of around $15 USD (digital download or CD boxed release) and you have a pretty decent gaming experience. GameShark gives Wrestling Encore a "B+" - we're glad that MDickie is continuing to create games for the PC market that other developers have ignored for nearly ten years. You can download the demo or buy the boxed and digital versions of the game at www.mdickie.com .