From the opening musical theme to the wave files that are used during the matches, the “Wrestling Spirit: Rookie to Legend” realm tries it's hardest to put you into the world of wrestling and succeeds on almost every attempt. The sounds in “Wrestling Spirit: Rookie to Legend” are a very positive highlight in the world of text gaming. The backdrops are colorful and easy to read, and the information is placed in easily found places. The graphics in “Wrestling Spirit: Rookie to Legend” are no different than what you'd see in the vast majority of menus of the most popular console games. Well, those people would be wrong in this case. When some people think of a text game, they think of just what you are seeing here, a bunch of words and some beeps. 'Pertinent' is a more proper term for the graphics. 'Minimal' may not be the best word, however. The help files are very useful, so if you don't want to guess your way through, you can prepare the proper way and read first.Īs this is a text wrestling game, the graphics and sounds are going to be minimal. I never needed to look at any help files until a few days later - just to see what was there. Menus are set up to be self-explanatory, but help text pops up immediately when you're not sure what a button does. Getting information about the wrestlers or federations is easily obtained. The interface from the get-go is easy to use, easily maneuverable, and quick in results. This game is not a system hog by any stretch. I was able to install it to both of my computers quickly and easily. Getting the license was quick and painless.

It's a minor issue, but can be an annoyance. When I wanted to play on one of my other Windows XP usernames I had to go and find the icon to play it. This is one of the few games that did not install across all the usernames on my main computer. Instead of focusing on developing a wrestling federation or promotion, you completely concentrate on taking your newly created rookie wrestler from the nowhere to the glamorous world of professional entertainment.Īfter downloading the game, installation was a snap. Not knowing much about “Wrestling Spirit: Rookie to Legend”, I was surprised to see initially how much different it was then 'Total Extreme Wrestling'. Everything is still extremely configurable.

From the pictures of the wrestlers, to little snapshots of the players doing demonstrations of the different moves these things made things much easier in determining move sets for your wrestler, or when editing the other wrestlers. When I started setting up the game, I was happy to see all the little things that Ryland and his crew had added.

Wrestling spirit 3 title history