WWE Day of Reckoning
| WWE Day of Reckoning | |
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| Developer(s) | Yuke's |
| Publisher(s) | THQ |
| Platform(s) | GameCube |
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| Genre(s) | Wrestling |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 79/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| EGM | 5.67/10 |
| Famitsu | 29/40 |
| Game Informer | 8.25/10 |
| GamePro |   |
| Game Revolution | B |
| GameSpot | 8.2/10 |
| GameSpy |  |
| GameZone | 8/10 |
| IGN | 8.3/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 4/5 |
| X-Play | |
| Maxim | 8/10 |
| The New York Times | (average) |
WWE Day of Reckoning is a professional wrestling video game released for the Nintendo GameCube console in 2004. The game is based on World Wrestling Entertainment and many of the wrestlers who were on the WWE roster at the time of release were included as player characters. The game also features the option to create wrestlers.
The game's single player mode involves the player guiding a created wrestler through the ranks as a rookie and into main event stardom on either of WWE's brands RAW or SmackDown!.
The game was followed by a sequel released in 2005, WWE Day of Reckoning 2.
The game features a control system similar to that of AKI's Nintendo 64 wrestling games with weak/strong grappling attacks and strikes. Players are also able to counter their opponents' attacks with a timed button press. One of the game's unique features is the "Momentum Shift" move - a desperation attack that gives a character an instant advantage during the match. The game's Exhibition mode allows players to wrestle in various match types including Hell in the Cell and Iron Man matches. The game's Story Mode allows players to take a created wrestler from WWE developmental to main event status by wrestling achieving various goals during matches.
The SmackDown! talent includes Kurt Angle, The Undertaker, John Cena, Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero, Big Show, Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin, Chavo Guerrero, Hardcore Holly, Rhyno, Doug and Danny Basham, Matt Hardy, Chris Benoit, and Edge.
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