WWE Raw 2
| WWE Raw 2 | |
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| Developer(s) | Anchor Inc. |
| Publisher(s) | THQ |
| Distributor(s) | THQ |
| Director(s) | Kentaro Arai |
| Designer(s) | Kentaro Arai |
| Platform(s) | Xbox |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Fighting, Wrestling |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 68/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| EGM | 4.33/10 |
| Game Informer | 7.25/10 |
| GamePro |   |
| GameSpot | 6.9/10 |
| GameSpy | |
| GameZone | 8.9/10 |
| IGN | 9.1/10 |
| OXM (US) | 6.8/10 |
| TeamXbox | 8.8/10 |
| X-Play | |
| Playboy | 63% |
WWE Raw 2: Ruthless Aggression, known as simply WWE Raw 2, is a video game released for the Xbox console by THQ in 2003, and developed by Tokyo-based company Anchor Inc. It is the sequel to the WWE Raw game that was released in 2002.
For the first time in the series, a season mode is included in the game. It allows players to set up wrestlers, call others out from the locker room, form alliances, and hire managers.
In Create a Superstar users have the ability to choose their character's alignment type and whether he or she is to be a face or heel. The alignments determine who the character's friends and enemies are in the career mode.
Raw 2 also allows players to edit WWE's wrestlers into the way they want them to look similar to the N64 games WWF WrestleMania 2000 and WWF No Mercy. In season mode, alignment cannot be changed, but gamers can change who likes or dislikes their wrestler through the various options. Changing between face and heel can also be done through the options.
The game features several arenas that WWE held events in during 2002 and 2003. There are also arenas based upon each WWE television show.
New match stipulations are included in the game: Hell in a Cell, TLC and Royal Rumble matches are available in Raw 2. The Create an Entrance feature allows the player to use custom music tracks that have been ripped onto their Xbox's hard disk (although this feature is inaccessible when playing the game on the Xbox 360), synchronize two sets of pyrotechnics with taunts or poses, and create an entrance video featuring the player's character performing various wrestling moves. Upon its release, the game was praised for an improved and more current roster. A select few of these abilities returned for WWE '12 and WWE '13.
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