The graphics in WWF: Attitude were somewhat of a disappointment. The best eye candy in the game were the wrestler intros. Each wrestler has his own unique entrance, just like you see on Monday night. The fire, lighting effects, fireworks, and music are all there, making for a wonderful structure; however, the effects are soon overlooked as you realize that the actual graphics are bad - really bad. Detail is nonexistent. Movement is anything but smooth. You want to talk about bugs? Every intro I saw, and I saw them all, had a graphical glitch of some kind, and the glitches show up during the game itself. The up close view of the wrestlers before the match starts looks great. Unfortunately, once the bell rings, the camera zooms out and graphics hell breaks loose. The background is blurred into a mesh of colors and the wrestlers are no more than blocks put together, kind of like a Lego man. I was not impressed. I had hoped the graphics would have improved since WWF War Zone, but they are the same old rehash.

The game does not play like a typical punch-kick 3D fighter. All the moves are hidden in easy, but ambiguous key press combinations. WWF: Attitude does offer many modes of play. You can wrestle a friend or the computer. You and your friend can take one or more computer opponents. You can also create your own wrestlers and Pay-Per-Views. There are new specialty matches like Lumber Jack, Survivor Series, Triple Threat and King of the Ring. The match options include First Blood, I Quit, 2 out of 3 Falls, Iron Man, Tornado, Hard Core, Last Man Standing, Steel Cage, and Weapons. The best added feature, however, is the career mode. In the career mode, you can choose to be your favorite wrestler (out of the 40 they include) or play a custom character (I personally liked playing with the Stone-Rock-Taker I made). You start off doing house shows. As you win more matches, you get to wrestle on Shot Gun. From there it's on to Heat. Eventually you make it to Raw and PPV's to defend your title. The career mode is a nice feature that makes the game almost worth keeping. My only real complaint with the gameplay is the loading time. This game is in the top five longest load times. Some other gameplay issues: You cannot fight in the crowds, the Rock does not take off his elbow pad, and the three count is as slow as the loading time.

The game is only as difficult as your opponent - in my case, playing my brother, very difficult. The computer opponents can sometimes be very stupid. In career mode, a WWF Superstar really doesn't stand a chance; however, if you use a created character, it's a cakewalk. It took me and Stone-Rock-Taker only a few hours to become the WWF champ. I couldn't get the Rock past the first PPV.

I have not experienced controls this bad since Tomb Raider (sorry Ms. Croft). I found the button response to be slow and the combinations to be ambiguous. The game was just slow to respond to the button strokes; this made playing very awkward and proper timing impossible.