This is the best possible review for TNA's game, anything else you read is wrong. First off, TNA is not so innocent as a company that sells games the best they can. I give you a very bad thing to do. This was done by Nintendo, and I found this out at impactwrestling.com. Not all stores recieved a lot of copies. Some places only got as much as 6 copies of TNA IMPACT! This is just to make it look like the game is popular, let me get more into it. First, stores would recieve very few copies that would be sold out in a day or two. This would make people demand the video game, making it look like it was so popular that it sold out immediately. This was most likely done due to poor reviews. The stores would tell people that they only got so many copies, if TNA is holding out just to make it look popular, then why don't they just release all the copies they have? A lot of people would buy them. Stupid as it is, lets get into the game. Right off the bat, the opening is nice, and the menu looks cool, they play the wrestlers's themes as you go through the menus. Lets start off with the exhibition choice. First of all, the only matches you have are a standard match, tag, Free For All(four-way), submission, Falls Count Anywhere, FCA tag and handicap. While it is lacking in matches, something fun to do is Ultimate X. There's a 1 on 1, and a FFA(3 competitors). You can earn major style points with this match. And speaking of the points, they pretty much unlock new moves. And speaking of the new moves, you don't get that many. Midway said they would have about 2,000 moves, but there wasn't enough time, yea, 2 years is not enough time. Instead, you get punches, kicks, 7 grapples, 1 submission move, 3 aerial moves, and 1 finisher. What's worse,almost everyone has the same moves, and taunts are not individual, meaning everyone has the same taunts. The only thing that separates the wrestlers are their finishers. Now, lets get into the gameplay. This is were it lacks, besides the moves, all of your grapples are done in front, and on the ground, with your opponent facing up. Just playing is really awful. To add, all matches are no DQ, and no count-out. And the only weapon you have are 5 chairs around the ring. There's also no ref, no announcers's bodies, even though there is a table for them, and the commentating isn't to good. The sound of the mat slamming is nice, and the voice over for story mode is cool. The roster is questionable at best, with 30 superstars, and a chance of DLC(downloadable content on PS3), the roster needs to be bigger, especially with no Knockouts. The entrance is also flawed, between how they are only 15 seconds long, teams don't come out together, and there is a load time in between each entrance. They only good part would be just seeing them. Other things to point out are there are no belts, the Online feature only has 1 on 1 matches, and the options are lacking. The difficulty is a pain in the ass, even on the easiest setting, the AI reverses a bunch of moves. Another problem I have is the stick system. In order to get out of a pin, you have to move the left analog stick left and right, which is hard as it is, and the stun meter makes you  vulnerable until you lower it with the right analog stick. I've only lost matches because of the pinning problem. And with reversals, you have to get the timing right, which is hard, and, you can't reverse chair moves. You just get beaten up with no chance of stopping it. After WWE has released a million games, you think TNA would do great. No. They do bad on what WWE does good, they make the same mistakes and more than WWE's games, and this makes Midway look dumber than dirt. Sometimes it feels like a middle school. Where WWE is the principal, and TNA is the 7th grade rebel. Some good things are the submission system, which is easy, and the bonus stuff you get, like featured, real-life matches, behind the scenes stuff, and some trailers. Now, we're gonna finish it with the Story mode. Anything else you wanna check out, go to IGN.com, and check out there review. the only problem I have with that is the 360 gets .3 better than the PS3, even though its at least .3 worse. Just go to the PS3 version, that's the real rating for the game. I'm not gonna talk about the story of story mode, cause everyone knows about it. The story mode shouldn't take you long, you can definitely complete it on a Saturday. The cutscenes are good, and some load screens have the character talking, which I like. I'm only 33% done, only because i do other things, and you pretty much have to get your way back to the top, which means teaming with Eric, which is fun. The only problem with that is that's the only choice for a story you have.

My Closing Comments

For a game that took 2 years to make, it definitely has a big problem.The game can get boring quickly, but there's something that just makes you want to go back and play. What sucks is the losing. The CAW is pretty bad, and their are flaws, but what about buying the game? Well, if you're a wrestling fan, definitely get it. If you're just kinda interested, rent it and see how it goes, other than that, don't bother paying 60 dollars for it, another alternative, get it for christmas. Go to ign.com for their review.

Ratings:

Presentation- 9.0, the box and manual are nice, the menu screen does kinda give you a classic feeling.

Graphics: 8.8, IGN talks about clipping issues, I don't see it, they stand stupid, but the sweat, body and outfit are nice.

Sound- 8.5, the only thing is the lame commentating, other than that, nothing really stands out.

Gameplay- 6.5, I'm not a fan of the controls, and you can just feel how stuff just feels different, the AI is pretty stupid, and they reverse too much, this is kinda so-so.

Lasting Appeal- 6.0, this game just gives me something to do until 09 comes out. This and the Gameplay rating are kind of hard ones.

Final Rating(not an average)- 6.3, Failing, but worth getting if the game is of interest to you. The long wait and delays, along with the 'scandal', really led to this game's demise.