Big Bumpz is a freeware game, made by MDickie. It was a predecessor to more popular, and just plain better actual wrestling games, like Wrestling Encore. Basically, all you do in Big BumpZ, is jump off of high stuff. There is little more substance to the game besides that. And frankly, that's the best part of the game, that it's so simplistic.
The best part of Big BumpZ, is the fact that you can do absolutely suicidal things and live, like jumping off a skyscraper onto a table on your head, or jump off a cage, etc.
Big Bumpz is a freeware game, made by MDickie. It was a predecessor to more popular, and just plain better actual wrestling games, like Wrestling Encore. Basically, all you do in Big BumpZ, is jump off of high stuff. There is little more substance to the game besides that. And frankly, that's the best part of the game, that it's so simplistic.
The best part of Big BumpZ, is the fact that you can do absolutely suicidal things and live, like jumping off a skyscraper onto a table on your head, or jump off a cage, etc. There are so many things to jump off of, that it almost forgives the fact that you can't pick up your opponent to throw them, or set them
up for something.
One of the bad parts of Big Bumpz, is that it doesn't involve any player VS PC competition. You win the championship by, yet again, jumping off of unnecessarily and unrealistically high things, just like Jeff Hardy, mostly.
Yet, another good part of Big Bumpz, is the fact that you have to be near exact with every jump you make. You have to be good to score any points, which adds a lot to the difficulty. Unfortunately, this is mostly the only difficult part there is.
Another great part, is the multiple settings, and weapon variety. Wrestling rings, warehouses, backyards, towns, cages, and TNT, glass boxes, metal boxes, tables, trash cans, ladders, occasionally people, everything you can want, it's there. It gives an otherwise boring game a slightly more entertaining edge.
There are many good choices with wrestlers in this game, most should be recognized by any short-time watcher of wrestling. People like Rob Van Dam, Mankind, most other hardcore legends that you can think of. Plus, you can create your own.
The graphics are similar to the N64 game No Mercy, in the lines of detail.
The sounds are nothing spectacular. I listened to my own music for the most part during this game, as I couldn't stand to hear the same generic MIDI like tunes again and again.
The replay ability: this is one you pick up and play every few months to kill an afternoon, nothing more, nothing less.
Bottom line: give Big Bumpz a try and if you don’t like it discard it. It's worth the download credit.
