Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home

The Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home invites you where referees aren't allowed: backyards filled with tables, chairs and whatever else you can get your hands on. Here, instead of refined techniques, there is improvisation and a willingness to endure pain. The title warns for good reason. The mechanics are deliberately rough: fighting with speed, hitting everyone and ending the fight with an object from the environment. Whoever was the first to grab a chair or throw an opponent onto the stairs wins the round. The arsenal also includes techniques such as jumping from improvised towers, and the realism of animations is sacrificed for excitement. There are many fighters, each with their own signature moves, and there are several types of venues: from an ordinary courtyard to a warehouse and a stage. Matches are one-on-one and with the participation of several people at once, which turns the brawl into a real dump with flying objects. It is also worth noting that real participants of the courtyard scene meet in the ring, and the soundtrack is made up of heavy music of that time. In addition to matches, there is a long career with climbing levels: you will have to start in the garage and end on a real stage. Unlocking fighters and platforms are the only progress there is at all, and there is plenty of it. Another nice little thing: the commentators and the audience react to what is happening with obvious delight, which is quite consistent with the spirit of the show. Today the game looks deliberately unsophisticated and does not hide its arcade nature. But it has what it is remembered for: the spirit of homemade extreme sports, where the rules are made up as you go, and the winner is determined not by technique, but by resourcefulness.