Bad points:
Not a full roster for the time the game was made, let alone an up to date one.
Minimal entrances, no ramp walk etc.
Scatty commentry, loose and irritating.
Very poor collision detection.
No create a wrestler option.
Career mode can only be played with some generic chap in a suit, that looks a bit like Spawn.
No blood, only weapon is a chair, no tables.. no hardcore matches, first blood etc.
No cage match.
No signiture taunts for any wrestler.
No female wrestlers.
Tag team partners enter seperate from one another.
Cheap a.i. and difficulty, you get hurt way more then your opponent does from your attacks.
Career mode is full of generic, useless fake wrestlers that your required to defeat.. they don't even have ring entrances.
No referee.
Yes there is a reversal system, but there is no skill.. just button bash the reversal button and you'll be successful.. no skill required.
You can't win belts and defend them, so far I've won the tag titles and not even seen them on screen.
Pretty much identical move sets for each wrestler, that's just Midway disrespecting A.J and Samoa for getting in those motion capture suits, what a waste..
No excuse Midway, you suck.
Good points:
Fight as some of your favourite TNA stars.. obviously.
Submission moves require 3-button sequence inputs to continue/get out from the move, fun in multiplayer.
Pretty decent animation for PS2 and wrestlers look like they should.
The story mode cut-scenes are half-decent, sometimes funny with Kevin Nash as your manager.
The game is fun enough but is shockingly lacking. I don't care if it's TNA's first game, that's a banal point of argument.. Midway were lazy and getting paid for mediocre at best end product. I love TNA wrestling and much prefer it to WWE. This game reaks of rushed movie to game merchandise quality..
I'm glad I own the game, it is still fun to fight TNA stars. Certainly not worth the asking price on the next-gen consoles.