So is Fire ProWrestling Returns the greatest wrestling game of all time?

I'd love to see an XBLA or a new fully HD version released, but i can't see that happening. 

I heard about this game from http://www.smartwrestlingfan.com/, I tried it and was completely stone-walled by the uber-complicated menus and combat system. Is it really that good?  What am I missing if I don't end up finishing it? Basically if you have the time and inclination sell me on playing it. :) I am a huge fan of the science and art of pro-wrestling (if you believe either exist) and I really don't want to miss out on an authentic game version of it.

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I heard about this game from http://www.smartwrestlingfan.com/, I tried it and was completely stone-walled by the uber-complicated menus and combat system. Is it really that good?  What am I missing if I don't end up finishing it? Basically if you have the time and inclination sell me on playing it. :) I am a huge fan of the science and art of pro-wrestling (if you believe either exist) and I really don't want to miss out on an authentic game version of it.

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My friend and I had endless fun with a game called WWF No Mercy for the Nintendo 64. That game was stupid, ridiculous fun.

I liked Here comes the Pain for the PS2.

I don't think it's the greatest wrestling game of all time, since that would mean the game play is exceptionally fun, which it's not. I do think it's the game that best represents wrestling, though, and that's noteworthy on it's own. I believe the game play is incidental to the creative aspect of the game, however it is necessary so you can watch what you've created. From there (and this is super nerdy) you could take your wrestlers and basically form makeshift stories around them, and watch them do battle to be the best or take revenge over getting hit with the (blank) and breaking something or whatever your mind can come up with.

I've had as much, or more fun, simulating and watching matches in Fire Pro games than actually playing through them.  That the CPU logic is so incredibly in-depth and detailed allows you to give wrestlers personality and character, not just a movelist.  It's a hoot watching your characters go up against each other, and continually tweaking and editing their stats and logic so that they mimic their real-life alter egos even better.  At that point, it really turns from a game into a toy - like Lego, you can take the pieces you got in the package and create something grand and new.

I also have to mention that Fire Pro games have the best "flow" of wrestling - you could picture what you see playing out in the game really happening in a match.  No other game comes close.

That said, the AKI-developed games on the N64 were the most fun.  Especially with four players.  What I wouldn't give for a modern-day AKI game!

Here comes the Pain and WWE smackdown vs. raw 2007 are good games