Ooh... and you were so close, THQ. OXM have been getting excited about the release of WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2008 for a while now, because they are big fans of the series and sweaty men wearing Lycra in general. Having already cut its next-gen teeth with the last game though, THQ and Yuke's could have gotten away with a little polishing of the problems that beset SvsR07 - namely, the messy reversal system and the woeful correlation between you pressing the buttons like mad and your wrestler not getting up off the canvas - and they would of have been more than happy. Did that happen though? Did it hell.
On this week's edition of Friday Night WrestleCast, we share our candid thoughts on the best and worst wrestling video games of all time.
GM Mode is one feature that definitely needs to return to the current WWE wrestling games especially given the brand split between Raw and Smackdown. 2K has plenty of other classic wrestling games to look to for ideas but the question of whether or not they will make changes still remains unanswered.
I really miss GM mode. Smackdown 1 and 2 are my all time favourites though. Probably because of nostalgia of the wrestlers in those games.
Big fan of World Tour and Revenge. Day of Reckoning was also another stellar one as it played a lot like the N64 games and had a great CAW mode. I made some wild creations in that game.
Comparing the face textures of WWE Games character models through the years... featuring John Cena, Booker T, JBL, Undertaker, Hulk Hogan, Mr. McMahon and many more... evolution?
I hope that was the last generation version of 2k15 if it is I'm canceling my pre order.
Rebel Gaming takes a look at the first wrestling game on the Nintendo DS.
IMO the worst of the smackdown games. The whole class system, while making sense on paper, just did not work out in gameplay form. It was after 08 that the series started progressively getting better
Got to agree with review and score. SvR 2006 was a superb game in ever aspect and got 8.9 from GameSpot and 9 from IGN. Last year's SvR 2007 was fine but not much different from original PS2 game except for graphics. Now the SvR2008 and is really not much different than previous games and all old problems are still here.
I think they should start from scrath for next-gen and use a new engine and control scheme. The animation system of Euphoria engine (GTA4, Bonebreaker game and others) would be really good for this game.
SvR06 was the last time I have purchased or played a wrestling game..and that was a great game...but this game will still sell alot..even though it not that good..BLAH..
are getting a little boring already. i guess they're good for the die hard wrestling fan, but there just not how they use to be.