Wrestling, love it or hate it, has a huge following. While not at its peak of popularity as in the late 90s, it still is near the top of cable ratings and Pay-Per-View (PPV) buys showing a considerable fan base despite being scripted. In turn, it was only logical to have games based off of wrestling; from the early years of the Wrestlemania games to the classics like WWE No Mercy. But there have also been terrible titles over the years like WWF In Your House which featured a Mortal Kombat-esque game play rip off. I am glad to say that Smackdown vs Raw 2008 aligns itself much closer to No Mercy than the atrocity that was In Your House.
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
