Smackdown vs Raw 2008

HBK

This is out friday,i havent seen a thread on it here so.......ive read the review on IGN, im leaning towards the WII version this year,as its somethin different for the franchise,bit sick of the PS2 VERSIONS TBH........the review says its a welcome change, and while it lacks depth for the hardcore fan, it sounds like a cud well be fun to have a few games with mates etc..apparently a more arcade fast feel to it, i like the touch of mimicing the taunts with the nunchuck & wiimote.

anybody any thoughts?

EdK

These games are a bit of fun but they are by no means perfect, They had to remove Benoit from this in a short time so I'd say you can expect glitches and holes in the modes he was involved in, Not to say there wont be anyway as there always are "STONE COLD STUNNER"!!!

The Wii version looks interesting but its missing some of the good parts and the controller novelty will wear off fairly fast

Furious-Red

with the x box 360 you can upload your own songs and use them for entrances. im gonna stick with the ps2 version since i only have a ps2:)

MikeHoncho

I have grown to despise the Smackdown games over time. Wrestling video games were perfected with WWE No Mercy on the N64. That game was just so much fun. I need to dig out my N64 and have a go sometime soon.

ShawnRaven

You do know there is a reason why they invented emulation MikeHoncho?
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blackbelt

Smackdown v Raw will be damn near perfect if they spped up the gameplay,include more legends and for Gods sake remove that stupid ladder gauge/"sweet spot" in the ladder matches.That aspect ruins that particular match in the last release of the series and made me switch off the game in frustration.

Any list of superstars and legends?

Furious-Red

* Batista
* Bobby Lashley
* Carlito1
* Chavo Guerrero
* Chris Masters
* CM Punk
* Edge
* Elijah Burke
* Finlay
* Gregory Helms
* Hardcore Holly
* Jeff Hardy

* John Cena
* Johnny Nitro
* JTG
* Kane
* Kenny Dykstra
* King Booker
* Mark Henry
* Matt Hardy
* Marcus Cor Von
* Mr. Kennedy
* Montel Vontavious Porter
* Randy Orton

* Rey Mysterio
* Ric Flair
* The Sandman
* Shad Gaspard
* Shawn Michaels
* Snitsky
* The Great Khali
* Tommy Dreamer
* Triple H
* Umaga
* The Undertaker
* William Regal

Divas

* Ashley Massaro
* Candice Michelle
* Jillian Hall

* Kelly Kelly
* Melina
* Michelle McCool

* Mickie James
* Torrie Wilson

Legends

* Bret Hart
* Eddie Guerrero
* Jim Neidhart
* Mick Foley

* Rick Rude
* The Rock
* Roddy Piper
* Sabu

* Sgt. Slaughter
* Stone Cold Steve Austin
* Terry Funk

Referees

(non playable)

* Mickie Henson

* Mike Chioda

* Nick Patrick

Commentators

(non playable)

* RAW
o Jim Ross
o Jerry "The King" Lawler

o ECW
+ Joey Styles
+ Tazz

* SmackDown!
o Michael Cole
o JBL

Other non-playable characters

* Armando Alejandro Estrada
* Jonathan Coachman
* Lilian Garcia
* Maria

* Shane McMahon
* Stephanie McMahon
* Theodore Long

* Tony Chimel
* Triple H in a suit
* Vince McMahon

MikeHoncho

validreasoning! wrote: »

You do know there is a reason why they invented emulation MikeHoncho?
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The only PC I have at the moment is a laptop which belongs to work. I would be strung up if I installed emulators / games on it.

ShawnRaven

Hey Jericho isn't on the roster!
Still think he's coming back?

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krudler

validreasoning! wrote: »

Hey Jericho isn't on the roster!
Still think he's coming back?

VR!

his moveset and entrance are though, plus with the 360 version you can put your own music on it, think him and demolition will be my first CAWS

Bubs101

Surely the Rougeaus

JohnMc1

MikeHoncho wrote: »

I have grown to despise the Smackdown games over time. Wrestling video games were perfected with WWE No Mercy on the N64. That game was just so much fun. I need to dig out my N64 and have a go sometime soon.

I agree. I haven't bought one since the org SvR. They seem to be same game year after year with no real worthwhile changes/additions and the glitches have never been fixed.

blackbelt

What??...No Hulk Hogan?

blackbelt

No Mr Perfect??...No Bam Bam Bigelow??

What a crap legends list they have this year.Thought they would have put Owen Hart in by now or Jake Roberts or even Macho Man.

validreasoning!

validreasoning! wrote: »

Hey Jericho isn't on the roster!
Still think he's coming back?

VR!

I have the game lads , and regarding this quote above , some body has hacked the game and found a Jericho Model :P

Kid Nothing

is the game itself any good Dre?

LegacyUser

how do u have the game

the game seems to be alot different. Its alot slower itself,which is a good thing. All the superstars have different abilities so different buttons are used. Graphics are great. Commentary is terrible. JBL sucks big time. YOu can hear he is reading from a scrypt. I won king of the ring with MVP and i choose Torrie as my queen and it automatically changed MVP to King MVP. Ithink thats shows some smarts. Well maybe not smarts but somthing different. Tried to play 24/7 but you choice of superstars is very limited in that option.

I have created Jericho and put him in with his entrance and his entrance music. It looks cool. All in all its not too bad. I have added alot of theme musics for future CAWS

krudler

the commentary has always sucked on the SVR games, i always turn it off "Well King its great that......JEFF HARDY!..... has made it big here on MONDAY NIGHT RAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
stupid **** like that ruins it, and the crowd noise is still AWFUL,why cant they just record real crowd pops? the boos sound like a gust of wind blowing through an alleyway and Lillian Garcia sound even more robotic than usual

Mossy Monk

Haven't bought a wrestling game since 'Here Comes The Pain' which had Brock Lesnar on the cover. Might pick this one up.

ShawnRaven

I think this is gonna be a rental for me, the SVR series has been crap since 2004 for me.
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Charlie

validreasoning! wrote: »

I think this is gonna be a rental for me, the SVR series has been crap since 2004 for me.
VR!

+1

I hadn't bought one for about 3 years, but last christmas I decided to buy '07. I honestly think I played it for about a day and then just gaveup with it. The load times alone were immensely frustrating

ShawnRaven

Load time on the 360 wasn't bad. And don't bother with these SVR games on the PSP, load times are criminal.

And god help you if you use a CAW on the PSP version!
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Belle Ende

THQ's Smackdown VS Raw series is AWFUL.

Having a slick presentation does NOT make up for the terribly broken gameplay, the utterly stupid CPU artifical intelligence, senseless restrictions on matches and game modes, and on and on and on and on...

It's far worse than an E.A. yearly franchise, and the sad truth is that they can keep making shambolic yearly releases of the series and the huge amount of DUMB fanboys will still lap it up. More fools them.

krudler

the thing i hate about the series is how bloody long it takes to get up after a simple move, take a clothesline and you're layed out mashing the buttons for 30 seconds, and has anyone EVER picked up a guy from the mat without getting punched in the nads or poked in the eyeball?I'll pick it up and do a season of it then trade it in for Assassins Creed next week

ShawnRaven

Game in Stephens Green have this already. I saw them unloading a rakeload of them earlier.

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Furious-Red

yea i think i over heard in xtravision saying they are putting new games up on the rakes today maybe smackdown could be one of them.i might just head up again later on to see

HorseRadish

Apparently theres a free wwe dvd when you get it at xtravision. Not sure which one yet.

Hmmm who will break the release date .

ShawnRaven

HorseRadish wrote: »

Apparently theres a free wwe dvd when you get it at xtravision. Not sure which one yet.

Might be worth checking out if it's something i don't already have.
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ShawnRaven

Deleted User wrote: »

Hmmm who will break the release date .

Don't care as long as there isn't a big fiasco like there was with the Harry Potter books!

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krudler

remember they gave nWo:back in black with one of the older ones,might have been here comes the pain, that goes for quite a bit on ebay now

ShawnRaven

I think that was for SD - Shut Your Mouth, it was out of print by the time HCTP was released. I had to trawl ebay for Back In Black around the time of that game's release.

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krudler

wasnt it the last or one of the last WWF releases,i picked it up off a friend for a fiver lol

ShawnRaven

krudler wrote: »

wasnt it the last or one of the last WWF releases,i picked it up off a friend for a fiver lol

It was one of the last. A few releases went rare around that time, including The Rock's "Just Bring It", HHH "The Game, and Hogan's "Hulk Still Rules"

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Furious-Red

just back from xtravision without the game because the sticker says pre-order the game now. i'll have to wait till tomorrow then

Minto

Yea, was in there around 6, no joy, but I'm gonna try again around 10!

Furious-Red

ill head up tomorrow when they open. Is it the same price in gamestop/game as it is in xtravision because gamestop will be open earlier then xtravision

Furious-Red

ok just bought the game in xtravision and you get survivor series 06 with it. 1st match Edge w/orton vs jeff hardy w/ matt

seanironmaiden

argh.. this sucks.. my XBOX just got picked up for repair this morning. It'll prob be about 3 or 4 weeks til I get to play it for the 360. might pick it up for the psp today though... :S

just my feckin luck.. my hard drive died just as the love demo of this game was about to go online. I had to replace it myself cos microsoft wouldnt replace it.

ShawnRaven

Furious-Red wrote: »

ok just bought the game in xtravision and you get survivor series 06 with it. 1st match Edge w/orton vs jeff hardy w/ matt

Not worth me getting it there then, already have it.
Not bad for a freebie tho.

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evad_lhorg

played a good bit of this today. it's rubbish. give me No mercy on the n64 any day

callaway92

is it in xtra vision now

krudler

bought it,watched a few of the entrances,played it for an hour and returned it for call of duty 4 instead, not gonna bother with another SVR game suntil they totally rehaul the way it plays or another developer takes over the licence, how a game can be continually released with the same stupid mistakes and niggles EVERY year is beyond me

ShawnRaven

Funny you mention that, THQ's 10 year deal with WWE expires next year. However WWE are quite happy with THQ at the minute, so don't expect a big change.

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Mossy Monk

Commentary is diabolical.

EdK

Commentary is nearly the same as last year just with JBL saying Tazz's lines, lots of rehashed stuff and poorly thought out add on's, it looks nice but moves slow and there is no atmosphere during matches crowd noise is too quiet

Yellow Snow

I haven't played a wrestling game in years, thinking about giving this a go though. You guys think its worth it? (baring in mind i'm not comparing it to the last S v R releases seeing as i haven't played them!)

Belle Ende

In short, no.

If you 'MUST' get a WWE:SvR game, go for one of the platinum releases of 'SvR:HCTP' or 'SvR:2006'. They're the best versions from the series and you'll save yourself quite a bit of moolah over the dreadful 2007 and 2008 iterations.

JeanClaude

Bought it yesterday, for my 8 year old Nephew, he seems to like it..:D but i was watching him play a bit of it today, he was playing the Royal Rumble when all of a sudden JR blurts out "it's William Regal" which was odd because Regal wasn't even in the ring at the time . but anyway (as you might have already guessed) the next entrant to the Rumble a full 10-15 seconds later was......William Regal.

I mean thats just sloppy on THQ'S part,:rolleyes:

Bubs101

Just out of interest, did anyone get the TNA game?