Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3570 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: THQ
• Released on: 2005-11-11
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Platform: PlayStation2
• Number of items: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
In a nutshell:
Reckon you've got what it takes to become the WWE world heavyweight champion again? The best wrestling game in the world is back with a whole new season of mayhem for you to battle through.

The lowdown:
Truth be told this isn't markedly different from the first Day of Reckoning, but it's still an improvement nonetheless, with better graphics, better animation and more intelligent opponents. The roster has widened slightly with new faces like Eugene and Paul London appearing alongside unlockable classics, including Hulk Hogan and The Rock. The most notable new features are a paper, rock, scissors style submission system, and the new stamina bar, both of which add an extra layer of strategy to the carnage.

Most exciting moment:
Using the new submission system to bring a whole new world of pain to your opponents.

Since you ask:
All the GameCube and PS2 WWE games, and Konami's Rumble Roses, are by a Japanese developer called Yuke who specialises almost solely in wrestling games.

The bottom line:
Not much has changed: this is still the best wrestling game around.
Harrison Dent

Manufacturer's Description
Building upon the success of last year's WWE SmackDown! Vs. RAW, which shipped more than two million units worldwide, WWE SmackDown! Vs. RAW 2006 adds all new features, while refining what made the original a hit with both wrestling fans and casual gamers alike. The newly created "Momentum System" will recreate the real life emotional peaks and valleys of an actual wrestling match, while the addition of a "Stamina System" will force players to play more strategically by conserving their energy in order to maintain stamina throughout the duration of a match. WWE SmackDown! Vs. RAW 2006 will also feature an extensive online component, creating a virtual WWE community where fans can face-off in intense wrestling competition.

Customer Reviews

TONS OF FUN
A game with huge return to pull - I've put It In a draw & as good as forgotten about It for weeks but once played again It's enjoyable all over again.

Takes a while to fully command the finer points like all 24 or so grapples, finisher reversals, tag moves etc once learned this game Is a joy. The ability to create superstars Is excellent down to the ring entrances lighting to their kneepads. TLC matches are possibly the best laugh a person can have without being arrested. Most fun to play are comedy heels such as HHH or my favourite Dupree - up taunt/left downed upper body grapple! The commentary Is generally good at points some of the slurs hilarious but at the start of every match we get "here we are from....(somewhere there not)....what a reversal" ad nauseum. Their mock shock over the ref being laid out & disgust over getting tooled up, most the finishers are pretty dramatic too.

The gameplay Is brilliantly done specific cut scenes for many moves, on the PS2 the feel of the joypad Is naturally co-ordinated with what you're trying to execute. It looks as good as Playstation characters get, the random chants, entrances, expressions make for Impressive fine detail.

Depending on the settings the coms AI can become very annoying reversing every other attack, needing 3 finishers to be put away whilst you take one and can't kick out. At times the AI Is un-speakably cheap -expose turnbuckle repeatedly whip Into taunt outside whip Into turnbuckle taunt outside by this time they've got a finisher and of course you can't escape! Worst are the good guys repeatedly coming off the top rope for extremely tedious cheap momentum. Honestly seeing any of the super heavies (taker & esp batista) sling you outside only to come gliding out the ring like Jeff Hardy for the 3rd time has me reaching for the reset button.

The challenges are exactly that, In exhibition mode you can do pretty much whatever these are Interesting enough but It's GM mode that makes this so compelling, after a couple seasons the roster should be mostly 90's popularity players legends & CAW's making for an astounding card.

Fantastic
I bought this game just for fun thinking it would be average.

The graphics are superb, the controls are simple and best of all it's fun.

You can create a player, create a move set, create a WWE belt, create a stable.

The game modes are cool too with new manager mode where you arrange the fixtures and rosters for either Smackdown or Raw.

There is however only 1 slight problem which is the commentary. They talk about a certain player and in the middle of a word they cut off and say something like: 'The WWE is the most physica- Stone Cold Stunner did you see that?'

Apart from that it is a superb game and i highly recommend it for a small price

good
this game is a very good game and has both positive and negative piots

POSITIVE

season mode, good with different storylines
graphics
gameplay ....

and very addictive

Negative

commentary i don't know why sd! and raw hate eachother so much and also the tazz always dises cole and same on raw

tables vey, very hardto put ppl through

overall this game is the best sd vs raw game so far and better than 07