Product Description

WWF SmackDown! 3 for PlayStation 2 features all the bone-crunching, slobber-knocking, over-the-top action that's the World Wrestling Federation's hallmark; it picks up where WWF SmackDown! and WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role left off, boasting 78 styles of matches, 35 superstars and over 1,000 different moves. There are six-man tag-team matches and up to nine superstars can face off in the ring simultaneously; players can rush their opponent as they enter the ring, fight with their own tag team partner after a loss and distract the referee before performing dastardly deeds. All of this comes complete with play-by-play commentary and a solid 60 frames per second.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11016 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: THQ
• Released on: 2001-11-16
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Platform: PlayStation2

Amazon.co.uk Review
Those cheeky chappies from the World Wrestling Federation pound their way onto the PlayStation 2 in the newest release in the Smackdown series, and manage to entertain to the max on the way. Fans of the earlier American wrestling games should feel right at home here: there are a huge number of stars from the show on hand to mete out punishment in a wide variety of interesting ways. Newcomers should have no difficulty either, as the controls are a dream to use.

Just Bring It provides so many battle modes it's hard to keep track of what they are--if "Hell in a Cell" is your thing then go for it, but don't miss "TLC" (tables, ladders and chairs) and the "Royal Rumble" along the way; all are faithfully recreated for your grappling pleasure. And grappling is where it's at. The Smackdown combat system is about as good as it gets. Timing is the key to a good offence: lunge towards your opponent too early and you'll leave yourself wide open, get it just right and you'll take hold in time to execute one of numerous different moves designed to make the audience wince.

Being on the receiving end isn't just a case of taking the punishment, however. A counter move is included to return or block punches or twist and twirl out of the path of an incoming hold--top stuff indeed. Keen to add that authentic touch, the developers have included the big entrance scenarios for each of the superstars, complete with signature tunes and Titantron videoscreen introductions.

The only downside to a really great game is the amount of storage space it gobbles on the average PS2 memory card--4 MB, which seems overly generous by any standard. This minor niggle aside, Just Bring It is a very entertaining title which should keep the average player occupied for months.--Chris Russell

Manufacturer's Description
Lay the smackdown on PlayStation 2 with The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin and over 30 more of your grappling favourites. WWF SmackDown: Just Bring It! features a brand new interactive story mode allowing you to lead your own created wrestler to championship glory. Play with up to three friends in over 78 different Exhibition match variations, including TLC and the deadly Hell in a Cell. Other new features include full commentary from Tazz and Michael Cole, full wrestler entrances and intelligent referees. Just get it.

Customer Reviews

This Is The Great One
WWF Smackdown 3 is the perfect gift for Christmas. This game is the best out of all 3 Smackdown! Titles. The graphis are out of this world and are a massive improvement compared to Smackdown 1 and 2. Over 70 different matches and 52 Hidden Extras to unlock which include Limp Bizkit Lead Singer Fred Durst ( Survive 15 on slobberknocker mode with the undertaker ) New Smackdown arena ( Survive 15 with the rock on slobberknocker mode ) and many more including insurrextion arena and WcW & ECW owners Steph and Shane. All these can be unlocked in story mode. As for the story mode...i think it rocks, if you like the long 6 Year story mode on previous Smackdown games then you will hate this. If you like the short few matches to unlock all the cheats then you will love this. The bad point is that you have to defend your title about 30 times to unlock all the extras. Overall this game is the best Wrestling game to date and plays brilliantly. This game is a must have, even if you dont like wrestling you will enjoy it.

Thick Twice - rent it first
As a WWF fan i was eagerly awaiting Smackdown: Just bring it! It isn't all it was cracked upto be.

The story mode which was made out to be the greatest thing turns out to be the biggest let down of the game. The story mode reminds me more of "Groundhog day" everything starts the same but you can finsih the game in different ways by taking different choices.
I finished the story mode and got all 52 hidden items in 10hrs (total - not consecutive) unlike SD2 there is no season to play through, just the story mode.

The exibition mode with 70+ match types is probably one of its best features, and the only thing that gives JBI reply value because you will get sick of the story mode very early. Unfortunately the Exibition mode does not allow you put titles on the line a big dissapointment.

The CAW mode is briliant and very detailed with the new layered effect. You will need at least 30min if you want to spend the time creating a wrestler properly.

There's plenty of wrestlers to fight with, but you might be shocked to hear some of your fave WWF stars aren't in the game - such as Scotty 2 Hotty and X-pac.
Many WCW/ECW stars that have been in WWF aren't there either due to legal reason's but all are creatable in CAW mode (and you can even unlock there moves sets in total.)

Hardcore fans of wwf will like the types of matches availible but will be dissapointed by the short lasting story mode which has little reply value. And the much awaited Lumberjack match never made it into the game!

Personally i'm 50/50 with this game, i neither love nor hate it. Just hope that THQ's 4th game has lots of improvement. You might want to rent the game first and i feel i should tell you that it takes up over half your memory card space!

Good
This game is good 2 player, and is the first game to have a 6 man Hell in the Cell match, everyone else failed to write the sheer beauty of that.