The Official Smackdown vs Raw 2007 Thread

[jcmoorehead]

It's out on Friday but the majority of people who pre order from game.co.uk/gameplay/play.com will get it a day early because they send the games out on Wednesday. I should be getting mine tomorrow and I'm only in Uni for an hour so I know what I'm doing all day.

[Londoner]

Oh ok i'm probably going to wait until christmas anyway, that way I can get some other stuff I need aswell as this, though it is tempting to buy it myself.

[Extreme Angle]

CAN'T FUCKING WAIT!
FIRST WWE FOR A WEEK THEN GEARS OF WAR!

[Gerard]

CAN'T FUCKING WAIT!
FIRST WWE FOR A WEEK THEN GEARS OF WAR!


Yup :D


Btw in smackdown sk7 for the 360, if you have an opponent in a front grapple how the hell do you turn them round so you swich them to a back grapple? Using the default control layout. :wtf:

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Is sd v raw out now in the uk then??? I have to wait until next week anyway due to lack of funds! Someone inform me on what the loading times are like, a rep goes to the person that does.

Horribly long.

Load to menu... Choose season... load.... into locker room, check wwe.com... load... come out of wwe.com... load... Go to match... Load.... Choose to skip match or play match.... load.... Load in entrances.... Load in helpful hint.... Load in game... Load for the win animation..... Load for a cut scene... Load back to locker room....

[Londoner]

Horribly long.

Load to menu... Choose season... load.... into locker room, check wwe.com... load... come out of wwe.com... load... Go to match... Load.... Choose to skip match or play match.... load.... Load in entrances.... Load in helpful hint.... Load in game... Load for the win animation..... Load for a cut scene... Load back to locker room....


Damn, that sounds off-putting. Is it worth it?

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

Doesn't sound any worse or better than last years to me. And last year it didn't really bother me

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

Yup :D


Btw in smackdown sk7 for the 360, if you have an opponent in a front grapple how the hell do you turn them round so you swich them to a back grapple? Using the default control layout. :wtf:

Y from a front grapple :y:

[Londoner]

Last years didn't bother me either, if its the same as that or slightly worse, then that's ok with me.

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

Well from what I can tell from the demo, the loading times aren't bad. The loading screens change between loading times to, so it kinda makes it seem quicker subconsciously, in a way

[Londoner]

Ok that's good then. Just want to re-ask a question that didn't get answered earlier, can anyone tell me if you can pick the results for matches yet instead of having to play or simulate them? I always found that stupid as the results don't go the way you want them to unless you play the match, which gets boring sometimes. And also you're supposed to be in control of it, sicne you're the one creating the show, yet it simulates it for you, doesn't really make much sense to me!

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Honestly, I played last years off of an HD so maybe thats why they are bugging me this year, since I'm playing off a disc in my 360.

LOD: It's not really the length of each load (about 1 minute each time if anyones wondering) but in Season, you have to do it about 7 times per MATCH.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Ok that's good then. Just want to re-ask a question that didn't get answered earlier, can anyone tell me if you can pick the results for matches yet instead of having to play or simulate them? I always found that stupid as the results don't go the way you want them to unless you play the match, which gets boring sometimes. And also you're supposed to be in control of it, sicne you're the one creating the show, yet it simulates it for you, doesn't really make much sense to me!

No, you can't. And it's worse because hou have heat/velocity now. More matches to play.

[Bad Company]

I really hope it's the dodgy version you have Hansey :(

[Gerard]

Y from a front grapple :y:


Ah ty, is there any way to spin them around when ive got them up against the tturnbuckle?

Also has anyone else seen kane do a legdrop? Im near sure ive done it a couple of times by fluke, just no idea what the buton\stick combo is for it. :wtf:

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

LOD: It's not really the length of each load (about 1 minute each time if anyones wondering) but in Season, you have to do it about 7 times per MATCH.

TBH, it still wouldn't bother me. 9 times out of 10 when I'm on my Xbox, I have my PC on, so I'd just be doing stuff on the net while it loads:y:

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

Ah ty, is there any way to spin them around when ive got them up against the tturnbuckle?

Also has anyone else seen kane do a legdrop? Im near sure ive done it a couple of times by fluke, just no idea what the buton\stick combo is for it. :wtf:

No idea about the leg drop. But the way I've always done the turnbuckle thing on all smackdown games, is to simply whip them into the corner, then while their facing outwards, whip them again into the same corner. They'll always land facing the turnbuckle. :y:

[Londoner]

No, you can't. And it's worse because hou have heat/velocity now. More matches to play.


Well that sucks. I'll just stick to season mode then.

Edit: I just had a great idea to cure my craving for the game, anyone know if they're letting you rent the game from blockbuster? Only thing is I bet they're all gone before I get them.

[TerranRich]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IETfP9PbgvU

HOLY SHIT the camera work in Season Mode looks AMAZING! It's uber-realistic now. It just gets better each year! :heart: :heart:

[Londoner]

^ wish I could watch that but my internet connection is slow as fuck. This is going to be my game of the year by the looks of it(haven't brought that many but i haven't really felt motivated to buy any others)

[Gerard]

Check this out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSBLgWVpFFw


:wtf: :nono: :foc:

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

What. The. Fuck

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU7XwyD0G0c&mode=related&search=

Loading times look pretty good here BTW

[Gerard]

What. The. Fuck


Its mentioned in th ign review, people thought it was bs, seems its not. :nono:

Didn't i read somewhere that wwe writers contributed to this game, guess that one vids proves it.

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

Well in the IGN review it said 'you change into a girl in the middle of a story' I just thought it meant you wrestle a match as a diva, which was ok because they've done that before.

This however, is dumb as all fuck

[Londoner]

What happens exactly? That doesn't sound good. God WWE writers are the worst fucking morons on this planet.

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

What happens exactly? That doesn't sound good. God WWE writers are the worst fucking morons on this planet.

Basicly Angle (the human player) is complaining to his rivals Edge and Candice. Candice challenges him to a match. Angle says you must be kidding.....



Candice uses her wand to turn Angle into a diva :|

[Dark-Slicer Diago]

I saw that, I was like WTF just happened!

[TerranRich]

Basicly Angle (the human player) is complaining to his rivals Edge and Candice. Candice challenges him to a match. Angle says you must be kidding.....



Candice uses her wand to turn Angle into a diva :|
NEVER. LET. NICKELODEON WRITERS. WRITE. FOR WWE. PERIOD.

[KingofOldSchool]

:rofl:

That's the greatest thing ever to grace a WWE game.

[Lara Emily]

Check this out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSBLgWVpFFw


:wtf: :nono: :foc:


Heh, kinda funny.

[V]

lol 8.0 on IGN

this game is going to suck (compared to HCTP and SvR06)

dont' get your hopes up, it'll probably be dissapointing just like SvR 1

[Lara Emily]

:rofl:

That's the greatest thing ever to grace a WWE game.

It's different, it's neat. Pretty nifty lol, the diva even still has Angle's voice lmao.

[D Mac]

Oh man, when they arrested Sabu and RVD for pot use, they should've arrested the entire Yukes team, cause its obvious that they were hitting it when making this game.

[D Mac]

lol 8.0 on IGN

this game is going to suck (compared to HCTP and SvR06)

dont' get your hopes up, it'll probably be dissapointing just like SvR 1

Yeah it will suck on PS2 but not 360!

[Extreme Angle]

"i'll see you out there!.. girlfriend!" lol classic

[#BROKEN Hasney]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU7XwyD0G0c&mode=related&search=

Loading times look pretty good here BTW

Thats because he didn't go to a match

[#BROKEN Hasney]

lol 8.0 on IGN

this game is going to suck (compared to HCTP and SvR06)

dont' get your hopes up, it'll probably be dissapointing just like SvR 1
No no no no. It's a LOT better than SvR06, that game was shite. Nothings gonna beat HCTP in terms of Smackdown games anyways.

And for the record, do Smackdowns season. Raws is just bullshit with that Diva changing thing and *spoilers highlight to read* Trish Stratus World Champion.

Also, be Kennedy because the game is a lot more entertaining with him. But then you don't get the Vs. Kennedy storyline :(

[Destor]

Check this out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSBLgWVpFFw


:wtf: :nono: :foc:LOL That was awesome.

[Disturbed316]

ROFL Angle kinda looked like Torrie, would be great if the character still had Angles moves. Should have my copy in about 20 minutes. PUMPED UP.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Man, if you put any logos or writing onto a CAW, you can't use them online. Motherfuckers.

[D Mac]

. Should have my copy in about 20 minutes. PUMPED UP.

:mad:

I will have mine at midnight next Monday/Tuesday.

[D Mac]

Man, if you put any logos or writing onto a CAW, you can't use them online. Motherfuckers.

That's fucked up. :nono:

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

Play.com messed up the order. Mines here tomorrow. Which I could've just got tomorrow in the shops. But its still £10 cheaper, so who am I to moan

[Disturbed316]

Riiiiiiiiiiiight, got the game mid morning and have played it solidly till mid afternoon/evening. Here are first impressions/thoughts:

- First match I did was a ladder match between Kennedy and Vito, who I randomised. Love the new way of finishing the match. Oh and Kennedy is awesome

- So far I've unlocked a couple of achievements and legends, the secret ones are stupid ones like "create a superstar in CAW mode" and the same with create a belt. Got two secret ones left to do, probably create a ppv and something else.

- Money in the Bank is the biggest cluster fuck match ever. The AI is terrible, always setting up ladders, taking them down, then setting them up, and taking them down again. Took over 40 minutes to complete the match, I managed to get the guage down to the bottom and then got pulled off, and about 15 minutes later RVD managed to climb up and just yank it down.

- Season mode is going good, had a couple of interesting storylines. Benoit and Taker were fueding and then I managed to get in the mix. Then after that one, I was named Number 1 contender for the World Heavyweight Title, which Johnny Nitro didn't like, but he ended up my tag partner/image consultant. I won the title and now he is saying I was ungreatfull for his help, so it looks like I'm gonna fued with him now.

- Found the CAW layout abit of getting used to, which resulted in a rather dodgy looking guy, but I'm gonna go back in a bit a play around with it some more.

- The challenges seem to be all matches this time round, so will probably steem through them pretty quickly.

Really enjoying it at the moment, haven't gone online yet so cant really comment on that yet.

[Dark-Slicer Diago]

Your lucky, I have to wait till next week to play.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

The other secret ones are Create an Entrance, Create a Stable and Create a PPV yeah.

EDIT: you also don't get an achievment for completing superstar challenge mode, I got one more to do on Legend now so I'll see if I get one for that.

EDIT 2: No, you don't for Legend either. Spoiler about Special challenge, highlight to read: There's only one, You as Mickie James against The Great Khali.

And you can't even go out the ring...

[Extreme Angle]

got it...

[Disturbed316]

Hmm didn't get one for create an entrance or at least not that I noticed. Do you need to do the basic or advanced option? I did advanced and got nothing.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Hmm didn't get one for create an entrance or at least not that I noticed. Do you need to do the basic or advanced option? I did advanced and got nothing.

Must be simple, I did that first hoping to tweak it in advanced :P

You get an achievment called curtain call.

More spoilers on the final challenge: 7 fucking chick kicks, he kicked out, slammed me and it's over....

[Disturbed316]

I haven't started any of the challenges, the first ones seem pretty easy.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I haven't started any of the challenges, the first ones seem pretty easy.

Yeah, they pretty much all are up until the last one.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

and you STILL don't get an achievment for clearing all the challenges.

[Disturbed316]

Seems pretty weak, do you at least get money or something?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Seems pretty weak, do you at least get money or something?

Yeah, you get cash, but the final challenge doesn't even unlock anything. The other 2 unlocks the ECW and Saturday nights Main event arenas along with a couple of belts, but all you get is a little bit of cash for the final one. :mad:

[Disturbed316]

Boo :mad:

[The Fugitive]

One question, and I apologize if it's already been addressed, but I'm skimming the thread now as it seems that people have got the game and are posting spoilers, but has the AI for ladder matches been fixed or are we still stuck with the CPU being a fag, diving out of the ring immediately, getting a ladder and going straight for the belt?

[D Mac]

2 questions.

How's the Royal Rumble and does the crowd actually count down before the next wrestler comes in?

Also in Hell in a Cell and Cage matches are there enterances or do they simply go straight to the match like in the previous games?

[D Mac]

One question, and I apologize if it's already been addressed, but I'm skimming the thread now as it seems that people have got the game and are posting spoilers, but has the AI for ladder matches been fixed or are we still stuck with the CPU being a fag, diving out of the ring immediately, getting a ladder and going straight for the belt?


- Money in the Bank is the biggest cluster fuck match ever. The AI is terrible, always setting up ladders, taking them down, then setting them up, and taking them down again. Took over 40 minutes to complete the match, I managed to get the guage down to the bottom and then got pulled off, and about 15 minutes later RVD managed to climb up and just yank it down.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

2 questions.

How's the Royal Rumble and does the crowd actually count down before the next wrestler comes in?

Also in Hell in a Cell and Cage matches are there enterances or do they simply go straight to the match like in the previous games?
No and yes there are entrances for cages/cells, with the structure hanging above you.

FFS, you can't TRADE CAWs with logos either. Whos fucking shitty idea was that?

Oh, and money in the bank is piss easy to win. Once a ladder has been set up in the position, set up a ladder on the ladder (Shelton Benjamin style) and just run up it. Find the sweet spots and it's yours.

[D Mac]

Is the Rumble basically the same as Smackdown 06? With the ring out meter and all?

[The Fugitive]

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[#BROKEN Hasney]

Is the Rumble basically the same as Smackdown 06? With the ring out meter and all?

Yup

[D Mac]

:(

[Destor]

I was gonna make up for it D-Mac but I got this:

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[Destor]

Shit luck.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

:(

You know they only have time to improve one match type a year :p

[Disturbed316]

I noticed the AI has trouble shaking you down from the ladder in MITB/ladder if you set it up shelton_style, although I haven't really done any more MITB matches.

Had a couple of matches online last night with Extreme Angle, experienced no lag what so ever. First match we had was a TLC match, he was Orton, I was Kennedy, he won. Second match was an Ironman, I was Angle, he was Khali. Khali is like a giant troll, bloody huge. Ended 3-3 after I spammed out two headlock submissions in the last 10 seconds to draw :(

Then we had a ladder match, CAW vs CAW, insanely gay how they cant have logos or letters on them if you want to play online. My guy looked like some generic wrestler, his looked like K-Fed. I won after about 20 minutes with a Razors Edge over the top rope to the floor, and then yanked the belt down.

Just finished my first season mode "year" and have just been traded to Raw. One thing that got slightly annoying with being on Smackdown was all I ever fueded with in storylines was Benoit and Undertaker. Won the WHC three times in that "year" but have now lost it due to going to Raw, but but was given the WWE title, boo.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Was the online match done with someone in the same country and were you the guest or host? I've never had any lag problems as host, only when I connect to someone else :(

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

I just got it through. Of all the days Royal Mail chose to get to me at 4pm, its the day they have this. Oh well, I've got it now. Just experimenting a little bit before I go to season.

Also got 48 hours of free Live Gold which is pretty cool :y:

[D Mac]

I

Had a couple of matches online last night with Extreme Angle, experienced no lag what so ever.

That's prolly because you both are in the UK right? When I get mine we'll play and see if there is any lag. Hopefully not. 3 MORE DAYS!

[Gerard]

Well this was weird, im playing through season mode with taker, me and batista go to raw for some matches, batista vs masters, me in batistas corner edge in masters corner, i go round and crack edge with a chair and batista gets disqualified,. :wtf: How the fucks that work, edge wasn't even the one fighting the match? Also it seems its fine and dandy to put them through the announce tables but use any other form of weapon and the dq always happens. :wtf: :wtf:

Also anyone seen the 360 review of this game? Ign basically copied and pasted the ps2 review and gave it the same score, funnily enough they scored the 360 version 8.0 for graphics and the ps2 version 8.5... i guess xbox live online play, faster loading times and better graphics don't mean anything to reviewers these days.

[Extreme Angle]

Yeah we are both uk, our matches was awesome :D

[Team Sheep]

Gonna get it soon. Within the next week perhaps. Dunno though as I'm saving up for a laptop.

[Gerard]

Anyone find the create a stable option kinda weird? Nomatter what when you enter as a tagteam it only ever annouces whoever was the first member of the group, then yo can't alter anything about the entrance in terms of camera angles or pyro :(

[Disturbed316]

Yeah, I noticed that too. Also, I have no idea why CAWs DONT wear the title belts in season. Whats the point of being champ if you dont wear the title you earnt :mad:

[Gerard]

Hmm just noticed that if you win witha created stable tag team it announces both wrestlers as the winner but not when they enter. :wtf:

My team of hogan and piper (the hip replacement club stable) just got both anounced as winners. :wtf:

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Yeah, I noticed that too. Also, I have no idea why CAWs DONT wear the title belts in season. Whats the point of being champ if you dont wear the title you earnt :mad:

I think it depends on the entrance animation. After doing mine in advanced, he doesn't come out with the title, has it on during the ramp part of the intro, then it's off for the rest :rant:

[Disturbed316]

Ah, I did advanced all the way through , although it's just Orton entrance with Booker's pyro at the begining and some extra at the end.

[Gerard]

The spiner belts are fun, i just got handed the wwe title on raw, hammer the right trigger (or just hold it down) on the entrance and it spins. :love:

[D Mac]

Hmm just noticed that if you win witha created stable tag team it announces both wrestlers as the winner but not when they enter. :wtf:



Must be a fuck up by the designers.

[D Mac]

Nother question. Can you change the movesets, enterances, and music of the default superstars?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Nother question. Can you change the movesets, enterances, and music of the default superstars?

Yeah you can. I gave Booker T Jerry Lawlers music and Entrance moves and also changed Kurt Angles finisher so he had the Angle Slam from the front and not back.

[D Mac]

Yeah you can. I gave Booker T Jerry Lawlers music and Entrance moves


Hey good idea I'll do the same. :)


Also, if anyone finds a Samoa Joe CAW let me know I wanna have the Angle/Joe match on there before Genesis.

[Londoner]

Rented the game out from blockbuster yesterday, impressed so far, don't know where the complaint about loading times came from, anyway, just one thing i need to know, how exactly do you find the 'swee spot' in order to pull down the title in a ladder match? I had an amazing triple threat ladder match with lashley/cena and orton where the plan was to keep building up Lashleys US title run in my GM mode game, tried moving the R3 thing around and fuck all happened then Cena knocked me down and got up there and took the title down with ease in the end. Was so damn close, this always happens to me in ladder matches!

Another thing with season mode is i keep making storylines which will lead to certain superstars to compete for a title then I find they are not in contention for that title, wtf? Why did they bring this rule in? It was fun the other way. I know there's a number one contender storyline now but we shouldn't have to use that everytime, that also means I can never do armageddon hell in a cell for the title as you can only do 4 people for each storyline.

Other than those two things though, the game is very addicting, played it all day yesterday(i hardly ever play games like that now), i like how the wretslers actually move properly when they get irish whipped instead of just skidding along the ring to(always thought that was lame before).

So after one day of playing I would personally give it 7/10.

[jcmoorehead]

Just a quick question about CAWs, I created a CAW and I was going to use him in Season Mode until I found out my CAW has 38 Attribute Points and my first match was against the Undertaker of all superstars, now in the previous one i'd go through Season Mode with another star, gain the experience and use it on my CAW and then put him into Season so it's more balanced. It seems I cannot do that this time so the 25,000 EXP Points I have for Kane seem to mean fuck all. So is there a way to get EXP points a bit easier or am I just gonna have to get my ass whipped for loads of matches and add like 200 Exp each time?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Just a quick question about CAWs, I created a CAW and I was going to use him in Season Mode until I found out my CAW has 38 Attribute Points and my first match was against the Undertaker of all superstars, now in the previous one i'd go through Season Mode with another star, gain the experience and use it on my CAW and then put him into Season so it's more balanced. It seems I cannot do that this time so the 25,000 EXP Points I have for Kane seem to mean fuck all. So is there a way to get EXP points a bit easier or am I just gonna have to get my ass whipped for loads of matches and add like 200 Exp each time?

Just stick iton easy if you're finding it too hard.

[Disturbed316]

To find the 'sweet spot' in ladder/MITB matches, you got to move the stick untill you feel the pad vibrate, then just hold it where it is.

[Gerard]

Some strange bugs ive noticed in this game so far, elimination chamber matches the ai refuses to dive off the top of the chambers, every time it'll climb on the cage, get onto the chamber, hop down onto the top turnbuckle then do its move, ive sen them diving of the caging etc but they do the above routine every time that ive seen for the top of the chamber position.

Some of the top rope moves seems to have sorta bugged animations, just say you do an elbow drop, sometimes you overshoot and clip them with the edge of your characters leg, the game then sems to suck your character backwards so it looks like you hit the move properly.

[Londoner]

I've found one annoying thing which was put me off from playing the game in GM mode, wondering if someone can help out at all here. As i said before, in GM mode I will make storylines/rivalries for the title with the intention of those wrestlers going for the title, but then when it comes to the big match a number of times it has fucked me over by saying those wrestlers I'm making challenge for the titles, spent weeks building up, are not in contention! That really gets to me. Anyone else had this problem? It's such a stupid/typical thing to happen in this game.

One good thing in the season mode(on the hard level) though is when I was Kurt Angle, I got to the legends storyline after winning the title from HHH at WM, and ended up beign in a 6man battle royal with the Rock, Austin, Bret hart, Cactus Jack and Bam Bam Bigelow(for some reason..)...beat/pinned all of them, wasn't hard at all though.

[Funky Fly]

Some questions for you all:

1. When you say logos (referring to the no logos foronline CAWs), do you mean any and all pictures, patterns and tattoos on the CAW or just custom/copyrighted ones?

2. Can NTSC users play against PAL users?

3. How is the generic CAW music? What genres?

4. Do people actually stay down long enough to do top rope moves? (Seems they didn't in '06)

5. Is it easier to create entrances? Seriously, because it was really gay in '06.

6. Can people can people see each other's CAWs' entrances online?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Some questions for you all:

1. When you say logos (referring to the no logos foronline CAWs), do you mean any and all pictures, patterns and tattoos on the CAW or just custom/copyrighted ones?

2. Can NTSC users play against PAL users?

3. How is the generic CAW music? What genres?

4. Do people actually stay down long enough to do top rope moves? (Seems they didn't in '06)

5. Is it easier to create entrances? Seriously, because it was really gay in '06.

6. Can people can people see each other's CAWs' entrances online?

1. Patterns are OK, but ALL logos and writing are not allowed online.

2. On 360, yes. On PS2, no

3. Just the menu music, mainly hip-hop, metal and emo

4. Yup! Hit them with a good light grapple move (belly to belly suplexes, low blows that type of thing) then hit the ropes!

5. Yeah. Advanced mode rules, the preview is constantly running in the background with no load times and instead of setting a timer for the pyro, you just press the button during the preview of when you want it to go off.

6. Can't answer that one, I didn't want to cripple my CAW to play online as him :p

[Gerard]

I seen a guys caw entrance online so thats a big 10-4. :)

[Extreme Angle]

i was in season with randy orton and got 75k exp, then i completed season and was gonna use the points on my caws... boom!
Had to start doing season on hard with my caw... my caws 90 ovr now anyway :D

[Disturbed316]

My CAW is maxed out to 99, its great in season mode as you could skip all the matches and win them, thus, getting the season mode achievements quicker, not that I'm doing it :shifty:

Had a couple of triple threat matches against Extreme Angle and L.O.D, which I won all of them, each of them were awesome victories, especially my cheap win in our third match. The lag is more noticeable during the three ways, but you get used to it and adapt to it.

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

My CAW is maxed out to 99, its great in season mode as you could skip all the matches and win them, thus, getting the season mode achievements quicker, not that I'm doing it :shifty:

Had a couple of triple threat matches against Extreme Angle and L.O.D, which I won all of them, each of them were awesome victories, especially my cheap win in our third match. The lag is more noticeable during the three ways, but you get used to it and adapt to it.


Was I asleep during this?? :lol:

[Optimus Bone 69]

had a couple of matches with Funkbro and Diesel mac no lag this game is the shit

[TerranRich]

Okay, one question:

In the Create-an-Entrance mode, where we see no loading times and the preview running constantly in the background...does that count for the PS2 version, too?

Also, TL, where do you live? I called my local Blockbusters and they all said not until the 14th.

[Batsu]

Any word on moves available in Create-A-Moveset?

Edit: Found it on GameFAQs. This sounds like some straight up garbage, not to mention
moveset restrictions by weight class now? FOH, I'll wait for 2008 and get it on 360.

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=932463&topic=31708683

For more info.

[TerranRich]

not to mention moveset restrictions by weight class now?

Damn right. It's about fucking time they do that. I'm sick of people with 800-lb CAWs being able to do moonsaults and hurricanranas. Compton!

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Also, if no one has heard off the gamefaqs board, apparently some moves like the top rope hurracurranna and moonsault have standing counters, where you can catch the guy in powerbomb/body slam posistion and it goes into an ultimate control move.

[Blitz]

So from what I understand from that topic, they took out like 200 moves and added less than 50.

Yeah, really not sure i I'm buying this game. Definitely not right away, if at all.

[Extreme Angle]

yeah my caw is 99 now...
just need tazz and lawler for legends now too

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Okay, here's the deal. Mine is about to ship on Monday.... I can still cancel the order if I want. In your opinion, is this year's better than last years? My main concern right now are all the moves that were removed :(

[Funky Fly]

Yeah, yeah, going by what Blitz said, that's a 150 move deficit. Pretty gay.

I might as well buy '06 since it will be all discounted.

[Blitz]

Okay, here's the deal. Mine is about to ship on Monday.... I can still cancel the order if I want. In your opinion, is this year's better than last years? My main concern right now are all the moves that were removed :(
From all the coverage I've seen, all that really looks majorly different is the control scheme. If I were you, I'd cancel it, and give it a rent. Then buy it if you like.

[D Mac]

had a couple of matches with Funkbro and Diesel mac no lag this game is the shit

Uh, dude I don't even have the game yet. :wtf:

[Blitz]

ROFLLLLLLLLLL

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Is the game meant to be RELEASED Tuesday or is it just shipping Tuesday?

Hopefully the former. I want this game.</font> :(

[Optimus Bone 69]

Uh, dude I don't even have the game yet. :wtf:
sorry i meant disturbed

[KingofOldSchool]

If anything they probably took out 88 of the 100 different clothslines they always had. So it's nothing whine and cry about.

[PorkSoda]

I've been absent for a few weeks blah blah blah......

So this game comes out Tuesday?

I read posts that people have this or rented it.....

What's the deal? My guess is they live outside the USA.

[Destor]

It comes out tomorrow.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

If anything they probably took out 88 of the 100 different clothslines they always had. So it's nothing whine and cry about.

Negative.

Those are still there. They took out some good moves.

[KingofOldSchool]

Eh.

Regardless it doesn't bother me as I hardly use CAW.

Even if so I could find other moves to use instead.

It's not like the game had only 300 moves to begin with.

[Disturbed316]

lol sorry Wader, I was thinking of LOD after something else.

Just had the magic storyline in season, found pretty funny really, but mainly due to Big Vis' appearences.

[Extreme Angle]

yeah when big vis comes in with the flowers and you just turned back into a boy...
the moves that were taken out were replaced by very good ones... new tag moves are good.
Disturbed, will you be in charge of online league?

[Disturbed316]

Could do, we could start it December 1st or something, let people get used to the new game etc.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I still think 07 is a vast improvement over 06. There was something wrong with 06 that I could never put my finger on that stopped me from playing but I can't put this one down!

[TerranRich]

So...about my question...does the PS2 version's CAE work the same way at the 360 version? (i.e., no load times, working in background, etc.)?

[CSL]

So...about my question...does the PS2 version's CAE work the same way at the 360 version? (i.e., no load times, working in background, etc.)?

<font color=white>Yup.</font>

[TerranRich]

Sweet sassy molassy! :y:

That, plus new realistic backstage camera work for Season Mode, is enough to convince me to buy it. CAE last year was horrendous. No descriptions, no preview pics, wait for each one to load. This is greatness.

[CSL]

<font color=white>Being able to pick when your pyro goes off is fookin' sweetness</font>

[Extreme Angle]

shame you can only have 2 pyro's for your entrance

[Funky Fly]

No big on the pyro. So if all the new moves are really good, I might just bother with this afterall.

[Champion of Europa]

Hopefully buying this tonight at midnight.

[KingofOldSchool]

Hopefully buying this tonight at midnight.

You can't afford this with your poor ass movie theater salary.

[Bad Company]

Finally burnt it to DVD Last night, so looking forward to playing it when I get home from work, WOOOOOOOOOO!

[PorkSoda]

I looked at Best Buy today just to see if it was out. It wasn't. :'(

It comes out tommorow.

Or does it just get SHIPPED tommorow? That happened last year, said it was out on Tuesday and I looked on Tuesday and it wasn't there, got it Wednesday :'(

Or does spaghetti and meatballs take over?

[KingofOldSchool]

Supposedly the very first screen from Smackdown vs. Raw 2008 for the PS3

http://sportsmedia.ign.com/sports/image/article/745/745531/ign-yokohama-20061113112224585.jpg

[What Would Kevin Do?]

DamN!!!!!!!!!

[Batsu]

Damn right. It's about fucking time they do that. I'm sick of people with 800-lb CAWs being able to do moonsaults and hurricanranas. Compton!

That one makes sense, but if you read some of them...

Featherweights not being able to do Power, Brawler, or Technique...
Cruiserweights not being able to do Power or Brawler...
Heavyweights not being able to do Martial Arts...

^^^^ that's some SHIT!!

May just save up for a Wii and just play DOR2...which sounds infinitely
superior at this point.

[TerranRich]

I looked at Best Buy today just to see if it was out. It wasn't. :'(

It comes out tommorow.

Or does it just get SHIPPED tommorow? That happened last year, said it was out on Tuesday and I looked on Tuesday and it wasn't there, got it Wednesday :'(

Or does spaghetti and meatballs take over?
You'll be happy to hear that the stores already have it. They're just not supposed to SELL it until the 14th (tomorrow).

Heh, I'm getting my marriage license tomorrow morning, then heading to EBGames or GameStop to get SVR 07, then going to work. It's gonna be a looooong ass work day! :D

[TerranRich]

That one makes sense, but if you read some of them...

Featherweights not being able to do Power, Brawler, or Technique...
Cruiserweights not being able to do Power or Brawler...
Heavyweights not being able to do Martial Arts...

^^^^ that's some SHIT!!

May just save up for a Wii and just play DOR2...which sounds infinitely
superior at this point.

Very true. When I heard that Chavo cannot pick up Shelton Benjamin (on IGN's video review), I was quite confused and a little pissed off.

[Fignuts]

Honestly, the only think that interests me here is gm mode.

[Batsu]

Very true. When I heard that Chavo cannot pick up Shelton Benjamin (on IGN's video review), I was quite confused and a little pissed off.

and you know... Yuke's made DOR as well!
They took some of those animations from that series and put it in to
SmackDown.... how hard is it for them to incorporate the "out-of-weight-class
lifting" into the momentum system?!

No, Rey Mysterio should not be powerbombing the Big Show....
but he should be able to do something.

[Gerard]

Supposedly the very first screen from Smackdown vs. Raw 2008 for the PS3

http://sportsmedia.ign.com/sports/image/article/745/745531/ign-yokohama-20061113112224585.jpg


Not really suprising it looks good, 2007 was developed for 3 systems, ps2 360 and psp so some stuff obviously had to be toned down since more than likely the 360 version was basically a port over with higher poly models.

Stil amazes me all this new tech and something as simple as hogan tearing off a t-shirt seems to be something they still can't do. :wtf:

[D Mac]

Hopefully buying this tonight at midnight.

I am. 10 more minutes!

[D Mac]

GOT IT. Gotta get back to it.

See ya, would'nt wanna be ya!

[The Fear]

I love the fact that I get the game one day before it comes out, yet, my friend won't be returning my 360 until the day AFTER. So it'll just sit on my desk for about 28 hours....Wasn't much point in paying an extra 8 dollars for the damn thing if this is what comes of it.

But staying on topic...is GM mode's formula at least a BIT better than it was in last years version? (I apologize if someone already asked/answered this, checked around the thread but didn't see anything on it)

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Should be picking this up sometime after school today.

Gonna be a longgggggg school day</font>

[D Mac]

Just played it for 6 hours straight.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Just played it for 6 hours straight.

And what do you think?

[D Mac]

Graphics are amazing (360), so much shit to do. Played it for 6 hours and have'nt even tried CAW or GM mode yet.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Slick.

Might pick it up at Walmart when I get off in a few. Picking up the PS2 version though :( No 360. Holding out for the PS3 next year.

[NeanderCarl]

I bought the game on Friday morning, played it all day, and haven't bothered with it since. It really isn't an improvement on SvR06, the new additions to the roster aren't particularly exciting, they added Money In The Bank which was terrible (took me over half hour to finish the match on Easy!) and took away Bra/Panties (no big loss) and Slobberknocker (which I used to enjoy, but has gotten progressively worse over the years anyway)... to be honest, I bored with it very easily. And I played all the previous SD games for months and months before I got bored. Feel like I've wasted my money.

[D Mac]

PS2, I presume.

[Disturbed316]

BAH sometimes this game frustrates me so much. I dont whether it's because I'm just out of practice or the fact the triggers aren't brilliant, but I'm finding grapple reversals annoying as fuck. I press it at exactly the time it tells me to, and yet, nothing gets reversed and I get my ass handed to me.

Also, JBL is a cunt, and Dusty Rhodes is a piece of shit :mad:

[KingofOldSchool]

I have to wait until 5:30 or so to get this.

[Champion of Europa]

I bought it last night and had a 40+ minute Money in the Bank Ladder Match.

It was:

Mr. Kennedy (me)
Paul Birchill (my friend)
Boogeyman
Khali
RVD
Finlay

It was epic. My friend and I were way too used to Smackdown vs. RAW 2006, and we were getting our asses handed to us based on the new controls. Finally, Birchill ran up the ladder and grabbed the briefcase.

[thecc]

I'm leaving to pick this up now. I'm so freaking pysched for this game.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Supposedly the very first screen from Smackdown vs. Raw 2008 for the PS3

http://sportsmedia.ign.com/sports/image/article/745/745531/ign-yokohama-20061113112224585.jpg

Yup and with it being next-gen only it should look that good on 360 too :D

Hell, Ridge Racer 6 on 360 looks better than 7 on PS3 :p

[DarkAngel]

:heart:

[TerranRich]

Yessah! I got it from Best Buy this morning between getting my marriage license and going to work, and they gave me a free SVR 07 calendar. Sweet. I read the entire manual on the way to work (I know, reading while driving on an Interstate, bad, whatever).

[Just John]

Few lil concerns/questions:

HBK: Whats the standing Sweet Chin Music Like? Any different?

Blood: Better, worse or just the same?

Are the following Usable in season?:

Lance Cade
Lashley
HBK
Chavo
Chris Masters
Orton
JBL
Kennedy
Matt Hardy

[Gerard]

Also, JBL is a cunt, and Dusty Rhodes is a piece of shit :mad:


:lol:

[The Fear]

The damn game is sitting right here on my desk, still in the packaging. Yet, my friend still has not yet brought back my 360.....DAMNIT ANYHOW! :rant:

[Disturbed316]

Few lil concerns/questions:

HBK: Whats the standing Sweet Chin Music Like? Any different?

Blood: Better, worse or just the same?

Are the following Usable in season?:

Lance Cade
Lashley
HBK
Chavo
Chris Masters
Orton
JBL
Kennedy
Matt Hardy

SCM are the same as last year, blood is improved alot and I have seen all those people during season, so I'm guessing you can use them all.

[Bad Company]

wow, this game is fucking hard.

[Disturbed316]

Is it the grapple reversals your having problems with? Because thats my main annoyance.

[Bad Company]

it's the reversals and the grapple in general that is fucking hard. Gotta get my head around it.

[Just John]

Ah, I gotta wait until december 25th to get my copy :'(

[Disturbed316]

Yeah, grapples took a while to get used to, but I'm ok with them now. Now I just got to sort out the grapple reversals. Striking ones I'm fine with most of the time.

[Splaya]

Just got the game, used Edge against Orton in a ladder match. You can set the ladder up in different ways on the ropes now. I won, but the way you pull the title down now is so much better

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

Disturbed316 has championship belts made out of rubber in ladder matches. Lucky bastard :lol:

[Skippord]

Just got it

[Londoner]

Still not sure whether to get this game at christmas now(ps2 version) having rented it from blockbuster and played it for a good 3 days, i got bored with it pretty easily though the gameplay is probably the best feature. There's one major thing that annoyed me, and that was when I was Angle in season mode and had just lost the title to Hogan, I expected to be in a storyline with Hogan to try and get my title back, but instead I had to win four matches again! And then I ended up being in a storyline with Edge/Candice Michelle, in which I turned into a woman!!! Wtf?? Also candice used her 'magic wand'(again, wtf???! And yes, I really do mean magic wand)to make edge sound like dalvari. That was just fucked up and I never want to have to go through that again, makes me ashamed to have even played the game.

[El Fangel]

I think I will pick it up sometime, just not right away.

[El Fangel]

Still not sure whether to get this game at christmas now(ps2 version) having rented it from blockbuster and played it for a good 3 days, i got bored with it pretty easily though the gameplay is probably the best feature. There's one major thing that annoyed me, and that was when I was Angle in season mode and had just lost the title to Hogan, I expected to be in a storyline with Hogan to try and get my title back, but instead I had to win four matches again! And then I ended up being in a storyline with Edge/Candice Michelle, in which I turned into a woman!!! Wtf?? Also candice used her 'magic wand'(again, wtf???! And yes, I really do mean magic wand)to make edge sound like dalvari. That was just fucked up and I never want to have to go through that again, makes me ashamed to have even played the game.
Maybe not then...

[James Steele]

Should I go on ahead and get the PS2 version, or should I wait until I get my 360 around March and get the 360 version at the same time?

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Pretty slick game. I'm enjoying it so far. I'm loving the fact that you can reverse standing top rope moves now. I actually like using the analog stick for move (although I made it so the control pad, and not the left analog stick moves.)

Also had to go through and updates some move sets, but hey.

[Lara Emily]

Pretty nifty, love that the ref holds up a title and shows it around before a title match (holds two belts if it's title vs title which is nifty)

Cpu reverese grapples way to often and I don't liek the new finisher effect, they slow down part of it but the impact goes os fast and sometimes you don't even really see it well like with the Samoan Spike.

[Skippord]

I got beaten senseless by Khali in a season match. lost in 3 minutes and 11 seconds and I got one offensive move in

[FourFifty]

I've been playing it for around 3 hours, and I gotta take a break.
The new grapple system is a pain in the ass. Right when I start to get into the swing of things and I want to kick someone in the gut I end up taunting and getting RKO'ed 4 times... And the AI is really, really, really, really, really stupid.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

I've been playing it for around 3 hours, and I gotta take a break.
The new grapple system is a pain in the ass. Right when I start to get into the swing of things and I want to kick someone in the gut I end up taunting and getting RKO'ed 4 times... And the AI is really, really, really, really, really stupid.

If you switch to control style B, everything is the same, except you taunt with the left analog stick, and move w/ the control pad. Definitely easier.

[Extreme Angle]

I am pretty good at it now, tagged up with disturbed last night and owned this team...
My monster caw is cool :D

[Volchok]

This game is confusing as hell.

[Skippord]

I got the controls down by playing a player vs player match against myself

[Lara Emily]

Fucking eh, certain guys (Like Kali)

if he's a champ he's entrance actually changes a bit, he'll carry the belt on his shoulder, take it off as he's entering the ring and then hold it up high in the middle of the ring. Noice

Too bad for the Tag team entrance ring announcer glitch though :(

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Got this game yesterday, played it all night. Pretty damn addicting.

In season with Flair right now.</font>

[D Mac]

I bought it last night and had a 40+ minute Money in the Bank Ladder Match.

It was:

Mr. Kennedy (me)
Paul Birchill (my friend)
Boogeyman
Khali
RVD
Finlay

It was epic. My friend and I were way too used to Smackdown vs. RAW 2006, and we were getting our asses handed to us based on the new controls. Finally, Birchill ran up the ladder and grabbed the briefcase.

LOL Pirate Paul WORLD HEAVYWIEGHT CHAMP!

[D Mac]

Just beat Khali with Boogeyman where Boogey picked him up over his shoulders with pump handle slam like he was a lightwieght.

[Champion of Europa]

I had a pretty cool Battle Royale in Season Mode with Lashley.

It was me, Benoit, Khali, Birchill, and someone elese.

I eliminated everyone else with ease, but then it came to Khali. I would clothesline and kick him, to no effect. And I had a bunch of power moves that I'd use all the time, and none worked on him. So, I had to change my style up. I still ended up losing, but it was a cool change in psychology.

[PorkSoda]

Got this yesterday. I like it.

New grapple systems are good....

One thing that made me mad so far was that I was doing a MITB ladder match, I was Super Crazy and everytime I tried to kick RVD I would hurt myself. Guess that happenes with cruiserweights......other than that, I like it.

[KingofOldSchool]

How the FUCK do you throw someone off a ladder or even suplex them off of it?

I tried doing a MITB last night as Edge, whenever I get up the ladder someone always suplex's me off or throws me off. Yet when I try to do it I can't figure it out.

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

Right anologue for grapple. Suplex is a finisher from the ladder :y:

[Disturbed316]

I rule at ladder matches, I love the way you have to take down the title.

Decided to put some time into getting the pointless achievements of "Win a match with every wrestler" and "Beat everyone on the roster on hard" (to kill two birds with one stone. So far I've done the legends and women wrestlers, gonna move on to cruiserweights next then the rest of the roster. To make matters worse, it's only worth 10 and 20 points :mad:

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

I rule at ladder matches, I love the way you have to take down the title.

You mean you love taking down the title when your on a ladder in the far corner of the ring :rant:

I agree though, it was only during our match last night that I realised that you can do the run up and grab the title, its awesome :y:

I want to work on my CAW a little to use when I play you guys

[Disturbed316]

Never actually managed to run up it and grab hold of it, it caught my by complete surprise, was awesome.

My CAW is up to 99 so wont use it till you beef up.

[Volchok]

How do you grab the belt by running up the ladder?

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

Run up it and flick the sticks up as you reach the top and you should dangle from the titles with the same 'sweet spot' situation

[Volchok]

And also, How do you tie up with people so you can drag them to the hot spots?

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Strong grapple, and after the animation, you should be able to drag them using whatever set up you use to normally move.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

BADASS!!!!!!! The counter for the running shoulder block in the corner is to sidestep so the opponents shoulder hits the steele.

[Volchok]

How do you strong grapple? i've tried the grappels and it never works.

[Gerard]

Anyone been able to toss an opponent over the ropes with the fallaway slam? been trying since i got the game and can't get it to work, lashley done it to me the other day though. :?:

[Londoner]

Maybe not then...


Think I'm still going to get it actually. The in-ring action is what wins me over. Just feels so realistic compared to previous versions.

Also for anyone having trouble with the controls just go to control type D for the same controls as last years version.

[Volchok]

I have them on control type D, but I just can't seem to tie up with the opponent to drag them to the hot spots.

[Londoner]

I had that trouble but somehow found that pressing the circle button aswell as r1+ the direction button works.

[CSL]

How do you strong grapple? i've tried the grappels and it never works.

<font color=white>R1 and right stick</font>

[Champion of Europa]

I played a TLC Match last night and it was a 4 with me a friend and two computers. My friend was Super Crazy and used his on top of the ladder finisher to hit a swinging neckbreaker off the top of it. Brutal.

[Londoner]

^ Yeah I did a suplex off the ladder once when I had a finisher, amazing stuff.

[XL]

Anyone been able to toss an opponent over the ropes with the fallaway slam? been trying since i got the game and can't get it to work, lashley done it to me the other day though. :?:
I did it once. Can't remember who with or how!!

How do you do the cross powerbomb on to the ladder when its across the turnbuckles?

I've seen it in a vid before but can't do it!

Also is the elbow drop through the announce table a special?? And what other hotspot specials are there?

[XL]

^ Yeah I did a suplex off the ladder once when I had a finisher, amazing stuff.
I've done a couple of suplexes but starting from the ground!! My character somehow appeared at the top of the ladder without climbing it! Glitch methinks! Still it saved the match for me!:D

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

I did it once. Can't remember who with or how!!

How do you do the cross powerbomb on to the ladder when its across the turnbuckles?

I've seen it in a vid before but can't do it!

Also is the elbow drop through the announce table a special?? And what other hotspot specials are there?

For the announcer table special you whip them on top of the table, then climb on it yourself and press LB/ L1

[Londoner]

^ Think you mean L2 not LB.

[XL]

^ Think LB might be an 360 reference

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

Yeah LB is the left bumper, the same button on 360 as L1 on PS2 :y:

[TerranRich]

Hey, did anyone else know that certain superstars were voices by other actors?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0836714/fullcredits

Like Triple H, Vince, Teddy Long, John Cena, Jillian Hall, and Trish Stratus were all voiced by other actors. They've had me fooled for at least a year. Craziness.

[TerranRich]

And Jesus (Aaron Aguilera) does the voice for the Big Show in 07! WTF

Wait a minute...apparently the original superstars also do their own voices. Anybody know what's up with that?

Also, I checked out the manual, and Danny Basham (or Doug?) was not credited as doing the mo-cap acting. Three other guys were.

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

I'm going to call bullshit on IMDB there. I've seen them get things wrong before, and I don't doubt it this time. I just think Triple H's and Vince's voices are too close to be actors :-\

[Londoner]

^ Think LB might be an 360 reference


Oh yeah thought so after I posted that actually.

And HHH's and Vince's voices on the game are definately not actors, seems like bullshit to me.

[Lara Emily]

Royal Rumble is pretty broken

You get tossed to the apron way to easily, the Press Slam over the top rope move only works sometimes :|

Some pretty annoying glitches in the Ps2 version, Lilina's voice with Chimmel in the ring with an SD official but Raw commentators and the aformentioned tag team entrace announcing problem.

Not to mention the entire upper levels of the arena including the ceiling are just solid black nothingness during a match.

[D Mac]

I know it may be early but does anyone know of any CAW sites? I want to create some wrestlers that didn't make the game like London and Kendrick, Highlanders and Cryme Time. Also Samoa Joe so I can have him fight Angle before the Genesis PPV.

[Lara Emily]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Do1VK8k20

[The Fugitive]

I know it may be early but does anyone know of any CAW sites? I want to create some wrestlers that didn't make the game like London and Kendrick, Highlanders and Cryme Time. Also Samoa Joe so I can have him fight Angle before the Genesis PPV.

Caws.ws is the only website you need, although it can be slow and unreliable during the first few weeks of a game's release, due to everyone accessing it.

[Londoner]

Royal Rumble is pretty broken

You get tossed to the apron way to easily, the Press Slam over the top rope move only works sometimes :|

Some pretty annoying glitches in the Ps2 version, Lilina's voice with Chimmel in the ring with an SD official but Raw commentators and the aformentioned tag team entrace announcing problem.

Not to mention the entire upper levels of the arena including the ceiling are just solid black nothingness during a match.

That sucks about the rumble, I knew about the other stuff though. Still 50/50 on this game!

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

Something else that annoys me is when you do an advanced create an entrance.

Objects carried to the ring disapear (e.g. Undertakers hat, Finlays Shilalay etc)

Title belts disapear and reappear with different animations.

And if your guy is the 2nd to enter, your opponant goes from standing in the ring to being outside it etc.

On that note, I chose Y2J's 'Ring Entry' as part of my entrance, and for this one, the opponant stands inside the ring....but stands in the same spot as the annoncer...and completly messes up the whole thing

[Londoner]

Why can't these idiots who produce/test the game spot these bugs as quickly as you guys?

[Disturbed316]

One thing I dont like about season mode is how even though you have your character set to "dirty" you always still get the clean storylines.

Only got one of the achievements in the end, took about 6 hours to do it as well :mad:

[CSL]

<font color=white>With the voice debate, Triple H, Big Show etc all did their own voiceovers. Maybe they used other people for 'touch up' type things, litte tweaks etc</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Yeah, the Rumble is still largely unfun to play :(

If there is more than one other guy in the ring, and you get thrown over, you are pretty much automatically eliminated.

Plus the entrance order is rigged as it is every year. The last 5 or so entries will always be main eventers/upper card guys</font>

[TerranRich]

<font color=white>With the voice debate, Triple H, Big Show etc all did their own voiceovers. Maybe they used other people for 'touch up' type things, litte tweaks etc</font>
Yeah, that makes sense. Because Paul Levesque, Paul Wight, et al are still credited for their own characters, but those actors are credited as "____ / Other Voices", so it's more likely touch-up or background voices or something.

Has anyone played Season Mode with Boogeyman yet? It's hilarious, he talks in a normal voice, like just some average black guy. Also, I don't like how there's like 10% as much backstage segments as there was from last year's game. It's like, you get 50 voicemails and every 6 weeks or so you get a cutscene...which doesn't even involve your character. WTF.

Oh, and it's buggy as hell! I played in a Survivor Series match and not only did I win after one pinfall (no elimination, yet they said it would be elim-style), Lawler kept mentioning Kennedy and someone else, neither of whom were even in the damn match. WTF.

The new control scheme is tough to get used to, but I am slowly. And WTF is up with being able to beat Booker T easily but Batista doesn't even let me get one shot in and pins me after one finisher... ON EASY MODE!

[Just John]

Hey, did anyone else know that certain superstars were voices by other actors?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0836714/fullcredits

Like Triple H, Vince, Teddy Long, John Cena, Jillian Hall, and Trish Stratus were all voiced by other actors. They've had me fooled for at least a year. Craziness.

Ahh, dont get yourself tied up with IMDP. Pretty much everything they say is BS

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

Has anyone played Season Mode with Boogeyman yet? It's hilarious, he talks in a normal voice, like just some average black guy. Also, I don't like how there's like 10% as much backstage segments as there was from last year's game. It's like, you get 50 voicemails and every 6 weeks or so you get a cutscene...which doesn't even involve your character. WTF.

Oh, and it's buggy as hell! I played in a Survivor Series match and not only did I win after one pinfall (no elimination, yet they said it would be elim-style), Lawler kept mentioning Kennedy and someone else, neither of whom were even in the damn match. WTF.

Speaking of the Boogeyman thing, I did season with Taker, and instead of talking in deadman style like last year, he talks like he would as the Badass character, which is alot better IMO.

And you say about the commentator glitch, I played Taz vs RVD, and did an elbow through the announce table, and Tazz and Cole started talking about how daring Shane McMahon is :wtf:

[Extreme Angle]

caws.ws for caws...
they got jeff hardy, chris jericho and aj styles, as i know of...

[TerranRich]

Speaking of the Boogeyman thing, I did season with Taker, and instead of talking in deadman style like last year, he talks like he would as the Badass character, which is alot better IMO.
I was going through the Benoit/Taker storyline as Boogeyman, and Taker was almost like BadassTaker there, too. Haven't gotten too far yet though.

[CSL]

<font color=white>From CAWS.ws, Jeff Hardy 05 (return attire) and Christian Cage are both pretty damn good, especially the Jeff one. Dog the Bounty Hunter is great as well but fuck that :D </font>

[Disturbed316]

Wooo finally won a Money in the Bank match, luckily I did it on legend so I unlocked RVD briefcase, ECW ONS areana and even unlocked the other achievement I was going for the other day.

Just played a bunch of Ranked Online matches and they are the biggest piece of shit ever. Played six matches and only enjoyed two of them. The only match I could get a while ago was a three on one, and obviously these guys were friends and picked Big Show, Kane and Taker, so I thought I'd fuck them up and pick Micke James. They were in good spirits though and were laughing etc. Needless to say I get my ass handed to me, but I managed some offence and even got in a Mick Kick.

The rest though annoyed the fuck out of me due to them being button mashers and move spammers, so fucking annoying. I'd rather stick to playing with people I know.

[D Mac]

SWEET, caws.ws has individual DX enterances for HHH and Shawn. I was wondering about that.

Thanks guys I love you all! :D

[Extreme Angle]

like me :love:

[D Mac]

:y:

Also, I played with Create a Stable last night and I had Khali, Umaga, and Boogeyman and previewed the MNM enterance with them and Umaga did the Melina splits underneath the ropes! :rofl:

[TerranRich]

That reminds me of the video somebody posted on YouTube where Undertaker had Christy Hemme's entrance and music. It was hilarious.

[Tornado]

WTF, Why can't I give Burchills rope drop enterance to my CAW?

[TerranRich]

What, is it just not there in the list?

[XL]

One thing I dont like about season mode is how even though you have your character set to "dirty" you always still get the clean storylines.

Only got one of the achievements in the end, took about 6 hours to do it as well :mad:
This is one of my biggest beefs with the SD! series. Haven't had chance to play so much of this years but I did mention at some point before release. Remembering last years' storyline over the tag titles were you can go mad at Eugene and opt to have a match (which I did and beat the shit outta him) but the next weeks we're friends again.

Poor show!

I started a season with HBK on Raw, I turned the title match down and went straight into a fued before WrestleMania!! I lost like a year with one decision!! Poor show! Least on SD! you go on to Survivor Series!

[Disturbed316]

Went through season mode on legend earlier and had one new storyline and got traded twice :mad:

Ended up just skipping all the matches in the storylines I'd done, so an entire season took just under an hour to do. Also did the Rumble on legend, I love Khali, the big bastard.

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

I love Khali, the big bastard.

For a moment, I thought time had stopped and we were in the wrestling forum :lol:

I have another problem with create an entrance though. I used a smoke effect from the begining for my caw, and Shanes entrance. I also used Shane for the second part.....but the smoke magicly disapears :rant:

[DominateR]

I got used to the control scheme in this year's game by getting a strategy guide with the game, didn't even bother with the instruction booklet...think I'll play my first MITB ladder match shortly, just to find out if it's any fun or not...

[Gerard]

Fuck, i was pissing around in the advanced create an entrance editing big shows entrance , seems if you alter it then its impossible to get the pyro back again in its proper place. You can put a pyro in but you have to wait till hes on stage then he walks through it, which aint the same as it is originally.

Suppose i could delete the files on my hard drive to restore it :(

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

Can't you just use the basic mode and put it back to 'Big Show'?

[Gerard]

Can't you just use the basic mode and put it back to 'Big Show'?


Hmm not sure, gonna try that though i assumed it would have to be done through advanced.

Edit: that got it :)

[Batsu]

so wait a minute now...
if a cruiserweight toe kicks a upper-weight character, he now takes damage for it?! WTF!!

They need to tone down the sim and work more on the "fair".

[The Fugitive]

Well, I've just rented the game and I'm trying it out to see if it's worth purchasing.

I'll give my two cents later.

[Londoner]

^ You might be addicted for the first day or so then get bored with it like I did.

[The Fugitive]

We'll see. I just had my first match, an elimination tag match (Benoit, Mr. Kennedy and Trips vs Cena, Rey and Burchill).

You guys weren't kidding. Countering is a motherfucker. I'm not a fan of the new grapple system either, but hey, it was my first match, I'll get used to it.

EDIT: Just started creating myself in CAW. Assholes took out my name. :n:

[TerranRich]

Hey, can anyone else confirm that you can't use Experience points you've earned until you finish Season Mode? I went through about 13 months of Season Mode as Boogeyman before I lost to Kane twice a week before WrestleMania and got traded to Raw...only to start all over again. WTF. And I couldn't even use my 12,500 Exp points. I got fed up and started over with Kurt Angle (95 rating) in Legend Difficulty. I'm going to just sim all the matches and hope I win the important ones.

Then hopefully I can win the title at WM and use my Exp points.

But is there a way to use them before finishing Season Mode?

[Fignuts]

I'm really impressed with this. And thats coming from a fire pro addict.

[Fignuts]

I'll elaborate later, btw.

[Volchok]

What the fuck? I've played the season mode like 3 times and I still have not gotten to SummerSlam. I'm doing one with Edge right now, just won the tag titles with Masters at Unforgiven, get traded to Smackdown, But i've done a season with a Smackdown guy and it doesn't go to SummerSlam. ( and I played it threw till WM. ) So where's SummerSlam?