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**Disturbed316** · 07-31-2005, 11:52 AM

Someone over at Gamefaqs posted info from the UK edition of the Gamesmaster magazine:

1st page

The good news is, the next yearly update of smackdown aims to correct last year�s failings and add some genuinely exciting new stuff. The most obvious is the appearance of the Super brutal buried alive match � shift your eyes to the quality woodwork over the page � but at heart of the game is a new, more realistic approach to match pacing.
For a start, there�s a stamina meter, similar to the one seen in day of reckoning. But this time if you�re getting tired you can tap the �sell� button to help your wrestler recover by wheezing and clutching their chest. Secondly, the clean and dirty bars have been combined with the smackdown meter to form the all-new momentum bar, which�ll reward high-risk moves and low blows with the ability to pull of special moves.
The super clean and super dirty moves are more balanced now, too-the �dirty� option is still the traditional whack in the chutneys, but the �clean� option now involves stealing your opponent�s finisher. The number of �basic� grapples has extended from 16 to 25 thanks to the addition of O as an extra grapple button, and a �power� Irish whip (for throwing wrestlers over the ropes) is available by holding the Square and triangle buttons together. All that and Lilian Garcia appears in the ring for the first time. Its going to be a winner�

Pictures
Angle doing Ankle lock to Taker
- It'll be possible to reverse Kurt Angles ankle lock into a vicious boot to the face.

Taker doing the Tombstone
-Look at the improved facial animation on the undertaker. Thats a lovely scowl

Taker doing the darkness pin
-Rest in piece baby - obviously the usal array of special pins and finishers is varied as ever.

HHH knee'ing Angle
-Signature moves like HHH's Knee to the face will build up his momentum meter.

Buried Alive!
As most wrestling fans know, there�s a big difference between a casket match and a buried alive bout. In the former you simple have to trap your opponent inside a coffin, but in the latter you have to actually get them to say in a grave while you tip soil on top of it. Smackdowns buried alive match will actually combine both systems, but yuke�s won�t say how whether there�s a dirt shovelling mini-game. For what its worth, we�re predicting endings similar to Undertaker vs Vince McMahon, where Vinnie used a digger to do the �dirty� work for him.

Pictures

Batista power bombing HHH
-The roster in SvR 06 be updated as late as possible, so there�s no guarantee that Batista�s going to continue his dominant streak into the finished

Then two pics of the buried alive match that are already on the internet
-You�ve got to get the lid closed on top of them
-Alternatively, you can start a power struggle to simply shove them in head first.
Taker chokeslamming Orton in the casket
-And once one of you is inside there�s a button-tapping power struggle to escape.

Now entering the ring�
In the new entrance system, the first wrestler comes in as normal, but then they�ll stick around and �react� to the second wrestler�s entrance.
Pictures
HHH-In Triple h�s entrance, they�ll probably just fall asleep. It does take a long time.
The Batista picture at new years revolution-But faced with batista, they�re more likely to get out of the ring and cower by the apron.
A pretty good pic of Orton doing his arm thing-Watching Randy Orton mince his way down the ramp, any grappler worth his salt will be raring to go.

Rage in the Cage
It�s never been our favourite match type-Running away to win is a bit babyish for our liking- but the cage match has been massively improved this season. Check this out�

HHH kneeing Orton into the cage.
-There�s a new array of face gratting badness, like this knee in the neck
Orton about to slingshot HHH into the cage
-You can pull off popular moves like the slingshot into the bars.
HHH climbing while Orton is tugging his pants
-When one wrestler ties to climb out you can tug at their shorts instead of just rattling the cage.
Orton holding onto the top of the cage while HHH is pulling him off
-�Or climb up with them and fight for supremacy on the top of the cage. This happens a lot in real matches.
Benoit doing headbutt off the cage
-Or, of course you can just jump off the top like a nutter, As Chris Benoit�s demonstrating here.

Confused about how the new momentum system works?. Don�t be, its really quite simple. Here Edge and Chris Benoit takes us through the basics�

Theres some pretty good edge and Benoit pics which are kinda hard to explain but ohwell

Edge kicking Benoit
-You need to build momentum with your wrestlers best moves- high risk ones if your clean, and cheating if you�re dirty
Edge on turnbuckle
-once you�ve done enough to build up your finisher bar, you�ve got a couple of options to consider�
Benoit doing head but
-You can do it straight away to reflect the momentum on your side
Edge spearing Benoit
-Or you can store it to use later-as in previous Smackdowns
Edge doing taunt
-A stored finisher can be used to �steal� an opponents taunt, which�ll reverse their momentum if they�re doing well.
-A blooded Benoit doing headbut
If you�ve got one smackdown �stored�, it�s time to hit a �super clean� or �super dirty� move�.
Benoit doing crossface
-�so it�s all knowing the right time to go for the finish. Tap. Hippy Tap!

The Road to victory
One thing Yuke�s definitely won�t say anything about-apart from promising that it�s going to be loads better than last year�s- is season mode. What we do know is that wrestler voices will be back and once again proper wwe script bods will be inventing new storylines and events. What we don�t know is how much freedom you�ll have. In previous games you�ve been pretty much ridigly held to the script the entire way through. For what its worth, we�re hoping for a feuding system where you can deliberately interfere with people�s matches until they get so annoyed they give you a title shot-y�know, like in the real wwe. Observe a likely scenario�
Theres not captions with any information so I will just describe the pics
Edge and Benoit taunting each other with the unforgiven arena in the background
Pic of benoit with the back of Edges head
The pic of a blooded Benoit doing a headbut to a bloody Edge

Role Reversal
Sometimes you�ll notice wrestlers like Rey Mysterio and Rob Van Dam do an awful lot is reversing each other�s moves very quickly at the start of the match, and never quite hitting each other in a show of technical prowess that gets technically headed grapple fans all excited. In Smackdown, this is represented by the new reversal system which allows each wrestler to reverse moves as many as three times, combining with multiple animations for that flowing look. Nice touch.
A Picture of HHH doing a pedigree to Orton
-Pedigree�s can be reversed into a back drop or a catapult, natch.

The hard sell
In wrestling circles, �selling� refers to �pretending moves hurt�. In the new smackdown, it�s represented � as always � by wrestlers limping when they�ve taken too many shots to the legs, or leaving an arm dangling after one tricky crossface escape.
HHH doing a knee drop to Orton
-A quick knee in the face is fine, but repeated shots will tire the bloke out doing the knee�s
Taker chokeslamming Benoit
-Whereas a move like the chokeslam takes one bug burst of stamina but does huge damage, making it quite efficient if you can land it.

This is hardcore
Remember when Stacy Keibler could knock out the Big show with a hammer? That won�t be happening any more. Each wrestler now has a hardcore attribute governing how effective they are with weapons. ECW boys will do loads of damage, while divas hardly do any.
Lots of pics with bloody most of em weve seen before on the internet
-Sadly no word on wether wrestlers with high ratings get extra moves- we�d love to see Edge doing the one man con chair to
-As you�d expect HHH is a bit nifty with a sledge hammer
-From what we�ve seen, �juiced� wrestlers look a lot bloodier
-Kurt Angle Illustrates the new claret intensity by leaking like a broken fridge
-Again, sledge hammer animations have been improved to look more realistic.

It�s a knockout
How else has smackdown improved? Let us count the ways
*the picture of Orton RKO�ing Taker
-More reversal animations mean the taker could stop this move with the traditional throw him forwards move
-25%-30% more poly gons per wrestler mean randy ortons nipples are defined like never before. Look at that quality
-The wrestlers motion-captured their own moves, so this is the definitive Orton RKO
-Improved facial animations show off whether wrestlers are angry, sacred or just plain knackered

VERDICT
GM LOVES
+Burying people alive
+The Divas, although we haven�t seen them yet
GM HATES
-The collision detection on tables. Surely it�ll be better this year
-The Season mode
Most wanted meter-5(the highest it can be)
It�s sure to be the best wrestling game ever but will it have the balanced gameplay it needs to stand up against more conventional beat em ups?

Some interesting stuff, he also scanned the pages, but they are really bad and you cant make anything out on them.

07-31-2005, 11:52 AM	#178
Disturbed316 Posts: 22,695	Someone over at Gamefaqs posted info from the UK edition of the Gamesmaster magazine: 1st page The good news is, the next yearly update of smackdown aims to correct last year�s failings and add some genuinely exciting new stuff. The most obvious is the appearance of the Super brutal buried alive match � shift your eyes to the quality woodwork over the page � but at heart of the game is a new, more realistic approach to match pacing. For a start, there�s a stamina meter, similar to the one seen in day of reckoning. But this time if you�re getting tired you can tap the �sell� button to help your wrestler recover by wheezing and clutching their chest. Secondly, the clean and dirty bars have been combined with the smackdown meter to form the all-new momentum bar, which�ll reward high-risk moves and low blows with the ability to pull of special moves. The super clean and super dirty moves are more balanced now, too-the �dirty� option is still the traditional whack in the chutneys, but the �clean� option now involves stealing your opponent�s finisher. The number of �basic� grapples has extended from 16 to 25 thanks to the addition of O as an extra grapple button, and a �power� Irish whip (for throwing wrestlers over the ropes) is available by holding the Square and triangle buttons together. All that and Lilian Garcia appears in the ring for the first time. Its going to be a winner� Pictures Angle doing Ankle lock to Taker - It'll be possible to reverse Kurt Angles ankle lock into a vicious boot to the face. Taker doing the Tombstone -Look at the improved facial animation on the undertaker. Thats a lovely scowl Taker doing the darkness pin -Rest in piece baby - obviously the usal array of special pins and finishers is varied as ever. HHH knee'ing Angle -Signature moves like HHH's Knee to the face will build up his momentum meter. Buried Alive! As most wrestling fans know, there�s a big difference between a casket match and a buried alive bout. In the former you simple have to trap your opponent inside a coffin, but in the latter you have to actually get them to say in a grave while you tip soil on top of it. Smackdowns buried alive match will actually combine both systems, but yuke�s won�t say how whether there�s a dirt shovelling mini-game. For what its worth, we�re predicting endings similar to Undertaker vs Vince McMahon, where Vinnie used a digger to do the �dirty� work for him. Pictures Batista power bombing HHH -The roster in SvR 06 be updated as late as possible, so there�s no guarantee that Batista�s going to continue his dominant streak into the finished Then two pics of the buried alive match that are already on the internet -You�ve got to get the lid closed on top of them -Alternatively, you can start a power struggle to simply shove them in head first. Taker chokeslamming Orton in the casket -And once one of you is inside there�s a button-tapping power struggle to escape. Now entering the ring� In the new entrance system, the first wrestler comes in as normal, but then they�ll stick around and �react� to the second wrestler�s entrance. Pictures HHH-In Triple h�s entrance, they�ll probably just fall asleep. It does take a long time. The Batista picture at new years revolution-But faced with batista, they�re more likely to get out of the ring and cower by the apron. A pretty good pic of Orton doing his arm thing-Watching Randy Orton mince his way down the ramp, any grappler worth his salt will be raring to go. Rage in the Cage It�s never been our favourite match type-Running away to win is a bit babyish for our liking- but the cage match has been massively improved this season. Check this out� HHH kneeing Orton into the cage. -There�s a new array of face gratting badness, like this knee in the neck Orton about to slingshot HHH into the cage -You can pull off popular moves like the slingshot into the bars. HHH climbing while Orton is tugging his pants -When one wrestler ties to climb out you can tug at their shorts instead of just rattling the cage. Orton holding onto the top of the cage while HHH is pulling him off -�Or climb up with them and fight for supremacy on the top of the cage. This happens a lot in real matches. Benoit doing headbutt off the cage -Or, of course you can just jump off the top like a nutter, As Chris Benoit�s demonstrating here. Confused about how the new momentum system works?. Don�t be, its really quite simple. Here Edge and Chris Benoit takes us through the basics� Theres some pretty good edge and Benoit pics which are kinda hard to explain but ohwell Edge kicking Benoit -You need to build momentum with your wrestlers best moves- high risk ones if your clean, and cheating if you�re dirty Edge on turnbuckle -once you�ve done enough to build up your finisher bar, you�ve got a couple of options to consider� Benoit doing head but -You can do it straight away to reflect the momentum on your side Edge spearing Benoit -Or you can store it to use later-as in previous Smackdowns Edge doing taunt -A stored finisher can be used to �steal� an opponents taunt, which�ll reverse their momentum if they�re doing well. -A blooded Benoit doing headbut If you�ve got one smackdown �stored�, it�s time to hit a �super clean� or �super dirty� move�. Benoit doing crossface -�so it�s all knowing the right time to go for the finish. Tap. Hippy Tap! The Road to victory One thing Yuke�s definitely won�t say anything about-apart from promising that it�s going to be loads better than last year�s- is season mode. What we do know is that wrestler voices will be back and once again proper wwe script bods will be inventing new storylines and events. What we don�t know is how much freedom you�ll have. In previous games you�ve been pretty much ridigly held to the script the entire way through. For what its worth, we�re hoping for a feuding system where you can deliberately interfere with people�s matches until they get so annoyed they give you a title shot-y�know, like in the real wwe. Observe a likely scenario� Theres not captions with any information so I will just describe the pics Edge and Benoit taunting each other with the unforgiven arena in the background Pic of benoit with the back of Edges head The pic of a blooded Benoit doing a headbut to a bloody Edge Role Reversal Sometimes you�ll notice wrestlers like Rey Mysterio and Rob Van Dam do an awful lot is reversing each other�s moves very quickly at the start of the match, and never quite hitting each other in a show of technical prowess that gets technically headed grapple fans all excited. In Smackdown, this is represented by the new reversal system which allows each wrestler to reverse moves as many as three times, combining with multiple animations for that flowing look. Nice touch. A Picture of HHH doing a pedigree to Orton -Pedigree�s can be reversed into a back drop or a catapult, natch. The hard sell In wrestling circles, �selling� refers to �pretending moves hurt�. In the new smackdown, it�s represented � as always � by wrestlers limping when they�ve taken too many shots to the legs, or leaving an arm dangling after one tricky crossface escape. HHH doing a knee drop to Orton -A quick knee in the face is fine, but repeated shots will tire the bloke out doing the knee�s Taker chokeslamming Benoit -Whereas a move like the chokeslam takes one bug burst of stamina but does huge damage, making it quite efficient if you can land it. This is hardcore Remember when Stacy Keibler could knock out the Big show with a hammer? That won�t be happening any more. Each wrestler now has a hardcore attribute governing how effective they are with weapons. ECW boys will do loads of damage, while divas hardly do any. Lots of pics with bloody most of em weve seen before on the internet -Sadly no word on wether wrestlers with high ratings get extra moves- we�d love to see Edge doing the one man con chair to -As you�d expect HHH is a bit nifty with a sledge hammer -From what we�ve seen, �juiced� wrestlers look a lot bloodier -Kurt Angle Illustrates the new claret intensity by leaking like a broken fridge -Again, sledge hammer animations have been improved to look more realistic. It�s a knockout How else has smackdown improved? Let us count the ways *the picture of Orton RKO�ing Taker -More reversal animations mean the taker could stop this move with the traditional throw him forwards move -25%-30% more poly gons per wrestler mean randy ortons nipples are defined like never before. Look at that quality -The wrestlers motion-captured their own moves, so this is the definitive Orton RKO -Improved facial animations show off whether wrestlers are angry, sacred or just plain knackered VERDICT GM LOVES +Burying people alive +The Divas, although we haven�t seen them yet GM HATES -The collision detection on tables. Surely it�ll be better this year -The Season mode Most wanted meter-5(the highest it can be) It�s sure to be the best wrestling game ever but will it have the balanced gameplay it needs to stand up against more conventional beat em ups? Some interesting stuff, he also scanned the pages, but they are really bad and you cant make anything out on them.