Awsome, November 23, 2002

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Anthony Colon (ASTORIA, NEW YORK USA) – See all my reviews

  

The best Wrestling game by far (for any system). Smackdown: Shut your mouth seems to improve on every aspect of its predecessors.

Season Mode: Drastically improved covering the main storylines of the last 2 years including, The WWE brand split between Raw and Smackdown, The return of Shawn Micheals, the NWO, The McMahon/Ric Flair Feud and more.

Wrestlers: With just about every wrestler the WWE has to offer you can pick or create your favorite grappler including The Rock, Stone Cold, Brock Lesner, RVD, Hulk Hogan, Kurt Angle and more.

Matches: Just like the large amout of choices in wrestling there is also a large choice of matches including, Tag, Lumber Jack, TLC, Steel Cage, Hell in the Cell, Battle Royal, Hardcore, Survival, Last man standing, I Quit, to name a few.

Locations: The season mode hosts 14 Pay Per Views including the ones in England. You can wrestle on Smackdown, Raw, Heat, The World (the WWE wresteraunt and club), the streets, Boiler room, and more.

Unlockables: As with the previous Smackdown game you can unlock hidden game features during story modes including CAW parts to create wrestlers, Movies and arena’s.

GamePlay: More moves, counter moves and taunts make this the best wrestling game period. A must buy for any fanatic.

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This is an excellent game, and a lot of fun to play., November 23, 2002

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John Rossi (Somers Point, NJ United States) – See all my reviews

  

Well, here it is, the new game in THQ’s SMACKDOWN series. And here is my two cents’ worth on it.

First off, the graphics are improved over the last game, and the roster of superstars includes many more wrestlers to choose from. Entrances and lighting effects are brillintly done, giving you a feel that you are wrestling on TV. Soundwise this thing is great, too. Every move actually resounds with impact when you hit, even a standard punch, whereas in Just Bring It, some moves would sound DEVASTATING on impact (*BOOM!*) and others would fizzle out. There is absolutely NOTHING like hearing a WEAK little *pop* when you have just smashed your opponent face-first into the canvas.

Other great points: The commentary is not THAT much better than JBI but at the same time it is a LOT better in the sense that although they can repeat phrases they don’t do it as much as before, and the lines have a little more to do with what is going on in the ring. Plus the way that Good ol’ JR and Jerry
“The King” Lawler deliver their lines just SOUNDS better and less stiff than Michael Cole and Tazz did it in JBI.

Another big plus is that you have more freedom than ever as to how you want your created wrestlers to look, move and whatnot. And the best part…say it with me….SEASON MODE! HALLELUJAH. Now, instead of wrestling four matches to win the Heavyweight Championship Belt, you have to go through TWO FULL YEARS of matches. AND hang onto your hats boys and girls, it gets even better than this. After you win a belt, you can have other types of matches. In other words, not EVERY match will be a title defense, like it was in JBI, where if you won a belt, the STORY mode would be one match where you had to defend your belt and that’s it. This gives you plenty of time to form alliances and pick fights and so on. Believe me, I have been involved in several heated feuds already, and the game gives you the motivation to want to protect your buddies to the last breath and to knock your opponents head off and laugh at them after you win. More than that, it does a great job of making you feel you are a part of the WWE roster because your wrestler has a two year “career” instead of a four-match display of wrestling prowess. Also, with the new counter system requiring more guesswork, it is harder to win matches and consquently it can be harder to get title shots, and to win the belts, so that when you do win a belt you feel like you have accomplished something. Another plus, you now have the option to attack your opponent after you win a match. Perfect for the times you just BARELY managed to win and want to vent your frustrations, or for the times you have thoroughly beat the stuffing out of your opponent and you just want to add a little more salt to his wounds, or to add a little insult to injury, so to speak.

There are some minor (to me) issues with the game, as some have mentioned. You cannot wrestle for or defend belts in exhibition mode, and the female wrestlers you create cannot be used in Season Mode to a great extent, as there is no Women’s Championship Belt. To me though this didn’t matter. To some it may, but not to me. I am having far too much fun with my WWE career. And I happen to think that how FUN a game is to play is far more important than any features a game may or may not have. And for the record, blood is not necessary. It would have been sort of neat to have blood in there, but having the wrestlers bleed or not is a tiny issue. The game isn’t any less fun for me to play just because the wrestlers don’t bleed.

Well, that’s my piece. Pick this up, if you get the chance. I wish you many hours of fun with it, and happy gaming. Peace, and God bless you.

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WWE Smackdown! Shut Your Mouth!, November 6, 2002

WWE Smackdown! Shut Your Mouth is without a doubt the best wrestling game ever if not the best game period! The games graphics are incredible! You can see sweat and the faces cringe in pain for moves like the figure 4 leg lock! With all new wrestlers including: DDP, Stacy, Torrie Wilson, Rey Mysterio, Booker T, Billy, Chuck, Brock Lesnar, RVD, Jamie Orton, Lance Storm, Billy Kidman, Jon Cena, The Hurricane, Hulk Hogan, Batista, Shawn Micheals, The NWO (way cool entance!) and I think Rosie and Jamal are included. The entrances are new entrances and new outfits. A new and IMROVED story mode makes the game worth playing over and over again with new match types like inferno matches. Defintitly a must have for any wrestling or non-wrestling fan!…

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