WWF/WWE Video Games

[Blinger1]

can we bring back the old game controls? I.E SD vs RAW oldschool!?

[Simmzay]

can we bring back the old game controls? I.E SD vs RAW oldschool!?

I second this notion.

[Wayne]

Yeah I wish they could.

Here is a list of all 21 abilities:
1) Dirty Pin (Feet are now on the top rope)
2) Evasive Dodge
3) Lock Pick
4) Ref Shield
5) Move Thief
6) Taunt Thief
7) Hammer Throw
8) Object Specialist
9) Resiliancy (Now for submissions too. I'm not sure if it was for 09 too.)
10) Durability
11) Hardcore Ressurection
12) Kip-Up
13) Fan Favourite
14) Outside Dives
15) Springboard Dives
16) Possum Pin
17) Fired Up (3 Finishers in a row)
18) Ring Escape (Able to leave the ring while knocked down)
19) Exploder TB Attack (Able to jump on opponent and do a grapple move)
20) Pull Back Attacks (Use irish whip to pull your opponent into a strike or grapple)
21) Strong Strike (A powerful strike)

Interview with Kofi Kingston about SVR10: http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Sto...1455.51360.htm

Its your world now…THQ/Yukes allows you to unleash your creativity in the latest iteration of the Smackdown franchise.

Yesterday was the day myself and all of the members of the SVR Nation were waiting for. The official unveiling of Smackdown vs RAW 2010. Of course we saw the exclusive announcement on the newest features in the series from Gamespot on Thursday but we wanted to know more. And if you’re like me, you wanted every single piece of detail you could get your hands on.

After a nice video presentation hosted by Cory Ledesma and a good few hours of hands-on time with the game I am happy to say this is probably THQ’s most solid effort to date since Here Comes The Pain.

At first glance you might walk by a television monitor and say…oh it looks the same as last year. But until you actually sit down with the game and play it you’re truly missing out on what THQ has brought to the table this year with the game.

First off when you start the game you are taken into the “SVR 2010 Training Room” which is completely copied off of Florida Championship Wrestling (WWE’s Developmental Territory). From there you can press start at anytime to bring up the menu. Think NBA Live with the court shoot around at the beginning before you bring up the menu and you pretty much get the idea.

The game this year looks beautiful and crisp, much more so on 360 than the PS3. It’s obvious they are still having problems on Sonys console for what reason, I have no idea. Once you get into the game you get to see all the cool presentation features they added in this year. When a match starts they will show you a graphic to tell you where the arena is just like on TV. The bell rings early during the first entrance before Lillian begins her announcing. Such as when Morrison poses on the stage or after Edge’s pyro finishes up. Each match is sponsored by something, such as THQ, WWEShop, etc. I would think this will be a good way for THQ to make marketing money online this year by advertising something quickly before each match. Only a few seconds and its kinda like a transition load screen that goes by really quick. Not bad at all.

In the match they throw down the “WWE Live” logo in the corner which allows you to feel like you are watching a real WWE broadcast. The camera angles throughout the match are absolutely awesome and the best I have ever seen in a wrestling game to date. The camera changes constantly during the bout and keeps things fresh but it never gets annoying. Yukes and THQ did a solid job on the camera angles this year.

As far as the HUD goes, its gone…long gone. Well, unless you count the little half halo like circle underneath your wrestler. That builds a momentum meter (SLOWLY I might add, no quick finishers this year. You gotta work for it.) to allow you to do your signature and or finisher manuever. One of the cool things I saw was that most likely after hitting your signature move you were immediately set up to be able to perform your finisher giving the game a more realistic WWE feel. Also, I don’t know if it was just this build or this is how its going to be in the final game, but having your signature or finisher reversed does not cause you to lose it. Finishers are still on a time limit but signatures can be wiped out just by your opponent turning momentum back in his favor. I thought it worked really well. By the way, the RKO reversal where Orton goes up for it and you throw him forward looks great!

The characters in this years game move more realistic and fluid than I have ever seen in games past. While you still see the usual collision issues that have haunted the series for years I noticed less of them in my time playing this years game than I have in years past. Its proof positive that Yukes takes the internet criticism to heart when they go back to the drawing board every year to plan out the next iteration of the franchise.

While my time was limited with the create modes I was pleasantly surprised with the look of all the parts in this years game. The character models look better than ever and are the closest I think we will ever see to them looking like the WWE counter-parts. The new flying Create a Finishers looked amazing and I watched Brad create a hilarious one that started as a 450 and turned into a cannonball like collision. Cool stuff.

After everything I saw, I walked away from LA this weekend with a smile on my face overly impressed with this years Smackdown game. The game is now being released three weeks ahead of schedule on October 20th (October 23rd for the UK). So get ready people, we are less than two months away from the greatest Smackdown in years. It’s our world now.

Tazz is confirmed (commentating):

Fans of THQ's annual series SmackDown vs. Raw can look forward to plenty of new features for the upcoming SVR 2010 edition. It's hard not to get excited by an updated roster of more than 60 wrestlers (including WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin -- an exclusive download for those who pre-order the game at Gamestop), six new Road to Wrestlemania character storylines, and a completely overhauled creation/customization system. From their previous games, THQ learned that that SVR players use their own created wrestlers "three times more" than the default roster," so they want to give you the tools to create your own unique game experiences in SmackDown vs. Raw 2010, and, at the same time, build a community to share videos, custom Superstars, and more.

THQ, working with developer Yukes Yokohama, rebuilt the Create-A-Superstar mode to make player-created wrestlers look as good as the real ones. This means better quality body textures, a larger selection of attire and accessories, and the development of "free-flowing parts" (no more jackets or ties that look like they were painted on characters' bodies). You'll find over 1000 parts to help create your wrestlers. There is also a new Paint Tool mode, which allows you to design art for logos, tattoos, or on the wrestlers' clothing. For the fan wondering if "Green Lantern" could beat Triple H, that dream is oh so much closer.

Within Create-A-Superstar, THQ beefed up the Create-A-Finisher mode by adding the ability to customize top-turnbuckle jumps by stringing together a set of up to 10 actions, similar to the custom grapple finisher introduced in last year's game. The mode allows for some over-the-top superhuman moves -- imagine a Shooting Star Press, now imagine your wrestler flipping through the air five times before landing on his opponent. That would be, like, five times the damage! Not really, it's probably the same amount of hurt, but it sure does look flashy.

Another first for the SvR series is Superstar Threads. This allows you to customize the outfits of any WWE Superstar on the game's roster. Are you tired of the Undertaker's drab look? Brighten him up by sending him to the ring in an all-pink outfit, but prepare for the 'Taker to frown a little as he reacts to his wardrobe change.

But THQ's most ambitious addition to SVR 2010 is the new WWE Story Designer, which lets you create your own storylines. You can customize pretty much anything, from an episode of Monday Night RAW to up to two years worth of WWE events. For each show you plan the matches, create cut-scenes, script dialogue for backstage confrontations, and you can even have your created wrestlers interact with the WWE roster. The story designer is so detailed, that if you want to rig a car to explode backstage as John Cena walks by it, YOU CAN. Boom, indeed, goes the dynamite. And if Cena has a steel cage match later in the episode, you can even set his attribute levels to reflect the injuries he sustained as a result of that sensational plot twist.

Other things you can do in Story Designer include changing the difficulty levels of wrestling matches, choosing backgrounds (garage, office, hallway) for cut-scenes, adding emotions to make your characters smile or scowl, allowing wrestlers to interfere with matches, and much more. The near-daunting amount of customization will keep even the most hardcore fans producing their own shows and storylines for hours.

You can share all of this content -- from custom wrestlers to your self-booked events -- online. Spending all that time creating your own wrestling universe wouldn't be fun if you couldn't show it off to your fellow SVR fans, so 2010 supports uploading and downloading content through the game's Community Creations option. Downloading content uses a keyword search function to find user-created items. For example, if you want to find a custom Andre the Giant you can type his name in the search field and then preview the results before choosing your favorite version of the Eighth Wonder of the World.

For those players who'd rather stick to using the game's own Superstars, THQ is working closely with WWE writers to develop six new Road to Wrestlemania storylines; including, for the first time, a Divas story (so step into some sexy boots and try to win the title). Each story branches off, based not only on whether you win or lose matches, but also on decisions you make in different cut-scenes. With six different storylines that each contain multiple ways to play, players have plenty of rasslin' to keep them busy.

With SVR 2010, it looks like THQ is bringing back the smooth game play of last year's edition, but adding an amped-up-on-steroids creation mode. Let's face it, WWE fans have seen more than a few groan-inducing storylines in their time (Necrophiliac Kane? Ugh.), but now you have the opportunity to produce your own shows to share with the world.

[Wayne]

Kofi VS Rey First Blood Match: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laM2UX7YfIk

New video of Edge's spear and more new things: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTRgF...layer_embedded

Randy Orton has an unlockable second attire:

Today, I got the chance to check out a pre-release of the new WWE: Smackdown Vs. RAW 2010 video game from THQ, released October 20th in North America and October 23rd in Europe. I have to say that this game has got a complete overhaul in my opinion and looks much better than the previous years versions of the game. Many new additions to this game include no HUD bar, a WWE Live Icon during play giving it the current WWE authentic feel and many more, we will talk more about these soon.

The game engine seems faster to load things up than previous versions, but the main talking point in this game this year is creativity allowing the user to create various things within the WWE world. The creative WWE Gamer will enjoy these features as will the new gamers also, whereas the gamers who just want to play for fun will enjoy the new influx of wrestlers on the talent roster as well as better overall gameplay and A.I.

I got to try out 3 different things of the game today and I will give them to you in detail now:

1.) Superstar Threads: From only getting 2 hours to play around with this pre-release version, this was one of my favourites and most fun aspects of the game. I edited a few wrestlers attires such as giving Rey Mysterio an American look to his attire with red, white and blue to giving MVP a Green & Black attire (for those DX Fans). It's a really fun addition and allows users to choose what kind of attires they would like to see on their favourite superstars or what kind of really bad attires they would like to see on their most hated superstars. I really liked this feature and can't wait to try it out when the game is fully released.

2.) Roster & New Additions: In the pre-release version I would say there was approximately 20 wrestlers for us to try our hands on. The regulars like John Cena, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Randy Orton, The Undertaker and Chris Jericho are in this game but the game has new additions this year from the likes of Jack Swagger, Dolph Ziggler, Vladimir Kozlov, Christian and many others. I wont spoil too much but entrances in this year's game actually look the way they are supposed to for certain superstars. Plus a new addition to entrances should have many creating (again playing on the creativity) various entrances and videos (which they can use for another feature) to put to good use.

3.) Story Mode: Last but my no means least, I got to try my hands on the all new Creative Story Mode, where YOU the player create various storylines for a brand and create the line-ups for PPV's. Fans of GM Mode made their voices heard when GM Mode was taken away in Smackdown Vs. RAW 2009 and believe me when I say this, fans of GM Mode will really enjoy this feature. I booked an episode of RAW which features various backstage segments as I didnt focus as much on the matches. I wanted to see what was available to me. This has great features such as a particular superstar getting run down by a car, the car exploding, a romantic on-screen relationship, some DX skits and EVEN THE ARRIVAL OF MR. MCMAHON himself to the building, which leads me to believe that he will be a playable character this year. The mode is absolutely fantastic and will have fans (including myself) coming back to play it over and over again with various segments to use. I believe a pack with more segments in Downloadable Content (DLC) will make the player want to play this even more, as due to what I was able to play around with, it really looked like a great addition to a great game.

Based on that, I hope you will enjoy the game as much as I will as I await the release date on October 23rd in Europe. Props go to THQ for making an awesome game this year, quite possibly one of the best I have played in the past 6 years.

[CJW93]

3 finishers in a row. why?

[Wayne]

Confirmed roster so far:

Beth Phoenix
Brie Bella
Chris Jericho
Christian
Cody Rhodes
David Hart Smith
Dolph Ziggler
Edge
Evan Bourne
Ezekiel Jackson
Great Khali
Jack Swagger
John Cena
John Morrison
JTG
Kofi Kingston
Maryse
Mickie James
Natalya
Nikki Bella
Randy Orton
Rey Mysterio
R-Truth
Shad Gaspard
Shawn Michaels
Stone Cold Steve Austin (UNLOCKABLE)
Ted Dibiase
The Rock (UNLOCKABLE)
Triple H
Tyson Kidd
Undertaker
Vladimir Kozlov
Yoshi Tatsu (DLC)
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Bound to be confirmed:
Batista
Big Show
Carlito
Chavo Guerrero
CM Punk
Finlay
Jeff Hardy
Kane
Kelly Kelly
Layla
Maria
Mark Henry
Matt Hardy
Melina
Michelle McCool
MVP
Santino Marella
Shelton Benjamin
The Miz
Tommy Dreamer
William Regal
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Possibility of being in:
Alicia Fox
Charlie Haas
Chris Masters
Eve
Gail Kim
Goldust
Gregory Helms
Jamie Noble
Jimmy Wang Yang
Katie Lea Burchill
Mike Knox
Paul Burchill
Primo Colon
Rosa Mendes
Slam Master J (Jesse)
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Maybe not in this year:
Drew McIntyre
Festus
Jamie Noble
Jillian
Jim Duggan
Kung Fu Naki
Sheamus
Tyler Reks
Zack Ryder

[Wayne]

Santino confirmed above. Also, Edge is in Road To Wrestlemania mode this year and Dolph Ziggler has helped reanimate Triple H's pedigree and Shawn Michaels' entrance.

Confirmed roster so far:

Raw
Beth Phoenix
Cody Rhodes
Evan Bourne
Jack Swagger
John Cena
Maryse
Mickie James
Randy Orton
Santino Marella
Shawn Michales
Ted Dibiase
The Brian Kendrick
Triple H

SmackDown
Chris Jericho
David Hart Smith
Dolph Ziggler
Edge
John Morrison
JTG
Matt Hardy
Natalya
Rey Mysterio
R-Truth
Shad
The Great Khali
Tyson Kidd

ECW
Brie Bella
Christian
Ezekiel Jackson
Nikki Bella
Vladimir Kozlov

DLC
Yoshi Tatsu

Legends
Stone Cold Steve Austin
The Rock

[CJW93]

I can't wait to win the WWE championship with Jack Swagger

[Lost_Addict]

no jeff sad face

i would of also liked rvd but someone will make these anyway

[CJW93]

The full roster wont be released for another few months yet