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this game is pretty cool |
| demolition dud from Ellsworth, USA says (24/Jun/2001): |
This game is cool but there is about 7 things I would change:
1. Be able to create more than 10 guys at a time I had to buy another memory card.
2. Make the loading way faster cuz it totally ruins the Royal Rumble matches.
3. While in season mode GET RIDE OF THOSE ANNOYING CUTS.
4. Make some of the moves move realistic like the Mexican Surfboard is almost impossible to do in real life.
5. Make the game have DQ'S other wise it's to easy.
6. There is enough create-a-... modes so why not add one more create-a-finisher move.
7. Add a few more matches like Infreno, buried alive, 2 out of 3 falls and a door match which is like a table match only instead of putting your opponent through a table you put them threw a door bolted shut.
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Good but not Great (Look for PS2's version) |
| Paul is RAW from Adelaide, South Australia says (15/Jun/2001): |
As everybody else has gone on about the great things, and common gripes which I agree on. I'll just give my own gripes...
1) During season mode I've used The Rock , Stone Cold,
Kurt Angle all completed 1 full year with each winning every match they were in and never once did I get a title shot of any discription, even winning the Royal Rumble did absolutely nothing for their careers... And they gained 1-2 ranking positions for those feats. Other than on their personal record. The only exception was Shawn Michaels who after I had won the WWF title in a created PPV then it was lost a CPU player then I using him was granted a title shot again at WrestleMania.
2) The additional matches CPU v CPU are worthkess. Even on the hardest level they just stand their staring at each other.
3) The first year (1999/2000) follows the real storyline almost to a tea, regardless of rankings....
4) When I finally get to interact with backtage players e.g "Who do you want to talk to?" 3 others were there, I chose someone I had never matched against or faced etc. And he said "You're a useless partner and this team is now over." WHAT!!! We were never a team, nor was he ever in a team.
5) Only usefull cut-scenes should be in the game. Ones that actually change a match. Not just guys twiddling their thumbs.
On the whole I bought it cause I'm a WWF fanatic, and it is better than Smackdown, but I feel N64 WrestleMania 2000 & No Mercy are far superior in overall game-play..
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Great, but the loading time is annyoing. |
| shotz from England says (15/Jun/2001): |
Smackdown 2 could possibly have been the greatest wrestling game ever if it were not for the unneccerary loading times which usually load up totally rubbish things. in season you get stupid carttons like "the rock is here 2nite" or some other rubbish. also that stupid helth meter is soooooo anoying. it spoils the season by making it to slow. even the amount of damage people take in matches is stupid. when you hit someone with a chair they dont even fall, if u chuck em off the hell in a cell they get staright back up, puttin 'em though a table does nuthin, and i is way to easy to win by submission.
but despite all this bad stuff, it remains the undisputed best wrestlin game on the PSX . its got cool matches like TLC, table, ladder, hell in a cell, king of the ring, hardcore time limit title and other things like the create a stably are wicked and the create a wreslter if WAYYYYY better tan in smackdown 1. but they dont need the create a PPV.
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What we all expected was better! |
| Aaron Braund from Scotland says (8/Jun/2001): |
Smack down 2... We waited so long and we got what we deserved... A brillant game! The entrances are stunning, the create-a-character is amazing and the matches are good as well! Im not a freak on wrestling games but this one was super! I thank THQ for bringing the first wrestling game(apart from smack down)that will get you hooked. With it's range of modes,characters and creating them will keep you playing well past its sell by date!
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Simply the best Wrestling game EVER! |
| Derek says (7/Jun/2001): |
I gotta say I've been addicted to this game for a while. The varity of matches is amazing, ladder, tables, caskets, but my personal favorite, TLC (tables ladders and chaires). The character creating is great, you can choose from standard and advanced parts, and even choose some parts from the precious Smackdown! I even made a third hardy boy. The season mode is great, you can even get asked to interfere in matches. But of coarse when Vince McMahon asks me, I accept, then beat the %$#< remove me > at out of him instead! It also has chicks like Lita and Trish Stratus. So ya know its gotta be good. They even have the ocasional beuty contest (rarely). This is all why I gave it a 10 out a 10!
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The Best Wrestling Game Ever. 'Nuff Said. |
| Spencer Christiano from New York, USA says (28/May/2001): |
This game is the best wrestling game ever made. Why is that, you may ask? Well, pipe down and I just might tell ya!
1) Great graphics. This game isn't made to be a graphic adventure, but it doesn't have to be one. It has the best graphics I have ever seen in a wrestling game.
2) Great physics. Jeff Hardy performs a real swanton bomb, and The Rock does a completely accurate People's Elbow.
3)Great characters. This game has the characters you love, the characters you hate, and even the characters you've never heard of. And if you're not satisfied with that, the game has an incredible Create-A-Wrestler mode.
4)Accuracy. The characters look like the real deal, and there are even accurate enterances!
5)The game is just plain FUN! You can throw your opponents off of a steel cage, you can put wrestlers through tables, hell, you can even taunt other wrestlers!
So there you have it. I have given you what I think of this game. I have spoken the truth. What you use with my words is up to you. You may say "this dude doesn't know what he's talking about!" or you may trust me, and go out and buy the game. Trust me, it will be the best $30-40 you have ever spent.
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BEST WRESTLING GAME EVER |
| SHAUN HAND from BRADFORD,ENGLAND says (2/May/2001): |
As everyone anticipated smackdown2 didn't change much as it was already a great game,but the fantastic array of matches,50 wrestlers to choose from and 1000 different moves to pummel your opponent with adds to an already advancing new genre of gaming.Even if you don't like wrestling you can enjoy the fighting and create a wrestler mode,but for a fan of the WWF this is a realistic effort and very playable.The game takes wrestling to new heights.
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Good but not as good as i thought it would be |
| NickB from Paris, France says (16/Apr/2001): |
There are good and bad points for this game. First, the bad points:
Loading time for ages and sometimes for about 1 second of action, then it has to load again!
Season mode takes too long. Gets boring after a long while.
You can only put them through the middle of the hell in a cell.
Now, the good points:
Create a character mode is good. You can make exactly what you want.
Lots of cool matches. Good for beating someone too a pulp.
You can jump off the hell in a cell through the table. (I think this is only if you use a gameshark. Overall a pretty good game.
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Smack Down more like Smack Up!!!! |
| Mahans Jackoff from hoeirrks,Vietenam says (15/Apr/2001): |
Smack Down 2is by far the best wrestling game to hit the playstation by far (with the possible eception of Vanda vs PEN15). Well smack Down 2 has all the thrills and spills of TLC matches and hell in the cell matches. If this is nt enough for all you wrestling fans there is the possibility of having over 50 wrestlers from your favourite Vince Mc Mahon to the most hated Scotty 2 Hotty. In the words of a great philosopher "I pity the fool"who wont buy this great game from the makers of "Pen15 Vs Carlin" and "Vanda vs PEN15" so you know its good.
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This game could have been a lot better! |
| NO9999 from pennsylvania, usa says (13/Apr/2001): |
Smackdown 2 had a lot of publicity around christmas time and the makers had to work fast and they rushed it. everything is fine not great but fine there was nothing special at all about this game. I try to do a season and i am the wwf champ and i dont even wrestle have of the time and then i have to watch the virtual color thing. It was horrible. The makers of this game should be asshamed that they rushed it.
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The best game ever!!! |
| A gamer from Wexford, Ireland says (5/Mar/2001): |
If you like putting people trough tables, crackin' backs with anything you can find this is the game for you.
This is a great game with superstars from Stone Cold Steeve Austin to Essa Rios. It has many game modes like cage matchs, hell in a cell matchs and TLC matchs.
The create a superstar is the best ever by choosing the crowd signs and being able to come out on a motor bike like the Undertaker.
The game also includes stables like DX, Too Cool, The McMahoon Family and Edge and Christian. You can also make the stables that are not all ready in the game.
The career mode is the best I've ever seen with backstage beat ups and controversy.
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wasnt as good as the first but it was pretty good. |
| Scott from NSW Australia. says (5/Mar/2001): |
I rather enjoyed the game as there wasnt very often that i got beat at it. I found stone cold and the rock to be the two best to fight with and the undertaker was also pretty good. The graphics are a bit better then those in the first wwf smackdown but i would still rather play the first one more than the second.
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Not too bad,...........but could have been better. |
| Sabu from Chicago, USA says (26/Feb/2001): |
Overall, I find Smackdown 2 to be an alright game. The special matches aren't too bad and the graphics are okay. The character creation gives you alot of options, which is cool. However, the loading time takes way too long. By the time my match has finished loading I've already grown bored. Plus, there are other aspects of the game that could have been better. Maybe I'm spoiled from ECW Anarchy Rulz & ECW Hardcore Revolution, I happen to like blood in action games. Within the two games I just mentioned, the blood is nonstop and they also do something else that Smackdown 2 doesn't. The two ECW games have Gertner and Styles giving play by play calls during the matches.
Bottom line, Smackdown 2 wasn't too bad, but could have been alot better. Should they put out another, my advice would be to speed up the loading, add an option for blood, add an option for mature language, and add comments from JR & Lawler at ringside during matches. If you're going to make a wreslting game, make it as realistic as possible. If the wrestlers bleed on tv, then they must bleed in the game. If they stay down for a while after a powerbomb, then they should do such in the game(instead of popping up two seconds later). Come on, even when Mark Calaway was still doing the Gothic Taker he wouldn't always pop up after two seconds. Plus, if they have JR/Lawler, Cole/Lawler & Cole/Tazz on the mic during matches on Raw, Smackdown, heat and PPV's, why not have such upon the game. Leave it up to me and I'd combine aspects of the ECW games with Smackdown.
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Simply amazing |
| Levon from Toronto,Canada says (26/Feb/2001): |
I really wanted to give this game a ten but i just couldnt with the loading sequences it seems they load whenever theres a chance to load. Other than that flaw which i have gotten used to and accepted i find the game simply amazing the graphics are beautiful other than the odd hand misplace. I love all the matches you can choose from, the create a p.p.v./ superstar are amazing. A great idea to put in the create a stable/maneger modes so you can keep the game up to date. Everyone says the season mode sucks but have you ever tried playing with 2+ people it keeps you wanting to play and if you ever all of a sudden hate the wrestler you are [in season mode] you can change your wrestler. the king of the ring and royal rumble could have some improvments such as being able to pick the people you play against and no loading before a wrestler comes in.other the game has some faults i think its an incredible game the people at THQ did a fantastic job
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Good, definitely not the best |
| Gerardo García from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico says (26/Feb/2001): |
Smack Down! 2 is way better than the first installment, but eternal loading times and uneven season mode have marred it severely. Also, the CPU utter contempt towards CAW'S make it difficult to give them push and contend for a major title. The Titantrons are pretty pointless, I mean, what's the use of creating an entirely new character and having him/her enter to somebody else's video and music? It's ridiculous!
The cutscenes are boring and way too short to entertain you. The "storylines" don't follow and feuds are limited to "Champion-No. 1 contender" matches (did I say "Light-Heavyweight Title"?)
I think I'd go on with the flaws but now I'll admit the graphics are hot and so is the game engine. The only adjustments THQ should make are those with the cinematics, the skip match system, entrances, and loading time. Hopefully, Smack Down! 3 will be even closer to the wrestling panacea we've craved for so long.
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I like the game but I think THQ could have done better |
| Corey from Lorain, USA says (21/Feb/2001): |
Dislikes
1. The game takes to long to load. On the season mode they load for the dumbest things like when a group is talking they don't say what they are talking about.
2. This is not a big conCern but why don't they use a new title they have 12 ppv names they can use one of those. I don't want every ps/ps2 wwf game being called smackdown.
3. The season mode is pointless it takes forever to finish a season, they should just make the season mode like no mercy for N64. You play a season and get the belts or something worth getting.
4. The ranking, I don't know about everyone else but I hate the rating. I know its realistic but anyone should be able to go for the belts at any time
5. THERE IS NO BLOOD. I beat people to death on the game and there is no blood.
Likes
1. The graphics are good, Some of the wrestlers look real
2. The types of matches are the greatest. Table, Hell in a Cell, Casket(which is not that good), Slobber Knocker, Ladder, an TLC
3. The entrances are alot better than the first Smackdown
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The best game on the Wrestling Market...The future is SmackDown 2 |
| Burntwist_Thug from United States, Florida says (10/Feb/2001): |
Yes, the one wrestling game I've beens earching for since the first time I played Monday Night Raw for Sega! Graphis are a big hit, the backstages a big hit, the moves, wrestlers, options and creating stats are big HITS! You can do just like the real T.V. show. Just some things take time. Make a stable, make a manager, make a pay-per-view, and BAM! You've got your own hit. You can make your own wrestlers to go with it. Yeah being powerbombed off the top of the cell and getting up seocnds later is fake. But people, if the computer or your friend were versus you and they did that to you..wouldn't you want to get up and get your revenge? You wouldn't want to wait 10 minutes just so they can jump off the cell and land on you. The cut scenes can be better but they are exciting to watch. Never know what cut scene you are going to get. Just like you are never going to know what you are going to get in the real show. THQ have done their best, but they can do alot better, simply with the loading. And some things need to be up to date. Val-Venis, K-Kwik, Raven so on. And the table matches are kick butt! You can jump off the top rope and land ont he oppenent, putting them through the table. You can rock bottom them through it, powerbomb, and pile drive them through it. And with the ladder it's even better! You can just get a hardy and do the Senton Bomb off the ladder putting them opponent through that table! Oh yeah it's fun. But more tables need to be added in the TLC matches. All in all, bottom line, this game has the best game-play, graphics, and options out in the Playstation Wrestling market.
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Now Loading the Loading...the 1 and only flaw! |
| Dwayne Johnson from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida says (6/Feb/2001): |
Smackdown! 2:Know Your Role, was by far the best wrestling game sofar, as far as up to date wrestlers goes. However, the constant loading screens and intros to matches in season mode, makes it damn near impossible to finish a year, or a month for that matter, and have time to spare. I strongly suggest that if THQ plans on another follow-up, that all the "Create-a-..." modes, should be on a separate disk, making room for loading time on the main disk. Dispite this fault, I think this is the best yet, and I hope it only gets better!
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So its the best but not amazing |
| The Undertaker from Cardiff - Wales says (4/Feb/2001): |
THQ are you listening.
WWF Smackdown 2 is a good game but for a few points :
1.Why the stupid boring cut-scenes ?
For instance the ones where it says
"Someone is provoking someone" or simply a whole cut scene to show a wrestler sitting on a chair nodding his head.
2.LOADING TIMES. This spoils the Royal Rumble mode.
Ok so I have badmouthed thisgame for a while now so its only fair I give a few suggestions :
1.Get rid of those BORING cut scenes
2.Try to improve loading times
3.Make damage more realistic you throw some one off the top of the cage in a Hell in a Cell match and they get up seconds later.
4.Make it for the Playstation 2 so loading times will be shorter and graphics will be better.
I think you have heard enough if THQ read this and the other articles here (NOT the ones that gave it 10/10 because they are just hardcore fans and dont see the faults in the games)and take note of suggestions I will be looking forward to WWF Smackdown 3 for PS / PS2 >;o)
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Not that great |
| Fat Mike from Washington, USA says (30/Jan/2001): |
Yes, this game is good, but I have a few major problems with it. First, it is too similar to the first one. Also, most of the new characters were just crappy ones like Viscera and Scott Taylor. Next, no blood. The characters also get up way too fast. Powerbomb a guy of the top of the cage, and he gets up 5 seconds later! And the season mode sucks. You have to wait about an hour between each one of your matches, and watch crappy cinematics after almost every match that take a hell of a long time to load. And most of them just show somebody showing up in the arena. And then you have to sit through another load when they're finished! The special matches suck, too. I will admit, though, that this game has fast, intense matches, and the graphics are great. And I loved driving a forklift into my opponent! I say that it's worth a rent, but don't bother buying it if you have the original.
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