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You heard me wwe smackdown 4 for our favourite console the PS2.
Featuring RVD, HOGAN and more. 60 superstars in total and over 70 modes with commentary done by JR and JERRY LAWLER this game will be the best yet.
THQ are finally giving us what we want and that is the 4th installment in the smackdown seres with a updated roster and a better CAW mode then ever.
This game will be realeist in winter 2002. Thats right this year and it will be worth the wait. I will deffinetly be buying this game no matter what. WILL YOU ?
Featuring RVD, HOGAN and more. 60 superstars in total and over 70 modes with commentary done by JR and JERRY LAWLER this game will be the best yet.
THQ are finally giving us what we want and that is the 4th installment in the smackdown seres with a updated roster and a better CAW mode then ever.
This game will be realeist in winter 2002. Thats right this year and it will be worth the wait. I will deffinetly be buying this game no matter what. WILL YOU ?
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You heard me wwe smackdown 4 for our favourite console the PS2.
Featuring RVD, HOGAN and more. 60 superstars in total and over 70 modes with commentary done by JR and JERRY LAWLER this game will be the best yet.
THQ are finally giving us what we want and that is the 4th installment in the smackdown seres with a updated roster and a better CAW mode then ever.
This game will be realeist in winter 2002. Thats right this year and it will be worth the wait. I will deffinetly be buying this game no matter what. WILL YOU ?
Featuring RVD, HOGAN and more. 60 superstars in total and over 70 modes with commentary done by JR and JERRY LAWLER this game will be the best yet.
THQ are finally giving us what we want and that is the 4th installment in the smackdown seres with a updated roster and a better CAW mode then ever.
This game will be realeist in winter 2002. Thats right this year and it will be worth the wait. I will deffinetly be buying this game no matter what. WILL YOU ?
well, considering my bitter dissappointment with SD3, I will have to find out as much as i can about this one.
It would be impossible to be any worse than SD3
I absoloutly hated the first, second and 3rd smackdown gamesand wrestling aswell. The fighting was sluggish and boring. However after seeing this months PSW DVD i must say Shut your mouth looks good. I was impressed on the graphical improvements and the fighting seemed smoother. A scene with two wrestlers stood on top of of a ladder as it fell sending them flying out the ring was very impressive. Also it's got girls getting spanked by men. Must be good :D
There are a lot of downloads available at ps2.ign.com. SD3 looked good but when it came to gameplay it was very poor, I am glad I played a demo before I wasted my money on the game.
I was looking around some websites and in one of the message boards I found a "So Far Confirmed List". It should give us some indication of what is in the game already etc. DOnt know if you are interested or know this already but still.....
-------------------------------------------------Superstars:
Confirmed:
1. Big Show
2. Booker T
3. Bradshaw
4. Brock Lesnar
5 . Bubba Ray Dudley
6. Chris Benoit
7.Chris Jericho
8. Christian
9. Debra
10 . D-Von Dudley
11. Edge
12. Hollywood Hogan (nWo)
13. Jeff Hardy
14. Kevin Nash
15. Kurt Angle
16. Lance Storm
17. Lita
18. Matt Hardy
19. Ric Flair (Suit)
20 . Rob Van Dam
21. Shane McMahon (Suit)
22. Stacy Keibler (Dudley Attire)
23. Stephanie McMahon
24 . Stone Cold Steve Austin
25 . The Rock
26. Triple H
27. Trish Stratus
28. Undertaker
29. Vince McMahon (Suit)
3D crowd fighting is ON!!!!!!
(Heard from a THQ staff)
Not 100% Exactly Confirmed Wrestlers:
DDP (Shown in trailer but PSX Extreme claims he was taken out)
Shawn Stasiak (IGN says he is in the trailor but he really is not)
About 60 wrestlers will be in final version
Earl Hebner still referees the matches
Maven's contract has nothing preventing him to be in the game
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Commentary:
Jim Ross
Jerry "The King" Lawler
- Apperantly Michael Cole and Tazz are not commentating from recent news
- Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler commentate both Raw and Smackdown!
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Match Types:
- Singles
- Tag Team
- Elimination Tag (Survivor Series Style)
- Hardcore
- Slobberknocker Anywhere (Backstage Version of Slobberknocker)
- Six Man Tag Normal
- Captain Fall Tornado Six-Man Tag (Pin Team Leader To Win)
- Hell In A Cell
- Ladder
- Table
- TLC Single
- TLC Tornado Tag
- TLC Triple Threat
- TLC Fatal 4 Way
- TLC Title
- TLC Tornado Tag Title
- TLC Triple Threat Title
- TLC Fatal 4 Way Title
- Triple Threat (With Variations)
- Handicap (With Variations)
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Arenas:
- Smackdown
- Wrestlemania X8
- Summerslam
- Unforgiven
- Rebellion
- Survivor Series
- Royal Rumble
- Judgement Day
Confirmed by Article But Yet To Be Seen
- Raw
- Heat
- Backlash
- Vengeance
- Multi-layered arenas (levels of seats in each height)
------------------
Weapons:
- Ladder
- Chair
- Tables
- Title Belt
- Microphone
- New Weapon Interaction
- Better Rendered Weapons
- Grappling Moves with Weapons
- New Moves with chairs such as Vandaminator and DDT on chair
- New Ladder and Table Interaction
- Ladders and Tables can both be set in corner
- Weapons get dent when repeatedly used
- Players can lay on ladders when ladders are laying on mat
- Submissions can be performed on top of ladders
- Weapon grapples performed when the assigned weapon is in hand and you go to grapple like any ordinary grapple move
- Top rope finishers can be done through tables
- Tables disappear when broken
- Top rope finishers can be done when player is laying on top of ladder
- When player irish whips opponent into the corner with table in corner the table does not brake, but it does set the players opponent up laying upward against the table (Look on second pic in second row) so the player will get ready to execute a move
- Opponent can be body slammed onto ladder and the ladder will bounce open bouncing the player off (Seen in RVD/Hogan video and is shown in last pic)
- Moves through the Announcer Tables are alot more smoother than in SDJBI
- You can perform finishers from on top of the announcers table
- The drop kick from turnbuckle into ladder that someone is holding
- You can throw your opponent into the ladder standing into the corner
------------------
Chair Moves:
- DDT onto Chair
- Double Chair shot (Seen in one Booker/Hogan video from gamespot)
- Undertaker chair move (shown in trailer)
- Van Daminator (Not Just in Trialer as cutscene, Look at Pic Below, Name Screens appear)
- Wrestlers can have more than one weapon move per weapon
------------------
Graphics:
- Each wrestler features double amount of polygons over SDJBI
- Long Hair on wrestlers such as Jericho and Nash is greatly improved
- Facial Expressions are greatly improved over SDJBIs
- Works of a 3D Crowd is being made
- The commentating table has mini monitors on it
- The crowd near the barricade has a more 3D look to them but the next row are all flat
------------------
Gameplay:
- Features Expanded Partner System which allows players to take control of their tag partner
- Wrestlers can climb titan tron and jump off
- You can chokeslam your opponent off the HIAC and any other move sending your opponent to the ground might cause them to fall off
- Grapples have been changed so if you go and reach but do not totally interact with the wrewstlers you will just be grabbing thin air and be set up for a counter attack by opponent
- Reversals are greatly improved and we wont see as many as in SDJBI
- Wrestlers will not reach out as far for grappling manuevers
- If ladder tips with wrestlers on it the wrestlers will hold on
- Not sure, but by the picture below it looks like wrestlers can hang onto the Titles in TLC/Ladder Matches
------------------
Misc:
- WCW Title Belt at this point is in
- Full Sized Hell In A Cell
- Buy secret items at Shopzone from money you get in season and exhibition
- Triple H was shown as Undisputed Champion and had both WWE and WCW Titles as well as showing them off on the turnbuckle which makes me believe possible Title Taunts that go with Entrance
- Rock was wearing only WCW Title and did his real life title taunt on turnbuckle likes real lifes
- Commentary will be improved greatly
- Players can stand on the barricade and even run along it (Like Jeff Hardy)
- Game includes new Smackdown! logo
- New and Improved Menu's
- Create a Taunt is In
- Create a Belt may be in
- Although both JR and King sit at the commentating table, no word on if you could slap them
- Load screens like the ones in SD3
- Possibly up to 6 human players playing with multi tap
- Crowd reaches for you when you go near barricade
- New Raw Sign
- Most of the signs in the audience are yellow, green, or red
- The WWE sign is written on all the turnbuckle posts
- On the sides of the ramp instead of the regular barriace is a steel barricade
------------------
Wrestler Info:
- Undertaker rides to the ring on his bike (greatly improved from SDJBI)
- Booker T does his hand taunts
- Flair does his strut and has his suit, not wrestling gear
- Vince McMahon is in suit not wrestling gear
- Booker T has his version of The Rock Bottom, The Book End, which is different from Rocks
- Each wrestler has his/her own stance
- RVD has two 5 Star Splashes as his finishers (Like Triple H having two pedigrees in SDJBI)
- Rock has sloppy version of sharp shooter
- RVD has his green attire and also has an improved thumbtaunt over SDJBIs
- Each wrestler has his/her own way of reversing moves
- In the demo at E3, Stacey Kiebler's finisher was a Double Arm Powerbomb type of maneuver
- When RVD connects on the 5 star, he rolls away and does his selling tant then rolls back and pins but only when he fully connects
- Edges Spear has a huge improvement over SDJBI's
- Edge has his new submission move, The Educator
- Wrestlers have alook of pain on their face when in submissions
- Brock Lesnar is highly detailed and has all his tattoes
- Brock Lesnar comes to the ring by himself and not with Heyman
- Bradshaw has his one hand in the air taunt
- Opponent teleports to the middle of the ring when Rock hits the People Elbow
- Debra is in as Austin's wife
- Booker T's entrance has his flames
------------------
Create A Superstar:
- Will feature the layer system from Smackdown! Just Bring It
- CAW will be similar to SDJBI but greatly improved
- Brand new Thumbnail System Allowing More Caw Option that ever (?)
- Morph different parts of wrestlers face to suit your needs (?)
- Wresters that do not make the cut due to time will have all their gear, move-sets and repertoire in CAW
------------------
Season Mode:
- Features enhanced Season mode
- Features Multiple Character Paths
- Players have the option to enter into a world wrestling draft pool
- Season mode lasts for 2 years, with 4 Raws and 4 Smackdowns each month and a ppv each month for a total of 108 events per year in season
- For the draft there is a podeum where the owners will choose Draft participants
- Backstage Interviews, Attacks, etc
------------------
Season Mode Cinemas / Cut Scenes
- Vince Mcmahon spanking Stacey
- Rock and Hogan shaking hands and hug
- Kurt Angle attacking The Rock backstage
- Austin drives down the ramp with a black pickup truck
- Austin low blowing McMahon (Kiss My A** Angle)
- Austin repeatedly saying What? to Steph
- Interview at WWE New York and Taker Attacks Flair
- McMahon suspending The Rock
- Jericho talking to Steph saying he trusts her
- Rob Van Dam does the Van Dam Lift
- Flair/Vince fighting over Austin to sign
- Booker T has all his sayings in season
- Wrestlers ask you if you want them to become your manager
- Kurt and Vince Talking each other
-------------------
Backstage Areas:
- Locker Room
- WWE New York
- Subway Station (New WWFWG Pic)
- Stock Room (New WWFWG Pic)
- Parking Lot (New WWFWG Pic)
- Outside Smackdown! Arena
- Beautifully Contructed Hallways
- Backstage contructed after Madison Square Garden
------------------
New Moves:
- Vandaminator
- 5 Star Frog Splash
- Spinarooni Looks Reanimated
- Rock hits the spinebuster then goes into Peoples Elbow
- Brand New Double Team And Triple Team Moves
- Rob Van Dam has plenty of flippity-floppity-type kick maneuvers
- Booker T has armdrag superkick combo
-------------------------------------------------Superstars:
Confirmed:
1. Big Show
2. Booker T
3. Bradshaw
4. Brock Lesnar
5 . Bubba Ray Dudley
6. Chris Benoit
7.Chris Jericho
8. Christian
9. Debra
10 . D-Von Dudley
11. Edge
12. Hollywood Hogan (nWo)
13. Jeff Hardy
14. Kevin Nash
15. Kurt Angle
16. Lance Storm
17. Lita
18. Matt Hardy
19. Ric Flair (Suit)
20 . Rob Van Dam
21. Shane McMahon (Suit)
22. Stacy Keibler (Dudley Attire)
23. Stephanie McMahon
24 . Stone Cold Steve Austin
25 . The Rock
26. Triple H
27. Trish Stratus
28. Undertaker
29. Vince McMahon (Suit)
3D crowd fighting is ON!!!!!!
(Heard from a THQ staff)
Not 100% Exactly Confirmed Wrestlers:
DDP (Shown in trailer but PSX Extreme claims he was taken out)
Shawn Stasiak (IGN says he is in the trailor but he really is not)
About 60 wrestlers will be in final version
Earl Hebner still referees the matches
Maven's contract has nothing preventing him to be in the game
------------------
Commentary:
Jim Ross
Jerry "The King" Lawler
- Apperantly Michael Cole and Tazz are not commentating from recent news
- Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler commentate both Raw and Smackdown!
------------------
Match Types:
- Singles
- Tag Team
- Elimination Tag (Survivor Series Style)
- Hardcore
- Slobberknocker Anywhere (Backstage Version of Slobberknocker)
- Six Man Tag Normal
- Captain Fall Tornado Six-Man Tag (Pin Team Leader To Win)
- Hell In A Cell
- Ladder
- Table
- TLC Single
- TLC Tornado Tag
- TLC Triple Threat
- TLC Fatal 4 Way
- TLC Title
- TLC Tornado Tag Title
- TLC Triple Threat Title
- TLC Fatal 4 Way Title
- Triple Threat (With Variations)
- Handicap (With Variations)
------------------
Arenas:
- Smackdown
- Wrestlemania X8
- Summerslam
- Unforgiven
- Rebellion
- Survivor Series
- Royal Rumble
- Judgement Day
Confirmed by Article But Yet To Be Seen
- Raw
- Heat
- Backlash
- Vengeance
- Multi-layered arenas (levels of seats in each height)
------------------
Weapons:
- Ladder
- Chair
- Tables
- Title Belt
- Microphone
- New Weapon Interaction
- Better Rendered Weapons
- Grappling Moves with Weapons
- New Moves with chairs such as Vandaminator and DDT on chair
- New Ladder and Table Interaction
- Ladders and Tables can both be set in corner
- Weapons get dent when repeatedly used
- Players can lay on ladders when ladders are laying on mat
- Submissions can be performed on top of ladders
- Weapon grapples performed when the assigned weapon is in hand and you go to grapple like any ordinary grapple move
- Top rope finishers can be done through tables
- Tables disappear when broken
- Top rope finishers can be done when player is laying on top of ladder
- When player irish whips opponent into the corner with table in corner the table does not brake, but it does set the players opponent up laying upward against the table (Look on second pic in second row) so the player will get ready to execute a move
- Opponent can be body slammed onto ladder and the ladder will bounce open bouncing the player off (Seen in RVD/Hogan video and is shown in last pic)
- Moves through the Announcer Tables are alot more smoother than in SDJBI
- You can perform finishers from on top of the announcers table
- The drop kick from turnbuckle into ladder that someone is holding
- You can throw your opponent into the ladder standing into the corner
------------------
Chair Moves:
- DDT onto Chair
- Double Chair shot (Seen in one Booker/Hogan video from gamespot)
- Undertaker chair move (shown in trailer)
- Van Daminator (Not Just in Trialer as cutscene, Look at Pic Below, Name Screens appear)
- Wrestlers can have more than one weapon move per weapon
------------------
Graphics:
- Each wrestler features double amount of polygons over SDJBI
- Long Hair on wrestlers such as Jericho and Nash is greatly improved
- Facial Expressions are greatly improved over SDJBIs
- Works of a 3D Crowd is being made
- The commentating table has mini monitors on it
- The crowd near the barricade has a more 3D look to them but the next row are all flat
------------------
Gameplay:
- Features Expanded Partner System which allows players to take control of their tag partner
- Wrestlers can climb titan tron and jump off
- You can chokeslam your opponent off the HIAC and any other move sending your opponent to the ground might cause them to fall off
- Grapples have been changed so if you go and reach but do not totally interact with the wrewstlers you will just be grabbing thin air and be set up for a counter attack by opponent
- Reversals are greatly improved and we wont see as many as in SDJBI
- Wrestlers will not reach out as far for grappling manuevers
- If ladder tips with wrestlers on it the wrestlers will hold on
- Not sure, but by the picture below it looks like wrestlers can hang onto the Titles in TLC/Ladder Matches
------------------
Misc:
- WCW Title Belt at this point is in
- Full Sized Hell In A Cell
- Buy secret items at Shopzone from money you get in season and exhibition
- Triple H was shown as Undisputed Champion and had both WWE and WCW Titles as well as showing them off on the turnbuckle which makes me believe possible Title Taunts that go with Entrance
- Rock was wearing only WCW Title and did his real life title taunt on turnbuckle likes real lifes
- Commentary will be improved greatly
- Players can stand on the barricade and even run along it (Like Jeff Hardy)
- Game includes new Smackdown! logo
- New and Improved Menu's
- Create a Taunt is In
- Create a Belt may be in
- Although both JR and King sit at the commentating table, no word on if you could slap them
- Load screens like the ones in SD3
- Possibly up to 6 human players playing with multi tap
- Crowd reaches for you when you go near barricade
- New Raw Sign
- Most of the signs in the audience are yellow, green, or red
- The WWE sign is written on all the turnbuckle posts
- On the sides of the ramp instead of the regular barriace is a steel barricade
------------------
Wrestler Info:
- Undertaker rides to the ring on his bike (greatly improved from SDJBI)
- Booker T does his hand taunts
- Flair does his strut and has his suit, not wrestling gear
- Vince McMahon is in suit not wrestling gear
- Booker T has his version of The Rock Bottom, The Book End, which is different from Rocks
- Each wrestler has his/her own stance
- RVD has two 5 Star Splashes as his finishers (Like Triple H having two pedigrees in SDJBI)
- Rock has sloppy version of sharp shooter
- RVD has his green attire and also has an improved thumbtaunt over SDJBIs
- Each wrestler has his/her own way of reversing moves
- In the demo at E3, Stacey Kiebler's finisher was a Double Arm Powerbomb type of maneuver
- When RVD connects on the 5 star, he rolls away and does his selling tant then rolls back and pins but only when he fully connects
- Edges Spear has a huge improvement over SDJBI's
- Edge has his new submission move, The Educator
- Wrestlers have alook of pain on their face when in submissions
- Brock Lesnar is highly detailed and has all his tattoes
- Brock Lesnar comes to the ring by himself and not with Heyman
- Bradshaw has his one hand in the air taunt
- Opponent teleports to the middle of the ring when Rock hits the People Elbow
- Debra is in as Austin's wife
- Booker T's entrance has his flames
------------------
Create A Superstar:
- Will feature the layer system from Smackdown! Just Bring It
- CAW will be similar to SDJBI but greatly improved
- Brand new Thumbnail System Allowing More Caw Option that ever (?)
- Morph different parts of wrestlers face to suit your needs (?)
- Wresters that do not make the cut due to time will have all their gear, move-sets and repertoire in CAW
------------------
Season Mode:
- Features enhanced Season mode
- Features Multiple Character Paths
- Players have the option to enter into a world wrestling draft pool
- Season mode lasts for 2 years, with 4 Raws and 4 Smackdowns each month and a ppv each month for a total of 108 events per year in season
- For the draft there is a podeum where the owners will choose Draft participants
- Backstage Interviews, Attacks, etc
------------------
Season Mode Cinemas / Cut Scenes
- Vince Mcmahon spanking Stacey
- Rock and Hogan shaking hands and hug
- Kurt Angle attacking The Rock backstage
- Austin drives down the ramp with a black pickup truck
- Austin low blowing McMahon (Kiss My A** Angle)
- Austin repeatedly saying What? to Steph
- Interview at WWE New York and Taker Attacks Flair
- McMahon suspending The Rock
- Jericho talking to Steph saying he trusts her
- Rob Van Dam does the Van Dam Lift
- Flair/Vince fighting over Austin to sign
- Booker T has all his sayings in season
- Wrestlers ask you if you want them to become your manager
- Kurt and Vince Talking each other
-------------------
Backstage Areas:
- Locker Room
- WWE New York
- Subway Station (New WWFWG Pic)
- Stock Room (New WWFWG Pic)
- Parking Lot (New WWFWG Pic)
- Outside Smackdown! Arena
- Beautifully Contructed Hallways
- Backstage contructed after Madison Square Garden
------------------
New Moves:
- Vandaminator
- 5 Star Frog Splash
- Spinarooni Looks Reanimated
- Rock hits the spinebuster then goes into Peoples Elbow
- Brand New Double Team And Triple Team Moves
- Rob Van Dam has plenty of flippity-floppity-type kick maneuvers
- Booker T has armdrag superkick combo
It will be worth it just for the Spinarooni...
If it's anything like Wrestlemania X8 then it wont be very good, only reason i'm gettin WX8 is for Hell in a Cell which is s'posed ot rule in Multiplayer.
I wonder if Hogan looks any better than he does in real...
AbsoluT Neó wrote:
> I wonder if Hogan looks any better than he does in real...
Innit, the guy is a walking talking freak-show...
> I wonder if Hogan looks any better than he does in real...
Innit, the guy is a walking talking freak-show...
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