Product Description WWF Smackdown! enters the wrestling game ring with plenty of features that should bump up the testosterone levels of virtual grappling fans. Endorsed by the granddaddy of celebrity wrestling leagues, this game boasts an impressive cast of over 30 World Wrestling Federation mega-stars, including The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and the Undertaker. Even WWF head honcho Vince McMahon returns to the ring, appropriately decked out in his signature spiffy designer suit. Each wrestler sports his (or her--fan-turned-wrestler Tori is a featured character) special moves, taunts, and finishers. And unlike some of yesterday's wrestling games, WWF Smackdown!'s gameplay is fueled by an impressive game engine, allowing for fluid character moves, realistic lighting and shadows, and cool effects. The Advanced Season mode is the star of this game, offering all of the drama of the real deal. The action is just as heavy off the ring as on, with spontaneous backstage brawls heating up the kitchen and spilling onto the loading dock. In this game, players pick their friends, pick on foes, and burn those who've double-crossed them--it's all about paving a career path headed for success. Speaking of playing it your way, the Create-a-Superstar option allows players to customize every detail of a character. Choose a wrestler's appearance, custom moves and fighting style, history--even height and weight. It all adds up to a fast and furious virtual version of the real thing. Amazon.com Lay the SmackDown! on your enemies with your own created jabroni or as one of the World Wrestling Federation's top superstars. Make friends and then break them as you roam backstage from the boiler room to the kitchen. Call upon your allies for help and then climb over them as you kick, grapple, and People's Elbow your way to the top. Just remember that backstage politics can work against you--don't let The Rock run-ins, well-placed metal chairs, and McMahon-appointed guest referees get you in the end. Review It's hard to make a truly accurate wrestling game these days. A lot of the games out there simply take the wrong approach, treating wrestling as an actual sport with strictly defined rules and regulations. Most games overlook the soap-opera-like plot that, along with generous helpings of sex and violence, make wrestling shows some of the highest-rated programs on television today. And many games also leave out or muss up the little things - things that casual fans wouldn't notice or care about but things that could really make or break a game for a hard-core wrestling fan. WWF SmackDown! isn't perfect, but it does a lot of things right and represents the first real step in the right direction the genre has taken in more than two years. The first difference you'll notice between SmackDown and all the other wrestling games out there is the speed. SmackDown plays significantly speedier than any other wrestling game, and this lends a fast and loose feel to the proceedings. To complement the speed, the gameplay has been kept fairly simple. But unlike other games in the genre that try to deliver a simple control scheme, SmackDown never feels oversimplified. It doesn't have the slightly complex fighting-game-style moves of WWF Attitude, nor does it have the oversimplified timing-based attack system of WWF Wrestlemania 2000. SmackDown goes for a more action-packed style, and it manages to pull it off beautifully. The game has a reasonably up-to-date roster, including new wrestlers (well, new to the WWF, anyway) like the Dudley Boys, as well as all the old favorites, including Mankind, Undertaker, Kane, X-Pac, Chyna, Triple H, The Rock, Val Venis, the Hardy Boys, and many more. The game has almost everything you could ask for in the modes department, and unlike in other games, the modes actually offer meaningful differences in the gameplay department. The I Quit match actually forces you to grab a microphone and put it in your opponent's face while asking him if he gives up. Special referee matches actually let you play as the referee. You can either play it straight or count as fast or as slow as you like - or you can just not count at all and start beating the wrestlers up yourself. The hard-core and pin-anywhere matches make it easy to fight your way out of the ring and back into other areas of the arena, including the parking lot, the entryway, and of course, a boiler room. The loading time between areas is impressively short. Cage matches, three-way and four-way dances, tag matches, handicap matches, battle royal, King of the Ring, and survival matches are also available. You can also create a pay-per-view event and your own wrestler, but the create-a-wrestler mode isn't too flexible - it requires that you choose from heads, upper bodies, and lower bodies, rather than letting you customize each body part and piece of clothing individually. Aside from appearance, the mode is nice, letting you set up each move, from punch to taASIN: B00004LN2TVSKU: LFV.B00004LN2T.ACondition: AcceptableAuthor/Artist:UnknownBinding: Video GameNote: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown. Condition Notes: Game in guaranteed working condition. Game only - does not include case, cover art, or accessories.
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