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Players can create their own characters and lead them through an authentic WWE storyline, to become league heroes or despised villains, as THQ's popular professional wrestling series returns to the ring. Once again developed by Yuke's Co., 2004's SmackDown! Vs. Raw allows players to choose whether their characters will be "good guys" or "bad guys," each with advantages and limitations. Bad guys get little love from the crowd, but they can ignore the referees and take all the dirty shots they want. Good guys have to play by the rules (and play to the crowd), but when they fill their "clean fighting" meters, they become nearly invincible, and gain access to a number of powerful, unstoppable attacks.

Though designed to offer the same solid gameplay of previous releases in the series, a number of adjustments and additions have been made. The system of four grappling types returns, but has been tweaked so that "powerful" and "submission" attacks are more difficult to pull off but cause much more damage, while "quick" and "signature" attacks are much less risky but cause less damage. New pre-match mini-games mimic the smack-talk and shoving that often takes place before a real WWE match, and may award starting advantages to the players who win them. The Create-A-Pay-Per-View feature returns from the WWF Smackdown! PlayStation games, with more customization options, and players can now also create their own championship titles and belts. The fan-favorite "Bra and Panties" matches return as well, replete with the new ability to "spank a diva" when she's in submission.
~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide

Production Credits

Music Supervision: Nelson Bae; "One of A Kind" Performed By: Breaking Point; "One of A Kind" Written By: Brett Erickson, James Johnston, Justin Rimer; "Rap Sheet" Courtesy Of: Associated Production Music LLC; "Party All Night" Written By: John Costello III, David Hilker, Marcus Scott; "Whatever" Performed By: Our Lady Peace; "Whatever" Written By: James Johnston, Raine Maida, Duncan Coutts, Jeremy Taggart, Mike Turner; "Bring Tha Noize" Performed By: Anthrax, Chuck D; "Bring Tha Noize" Words and Music By: Eric T. Sadler, James Henry Boxley, Carlton Ridenhour, Charlie L. Benante, Dan Spitz, Scott Rosenfield, Joseph Bellardini, Frank Joseph Bello; "Bonecracker" Performed By: Shocore; "Bonecracker" Written By: Paul Floyd, Sean Holowaychuk, Terry Murray, Andy Simpson, Cory White; "Can't Stop (22nd Century Lifestyle)" Performed By: pre)Thing; "Can't Stop (22nd Century Lifestyle)" Written By: Rust Epique; "The Angle" Performed By: Core; "The Angle" Written By: Sasha Bem, Christopher Harris, Harald Jilg; "Bottom Line" Performed By: Swollen Members; "Bottom Line" Written By: Shane Bunting, Daniel Denton, Kiley Hendricks, Robin Hooper; "Superstars" Performed By: Styles Of Beyond; "Superstars" Written By: Takbir Bashir, Colton Fisher, Ryan Maggin, Jason Rabinowitz; "Polyamorous" Performed By: Breaking Benjamin; "Polyamorous" Written By: Ben Burley, Breaking Benjamin; "Alone" Written and Performed By: Zebrahead; "Falling Apart" Written and Performed By: Zebrahead; "Chasing After" Performed By: Tantric, Hugo Ferreira, Todd Whitener, Jess Vest; "Firefly" Performed By: Breaking Benjamin; "Firefly" Written By: Ben Burley, Breaking Benjamin; "When Worlds Collide" Performed By: Powerman 5000; "When Worlds Collide" Written By: Michael Cummings, Dorian Heartsong, Allan Pahanish, Michal Tempesta, Adam Williams; "Last Night On Earth" Music By: Adam 12, Spider; "Last Night On Earth" Lyrics By: Spider; "Last Night On Earth" Performed By: Powerman 5000; "The Way It Is" Music By: Adam 12, Spider; "The Way It Is" Lyrics By: Spider; "The Way It Is" Performed By: Powerman 5000; "Riot Time" Music By: Adam 12, Spider; "Riot Time" Lyrics By: Spider; "Riot Time" Performed By: Powerman 5000; "Depth Charge" Written and Performed By: Lo-Fi; "Final Force" Production Music Courtesy Of: FirstCom Music
~ Keith Adams, All Game Guide
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WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW
Smackdown vs Raw Boxart.jpg
us Boxart for the game, featuring Vince McMahon.
Developer(s) Yuke's
Publisher(s) THQ (WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw)
Yuke's (Exciting Pro Wrestling 6)
Series WWE SmackDown vs. Raw
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Release date(s) NA November 2, 2004
EU November 12, 2004
JP February 3, 2005
Genre(s) Professional wrestling, Fighting
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer, multiplayer online
Rating(s) ESRB: T
PEGI: 16+
CERO: 15+
Media DVD

WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW (often shortened to WWE SvR and known as Exciting Pro Wrestling 6: SmackDown! vs. RAW inJapan), is a professional wrestling video game released on the PlayStation 2 console by THQ and developed by Yuke's. It is part of the WWE SmackDown vs. Raw series (the first under the SmackDown vs. Raw name) and is based on the professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). This game is the sequel to 2003's WWE SmackDown! Here Comes The Pain and was succeeded in 2005 by WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006.

Gameplay

Screenshot of the new Parking Lot Brawl, featuring Eddie Guerrero and John Cena.

The game is largely similar to its predecessor, but adds some key features. The most heavily marketed ones were the game's improved graphics with an increased polygon count and the game's addition of voice overs in Season mode provided by actual WWE performers (previous WWE games had used sampled wrestler voices sparingly). The latter feature was somewhat controversial for several reasons. The voice overs supplied are only for wrestlers that are not being controlled - the player's controlled wrestler spoke through subtitles. The addition of voice overs was also linked to the Season Mode being more linear than Here Comes the Pain. The story lines encountered are generally the same for each wrestler, with the only differences being the difference in opponents encountered, depending on which wrestler is chosen.

Several new gameplay features are introduced, including pre-match and in-match mini-games. The pre-match mini games are randomly chosen before every singles match:

  • Test of strength - a certain button shows up on the screen and the first player to press the button overpowers the other one. Best two out of three wins.
  • Stare down - the wrestlers talk trash to each other before the match and after a while, an "X" button picture appears. The first wrestler to press the button after that hits the other wrestler. Pressing the button too early will cause the wrestler to lose the stare down.
  • Shoving match - a wrestler initiates the match by pressing the X button when prompted, causing the wrestler to gently shove his opponent. A semi-circular meter appears and the player must stop the arrow at certain points of the meter to shove again with full power. If the player doesn't time the first shove correctly, the other player gets a turn to shove. Best of three shoves wins.

Several in-game minigames were also introduced:

  • Chop battle - initiated by pressing down and the "O" button simultaneously while the opponent is in the corner. The mechanics are similar to the shoving match mini-game, with chops replacing the shoves. The addition of this mini-game replaced one grapple in each wrestler's corner position move set.
  • Spanking mini-game - in bra and panties matchups, a female wrestler could enter a "spanking" mini-game. The meter mechanic from the chop battles are retained, but the player must perfectly time the button press three consecutive times to win. If the player does so, a cut scene of the two female wrestlers kissing is played.

Also added to the game was the Clean/Dirty system, which influenced each wrestlers tactics. Players can choose if the wrestler is clean, dirty or neutral. A clean or dirty wrestler has a meter that can be filled up by performing special clean/dirty actions or moves. Clean wrestlers with a full meter can enable a temporary rush of invincibility while dirty wrestlers can perform an illegal move. The ability to sustain a submission till the count of 5 once a rope break had been reached was also implemented.

The game features several arenas that WWE held events at in 2003 and 2004; there are also arenas based on each WWE television show.

Features

The game features a season mode where superstars play a season on their respective brand. Both brands' seasons have several brand crossovers and feature the ability to fight for divas to use as managers throughout the season if they are won. The divas include Sable, Stacy Keibler, Torrie Wilson, and Trish Stratus. The player earns money throughout the season to purchase unlockables and legends. They also fight for their brands respective championships (the World Heavyweight Championship as the main title and the Intercontinental Championship as the secondary title for RAW, the WWE Championship as SmackDown!'s main belt and the secondary being the United States Championship).

WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW also includes a redone WWE PPV (Pay-Per-View) mode from its past games where the player can play sample PPV's from 2004, or create a PPV of their own by booking matches choosing matchtypes and any superstar, legend or created superstar in the game. Created Championships could be waged in the created PPV's. Before playing the PPV the game would show a generic highlight reel featuring two of the superstars in the main event of the show. Commentary began to improve and sync up with the matches more.

Also, the game featured an all-new Create-a-Championship mode where the player can create and defend the title in their created PPV. The game also includes the Create-A-Wrestler mode from previous games where the created superstars movesets, attributes, entrances, and brand could be customized. The create mode was improved from the previous game. Stables could be created featuring any wrestler game and entrances could be customized.

All new challenge mode provides gamers with opportunities to challenge themselves at different difficulty levels. In addition, several challenges put gamers in memorable matches from past and beating these challenges will help unlock alternate attires, arenas.

This is the first WWE game on the PlayStation 2 to have the feature to play online. However, players can only choose between a singles and a Bra and Panties match

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