Smackdown Vs Raw: Official

[Timber]

Anyone else even slightly excited about this?

That would be Truck & I. I'm heading out to pick mine up as soon as I grab a shower.

[Korly]

Mines coming via Gamefly. Shipped yesterday, so I probably won't see it until Thursday.

[Drewbacca]

IGN gave this an 8.5 so I'm optimistic. I will wait for Jonas to buy it and play it with him. I like these games OK, but multiplayer is where it's at.

[DumpTruck]

So far this game is amazing

[Korly]

I'm pretty sure my copy will be here today via Gamefly. Did you guys make any stories or wrestlers I can download yet?

[Timber]

I've got myself up there (and my custom finisher) but I haven't leveled him up all the way yet, I think he's only a 59 or so right now. I also still need to make a custom entrance for him. Haven't even started with the create-a-storyline mode yet.

[Korly]

For Jeremy:


Moveset 1: Hurricane/Gregory Helms
Moveset 2: Charlie Haas
Moveset 3: Jamie Noble
Moveset 4: Shane McMahon
Moveset 5: RVD
Moveset 6: Paul London
Moveset 7: Lance Cade
Moveset 8: Trevor Murdoch
Moveset 9: Viscera
Moveset 10: Elijah Burke
Moveset 11: Boogeyman
Moveset 12: Bob Holly
Moveset 13: Val Venis
Moveset 14: Kung Fu Naki
Moveset 15: Tajiri
Moveset 16: Brock Lesnar
Moveset 17: Goldberg
Moveset 18: Floyd Mayweather
Moveset 19: Kurt Angle
Moveset 20: Booker T
Moveset 21: Rhino
Moveset 22: Bubba Ray
Moveset 23: D-Von
Moveset 24: Samoa Joe
Moveset 25: AJ Styles
Moveset 26: Ric Flair
Moveset 27: Mick Foley
Moveset 28: Eddie Guerrero
Moveset 29: Roddy Piper
Moveset 30: Bret Hart

[Korly]

Entrances:

Legend 01 - Hulk Hogan
Legend 02 - Jimmy Snuka
Legend 03 - Mr. Perfect
Legend 04 - Junkyard Dog
Legend 05 - Eddie Guerrero
Legend 06 - Terry Funk
Legend 07 - Mick Foley
Legend 08 - Ric Flair
Superstar 01 - Kurt Angle
Superstar 02 - Booker T
Superstar 03 - King Booker
Superstar 04 - Chris Masters
Superstar 05 - Rob Van Dam
Superstar 06 - Sabu
Superstar 07 - Sandman
Superstar 08 - Test (was incorrectly listed as Jamie Noble last year)
Superstar 09 - Kenny Dykstra
Superstar 10 - Bobby Lashley
Superstar 11 - Gregory Helms
Superstar 12 - Kevin Thorn (was incorrectly listed as Colin Delaney last year)
Superstar 13 - Balls Mahoney
Superstar 14 - Lance Cade
Superstar 15 - Trevor Murdoch
Superstar 16 - Big Daddy V
Superstar 17 - Snitsky
Superstar 18 - Paul London
Superstar 19 - Chuck Palumbo
Superstar 20 - Tazz
Superstar 21 - Hardcore Holly
Superstar 22 - Paul Burchill
Superstar 23 - Chris Jericho (old)
Superstar 24 - Randy Orton (old)
Superstar 25 - Shane McMahon
Superstar 26 - Curt Hawkins
Superstar 27 - Zack Ryder
Superstar 28 - Charlie Haas
Superstar 29 - Super Crazy
Superstar 30 - Vader
Superstar 31 - Doink the Clown
Superstar 32 - The Boogeyman
Superstar 33 - Jimmy Wang Yang
Superstar 34 - Boxer
Superstar 35 - Clumsy Superstar
Superstar 36 - Ladies Man
Superstar 37 - VIP
Superstar 38 - Zombie
Diva 01 - Maria (old)
Diva 02 - Torrie Wilson
Diva 03 - Ashley
Diva 04 - Layla
Diva 05 - Victoria
Diva 06 - Candice
Diva 07 - Jillian
Diva 08 - Gymnastics Diva
Diva 09 - Vampire Diva


Tag 1: Generic Team Entrance
Tag 2: Heel Team Entrance
Tag 3: Face Team Entrance
Tag 4: Acolytes (?) < - What this entrance always reminds me of.
Tag 5: Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder (?)
Tag 6: Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon
Tag 7: Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch (?)
Tag 8: Paul London and Brian Kendrick
Tag 9: Estrada and Umaga
Tag 10: Tony and John Cena

^ I'm not sure on those.

Tag Legend 1: Legion of Doom (?)
Tag Legend 2: Money, Inc.
Tag Legend 3: The Rockers (?)
Tag Legend 4: The Bushwackers

The trio entrances are the same from last year.

MNM, Legacy, Spirit Squad, and nWo.

[DumpTruck]

that's great!!

[Jeremy]

Thanks for the listing, although I always make movesets from scratch. CAW trading is back, but worse than ever before since you can't change anything about the person you download. Superstar attire changing is great for some guys (Punk, Rey, and Jericho come to mind), but doesn't work well for Morrison and Goldust because they've got parts to their attire that don't change color so you're basically stuck with their default looks. Apron stuff is better than expected, but not quite on par with Raw 2 or NM. This has the best tag matches since NM, but now lacks the Hart Attack and 3D for some stupid reason.

The new Rumble rules - definitely the best one yet in a game, and I like the changes to applying submissions by clicking the right stick (like UFC Undisputed) and the removal of the bulky HUD in favor of using visual cues for injuries (like NM and Undisputed). I wish more submissions were SS and that non-SS ones could make people tap - it's absurd to have submission finishers like the HBK leglock, Celtic Knox and Regal stretch in and not have them tap people out. And of course they pick this year to remove the running cross body block - right when Knox makes his game debut. This is definitely the best SvR/SD gameplay-wise, but not as good as Aki's best work.