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DON'T JUST WATCH IT - LIVE IT!
Written by ElGringo
That's what the half-human, half-digitized
(ALL MARINE) John Cena tells me in the commercial for Smackdown
vs. Raw 2007 video game commercial (that I've seen about 73 times
now and every time I hear Batista say "I had to start at
the bottom, and work my way up" I just want a stray RPG to
hit his house). Personally, I've played this game - and it's not
bad. However, there are a few features that should have been implemented
in order to make this gaming experience more like the experience
you receive while you're enjoying quality WWE television programming;
to better help you "live it", as they say....
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When you're wrestling against John Cena, if
you hit your finisher and are about to win the match clean, no
matter how bad you've kicked his ass, a cutscene will automatically
play showing him suddenly hitting the five moves of doom and
making you tap to the STF-U (which I call the "Machine Gun
Face"). |
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After you get a stored special icon and gain
another finisher, instead of stealing your opponents finisher
or hitting your "super dirty" move (depending on if
you're fighting dirty or clean) you instead can use the two specials
to unleash a MIGHTY school boy rollup that is im-fucking-possible
to kick out of (as seen on TV). If you're fighting dirty when
you do this, you'll pull the tights. |
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To win the General Manager Mode, instead of
booking a quality show, you just have to book the same matches
each week to gain higher ratings th....wait, you say that's how
you actually have to do it in order to win? Well all be damned.... |
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When playing season mode, if the wrestler
you're playing as is on Smackdown and is beating all opponents
and rising to the top, that wrestler will suddenly be transferred
to Raw. |
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When fighting a triple-threat match, if at
any point a wrestler is thrown to the outside, they must repeatedly
tap buttons for at least two uninterrupted minutes before being
allowed to return to the ring and join the other two competitors.
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If you select a tag-team match while playing
as Shawn Michaels, you will not be allowed to tag your partner
in until you get a thorough ass kicking. |
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If playing as a heel wrestler on Smackdown
during a season mode, you'd better be ready to inevitably face
the Unda-taka, playa! |
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You can't kick out of the Pedigree. No matter
fucking what. |
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You can't kick out of the Atomic Legdrop.
No matter fucking what. |
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One of the storylines on season mode has you
rising to the top of the WWE, but instead of getting a championship
match, you get a match with Hulk Hogan that you can't win. Electro-Ego-Mania,
brother! |
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When playing as Matt Hardy, you will not die.
You'll probably just lose. |
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If you're playing GM Mode and you actually
PLAY the main event on a Raw or Smackdown, it automatically ends
on a ref bump. |
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