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SMACKDOWN 2!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: October 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

WWF makes another hit video game (what else is new? :p)! WWF Smackdown 2 looks to be the best video game yet! With Table Matches, Casket Macthes, Ladder Matches, and HELL IN A CELL (OMG!!) Matches, this looks like the BEST wrestling game yet.

IN YOUR FACE WCW! HA HA HA

It's alright

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Well I've been waiting for this game to come out for over half a year now I finally got it and it was just alright. I was expecting better graphics as good as the first Smackdown however these graphics are slightly lower quality, jagged lines appear as the ropes, and around players feet. And the animation quality isn't as good as the first. The music is utterly annoying I have to select 'silent' in order to play it. Sound effects for the physical moves are over exagerated like something out of a comic book. However majority of the wrestlers are present which is a plus, with many more match options, the graphics are poor for the table matches as a big jaggedy edge makes the table not as smooth as it could look on the corners. The action is more fast paced than the first though, no more waiting for twelve years while your oponent clubs you on the back of the neck, one swift thrust does it and you can get on with the game as planned, I gave this game three out of five stars mainly for the poor graphic quality of the game, maybe it will look better on Playstation 2.

Best WWF game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Smackdown 2: Know Your Role is great. All knew tag team moves, more specific choices for create-a-player, and the angles during season mode are terrific and last more that just one night for the most part, personally I like the special matches. Hope you has as much fun with it as me.

Better than the First but still needs work

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Thank goodness that I rented this game. This game is much better than the first Smackdown game. The create a superstar feature in SD1 was a joke. The create a superstar in SD2 is bigger and more extensive. There are still major problems. 1) The color option graphs are difficult to use. You only see the colors change as you scroll through the graphs. Then you'll have to right down the number value for each color you chose for future use. 2) Once you've chozen and saved certain features, you can NOT change them. I made three characters. Each one took about 45 minutes to make, including moves. After a few hours of gameplay, I wanted to change the characters names and/or entrances. This can NOT be done. The only way is to completely re-make the wrestler all over again. If you didn't wright your information down, it will be another 45 minutes out of your life. As far as the wrestling matches, Smackdown 2 offers many fun options. Table, Casket, Ladder, Hell in the Cell. However, the big draw of SD1 and SD2 is supposed to be the career modes. The career mode in SD2 is actually WORSE than the first. I can't understand why a player has to sit through wrestling dates that don't feature the player on the card. You can skip the matches, but this takes time. You WILL have to watch the all too brief cut scenes. After 5 dates of inactivity, I used a cheat process to make myself number 1 contender for the Light Heavyweight title. I finally got to play. I, nor my other creations, were ever asked a question by a WWF superstar. They weren't part of the story lines. In the FIVE days that I rented the game, I only saw 1 of my guys in ONE cut scene. This is ridiculous. A personal grief I have over SD2 is the inability of female wrestlers (other than Chyna) to go for WWF titles other than the Woman's Championship. I don't know if this was a decision by THQ or the WWF or both. I feel ladies should be able to at least compete for the Tag and LH belts. There is only one major flaw with gameplay. In matches where there is more than one opponent, the player has to manually change the focus of which wrestler he wants to attack. This can get very confusing. A player can wind up punching in the wrong direction or attack his own Tag partner. That's my review. I enjoyed my rental time, but I wouldn't pay money to own this game. If you don't already have it, and you don't mind the old talent line up, I recommend buying "WWF Attitude." If you have an N64, I recommend "WWF Wrestmania 2000" over "WWF No Mercy." Read those reviews to learn why.

Many improvements ruined by terrible "Season" mode

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Despite the low rating, I should mention that there are many improvements in Smackdown 2 over previous WWF video games. The number of wrestlers available to choose from is the highest I've seen yet and they are incredibly up-to-date (even up to the Godfather now being the Goodfather). From a play standpoint, they now offer a wide variety of different matches, everything from a ladder match to a Hell in the Cell match to a casket match, just to name a few, which makes for less monotony. Learning the moves is incredibly easy, unlike some previous WWF games (like Attitude), which required the memorization of complex button combinations. Also, I love the Create-A-Wrestler mode. You are able to customize just about every last detail of your wrestler, all the way down to picking each and every one of his moves, so you can really customize your wrestler to your own individual tastes.

However, and the reason for the low rating, I cannot for the life of me figure out what part of the Season mode is supposed to be fun. Let me begin to list the problems with this mode. For one, I chose my own created wrestler to control during the season mode. HUGE mistake. I am now in June (so I've been through over two full months of matches) and my created wrestler still has yet to be in ONE match (his only involvement thus far has been in two, quick, one-minute backstage angles). So, instead you have to go through this terribly long, dull process of choosing "Skip" on all the matches (which don't skip immediately, you still have to stare at portraits of the combatants and wait for their life meters to go down), then go through the infamous "Now Loading" period, not to mention you still have to sit through various angles, interviews, etc., which 98% of the time your wrestler is NOT involved with. In other words, literally hours and hours can go by in the Season Mode without you doing anything except for pressing "Skip", and waiting. I suppose some of this waiting time could be alleviated if you choose an existing WWF superstar to go through the season mode with, since the chances of your wrestler turning up in a match would increase. But there would still be far more waiting time than is acceptable, plus, why should you have to choose? I am not a programmer, so maybe I'm speaking out of turn, but I can't help but believe that the season mode could be improved by

A) Have the season mode be more like the Career Mode in Nintendo, where it focuses only on your own wrestler so you are involved in every match (This is the best option in my opinion)

B) Allow you to skip the matches you don't want to see QUICKLY, unlike the current version where choosing "Skip" is still a several minute process (this was done in the original Smackdown game, so I know it is possible)

C) Allow you to skip entire events (matches, angles, and interviews) if your wrestler is not on the card

I simply can't believe that the developers of this game actually thought for even a second that it would be enjoyable for a player in the season mode to WATCH matches, angles, interviews, etc that have nothing to do with the wrestler he or she controlling. I mean, if I wanted to watch wrestling, I can do that every Monday and Thursday night on TV. If I want to play a wrestling game, I'd like to be able to do that too, but unfortunately, the way this game's season mode is set up doesn't make it very easy.

Having said all this, if you don't care about the season mode, you may enjoy this game well enough by just wrestling exhibition matches. However, to unlock various characters, matches, etc, you do have to be in the season mode which translates to an unacceptable proportion of playing time vs. waiting time.

The best game from thq since pong

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is great!I love all the differant modes you can pick.The hell in the cell match and the tlc match conquers all the rest of them.hope this helps you people.

this game well, the internet

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

well this game is cool and all but i had some problems with it
1. the wrestlers get up way to fast (even after going off the top of the hell in a cell
2.the season mode is extremely boring but it is worth the hidden stuff
3. the weapons dont do any damage
4. god afull loading times
other than that i would seriously buy it and i would also check out wwf no mercy for n64

wow!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

i have all the wrestling games for ps1 but smackdown 1 is a lot better!

IF YA SMEEEEEELL WHAT THQ.....IIIIS COOKIN!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: November 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

this is the most electrifying gaaaaaaaaame..in sports gaming entrertainment today,and for the rest of time! thq presents wwf smackdown!2:know your role! and im telling you, even though i don't own it, and i usually rent games to see how they're like before i buy it, im not doing that for this one! this is gurenteed to be the best game in the history of the playstation! its also compatible with the ps2! im getting it tommorow! if you haven't pre-ordered it yet, and you're just thinking about going down to the stores, say toys r us, and just pick it up off the shelf, i suggest you pre-order it, like i did, and pre-order it on the internet, like i did....or else you'll spend like half the day or maybe even half the week when it comes out tommrow trying to find it!

WWF Smackdown 2 is AWESOME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: September 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I played a beta version a few months back... AND IT WAS AWESOME! It's a must have for all wrestling game fans young and old, WCW or WWF. It doesnt matter! The ladder match is awesome and the Hell in a Cell even better. The casket match is pretty ok, but the new table match edition and having breakaway tables period is a definite improvement and new excitement factor. The Smackdown arena looks AWESOME! This game is sahping up to be the single best-selling wrestling game. Period. No questions asked.

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