Gone are the days where you spent virtual cash as opposed to today where you spend real cash for extra superstars. I miss that challenge of unlocking everything.
Yeah...I was hoping they do a complete overhaul of the 2K series with the next gen consoles, but nope...it's the same ole same ole. And there's also the fact that they have no competition when it comes wrestling games, so they're probably content releasing basically the same game every year.
Exactly! Personally, i'd much prefer if they found some sort of middle ground between arcade fun and simulation. I just find the pace of the gameplay above all else so boring in recent years.
I remember back in the day when you create a wrestler and everything was perfect buuuut when he would open his mouth for a taunt or entrance they had no teeth LOL
This is the first one that I ever owned on Christmas of 2007. I spent hours on this game and have to say this will forever be in the top ten on my list of wwe games. End of an era.
This is it. This is where it all began for me. The year was 2005. The year my family and I were introduced to WWE as a whole and we became huge fans of it really quickly due to everything shown. Then later that same year, me and my brother got the brand new slim PS2 along with two games. Jaws Unleashed and of course this gem right here. This was the very first wrestling game I have ever played and I was blown away by everything. I even remembered the first ever match my brother ever did when we played first time. Chris Jericho Vs Christian in a normal 1v1 match at Vengeance. The amount of fun we had with this one was extraordinary, I wish I can relive those moments again. That’s why I miss this series so much. So many memories.
this was the best game in the series in my opinion and the one i played the most... still playing after a decade mostly due to the fact that the create a wrestler was perfect
I still have my SVR '06 copy I bought from Argos. The game came with a history of Wrestlemania 1-9 DVD which was exclusive to Argos. I still posess both to this day.
Fun fact: When you win the WWE Championship, choose the Undisputed Title and go to Title Match mode, you can see the WWF scratch logo on the main plate.
I used to play the hell out this game as kid but never knew about that limo finisher. The one thing that did piss me off about this game was the fact it required a PSP in order to unlock Jake the snake.
I totally forgot about that yeah you had to have a psp to get Jake The Snake that sucked. I wasn't gonna run out buy one just for him. I wonder how that worked? Game save to usb of something? I still have the game if usb I can find it online.
The Buried Alive Match is older than Casket Buried Alive actually had it own PPV called WWF In Your House: Buried Alive. The Undertaker Vs Mankind (1996)
My Top 10 WWE games of all time: • WWF Smackdown! 2: Know Your Role • WWE Smackdown! Shut Your Mouth • WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain • WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2006 • WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2007 • WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2011 • WWE '12 • WWE '13 • WWE 2k14 • WWE 2k19
10:49 That's...murder. There's no way around it. That's murder. Also, I can't help but imagine that JBL would be more worried about the limo than a dead body in his car upon discovering the wreckage.
Well to be fair It was Eddie and Cena who introduced the Parking Lot Brawl to existence. But I get what you are saying tho. Just thought I would throw that out there about why he did it.
This was my favorite of the series, gameplay wise. Without all the mini games and other stuff the pack into the games today I had some amazingly realistic and well paced matches in this one. Plus GM mode was really fun
Hey man, just wanted to say, I love your reviews, especially your wrestling game reviews. I find myself coming back and watching them all the time, I must have seen all your wrestling game reviews at least half a dozen times each. Keep up the good work!
I find it a bit bizarre that in Title Match mode, the World Heavyweight Championship is under Smackdown! & the WWE Championship is under Raw this despite the fact that in season mode the World Heavyweight Championship is on Raw while the WWE Championship is on Smackdown!. To make it even more bizarre, the default title for the WWE Championship in Title Match mode is the Spinner title but the one used in the Smackdown! season mode is the Undisputed title.
I actually missed this game when it came out. I had bought every Smackdown game from the first one but for some reason decided not to get this 2006.... Aaaaand it turned out to be one of my favorites when I get it years later! ¬.¬ lol
To turn the finisher's special effects off, go into the game's options menu and select the option that says "Camera Cut" and turn Camera Cut from on to off.
This game, was amazing lol bought a 2nd ps2 to plsy it wherever i traveled sigh so much nostalgia in this game. But DOR 2 was also good played both and enjoyed both.
Being that I was still very young around this time, Eugene was one of my favorite guys on the Raw roster. I had just gotten cable TV and aside from one time in 03 seeing HHH and Shawn Michael's come to a draw after finding Raw on in it's last few minutes and The Bottom Line after Madtv, that year was how I remember Raw. RA Era FaLife
Awesome game. Just awesome. The features were on point, and the gameplay was for real. Absolutely incredible game. One of the best WWE games ever. 9.5/10.
This is such an incredible game. I used to love it and just started a new season mode and it's even more fun than I remember! Also, once again a great review!! Been watching through almost this whole WWE games reviews series recently.
This game is memorable to me because it was the only one where I had the PS2 and PSP copies of the game. I was able to layeth the smackdown anywhere I wanted, such as school. It introduced GM mode which I really got into as well.
The create an entrance load times are the bane of my existence to this very day... Still my favorite PS2 wrestling game. By far. The only other thing that pissed me off (aside from the perpetual black-listing of Scott Hall in WWF games) was the knock-off nWo theme. Goddamnit. And I still have a GM mode file after all these years. It isn't super current, as it has been close to a year since I played SvR '06. But it's very, very recent.
Svr 2006 ps2 was same as psp except anouncer table and little tweeks...... Both have SmackDown pain weapon physics and climbing crowd barrier (Some areas you can't climb)..(Psp table won't break when you slam opponent in ground to table..in ps2 it will break)...,,..... I think ps2 has full animation and psp has tweeked animation... Vibration is good in ps2......,,
2:30 I don't recall this happening to me in SVR2006. 9:58 Edge avoided the 5 Stars Frogs Splash via luck!!!!!!!!! This and HCTP are the best wrestling games ever!!!!!!
06 is much better than 07. Whenever I played 07 it was much quicker to damage opponents especially on legend difficulty matches I played last from 4-6mins on one v one
The industry may have slowed down a bit in 2005,but it’s still MASSIVELY better than today’s product. Soooooo much talent wasted and buried on a regular basis. Sad
Great game! One of my favorite WWE games. :) The only thing that really bothered me was Stone Cold having a spring for a neck. He never stopped with the head shaking that it looked really weird seeing it every cutscene he was in.
Looking back I'm surprised the psp versions were on par with the console versions. Not much was cut (if anything at all) was cut from the psp versions as far as I remember.
Pros Vast Roster Phenomenal Graphics Expansive Content Great Legends Roster The Ability To Compete For Championships Cons The Stamina System The Slow-Motion Effect For Finishers Shawn Michaels As A Heel
Gone are the days where you spent virtual cash as opposed to today where you spend real cash for extra superstars. I miss that challenge of unlocking everything.
Fuckin Idiot
It ain’t nescessarily gone
Cyberdemon Mike nwtf no
2k18 unlockables are hard af u get 25 point in match for 50000 superstar in other word 2k is saying get the accelator pack 5$
@@deathmoonnn ?
Wwe 2k19 u can do that
I grew up playing all the WWE games and it's weird to see just how much the series really hasn't advanced all that much in 10 years...
Yeah...I was hoping they do a complete overhaul of the 2K series with the next gen consoles, but nope...it's the same ole same ole. And there's also the fact that they have no competition when it comes wrestling games, so they're probably content releasing basically the same game every year.
Exactly! Personally, i'd much prefer if they found some sort of middle ground between arcade fun and simulation. I just find the pace of the gameplay above all else so boring in recent years.
It seems like they are moving back instead of forward, the older games are better
Wtf it has gotten better kind of
Ben Killey hasnt advanced as if it remained the same ??? U mean how it WENT BACKWARDS
This was probably the best one... it was still simple and easy to play and had great graphics.
*hits opponent with chair*
JR: Stone Cold Stunner!
That's how I remember this game. lol
316whatupz that was svr07 on the ps2 with the chair shots
This was definitely SVR 07 lol.
This game was my shit back in the day.
I must've played this more than HCTP because of title defenses in exhibition mode.
I remember back in the day when you create a wrestler and everything was perfect buuuut when he would open his mouth for a taunt or entrance they had no teeth LOL
@Rory Madden #FACTS
Best of the SvR series in my opinion
I agree
This is the first one that I ever owned on Christmas of 2007. I spent hours on this game and have to say this will forever be in the top ten on my list of wwe games. End of an era.
CordoDaKrave lol me too i remember my mom told me not to play it until Christmas but I sneakily play it and she never know about that.
This is it. This is where it all began for me. The year was 2005. The year my family and I were introduced to WWE as a whole and we became huge fans of it really quickly due to everything shown. Then later that same year, me and my brother got the brand new slim PS2 along with two games. Jaws Unleashed and of course this gem right here. This was the very first wrestling game I have ever played and I was blown away by everything. I even remembered the first ever match my brother ever did when we played first time. Chris Jericho Vs Christian in a normal 1v1 match at Vengeance. The amount of fun we had with this one was extraordinary, I wish I can relive those moments again. That’s why I miss this series so much. So many memories.
this was the best game in the series in my opinion and the one i played the most... still playing after a decade mostly due to the fact that the create a wrestler was perfect
SVR2006 looks so much better then SVR2005 and it only came out a year before in 2005.
Hell it looks better then even some PS3/PS4 games.
When the black screen finisher effect comes on, pause the game and then resume the game and it will be gone
AcePlays I remember that
I figured that out myself too back then.
AcePlays you can also turn off camera cuts. That helps with that.
Or just turn it off in the options...
I still have my SVR '06 copy I bought from Argos. The game came with a history of Wrestlemania 1-9 DVD which was exclusive to Argos. I still posess both to this day.
I've played SvR 2006 for a long time, I've never gotten the announce table camera angle though.
I think you're playing on PSP
+Xcho 1234 I'm not though. I know the difference between the two.
+NMorris Or you maybe turned it off in the Options
Does it happen almost every match?
NMorris Not really it's random
Fun fact: When you win the WWE Championship, choose the Undisputed Title and go to Title Match mode, you can see the WWF scratch logo on the main plate.
I used to play the hell out this game as kid but never knew about that limo finisher. The one thing that did piss me off about this game was the fact it required a PSP in order to unlock Jake the snake.
I totally forgot about that yeah you had to have a psp to get Jake The Snake that sucked. I wasn't gonna run out buy one just for him. I wonder how that worked? Game save to usb of something? I still have the game if usb I can find it online.
Jack the snake...can’t tell if that’s a creepy euphemism or an indie wrestler. 🤔
@@SanDzFit he's a hall of famer
Will Carlton No doubt. I know who Jake The Snake is of course. The OP wrote “Jack” The Snake but corrected it. I was just having fun.
Who's jack the snake
This is the game that got me into The Dillinger Escape Plan
This Song is sooo Good
I still remember going to GameStop and getting this and resident evil 4 and midway treasures 2 during a buy 2 get 1 free.
this game defined my childhood it was the first wrestling game i owned and played 24/7
The Buried Alive Match is older than Casket Buried Alive actually had it own PPV called WWF In Your House: Buried Alive. The Undertaker Vs Mankind (1996)
Casket match is over then buried alive
These are my fav wrestling games ever...
Shut Your Mouth
Here Comes the Pain
SVR06
SVR07
SVR10
WWE13
2k14
What about WWE 2k19 that game is really awesome and fun and universe mode is so cool to play
My Top 10 WWE games of all time:
• WWF Smackdown! 2: Know Your Role
• WWE Smackdown! Shut Your Mouth
• WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain
• WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2006
• WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2007
• WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2011
• WWE '12
• WWE '13
• WWE 2k14
• WWE 2k19
Donell Mason yeah 2k19 wasn’t out when I commented this but I do agree it’s a good game
10:49 That's...murder. There's no way around it. That's murder.
Also, I can't help but imagine that JBL would be more worried about the limo than a dead body in his car upon discovering the wreckage.
And considering it was done on someone who has passed away, it looks... uncomfortable, if you will.
Well to be fair It was Eddie and Cena who introduced the Parking Lot Brawl to existence. But I get what you are saying tho. Just thought I would throw that out there about why he did it.
In the svr 2007 season mode undertaker says alot of uncomfortable stuff to Chris Benoit
This was my favorite of the series, gameplay wise. Without all the mini games and other stuff the pack into the games today I had some amazingly realistic and well paced matches in this one. Plus GM mode was really fun
Sending love from Iran 🇮🇷❤️
I loved playing as Muhammad Hassan. I also love that when you have Daivari as a manager, he yells during the match.
I still got this game and it's very fun and 1 of my favorite wrestling games!!!!
This, in my opinion, is one of the best wrestling games! I miss when games were like this
My favorite out of the SVR series.
YESSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally, my second favorite wrestling game of all time. I have been waiting on this one for so long now.
Hey man, just wanted to say, I love your reviews, especially your wrestling game reviews. I find myself coming back and watching them all the time, I must have seen all your wrestling game reviews at least half a dozen times each. Keep up the good work!
Thanks a lot!
You forgot to mention the incredible songs they used for this game and 07/08, golden era for WWE games and my 3 fav games
The sound track is terrible
NeverMind Gaming 06/07 soundtracks are great, 08 soundtrack sucked. Much better than the current ones
great video man I love all the older wrestling games I like wwe 13 for attitude era then all on GameCube n64 ps1 older wrestling games are so much fun
Thanks! I really enjoyed WWE 13. The attitude era mode was worth every penny.
Thanks! I really enjoyed WWE 13. The attitude era mode was worth every penny.
Allretroisfun I gotta agree the older games for n64 and ps1 have that weird charm to them
Smackdown vs Raw 2006 is my all time favorite Wwe game.
I find it a bit bizarre that in Title Match mode, the World Heavyweight Championship is under Smackdown! & the WWE Championship is under Raw this despite the fact that in season mode the World Heavyweight Championship is on Raw while the WWE Championship is on Smackdown!. To make it even more bizarre, the default title for the WWE Championship in Title Match mode is the Spinner title but the one used in the Smackdown! season mode is the Undisputed title.
My sister was pissed she couldn't create the cast of Sailor Moon as accurately as in Smackdown Here Comes The Pain and the first Smackdown VS Raw
I actually missed this game when it came out. I had bought every Smackdown game from the first one but for some reason decided not to get this 2006.... Aaaaand it turned out to be one of my favorites when I get it years later! ¬.¬ lol
4:50
Did you know that the stamina system can be turned off
wolfpacgamer how
bucky aguirre you go to options to turn it off
Can you do that In svr07 ?
@@kol9495 yes
To turn the finisher's special effects off, go into the game's options menu and select the option that says "Camera Cut" and turn Camera Cut from on to off.
This game, was amazing lol bought a 2nd ps2 to plsy it wherever i traveled sigh so much nostalgia in this game. But DOR 2 was also good played both and enjoyed both.
Hurricane is a playable character 10/10
Being that I was still very young around this time, Eugene was one of my favorite guys on the Raw roster. I had just gotten cable TV and aside from one time in 03 seeing HHH and Shawn Michael's come to a draw after finding Raw on in it's last few minutes and The Bottom Line after Madtv, that year was how I remember Raw. RA Era FaLife
I'm still playing smackdown vs raw 2006 it s lot a fun
Thank you, my ps3 quit working and now I'm playing my backup ps2 and my ps2 games
@@bryantcollins8145 same here.🤚🏽😌
Me too
Awesome game. Just awesome. The features were on point, and the gameplay was for real. Absolutely incredible game. One of the best WWE games ever. 9.5/10.
This game is so fun.
This is such an incredible game. I used to love it and just started a new season mode and it's even more fun than I remember! Also, once again a great review!! Been watching through almost this whole WWE games reviews series recently.
When i was young my aunt got me this game, i thought it was for ps2 but it was for PSP. Fucking awesome game. Thank you liz
I like the attention to detail of the game, big improvement over Smackdown! VS Raw!
when the slow motion shows just pause and return to the game
This Is The Last Game We See My Favourite Diva Stacy Keibler!!! 😭
The GM mode was goated
The game that got me back into wrestling games..didn't really play anything since no mercy and Wcw games lol 👍.
You can turn off the black and white slo-mo filter during a finisher by just pausing an un-pausing
This was my favorite game in the Smackdown vs Raw series. Too bad I lost my copy.
I was a big fan of the Arena's in this game
ECW one night stand was my favorite arena
i used to play this all weekend
Ahhhhh the game where the titantron of the entrances used to always freeze!
God I miss THQ their wrestling games were awesome
This game is memorable to me because it was the only one where I had the PS2 and PSP copies of the game. I was able to layeth the smackdown anywhere I wanted, such as school. It introduced GM mode which I really got into as well.
This and HCTP were GOAT.
hhhhhh
I was going to ask you about svr 2006 and 2007 but you,ve made it
thank you
I really enjoy your reviews . keep going
This channel is so underrated! Please stick around!
I don't plan on going anywhere! Thanks for the support, I really do appreciate it! 😎
My personal favorite wrestling game ever.
Multiplayer with the CAWs was my thing. You could spam the headbutt to the gut though and it really sucked.
Svr 2006 and svr 2007 are my 2 favorite wrestling games
Does anyone know the game with the cow and pig in a wrestling ring from the intro? (0:15-0:16)
WCW/nWo Thunder for PS1.
No Mercy, Royal Rumble, SvR06 and HCTP are my fav WWF/E games.
Nikateen, where does this game rank among your all time best wrestling games ?
That’s a tough one, I’d have to sit down and really rank them all out.
I never seen the 2 finisher parking lot finisher with the limo and truck animation before lol and I got the game when it first came out
Best wrestling game in HISTORY!!!
I just turned the stamina off
@PHILL SHIVELY True. I hated it at first but then it grew on me later on.
The create an entrance load times are the bane of my existence to this very day...
Still my favorite PS2 wrestling game. By far.
The only other thing that pissed me off (aside from the perpetual black-listing of Scott Hall in WWF games) was the knock-off nWo theme.
Goddamnit.
And I still have a GM mode file after all these years. It isn't super current, as it has been close to a year since I played SvR '06. But it's very, very recent.
The earlier wrestling games are tons better than the ones for current gen consoles i find the controls too complex now.
7:53 I laughed way harder than I should have LOL
For me Smackdown Here Comes The Pain was the greatest
I love svr06
They finally updated the outdated Chris Jericho from SvR. He looked dope in 06. Except the overall.
Svr 2006 ps2 was same as psp except anouncer table and little tweeks......
Both have SmackDown pain weapon physics and climbing crowd barrier (Some areas you can't climb)..(Psp table won't break when you slam opponent in ground to table..in ps2 it will break)...,,.....
I think ps2 has full animation and psp has tweeked animation...
Vibration is good in ps2......,,
Joy Giovanni earned her spot? Didnt she wrestle like 3-5 matches
KįngJaz yah. A bit mad that Victoria wasn’t in the game.
KįngJaz I always thought it was weird that she made the roster lol
Yup
I fucking love your reviews. As a kid of 10 i played the gm mode in this game non stop. Probably for a whole month all together.
2:30
I don't recall this happening to me in SVR2006.
9:58
Edge avoided the 5 Stars Frogs Splash via luck!!!!!!!!!
This and HCTP are the best wrestling games ever!!!!!!
7:54 was EPIC....fail xD i loved it, it made me laugh :)
Can you play as the ECW zombie?
great review! looking forward to SvR 2007!
The absolute best wrestling game ever. The skill needed to actually be good was never as tight as this.
Can u make a comparison to WWE smackdown here comes the pian vs smackdown vs raw 2006
06 was great, but 07 is such an improvement and probably one of the last really good Wrestling games.
08
+wwemonkey619 08 was god damn terrible and ruined the series for years.
+wwemonkey619 is terrible.
06 is much better than 07. Whenever I played 07 it was much quicker to damage opponents especially on legend difficulty matches I played last from 4-6mins on one v one
I had the PSP version of this game and it was surprisingly very similar
9:03 AEW's does First Blood matches every now and then, so it's all good.
My favorite SVR game in the series! 😁
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this was also the last game to feature the 3 way tag team ladder match. I don't remember it being featured after SVR06.
yes
This is well spoken. He doesn't seem pretentious like the other guy. The other guy looks smug. Even his reply seems smug.
The industry may have slowed down a bit in 2005,but it’s still MASSIVELY better than today’s product. Soooooo much talent wasted and buried on a regular basis. Sad
Great game! One of my favorite WWE games. :)
The only thing that really bothered me was Stone Cold having a spring for a neck. He never stopped with the head shaking that it looked really weird seeing it every cutscene he was in.
Lol
Had this for the psp
Looking back I'm surprised the psp versions were on par with the console versions. Not much was cut (if anything at all) was cut from the psp versions as far as I remember.
I'm sorry
Pros
Vast Roster
Phenomenal Graphics
Expansive Content
Great Legends Roster
The Ability To Compete For Championships
Cons
The Stamina System
The Slow-Motion Effect For Finishers
Shawn Michaels As A Heel
I thought the black & white slow motion was dope,
i still play this today for the GM mode
awesome game with a great season mode
My favorite game in the series
by far my favorite wrestling game. if for no other reason than gm mode. so god damn fun, even if it is a little basic.