Wwe Smackdown Vs Raw 2007 Pc Gameplay

2006 professional wrestling video game

2006 video game

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007
NTSC cover fine art featuring (clockwise from pinnacle left) Rey Mysterio, John Cena, Torrie Wilson, Triple H and Batista
Programmer(due south)	Yuke'southward
Publisher(due south)	THQ
Series	SmackDown vs. Raw
Platform(southward)	PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable
Release	PlayStation two & Xbox 360 EU: x November 2006 NA: xiv November 2006 AU: 16 November 2006 JP: 25 January 2007 PlayStation Portable NA: 6 December 2006 Eu: xv December 2006 AU: 23 December 2006 JP: 22 February 2007
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 is a professional wrestling video game developed by Yuke's and published by THQ in 2006. It is the tertiary game nether the WWE SmackDown vs Raw proper name, the eighth game overall in the video game series based on the World Wrestling Amusement (WWE) professional wrestling promotion, and is the successor to 2005's WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006. The game was first announced on 31 March 2006, and was released worldwide in November 2006 for PlayStation ii and Xbox 360, and a month later for PlayStation Portable. The Xbox 360 version was the first game in the series to be published on a seventh generation video game console. A PlayStation iii version was likewise planned as well as a launch title for the system, simply was later cancelled.

New features introduced included an analog control system, interactive hotspots, and fighting within the loonshit crowd. The game also included several improvements on the previous game'due south existing friction match types and modes.

SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 was succeeded by WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 in 2007.

Gameplay [edit]

Match gameplay [edit]

THQ said they would bring a more realistic fighting feel with a new analog control grappling organization, enabling the player to throw their opponent anywhere they desire, in contrast to previous preset animations.^[1] In the new system, grappling moves are now affected by analog control, in dissimilarity to the button-based system from preceding games.^[2] Much like the previous game, one can besides move around the band by analog control instead of using the D-pad.^[3] An option to switch to the previous control layout is as well possible.^[4] The chain reversal system has also been improved and now involves grapples besides as strikes.^[1]

The Category 1 and Category ii movesets are determined past weight-course now, so lighter wrestlers have admission to martial arts or luchador move-sets, while heavier wrestlers take admission to more than power moves. In addition, a wrestler tin merely lift up or injure with certain strikes, wrestlers one weight class heavier than them or less.

A lot more interactivity in the arenas is besides present such as fighting within the oversupply. Signs and objects from the oversupply tin can exist used to beat down the opponent. One major feature is the inclusion of ecology "hotspots" such every bit the ring ropes, steel steps and scaffolding which players can interact with.^[one] The PlayStation ii version however has a brake on crowd fighting and interaction for specific friction match types.^[5]

The graphics have besides improved with each superstar consisting of xx,000 polygons for the Xbox 360 compared to the total of 5,000 from the PlayStation 2 version of the previous game.^[six] Sweat from the wrestlers has now been included in the Xbox 360 version of the game.^[4] ^[seven] The game'due south audio system has been overhauled and features new sound effects in Dolby five.ane as well as the inclusion of new oversupply chants and grunting from the wrestlers.^[8]

Characters [edit]

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 marks the video game debuts of sixteen superstars.

Cory Ledesma, creative manager of WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007, confirmed that the game has no new match types. However, there are improvements in existing friction match types. The Coin in the Banking concern variant to the ladder match is now added and all ladder matches feature more flexibility in placing the ladders.^[9] The histrion at present has to use the analog sticks as easily and arms to retrieve the match'south prize.^[8]

The tables lucifer has also undergone a complete overhaul, requiring players to build up momentum for a finisher and harm their opponent enough before beingness able to put them through a table, and making one of an opponent's limbs red.^[8] ^[ix]

This besides marked the starting time game since WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth to not feature a diva-specific match stipulation with the Fulfill Your Fantasy match from the previous game removed.

This is the last game in the series to feature Chris Benoit. Initially, he was supposed to be in the follow up game WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 earlier the double murder and suicide in June 2007.

Create modes [edit]

For the Create-A-Superstar mode, singer Lemmy'southward confront is put in the game as a template.

The Create-An-Archway manner has been improved with a new preview manner. Equally well equally instantaneous previews of the entrances when the player makes a change, i can likewise specifically set the timing for photographic camera angles, pyrotechnics and other effects. Despite the Xbox 360'south difficult drive and MP3 capability, the game is unable to recognize any music the role player may accept saved onto the console's hard bulldoze, unlike previous WWE games for the original Xbox, which allowed custom entrance music.

There is also a Create-A-Stable mode, which allows the player to make a tag-team, alliance, or a stable with upwards to five members. This also allows the player to come up out in the same entrance every bit their teammates, different many other WWE games.

Inspired by John Cena's custom spinner championship belts, the power to create belts with spinning centerpieces in the returning Create-A-Title mode is now possible. The player likewise has the ability to manually spin these belts during an entrance. The title belts from the previous game are included in this game in addition to created belts. These include the belts used by WWE in 2006: the WWE, Earth Heavyweight, Intercontinental, U.s.a., World Tag Team, WWE Tag Team, Women'south and Cruiserweight championships. Rock Cold Steve Austin's "Smoking Skull" belt and the nWo's version of the WCW World Heavyweight Title joined Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Championship and the WWE Hardcore Title every bit archetype belts that can also be won and defended in the game.^[10]

Release [edit]

The official demo for WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 was released on the Xbox Live Marketplace on 28 September 2006, containing a No-DQ match betwixt Triple H and Kane.^[11]

Like the previous game, the game was released on the PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation Portable. While the series has traditionally been exclusive to the PlayStation series of consoles, this game was released on Xbox 360 after a series of lackluster wrestling games THQ released on the original Xbox. This is the first time a game in the SmackDown! series is featured in two different console generations. A steelbook version of the PlayStation 2 release was available exclusively in Australia.^[12]

A PlayStation 3 version was also planned but was eventually cancelled forth with NBA Live 07. The developers publicly announced that they would rather concentrate their efforts on other game systems. The next installment, Smackdown vs. Raw 2008 was released for the PlayStation iii and all futurity WWE games for the post-obit ten years have been released for the console.^[13] Nonetheless, the PlayStation two version can be played on any PlayStation three models with PlayStation 2 backwards compatibility support. In that location was also consideration over releasing the game on the Wii as the game'due south developers were waiting to larn more almost the system.^[7] However, during a video interview, artistic manager Cory Ledesma announced there were no plans for information technology to exist released on the Wii.

A special edition version for the Xbox 360 was sold for a limited time at EB Games and GameStop. This version featured the game in an aluminum example along with a bonus disc from The History of the WWE Championship DVD boxset and a copy of The Ultimate WWE Trivia Book.^[14]

Reception [edit]

SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 received positive reviews upon release. Co-ordinate to video game review aggregator Metacritic, SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 received favorable reviews on all platforms.^[35] ^[36] ^[37] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one eight and three sevens for the Xbox 360 version,^[18] and one five, one seven and ii sixes for the PSP version.^[17]

The game received praise for presentation and the high amount of content, but was criticized for glitches, including commentary and ring announcing problems, and standoff detection bug, with wrestlers being able to skip climbing an occupied ladder, making the Money in the Bank match extremely hard. For example, if one wrestler is on pinnacle of the ladder, another wrestler may suddenly superplex him, without fifty-fifty climbing the ladder.^[38] ^[39]

The match commentary and ring announcing were problematic in some arenas, such as WrestleMania and the Regal Rumble.^{[ citation needed ]} These problems included a chair shot being referred to as a Stone Common cold Stunner, a sugariness chin music being referred to as an RKO, or a Khali chop being referred to as a dorsum flip uranage slam. Similarly, the commentators may talk nearly wrestlers not even featured in the friction match, such as Lilian Garcia being heard announcing someone to the band, despite the fact that Tony Chimel is in the ring, or Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler talking over Tazz and Michael Cole and vice versa.^{[ citation needed ]} These bugs only occurred on the PS2 version, as the PSP version did not feature commentary and the Xbox 360 version had patched the commentary bugs.^{[ citation needed ]}

The PlayStation two version of SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 received a "Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA),^[40] indicating sales of at to the lowest degree 300,000 copies in the Great britain.^[41]

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