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  • RaychelSnr
    Executive Editor
    • Jan 2007
    • 4845

    #1

    WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 Review




    How do you make a "realistic" sports game based on a sport that isn't, well, real? Yukes and THQ seem to have found an answer with WWE's Smackdown vs. Raw 2011, but the problem is they just could not quite pin it to the mat for the three count. SvR 2011 is ailed by repetitive and uninspired core gameplay that is unable to overshadow some great peripheral features of the game.

    As per usual with this series, SvR 2011 takes steps back in certain areas by recycling the in-ring action. And while the new WWE Universe mode is tremendously cool, one wonders if the developers will ever entirely focus on improving what needs to be improved.

    That being said, this is the biggest year-to-year improvement the series has gone through in ages.


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  • vernond
    MVP
    • Feb 2008
    • 1272

    #2
    Just set your created guys to free agents and they won't be involved in the WWE Universe until you put them on smackdown or raw, at least that's how it's worked for me so far.

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    • Steven547
      MVP
      • May 2004
      • 3797

      #3
      It's a pretty fair review and to the point. I agree with all the "bugs" pointed out in the game, and it feels like THQ/Yukes just doesn't care. Year after year, same bugs / glitches, and like the review said, it's a step backwards.
      What confuses me, is that the review says the AI is whacked out of its mind, the pinning is easy, etc..etc....then says that the Universe Mode is worth the $60. I disagree with that. All those issue affect the Universe mode. It is not worth $60 just for that ONE feature.

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      • CodeBr8k3r
        Rookie
        • Oct 2010
        • 7

        #4
        You forgot something very important. You have no control of who the #1 Contender or Champion can be. Yes you can manually edit it but it takes something that has been in the series for years away and thats the option to have a title match anytime you choose. If you try to add someone to a title match (which only happens at PPV) it will turn it into a normal match. No control what-so-ever. Even the unlockable belts have no purpose.

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        • goh
          Banned
          • Aug 2003
          • 20755

          #5
          Re: WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 Review

          I don't recall anyone having a simple elbow has a sig. Not to say the movesets aren't messed up because they are,really,really badly,just haven't seen that specific example. A better example would be Kane having the same finisher twice instead of a Tombstone for one or Miz having ALL 4 behind groggy grapples as the same move.

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          • poloelite
            Pro
            • Nov 2005
            • 571

            #6
            @CodeBr8k3r- you can turn Universe off and have whatever matches you want I thought? When I pick custom matches and put the unlockable titles on the line they change hands. You just don't get a rankings system for them. For all the complaints I hear about Universe, you can simply turn it off and do regular exhibition matches again.
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            • CodeBr8k3r
              Rookie
              • Oct 2010
              • 7

              #7
              @poloelite Where is the option located?

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              • Sheamazin
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                • Dec 2008
                • 2698

                #8
                Re: WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 Review

                to turn the universe mode off. all you have to do is move the right stick to the right or left while in the main menu screen.
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                • CodeBr8k3r
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                  • Oct 2010
                  • 7

                  #9
                  @Sheamazin It didn't work/do anything.

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                  • ILLCHILL
                    MVP
                    • Feb 2004
                    • 2820

                    #10
                    Re: WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 Review

                    Originally posted by Steven547
                    It's a pretty fair review and to the point. I agree with all the "bugs" pointed out in the game, and it feels like THQ/Yukes just doesn't care. Year after year, same bugs / glitches, and like the review said, it's a step backwards.
                    What confuses me, is that the review says the AI is whacked out of its mind, the pinning is easy, etc..etc....then says that the Universe Mode is worth the $60. I disagree with that. All those issue affect the Universe mode. It is not worth $60 just for that ONE feature.
                    I think the Universe mode along with multiplayer aspects, like playing your friends throughout the Universe, is the selling point.

                    My bad for not pointing that out strongly enough.

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                    • ILLCHILL
                      MVP
                      • Feb 2004
                      • 2820

                      #11
                      Re: WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 Review

                      Originally posted by Sheamazin
                      to turn the universe mode off. all you have to do is move the right stick to the right or left while in the main menu screen.
                      I've also had trouble with this....?

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                      • The GIGGAS
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                        • Mar 2003
                        • 28474

                        #12
                        Re: WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 Review

                        Originally posted by Sheamazin
                        to turn the universe mode off. all you have to do is move the right stick to the right or left while in the main menu screen.
                        No, it's actually clicking the RS (IIRC).
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                        • CodeBr8k3r
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                          • Oct 2010
                          • 7

                          #13
                          So it does work BUT! Only for Unlockable titles. So you can't defend the WWE Title as you please even if your not in WWE Universe mode.

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                          • The GIGGAS
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                            • Mar 2003
                            • 28474

                            #14
                            Re: WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 Review

                            Originally posted by CodeBr8k3r
                            So it does work BUT! Only for Unlockable titles. So you can't defend the WWE Title as you please even if your not in WWE Universe mode.
                            Actually, if you have the same person holding an unlockable title and a main title, you can switch to the main title.
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                            • SeerMagicX
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                              • Feb 2007
                              • 216

                              #15
                              way to high of a score. ancient gameplay, horrible ai doesn't equal a 7.5... more like a 5.5

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