Almost two decades later and it's still the most solid wrestling

>DIG DIG DIGGIDY DIG DIGGIDY DOG

>>1117895
It was sweet when it came out, now it's clunky and awkward. Maybe I'm just jaded by the newer games fluid controls and good graphics

>>1117895

It never made it out of Japan, but the second Virtual Pro Wrestling game is basically the same engine with added shit.

>>>/v/
>>>/vg/

Video games don't belong here. Yes even if they are about alt "sports".

Get off your ass and go train.

>>1117923
Has a cool shootfighting mode as well

Please take your nostalgia glasses off. Svr 06, 09, 11 and 2k14 are all better

>>1117937
Neither do toy guns or virgin swords yet they dont get deleted

avr games are terrible. Spear spear spear spear spear spear spear spear finisher. Whole game.

Try that in the virtual pro wrestling engine and you get rekt. It wasn't perfect but it's way better than any of thensmackdown games.

I liked hctp at the time though that was their best one imo.

>>1117982
Virgin duels is a martial art

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>>1117982
>Svr 06, 09, 11 and 2k14 are all better

This is it. We've finally found the absolute worst opinion that /wwe/ has ever had.

>>1117982
>le goggles :)

>>1118043
Pretending to fight with swords is as much an alternative sports as conkers or rock paper scissorsn

>>1118068
> he never played the games but feels compelled to talk anyway

>>1118068
Well, they are. Except for '11.

And the DoR games surpassed No Mercy as far as gameplay is concerned.

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>>1118313

>>1117918

Only thing inferior about it at the time was the graphics....other than that the gameplay was excellent for its time. Even non-wrestling fans enjoyed it as if it was a major fighting game like Street Fighter. The only other WWE came that came close to it was HCTP.

>>1117982

I can't speak on the other 3 but I've played '06 before extensively. That gameplay was average at best (the graphics were pretty great though; even Orlando Jordan looked realistic as hell, right down to the afro)


I've said it before and I'll say it again: the best way to save WWE games is to make the season mode more RPG-like in terms of ever-changing 'acquired' gimmicks, characteristics, skills, allies, enemies, etc. Start off with a more linear 1-year season mode that has voice-overs and specific situations that reflecting current storylines....then segue into a more open--ended RPG-like season mode where feuds and storylines follow more standardized text-based cutscenes that would fit most of the wrestlers, and your path is determined by decisions you make, feuds, chosen gimmicks, and wins/losses. To prevent it from getting stale quickly, have thousands of short possible cutscenes; Maybe even have a PROPER create-a-story thing that can be shared online.

I know they've attempted something similar to these things before, but not the way I'm describing them. If they had started this years ago and kept the exact same system by adding more possible cutscenes with each annual game, we could have had something amazing by now that even non-fans would enjoy. Instead....we get shit like recreating Wrestlemania matches.

>>1117982
>Svr 06, 09, 11 and 2k14 are all better
>Svr 06, 09, 11
I know for a fact you're lying about these 3.....so I'm pretty sure 2K14 was worse as well

>>1117895
That's not HCTP

>>1118573
RPG idea is good, they also need branching storylines (like No Mercy) so if you lose a match you should win the story changes

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>>1117895
>still dicksucking no mercy
>no one mentions FPR

I'm dissapointed in you, /wwe/

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>royal rumble in a 2k game
>QTEs everywhere

>>1118931

if it's not /wwe/ then they don't give a shit. that's this board for ya.

(here comes the pain and kinnikuman grand prix 2 are still better tho. not by much tho)

>>1118962
>tfw being eliminated under the first rope
>npc gets me everyingle time

I'm a video game journalist. You're correct that No Mercy is the best wrestling game.

>>1117937
Get this hothead outta here

>>1117895
Crush hour was the best WWE video game

FACT

Smackdown 2 was better.

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>>1118931

>>1118962
That's how they were before 2K took over, dumbass.

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>>1117895
>>1118931
Sure you could play those meme games. However for those who don't wear a fedora, Shut Your Mouth is supreme

>>1119086
thats the last smack down game i got

>>1119005
Love me some Kinnikuman but GP2 is more like a fighting game with some more focus on grappling attacks than a proper wrestling game. Probably lends itself better to the series but still.

>>1117982
Actually it would be more like saying playing a video game where you use swords or toy guns should be on her.
Which is also no allowed.

Fuck off to the video game boards where this thread belongs.

WCW vs NWO is the real goat. You niggas are fucking pretenders.

>>1119134
Literally a beta of WWF No Mercy

>>1119137
Please have sex

>>1119142
Name one way No Mercy isn't better, Desu.

>>1118055
DoR 1.

>>1117905
> SOCKO

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>tfw you still haven't saved enough money to buy the Ho's in the shop

>>1118931
found the fucking weeb

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>>1119299
>caring about unlocking Eva Marie in a game with HBK and Andre

>>1119041

No, it wasn't.....unless you liked better graphics, FMV sequences and clearer/longer entrance music (I think the CAW mode may have been better too)

Basically....No Mercy was Street Fighter 2 and SD! 2 was Mortal Kombat. If you preferred gimmicks and appearance over actual gameplay then MK was for you.

>>1119086
Here Comes the Pain was the GOAT smackdown game. SYM was when people were getting tired of the same formula.

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>>1117895

>ctrl f + "3 Count Bout"
>zero results

>>1119713
>3 count bout
>not Saturday Night Slam Masters

HCTP was better tho

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>>1119741
>no Tecmo World Wrestling featuring Dr. Guildo the Technician

>>1119556
best game, 1&2

>>1119971
DoR 2's engine was a fucking beauty, you could do all kind of crazy shit, too bad about the loading times and some bugs with the CAWs, that stopped the game from being almost perfect

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>>1119134
>bought this game used like three days ago
>play as Nash
>spend an entire royal brawl doing running clotheslines to people
>mfw I catch Sting's bat in mid-swing and proceed to bash him with it

8/10 game desu
Now I just need to figure out how to do jumps off the turnbuckle

>>1120062
And the fact there was barely any modes, you had exhibition matches and that awful story mode and that was it

>>1119547
>>1119852
I love Here Comes the Pain too, but I've played it so much that it's gotten too easy.

>>1119857
Literally fucking what and who?

HCTP/SVR07 for best ruthless aggression rosters

>>1118931
Hands down the best pro wrestling video game ever.

XB360 Fire Pro ruins everything they have done though.

>>1119529
Decent post, except for the part where you tried to make an argument but used only 100% wrong opinions.

Smackdown had more versatile options, better presentation, more fluid controls and generally a greater feel of creating a wrestling event, rather than playing some fighting vidya.

>>1120517
I agree that Smackdown's gameplay better captured the essence of wrestling and I'm not sure why, since No Mercy had more realistic grappling.

>>1120517
>Smackdown had more versatile options

correct

>better presentation

correct (although that was more due to the limitations of the N64 compared to PS)

>more fluid controls

incorrect

>generally a greater feel of creating a wrestling event, rather than playing some fighting vidya

correct

SD! 2 got just about everything else right over NM except for the most important thing, the main thing that gamers remember and actually care about: the actual gameplay during matches, i.e. the core of the game

The gameplay was too quick, arcade-y, and there was little logic behind how much damage a wrestler received did and how effective moves were. There was no proper health meter; you had no idea who was more hurt than who or when to pin unless you just hit a finisher, and even then that wouldn't always work. You could literally have a 20-minute match using weapons and nobody would ever bleed, look tired or hurt, or even be appear more vulnerable to a pin.

If you like a wrestling game where you just hit a bunch of random moves, build up a special and hope that your finisher wins you the match, SD! 2 is your game

>>1120699
>there was little logic behind how much damage a wrestler received did and how effective moves were
>you had no idea who was more hurt than who or when to pin unless you just hit a finisher, and even then that wouldn't always work
>You could literally have a 20-minute match using weapons and nobody would ever bleed, look tired or hurt
>just hit a bunch of random moves, build up a special and hope that your finisher wins you the match

so what you're telling me is it's a essentially a flawless simulation of WWE, gotcha.

>>1120937

Well....yes. But unfortunately that doesn't translate well gameplay-wise

No Mercy's gameplay did.

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>>1119010
I'm not a video game journalist, I'm a gamer. You are correct that No Mercy is the best wrestling game.

>My personal favorite is Wrestlemania 2000 which No Mercy was built off of.

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>>1119299

when you finally do unlock her though...

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>>1120517
Yes, like where he said that SmackDown had better look, presentation and pretty much better everything accept game play. How can you not understand that?

>>1121060
Actually, that post just said "better graphics" three different ways.

Smackdown gameplay was GOAT compared to No Mercy anyway. It was so slick. No Mercy had much clunkier input.

The goat is a tie between wcw vs nwo revenge and wrestlemania 2000 depending on which roster you feel like playing with

>>1120110
I enjoyed story mode in DOR and DOR 2, there hasn't been a better story mode I can think of since.

DOR 2 was the best wrestling game since No Mercy, but No Mercy is still great, it is still the wrestling game I play the most.

>>1121050
Yes, you're right, it's lacking soulless commentary that does little more than hurt the product by constantly pointing out its every fuckup and how dumb everything is.

>>1121066

>Smackdown gameplay was GOAT compared to No Mercy anyway
>No Mercy is universally agreed upon as WWE's greatest game
>very few people outside of this thread has ever said SD1 and SD2 were better than No Mercy
>Smackdown gameplay was GOAT compared to No Mercy

Okay buddy, you win

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>>1121114
>No Mercy is universally agreed upon as WWE's greatest game
>universally

>>1121121

Name a WWE game - not a PRO WRESTLING game, a WWE game - that's believed to be as good/better.....other than HCTP which was already mentioned (most people still hold No Mercy over it)

>>1121140
Smackdown 2

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>>1121198
This desu.

>>1119086
>Shut your mouth
>Not Know Your Role

My favorite is the SvR that had ECW and general manager mode. 2008 I think?

>>1126537
It also had a customizable locker room and Skillet provided some of the music. Anybody know which one that is?

>>1117895

But VPW2 has a much better Edit mode and more moves. Also none of that retarded Attitude Era bullshit

>>1118931

Its not even the best FirePro game, which is D. Making the Edit mode more complicated and difficult to use, but adding a cage match, doesn't make it the best. Also no WWE guys are defaults


>>1120186

spotted the underage twat

How are the most recent 2K games?

>Here Comes The Pain still exists
>Grandads still spout this No Mercy meme

>>1126554
Customisable locker room was 07, there were two skillet tracks on 2010 though.

>>1121140
>Mention a game that's better
>But not the one everyone who doesn't think No Mercy is the best thinks is the best

>>1127397
Boring
They have gone for realism over fun and it sucks

>>1119857
is that supposed to be hawk and steamboat?

>>1121004
me too anon

>tfw had a large majority of the DC universe made as CAWs
>doomsday came out to triple H's music

was such a young mark

>>1127435
It is obviously Animal you dumb cunt
18+

>>1119007
You go over the top rope first. Every time. If you don't get back to the ring you can be eliminated wherever you decide to stand, if you lay down at the bottom rope, you can easily be pushed out and elimianted.

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>implying this isn't the GOAT wrestling game

Fucking babbies pls go

>>1119741
>>not Saturday Night Slam Masters
Yo I'm looking for a wrestling game to play and this legit looks like one of the best ones judging from YT. Should I emulate this?

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holy shit lads Sacrifice just cut a pipebomb on sheamus after walking out of his match

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>>1127467

My era was yours, but War Zone and the WWF games of the era were the shits.

GOAT wrestling game is WCW/NWO: Revenge. Best roster/playability.

>>1126537
>My favorite is the SvR that had WWECW
If you think it's better than the Original to 2007, you are objectively wrong
>>1127467
It's not a bad game, but Attitude was an improvement in every way. How could you think the prequel is GOAT?

>>1127397
Good. People get all "omg n64 rite?" about no mercy but honestly, as far as the mechanics go, 2K16 is the same as no mercy at its core, all the way down to how you execute moves. The biggest difference being the reversal system, which is an improvement IMO.

>>1118068
>implying 07' wasn't the best

>>1120091
Run towards the turnbuckle. If you're playing as someone who's large/never goes to the top rope you have to have your spirit all the way up to special

>>1121118
/v/ here, one of the best party wrestling games. the arcade style gameplay is great since it's the ex-Midway guys working on it

>>1117895
That's not Revenge...

Day of reckoning is better