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PS3, X360 WWE Smackdown 2007 screens
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mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Looks pretty good. HD FTW!
Outcast2004
Banned
bishoptl said:
Possibly ONLY pulling music from the HD for entrances.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
DarienA said:
Thats what I said. I wonder how the CAWS are gonna look in this SUMBITCH.
The Main Event
Member
VS
Except for the lighting and some sweat effect, not really that impressive if you ask me.
Somehow I feel like I should be excited by this news but I'm not, or at least I won't be until I see it in motion and it shows that they have completely ditched every single animation from Smackdown 1-3. Also they should eliminate the striking combos and streamline the grapples so that they don't feel so clunky and stiff.
SDvsRaw06 was a great game but it pissed me off how much good stuff they removed from the CAW, and how much shitty stuff that should've been replaced or reanimated was left in. Plus they screwed up the selling so much to the point that opponents woke up and moved before you could perform certain corner moves and every single top rope attack on a downed opponent.
It's gonna take more than shiny sweat and photorealistic looking chests to get me to run out and buy it, this I swear.
SDvsRaw06 was a great game but it pissed me off how much good stuff they removed from the CAW, and how much shitty stuff that should've been replaced or reanimated was left in. Plus they screwed up the selling so much to the point that opponents woke up and moved before you could perform certain corner moves and every single top rope attack on a downed opponent.
It's gonna take more than shiny sweat and photorealistic looking chests to get me to run out and buy it, this I swear.
Outcast2004
Banned
The Main Event said:
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Except for the lighting and some sweat effect, not really that impressive if you ask me.
1) these are early test shots.
2) SDvsRAW06 doesn't look anywhere that good in motion. on a TV screen. I wish it did though.
Outcast2004
Banned
Matlock said:
Oopsie...someone posted DOR stills.
Which animates and looks WORSE than SDvsRaw 06.
The Main Event said:
VS
Except for the lighting and some sweat effect, not really that impressive if you ask me.
even the lighting isn't that great.
this game looks pretty weak.
textured hair?
looks like another "wait, why don't we stop working on this current-gen version, add some hires textures, up the lighting a notch, and call it a next-gen game?!?!!" effort.
Outcast2004
Banned
phonte said:
What part of "early TEST images" are you not undertanding futami???
This game doesn't come out till late November (usually) so there's a LOT of development time yet.
Christopher
BDE (Big Dad Energy)
The End said:
"Hey now...that was uncalled for "...
Anyway looks great, hope fully you can customize the wrestlers this year and I can put some damn pants on Randy Orton.
Undeniably Me
Member
I like how JBL still has abs just like in the current generation version.
pinkatrophe
Member
phonte said:
Are you for real? I think some people remember this gen's games being better than they really were, graphically. Unless by 'this gen' you mean this first batch of 360 games.
vs
I think the character models look great, but the clothing outfits look really shitty in comparison.
Looks great for early shots.
This game is gonna rock harder than a boulder falling on a box of kittens!!!
Damnit now I really want to get an 360 hmmmmm how much better will this look and/or play on ps3 though.
But playing online with voice takes the cake I can't wait!
I can now pretend I'm the hulkster Brother! As I reign down the fury with My 24 inch pythons, WHAT YOU GONNA DOOOOO!!!
This game is gonna rock harder than a boulder falling on a box of kittens!!!
Damnit now I really want to get an 360 hmmmmm how much better will this look and/or play on ps3 though.
But playing online with voice takes the cake I can't wait!
I can now pretend I'm the hulkster Brother! As I reign down the fury with My 24 inch pythons, WHAT YOU GONNA DOOOOO!!!
Outcast2004
Banned
Undeniably Me said:
Um..those pics ARE the current gen version.
Those shots are from DOR2.
Kids these days...
As a few people mentioned, the character models look great, but the clothing and lighting needs work. Hopefully they deal with the animation issue as well.
You're officially disqualified from making any graphical judgement about anything in the future.
I like how there are no pics of JBL from this game and that those pics you're referring to are obviously from the last gen games.Undeniably Me said:
You're officially disqualified from making any graphical judgement about anything in the future.
Undeniably Me
Member
raYne said:
Haha shut the fuck up. Excuse me for not being able to tell one piece of crap from the next. The screen ratios and "vs" (duh) should have gave it away but I was literally minutes away from class, saw the thread and had to skim through it because I'm a big wrestling fan. The current gen games do look very similar in quality to these shots and I'll bet you that JBL will have abs in the game.
And Outcast2004 can just go back to studying his wrestling newsboards all day and replying to the wrestling threads in broken grammar and heavy caps. Thanks.
Zombie James
Banned
I want physics-based gameplay, damn it! If i try to powerbomb a guy through a table and i'm out of position, i want to see that guy's head smack on the edge of the table (or wherever he lands) realistically, not see the table magically go into position and the guy go straight down the middle every single time.
Hitler Stole My Potato
Banned
jobber said:
Wha? Just stream your music from your PC to your 360 with Media Connect. You don't have to burn shit.
These are decent looking for next gen material, recall if you will that smackdown 3 was a very ugly game but by smackdown 5 they cleaned it up quite nicely. I suspect that this one will be nothing but what you see here with some stripped away features and current gen animation quality. Expect Smackdown 2008 edition to have nicer looking models and just simply be a better game.
Now, this is comign from someone who dislikes the way these games play immensly but has seen alll of them anyway thanks to a friend.
Now, this is comign from someone who dislikes the way these games play immensly but has seen alll of them anyway thanks to a friend.
Fatalah
Member
I'm sorry but these shots don't look CRAZY better than what we've seen on the PS2 this generation. Those textures are weak. Maybe it all has to be in motion, with all the arena effects and shiz.
BTW, the MIDWAY won the TNA contact and designated the crappy "backyard wrestling" team to work on the game.
BTW, the MIDWAY won the TNA contact and designated the crappy "backyard wrestling" team to work on the game.
^^^^^^^
The BACKYARD WRESTLING team? :x There goes any chance of a decent game...Samoa Joe am cry.
Can anyone host some pics somewhere else? I can't see any of the pics in this thread at work.
Yeah, Aki has been making the Kinnikuman/Ultimate Muscle games. The PSP version is the most recent release, and it rocks!
There's also a Kinnikuman arcade game that just came out, but I don't know if AKI developed it or not. It felt a bit different when I tried it; even more like a fighting game than a wrestling game.
The BACKYARD WRESTLING team? :x There goes any chance of a decent game...Samoa Joe am cry.
Can anyone host some pics somewhere else? I can't see any of the pics in this thread at work.
levious said:
Yeah, Aki has been making the Kinnikuman/Ultimate Muscle games. The PSP version is the most recent release, and it rocks!
There's also a Kinnikuman arcade game that just came out, but I don't know if AKI developed it or not. It felt a bit different when I tried it; even more like a fighting game than a wrestling game.
Amused_To_Death
Member
The models look pretty good, the costumes, the ring, and the environment are not as great.
Fixed.Reilly said:
If any series deserves criticism for not changing anything up year after year, it's Smackdown, moreso than the likes of Madden. THQ/Yukes take the most counterproductive route possible by creating uber-realistic character models and then showing them off in a decidedly non-realistic game engine--and I mean non-realistic even by wrestling logic.
When I actually play a Smackdown game--courtesy of a friend or relative, because I literally wouldn't pay ten dollars for such a thing--I'm never standing still enough to notice the texturing on John Cena's clothes or Rey Mysterio's mask or whatever else; I notice that most of the running strikes have no connecting animation, that the dodges are catch-all sidestep animations (as opposed to, say, the beautiful specialized counters in No Mercy: clothesline to armbar, spear to legscissors, back spin kick to ankle lock, dropkick to getting swatted down, etc.), that I can stand up two seconds after being thrown off the top of the cell, and that strikes are performed at hyper-ninja-speed that wouldn't make sense in the context of a fighting game starring superheroes, never mind a game about real athletes--just imagine if the punches were thrown this fast in Fight Night.
Wrestling games aren't going to get better until either AKI returns or Yukes wises up. Given the sad state of things, I have no idea which one is more likely.
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
Is THQ spoiling the results of WM with those screenshots?
I don't think either of those are gonna happen. Smackdown on PSX was born out of THQ's neccessity for a quick and cheap WWF cash in by using Yuke's Simple Series The Pro-Wrestling's engine which was terrible and watered down compared to the engine used in the New Japan(Toukon Retsuden) games. It's not really Yuke's fault as THQ is the one who sets what goes into the game and how fast it has to be done for the least amount of money possible.
Plus we gotta face the fact that THQ is making a shitload of money on a yearly upgrade of roster, music and entrances alone, which is what most of the stupid wrestling game fans want, so they see no reason to change their ways. Most fans only care about watching John Cena walk down the ramp to his music, doing his poses, and overcoming the odds with his finisher, regardless of how bad or sub par the gameplay is.
The Main Event
Member
Fatalah said:
Thanks, you just SHATTERED my dream of having a new decent wrestling game...
...but the Backyard Wrestling team?!?! When the hell are developers gonna learn?
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
Member
This is the fucking truth._leech_ said:
Even RPGs have physics engines now. Wrestling games need to catch up about 10 years.
I'd like Yuke's to incorporate that nice soft lighting/self-shadowing feature from Rumble Roses into this game.
Seriously though, if you told me "those are PS2 models," I would have believed you -- the modeling in SvR2006 on PS2 is astoundingly good, but HD resolutions really make it shine.
Seriously though, if you told me "those are PS2 models," I would have believed you -- the modeling in SvR2006 on PS2 is astoundingly good, but HD resolutions really make it shine.
Twitchfactor
Member
Reilly said:
Because as reviewers and fanboys alike need to understand, they're not "real people" and they're not the MAJORITY, they're the MINORITY.
And real people buy wrestling games, the same way real people buy Barbie, The Sims, and Star Wars versus devs, forum dwellers, fanboys and reviewers who love Psychonauts, and God of War.
It's just the way the real world works.
I personally could give a toss about wrestling, but I bet 6 million people out there think otherwise, no matter how it looks.
Outcast2004
Banned
Undeniably Me said:
Here's a thought for you...
how about you shut the fuck up. You clearly knew shit about you were talking about and it go thrown back in your face. So was there a reason for you get all pissy like a menstral bitch? No..not really.
As for my replying methods. You must have me confused with someone else.
As for the early screens that are shown here along side of the DOR2 shots there's a clear separation. DOR2 doesn't look anywhere that good in motion of even on a TV screen. Even with JUST these 2 early test models it far surpasses the current efforts. the real test will how it moves.
Undeniably Me
Member
Outcast2004 said:
lol, I better watch out or you might get worked up and cut another wrestling promo on me, little guy.
I didn't get "pissy." I made a dumb mistake in my haste (dumb, only based on aspect ratio mind you, otherwise the games look extremely similar and that's not my fault). However, being patronized for it and being called a "kid" by someone like you is a little annoying. I mean, excuse me if I, gasp, skim through a thread and happen to think I'm going to find screens of the game the thread was created about.
Anyway, the big news here is that it's multiplatform and that's what I'm happy about. It never made much sense to have seperate development teams create abysmal crap for the Xbox when they could have just made the Smackdown series multiplatform. Otherwise, I don't expect much from the first next generation attempt. After all, the JBI on the Playstation 2 didn't offer a huge leap over the PSX series. It should still be good fun online though with there being no cheat devices to spoil the fun on Xbox Live.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
Member
I think it's time for you guys to stop with the talking and book yourselves in a match for Slamathon XIX.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
This is going to be the Smackdown: Just Bring It of the PS3/X360.