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96 of 101 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
WWE Smackdown Shut Your Mouth smacks down the competition., 20 Aug 2002
For the past 4 years THQ and Yukes have worked on producing the WWE licensed games. Each game that has been released has been an improvement on the previous game in the series. WWE Smackdown 4 Shut Your Mouth, takes the Smackdown series to new levels. WWE Smackdown 4 Shut Your Mouth is easily the game Just Bring It Should Have been. The roster itself consists of 65 wrestlers ranging from Stone Cold, Rock, Triple H, RVD, Brock Lesnar right down to the lower card wrestlers. Everyone currently on the WWE roster is set to be included in the game making it the largest roster in a WWE game yet.
The graphics have been improved greatly each wrestler is made up of 3000 polygons, most people might not know what this means but if you look at a character in this game and the previous one you'll see a remarkable improvement.
The game also includes new features to make the wrestling action for the first time in the Smackdown series you can do moves with weapons. I don't mean hit someone with a chair, I'm talking about doing moves like the Van Daminator, Taker's Chair to Throat and DDT's on the Chairs. Also the game features a much better reversal system which means you can now counter your opponents moves and even go as far as stealing your opponent's finishers to use against them.
What this game has is attention to detail. Every Wrestler has several outfits, their entrance movie and music are as you would find on WWE TV programs, the entrances are accuratly modelled for example RVD has his pyro and famous 'R-V-D' taunt, Triple H has his usually entrance but in this game you see the water being poured from the bottle and when he spits it out it is greatly improved. Wrestlers also have character specific title entrances, Austin drags his belt to the ring, Taker wears his round his neck as he rides to the ring. Plus in this game champions will wear the belt in any match, not just title matches, to add to the realism.
One of the things that I truly like about the game is how individual the characters are. Every wrestler is modelled exactly on their real life counterpart, even going as far as how they stand, walk and move has been re-created. The movesets each wrestler has is designed to be specific to each wrestler, for example RVD has a lot of high flying moves and his signature kicks and flips. Also the way counter and react to moves is specific, throw a punch or kick at RVD he'll catch the arm or leg step over it with his left leg and go into his trademark heel kick. The Undertaker will take the punch or kick but not react to it, instead he'll shrug his shoulders and return a shot of his own. Hogan will do the famous 'Hulk Up' routine.
This is incredible and it makes you wonder what the next game in the series will like. How can they top this?
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
EVERYTHING YOU HOPED FOR, 21 Nov 2002
By A Customer
I, like most WWE fans, was disappointed with the previous Smackdown game, Just Bring It. It didn't seem to have advanced the series a great deal since the excellent Know Your Role on PSOne. Because of this, I was unsure whether or not to buy the latest edition for fear that it may be yet more of the same, but boy was I wrong!
The leap from edition 3 to 4 of the series has been very big. As expected, graphics have improved, entrances look amazing and we have the chance to play as RVD, Booker T, Brock Lesnar etc. for the first time. However, what really makes this a must have for WWE fans is the season mode. The memory of Just Bring It's ridiculously short story mode has thankfully been erased with undoubtedly the best season mode seen on a wrestling game. After you pick your character and choose whether to be a Raw or Smackdown wrestler you are immediately thrown into a storyline which culminated in a big match at the first PPV, Backlash. The developers have clearly put a lot of time and thought into creating the storyline elements and it works beautifully. Real life stories such as Triple H's return from injury and the debut of the nWo come into it at the right times (prior to the Royal Rumble and No Way Our respectively) and the Raw vs Smackdown story incorporates lots of elements of 2001's Invasion storyline, even having an elimination match at Survivor Series to see which brand survives. You can choose to play a second year of stories too once you finish your first Wrestlemania, which will allow more hidden characters and elements to be revealed (some wrestlers aren't playable in season mode until you unlock them eg. Triple H, Shawn Michaels, nWo). It takes a lot of time to play through the mode, which is exactly how it should be.
A plea to all WWE fans being cautious about this game - buy it. You can't help but enjoy it.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
WWE Smackdown--Shut Your Mouth!!!!!, 3 Jan 2003
By A Customer
WWE Smackdown-Shut Your Mouth is definitely the best wrestling game today.To fully review it I would run out of space so I will summarise some things.
Firstly theres quite a few new superstars in SYM including Brock Lesnar,Ric Flair,Hollywood Hulk Hogan,Booker T,Rob Van Dam,Kevin Nash,Lance Storm,Shawn Michaels and more.Unfortunately some missing wrestlers are Rey Mysterio,Scott Steiner,John Cena,Tommy Dreamer and Chavo Guerrero among others.The Season mode is now 2 years long instead of 3 matches long like Just Bring It.Items such as videos,moves,clothes and second outfits for wrestlers can be unlocked.
Create A Wrestler is much better and up to 32 wrestlers can be saved.Although Rey Mysterio isn't in the game you can unlock his outfit,mask,tatoo and entrance moves.You can make Rey to look exactly like he really does. Other things worth trying are:
To do moves with weapons(ladders,chairs,trash cans,lids,steps and tables) press for a normal grapple while holding a weapon. Also you can stand a ladder or table against the turnbuckles and put people through them.You can throw an opponent into the ringpost(unlike other Smackdowns).
You can do moves while on the ladder aswell.If you and your opponent are on the ladder keep punching him until he slumps down then press for a grapple.Usually you do a superplex off the ladder but Jeff Hardy does a Swanton off it and Jericho does the Walls Of Jericho on the top of the ladder. To unlock the Divas video you will have to beat 100 people in the Slobberknocker mode.Its hard but it can be done.This is the only item which can't be unlocked in Season. One of the best things about this game is that some of WWE's real storylines are here including the Draft/Brand Extension,the Angle head shaving,Austin's signing with Raw or Smackdown,Flair and Vince as feuding owners and the arrival of the nWo. My only problem is there's still no blood.Wouldn't it be great if the next Smackdown included First Blood matches,Strap matches,Chain matches,Inferno matches and the awesome Elimination Chamber.
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