I used to play Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 and 2008. Would I like this game?

[Mavrickindigo]

My friend got me into wrestling games with Smackdown Vs Raw, and I really played 2007 to death, and petered out after 2008. With 8 years between the games, I was wondering if I would enjoy this game. I understand the gameplay is different, but I'm wondering about things like features. I really enjoyed making characters (male and female), and enjoyed having my own championships. Also, our most played mode was the royal rumble, and I really liked the custom music from 2008.

[Pepsi_Vanilla]

Well, there's a huge roster on this game (supposedly the biggest they've ever had) and the showcase mode is pretty good as it features the main bulk of Stone Cold Steve Austin's career. There's also a lot of customisation options and there's a fair amount of match variety to play as well. The MyCareer mode is a little disappointing though, with many of the microphone/cutscenes being repetitive and unimpactful towards your actual career.

That being said, the steam version comes with all of the DLC, so I'd definitely recommend this one. It's hugely superior to WWE 2K15.

[Mavrickindigo]

Well, what me and my friends would always do is make custom wrestlers and make up our own crazy stories, so when it comes to big rosters, I suppose I'm most interested in some of the characters from the 80s/90s I guess.

[Cave Waverider]

Originally posted by Mavrickindigo:

My friend got me into wrestling games with Smackdown Vs Raw, and I really played 2007 to death, and petered out after 2008. With 8 years between the games, I was wondering if I would enjoy this game. I understand the gameplay is different, but I'm wondering about things like features. I really enjoyed making characters (male and female), and enjoyed having my own championships. Also, our most played mode was the royal rumble, and I really liked the custom music from 2008.

The Creation suite in WWE 2k16 is good, you should be able to make all kinds of wrestlers real or fictional, both female and male as well as custom title belts, arenas and such.
As for custom music, that probably isn't in officially, but the community will likely find ways and create tools to at the very least replace music and titantrons in the game or even add some down the line.
The Royal Rumble is still in and you can choose from 10 man, 20 man and 30 man Royal Rumbles, I believe.
So yeah, I think you might enjoy this game greatly.

[Chris5626]

You might want to investigate whether or not you can make female characters, I know in 2k15 you couldn't and I'm not sure you can in 2k16.

[Mavrickindigo]

So, they took out custom music? That's rather disappointing, but not entirely a problem.

[Smiigs]

Back in 2008 you had GM Mode (my favourite mode all-time) in more modern games we now got universe mode which allows more creativity but gets rid of the competition againts the ai for the better show its just you making the show and playing the matches which you can set the storyline for. The wwe games have come along way from 2008 e.g. you can now create an arena which just blows universe mode out of proportion in terms of what you could do.
If you loved SvR 2008, creating and making up storylines you will love this game.
I can't anwser for performance or glitcheness of the game yet but from the way wwe 2k15 turned out give it a week or two and it should be okay.

[Mavrickindigo]

Originally posted by Smiigs:

Back in 2008 you had GM Mode (my favourite mode all-time) in more modern games we now got universe mode which allows more creativity but gets rid of the competition againts the ai for the better show its just you making the show and playing the matches which you can set the storyline for. The wwe games have come along way from 2008 e.g. you can now create an arena which just blows universe mode out of proportion in terms of what you could do.
If you loved SvR 2008, creating and making up storylines you will love this game.
I can't anwser for performance or glitcheness of the game yet but from the way wwe 2k15 turned out give it a week or two and it should be okay.

Oh man, do you mean I can do stuff as seen in VGCW?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT9bnaetsJk