Where Does the Smackdown Series Go From Here?

[The GIGGAS]

Quote: Originally Posted by Misfit

I want a "real" GM mode which is why I haven't bought a Smackdown game since the first one with a GM mode came out (whatever year that was). I want a mode where I decide who is going to work with whom and what the outcome will be. The ultimate goal being to manage talent and compete agains the other GM's show in terms of ratings. Say I'm making Edge fight a bunch of hardcore or hell in a cell matches, maybe he complains that he wants more money if he's going to go through this type of stuff. Or perhaps Triple H doesn't like that I'm not using him i the main event. The unreal part of it would be that the other shows would be like seperate companies and you would have to compete for talent and operate within a certain budget. After every Wrestlemania you should get rewarded or penalized based on how well you did. I think it would be a good marriage of the real and the fake side of wrestling and would make things enjoyable. You would also have the option of playing any match and the characters would have free will, so if someone is pissed that they're supposed to lose they might defy your orders. The mode would need a lot of tweaking and to make sure there isn't too much of that kind of stuff but I think its worth trying and would be a step forward for the franchise, and not a step back.

You sound like you'd like TEW, if you haven't already tried it.

[Jeru3131]

You have to agree that Yutes is the anti-SCEA. Scea, which makes the show, are constantly on here listening to the ideas of their consumers and trying to incorporate what the fans want. We've been screaming on these forums for years that all we want is a deep career mode. If they just gave us that we would all be happy. But they don't seem to care about their fans. They know they could add one little gimmick, update the roster and they're gonna make their money. I, for one, haven't bought a wrestling game in three years. Strictly a rental for me until they incorporate a deep career mode for my CAW.

[coffeeholic]

TEW is an excellent text based sim for the hardcore only. It has a massive learning curve-BUT-If you have the patience, it will reward you sevenfold. The roster mods at the TEW gamesite are great too. I'm currently working on a modern day WWE franchise and a late 90's one also.