WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2011 Review Multiplayer

Information

Genre: Wrestling
Max. Online Players: 12
Leaderboards: Yes
Private Games: Yes

Summary

Ranked and unranked matches
Whole multitude of match types
Take as much time as you want to verify the scores
All the current wrestlers
User created content allowed online

Tips

Learn how to counter effectively, anticipate timing of opponents moves. Isolate your opponent leaving them no opportunity to tag in tag matches. Double team legally, get the person on the outside to interfere as much as is legally possible. Keep to the centre of the ring if you want to survive longer in Battle Royals and Royal Rumbles. Double team when someone is on the apron, having more people helping to eliminate gives you a greater chance of victory. Attack vulnerable or groggy opponents in Elimination Chamber matches to build up your meter enabling signature moves to be executed. Stay out of the way of the main action in Elimination Chamber matches.

Modes

One on One:

Normal Match
Ladder Matches (TLC, Ladder)
Extreme Rules Matches (Inferno Match, Falls Count Anywhere, Iron Man, Last Man Standing, Submission, Table, Extreme Rules Match)
Cage Matches (Hell in a Cell, Steel Cage, Steel Cage Pin and Give Up)
Backstage Matches (Parking Lot, GM Office, Locker Room A, Locker Room B, Large Locker Room, Interview Area, Catering Area)

Two on Two:

Tag Team Matches (Normal Tag Team, Tornado Tag, Falls Count Anywhere Tornado Tag, Hell in a Cell Tornado Tag, Ladder Tornado Tag, Steel Cage Tornado Tag, Table Tornado Tag, TLC Tornado Tag, Elimination Tag Normal, Elimination Tag Tornado, Elimination Tag Table Tornado, Extreme Rules Match Tornado Tag)
Mixed Tag

3-Man:

Triple Threat Match
Ladder Matches (Ladder Triple Threat, TLC Triple Threat)
Cage Matches (Hell in a Cell Triple Threat, Steel Cage Triple Threat, Steel Cage Triple Threat Pin and Give Up)
Extreme Rules Matches (Table Triple Threat, Falls Count Anywhere Triple Threat, Extreme Rules Match Triple Threat)
Handicap Matches (Normal match no manager vs w.manager, Handicap One on Two, Handicap One on Tag, Falls Count Anywhere no Manager vs w/manager)

4-Man:

Fatal – 4-Way match
Ladder Matches (Ladder Fatal 4 Way, TLC Fatal 4 Way)
Cage Matches (Hell in a Cell Fatal 4 Way, Steel Cage Fatal 4 Way, Steel Cage Fatal 4 Way Pin and Give Up)
Extreme Rules Matches (Table Fatal 4 way, Falls Count Anywhere Fatal 4 way, Extreme Rules Match Fatal 4 way)
Handicap Matches (Normal match w/manager vs w/manager, Handicap One on Three, Falls Count Anywhere w/manager vs w/manager, Handicap one on trio)
Battle Royal (4-man Battle Royal, 4-man Battle Royal Over the Top Rope)

5-Man:

Handicap matches (Normal Tag Team no manager vs w/manager, Handicap Tag on Trio)
Championship Scramble

6-man:

Tag Team matches (Normal Tag Team, Elimination Tag)
Cage Matches (Hell in a Cell 6-Man)
Money in the Bank
Handicap Matches (Normal tag team w/manager vs w/manager)
Elimination Chamber (Elimination Chamber normal, Elimination Chamber Tornado)
Battle Royal (6-man Battle Royal, 6-man Battle Royal Over the Top Rope)

Positives and Negatives

Positives

Royal Rumble with up to 12 players!
Can take customisable character online
Lots of match types available online – if there’s a match you want, you’ve got it
Customisable rules – can decide whether to allow user created content in matches or not, plus any other changes you want to make for the match
6 man matches available – Elimination Chamber, Money in the Bank to name two
Classic wrestlers available
Wrestlers look good
You can download creations of other people and you can edit them and take online
Classic wrestlers available
Easy to get setup in a 1v1 match
Given the multitude of options and creativity at your disposal there is great longevity in online play
A nice mix of grapples, strikes, and counters.
Authentic moves for wrestlers
WWE by its nature is larger than life and lends itself well to online play

Negatives

Online purchase code for more content. Full Online Access is 6.29 for any second hand or rented copies of the game! About 15% of the value of the RRP of a first hand copy
Still not a complete Royal Rumble quota of 30 real players
Can take a very long time to get into a Royal Rumble match
No option to turn off chat in online lobby
The crowd still look poor
Too frequent disconnections (patches may resolve this)
Crowd sounds don’t match action. You have won the Royal Rumble and you can hear a pin drop in a Diva’s cleavage!
Royal Rumbles not as frenetic, action packed or populated as they should be. Simply Battle Royal’s by another name.
Matches where entrances are ‘on’ can take 8 minutes before you actually play the game – and where there aren’t many people online and only these types of matches (with entrances ‘on’) it can be frustrating
You probably won’t ever play in the majority of match types
Commentary can be repetitive and annoying
Too many Irish Whips and button bashing in the rumble
‘Championship Scrambles’ frequently end in draws, too difficult to pin opponents