Just Close your eyes You might be able to convince yourself your playing Just Bring It!
SVR 2011 had some unique ideas and they were implemented pretty well at least at first glance. The Universe mode was fun at first but once youve beaten a full year there really is no need to continue. The title contention system is also a bit frustrating at times and trading stars to other brands can screw the whole thing up entirely.
There was also the little pre and post match scenes you may or not have happen. I know they promised a huge number but I got about 6 and they were all pointless or just plain annoying like the pre match attack or someone joining your opponent at ringside.
Speaking of ringside lets talk the awful awful awful interference. To be honest I would probably just repeating the exact same as reviewers better than me have been saying but this really can drive you to madness. Even in Falls count anywhere matches if you start to dominate interference kicks in and the ref clearly having been slapped over head with a dictionary right before match runs to the ring to be distracted. Then there were ladder matches. Heres an easy way to win grab one ladder and leave it far away then go for the other ladder and if you have set it up properly then congratulations you are Mr. Money In The Bank I say this because during the time in which you placed the ladder somewhere else and won every other wrestler has been going for that ladder and trying to kill each other with it. Its a minor complaint but its a sign of a serious rushing out the door or just plain laziness.
Road to Wrestlemania mode and to be honest I never finished all of them I never beat Jerichos cause at this point I stopped losing interest in 2011 and went back to 2010. Actually I do remember enjoying Christian's RTW mainly cause Im a serious Christian mark who believes he can do no wrong and I liked Mysterios simply cause I like beating up Evan Bourne. Even Cena had an interesting Story mode if it was a little anticlimactic I knew Cena was gonna win but it would have been more satisfying if it was Orton VS Cena without MVP in the middle. Also one small gripe against the Undertaker's story it would have been nice to play as him,not one of four choices that I refuse to believe could end the streak. Again minor gripe nothing important.
Story Designers back as well and theyve added new options but it does feel like more of the same a few weird sound glitches but nothing that can't be ignored.
Graphics seem to have taken a bit of a downgrade especially compared to last year. Especially Edge who looks like he's melting into a fish. And Jack Swagger's in game model looks terrible and his looked awful last year. Seems to be something WWE 12 is trying to avert thankfully.
Im actually going to end it by comparing this game with last years game SVR 2010. As a wrestling fan I knew id enjoy the game anyway but I happen to have a cousin who despises the very concept of it. Until we played these two games for 4 hours straight. After managing to convince him to play the game we spent hours throwing people of the top of cells diving of top of cells through tables putting Goldust through a burning table etc. That was 2010, when 2011 came out we tried playing hell in a cell spent twenty mintues trying to break down the cell door, quit and went back to 2010.
In brief if your trying to sell wrestling through video games use 2010 instead of 2011. Actually use any other svr game and you'll get the point across. Im also trying to say that compared to the games from earlier in the series this just isnt very good.
With WWE 12 round the corner this is the reboot the franchise seriously needed and from the looks of things is coming along quite nicely. Though Ill save that for another time.