18 Things WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2007 Did Better Than WWE 2K23 

I can’t be the only one that misses using real superstars in season mode

Also should be added: SVR 2007 had an absolute BANGER soundtrack. There was not 1 bad song on it. Miss this game so much!

SVR 07 also had real referees (Mike Chioda for RAW, Nick Patrick for Smackdown)

2007 for me is the best SVR game. It is the game that made slight adjustments from what we had until SVR 2006 which is fast paced gaming. 2007 did just fine. My favorite feature of 2007 is the ultimate control, I didn’t even do my basic grappling moves, I just spammed Ultimate Control moves lol. The thing about 2k is the graphics are great and suits the evolution of gaming. Unfortunately, the engine sucks. Wrestlers move like robots and the wrestlers collide with each other awkwardly.

3:01 takes a frog splash from on top of the pod and still kicks out at 2, even in video games you can't escape Super Cena

2007 had one more awesome detail. An "adrenaline rush" mechanic that allowed you to lift one weight class higher than you normally could when your momentum meter was full. That enabled heavyweights to use power moves on Great Khali for brief bursts till the meter went back to normal either by timing out or using a finisher

5:46 so realistic. Even in the game Stephanie adds herself into storylines for no reasons

Lmao at randy ripping his own signs 🤣

they added more features and interactions in just 1-2gb of data, and now a days game's avg size is about 50gb but got nothing except graphics

2K still misses many things that SvR series had, like the crowd interactons or parking lot backstage brawl with various car interactions

Back when games weren’t solely corporate products One gripe in 2k23 is that the announcers do not stfu for certain entrances. It’s so annoying to hear them talk before Cena, Taker, or Triole H come out like they would do in real life at times.

07 graphics were beautiful as well

All they need to do is remaster SVR 07' & 08' with community creations and I will literally die peacefully 😭

Not gonna lie, I played 2K23 for a week since the initial release and haven’t played it since.

2K23 is great, and if they continue to add onto the foundation with features from older games. It will reach GOAT status one day. For now SVR 07 imo is the best Wrestling Game ever made. While there are other GOAT tier games to me they don't hit as hard as 07 does.

Multiple announcement teams is a gem I never knew about, there’s so many little details that I wish were in the new games

Back when games were made more for the fans and less devoted to corporate profit

2007: Batistabomb Lita through the announce table for the win. 2023: You accidentally pushed Lita down when she was at ringside... disqualification! So much for women being taken more seriously in the modern day, huh? 😂😂

Every wwe game 2k put out is 2 steps forward 10 steps backwards

Man SVR2007 gameplay was unrivaled imo. The amount of variety you get with your matches was insane. I really miss that as now a days the games are more limited as far as interacting with environment, in-ring storytelling, and player control.

Svr 07 has the most accurate HBK to this day

Edge vs Matt with lita as special ref , I'm just ded🤣🤣🤣🤣

It's crazy how a game from 2006 looks better than a game from 2023. It's should be the other way around.

I miss season mode so much in WWE video games. It feels like forever since we've gotten it.😢

Also THQ games had amazing camera angels

I miss just freely climbing the announce tables

SvR2006 - 2009 were the best ones!.. Oh it’s true! It’s damn true!

Back when WWE cared about their games

Damn, this was 15 years ago and holds up well. Although the graphics have obviously improved in WWE2k23 it's not exactly in a mind blowing way, considering the 15 year difference!

1. The crowd part made me sad 2. How is the choosing commentary teams option not a thing 3. The cage door should always been a thing because in what match have anyone broke the the cell wall just to get out 4. Customized locker room should be a thing in 2k 5. Choking someone with a cable would be cool in modern games

You are right im about to buy a Xbox 360 in 2K 7😂

Number 13 was a straight up robbery😂😂

First time I've seen SvR 07 being praised anywhere online. All I ever see is HCTP, 08, and 2k14. 07 is the best in my personal opinion.

Only two complaints I had in 2007: Pinning moves getting replaced with generic moves in non pinning situations and having the same season mode for both Raw as well as Smackdown, especially if you used a CAW

I wish have this commentary changer. I wish I could use Jim and Jerry Lawyer in my attitude era Universe mode

A better GM Mode that was actually fully done

It's like the saying goes, you don't know what you got until it's gone. Felt like SVR 2007 didn't get enough appreciation. So much freedom

One of the things that can directly be compared is the grappling system. Both games have an initial grapple system but 07 does it better. In 2K23 there's only 1 animation, the collar and elbow tie up 👎 In SVR07 you could perform 4 different initial grapples that lead to more moves and more animations. Collar and elbow, arm wringer, knee to gut, and front face lock Doing big moves from a collar & Elbow makes no sense in terms of realism, but that's your only choice in 23

2K23 looks great, but the backstage is one of the most disappointing I've played in a WWE game. Even No Mercy on the N64 had a better/more interactive backstage area.

The storylines for season mode are also better and voice acting too

Imagine the same guys that made SVR games were still making WWE games

Svr 2007 was THQ & 2k took over.

And wish there was more to do in the crowd. Idk how they can't manage a bigger backstage, weapon grapples, more stiff to interact with in the crowd, and better blood spread. Wwe 2k23 is a fun game though in my opinion. P.s. I forgot how cool the story was using actual non created superstars and the custom locker room. I'll never know why so many years later all this stuff got taken out. Not like they dont have the resources.. if they just add back how big backstage was. That would make it so much more fun.

HCTP - SvR07 is the golden era, especially when you consider the DOR games came out during that time period, too.

The more realistic it gets the more lazy it gets.

Wwe 2k23 has only one thing which is one lady saying alright thats it every goddammn minute

2k is really putting hard efforts to destroy and remove cool fratures from their game

Svr 2007 has one thing that is better than almost every game It has a final boss lvl character Yes i am talking about great khali Khali is the only superstar in the game with a ultra heavyweight class to the point even undertaker cant lift him Fighting khali in normal mode is already a pain in the ass but if you fight him in legend mode,boi that's truly a hellish match

I miss the SvR series. 2k23 is really good. Just wish they had a Backstage like Smackdown here comes the pain. Or 2k19.. also I forgot until finishing this video all the stuff you could do. Like ultimate control moves. Actually opening the Hell in a cell door. Like i said 2k23 is fun. I just don't understand why they took out so many features with today's technology and everything else.. I'm not game creator so maybe there is a good reason idk. Even the little things like climbing announcement tables, getting weapons from the crowd, the season mode, and ripping crowd signs. The little things made it so cool

You can't compared THQ & Jakks Pacific inc.'s WWE games with 2K's WWE games, 2K will never have that great build that has the Smackdown VS Raw games

This is a good list! Kinda forgot about some of these.

SVR 2006 In PSP version the spinner belt can spin

Which Wwe game was it that actually showed the affects of the injured part… like if you injured the leg and the person ran they would fall due to having been severely damaged

Wow all these years of loving and playing this game and I didn’t even know that you could grab and rip up crowd signs. Or maybe I just forgot but I remember everything else that made this game one the best that they ever made! I wish they’d bring back a lot of details and features they used to have into the new games with modern graphics.

Things that should make sense in 2K23 if the devs would have bothered: - Crowd Area Interactions (including climbing the scaffolding just to make high dives - Intergender matches (we have Chyna and Rhea Ripley beating men, and I wanna see this again). - Elimination Chamber Finisher dives - Ultimate Grapples (for controls) - Hell in a Cell door opening (not chained) - Ripping up crowd signs - Complaining to the referee (especially if you have a superstar who happens to be a Karen) - Leaning ladders on another ladder - Ignoring the referee. - Climbing announcers table (I missed this so much). What wouldn't make sense in WWE 2k23 today: - spinner belt (I know spinning is cool but not anymore :( ) - locker rooms (don't need this necessarily unless it has season mode) - Season mode (the game is focused mostly on WWE history than making your own Season mode (Universe is actually a sandbox but it's hard to execute the "season mode" style)) - multiple backstage areas (too much work to do but need more interactive objects though) Also, SVR 2007 is better than WWE 2K23 in terms of mechanics. But would still love to have them in the most recent WWE games.

Damn this just reminded me how much time I spent on this game

I’m so glad I bought this back yesterday. It sucks you can’t play this on Series X though.

Watching the 07 gameplay gives me so much nostalgia 😢😮❤

I remember watching the trailer for this when I was young. Looked so great

We were content with not being able to edit superstar attires because theres so many good features in the game that holds up today. My only complaint is the ring bell sound effect from the older svr games 😂

07-08 to me still hands down are the best,even the lighting and graphics were killer for the games at the time

They dont ever have Batista's rope shake in the games but at least then, I would just use that ultimate control in that clip right after the Spinebuster and before the thumbs up/down taunt.

Mannn season mode was the best !!! And able to get dq when there’re touching the ropes was a small detail I miss

The big thing I find 2K doesn’t understand is how to have fun gameplay

Coming from ps1 wrestling games seeing svr07 back in the day was just so jaw dropping

nicely made video. well done :)

Hopefully 2K24 will have more blood and more features like other previously released WWE games-I’m going to pass up on 2K23…and maybe buy it once it goes down in price, big maybe

I hate how they took out leaning ladders you can lean the ladder on the ropes to jump out but you can’t lean the ladder from outside the ring to jump in or on the ladder 🤦🏾‍♂️

The voice fot Lita counting to 10 gave me flashbacks omg 😭🤣

It’s just sad to me that a game like SVR 07 had some amazing features and 2k can’t even give those simple features in a games it’s honestly sad.

Last wwe game I played was SVR 2007, now I got ek23. Sometimes is good to turn the page.

the ONLY thing I didn't like about SVR 07 was the fact that I couldn't use grapple attacks as a smaller wrestler against a bigger wrestler

Fighting in the parking garage or fighting outside of WWE would have been a big ass upgrade in 2022 and 2023 and that running up the ladder you can't even do that in the new games

I was so mad playing 2k23 wen I couldn’t do my finisher off the elimination chamber .. I knew the old games let you do that

Another thing is the weigh class system. I loved using Khali back then because he was the most OP character

Ah The Good old days

I just want to be able to do whatever I want and go where ever I want. I wish things were more interactive & there were a lot more weapons

My first game was SvR2007 and my last game for now is W2K23....... I really miss my CAW and everything in general back there

Thq baby

Svr 2007 was my first wwe game what a game!

Number 6 it’s cool how they even have how triple h and undertaker would uniquely leave the ring

Only two things I miss are special referees and the season mode. I hate season mode this year. I wish it was more open and not so narrow

THose ring exit animations are so good

I think its a reason why all these features haven’t been added since then

The multiple commentators is the reason why I have SVR 2007(with Fight Night inside)and SVR 2010.

Number 9 you can actually do. All you have to do is create a custom attire for a wwe superstar and keep the "Use as alternate Attire" box unchecked and you can then import them into myrise as you would any custom superstar

7:58 anyone else get disappointed when they made their guy a cruiserweight and they still couldn’t challenge for the title?

Had this game as a kid. It was waaaayyyyy ahead of its time

Number 17 and 18 i want back . Doesn't even make sense why 17 hasn't returned . We still see that in wrestling alot .and the spinner championship should move even if you cant control it. Also the spinner looks so bad in 23.

Nostalgic!

Hmm, I didn’t know you could change announcers in SvR 2007

2007 Had The Best Soundtrack Ever It Introduced Me To Rock Music, And I Don’t Remember Number 14 Or 16 On The Game

i hope they see this, and bring those things back, today the game just have nice graphics nothing more

The moment I realized that getting wwe 2k23 for my ps5 isn't gonna cut it I need this game lol I've never played or owned this one all the other sd vs raw Iexcrpt this nd 2006

And now THQ and Yuke's coming back with potential wrestling game

I miss spinning the belt ;-;

It always bothered me a lot that they made the arena is so dark until like smackdown versus Raw 2011. Everyone knows that a WWE show is well-lit with arena lights why is it so dark. It looks like the undertaker is about to come out

That dump truck spot... I owned that game for many years and never knew about this. Also, Bret killed Shane there... there was no KO...

Almost got excited seeing Scott Steiner in a WWE game. Then I realized it was 2K23

This game shows how much better the product WWE was back then. Less gore, less ideas, safety first. It´s just not as fun anymore.