Wrestling fans, your cries have been heard. The wrestling-game gods over at Yukes and THQ have brought you a wrestling game with more tables, ladders, and motorcycle ring entrances than ever before. Unfortunately, they had to leave some important stuff out. Just Bring It is by far the most ambitious and complete wrestling game in history. Over 30 wrestlers can compete in well over 60 match types, ranging from Hardcore to Coffin matches to King of the Ring. If the roster’s not large enough for you, you can create your own wrestler with the genre’s most complete Create A Superstar mode. The PlayStation 2 really does the game justice. The wrestlers grapple and brawl with smooth realism, but the action sometimes seems stiff. Still, SmackDown’s TV-style presentation will knock hardcore fans on their asses. With all its strengths, the game's faults are tempting to ignore. SmackDown’s ringside commentary calls out moves that neither the player nor the superstar even thought of performing, and the music fails, too: Generic rock-type sonic patterns back the action, and the SmackDown theme is the only other song nearby—unless you count “Rolling” by Limp Bizkit. Move timing seems a little off as well, making the simple moves frustrating to pull off. WWF SmackDown: Just Bring It packs in a ton of things that wrestling fans have been screaming about since WWF War Zone, but its weakness lies in the attention to the game, not to the details. Wrestling maniacs will drool ferociously for this title, but non-fans still have no reason to bring it.
