Why was SmackDown "Here Comes The Pain" so good?
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SmackDown: "Here Comes The Pain" was released in 2003 for the PlayStation 2. The game is considered by many to be the pinnacle of the SmackDown series; the very best pro wrestling game developed by Yukes.
SmackDown HCTP introduced new match types, a new and more streamlined Season Mode amd an updated roster featuring superstars such as Brock Lesnar and Bill Goldberg. The biggest new addition, however, was found in the gameplay itself. Smackdown "Here Comes The Pain" uses a new grapple system that granted each superstar a ton of new moves and, along with this, HCTP got a speed boost which made matches a lot of fun to play. - Sport
"SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth" and "Here Comes The Pain" has to be the greatest 1-2 combo in wrestling game history, hands down.
Yeah
Wrestlemania 2000 and no mercy called
Agreed. SYM was such a MASSIVE improvement over Just Bring It so for there to have been an equally big leap from there to HCTP is just really impressive and a testament to how great of a game it is.
@@joshuabroz I see your point but SYM and HCTP still have it beat 🤷🏼♂️
@@joshuabrozMaybe not Wrestkemania 2000.
It's unreal how full the career mode felt in this game, and you could pick anyone on the roster. Incredible game
I thought it was a bit repetitive. Although recently I’ve discovered that there are hidden routes you can go with specific results in matches etc.
@@Joeharden92Wdym what's the storyline
@@user-ff3vo6eq8dmy Smack down here comes the pain isn't working
15:03 15:04
Raw 2 career mode was much better. 4 players, multiple custom create a wrestlers, could set up feuds, traps, run ins, turn on partners, etc.
This game is so polished that if you play it on a PS2 on a new modern TV that usually blurs the visuals,it plays this game so clear you'd swear it was HD or something.
....only if you are not using an RF lead for your PS2
Just bought it and can’t wait to play it on the OG ps3 it’s gonna look crazy I’m sure
@@rafsoto24nice! So how was it ? 😮
@@JohnnyMnemonic. great man! 0 complaints
Tazz: "Well.... Here Comes The Pain"
But I digress
*”Well…here comes the pain cole”
I always hear it as welp
Just incase you dont know they are doing a remaster of here comes the pain
@@mmanut3409 if they are they have to get rid of Benoit
An amazing game and it still holds up 20 plus years later and on.
I really enjoyed how you could have backsatge brawls in weird areas. Not just keep it locked in a parking lot and a locker room. It was the absurdity that made it so good
This is what WWE games are missing now. The absurdity factor. Simulation is fine and all but arcades craziness can’t be beaten.
Playing at time square an the train station 😂 the best thing they ever did
@@MangobingoTvor throwing snowballs outside the winter arena, knocking the opponent out 🤣
@@FromGototheGo 🤣🤣🤣🤣 yeah that part
@@FromGototheGoor pushing them in that shopping cart or riding around on takers bike they kinda brung it back in whatever one had like that graveyard and a couple other areas and those different weapons
I used to play this with friends. It was always a party.
One friend, who was hilarious, would do the season mode with a weird looking created wrestler. He would be in a six-man tag, and use the input to call his teammates into the ring before saying "get him boys!"
Loved this game so much as a kid crazy to believe that this game is 20 years old
I got this game on Christmas Day '03 when I was at the age of 12 back then. Absolutely love this WWE game alongside with WWE Smackdown! Shut Your Mouth on the PlayStation 2.
@@SSJ491 cool I was 11 years old in 03 when I got this game
Yeah, this game is 20 years old from 2 decades ago. And I still got the game with me today.
@@YusukeKnight I was also 11
The Smackdown line of games for the PS1-PS2 were all great.
Just Bring It was kinda ass ngl. Had a sick intro and then u got hit the actual graphics and it was like 👁️👄👁️
@@eldiego68also the roster was kinda weak since it was nearing the end of the attitude era and alot of the og guys were leaving and none of the ruthless aggression or wcw guys were there yet
@@eldiego68 nah. JBI is a top 3 smackdown game.
@@eldiego68I haven’t played Just Bring It but from what I’ve seen it was the low point of the Smackdown games. It was weak compared to the others
HCTP was the end of the era of great wrestling - video games. From 2000-2003 we had wwf no mercy on the 64, the very first two smackdown games on the original PlayStation. The smackdown game series culminated with HCTP. The game added realism and depth to the gameplay. The overall experience is exhilarating compared to other wrestling games. It had everything you could possibly want in a wwe game at the time. A full checklist of qualities and complexities to ensure that you never got bored of playing it. It’s so well polished with smooth graphics, adjustable and convenient controls, a surplus of match stipulations and a sufficient roster of superstars to play from. HCTP is the equivalent of what San Andreas is to the GTA series. Simply unmissable.
The best wrestling game of all time, Smackdown: Here Comes The Pain. Still play it to this day. Happy 20th Anniversary!
Is there any way to play on ps5?
No
@@SuperAayush11but a ps2 refurbished it's affordable and have a good life time
@@SuperAayush11 Emulation on PCSX2 is the best option if you ask me.
One of the sweetest things about HCTP (one of the many many sweet things) is the feedback of the collision detection and how it synced visually and audio wise, every hit felt sweet, and every grapple felt intense. Heck, one of the most simplest examples of this is getting that perfect chair shot, the Dualshock vibrating in your hand as the chairshot viscerally bounced off the opponent
Exactly. I've just commented before reading this that HCTP was the first game where the wrestlers felt as if they had real weight to them, and not just computer sprites floating around the screen.
So many legendary times playing WWE Here Comes The Pain with my best friend (RIP) at his house every night, it was so much fun to play. It had a full stacked roster of star power, career mode was great and so many great match stipulations to choose from. 20 years later and i still say to this day it's the best wrestling game ever
This game's season mode was one of the best around. It was so in depth and I enjoyed creating myself and playing through the season mode.
Also, since I didn't have the Internet and CZcams wasn't around at the time, this game was how I was able to enjoy my favorite entrance themes over and over again on the CAW mode.
Did you enjoy playing with yourself as well?
@@JohnRock14it’s actually fun to play with the CAW I played with both mine and pre mades like HHH Rock and Cena you can see them backstage if you play story mode with a pre made wrestler and interact with them
Any Steiner math reference is an immediate like. Greatest promo EVER!
Best Video Game of the 2000's. They really need to remake this game.
This is what aew fight forever should've done
Hey man, there’s a lot of mods out there for this game, and devoted fans who put a lot of work into there own version. That’s as close as they get because of licensing issues. I’d agree it is the best game, a close second I’d have to to SVR though. Won’t ever forget that commercial. And the gameplay converted well to its look. It was like the first time a games cinema and previews were close to par with gameplay and actual graphics
I wish there was a combined SYM/HCTP game. Those are the 2 best wrestling games of all time with the greatest rosters ever
I would have killed for an official Jeff Hardy instead of being forced to CAW one in
Here comes the pain with shut your mouths roster would be heaven! :)
@@chris98614I said the same exact thing ! Shut your mouth is my favorite because of the roster and presentation but I equally love here comes the pain
SYM had a way better career mode imo and the interactions backstage/ getting to take the subway etc. only thing HCTP did better was the grapple system
@@furthestshield5716I was going to see the exact same thing and I couldn’t agree with you more bro 🔥🔥🔥
Also, I remember cheesing a lot of the matches in story mode by going out, grabbing a table, setting it up in the corner, running into it and making my opponent use a move on me to DQ himeself. Fun times :')
Viva la raza!
You can spear your lying opponent if you assign any running spear(soear 1, 2 or 4) as your finisher.
It also works when your targets got pinned by other wrestler
The glitches in this game actually made it more fun to play especially w/ the multitap. For example, you can get out of the Elimination Chamber and basically go hide-and-seek in the crowd.
Played hctp wayyy back in the day with one of my great pals who is sadly no more😔we didn't realise how well we got at it until a local tournament and we both were the finalists and he beat me 3-2. Installed it recently for pcsx2 and I'm still wooping ass on SmackDown difficulty. Thanks for the memories pal🙏
This was a pretty damn good game
This was a game and a half, hands down the best WRESTLING GAME EVER. Thiis is what a wrestling game is supposed to be. As an 80s kid i played all the wrestling games on all consoles & arcade. This just ticked every box. Even nowadays all wrestling games are still been measured by this 20 year old game FANTASTIC GAME.
I loved walking around backstage in these games. Best career mode ever
PLEASE make more gaming related videos like this. Retrospectives on the old Smackdown/Smackdown Vs Raw games. love your content man! been watching your content for a few years♥️👌
Hes made a ton actually if you look for his older vids. Hes covered almost all the OG smackdown games,wcw and even some niche games not released here
@@ainnocent I've seen his older videos talking about wrestling games. i just wish he'd make more in the future lol
@@Cameron_MacAuley04 Don't worry, I'm pretty sure he will make more of these videos. And considering that HCTP was the last SmackDown game, the SmackDown vs. RAW games are likely the next ones to be covered in this channel.
17:03
"I go backstage the following week and slapped Undertaker around, because that's how pissed off I am"
Scott Steiner survived this.
No season mode ever came close to hear comes the pain. It's good that it's not voiced over because you could replace the whole roster w CAW and the stories work out. Great replay value and the game play and animation keeps it from getting dull. Love this to this day
Classic 🔥🔥. Still playing this game till this day.
I have all of them
I even emulate this to this day and have save states to not get the choices wrong and lose Superstar points.
@@KWPZ21 i need to find another SD vs raw 2010 because something is wrong with the one i have it's not scratched up
@@ericjones6651 Why don't you just mod your PS2 to put SSD on it and install games there? The tutorials floating on YT are easy.
For me I didn't have a PS2 back in the day and just rent it. Now I just buy a 1TB hard drive and put RetroBat on it to emulate stuff.
Steiner did the maths, and the maths didn't go in his favor with his WWE tenure when Kurt Angle wasn't in Raw. He had a 33 2/3rds% chance of winning The Big Gold on Raw.
If he was on Smackdown instead with Kurt Angle being on the blue brand, he would've had a 140 8/3rd% chance of winning the Undisputed Championship.
Me and the boys throw this in the PS2 every hang out religiously
This is still the best SmackDown game that I ever played. The nostalgic Factor plays very hard with this because is my favorite one in the series along with shut your mouth. 😀😃👍
An absolutely 🐐ed wrestling game from my childhood. There's really no understating what an uphill battle it was if you decided to play as a midcarder in Season Mode. Wrestling Gods help you if you were playing as someone like The Hurricane, Steven Richards, or Christian and end up facing Goldberg or Brock Lesnar lol.
tbh thats the fun part, playing smart against the higher rating guys it great. My favourite thing to do is fight on the outside to weaken Brock/Greenberg more than I would in the ring without risking being falled (since count outs mostly dont exist in career mode for some reason?)
Cheesing someone like Goldfinch always made my day
Oh my god, just Brock out of the gate. One running charge and you’re done. Always got a finger on the R2 button just in case he decides to start running at you.
The most beautiful summer vacation was with my friends in this game, several wrestlers, a ladder match, fun the likes of which I have never tasted.
We would stay up all night... and never get tired of it.
There are many beautiful wrestling games, but this is the complete game, and it cannot be compared to it.
The never ending career mode was amazing. I wrestled it like a sim, trying to put on five star matches, and occasionally dropping the title when it felt like the right time etc. played it for many many hours.
This was a fan fave. But mine will always be Smackdown 2. So many childhood memories, I could play it all day today honestly.
Smackdown 1 and 2 will forever be my jam. After War Zone and Attitude I wanted a more fast pass game on the PS1 and these two didn't disappoint.
I have so much nostalgia it's hard to put into words. Love this game and the memories it produced
I remember getting this, I also remember I was really excited that I ripped the plastic from the cover :P
"Just bring it!", "Sh*t your mouth", and "Here comes the pain"
So much fun with this 3 video games.
With HTCP it's like you can do anything you want. A very complete video game. Easily the best because the developper found a perfect mix between realistic things and fun.
My all time favorite. I still play it today.
Same here. Was playing it last night as Kane
@@TheShapeshifter Me too
I used to just stare at the disc sometimes when I couldn’t play it, and fantasize about all the matches I would have. GOAT 🐐
While my brother and I were fans of the series from the first game, by this time I couldn't just buy every game I wanted so I waited on this one until I saw my brother play it. I am dead serious when I say the main reason I bought this game was because he let me see create a wrestler and they legitimately had Super Saiyan hair as one of the styles. Just straight up Goku's SSJ hair and as a big DBZ fan I marked out seeing that and got the game soon after. 😅
It was of course super fun and we both played the game to death. I'll just never forget my character with his goddamn SSJ hair absolutely destroying guys left and right. The game indeed lives up the hype. My biggest match was an Iron Mam match against Lesnar where my guy whose moves favored Taker's, just went to war. I think I used something like 14 Last Rides and I kicked out of a few F5 pins too.
Fun memories from better times.
Super saiyan my guy 👍🏻
This video was posted at the right time, just got done watching a really good episode of smackdown and now I am about to watch this
There's a really good mod out there for this game. Dubbed the Ultimate Edition, it restores Hogan, Warrior and Jeff Hardy, and has much more.
How does this work?
It sure was fun to play, first PlayStation wrestling game since WWF Attitude to feature wrestlers bleeding.
Yes and I loved that this one didn’t have them bleeding in random areas
FINALLY!!! BIOS IS REVIEWING THE GREATEST WWE GAME OF ALL TIME!!
At last. My favourite wrestling game from the PS2 has come to the channel. Cheers Wrestling Bios
I played the story mode so much that everyone's wins and loss record was all at max numbers. This was the most fun i ever had in a game.
This game along with DBZ Budokai 2 were my first games on the PS2, I still remember playing this before going trick or treating on Halloween.
Still holds up after all these years, I know people tout No mercy as the greatest wrestling game ever but I'll always say this game to be the best.
No Mercy isn't better than Revenge.
My heart will always be with the 2 OG Smackdown games on PS1.. Especially the crowd graphics it looked like an arena packed 50K deep, whereas the PS2 SDs looked more like the Acclaim WWF attitude games. With about 20 people on the audience.
The season modes in the old THQ/Yuke games were awesome. I didn't mind replaying storylines from TV. In fact, I loved it. I could create my own wrestler and they could go through some of my favourite stories.
Nowadays you're taking selfies and eating cuisine from different countries, or playing against characters that don't exist in real life...
What happened?
I need like 50 more videos documenting Scotty's career mode lol.💪😂
I have so many memories of playing this game 😃😀👍👏🙌 and another game that I spend way too much time playing. The exhibition mode and season mode. Plus this is the game that me and my cousin would have super fun as hell.
MEEEE tooooo
I remember around 2003 when it was released, it consumed my life and my best friend. we're playing 8 hours a day at their home, fighting each other or the cpu we are having a blast. The only time we took a break is when his dad brings pizza, and his dad loves pizza a lot and that is the only food he eat everyday and so are we, what a fun times, now both us have our own family, and sadly we no longer play the new WWE 2k games, as we no longer watch wrestling anymore I guess we grow old and got wiser.
17:05 that Undertaker getting slapped animation is priceless 🤣🤣
I loves this game as a kid! I created 30 superstars, made them unique, had factions, tag teams and played stats to them all betweem 70-95 overall. Wouldn't put that much effort to a game these days, but as a kid I loved it and had ton of fun while playing.
I didn't expect that Taker slap! Lmao!
This game has some of the best backstage areas.
ITS HERE! Its here everyone!
HCTP was the end of the era of great wrestling - video games. From 2000-2003 we had wwf no mercy on the 64, the very first two Smackdown games on the original PlayStation.
The Smackdown game series culminated with HCTP. The game added realism and depth to the gameplay. The overall experience is exhilarating compared to other wrestling games. It had everything you could possibly want in a wwe game at the time. A full checklist of qualities and complexities to ensure that you never got bored of playing it. It’s so well polished with smooth graphics, adjustable and convenient controls, a surplus of match stipulations and a sufficient roster of superstars to play from. HCTP is the equivalent of what San Andreas is to the GTA series. Simply unmissable.
That game was my first ever WWE game back on the PS2
I remember my career mode in HCTP. The rivalries, the climbs on the contenders list, the promos.
I remember when my 71 overall character got into a rivalry with Brock Lesnar and I got absolutely annihilated every time until the final showdown came.
My whole body icon was red and I managed to kick out of the 2nd F-5 because Brock did not go for the cover immediately.
I remember hitting him with a chair shot to the head while the referee was not looking and it turned orange because I already got a couple of lucky shots at him earlier.
I remember a few running around and hitting him in the head with some leg lariats.
Until I hit the sweet chin music and it was game over for Brock.
It was as if I won the WWE title at Wrestlemania myself. That's how huge it was.
The victory felt so sweet and I remember it the best wrestling game ever.
I dropped the title at the next PPV but I was on my way to become the highest rated wrestler on the roster.
Forgive the rant but this game is one of my sweetest memory ever.
Now I'll go look for an emulator and try to get this game again.
Cheers.
This game definitely had the jam 🍓
The thing about Scott's math promo is he was actually right
His nephew Bron did a homage of it on NXT a few months ago 😄
2K needs to bring back 3 Stages of Hell, Lumber Jack, Slobber Knocker, and Special Referee match types!
“Welp… Here comes the pain, Cole” - Tazz
Goated wrestling game
This game got 3 of my non-wrestling fans into wrestling, and then going to Monday Night Raw in Buffalo, soon thereafter.
Amazing video. You should do more hctp season mode commentaries this was really fun.
I still have this game to this day, with my PS2 that I still have right below my PS5. 💯
I love season mode in this game. I'm visiting my parents and fired up the old PS2 with HCTP. I won the US Title with Cena, after a while Vince McMahon came and attacked JR of all people. Then before the next show, Edge attacked me backstage and it turned into a brawl in the streets. They don't make them like this no more
One of my favorite things is in the tag team story line, I was able to pick my partner. Because my previous CAW completed the story, he was eligible to be my partner. So it was cool that I could import my CAWs in certain stories.
There was so much stuff you could make and the impact of the moves looked sick!
Mechanically this is far and away my favorite wrestling game. I just wish the roster was more like Smackdown 2 and there were more paths in the career mode
That load time in Smackdown 2 🤦🏽♂️
0:41 this song is so cool. I remember it playing during the matches.
All the new elements really made it feel like a fusion of the Smackdown games with No Mercy...the addition of blood, the submission bar, the counters, the backstage brawls & the career mode were all part of that. My personal favourite was Smackdown vs Raw 2007, but even that was just a tweaked version of Here Comes The Pain rather than a full blown revolution like it!
I think a big reason why smackdown vs raw doesn't get the same level of fanfare is because here comes the pain was SUCH a huge leap forward.
The tug of war submissions for example actually made it feel like a real wrestling match and not the coin toss of previous titles. The grapple system opened up so many possibilities and allowed for much greater control. And then the limb specific damage.
SvR felt like more of the same. I still loved it, but it wasn't nearly as revolutionary as HCTP.
Perfectly said this game was ahead of its time. I would love a remaster for the PS5
One year ago in your 'Super Showdown Disaster: Goldberg vs The Undertaker' vid, I commented...
"There is a different place and time where Goldberg v. Undertaker would be a match for the ages....
WWE SmackDown: Here Comes the Pain on PS2"
With that, it is now time to tell that story.
Years ago, me and a friend ran our own "RAW vs. SmackDown" drafts building our rosters, creating match cards and we would play against each other. I drew Goldberg and my friend drew Legend Undertaker. One day, we put Goldberg against Legend Undertaker in a Last Man Standing match. That match would last near glorious 30-45 mins of repeated weapon shots, finishers (both having pinning finishers sure didn't help) and who knows what else. THAT was the real Goldberg vs. Undertaker match and one the peak moment of my time with this amazing game.
Thank you for covering this.
I was always a Smackdown kid so these 2 games have a special place in my heart. They were also the first wrestling games I ever played!
The GOAT of Wrestling games. No discussion. Still the funniest to play until today.
More videos like this please Bios Man 😊👍
Season mode in here comes the pain is addicting
HCTP: Gamplay + WWE2K19 Roster + WWE2K23: Graphics & Customization options + SYM: Season mode + LOW 2 storymode = The perfect wrestling game.
I remembered that this game got me back into wrestling specifically for John Cena and Batista right when they were about to get pushed.
This was the first game I had ever owned when I was younger as others came from renting through Blockbuster and I can't even imagine the amount of hours I put into making female wrestlers and finding a way to play through the season by simply changing their gender to level up their stats Great times.
What I love about this game is that this was the last game where almost all of the movesets from Smackdown 1 up to SYM can still be used. So basically there’s a lot of options for your caw.
What I only hate about this game is that you need to do a gut kick to perform a front finisher for almost all of the wrestlers. Atleast Rock, Brock and Goldberg have wake up moves.
This Game is phenomenal i have this on the Ps2 the gameplay the controls are great the match types are amazing i love season mode glad i got this Game a few years ago along with my ps2 awesome video.
The match types were the best especially 3 stages of hell
@@thepubknight6144I Absolutely Agree.
The frog splash off the top off the trailers backstage was 🔥🔥🔥
My fav wrestling game of all time. On top of all the great stuff you covered I also love in season mode the ppv hype videos at the start of each ppv. It feels like the real deal with those
Your Big Poppa Pump career had me rolling. The unintentional humour from the game, and your deadpan delivery was a great mix.
I will never forget being a child in this time. I remember getting my first PlayStation with this game. Shout out to my parents. Life has turned out great!
4:55 I just love playing with my favorite version of the Rock, the Hollywood Rock. The entrance itself, even though it was shorter, still gives me goosebumps.
Best thing about these old wrestling games is when me and my bros would make wrestlers then put together shows and have the cpu play them out. We literally did years worth of matchs with these N64 and Playstation games
Loved playing this game with my mates using a multitap, we had a blast we were all in year 8 at the time, we each created characters, did elimination chambers etc, we quite often had 6 people playing at once.
I loved this game so much. Awesome memories.
The best wrestling game of all time. Me and my friend's and cousins use to play 6 player mode. Elimination chamber. Royal rumble. Back room brawl. Best times growing up.
The roster of HCTP was classic. Its gameplay was great as well. And the camera angles were advanced.
Appreciate the video. It's this 1 and No Mercy. Those appear to be the top 2...I personally have this 1 (Here Comes The Pain), WWE 13, and WWE All Stars.
Still an amazing game to play to this day. I recently did a playthrough with RVD ruling the mid card both an intercontinental and hardcore champion. It was crazy how some nights he was booked in two matches back to back.
Story mode, elimination chamber, the different stages and arenas are my favorite thing about this game
The whole tag team thing was funny great video.
Just got it again recently it's just as amazingly fun as it was decades prior
I'm like you in the sense that I feel more attached to Shut Your Mouth. It was the reason I started becoming a late nighter in elementary school. There were some weekends I'd be up until 5 in the morning playing around with everything it had to offer. HCTP just never got me hooked that way. I dont remember anything about it besides playing as Brock/Goldberg. SVR2006 was another one that had me obsessed as a kid. I really really miss my PS2.
Hope your vacations going good, Got my Smokey shirt the other day 🤘