WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It

TotalGames.net

As well as upgrading the visuals and modes though, the controls have also been tweaked; while the original game was considered a bit too fast to play properly, Smackdown: JBI has been slowed down ever so slightly to allow for more strategic and authentic action… which is always a good thing.

BBC Sport

From the ring entrances to the expanded storyline mode, it is the most authentic WWF video game ever.

GameSpy

An excellent wrestling game offering enhanced creation tools, excellent graphics, fast paced action and a ton of new (and old) gameplay modes.

Game Revolution

While the control scheme is easy to grasp and intuitive, simple commands on the controller translate into some incredibly complex and violent moves onscreen. The use of one button for general defense adds great realism.

Electric Playground

My favorite mode is back, the Story Mode, and in this game it rocks, offering up a first person romp around the many locales in the game and a wide variety of career paths for you to choose from.

GameSpot

It can be amazingly fun at times, and the production value, laden with WWF panache, is top-notch.

All Game Guide

Sets a standard all subsequent wrestling game will have to meet.

PSX Nation

It delivers on all pistons with plenty to keep gamers playing for months.

Maxim Online

Luckily, the Cinemax-quality female brawls make up for the vaguely homoerotic aspects, since nobody should be exposed to that much man-on-man action.

GameZone

There are plenty of action and match modes to forgive the small imperfection in the graphics and controls.

GamePro

By far the most ambitious and complete wrestling game in history...but its weakness lies in the attention to the game, not to the details.

Hot Games

Fans of the title and the WWF in general will flock to it – everyone else will raise an eyebrow and leave it at the rental counter.

Game Informer

Moving to PS2 has also done SmackDown's gameplay a world of good, allowing for many new techniques and features. [Dec 2001, p.90]

IGN

An improvement, but the perfect WWF game remains well out of reach. Maybe next year we'll see something that finally plugs all the holes.

Electronic Gaming Monthly

It’s so fulfilling, almost therapeutic, to layeth the smacketh down on a few of your buddies. [Jan 2002, p.221]

GameShark

It's not great, but it's solid. The insane Create A Superstar mode alone is worth the purchase, but WWF fans will find plenty of other features to enjoy.

Gaming Age

Control difficulties with multiple opponents may be too much for some to overlook.

Yahoo! Games

Misses out on a Highly Recommended award is that it suffers from seemingly unfinished game elements and it's not really a major step-up from the last 32-bit Smackdown.

Adrenaline Vault

If you're not a fan of wrestling, the flaws will easily overshadow the details, but if you're looking for an easy title to play, fun multiplayer, and above all, authentic WWF experience, Just Bring It will fulfill your needs.

Official U.S. Playstation Magazine

Die-hard fans wresting fans will love this game. [Jan 2002, p.142]

Next Generation Magazine

Inside the ring the experience is dulled by a horribly unpredictable camera and terribly flat, disjointed commentary. [Jan 2002, p.82]

GamePen

Grating commentary by announcers Michael Cole and Tazz will have you scouring to find the mute button on your remote.

XenGamers

The gameplay is alternately fun and frustrating, the graphics are both striking and stilted, and the sound... No, the sound’s laughably bad all the way through.

GamerWeb Sony

The type of game that makes people claim PS2 is all about graphics and no gameplay. With no career mode, no WCW/ECW stars and an incredibly shallow Story Mode, there's simply NO reason to even rent this game.