Well, if that "walking animation" is the best that Yukes can do when it comes to "hand-crafted" then they definitely need to stick to motioncap.
I didn't say it took away from the gameplay. I said it was a gripe. As in an annoying little nuance that, well, annoys me.
Maybe I'm wierd... but, if I buy a wrestling game... I'm buying it to play wrestling modes. Not cheesy Final Fight ripoffs.
Actually, I quite enjoy the Smackdown engine. It's quick and to the point. That's not to say it doesn't have it's flaws... but hell, at least the moves actually look like they're doing something... not like the anticlimactic and totally weak animations in WMXIX.
Again, just IMO.