WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
Introduction
A professional wrestling video game “WWE smackDown vs. Raw was developed by Yuke’s and published by THQ for game consoles including the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Nintendo DS and Xbox 360. In the WWE SmackDown vs. Raw series, this game is the eleventh and current video game. It was released on October 20,2009 in North Amrica while released on October 22,2009 in Australia and on the 23rd of October, 2009 for Europe.
What’s the game about?
This game is based on the professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and is named after two of the promotion’s three brands: SmackDown and Raw. Like their previous games in the series, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw involves players competing in various different professional wrestling matches, either as one of the in-game characters based on WWE’s roster or as a character created in the Create-a-Superstar mode.
Features
In this grappling game “WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010” adds a few new features than before such as the “Create-A-Superstar Redesign which delivers a new look, improved graphical quality and a host of new parts, allowing you to create Superstars who look as good as their WWE counterparts. Taking creation one step ahead with a new pain tool that enable you to detailed your created Superstars with original tattoos, logos and other unique designs. Other than that, there’s also the “WWE Story Designer” which let the players to embrace a directorial role to create and customize unique storylines by choosing Superstars, cutscenes, locations, camera angles, match-ups, emotions and even write your own scripts. Also, by constructing each night’s show card with matches, unique match stipulations, interference events and other story twists and turns. Meanwhile the feature “Superstar Threads”, players could create alternate ring gear for Superstars by customizing the colors of shirts, logos, face paint, elbow pads, boots and much more. What’s more is that another feature in this game “Share the Creativity” allow players to share their created content with the WWE Universe by uploading created Superstars, entrances, finishing moves, highlight reels, created storylines and more. Players can use the keyword search engine to view created content from around the world and download for use when both offline and online. Lastly, there’s the popular story-based mode with more new storylines including the first-ever Divas storyline and the Create-a-Superstar storyline as well.
“Just like the big-name pay-per-view events that regularly punctuate the WWE’s show schedule, Smackdown vs. RAW is back for another year. The latest entry in the long-running series picks up where last year’s game left off, continuing to focus on user creation and true-to-TV action. The biggest new additions this year are on the user creation side, but the action itself also benefits from some refinements. There are a lot of little touches that make matches feel more like those you see on TV, injecting some dynamic excitement into the proceedings. Yet what spices a match up can also make it last far too long and feel like a grind. The game also suffers from many perennial problems, such as weak sound effects, imperfect online play, and nagging animation issues. While this year’s Smackdown vs. RAW is definitely better than last year’s entry, it’s more of an incremental improvement than a substantial upgrade.” (gamespot.com,2009)
