WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 (PS3)

I never watched wrestling when it was big, when everyone had a favourite wrestler, a favourite 'brand'. Apparently my boyfriend did though. When he bought a ps2 last year the first game he bought was WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007, it didn't take long for us both to become totally addicted to the game. With various modes, fighting styles, etc. the game can be played by anyone as much or as little as you like, a real momentous game for the ps2. However, my boyfriend has recently been hassled by Littlewoods, letter after letter and eventually he gave in and opened an account, his first purchase was ... more

Me, as a big wrestling fan, was eagerly looking forward to the release of this title. I had preordered off amazon, and had stayed in waiting for it to arrive. The cover had the same old Undertaker, John Cena artwork as always. I put the disc in the new ps3 and was about to have another great WWE experience, I was terribly wrong. As always, I went to exhibition mode to try out the roster. It was dismal. There were 40 odd characters to choose from, however most of them were the same as last time, apart from the likes of Jeff Hardy and Cryme Tyme. Speaking of tag teams, there were none. No London ... more

The Game WWE SmackDown! Vs. RAW 2008 is the newest game from the WWE SmackDown! series and it was released on the 9th of November. It is a wrestling game based on the WWE programming, made by Yukes and published by THQ. The game has been released on the PS2, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS, the later two of these have entirely different builds to the game and have few similarities to the review on this, the Playstation 3 version of the game. I bought this because I allows played the games in the series, as it was originally on the Playstation 1, so it was the easiest way to ... more

Okay, I'll be honest, I don't like wrestling, but that hasn't stopped me from enjoying the previous Smackdown vs Raw games. This one however, was not so enjoyable. The set-up is good; plenty of wrestlers to choose from and more to unlock, many different types of game from your basic fight to "Money in the bag" where each player attempts to grab a suitcase of money dangling from the roof, and of course plenty of different arenas. It looked to me like all the other wrestling games I had seen. Me and my friend chose our players and opted for a Hell in a Cell match. This should be good I thought; ... more

THQ's WWE SmackDown! vs RAW is great wrestling game, but in this version of the game they did only few changes looking at the previous version of the game. the graphics are like the previous version of the game but is improvement at some areas. like the crowd, and the sweaty body of the wrestlers looks a bit real. The sound is fine. other than that, I think the commentary needs to be improved. In this game when wrestlers get tired, you don't have to increase stamina by pressing select.... its auto. The game also included the mix of ECW, which I like very much. As it has extreme dirty players ... more