WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008 (PSP)

...officialy liensed game of the wwe . The wwe is based in america and is the worlds biggest wrestling industry .

I like wrestling but i do not buy all the games i bought the original smackdown v raw and smackdown v raw 2006 am comparing it against that

The new features
since the first game was made in 03/04 the game has totally changed with a total new control scheme and it has also has brand new wrestlers and ...
...There is also a new wwe 27/7 mode which makes you live the hectic life of a wwe superstar you can be the general manger or the actual superstar the 24/7 mode has loads of new features like a cell phone magazine computer health reports . You play other superstars matches and can now also go to the other show and interfere in the other rosters cmatches and can also sign autographs and even act in a movie like many wwe wrestlers have to boost your popularity ... more

smackdown v raw 2008 ps2 e game has had a major face lift and it has changed its look but is it a positive or a negative ?

The game .

Smackdown v raw featuring ecw is a officialy liensed game of the wwe . The wwe is based in america and is the worlds biggest wrestling industry .

I like wrestling but i do not buy all the games i bought the original smackdown v raw and smackdown v raw 2006 am comparing it against that

The new features
since the first game was made in 03/04 the game has totally changed with a total new control scheme and it has also has brand new wrestlers and even new for the first time ever fighting styles . The game now for the first contains ecw a new wrestling brand to add to the dominating smackdown and raw . It is a new roster with new fwrestlers . In this game there is a new function the fighting styles each fighting style has has its own unique strategy and each styles have exclusive moves that are not available to the other styles . The fighting styles are :

Brawler
dirty
hardcore
high flyer
powerhouse
showman
technical
and submission

There is also a new wwe 27/7 mode which makes you live the hectic life of a wwe superstar you can be the general manger or the actual superstar the 24/7 mode has loads of new features like a cell phone magazine computer health reports . You play other superstars matches and can now also go to the other show and interfere in the other rosters cmatches and can also sign autographs and even act in a movie like many wwe wrestlers have to boost your popularity and make you some easy cash but i advise you not to do it that much as then the event may fail and may make you more fatigued and lose you some fans which is never good.

in s v r ft ecw you can now for the first time get the crowd to get involved in the match . They can now pass you weapons and hit your opennent and you can now even destroy any bad posters or signs they mght have about you . You can fight in the crowd area which lets you do all of this . The problem with this is that it is hard to do .

There is also a all new envioramental grappel where when all standard techniques fail you xcan now use your enviorament to help you . All you have to do is to lock them into a strong grapple and drag them ti the place you want to use and there will be automaticaaly be the envioramental effect

there is a new limb damge display which is hidden but once you are hit then you can see exactly which part of your body was hit and then see the damge which gives the game a sleeker and better look .

There is new weapons under the ring like a singapore cane and crutches which makes the whole experience more real and closer to thye truth . all the weapons do different things and vary in the amount of damage they can inflict on to the opponent like a chair cannot attack the enmy when they are on the floor while a sledge hammer can

in this game there is more than 100 types of matches that can be played like the money in the bank which is new to this game . The money in the bank is a match that happens every wrestlemani where there ios 6 people in a no dq match trying to get down the brief case which contains a contact clause where they ca have a title match anytime they want .

The ladder match has a total new control systemwhere it takes longer and is harder to get the belt or the brief case .

There is obviously better graphics which makes the game look amazing even on the ps2 imagine what it looks like on a ps3

The negatives

there is not many negatives
The new ladder system can get really annoying and frustrating when you want to win in a ladder match it take ages to take the objectdown and makes the match longer and makes it much harder to win which could be looked at a really good thing but also very annoying because even in real life it doesnt take that much time to retrieve the object . The oppenet has to be knocked out like 10 times for you to be able to win .

When ever the person you are wrestling with get hit there is a really anooying gut wrenching noise that coes out of their mouths which has not been used in other games and also can be annoying but it is also at times realistic but mainly annoying

In the main thiong in the game 24/7 mode there cannot be 2 scores saved on the same memory card so if you have a brother and sister then yoboth of ou cannopt have different scores in 24/7 mode and the superstar season and the genral manager season can also not be done at the same time so you mkight be bored when it is your brothers go for about two weeks as the exhibition games lose there charm in about 2 weeks so that might be a problem

The seasons clip keep repeating and the stroy line can be annoying which ican be tedious watching the same clip repeat every 3 weeks for 8 months

price the price of the game varies from 30 to a astounding £12.98 at a one week sale at game starting the day this review is released
most shops now sell for £19.99 which is a good prie as it is the newst game in a quite big franchise .the difference in price between 2007and 2008 is unbelievably large as you can now buy 2007 for £3.98 in game so maybe you should buy the 2007 as it is much cheeper . This games value keeps dropping which is quite dissapointing as the people whobought it when it was new could now get it a whle £18 cheaper

ideal player
the ideal player is anybody who like wrestling or even peope who are a bit fed up off rpg games and want a bit of violence in the hand to hand combat old style after all waht is better then over 50 superstarts to control killing each othere with theur bare hands ...exactly ...lol
conclusion
a great game and the best in the series 

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