I just started playing Smackdown vs Raw 2009 and spent the entire day doing just that. I must say that I am quite disappointed. The game does look very good but the camera is simply awful if you go out of the ring. As far as I played it, one essential fact that was very nice in the past was taken out. In Career mode there are no storylines. You just go on a pat to win all the titles possible and that is about it. You build your wrestler and he grows based on how you wrestle. This feature was pretty cool. Even the special abilities are intersting as you also get them on how you perform. There is also no manager mode. Although the one from last year was not as different than in the year before, it was still fun and entertaining.
Smackdown Vs Raw 2009 does have one extra feature that was very very cool. I am talking about the Create a Finisher mode. I was basically able to create a lot of nice looking finishers, even the ones I use in The Wrestling Game. This is where THQ really nailed it nicely. I can also give a thumbs up to the Road to Wrestlemania mode. It was also very entertaining. Too bad there are only a few wrestlers to choose from.
On the whole Smackdown vs Raw 2009 is not bad but there are things that were taken out that should have been let in. This fact does draw away from the new features put in.
Smackdown Vs Raw 2009 does have one extra feature that was very very cool. I am talking about the Create a Finisher mode. I was basically able to create a lot of nice looking finishers, even the ones I use in The Wrestling Game. This is where THQ really nailed it nicely. I can also give a thumbs up to the Road to Wrestlemania mode. It was also very entertaining. Too bad there are only a few wrestlers to choose from.
On the whole Smackdown vs Raw 2009 is not bad but there are things that were taken out that should have been let in. This fact does draw away from the new features put in.