Customer Reviews

WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

My son is into playing wrestling games and stuff like this game so he was glad when he recieved it today. He has had a good time with it.

This game is not fun for any ages. Having to use the stylus to play and do moves rather than the good old fashioned button system is awful. My 5 year old son tried it and had no fun whatsoever with this system. I being a wrestling fan also had no fun. Graphics are what they are for a DS game. They have a decent amount of WWE guys. All the intros etc... But overall not fun when the match starts. Not until the 2010 version did they put the button system back. Dont waste your money on anything new or used until WWE 2010 version.

My 10 year old received this as a gift. He loves WWE but found the software quite limited in what it does. He especially didn't like that all functions involved the pen and that there were no functions for the buttons. He liked the characters and found them to be a good likeness.

Bought this game for my teenage daughter who along with her father is a big wrestling fan. She absolutely loves this game. The graphics are amazing and characters and storyline line accurately mimics what is on television. Great buy for any wrestling fan.

It's not like the Smackdown games of old on your PS2 because you don't use buttons at all except for start when you want to either start the game or pause it.

PROS:
- Upgrade your wrestler's skills and moves in career mode using the mini-games like jumping rope, kicking/punching the body bag, or weight lifting, all of which are done with the stylus. You can also upgrade by completing various tasks in the matches during season mode like "Irish whip," "perform a submission hold," or "Perform a finisher." These are harder than they sound.
- You don't have to memorize any moves because the moves pop up on the screen for you.
- Graphics are good
- Music is right on point and Tony Chimel does the ring announcing (I'd rather have Lilian, but he's still good).

CONS:
- Not a huge variety of wrestlers. They'll put in Mr. Kennedy, but no Matt Hardy? Only 2 ECW stars?
- With the stylus pausing and giving you options of which move to execute, the matches aren't very fluid. That's probably it's biggest flaw. It boggles me that Nintendo creates a portable gaming system with 6 buttons and produces games that makes them useless. Zelda's Phantom Hourglass is another one, but it's pretty entertaining - if you're a Zelda fan.
- No tag team matches
- No ladder matches.
- No table matches.
- No cage or cell matches.
- No create-a-wrestler.
- I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure there's no blood.
- They should've renamed "3 Stages of H***," "Best 2-0ut-of-3 falls" because that's exactly what it is.
- Your opponents can and will pin you without using their finisher. I personally think it should be a requirement. I've had the game for 24 hours and still haven't gotten the icon for a finisher. You only have to have orange body damage for them to effectively pin you, unless you're good a tapping the stylus super fast to counter the gauge.

If I knew yesterday what I know now, I probably would've bought something else.

THIS IS THE FIRST GAME FOR WWE ON THE DS . IT IS ALSOTHE FIRST WWE GAME
TO USE THE TOUCH SCREEN.. WHO EVER THOUGHT OF THIS IDEA IS A GENIUS

This game has good graphics, a good story mode, but the wrestling sucks. I picked a wrestler and I cant tell if who im suppose to be. You cannot really wreslte a full match without being asked which move to pick. It gets annoying after awhile and really brings the game down. Also, all the moves seem to be the same for all the wrestlers. ECW only has two wrestlers (go figure) and I really wanted more ECW stars. I got a dvd for the game and it showed Sandman getting his butt handed to him in the promos and its funny because now he is released. I know the date of the game was pushed back, probably to delete departed stars. If thats the case they could have renamed Johnny Nitro- John Morrison. Decent game but really frustrating.