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The Smackdown Vs. Raw series has been the undisputed king of the ring (pun intended), when it comes to wrestling games, just like the parent franchise WWE has pretty much been ruling the wrestling franchise for generations. Sure there's TNA Impact and a few other games that do turn up every now and then, but nothing has come close to the level of success or fan following as SVR. But as with any great sports gaming franchise, the new titles released each year get more and more stagnant, giving the players little reason to upgrade besides updated stats. Does the game that represents the top name in sports entertainment suffer from the same stagnation?  The one thing that made the SVR series a blast was the create-a-wrestler mode, which has been the benchmark for character creation tools for ages now. But the developer Yukes has been smart, and over the years they have kept adding significant upgrades and features to this system. The few releases saw tools that allowed you to create entrances and specific moves and this time you have the option to customize just about everything - from clothes to even the tattoos on your superstar's body. The good thing is that the buck doesn't really stop there. Everyone who has played a SVR game before, knows that there's just so much tweaking that can be done on the core gameplay or, well, the wrestling genre. This is why Yukes is keeping things fresh by giving you the option to create and customize just about every aspect of the game.  Last year we saw the introduction of the new "Road to Wrestlemania" mode, which was a fleshed out story mode for select superstars. I was hoping that there would be more superstars featured here this year, but you're still limited to a handful. The good thing is that you can play this mode with a created superstar as well, which is actually a lot of fun. New to the series is create a story mode, in which you can create your own WWE storyline using some predefined scenarios. This feature turned out quite entertaining, especially because you're allowed to share your created storylines over the Internet with other players, and you can play through someone else's created career path in return. A very good attempt in getting some community interaction into the series. Besides these new modes there are some changes in the fundamental gameplay itself. |
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