Customer Reviews
The best Smackdown vs. Raw game in the series.
I've had this game since the 17th, and have already maxed it out on achievements. This game is definitly an easy achievement game, a lot easier than 07, 08 or 09. If you're interested in a quick 1000, this could definitly be up your alley.
I will assume most people looking at this review have played at least one of the last 3 year's games (07,08 and 09). Having played all of them, I can easily say this is the best in the series. They made a ton of tiny changes, that make the game more realistic (More reversal animations, leap-frogging or ducking a running opponent, red marks on your chest/back after taking a Ric Flair-patented chop).
What's better this year in comparion to '09? Well pretty much everything. There's nothing '09 had '10 doesn't that makes a difference. The gameplay is almost identical, yes so much better with the addition of the tapping out system, the flipping bodys over. The only thing I miss about '09 was the two-button reversal. ('09 had a reversal system where LT was pushed to reverse strikes, and RT to reverse Grapples. Now pressing RT and timing it correctly will reverse both).
Create a superstar is SO MUCH BETTER. Looking online to see creations that were up, I saw "The Flash" from DC Comics fame, and it looked identical. Suicide from TNA was also found, and again that was almost identical to the real life version. I know I'll be having fun with this feature, months down the line. The loading times are almost gone entirely too.
Road to Wrestlemania bothered me a bit. They basically took old storylines, and added new twists, and remade the cast. For example, Edge's RTWM is a re-hash of the "La Familia" storyline that took place last year, however instead of it being Vicky Guerrero, it was WWE Diva Maria. The stories aren't identical, there are new changes, and new twists, but I already saw this storyline. I wanted something ENTIRELY brand new. There was a lot of "Holy crap" and "LMAO" moments. For anyone who doesn't mind playing through old storylines with new twists this isn't a problem. The stories aren't half-bad at least.
The soundtrack to the game has most of the WWE superstars tracks, but it does have a few songs that were very good. For a true WWE fan the soundtrack is perfect.
The videos in the game, like the opening cutscene to anybody's RTWM is crystal clear. Amazing quality, as are the entrace videos. These literally blew me away.
Scramble matches, intergender tag matches, Divas can now play pretty much every match type, interfereces were some nice new additions as well. I was surprised and happy to see unlockables in the game such as THE ROCK, and TRISH STRATUS. However dissapointed with pointless characters like the Red and Green dummies.
Lastly, the biggest mode in the game. What most were waiting for. The addition of Create-a-storyline. I do not believe this is as User-friendly as they wanted it to be, but once you start learning what to do, this will be the most used feature in my opinion. Not as many choices concerning promos, but for a first year attempt this was amazing. Hardcore WWE fans will go nuts over this. Now that I've maxed it out in achievements, I will be spending my time making stories, and putting them on youtube, in between matches with my other WWE-crazed fans.
Many people complain that any game that has a yearly installment is a rip-off. Not many changes are implemented, and that it's basically a $60 roster-update you're purchasing. I've heard this said for MLB, NBA, NFL games as well. With Smackdown 10, it's nowhere near the case. If you liked '09 in the slightest, or just felt that it had potential, well 2010 is what you've been waiting for.
Great Addition
I have loved wrestling games since I played No Mercy as a child. There have been ones I hate (Wrestlmania 18, Warzone, SvR 2007) and ones I loved (DoR 1+2 SvR 2008 Wreslmania 19) I count this as one that I really like, its not my favorite but it is a great game. The Road to Wrestlmania is pretty epic, there are 6 different roads (Created Superstar, Brand Warfare, Randy Orton, Edge, Shawn Michaels, and Mickey James) they are all about 12 matches long and they are quite a bit of fun. My only complaints on them are that 1. The created wrestler's RTWM is pretty hard because he will have very low stats but will still have to take on 2 or 3 people at a time and 2. The edge one is just kind of a lame, replayed story.
The Creation aspect of the game has improved quite a bit over the last few years. I really like the create a finisher and the paint tool, both add a whole new, easy to use degree of creativity to the game that wasn't there in previous titles. I have yet to try creating my own storyline, so I can't give much insight on that at the moment. Your created wrestlers are incedibly hard to find in the vast array of characters on the roster, but that's a good thing it means that almost every jobber, nobody, and minor character was included this year with a pretty large amount of legends too.
Lastly all of the actual fighting in the game has improved, I'm not sure what it is but everything seems right in this game compared to the last (submissions, Royal Rumble toss outs, timing etc.). The reversal system was changed from 09 so now rather then pressing L to counter punches and R to counter grapples you just press R to counter everything but it seems that the window of time to counter moves has gotten a bit shorter so it still takes practice to counter moves. Overall I think the game is the best addition in a long time, not much was left and it is well worth the money if you like wrestling games.
Best Smackdown Vs Raw game in the series!
This game is excellent, it's way better than any other Smackdown Vs Raw game ever made, the possibilities are crazy!! There's so much you can do in this game that was impossible in the other games. It has a great amount of superstars past and present, and a big + is The Rock and Austin being in the game.
Graphics are great as always, on 1080p Cena actually looks real, the untrained eye can't tell the difference. Online is not that bad, sometimes you meet people who have slow internet connections which can put a damper on things, but as long as your speed is great, they'll lag on while you dominate.
The main thing of this game was "to have it your way" people online really take advantage of creating players this year, so much that it's rare to play someone online that isn't using a created player.
On a scale of 1 out of 100 the game gets 93%, it's almost close to being that perfect!!
