Smackdown vs raw 2008=good and bad
The Good: The presence of ECW is great, Extreme rules match is awesome, 24/7 mode gives an epic feel some nice unlockables (that will give you an inscentive to keep playing) like the WWE(F) attitude era belt, nice new variety of hardcore moves some good characters, superstar styles adds realism and strategy. Some animations have been improved/added like chair shots,
NOW WHERE I LIKE TO CRITICISE! the bad: Ok firstly you may notice the game feels quite slow almost laggy at first but you start to get used to it..the way wrestlers run looks like its slow motion almost. YOU CANT USE CUSTOM MUSIC FOR CAWS! and that was supplemented for a shitty 1st person mode that i barely acknowledge. Roster is thin, not many good legends this year except finally VINCE is back in the game. THe controls are annoying to get used to i prefer the conventional buttons like in SvR 2006 and even worse is you cannot change it to them. Story mode isnt as complex and immersive as previous SvR's you'll often get awkward cutscenes that repeat themselves and have no significance to the game such as shaking CM PUNKS hand before having a match with him after he assaulted you with a chair previously. The 24/7 mode can be annoying as having to go through each day doing tasks can get boring and tedious its better to just be able to jump into story mode and not worry about getting injured, raising your popularity or earning cash to be spend on raising your popularity. Then there are many little annoying things that get on my nerves such as the blood not running down superstars faces like fight night or WM21, some reason they havent fixed the fact that you cant irish whip your opponent into the steel steps, AND FOR SOME REASON FOR 3 YEARS NOW THEY HAVENT FIXED TLC MATCHES SO THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO CLIMB A LADDER AND REACH FOR A BELT. Speaking of the ladder/TLC system its completely the same if not more awkward its been the same for a couple years now and its getting very boring. WHAT ELSE IS ANNOYING IS YOU CANNOT STORE FINISHERS!!! NOT EVEN ONE!! instead you store your fighting stlye whatever the hell that does i have yet to figure it out since im spending much more time playing tenkaichi 3 which is A GOOD GAME!. I also think they could have made more effort in giving high flyer superstar more than two or three generic off the rope moves. FINALLY the graphics, i somehow am dissapointed with the graphics i dont know whether its because im not playing on HD but i somehow think the graphics of SvR 07 on xbox are better, characters dont seem to sweat like in SvR 07 but perhaps it is just me and you need a HDTV.
Anyway that is alll the negative things i can think of right now i most likely forgot several other points.
To conclude SvR 08 (Despite my personal criticisms) is still goood fun especially with friends and is worth buying if your a wrestling game fan, however Im waiting for TNA iMPACT to come and blow us away along with SvR 08.