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There have always been mixed responses and reactions about
wrestling video games. Certain older titles are still remembered while promising ones are rejected by wrestling fans and hardcore gamers alike. But, the WWE SmackDown vs Raw titles have always engaged and entertained gamers and continue to do so with this latest version.
At first, newbie players might find themselves kicking and punching their opponent. But, this game isn’t a button masher. There are complex moves to learn, which can be easily understood through a handy tutorial mode in the pause menu. It teaches key pull off and signature moves of popular WWE players. The onscreen tutorial will also tell when to perform moves and finishers to avoid any timing difficulties.
After learning those important maneuvers, players can jump right into singles wrestling or tag team and Royal Rumble matches. Tag team matches can certainly be the best play moments of your life. There are novel ways of tagging your character’s tag team partner, including hot tag, and forced blind tag. Tag team matches in WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2009 also lets you play local co-op with your friends, which adds to the excitement of intense tag matches.
If, for unknown reasons, you get bored with the tag team matches, it’s time you head towards the new season mode. The single-player Road to WrestleMania story mode lets you select one of five characters including John Cena, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker, Triple H or CM Punk. The sad part is that you only have five characters to choose from. The best part is the story, which is much interesting than the original season.
