WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 (PSP)

Over-the-top melodrama and online action. But where's the guy who can defeat 10,000 elephants?
11/11/2008 6:17 PM | 0 Comments | Page 3 of 3

In the PSP version, there's a longer wait during loading times than in the PS3 version -- you know, the familiar, grinding sound as the disk spins. Nonetheless, the gameplay is just as fast, although there is some slowing of frame rate during the tag team matches. As always, I don't like using the analog nub on the PSP -- especially when I'm playing for hours at a time. For me, it's never been that precise.

Even if you've played the game in the last couple of years, you'll definitely want to try SmackDown vs. Raw 2009. Unlike the 360 version, you can't add your own music to the game. And you still can't take the wrestler you created last year into this year's game. If these were different economic times, I'd say buy it. If these were different economic times, I'd say buy it. But because these are tough days, I want more ingenious things in the game -- which brings me back to the "Mahabharata." There's just so much myth and history to wrestling, -- I'm sure it wouldn't sully the brand or insult the owners of WWE to bring some of this history into the game. Who knows? They may even get some ideas from history that they can bring into the weekly wrestling matches on TV. Yeah, Kane is one massive, 324-pound dude. But wouldn't you like to play as a wrestler who is as powerful as 10,000 elephants, too?

This review is based on a retail copy of the game provided by the publisher.