Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5006 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: THQ
• Released on: 2004-11-12
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Platform: PlayStation2
• Number of items: 1

Manufacturer's Description
From the most successful wrestling game series of all-time comes the next phenom in sports entertainment WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW.Two worlds will collide as the most elite Superstars square off on the Playstation 2. WWE programming comes to life with Superstar Voice Over and commentary throughout the unparalleled season mode. An abundance of new gameplay mechanics provide full control over all aspects of the game including new stare-downs, chop battles, submission reversals, match tactics, and overhauled Royal Rumble controls.

The Divas are hotter than ever with an enhanced bra and panties match and to polish off the robust roster, from the halls of immortality, come a handful of the most celebrated legends to ever lace up their boots. The influential SmackDown! Series has evolved into one single definitive experience that is WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW.

Customer Reviews

Smackdown vs Raw Not all that impressive
The graphics are amazing, the last wrestling game I played was Smackdown 2. But unfortunately for Smackdown Vs Raw, Smackdown 2 was much better!
Let me explain:
1) Season mode is farr too easy and is finished very fast, if you restart season mode its basically the same story each time whatever superstar you use.
2) You cannot go backstage in matches!
3) theres less stuff you can do like its more difficult to put people through announcers tables
4) Backstage there is only 1 backstage place you can play thats the car park which is good but far too limited. Smackdown 2 had loads more options, you could even drive a pickup car sort of thing then!

the only thing thats better is the graphics, but thats because its a PS2 game, other good things are that you can take your opponants finisher move (that uses two smackdown signs) + you can make a persons face bleed as they have a body sign next to the players name showing where you have been applying pressure, when a part goes red you are more likely to win/pin.
And thank god they have The Rock to unlock otherwise it would be useless, but however I do not know how to unlock his entrance video, the music is there but for unlocked superstars you just have a W sign.
The superstars you can unlock include: superfly, andre the giant, the rock, mankind, old kane, bret heart, old undertaker, animal and some other dudes ive never heard off.


Best superstars to wrestle with are triple H, big show, ANDRE THE GIANT, kane, kurt angle and ofcourse The Rock.

The create your own superstar is very advanced and you have loads of options to customise your player which i cannot be bothered with.
They have a shopzone where you can unlock items (like the superstars mentioned above) for points that you can get by completing challanges in challenge mode or by doing season mode matches.
Annoying thing is challange mode just tells you what to do to complete the challange then you have to set up that match, if you could just start challange mode like an arcade mode that would be much better.

Gameplay is good, things like royal rumble are alright, you know have a ringout meter that gets drained if you are put over the top rope you hang on untill your meter is drained. Your ring out meter refills when you eliminate someone from the ring. I prefered the old method but this is still good as if you use your finisher then try to eliminate someone they are more likely to go.

My worst match is cage match, it just annoys me they way they climb out and stuff, hell in the cell is good but not as good as it used to be, its not as easy to break the cell at the top as it used to be and they have made it more realistic, the cage and ring are not attached, - so when you leave the ring you have to leave the cage thereafter, you can fight between the ring and the cage and do lots of damage.

Smackdown vs raw starts by talking about how generations have passed (of previous games, they show games from smackdown 1 until this game)
The new feature in this game - when you begin a match you have things like strength battles etc where you have to do things like press the button they tell you to quickly to punch the opponant first, I find this very annoying and a waste of time, - like the slapping thing as well where you have a slap meter and you have to press x when the slap meter is in a curtain place to do a good slap.
Id prefer if they just start the match!
And I wish they had all my favorite charecters including Stone Cold Steve Austin, and i wish that you could actually use unlocked superstars in season mode. - You can get over this problem as you can use created superstars in season mode. It would take you ages but you could re-create a charecter and then use him. (though story line would always be the same)

The ring entrance videos/end of match videos are not all that impressive.

If only you could go backstage! there would be more weapons and more options like driving the pickup car etc.!

Summary: smackdown vs raw was a dissapointment to me as the last game i played smackdown 2 on ps1 was better

good game
This is the fist of two Smackdown vs. Raw games. It has all your favourite superstars like Batista, Rey mysterio and Kurt Angle. You can either start a season or you can just play exhibition mode where you can be whoever you want and play whatever sort of match you want. The only problem is you have a set amount of attirements that you can use to make your created superstars stronger, faster and have more charisma etc. So you can only ever make one superstar who is any good. Overall if you like wrestling this game would be worth getting hold of.

smackdown vs raw
when i bought smackdown vs raw i thought it was going to be a typical wrestling game; hit,grapple,finisher,123.when i went on it i was in grapple heaven!graphics:perfect.music:WOW!season mode occasionaly irritated me with repitition but that was replaced by the amount of superstars.a perfect 5.