I buy every Smackdown game like clockwork every year as a big wrestling fan, but even I can't always defend their output, and the 2008 edition has to be probably the worst they've released yet, a game that looks good visually but is utterly riddled with bugs and problems. I must ask why THQ feel the need to change the controls so often: just when you get used to one scheme, they add another wholly confusing one. Although after an hour or so you'll adjust, it is frustrating as the scheme doesn't really follow any sense of logic or the design of the controller. In terms of game modes, the usual ones are there, although strangely they are mostly tailored towards ...  Read the complete review

I purchased this for £10 the other week second hand, having not played a wrestling game since No Mercy on the N64. Here are my observations - and if you like the game, be prepared, it's brutal! 1. The gameplay is pretty horrendous. It is impossible to pull off a move half the time because apparently the computer learnt from Kurt Angle and can reverse every move you make. This is laughable if wrestling someone like Rey Mysterio and he starts backdropping you when you're the Big Show! 2. The weapons aren't very realistic in their effects. Hitting someone over the head with a chair and then them getting up five seconds later isn't really the desired ...  Read the complete review