I bought this game because i really loved the 08 edition. I have to say that this games game play is alot more fun and is better. It may be missing the ultimate control grapples but i am not that interested in that any way at all. The one cool thing about the game play i liked was that you can store up to three finishers finishers and just destroy people with three finisher at once. I am so mad that they didnt put that feature in the new games. I also like the exclusion of the stupid fighting style of the wrestlers that was just a stupid idea. The story is a lot better in this game but short. The computer is actually fun to play against in this game because it is not stupid and actually fights. I really recommend that you will buy this over sd vs raw 08. It will save you a few bucks too.