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WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010
$39.99
Confession - I haven't played the 2008 or 2009 editions of this series. After the 2007 game, I was satisfied enough with what I was given. My favorite mode was the GM Mode, in which I could manage my own brand to take on the other brand for ratings. It forced my creative juices and wannabe-booking insights to step up.

But after announcing that a new Story Design mode would be introduced into the 2010, how could I resist? So, after playing this game to death, this is what I've concluded: "WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2010" is a very solid wrestling game, but it's new creativity features aren't kind to the single player anymore.

Let me say, first and foremost, multiplayer with "WWE SvR 2010" is going to be a blast. The controls are better overall, and the wealth of options and match modes should make any group of friends have a blast. I don't want to ramble too long about the match modes & features, but let me assure you that they're all very well done. My only gripe is that 3-way Tag Team matches seem to be removed, but that's a minor quibble.

The roster is good, but not great. Part of the reason is because some of WWE's biggest stars are no longer with the company (Kurt Angle, Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair). But the other main reason is that some of these selections just suck. There's an overabundance of Divas (The Bella Twins?), and a couple unlockable characters are a letdown. Cowboy Bob Orton comes to mind, as do the "Green" and "Red" training dummies. Seriously? But I want to commend the gamemakers for giving each character a distinctive feel to him/her. Each wrestler and Diva plays like they probably would on TV.

The controls are very good. They actually feel simpler than in previous "WWE SvR" titles, and I think that's a good thing. There's only one reversal button, the health bars have been replaced with a tiny meter under the wrestlers' feet, and some of the more complicated moves require fewer button presses (like aerial attacks). It's a lot less cluttered. I don't like the camera angles for when you're competing at ringside, but that's about it.

Now, here's my biggest complaint with this game:
If you're unable (or unwilling) to experience the multiplayer features, you're going to be disappointed. Single player gaming in this WWE series is slowly dying. Which is a pity, because the best wrestling games tailor to both one-player and multiplayer experiences. So, what do you get if you're playing solo?

*** "Road To WrestleMania" are cinematic storylines that are about 12 weeks long. You will choose from 7 wrestlers to play through a unique story. Your choices this year are Mickie James, Shawn Michaels, Edge, Randy Orton, a created wrestler, or a longer one with John Cena & Triple H. These are fun to play through for one time only.

*** "Career Mode" is an old-school type. You pick a wrestler, win enough matches (and points) to contend for a championship. You win the title, you pick another belt to go for. I haven't played much of this mode, because it looked kinda repetitive. I'll update the review if I find anything noteworthy to add about this. But my first impression tells me there's not much to it.

*** "Story Design" is the big feature for this year. To me, it's a step in the right direction, but it's flawed. You see, this mode will let you control up to 55 scenes & 54 matches in order to create your own storyline. You write the scripts. You choose the camera angles. You choose the matches. You choose the locations. Now, this sounds fun, but here are the problems:
---1. You won't win anything by using this mode. It takes a lot of work to put together a good story, and you have to patient & committed. But when you're done with the story, all you get to do is play it and/or share it.
---2. But the bigger problem I have is I like the unpredictability of playing through storylines. Going back to 2007's GM Mode, I had an opponent to go against, and I had to worry about whether my matches or wrestlers were entertaining my audience. But with this new Story Design mode, I know what's going to happen, and when it's going to happen. The only way to get any kind of satisfaction from this mode is by sharing it with someone, or playing someone else's story. And if you're playing all alone, this mode is kinda worthless, in my opinion.

In addition to these modes, you can compete for titles in exhibtion mode, change the allies/rivals for all of the wrestlers, and some more nice tweaks that WWE fans love to have.

Bottom line - "WWE SmackDown vs RAW 2010" is a very good wrestling game. It plays very well. It sounds good. It looks good. And it's got enough modes & features to keep people entertained. But if you're gonna be playing this game alone, and not use the multiplayer, you'd better just rent this one.

WWE: Batista - I Walk Alone
$35.00
Now before I get started, I'll admit that I'm not a big Batista fan. I'll admit that I believe there are plenty of other subjects & wrestlers in WWE that are more indemand to be released onto DVD than Batista (just like a majority of the Chris Jericho supporters in the previous reviews & I personally would like more "legends" sets using the footage from their vault). However, I'm not blind either in that it's a fact that Batista has been one of the biggest & most popular stars in WWE for going on the past 5 years weather I like it or not & regardless if I do or don't agree with the reasons that is...and another thing I can't deny is that Batista has been in some of the best matches on certain PPV cards for the past couple of years. The guy is already in his 40's & he's not expected to be around for a very long time either so it's better business to strike while he's still at the peak of his popularity & career. Not everything WWE Home Video puts out appeals to all audiences and this is one of those cases where you just have made up your mind & don't care for Batista then this release isn't for you, this was the decision that was made weather we like it or not & there isn't anything we can do about it now.

The documentry stars off talking about Batista's childhood growing up in the rough area of Washington D.C. and how he came the "man of the house" at an early age before going into his experiences of moving to San Francisco & Virginia. How he started weightlifting in high school & his early "easy money" jobs were talked about before going in the story of his relationship with his future (now ex) wife Angie. How Batista got involved with wrestling originally through WCW & later with a WWE Hall Of Famer was talked about before getting into the story behind his WWE developmental character Leviathan. His career starting as Deacon Batista & eventually becoming a member of Evolution is discussed with various important moment being highlighed. How the fans "chose him" over Randy Orton leading to his WrestleMania match against Triple H is also talked about including various issues he had going into the match & the incident that happened backstage after the match as well. The documentry got real personal as the negative effect the business had on his relationship with Angie along with Dave's issues with his oldest daughter were heavily discussed. The move to SmackDown (and the "heat" he had backstage with the roster) & how close he got with Eddie Guerrero & Rey Mysterio is discussed before heavily going into the popularity he's had with the Philippino community. The story behind him forfitting the World Title due to injury, his surgery & comeback, and regaining the title from King Booker is discussed before talking about his feuds against Undertaker, Edge, and Shawn Michaels before closing out the documentry on his celebrity status leading into other TV shows & various magazine covers.

DVD extras include bonus stories of Batista talking about a brutal version of "Hide & Seek" he used to play as a kid, Batista & his mom telling stories of his rough neighborhood that resulted in 3 different shootings in his first yard, being a lifeguard at the community pool, funny story behind filming a Leviathan segment, what happened when Dave spent $500 on a new suit for his WWE debut, what happened when he went to a pool tournament with Triple H, the moment he gained the most respect for Eddie Guerrero & how Eddie helped Dave's relationship with his daughter, a gift he gave Chavo Guerrero, and the story behind his "geeky" lunchbox collection.

Also include are two disc of bonus matches including...
vs. Kane - This match was just wasn't good & boring for the most part. Batista was still very green at the time & Kane can only carry his opposition so far in a match but it just didn't work here.
Armageddon '02

vs. World Champion Triple H - The match itself was just HHH beating down on Batista until he pissed him off & "unleashed the Animal" & beat up HHH in a way we haven't seen in a long time, at that point, all the way to winning the World Heavyweight Championship. If you watch the documentry, you'll find out an interesting fact in that Batista didn't have feeling in one of his legs during this match.
WrestleMania 21

Hell In A Cell Match vs. Triple H - An awesome match that tops their WrestleMania match by so many points . You could see the hardcore influence in this match as so many hardcore weapons (barbed wire chairs for example) were used. Triple H bleeds buckets once again and is one of this best matches of not just the night but his career period.
Vengeance '05
("Triple H: King Of Kings" & "Hell In A Cell")

No Holds Barred Match vs. JBL - This match was pretty short & sweet but if you saw their Great American Bash match, you'll know why. Batista was also in his hometown so he put on one of this best performances given the conditions.
SummerSlam '05

vs. Eddie Guerrero - This was more about "putting over a storyline" than having a great match because Eddie was putting over the storyline of "not lying, cheating, and stealing." The match was good but again, nothing really memorable besides the fact that this was the last we'll see of Eddie Guerrero on WWE PPV.
No Mercy '05
("Viva La Raza: The Legacy Of Eddie Guerrero")

vs. World Champion King Booker - This match was about one thing, Batista winning the belt back in the arena he lost it in. This was better than their SummerSlam match but that's not saying much. This was another performance that Batista "walked through" to the point to where the people started to leave & you could hear small "boring" chants. Again, it wasn't a horrible match but it was just dry & boring.
Survivor Series '06

vs. Undertaker - Taker's Undefeated Streak vs. Batista's Title and I'll be point blank honest, this was the match that should have ended the show. This was Batista's best showing since he returned from his injury as he stepped up his game & didn't show any lack of effort like most of his previous performances. This was a classic "big money" WrestleMania match & the match of the night for me as you saw the crowd off the chain thoughout the bout & even moments where it looked like Batista was going to end the streak & one spot to look out for would be Undertaker's big dive onto Batista. It's ironic that this was the 20 year anniversary of WrestleMania 3 but Undertaker walks out of his WM the same way he did 10 years earlier...as a champion.
WrestleMania 23

Steel Cage Match vs. World Champion Edge - Well, this heavily makes up for their Judgment Day match as Batista did carry his own weight here in this cage match. It's wasn't a bloody massacre (eventhough Edge got a bad gash near his lip) but a watchable matchup where again, it was so close between both men.
One Night Stand '07

w/Special Referee "Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. Undertaker - Undertaker brought out the type of performance from Batista that he needed after that godawful series of matches with Khali. Just like their previous trilogy of matches, this was a awesome match from start to finish.
Cyber Sunday '07

vs. John Cena - Both Cena & Batista have a reputation for being too "off & on/hot & cold" during their matches but that wasn't the case here as both men brought forth a strong effort & were on the ball in this match. Batista used a different type of offense than we normally see from him as he showed signs of Ric Flair's offense of attack the leg & even used the figure four submission along with a rear naked choke later on while Cena also worked on the leg to set up the STFU. From reversing each others moves like the powerslam into the FU & the leg drop off the top into a powerbomb before Batista unleashed "the animal" and proved he was as as Michael Cole put it, "three seconds better than Cena.".
SummerSlam '08

vs. Randy Orton - After teasing a match between these two since the days of Evolution, they lock up for the first time ever...since the episode of RAW after WrestleMania 21. This was one of those matches that I honestly felt didn't go past "first gear" as they kept the same pace throughout the match with it only picking up at various spots with their impact moves & counters instead of just building up over time but I'll give credit here for telling a story with each move of Orton's being very calculated. It was a good match but I felt like it didn't live up to the "4 years" hype they used to build up this match.
Armageddon '08

Also included are a match as his OVW character Leviathan vs. Doug Basham, Shawn Michaels at Armageddon '03, a tables match with Ric Flair vs. Dudley Boyz from Royal Rumble '04, Chris Jericho at Vengeance '04, his performance in the '05 Royal Rumble, triple threat vs. King Booker & Finaly from "SmackDown" in Dec. '06, and the Evolution reunion with Triple H & Ric Flair vs. Edge & Umaga & another former Evolution member in Randy Orton from the 15th Anniversary Edition of RAW.

In the end, this was exactly what I stated in the beginning as this is strickly a DVD for Batista fans as far as the documentry goes because the fact is that Batista hasn't had a long career so there weren't many stories to tell but at least they tried to make up for it by getting deep in his personal life & were honest with various subjects (unlike how they heavily overexaggeraed & lied on Cena's) like his backstage heat & his attitude when he came to SmackDown. As for the match selection, it's nice that they didn't get alot of matches already released on other DVD's (unless you buy every single PPV DVD they put out) they got most of Batista's best performances on here (you notice there was no mention of Great Khali anywhere on this set) but there are some matches on here just to document a moment (like the S. Series match with Booker) or a stage in his career (his OVW match) along with some other flops (like the match with Kane) that could have easily been replaced with another match or important moment from his career like his Backlash rematch against Triple H, winning the tag team titles with Mysterio, or his title victory against Jericho at Cyber Sunday '08. In the end, if your already a big fan of Batista then odds are your going to get this anyways but if you aren't then I would suggest to get this set based off the match selection more than anything else because the documentry was lacking due to Batista not having a long career.

WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009
$19.99
After successful smash hits like Smackdown: ��¡�Shut Your Mouth��¡�, ��¡�Day of Reckoning ��¡�Here Comes The Pain��¡�.( The Best Ever Wrestling Game). SVR2006. Better Graphic, Larger characters but several moves and hold were Removed, ?, SVR 2006 is still better than following games!!!
SVR2007 smaller figures with a lot of move missed, is still decent but the following SVR2008 is The Worst Ever wrestling Game!!!

This is the time for SVR2009: the game itself is better than 2008(of course, the worst ever wrestling game), but is still a low quality game, less than 2006 & 2007. The Strongest goal in all SVR series is the CAW menu, now this mode is a pure Trash!!! In CAW menu the standard male figure stands in a gay pose!!! Yiack!!

THQ: Do you hate CAW mode??

For a created wrestler there��s no move, there��s no action, there��s no attributes, You need to earn point only for unlock old moves, already free in the previous games. I hate that
It suppose we are living ��¡�NEXT GENERATION CONSOLE era��¡�, Why THQ can not achieve the entire, rosters CAW and moves g from the previous wrestling games.

This SVR2009 is a waste of bits and bytes, for new generation consoles. Ok There are cool graphics in the openings but the action game turns pretty boring, good graphics won��t improved a boring game, That is not Cool

Road to Wrestlemania with only 5 characters playable and Storyline are too short, Booooo.

The Worst part of this game is the Analog control System introduced in 2008. I don��t know what��s going on with THQ programmer��s mind; the analog control system must be REMOVED! Get back to the old HCTP control system!!!

The only positive point is Create-a-Finisher, but this mode is not good enough for serious wrestling fans, you can not create submission finishers or modify preset finishers!

THQ is destroying SVR series!!!!

This is not a game for keep, is only a game for Rent and play for two days!!

THQ is destroying SVR series!!!!

WWE: The Best of Smackdown - 10th Anniversary 1999-2009
$34.95
1. Randy Orton(w/ bob orton) vs. The Undertaker
2. Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio-steel cage match
3. Chyna vs. Chris Jericho-IC Title match
4. Carlito vs. John Cena-US Title match(Carlito's debut)
5. Tazz vs. Triple H-WWE Champion vs. ECW Champion
6. Chris Jericho vs. Hulk Hogan-WWE Undisputed Championship match
7. Jeff Hardy, Batista, Rey Mysterio & Finlay vs. MVP, JBL, Kane & Brian Kendrick six-man tag
8. Randy Orton vs. Hardcore Holly-Randy Orton's debut
9. The Rock vs. The Dudley Boyz-Handicap Tables match
10. Rey Mysterio vs. Matt Hardy-Cruiserweight Championship match
11. RVD vs. stone cold Steve Austin-non-title match
12. Team Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero & Tajiri-WWE Tag Title match
13. JBL vs. Eddie Guerrero-WWE championship(steel cage)
14. Kurt Angle vs. The Undertaker-WWE Undisputed Championship match
15. Rock 'n Sock Connection vs. the New Age Outlaws-World Tag Team Championship
16. John Cena vs. Kurt Angle-Cena's debut
17. Stephanie McMahon & Zack Gowan vs. Big Show-Handicap match
18. Edge & Hulk Hogan vs. Billy & Chuck-World Tag Title Championship match
19. Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy-IC Title match
20. Edge vs. Eddie Guerrero-No DQ match
21. The Rock vs. Triple H-special guest ref. Shawn Michaels(WWE Title match)

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