WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007 for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

\I liked the SD v RAW games for the PS2 and this is more of the same. The graphics are improved a lot (now, they look like LIFELIKE plastic sweaty robots who can't walk well). And the addition of analog controls to the grapples actually makes the game more fun. The voices no longer sound like they were recorded in an echo chamber either.

Season mode is decent enough. If you're on RAW, you don't get to enter the Rumble that I have noticed. Nor did I get to work in the Elimination Chamber :-(. The roster is decent enough, but THQ needs to look into adding characters via XBox Live Arcade during the year.

The locker room challenges run from the insanely easy to the brutally difficult (having the Mexicools beat Kane & Undertaker was less than easy). The choice of legends was a bit odd (in what universe are Jim Neidhart and Bam Bam Bigelow viewed as legends?). Some of the matches are a little better (rather than a finger-shattering button-press-a-thon, ladder matches now have you locate the sweet spot on the analog sticks and just hold them there while the briefcase/belt gets loosened). The MITB match is very, very irritating as the computer has a nasty habit of waiting until you have the belt all but removed, then knocking you ladder over, putting it back up and taking the belt.

Create-a-Wrestler is pretty good. Creating your own entrance lags far behind the verson the prior XBox RAW titles had. The facial features have been reduced -- but they had so many options it needed to be done. The list of moves is impressive and that your created guy has a voice is a nice touch.

The GM mode takes a big step back as you now have to hire writers to write specific storyline and try to plug people into those plots, which is a headache. Add in the usual 20 wrestlers roster limit, which is far too limiting, and you have one thing worse than the previous title.

MS has a good wrestling title, finally. Hoorah!