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

Being a veteran of the wrestling gaming experience, I would have said that the old Day of Reckoning Series was the best, most likely because of the old No Mercy 64 feel it had.

But Smackdown vs Raw 2007 is certainly a great improvement on the WWE gaming experience, fantastic character models, the ever expanding create modes, and more and more ways the game is becoming more like actually watching it on TV.

The good and the bad really come in the little things, because nearly all of the big features are very good.

The good little details are say... increased reversal variety, I dodged Cena from a shoulder block in the turnbuckle, so he went through and hit the ringpost. Which is very much like it should happen on TV. The Heel/Face adrenaline boost/penalty is very cool, if you're a face, hitting the non legal man or knocking down the ref SHOULDNT help you, and it in fact hurts you. In GM mode, if you have extremely low popularity, the crowd is DEAD when you come out, which is great. If you're an unknown, why would people cheer?

There is the bad as well, I have found quite a few animation glitches, where you're performing the motions for a move, but the opponent isnt synched up with you. Ladder matches and the MITB match still need a bunch of work, the running up the ladder thing is cool, but rarely works properly, the guy on the ladder usually falls off like I hit him before Im even all the way up the ladder. And the Royal Rumble, while fun, and nice that if you lose, you can enter in as another character, is still far too easy to get eliminated, and being the Big Show doesnt make you any harder to be eliminated over Rey Mysterio.

All in all you'll be more excited about the little things you see, than the little problems, making this game a must for the hardcore wrestling gamer/fan. And even enjoyable for your friends who know nothing about wrestling at all.

8.5/10

This game is the best game you will ever find. Smackdown vs Raw 2007 kept the excitng GM mode and added an updated list of superstars. I love Career Mode. They finally improved the repetitive storylines. I kind of didn't enjoy the fact that they changed the buttons, but it is easy to recover after a while. I love this game because you don't have to be a wrestling fanatic to understand the game. This game is a "MUST GET."