Well, as some of you may know, I finally got my hands on WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2010, and I tell you, I LOVE IT! I definitely love what they did with story creator this year, allowing you to create your own shows and stories, In fact, I just finished almost perfectly emulating last Monday's RAW. When I get off the computer tonight, I'm actually gonna start creating last Tuesday's ECW as well. I can't wait to play the story and check out some of my creative genius at work. Now, some text on my story is a bit weird, but I'm new to the create-a-story mode, so oh, well, not bad for a first try-- LOL I got almost all of the unlockable characters, with the exception of Mr. McMahon. I don't know if I really want to play as him, though, so no harm, no foul. The new superstars play pretty good as well. In fact, when I first unlocked Eve in Road to Wrestlemania mode, I played as her in a match against Natalya. Though they don't have her handspring elbow as a finisher, she's pretty impressive. Dare I say, I think she looks better in the PS2 version then the PS3/XBOX360 version. In fact, some characters do, I think. Although, I did notice that some characters in the game (PS2 version) are the same as last year with their costumes and models-- ipso ergo-- Melina, Kelly Kelly, William Regal, JTG, CM Punk, Mr. Kennedy, etc, but I don't really mind it though, as long as they're in the ring themselves. The unlockables this year are pretty cool, I think. You can unlock some legends such as Bob Orton, Ted Dibiase Sr. AKA Million Dollar Man, Dusty Rhodes, The Rock and Trish Stratus, and that's awesome, because I sure as hell love to play as Trish. Despite having Stone Cold Steve Austin omitted from the PS2 version, they still have his titantron and music, for some odd reason. Still, nice that it's there. The blood does look the same, but for some reason, they decided to make it more brutal this year, so no gripes about that. It took a while for me to get used to the new hud, but I definitely like it for sure. And the TV like presentation is pretty ****in' as well. I mean, you got the WWE live logo on most arenas, there are many different camera angles during a match, and the commentary also has greatly improved. Definitely better than last year, and all the other SDVR games. The ring announcers speech has also improved as well. For instance, in past SDVRs, they would announce Kane's weight as 326 pounds, and that's pretty inaccurate by my standards. Now they announce Kane's weight as 323 pounds, so BIG improvement there. Another weight example, in past SDVRs, Batista's weight was 317 pounds, now it's 280 pounds, so big ups to the commentators for correcting it. What else to say that's awesome about the game? You can actually put Divas in almost all the match types, including Hell in a Cell, Steel Cage, ECW Extreme Rules, etc, just like classic THQ WWE games. Oh, and the Royal Rumble match has improved greatly, with fun as hell mini games to determine a superstar's elimination, instead of a crummy little meter, and there are different movements as well, as in great elimination animations, as well as eliminated superstars walking to the back, instead of just disappearing. I haven't tried the Championship Scramble yet, but I'll give it a whirl later tonight after TNA iMPACT. There are also a whole lot of backstage spots too, especially the Miz and Morrison's Dirt Sheet set as well. Ah, nothing like havin' a good ol' fight on the Dirt Sheet. Now, if I can get Miz and Morrison to fight on the set, and tear it down, for old times sake-- LOL The menu modes have improved greatly, as instead of pressing a button like X or O to go to a options feature, you can instead press right on your D-pad, and it will take you to the feature of your choice. Another innovative feature that I love. For the grapples, they completely revamped it, by adding 4 new strong grapple holds, just like the classics. Now they've also added side grapples as well for the person on the ground, for a more realistic wrestling approach, so more big ups. Create-a-finisher has also greatly improved as well, as well as the addition of adding flying finishers, so I can hope to recreate some sick as hell aerial moves, like former TNA Wrestler Jerrelle Clark's 630 splash. Maybe I could give the 630 splash to Morrison, who knows? For the drawbacks, there are actually a couple. One, for create-a-wrestler mode, the call names have drastically shortened, but hey, I don't mind it a bit. You can even have the fans chant your call name, so that's definitely not a drawback, now that I think about it. Another one, is that there are occasions where the announcer do tend to slip up on commentary and refer to Divas as men, but that don't bother me a bit. One more thing-- PS2 doesn't have the Superstar Threads like PS3 and XBOX360, as well as Stone Cold, like I said, but hey, I'm not bothered by it.

My final rating for the game is 9. 5 out of 10. The graphics are awesome, the gameplay rocks, the TV presentation is phenomenal, and the create modes have been upgraded a lot. I highly recommend getting this game if you're a WWE fan like myself.

That's all for this update, folks. Have a turnbuckle tomorrow!:D