WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain for PlayStation 2

Pros: Best Smackdown yet
Cons: Plays pretty much just like the one released 4 years ago

The WWE Smackdown franchise has slowly evolved into wrestling’s version of Madden – year in and year out, you can count on THQ tweaking the engine, updating the roster, and spitting out a new version in time for the holiday season. 2003’s ...

Pros: Best wrestling game made so far in every catagory.
Cons: Some minor grappling issues, pretty much taps out PS2 hardware.

OVERVIEW Who hasn't heard of the WWE (formerly the WWF)? It is the most dominant brand in professional wrestling. Any famous wrestlers who haven't crossed the boss (Vince McMahon, Owner, CEO, etc...) all have a seat on the roster. WWE is a media ...

Pros: Graphics, controls, sounds....
Cons: A few wrestlers are left out...

I have been a very big wrestling fan for about six or seven years & as a result have watched, played and collected as much wrestling merchandise as I possibly could without commiting murder, so its safe to say WWE Smackdown: Here Comes The Pain has also ...

Pros: Incredible graphics, revamped season mode, up-to-date roster, wrestler signature taunts/ moves
Cons: Lots of bugs during matches, some smaller details ignored, pathetic sound

(Note: I'm trying out a new review format here to help me give the game a more accurate score, so bear with me in terms of why I give out the ratings I do, but the text itself will tell you so much more than the points will.) The Smackdown! series of ...

Pros: A new damage system improves already great gameplay. The greatest wrestling game out today.
Cons: Wrestling feuds change quickly, so by now, the game will feel a bit dated.

Hands down, "WWE Smackdown: Here Comes The Pain" is the greatest wresting game out there for the PS2, and possibly the greatest wrestling game for any system. To fans of the previous Smackdown installment, the controls will feel familiar. There is, ...

Pros: You can stick to this game for months
Cons: Limited AI and the forehand modeling is not well done.

I had seen the old version's graphic and this new version worth to take a look. The character modelings are very exquisite and so real that I cannot distinguish them among the real superstars of wrestling. The game features more than 10 modes and an ...

Pros: Lots of superstars and legends, plenty of unlockables, lots of matches.
Cons: No voiceovers nor commentary, created wrestlers don't have many polygons.

WWE SmackDown! is a long-lived series, but now it is better than ever, with over 40 superstars to choose from, a story line in season mode that was actually written by the WWE writers themselves, the inclusion of the Elimination Chamber and Bra & Panties Match, and it has a create a wrestler mode unlike any other game. It also has unlockable WWE Legends like the old-school Undertaker, Ted DiBiase, and the Road Warriors and plenty of other unlockable goodies that will keep you playing again and again. With multiplayer that is unprecedented in any wrestling game and an awesome one-player experience, this game is perfect and is the best fighter of 2003.

Pros: loadsa characters
Cons: venues look same

the characters look real small and the the graphics are obscuring eg. bodies seem to fall in2 either another person or object!! overall the story is short but there is so much u can put on a ps2 unlike the X Box. I am loyal Sony fan always will be. hope there is a wrestling game 4 da PS3!!