Smack Down Vs. Raw XBox

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007

• The first "SmackDown vs. Raw" game to appear on an Xbox system, this title features a new control system uses the controller's right analog stick. This system allows for flowing, realistic moves, but can be difficult to get used to, as reported by the IGN U.K. website. Players also can take the fight into the crowd or interact with parts of the wrestling arena via environmental hot-spots, which allow players to use items, such as staircases, to their advantage.

WWE SmackDown Vs. Raw 2008

• This installment of the series adds a number of features connected to ECW, a promotion taken over by the WWE and known for its brutal wrestling action. These features include the Extreme Rules Match, a form of bout in which players can grab weapons from helpful crowd members, use audience members as part of taunts, or even light weapons on fire and use them against opponents. The game also contains a modified submission move system, which allows players to control easily how much pressure they apply with these moves.

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009

• This game focuses on offering realistic action, and according to the Gamespot U.K. website, it features an improved wrestler creation tool set, allowing players many options with which to customize their own fictional grappler, as well as excellent graphics and move selections. Game modes include the Road to Wrestlemania, in which players select one of several wrestlers and aim to work their way through various matches to reach the titular event. Meanwhile, in Career mode players gain increased attributes and belt opportunities for winning bouts.

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010

• This installment adds a rivals system to the game's mechanics, which attempts to recreate the feuds between wrestlers seen on WWE TV programming. Players can adjust the allies and enemies of individual wrestlers. During bouts, one of these friends or foes may turn up to influence the action by attacking a wrestler, for example. Wrestlers in this title also have a number of abilities, which can affect everything from how difficult they are to pin to their speed in the ring.

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011

• The 2011 installment of the series has been praised by the Gamespot U.K. website for the huge array of types of matches available, which include everything from Hell in a Cell battles to Extreme Rules contests. The title adds a Universe game mode, where players participate in a simulation of WWE TV programming. Most matches that the player takes part in form part of this mode, and are interspersed by cut scenes and plot twists.