SmackDown 4 is the next game in the series of WWE SmackDown. It has all the old features like Create a Wrestler and special matches like Hell in a Cell plus a new feature that allows you to "Create an Animation" where you can create a taunt and even a fighting style.

The season mode on SD4 is better as you start with the SmackDown and Raw Draft in which you choose which brand you represent and then choose which superstars to draft.

In the season mode you walk around the arena and make friends and even pick fights. Throughout the season you will make enemies who will interfere with your matches and beat you up after the match. After a PPV you can unlock an item such as wrestler's attire and you can unlock a winter Plaza area where the ground is covered in snow which you can pick up and throw at your opponent.

You will see the return of old WWE superstars from the likes of Triple H, Hollywood Hulk Hogan, the NWO and the one and only HBK - that's right, the Heart Break Kid Shawn Michaels.

My favorite feature of the game is the SmackDown finishing moves special camera angles in which you press L1 for the move to freeze at any point in the move and the camera can spin around. Press L2 and you see several shots of the moves which is cool if you press it when the move hits.

Its a fun game overall, and most importantly it captures the spirit of the sports entertainment shows that we love (and sometimes hate). Any fan of the WWE or of wrestling in general should pick this game up, a terrific game for both its multiplayer and single-player aspects.

and yet I`m waiting for Smackdown 6 to drop in price.

They should work a little more on adding variety to the season mode instead of adding crap like the bra and panties match.

I've got one of them, don't know which.

It has that create-an-animation gizmo though.

It's alright, the season mode seems to be very drawn-out and somewhat inconsistent.
Oh well, it's fun.