WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 is THQ's annual wrestling sim, built around a new tag team system, a create-a-finisher tool and a Road to WrestleMania mode with co-op storylines. The tag team focus is the headline addition: teams build momentum, unlock double-team moves and finishers, and chase the hot tag. Road to WrestleMania adds storylines written for specific wrestlers, playable solo or with a second player. It sits between the deeper career modes of later entries and the simpler rosters of earlier ones, and it is remembered as a solid but incremental year for the series.
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Owners and reviewers generally treat it as a competent, feature-rich entry that does not move the series far forward. The tag team overhaul and create-a-finisher draw the most praise; the reused engine and thin story mode draw the most criticism.
Raw 2009 is a wrestling video game based on live WWE programming. It is available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and PSP.
The game adds a new tag team experience. Players build momentum and attributes, eliminate opponents with high-impact double teams and finishers, and get the "hot tag" for the win.
The creation system includes a new create-a-finisher option. A new Road to WrestleMania mode leads up to WWE's biggest event of the year and offers co-op storylines for the first time.
