By Luke Greenfield
With most of the PlayStation 2 features, this is worth getting
The first thing I noticed when I first saw the game is that it is very similar to the PlayStation 2 version. The text and intro are all very similar. The loading screens are also included but unfortunately do not fill the whole of the screen leaving a black box around the edge of them. The first match I played was a Single just to see how well it plays. Now, it was a little hard to get used to at first (like all WWE games) but you'll soon find yourself doing more finishers than you've had hot dinners. Controlling isn't so bad as many anticipate. You use the d-pad and the same combination for strike and grapple moves. As there is no L2 or R2 button on the PlayStation Portable you use a combination of buttons.
Say, if you were to store a finisher move (on PlayStation 2 you do the combination L1+L2), you would use a different combination of L+R. Reversing seems weird because it's just unusual not having any of the extra shoulder buttons but that's how it goes. Also, a lot of button mashing is required for those sleeper moves. Now, I can understand why this is good on the PlayStation 2 but on the PlayStation Portable? Come on, everytime I have to put it down on the floor and then continuously push the buttons. I'm a little scared I may break my PSP because of this.
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