Seems a little immature

At the beginning you will like last year in the Training Area. There you can try the only slightly different control again unhurriedly. People who have the last year's SmackDown vs. Raw already gambled be, do not have big problems with the controller. All other actually not due to the Training Area. In the menu you can select whether you want to deny a Exhibithion Match, the new "WWE Universe", so would the Universe play mode, the Road to Wrestlemania wants to address, or want to change settings. In the settings it is also possible to respond itself to short-term trades, such as the Trade of Edge to Smackdown and CM Punk to Raw.
Now we come to Road to Wrestlemania mode: This time, the superstar controllable through the backstage area. One meets other superstars and can talk to them, or they provoke until a backstage fight breaks out. While this is okay, because you can use all the objects there, but in the long run but a little repetitive. After the talk with the superstars brings very little to nothing for their own storyline. In most cases you get even said that you can go away. Conversations of the other superstars to listen to each other's time for a change, quite ok. Nevertheless, I think that here could act a little more creative and through the other superstars that since wandering backstage, a little more pep in their own storylines could grab. As least, the storylines are ansich perfectly fine (I have not all played), but the principle still existing duty victory is all too predictable. The Road to Wrestlemania mode could even tolerate a sea change.
Then I do not even notice anything at the Road to Wrestlemania mode: If you play a Raw wrestler, thus saith the catchment although Justin Roberts, but the ring is Tony Chimel. A little thing that will hopefully overcome by a patch, because something does not have to be.

Now we come to the WWE Universe mode, ie the "WWE Universe": Here you have basically some ways. So it is possible to play preset matches of Raw, WWE Superstars and SmackDown. Or you can provide your own matches together. You can decide whether you play it yourself, or can even simulate in every match. If you all want to be controlled by the computer to match participants, then you can look at it with pleasure also. Depending on how the matches are designed to feuds should arise and new alliances. In fact, it is then also thoroughly so that, for example during a match simply someone runs to the ring and tried to intervene, either for the players or for the computer-controlled, depending. Here I find but one thing weakly implemented. Because if I want to perform in such a case of my opponents a pin, the referee does not respond, but goes to the wrestler who came just ran to the ring. This, however, although this Wrestler stehts yet few seconds is at ringside and then jumps on the apron to try to distract the referee, which is always successful. Implementation of this is made but very weak. In addition, the cutscenes simply repeat too often.
After the match then change the "rankings". That is, there are emergency new challenger to the various titles and other rising again higher on the list of challengers, etc.
However, there is still a mistake: Michael Cole now says yes to almost every show of the WWE. But since when does the Smackdown Kommentatorenduo Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler?
Nevertheless, this mode in its approach is much better than the career mode the last two years. Nevertheless here is my opinion after rauszuholen still a lot.
Commentators comment now largely the match events. But here I just do not even enthusiasm. This is not comparable to the real comment at the shows. What has also struck me: The hand of Wrestlers also disappears a lot rarer in the ring or in the body of the opponent, as the last time was still the case.

My conclusion: Smackdown vs Raw 2011 comes up with changes that do not act mature. It looks a bit like a game that is on a good path, but so far is in its infancy. A star deduction in the Overall there by myself for the implementation of the Road to Wrestlemania mode. Not just for the - for me personally - annoying victory obligation, but also for the somewhat unimaginatively made opportunity to move freely in the backstage area. Good, but unimaginative implemented in principle. For the two things each have a half star deduction, so I come here on a. Another there in the "WWE Universe". The cutscenes are repeated way too fast, and it might seems very unimaginative emerge at several places, so develop a rule no feuds. For existing and targeted fault I'll give you no star deduction. Because maybe that is even eliminated with a patch. For WWE fans and fans of the series that is sure to be a must-buy, there is no better competitor in the wrestling genre on the console. All others I would first recommend going to the video store. Lend it to you there once for a weekend, and then decide for themselves.