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User Rating: 8.9 | Exciting Pro Wrestling 5 (Limited Edition) PS2
Smackdown! is one of the biggest programs on TV, and despite it's over the top and often ridiculous wrestlers and rivalries, it never fails to please, as with the latest Smackdown! game, Here Comes The Pain.

As per usual, you play as ANY wrestler in the WWE at the time the game is made, and in this one, there's even Legends, so you can play as some of the great wrestlers no one from this generation has heard of. But, you'll probably want to start off by making your own wrestler, because the WWE games are renouned for their brilliant "Create-A-Wrestler" modes. You can make anyone you want, from your basic, stereotypical body builder, to your grandpa. The game has plenty of modes, all based on rounds from wrestling. There's simple rounds, like single, tag, and cage, to the more interesting modes like Royal Rumble, and Hell In A Cell. Though, overall my favourite is Bra and Panties mode, where to women have to tear off each others clothes until their bra and panties are exposed. This is endless fun, but you should see the mode in the next game, where the girls spank each other, pull of their clothes, and fight with pillows, all in a bed. Anyway, the graphics are great, and every wrestler's intro and wrestling style is matched well. The Career mode is fun, and it'll help you get your stats up. The sound is good, but the music can become a bit repetiitive.

In short, Here Comes The Pain is a must have title.