Had this game for about a week now and it's great. A big improvement over '09. Even though it's still unmistakably Smackdown, the changes and additions added this year make the game seem so much fresher than in years gone by. I love Superstar Threads. Such a simple thing as changing colours of attires, but it really adds to the whole customisation theme they were going for this year.
Played through a few of the RTW's (Mickie's, Brand Warfare and the CAW one) and I'm quite liking them so far. The CAW one is pretty entertaining.
I've got it set on legend difficulty and have toggled the sliders - and it's made for some great matches. I had an epic twenty minute battle as HBK against Cody Rhodes. Got SCM reversed about eight times - I like the animations for reversing finishers a lot this year. Anyway, finally I managed to actually hit a SCM and get the win. But next I had HHH vs. Dibiase and again, it was another long and tough match. However this time Ted countered the Pedigree (again about seven or eight times) and got the win! I was as shocked as if it would have happened on TV.
Got my revenge in a DX vs. Legacy tag match afterward - but that was another long and hard fought match with many false finishes and such like.
I like that you actually have to work hard for your win this year when you have the right difficulty and reversal settings.
Create a superstar is pretty good this year. I find it a little easier to work with than past years. Not sure whether I like the points system or not yet but overall I like the caw mode. Decided to try my hand at making a Victoria/Tara and I think it turned out very well. Though the dreaded crotch/ass/boob blur seems to be worse than ever this year so I had a hard job creating any accurate recent attires of hers.
I just started to get into create a story mode. Took a little while to figure it out - and as I don't have a keyboard or anything to play it with - typing out dialogue is a pain in the ass. However I'm very much liking this mode and once you get into it, I'm sure you can create some pretty epic storylines.
As I say i STARTED to get into the storymode, but my Xbox has suffered the dreaded red ring of death! Great timing there! So guess I won't be playing for a few weeks until it's repaired.