PSXE writes: "As I sit here with my autographed portrait of Bret Hart in front of me, playing WWE Legends of Wrestlemania, and writing this review, I recall all of the amazing moments that the then WWF gave me. As a kid, my brother, cousins, and a few close friends were all really into wrestling. We were die-hard Bret Hart fans, as were many other kids in the early to mid 90s. Our other favorites were also guys like Razor Ramon, Diesel, and Shawn Michaels...and of course, whenever the Ultimate Warrior ran out on stage, we'd all get up and mimic his rope assault. Those were good times, and even though the dead and gone Acclaim had twice crapped on our nostalgia with their Legends games, THQ cleans the crap up with their version."
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Christopher Buffa (Prima Games): News of Ultimate Warrior Jim Hellwig’s death left millions of wrestling fans, including myself, in shock. I never knew the man, but I loved the character. His electric entrance, running to the ring full blast and shaking the ropes, was adrenaline personified, while the outfit (multicolored face paint, neon tassels, different colored straps for his title belts) embodied the 90s. Critics often remark that his promos were illogical, but to kids, they made perfect sense. Fill the spaceship with rocket fuel? Trampled by elephants? Might as well be Shakespeare to a nine-year-old.
Despite what Wee Jimmy Krankie and the agony aunt section of men’s magazines might say to the contrary, size matters loads. Just ask any of these hulking goliaths. While some giants in popular culture are more concerned with shilling you canned sweetcorn than grinding your bones to make a wholemeal loaf, PlayStation’s gargantuan folk just want to trample, scoff or suplex you. Regardless of whether it’s a fallen god scrapping with his football field-sized granddad or a Skyrim beanpole who can mess you up more than any lag, none of these brutes exactly scream BFG.
