So, yeah. WWE Legends of WrestleMania is kind of just there. The historic videos are great, Road to WrestleMania is an interesting idea and who doesn't love seeing the Ultimate Warrior back in the ring? Still, the actual gameplay falls short in this one. The matches aren't that exciting, the controls are lacking, little nuances (such as proper titles) are missing and this just doesn't feel like a solid WWE offering.
Presentation - 7.0
Graphics - 7.0
Sound - 7.5
Gameplay - 6.5
Lasting Appeal - 6.0
Overall -
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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.
This game merits an 8.5 in my opinion. Greg is an ass hole that knows nothing about wrestling. He probably had to pull out old wrestling tapes to catch up on stuff about the legends. Fricking moron.
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they gave svr09 a 7.8 i think and this game a 6.5? WTF! both games dont deserve less than 8s
Legends is for the tre fans not some stupid guy who pretends to know something about it. Both are great games but if i had to chose one i'd choose legends... the controls are fresh and at least for me it has a lot of replay value.
i have no idea what this guy is talking about
Deserves higher...
Agreed, i picked up the game today and cannot put it down. Im a long time fan of 80s WWF and am loving this game. Its the best old school wrestling game ive ever played. Classic arcade gameplay thats easy to pick up and play with some of my not so hardcore gaming friends. Its great and im hearing mixed reviews. Its been selling out and getting alot of peoples attention out there. Ign is not always right, they are way off on this game. It definately deserves an 8.0 and nothing less. This is the first wrestling game ive purchased since the first legends of wrestling on the PS2 and i wasnt too crazy about that game, kinda sucked. I cant get over how great this game is, it seriously is a great wrestling game. For all you old school wrestling fans out there be sure to check out AWA 80s Wresling on ESPN Classics weeknights at 9pm. Look out for a wrestler called the barbarian who is on there quite frequently, hes frikin hilarious. That guy brought me to tears the first time i seen him on there. Youll also see Shawn Michaels when he was in the rock and roll express and Sargeant Slaughter before he went onto WWF. Classic stuff! Do not miss out on this game, it really is a blast. The movie footage is killer and all the objectives in tour mode you have to do to unlock stuff like classic movies makes it very hard to put down. Very addictive gameplay and a great new idea!
if goldberg was on this game i would had gotten it