From: Acclaim Entertainment Inc. Average Rating: Binding: Video Game ESRB Age Rating: Teen Label: Acclaim Entertainment Inc. Model: XBACLM 021481403067 Platform: Xbox Release Date: November 21, 2002
Features:
Choose from over 60 of the greatest wrestlers in history -- Hulk Hogan, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Andre the Giant and more
Test yourself in skull-crushing new matches, like the 6 and 8 man Elimination bouts, Ladder Matches, Battle Royal, and Table fights
All-new storylines and a special career mode, along with a $15,000 Body Slam Challenge with Big John Studd
Choose your manager wisely -- you've got a choice from the very best, from Jimmy Hart and Mr. Fuji, to Bobby The Brain Heenan and Captain Lou Albano
Bone-breaking combos and deadly reversals and signature moves for each wrestler - even their entrances and taunts
Product Description: Legends Of Wrestling 2 puts you in the squared circle of the wrestling ring, as you prove your right to be among the greats! Fierce tag-team matches against legends like the Road Warriors, the British Bulldogs and more Design your own ultimate grappler with Create-A-Legend Special DVD with bonus footage and interviews with the legends of wrestling
Bad execution Legends of Wrestling relies heavily on the player being excited to use the old wrestlers and hopes you don't mind poor game play and limited options. Game play weaknesses: You can't freakin tag in your partner. Andre the Giant should not be doing drop kicks. It's not worth spending the time to unlock all the wrestlers, you're bored before you get to use 'em. Any game that requires you to tap repeatedly on one button for a long time sucks. Limiting the skills a created wrestler can have sucks.
Classic Old School Wrestling First of all, this game is much better than stated in previous reviews. The graphics are not that bad, the playability is solid, and the selection of wrestlers is amazing. I was a huge wrestling fan in the early to mid 80's...Andre the Giant, George the Animal Steele, Mil Mascaras, Ivan Koloff, One Man Gang, etc.. This game has them all and many more. Yes Andre being choke slammed by Ricky Steamboat is unrealistic, but it is just a game. Younger wrestling fans may not appreciate this game, but for those who grew up watching wrestling in the 80's...this game is for you.
okay for little kids first of all, i got the game on discount for $2 at Toys R'Us and was kind of excited because it had my favorite wrestler of all time, British Bulldog.
but what they don't tell you is that Bulldog and about a dozen or so other wrestlers are locked, which sucks.
secondly, the game gets real old real fast. it's not like boxing games, which are all different, here, some wrestlers have one type of attack mode, like one guy will only kick and that's it.
the game gets real old with that. also, even on easy mode, it's freaking hard. you'll have a guy and you're whopping him, and then he hits you once, and your stunned and have to press the X button to come back. my whole hand and thumb were hurting after playing.
i was getting so mad that i actually traded the game away. i didn't even have the game for 24 hours, that's how much i hated the game and how much it bothered me.
the best thing and the only awsome thing about it was the ring intros, i wish Fight Night would take a look at the ring intros here for their boxing game.
anyway, for little kids, it's okay. but for older kids of wrestling, the game isn't that good. i've played better wrestling games.
BAD 1. I'm a huge wrestling fan. 2. I hate this game. The graphics are bad. The moves are the same for every player. I don't get how to do specials. The campaign mode and the amount of players are the only good parts. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME! DON'T EVEN RENT IT! That's all I can say.
..a shame As a wrestling fan for 15+ years, this game has some MAJOR issues which make it exceptionally annoying. In particular: - There is no button to change your wrestlers focus to someone else. It is inexcuseable that they forgot this. Your wrestler automatically directs his attention to the last person who attacked him. So.. say you're in a tag bout, you get too close to your opponents tag-team partner and he hits you. Next thing you know, your back is turned to the legal man in the ring, and you pretty much have to let him grab/hit you from behind in order to redirect your focus and continue your offense. Even better- it's a triple threat match, or 3-team tag match, and you cant turn around to break the pin/submission because your man is still looking at an opponents stationary tag-team partner, standing on the ring apron, who you were just brawling with on the floor for a while. I have been playing the game for 3 weeks now- and unless it is a singles bout, I know I am in for more hair pulling as a result of this. Don't even get me started on what happens when your opponent has a "run-in" from a third party during a match. - The gambling system is the most ridiculous concept for a wrestling game I have EVER seen. You win green coins for winning matches, then gamble them for other coloured coins which can be used to buy new arenas, wrestlers, abilities ect.. What a joke- this was supposed to be a WRESTLING game, not a b-grade casino wannabe. I'll tolerate this game, because I have yet to see a better wrestling game for the X-box (which doesnt say much). - Some parts of the game are too unrealistic. Watching Eddie Guerrero powerbomb Andre the Giant is a good example of this. Also- watching a wrestler lift his opponent up on the top turnbuckle for a superplex/other move from the top rope- within 10 seconds of game play also makes me go "hmmm..". Also- I have YET to see the PC opponent follow-up from an irish-whip to the ropes. They throw you, you rebound.. and they walk right in to you. Wash, rinse, repeat. Just once I'd like to see my computer opponent pull off a drop-kick, or even a backdrop. - WHY IS THERE NO COUNT-OUT FOR THIS GAME?!?! There should be an option to turn count-outs on/off. Right now you could sleep on the floor and the ref couldnt care less. - What is the point in knocking down the ref to cheat.. when there is no DQ anyway? You can walk in the ring with a chair or a bat, and the ref doesnt do a thing, so the whole concept of knocking out the ref to cheat seems redundant. If anything, he/she does little but get in the way. I still say the best wrestling game of all time was NWO-WCW revenge for the N-64. Just my 5 cents worth..
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