GamesRadar writes: "When THQ revealed its WWE spin-off, WWE Legends of Wrestlemania, one thing went through my mind. I know these brawlers. Hazy TV memories flooded back of the Hulkster stomping around his ring, Ultimate Warrior delivering sermons from the turn buckle and Andre the Giant, well, looking big. Very big. Back in the day there were no average Joes in trunks, no faceless pecked-up meatheads banging on about 'real wrestling'. WWE was an event run by the biggest showmen in the business and if it didn't come wrapped in a dayglo feather bower, then it had no place even being in WWE. Good times. What's great about Legends of Wrestlemania is that it takes all this on board, and more. It doesn't aim to be 'real' – it just wants to be fun. Gameplay has been stripped back to a simple four-button combo system; melee attack, grapple, Irish Whip and counter are all performed on the face buttons."
The HITC Tech team write about what they're playing this weekend, including XCOM: Enemy Unknow, Banished, and L.A. Noire.
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.
This weekend is WrestleMania XXX,and with the celebration underway Nerds on the Rocks decides to checkout the Top 7 wrestling game bearing the event's name. From the NES to the PlayStation 2, the brand has extended through generations of gaming consoles.
This should be good, because these latest wrestling games have simply lost there edge. Its like playing a role playing game!! I would like to get back into just good old fashioned casual fighting wrestlemania, like the old arcade days.
Agree?