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For old school wrestling fanatics only.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: January 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've been a wrestling fan since the mid 80's. So my interest was piqued when this game came out. I like the new generation of wrestling stars, but things have changed. Wrestling has changed from decade to decade, generation to generation. But anyway, this game is for old school fanatics only.

This game has some of the best legends of wrestling (hence the title). Andre, the Von Erichs, the Funks, JYD, King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd, Million $ Man, they're all in there. If you can recognize all those names, this game is for you. If not, you probably won't get into this as much as Smackdown!, even if this game boasts some pretty good original ideas for matches.

The graphics are pretty nice, in a cartoonish super muscular sort of way. Who was passing out the steroids? Oh, wait...anyway, the sound is ok as well. The control scheme? I liked it because it's different from Smackdown! It's based on a hold/reversal system, and you can combo moves into other moves for devastating results. Or you can counter moves, which makes it good for some strategy and less button mashing. Timing is very important in this system.

I like the cage and ladder matches, as they are new ideas. The ladder match, whatever belt you're fighting for gets lowered down after a little while, which makes things more interesting than the "beat your opponent in 30 seconds" strategy. The one thing I don't like is the difficulty to place the ladder where you want it to be. Maybe I just need more practice. The cage is escape rules; but the cage itself has a meter that you beat down and then you escape.

Over 65 wrestlers are represented in this game, and you can create your own. Myself, I was a bit disappointed that Randy Savage, Sting, and Dusty Rhodes weren't represented in this game (or at least weren't immediately playable). They all seem to have more modern moves, and I never thought I'd see Robert Gibson do the Stone Cold Stunner, complete with finger pointing. It's weird seeing some characters do a Rock Bottom, but considering a simple piledriver was the finisher to end all finishers back in the day, there needed to be an, ahem, update on all wrestlers' moves and such. Regardless, finishers are much easier to pull off, as a simple flick of the analog stick makes it happen.

All in all, this is one of those games where you either like it or don't like it. I didn't play the original Legends of Wrestling, but I do like this sequel. If you're more of a fan of the modern era, then Smackdown! is the way to do. If you have appreciation for what wrestling was before the Austin years, at least rent this game. For me, it was a pleasant surprise.

Great game but its missing some people

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: July 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is great, especially the ladder and cage matches which are my personal favorites. There are many legends here such as the obvious ones like Hulk Hogan, Roddy Piper and Andre The Giant. Some other ones are Rocky Johnson(The Rocks dad), LOD, the Nasty Boys, Tony Atlas, Bruno Samartino, the Von Erich family and Sid Viscous plus many more that I cant even remember. Although most of the legends are included, many are missing and some that are on the game shouldnt be here. Take Eddie Guerrero for example, yea hes a great wrestler but hes not a legend YET and could have easily been replaced with Shawn Michaels, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Ultimate Warrior, Mr Perfect, or Dusty Rodes. Also, for the life of me I cant figure out why they didnt include Ric Flair in this game, i mean come on, hes just as good as Hogan and has won more world titles than anyone..but besides the lack of some of the all time greats, the gameplay is awesome, theres great moves, and all sorts of matches that add to the excitement. Overall, this is one of the best wrestling games ever made and will provide many hours of entertainment. WOOOOOH!!!!!

Acclaim is STILL the KING!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

There are just some game companies you know are good, like EA Sports. Acclaim is one of them. Like EA Sports being the king of sports games, Acclaim does it for wrestling games. So what if it's only arcade style? It's still good. As long as I remember getting or wanting a wrestling game, I can never remember not getting or wanting a game made by Acclaim. Their rasslin' games are the best. The Arcade style gameplay makes it fun. So what if you have to press 3 or 4 buttons to do a finisher? It makes you work harder to finish off your opponent. Anyway, Legends 2, by MOST reveiws say that it's a good game. Those people are right. All you other [people] know that the only reason you don't like it is b/c it doesn't have current wrestlers in it. Read the title. It clearly says LEGENDS OF WRESTLING. Not current legends. Anyway, w/ the Steel Cage, 6 and 8 Men Tag, Battle Royal, and more REAL Legends, this game will become another wrestling classic.

Kool game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: May 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This games wrestlers don't even look real, they look like there all on steroids. They remind of some earlire wrestling games such as WCW vs. NWO World Tour, Wich graphics were good for there time. But if you can't change Graphic quality in 7 years your in the wrong field. Pluss it doesn't have Sting, Ric Flair, or Lex Luger. It seems as if this was made for a WWF fan. But i'm both a Wcw and WWF Fan. But feel cheated because its lack of true legends.

Better then shut your mouth

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: July 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is alot better then shut ur mouth game because the graphics,
the grappling looks like the person is realy touching the person, in shut ur mouth the wrestler fingers go right through the person. It is also better because this game has alot more wrestlers. It is pretty cool because the legends look sort of look like super man, and the hulk. (Muscle whys)Anyone who dosen't like wwe shut ur mouth should get this game.

The True Review!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 11
Date: December 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you are a TRUE Fan of wrestling and have been for at least 10 years you will love this game! It features the best of the best!
or at least 65 of the best wrestlers! Legends has a revolutionary style of gameplay for classic wrestling fans!
If you are a fan of WWE you will most likely not enjoy this game due to it being for an older audience!
Wrestling is a soap opera more than ever now and newer fans will not understand Legends! There are not wrestlers like Rock,Austin,Undertaker as well as others in the WWE becuase they are ONLY Lisenced to WWE! Which makes them unavailable to other makers except who WWE Lisences them to! ALSO The Rock and Austin and Kane ARE DEFINANTLY NOT LEGENDS!
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IF YOU ARE NOT A TRUE WRESTLING FAN!
MEANING IF YOU HAVE JUST BEGAN TO ATCH WRESTLING DURING THE Austin years!
This is a game for the older wrestling audience who appreciate wrestling rather than stories!

Great game overall

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: November 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Legends of Wrestling II is so much better than LOW1. For one thing, the gameplay is so much faster. It has over 65 wrestlers. It also has a ladder match, cage match, 6 and 8 man battle royal, a battle royal with 30 legends, 6 and 8 man tag matches, a career mode with storylines, and the best match, the $15,000 bodyslam match with Big John Studd. The Worst thing about the game is the choice of wrestlers: Why is Eddie Guererro in it? Why isn't Diesel in it? Why aren't Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon in it so you could relive the best ladder match of all time? Where are Ric Flair, Undertaker, The Ultimate Warrior, Lex Luger, Randy Savage, and Mr. Perfect? Even though you can't be those guys, you can be other great wrestlers. Like Andre the Giant, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, the Steiners, The Nasty Boys, The Von Eriches, Mr. Wonderful, Bruno Sammartino, and the best of all, Andy Kaufman. I suggest you buy this game.

Great Classic

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: July 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game has to be one of the better nostalgic wrestling games i have played. Sure Stone Cold isn't in the game but come on he is not a "Legend". The graphics are a bit rough at times, but this is a must have for an old school wrestling fan.

Why do dumb people write reviews for games that are not out

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 12
Date: November 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is no out yet but everyone thinks it great? so don't believe any of these reviews.Check the real reviews at gamespot.com when the game is out.

No point in getting this in lieu of the amazing SD 4!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: December 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you own a PS2, there's only one wrestling game out there and that's SD4. There's no excuse on the planet for anyone who owns a PS2 to purchase this title.

Yeah, LoW2 is improved from last year's...but that's not saying much at all. It's still complete trash.

I made the mistake of taking my optimism from the awesome Smackdown 4 and somehow hoping beyond hope this game would be good, too. I really thought and hoped maybe they'd make this a decent game.

It isn't.

Yes, the gameplay is a little better. But again, that' really not saying much. You're still randomly crushing buttons hoping something works. The graphics are cartoonish but decent enough. The whole thing still feels...choppy and uncertain. The logic behind the gameplay just isn't that well done. Supposedly a lot of it is based on timing, but after being spoiled by SD 4 smooth and fluid controls where you can actually get something done, this hails from the Stone Age.

The sound? Well, at least on the Xbox can you do a custom soundtrack. You'll want that, believe me! Can't do that on any other console, unfortunately. It's mostly annoying rock music that you would never spend a cent on otherwise.

The wrestling intros look and sound a lot better than the first one. That's about the biggest improvement overall.

The premise behind this series is amazing, but I guess the age old adage is still true: If it's from Acclaim, steer clear. What an unacceptable, squandered opportunity this game is. I wish Acclaim would give it up, because I just don't think they can make a really good game. Mediocrity has always been the Acclaim way.

Oh well, at least I can use SD 4's CAW and make all these guys anyway. The heck with this!

SD4 is your hook up! Holla if you hear me!!

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