Legends of Wrestling II
Legends of Wrestling IIby Acclaim
Platform: PlayStation2
ESRB Rating: Everyone
ASIN: B00006JBS4
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Features:
• Over 65 of the greatest ring warriors ever
• Hulk Hogan, Andre The Giant, Rowdy Roddy Piper, and many more
• 6- and 8-man Elimination Bouts
• 15,000 Dollar Body Slam Challenge with Big John Studd
• Battle throughout the United States and the world
Amazon.com Product Description: Legends of Wrestling II features over 65 of the greatest ring warriors ever, including the icon Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Bruno Sammartino, Bret "Hitman" Hart, Sid Vicious, "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner, Jerry "the King" Lawler, and many more. There are cranium-crushing match types, such as six- and eight-man elimination bouts, cage, battle royal, ladder, plus three- and four-way dances. There is also the never-before-seen $15,000 Body Slam Challenge with Big John Studd. The all-new storyline career mode allows players to battle throughout the United States and the world for the respect of promoters and fans while fighting for the heavyweight championship of the world. There are fierce tag-team tournaments with great teams such as the Road Warriors, Steiner Brothers, British Bulldogs, Nasty Boys, Rock-n-Roll Express, and more. Signature entrances and taunts for each legendary wrestler include all-new licensed music composed by "Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart.
Customer Reviews:
No point in getting this in lieu of the amazing SD 4!, December 2, 2002
Reviewer: Eric W. from Miami, FL USA
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!!
The True Review!, December 1, 2002
Reviewer: A gamer from New York United States
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, November 30, 2002
Reviewer: Rob from New York City
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.
Why do dumb people write reviews for games that are not out, November 25, 2002
Reviewer: A gamer from New Haven, Ct United States
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.
HULK RULES!, November 17, 2002
Reviewer: KING GAMER from PORTLAND.OR
By far the best wrestling game yet! The graphics, the ease of play, its all there.
Legends never die, October 22, 2002
Reviewer: A gamer from San antonio, texas
Legends the orginal for the ps2, gamecube, and xbox was a first for Acclaim. It had good wrestlers even some of them i did not know who the heck they were. The sequel looks good and better than the first if acclaim can fix the problems that were in the first game. If the game is good that prehaps Acclaim can add current legends like Understaker, The rock, Stonecold, Shawn Michaels, Kurt Angel, Brock Lesener, and a few WCW favorites like Goldberg, STing, Ric Flair, and Booker T in a 3rd sequel.
I think Acclaim should look at THQ's WWF Smackdown! series and try to match head to head with the gameplay and storymode and match types.
Why this is great before I even set eyes on it..., October 10, 2002
Reviewer: diabetoboy from St. Louis, MO USA
Kids...wrestle as Andy Kaufman! That's right...wrestle as one of the greatest performers of our time. Andy...oh, Andy.
Acclaim has a lot of work ahead of them for this one, September 27, 2002
Reviewer: Elbert Batica from St Paul, MN United States
I can't believe another one is in the making. In comparison to other current wrestling games such as the SMACKDOWN series and the new WRESTLEMANIA series, Lengends of Wrestling (first one) does not even compare and it wasn't even close.
Let's get it out there, Legends of Wrestling proved to be a slow-paced, graphically and gameplay inferior to it's competitors. Everyone I knew hated this game and all were equally upset that so much could have been done but just wasn't.
Hopefully this one might be a step up and if it isn't, I guess we'll all know why but let's at least give Acclaim the credit that this is their first wrestling game in a while so maybe we could get a surprise. Until that day comes, we'll just have to wait.
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