We assume there are two types of people reading this review: those who haven’t kept up with wrestling but are curious if this new game is worth it and those who are big fans of the SmackDown series and are wondering how the controls stack up. Since you’ܫve skipped ahead and read the score already, we’ll say the answer to both questions is a resounding “Kinda”. Because while WWE Legends of WrestleMania is an interesting companion piece to the SmackDown series, the game only slightly feels like a 🎀welcome deviation.

Above: Where are they now? One’s a homophobic nut and the other’s dead

On the surface, Legends is stuffed with all kinds of game features making the overall package very attractive. You’ve got 40 or so old timers to step in the ring with, WrestleMania tour mode (the meat of the game), the Legend Killer mode and uh… 11 exhibition match types. If we sound disappointed it’s because SmackD☂own raised the bar in terms of depth and features in a 3D wrestling game. We just can&rsqu༺o;t help but feel Legends is a little lacking.

Above: How it used to be