Interview: Paul Edwards Senior Game Designer WWE Legends of Wrestlemania

by: Nathan - posted: 3/8/2009 8:10:00 AM

THQ had their preview event for WWE Legends of Wrestlemania last week and while the event itself had plenty of surprises the biggest of them all is that the game itself doesn't do much in pushing the envelope of gameplay. The control scheme for Legends is mapped to one analog stick/directional pad and the four face buttons on both the Xbox 360 and PS3 controllers. While the gameplay is overly simplified to make the experience of reliving past matches more enjoyable the content of the game goes a long way in documenting the main events for Wrestlemanias 1-15. I sat down with Paul Edwards, Senior Game Designer, and asked him how exactly WWE Legends of Wrestlemania is different than SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 which THQ released 6 months ago.