10 Most Brilliantly OTT Sports Video Games Of All Time

10. Def Jam Vendetta

Wrestling may be sports entertainment, with outcomes predetermined, but that doesn't take away from the athleticism involved in the act itself; so yes, it is a sport. While admittedly, this isn't the best game in the series (sequel Def Jam: Fight for NY is better) but that was more of a brawler with more of a street fight vibe and toned down the embellishments. The concept of this game on paper sounds like a joke, but the game completely delivers. It was fun as hell, had a massive replay value and incredibly solid gameplay. What helped the game was that AKI Corporation was on board, and they helped with arguably the best wrestling game of all time - WWF No Mercy. Def Jam Vendetta took the exact same wrestling controls, style and a lot of the same animations from this game which did nothing but help it. It was like playing the older wrestling games from the N64 with a new skin, on a new generation of consoles.