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A wrestling game without any actual pro wrestlers? Technically, yes. That didn't stop Def Jam Vendetta being an absolute blast to bash your way through.

Narrowly edging out the two WWE Day of Reckoning releases, EA Sports' Def Jam Vendetta took a bunch of legendary rappers and dumped then into a pro wrestling-driven environment. With players getting to fight their way through a linear story that jumps from fight to fight to fight, the only way to be victorious over an opponent is by pinfall, submission, or KO.

Playing like WWF No Mercy with rappers, the control system is basic but brutal, with it always fun to wear down a body part before breaking a bone and making somebody tap out - and that somebody can range from Method Man, to Ludacris, to DMX, to Ghostface Killah, and even Christina Milian across a roster of 46 playable characters who all want to become the top talent of an underground fight league.

Even now, Def Jam Vendetta is one of those games that many look back on with gooey eyes and fond memories.