Summary
WWEsuperstar Cody Rhodes recently revealed his top five video games of all time, with many classic and modern hits among his picks. The American Nightmare is currently the reigning WWE Universal Champion and one of the biggest performers in theWWE, even managing to be one of the cover stars forWWE 2K24. This was just the latest in a series of video game appearances for Cody Rhodes, who even managed to appear in bothWWE 2K23andAEW Fight Foreversimultaneously last year.
When he’s not lending his digital likeness to the latestWWE 2Ktitle, Cody Rhodes can be seen discussing his love of gaming - particularly theLegend of Zeldaseries. Rhodes has worn the Triforce on his wrestling gear, claims to replayA Link to the Pastat least once a year, and even argued withfellow WWE superstar Stone Cold Steve Austinabout the best entry in the franchise on an episode of the latter’s Broken Skull Sessionspodcast back in 2022.
Cody Rhodes recently spoke with GQ Sports to promote WWE’s upcomingSummerSlamevent, with the discussion eventually turning toward his picks for the greatest video games of all time. His number 5 choice is the hit PlayStation titleGhost of Tsushima, due to its narrative that immerses players in the history of Japan. Number 4 is theoriginalHalo: Combat Evolved, which Rhodes praises for its more streamlined gameplay. He admits that he isn’t the best virtual marksman, but he can “get that flag” when put on the back of a Warthog.
Cody Rhodes’s Top 5 Video Games
Cody Rhodes then moves on to his third top game, which is 2018’s seminalRed Dead Redemption 2. Rhodes says that he hasn’t even played the firstRed Dead Redemption, butloves Arthur Morgan’s storyand the post-Civil War American history serving as its backdrop. His number 2 pick is the originalMetal Gear Solid, which he calls a “gamechanger” that defined modern gaming when it came out on the original PlayStation in 1998.
This eventually leads to Cody Rhodes’s top video game of all time, which unsurprisingly comes fromtheLegend of Zeldaseries. More particularly, he choosesThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the franchise’s first 3D entry. Rhodes counters people who argue thatMajora’s Maskshould have the top spot by calling the 2000 sequel more of a DLC expansion toOcarina of Timethat builds on its framework. Overall, Cody Rhodes has some solid choices for the top five video games of all time, but only time will tell if his gaming skills will help him retain his WWE Universal Championship against Solo Sikoa atSummerSlamlater this week.
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