Competition in sports games will always bring out the best in sports video games. At the time, the fight they had nfl 2k and Madden They were to the death, also FIFA with Pro Evolution (today eFootball). We would like to think that, with AEW Fight Foreverthe same thing will happen, but it is seen that there is a difference in budgets and developments.
Yukes, has a lot of experience making wrestling and mixed martial arts games, but they also got out of the market for a reason. They lost a lot of experience and touch with which they made the SmackDown! But it’s not just that they stopped making titles of this kind, it’s also seen that they limited themselves in what they could do and because of that, AEW Fight Forever It remained like this.
Sure, there are very salvageable, worthy and very fun things to enjoy in this wrestling game dedicated to a certainly young and very successful promotion, but it must also be admitted that they still have a long time to be in the same leagues as their more direct competition.
AEW… Will it make you fight forever?
Slightly outdated arcade mechanics
AEW Fight Forever It is sold as an arcade game, not a simulator. Now does it do well as an unrealistic game? The answer is “more or less”. Why do we say this? It’s simple. Arcade games focus more on animations than on the physics of the characters. That means that you must know how to measure a box of blows, distances and so on.
While playing the game, you realize that the walking of the fighters can certainly be slow, even a little clumsy. Once you understand how the game mechanics work, you understand what the game is about and how it should be played. It has a bit of attacks to make combos and grabs to make keys.
You can perform counterlocks and have a certainly nimble flow of combat. Come on, there is everything that should be in a wrestling game, however, the execution of all these sections is what ends up punishing the game experience to the point that it is not the best or feels “clumsy”.
Also, not all execution is bad. If you use Orange Cassidy, you’re going to move like this wrestler who puts his hands in his pockets and does spectacular moves. With Jon Moxley you will be a very aggressive fighter or with Penta you will be able to say Zero Fear to the public. that does good AEW Fight Foreverit takes you well into the experience of this wrestling company.
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A good lineup of fighters, but with very poor entries
Wrestling, especially that of the United States, is a product for television and that is why the wrestlers have spectacular entrances with lights, fireworks and both original and licensed music. Unfortunately, AEW Fight Forever It does not give as much space to this section. It even makes me think that the old arcade WWF Wrestlefest gave more emphasis to this section.
Yes, we have a pre-rendered animation of Jon Moxley getting into the opposite side of the ring entrance and with a little bit of “Wild Thing” and a little bit of Orange Cassidy with some generic music (No Where is my mind or Jane). This moment is so ephemeral, that it really remains in debt. (Don’t discount that there was no budget to do more.
On the other hand, there is a bit of everything. The lineup of fighters is certainly good because we have Hikaru Shida, Thunder Rosa, Britt Baker, and more. Now, the vast number of fighters allows you to relive or even create moments that have not yet occurred in the company of Tony Khan. For example, maybe it will be in this video game where Kenny Omega and CM Punk fight.
It also remains to be seen how much can happen with the character update, because we already know that more are coming and that we will have DLC that perhaps some users will adopt and others will not. It would even be great if the Collision arena was added so that now you could relive all the programming of this company.
The modes will keep you playing for a long time.
The experience that we see behind the PPVs and the different AEW programs is carried out in a very special way through the modes available in AEW Fight Forever. Yes, it is logical, but it is normal to see that these ideas are not well executed. At least in this video game they are and we must applaud it.
You can have regular tag team matches, arenas, one-on-one fights and the entertaining, ridiculous and always botched deathmatch which involves barbed wire, explosives and all kinds of dangerous objects that can cause the characters in the game to bleed quite a bit. exaggerated, however, that is the goal of this mode.
Now, there is indeed a story mode where you can take a wrestler through the short story behind the life of All Elite Wrestling from its humble beginnings at the Double or Nothing event. From there you go on to the Dynamite, Rampage and other shows while you’re on tour on the East coast of the American Union. Your fighter has several parameters to improve through a skill tree.
This story mode is really entertaining and helps you get the most out of the whole game. Sure, the narratives are poor and maybe a little bland. We are not even during the combats there are comments from Jim Ross, Excalibur, Taz or Tony Schiavone who are the voices of the company. The way the experience is dressed is good, but that’s it.
There is Fan Service but it also falls short in its proposal
We have to be honest, the most dedicated follower of professional wrestling searches in AEW Fight Forever fanservice. How is that? Well, that the fighters have those characteristics that they see week after week on television. Violent combat, funny moments and a lot of emotion. In a way, the game succeeds.
Sometimes the combat mechanics feel very good and then, due to an animation error and then a physics, well, they already become a disaster. It is difficult to simulate wrestling in a video game, but behind such simplicity is that it is possible to entertain yourself. Fans are going to feel like they deserve something more, although to be honest, this is about as far as it goes.
The detail that AEW Fight Forever it has hand-drawn animations, which don’t translate into it’s going to work. Also the designs of the fighters sometimes look certainly poor. It seems that Yuke’s is having a hard time doing anything else or, having the game on so many consoles causes the visual quality to suffer.
Perhaps at this point in life, where consoles offer more decent gaming experiences, gamers expect a lot more from any kind of offering, no matter if they are AAA (budget-wise) or not. This first attempt at AEW is not bad, but it is far from wonderful and it will surely be a disposable memory for more than one player.
Should you buy AEW Fight Forever?
Kenny Omega is one of the most gamers professional wrestlers in history. Not only do you see him in commercials for items like headphones, he’s also going to be featured in video reviews of titles like Final Fantasy XVI. Come on, seeing him playing Street Fighter at E3 makes you understand that this is something he likes and getting involved in this Yuke’s production gave you hope that the game was going to have what you’re looking for as a fan. Then, on Twitter, he admitted that the AEW game has a lot to improve and you start to lose hope.
AEW Fight Forever it tries to return the old game mechanics of more than 20 years ago to consoles that no longer need them. This video game is entertaining, it has enough combat modes to feel part of a night with all the action that AEW offers, however, the reality is that it is a product that has a lot to improve, especially if it is going to compete with the wwe 2k games.
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We played AEW Fight Forever on PS5 with a code provided by a THQ Nordic representative in our region.
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