AEW Fight Forever FULL REVIEW - Monday Night Muscle Masters!

[@MattMcMuscles]

Would really like to return to reviewing wrestling games again! Feel free to suggest any others for me to potentially take on...new or old!

[@klenk12]

Maybe wwe 2k23. I'm surprised how much I've enjoyed the revamped controls.

[@PizzaTimeGamingChannel]

Here Comes the Pain! The best of the classic Smackdown games

[@Austin-gj7zj]

WWF Attitude! It's both peak nostalgia and very bad. It's got a little something for everyone. 7/10 with rice

[@GMSpectre]

VPW2 Freem Edition

[@ActivePuck]

Submitting my vote for Wrestling Empire.

[@MrBeardsley]

It’s so weird that Matt Hardy, who’s been with AEW since March of 2020, is a preorder exclusive while Jeff Hardy, who joined AEW in March of 2022 and has so far spent 10 of his 15 months there on suspension, is in the base roster.

[@bradmyers5354]

That’s kinda the point. Who’d preorder for Jeff Hardy?

[@astuteandy]

​@@bradmyers5354Jeff Hardy has always and will always be more popular and a bigger draw than Matt Hardy. Not sure what the hell you're talking about.

[@nathanielparks1841]

​@@astuteandynah, he was pushed more. That's all. Indeed Jeff has always been the less talented brother, hence his desperation in ring and depressive drug use outside.

[@astuteandy]

@@nathanielparks1841 I didn't say anything about talent. I said he was always more popular (before he was ever pushed in singles, he was always more popular in their tag team, women literally lost their panties when he took his shirt off) and a bigger draw. You didn't address anything I said, just tried to downplay Jeff's star power with ridiculous things like his drug use. Yeah, he does drugs because he's less talented than Matt. 😂

[@timdupill9839]

"What a mark!" The classic

[@cornchipz]

Thanks to the OSW boys for teaching me about that amazing segment

[@OSW]

From this moment on... this will be the moment… starting now… of the Genesis… of McMuscles

[@robr640]

Mcgillamuscles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lampini]

What’re you going swimming?

[@lampini]

What’re you going swimming?

[@OSW]

@@lampini it means flute! _Seinfeld bass plays_

[@TheScrabbleKing]

Can of Coke for everything about this

[@Phoenixcaptain46]

Cody Rhodes gets to join Bret Hart in the two wrestling games in a few months club. Hart was in WWF Warzone and WCW/NWO Revenge which came out in July and October of 98.

[@brettriverboat9920]

Yawn, yes we know you absolute Mark, this was said numerous times over the last month.

[@WalkingCowboy]

Yep, and British Bulldog have the same treatment along with Bret

[@AmariieMaerthos]

@@brettriverboat9920 Wow, fuck all the way off with that shit

[@redherronrecords]

I still know how to do the stunner in warzone and i am unreasonably proud of that 😋

[@arjuken8]

Taz is in ECW and WWF games in a same year. Jericho too I think. There's more fore sure if someone wants to dig up from the periods where all three companies were publishing games and wrestlers juped ship from one to another. Cody is really no exception here

[@theprince09]

You mention the DLC pricing. The packs are two wrestlers and two mini-games for $12 or the season pass of 3 packs (6 wrestlers and only 4 mini games announced so far) for $30. Not sure about that pricing tho compared to WWE which is $40 for 25 WRESTLERS. Wild comparison

[@WalkingCowboy]

Yeah, it's shocking the price choosing, $6 USD per character is like buying a DLC character from fighting games rather than wrestling games xD But I hope at some point they may add free characters too

[@RON_FBG]

Agreed! The season pass should be $15 at the most. Fair price point for what's given. If the season pass also added a match type, 30+ caw pieces, 20+ moves then the $30 would be more reasonable

[@bobafett4265]

@@WalkingCowboy true like maybe add that Pre Order only character as a freebie would be a good way of doing so, especially if AEW sells well.

[@Unotuchable]

Cody Rhodes isn't actually the first wrestler to be in games for two different promotions as Bret Hart managed that back in 1998 by being in WWF War Zone and WCW/nWo Revenge because War Zone had also been delayed.

[@MatthewSmith-nc3vg]

They should have done Captain Insano for pre order

[@punklover99]

Definitely needs to be dlc

[@KingBookerT1987]

I think people forget how in depth No Mercy. The wrestlers would fatigue through out the match by walking slower and holding damaged body parts. No games replicate that.

[@kidcudi908]

I don’t watch AEW but I’m definitely going to have to grab this, no mercy and wrestlemania 2000 were my favorite games as a kid, I have to relive that

[@TheSuckoShow]

Same here. I don't think I've watched a single AEW match in full since Cody vs. Dustin, but I had to get this game on day one.

[@kidcudi908]

@@BoondockGore 😂 I’m in the same boat

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

The fact you can choose to *lose* matches for story is brilliant.

[@cloudlifesmiley]

Yea it's nice you don't have to win every match. My first run I was dominating everyone but my second run I decided to build more of a midcarder and wrestled mostly on Dark and just used him as enhancement talent to pad some wins for the bigger AEW names.

[@malikevans2615]

​@@cloudlifesmileythat's stupid imo

[@Muddyres]

@@malikevans2615ut they have that choice. Could you do the same thing in 2k?

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

@@malikevans2615 Cool nobody asked.

[@malikevans2615]

@@bazzfromthebackground3696 then why are you answering? Fuck off

[@royb5820]

You should definitely cover more pro wrestling games, it would be cool if you made it a regular thing

[@emobassist]

Pretty sure Matt is a wrestling fan anyways as hes always using wrestling terms like push face or heel lol

[@JambleBramble]

If you don't know, 616Entertainment covers a ton of them

[@emobassist]

@@JambleBramble yesss i watch Ian all the time one of my favorite channels

[@James-gj8rn]

I really want to try this despite not knowing much about AEW because it's a Yuke's wrestling game again (i grew up with Smackdown VS Raw 2004, it's nostalgic for me, i loved that game so much) I'm curious to see what a new wrestling game from them is like

[@Robyamdam]

I find video games are the perfect way to jump into a new franchise, that's what warhammer does

[@James-gj8rn]

@@Robyamdam yeah funny story: i actually was introduced to Warhammer with Warhammer 40K Boltgun

[@WalkingCowboy]

As advice, the gameplay mechanics are actually based on the WWF games from Nintendo 64 instead of the Smackdown vs Raw series so it takes time to adapt, and also since the game was made without motion capture nor face scan the wrestler models can be questionable, but still looks like a solid game with hopes of adding more stuff in the future.

[@bricktop.]

Mate I stopped watching wrestling in 2001. I know f*ck all about any of it, but this game is FUN I promise you. Took me right back to those N64 days

[@heyyoitsmebrian]

This is exactly how i started watching football. I had no idea what was going on on tv, what the rules were, etc. I started playing my roommates copy of Madden 2009 and through the game I figured out how football works.

[@MM111093]

Matt I just want to say I love your channel and watching or rewatching your videos is a comforting for me when I feel down. It's great to see you now getting the chance to do these kind of reviews along with your other content and its a testament to all the hard work you've done building it up.

[@GleeChan]

I was waiting to see what people's reaction to this was. When they changed the fighting system in the 2000+ games, it ruined it for me. I loved those Smackdown games so much (Here Comes the Pain was my favorite) so when I heard AEW was going to a system similar I've been waiting to see if this is what I wanted.

[@MrSTVR]

I didn't even know AEW existed before this, so the game is definitely pulling its weight as a promotional merchandise item.

[@potatabit]

where have you been?

[@phoenixlich]

Same. No idea what AEW is. Reminds me of when they tried to make a new american football league that went nowhere.

[@Alamoe1]

​​@@phoenixlichent nowhere? Aew just sold 68,000 tickets to wembley stadium, and they have yet to even announce matches lol. Yall must not be pro wrestling fans, and if you are... Youre most likely a wwe mark pretending you don't know and trying to bash aew 😂

[@brettriverboat9920]

Stop lying over KZbin, pathetic

[@WalkingCowboy]

That's a very good signal, but yeah, AEW actually was created 4 years ago and it has been an amazing roller coaster with their shows and PPVs, it can't compete with WWE's massive publicity and global reach but it's a very solid alternative

[@BrightRai]

I would love more wrestling related content from you in general, I love your takes on it so much. As for Fight Forever, I pretty much have the same gripes with it as you did. The lack of some prominent wrestlers that should definitely already be on the roster, and the creation suite mostly (did you know you can't have brown eyes, just like a light red? Wack) But as you also said, I can easily forgive most of that because the game itself is just a lot of fun to play. Picked it up and learned it right off the bat, and can't wait to have friends over to play against, old-school couch style. Here's hoping to more support from it in the future!

[@Kaldin0203]

Yeah, the gripes with the creation suite are the biggest by far for me, it's just very primitive...well, I can forgive it because the game is great and it's the first on a wholly new engine, so they had to focus their stuff elsewhere first of course. Just would've wished at least some function to put images(that are in-game already at least) on the clothes, some simple geometrich forms would've gone a long way to more uniqueness there already.

[@WalkingCowboy]

Hoping that at some point they will add some free characters to balance the paid ones, because it's extremely weird how there are music and announcements for The Acclaimed, Top Flight or the Ass Boys but they aren't in the game

[@gatorbreath]

I’m pretty sure Bret Hart in WWF Warzone was a similar situation to Cody in FF. Left the company after agreeing to be in the game so he was still included in Warzone even after debuting in WCW

[@weeseet]

I've never watched a single rasslin match, but I find wrestling content so fascinating for some reason. All the behind-the-scenes stuff is way more interesting than the actual matches to me.

[@popetaytv]

Its a weird carny business lol

[@CGB_Crash]

I highly recommend OSW Review and/or Wrestling Bios for more on that.

[@TheRedeyeriko]

Wtf really if you don't watch wrestling then don't watch anything that has to do with it

[@AirLancer]

@@TheRedeyeriko lol quit gatekeeping.

[@jamesbryan558]

Honestly even most wrestling fans will tell you the same thing lmao. Especially aew.

[@irkalla100]

A responsive control scheme?! In a wrestling game?? That makes me extremely happy!

[@michiganjack1337]

Crazy it's only been 3 years, and people act like this is the Star Citizen of wrasslin' games.

[@MattMcMuscles]

Yeah, it's really not. Development started RIGHT before Covid as well.

[@WalkingCowboy]

That comment mostly came from AEW haters

[@seanchan4478]

Man, I seriously need a new Saturday night slam masters. Btw That elite announcement trailer, where everyone dressed up as Steve Jobs was freaking awesome

[@ODGtheToyman1974]

Exactly. Can you imagine a 3d Saturday night slam masters with all of Capcom wrestling related characters with their flashy over the top finishers? Man I've been dreaming about the day this happens.

[@plainblackhatyt]

That MJF pickle line is probably the best gift pro wrestling has given me in 30 years.

[@joeconti2396]

He isn't lying. After Kaylin and Kaylin announced MJF pickles I actually ordered them and they are GOOD as hell. Waiting for them to stock back up actually

[@alwaysxnever]

I hope Fight Forever is supported for at least the next 3 years. So much dlc to come. No trios option is a bummer.

[@vsandhu84]

it was designed as a game to be added to with season passes and content drops going forward. THQ has confirmed they have a roadmap of stuff to add - Stadium stampede is going to be dropping as leaked.

[@trey1218]

​@@vsandhu84yikes

[@Zenlore6499]

Hearing “No Mercy” without “Expect” preceding it is, well… unexpected.

[@Tripas350]

"I have SEEN the amateur and it is YOU!"

[@crescentfresh8001]

It's painfully light on content for the price, but I'll say this much: I'm very excited for the follow-up game in a year or two. The more arcadey fun wrestling games, the better. Also, I don't know jack shit about AEW other than the WWE/WCW expatriates, but I'm already a fan of Orange Cassidy, lol

[@StanNotSoSaint]

Everybody are 👌

[@MrRjh63]

i have heard that they arent going for the yearly release model but more of a build on model for their games.

[@SnipingIsFun]

​@@MrRjh63They will build on this and release sequels every couple of years. My guess is a sequel will be out in 2025-2026 with 3-5 seasons of DLC before then.

[@venomcvlt7469]

Online is good but there needs to be a loss added to your record if you quit the game when your getting beaten, too many people leave just as your about to pin after using a finisher

[@shaneventuri4305]

That fucking intro is a masterpiece

[@d_ruggs]

I think their next game will really be something special, now that all the leg work is done with animations and modeling. excited to see where it goes

[@user-py6sy4zm1v]

They are not realeasing a new game they are updating this one much like a game as service does periodic updates.

[@DWMCrasher98]

No new game, just updates for the next few years

[@mackado]

I think extending the life of the game with good, well priced DLC like City Skylines is a more ethical way of selling sports games than 2k model of sports games with roster changes and little else every year for full price.

[@ArrogantNinjaStudios]

I grabbed it on release day and honestly, this is probably the most accurate review I've seen. I just finished the career mode and I have every intention of running through that again soon. It's genuinely a fun a game. For the first game by a new wrestling company? It's so good. Compare this to let's say TNA's attempt.

[@kabardino1337]

TNAflix?

[@Kaldin0203]

In all honesty, TNA's attempt didn't have the legends of Yuke's work on it. And it still was good in it's own right imho, the reversal system it had is in my honest opinion still the best.

[@Edboy2k22]

People give the TNA game a lot of hate even though it's the same engine used for WWE All Stars

[@malikevans2615]

This game and the tna game are one in the same. Limited and good for a day or two

[@CGJUGO80]

Thumbs up just for calling CM Punkass "Punky Brewster". You are the man McMuscles.

[@atibamorales9380]

Jericho has a record similar to Cody Rhodes he was in WCW Mayhem and then WWF WrestleMania 2000 a month later. Raven also was in WCW Mayhem and then a four months later in ECW Hardcore Revolution.

[@Jesseface94]

I love MJF's random reaction to Aldi pickles 🤣

[@doboyx2]

No hate towards this game, its fun for what it is. I see the inspiration of the AKI games, but it doesn't play like one. Way more sloppy and all over the place in comparison to those old AKI N64 titles. Those games may have had their fair share of chaos in the ring as well, but it just felt right. The gameplay was SO much tighter and fluid. It just goes to show how great AKI was at their craft back then when it came to developing good wrestling games. Thats why the Def Jam games will always be the true spiritual successors in my book. Good video Matt!

[@dylanmcfarling2033]

Ah a Hookhausen fan. A man of taste.

[@fearhunger3983]

Might actually have to get this. Haven't played WWE games since PS2 days apart from briefly trying the newer ones at my brother's place and being left confused. Great review!

[@ArmorKing1889]

No way, The Acclaimed aren't in the base game? Gonna make them Season 2 Pre-Order Only DLC or something?

[@palecurve]

Apparently they've been confirmed as DLC at some point.

[@40088922]

5:00 I don't know about time-frames, but RVD was in SVR2011 (released in 2010) while working for TNA. not a 1:1 situation, but close enough to not be unheard of

[@gamerbear84]

The question wasn't about being in a different company at the time of a game's release, but appearing in different companies' games.

[@DBul3000]

It happened with Bret Hart. He was in WCW and he appeared in the latest WWF game and WCW game that came out around the same time

[@Icy-nee-san]

Hoping they add more outfit/bodytypes/faces for CAWs. Thats the main draw for wrestling games for me. Until then its a pass for me.

[@demolitionworm]

Valid criticism. I got it and was really disappointed by the lack assets for CAWs. Hope they No Man Sky this

[@smittywjmj]

I'm not entirely sold on the story mode either. While a more grounded story is fine for people who want to live the life vicariously, the off-the-wall and 100% kayfabe wackiness in 2K19 and especially 2K20 instantly became my favorite parts of those games, and the CAWs I made for those stories have persisted in my CAW stable in the later titles too. 2K20 went so far as to have unique entrance/victory/tag animations for the story characters, and I even appreciate seeing some of the fictional characters like Barron Blade and Cole Quinn when they reappear.

[@demolitionworm]

@@smittywjmj Agreed. Both games however kind of fail at recreating the games they base themselves off of (Here comes the Pain/No Mercy). So there's definitely room to grow for both. However, for the time being Fight Forever is just the side piece. Baron Blade Rulez

[@jwnj9716]

PLAY FOREVER! *clap clap clap* PLAY FOREVER! *clap clap clap* PLAY FOR-- no wait, wth. I bought other games to play as well.

[@registereduser]

I can’t unsee Johnny Swinger when I look at your character. It’s the facial hair/glasses/headwear combo.

[@patrickmcguire451]

Sounds like wait till I get to use copy with all the DLC for like 30 bucks

[@blakemcneilly9500]

I’m really hoping we get an ROH Pack DLC. Would be a great addition to the roster as well as the belts and arenas.

[@linksbetweendrinks7032]

I only needed the first seven seconds. Oh, baby. I was all, what's Matt's version of this legendary intro going to look like? He's going to do it right, right? Did not disappoint.

[@RON_FBG]

It really is nice to play a wrestling game that actually has smooth gameplay. They could tweak pinfalls to make them .3 seconds slower per count, just to give tag matches more longevity since pinfalls are easily attained since it doesn't take much damage to keep their tag partner at bay in order to get the 1 2 3

[@matthewurban7031]

I'm not gonna lie, this game does look incredibly fun for the most part.

[@alex-mihaimatei8597]

That intro refferencing saturday night slammasters hands down the best. ;)

[@christopherdoheny9250]

Can't wait till Virtual Basements game to come out, that legitimately excites me.

[@haloichigo1]

The only sad part is that it took so long to make that the roster, factions and wrestler gimmicks are a bit different now so the game is about a year or so behind current AEW. Thank goodness for DLCs to some of the missed sign ups and stipulation matches. Hopefully Wembley will be an option for Fight Forever 2 and Forbidden Door with some New Japan Talent.

[@runelateralus9265]

It nice to see wrestling game that looks fun to play vs making different wrestlers and have the cpu fight itself (which is what happens when I see a lot of people do with the recent WWE games). Not meaning to fully knock the WWE games, but I enjoyed the arcade style more than the simulation style.

[@redrum623az]

5:25 ON GAWD I THOUGHT MY 📞 WAS BUFFERING 😂😂😂 good sh¡t dawg lol

[@Unotuchable]

I agree with your main criticism in that there just isn't enough content but that the gameplay itself is very fun. Tony Khan has talked about wanting to support it for years though and that Stadium Stampede battle royale mode could be very fun.

[@cristianlopez4509]

“He’s fat!” Poor Joe lmao

[@RomnysGonzalez]

This game is so freaking fun man. The gameplay is so fantastic, but everything else's is middle of the road, but a ton of potential to get better with updates. The bones are pretty good and strong. This is a strong 7/10 game and i love it fod it.

[@RandomEye1131]

Yeah, more wrestling game reviews. Wrestling games fucking rule.

[@ozzy_vxx]

Hey man been coming back watching videos on KZbin again lol hopefully you’d read this but I was thinking maybe you could do What Happen about The Callisto Protocol (maybe it’s to early?)

[@adamstevens4445]

When Scott Steiner popped up I lost it 😂

[@captkrisma]

Issues with online play? Well...ranked has no disconnect penalty and you don't win in a disconnect.

[@heyyoitsmebrian]

I like the game but it BADLY needs an adjustment. I played a fatal 4 way for the aew title and the match ended in 1 minute 30 seconds. Hangman hit Miro with a powerbomb and covered him, i couldn't break it up and that was that. How do u get pinned 1 minute into a fatal 4 way? I shouldn't even have to break up the pin.

[@TheTheknightofblack]

I miss the PS2 Smackdown games where you could have men and women fight each other! During full CPU battles, the women would dominate the men ALL THE TIME. Poor Brock Lesnar

[@MattMcMuscles]

Fortunately you can do that in this game.

[@lieftheshinigami]

First impressions on this from watching your video immediately reminded me of WCW VS NWO: World Tour on N64. Just the way the spirit bar works and stuff immediately brought me back. I haven't played a wrestling game in years, but I might actually give this one a try.

[@jamarcusshaw1208]

My honest review I keep error codes every time I try to play Road To elite with my CAW why is that

[@jamarcusshaw1208]

The game got hella potential be a great game I love playing it

[@punklover99]

Hold the phone, how can we actually get Matt to be all elite

[@StanNotSoSaint]

He better ask his All Elite buddy Justin Wong

[@Actionhank7]

You know they say that all men are created equal, but you look at me and you look at Samoa Joe and you can see that statement is not true. See, normally if you go one on one with another wrestler, you got a 50/50 chance of winning. But I'm a genetic freak and I'm not normal! So you got a 25%, AT BEST, at beat me. Then you add Kurt Angle to the mix, your chances of winning drastic go down. See the 3 way at Sacrifice, you got a 33 1/3 chance of winning, but I, I got a 66 and 2/3 chance of winning, because Kurt Angle KNOWS he can't beat me and he's not even gonna try! So Samoa Joe, you take your 33 1/3 chance, minus my 25% chance and you got an 8 1/3 chance of winning at Sacrifice. But then you take my 75% chance of winning, if we was to go one on one, and then add 66 2/3 per cents, I got 141 2/3 chance of winning at Sacrifice. See Joe, the numbers don't lie, and they spell disaster for you at Sacrifice.

[@IWillScoop]

Great review. I still think it's a bit pricey for what it is but I'll definitely pick it up when it hits the ~$40 mark during a sale.

[@PersianGamer36]

agree my man I will 100% be purchasing it when they lower the price point

[@kabardino1337]

What a mark

[@RGF91]

same here

[@artofchang]

Yeah, you're better off waiting for a sale or waiting until way more content is added. I bought the game on release and though the gameplay is really fun and enjoyable, everything else about the game is lackluster. It just all seems so limited given what games are capable of nowadays. Even lower budget games. I just wished that they didn't stick with trying to be No Mercy in nearly every aspect of the game.

[@puffdutchtwo]

@@artofchangno mercy had way more even then… AEW is fun but bare bones af for now

[@kmart2099]

Wasn't the first dlc pack announced at two characters and two mini games for like $10?

[@CHRISPYakaKON]

When we getting a What Happened episode of TNA/Impact? 😩

[@MattMcMuscles]

I need to wait until they finally go out of business!

[@jdizzlef83]

​@MattMcMuscles considering where they started, peaked and where they are now - I'd say there's enough content to make that vid now

[@dugger0]

I feel like people are missing one of the biggest influences on this game. The story mode is basically a better version of MDickie's WR3D story mode

[@MatthewSmith-nc3vg]

I don't understand why they didn't put some of the match types fans have been wanting in WWE games. Like Guest referee. I thought Yukes was looking to get back into wrestling before AEW was started

[@MattMcMuscles]

You are confusing Yukes and AKI. AKI turned into Syn Sophia, and they haven't touched wrestling since 2004, and as far as I know, has shown no interest in returning to it. As stated in the video, nobody that worked on old wrestling games is still with the company.

[@chrisr__]

Matt McMuscles video with Wrestlers on stage, and Yipes and Rynge in the background. You don't get much more FGC than that.

[@Aragorn7884]

It's obvious that 'The Acclaimed' will be future DLC. They're too over.

[@ryanmussell739]

4:29 promo is great. The poor guy the camera showed after.

[@TheSuckoShow]

I can accept that a lot of modes and match types are still in the works, but the CAW really is just straight up lacking. I couldn't even find any cowboy boots for my guy's street wear. They even have a cowboy HAT, but no boots? C'mon now.

[@hurricanekicka]

Dude...Wrestling Bios is a god amoung men

[@B.-T.]

That sure is a lot of Fire Pro Wrestling match music playing in the background there. 👍

[@BrianAwesome]

@MattMcMuscles, Are Paul Wight, Taz, and Saraya Paige going to be in Fight Forever ? 🤔

[@TheKizly]

The farty Pyro is unlockable in the game.

[@reverendmary7237]

This looks fun. What I would give, though, for Firepro Wrestling on the Switch...

[@yy-oi6kj]

thumbnail got me acting up

[@DiegoLopez-fo7rc]

Saturday night slam masters intro for the W! 🔥

[@JOBdOut]

Online on pc has been a total nightmare of sync issues. Unplayable. Been sticking to replaying RTE with different wrestlers

[@paluxyl.8682]

Not sure , how I think about this game .... I'm glad that we get finally something new , but on the other side it looks to simple to me. I have seen over 30 videos about AEW Fight Forever and most are too positive. The matches are in my opinon too short (most of the time even under 5 minutes) , the attacks does not looks impactful because the opponents get up too fast , the roster is way too small , in the battle royal are only 4 wrestlers (that makes it so easy to win this mode) , the blood disapears after a while , it's impossible to destroy the opponent that he/she is no more able to walk , the matches looks with not enough drama , it's too easy to win a ladder match , ... and the lack of many match types. Positive is : - that male can fight against females - that female wrestlers can bleed - a wrestler can own all titles and carry them while the entrance - the amount of blood - finally a wrestling game that is not a WWE game - win and loss statics while entrances To be honest , I was never a big fan of arcade like wrestling game , that the reason why I would give the AEW game 5 of 10 points. That is not bad because I would give even WWE 2K23 just 6 of 10 points because it's far from what I want to see in a good wrestling game.

[@thegrandxbunny2073]

Every time Matt says "No Mercy," I keep expecting to see the ameteur that is you.

[@DrakoDragonis]

''I used to love video games! Then I lost my virginity!'' Ha that got a laugh out of me :P

[@youngcity4241]

The gameplay reminds me of the Aki games but def can clean up a few things and we should be able to go to ropes in a submission

[@punishedbung4902]

Is Sans from Undertale going to be on the guest DLC roster?

[@justmaskdoeswrestling7454]

I’m still waiting for a more fleshed out version of 2k17’s career mode

[@JohnnyStorm86]

It is like the like the oldscool wrestling games on N64 & Gamecube

[@darrylefurlow]

Great Review, I don't agree with the full price. $40 at best I mean there's a $30 season pass. I would like to see 6 players or 8 in matches but no way like triple threat tornado tag team ladder matches except for my brother and I

[@WalkingCowboy]

For the moment the "cheaper" way is getting the Elite Edition of the game, it's like buying base game plus $20 season pass

[@darrylefurlow]

@@WalkingCowboy I didn't want to turn my comment into a rant but most people would agree that the WWE games are not deserving the $60 price tag and yet AEW with less content is because it's new. How about this scenario, If an inspiration GoldenEye came out I would give it $40. Matt had released a game so he knows the hiccups in making one so he probably wasn't as hard on AEW.

[@WalkingCowboy]

@@georgeh4171 I can only think it's because bringing 6 wrestlers with their respective AI response has a complex development, even I remember that Smackdown Just Bring It brought 8 men simultaneously but that was removed until 16 years later with WWE 2K18

[@GhostNappa2k10]

Think my big issue is it has a solid foundation, but it is so obviously unfinished. And the datamined battle pass in the weird battle royale mode rings alarm bells.

[@TakumiJoyconBoyz]

I don't really watch wrestling anymore and the more recent wrestling games all kinda looked like they sucked to me so I'm really glad to see something like this that hearkens back to the older style of games.

[@professornotoAmbition]

Loving the game so far. Not enjoying road to elite at all as none of it seems to lead up to anything. Turn on my partner. No payoff matches etc. if they continue to add options and details to the whole game over time I think it’ll be great

[@z0m813]

I read somewhere that this was supposed to be a one and done for them and just adding updates but you know as well as I do the updates will not be free lol

[@irighterotica]

I didn't know Kenny Omega was a producer. He's the man.

[@jackjones3973]

The control is a bit awkward at first, so I had to tweak it a bit to be more in line with the PSX Smackdown game since that was the game which control scheme I'm most comfortable with. Other than that, it's just a fun pick-up-and-play wrestling game. I agree with most comments here, with barebone content maybe it's not worth full price, especially with many roster members are to be added with dlc. Hopefully more contents are added down the line.

[@TheGamerFriends]

Addictive is an understatement I called out of work just to play this game! 😂

[@thomaspalazzolo5902]

For real authenticity, William Regal should've interupted your review a few times to tell me how KZbin works.

[@andrewglidewell2699]

Much like the company this game is based on, it’s far too reliant on 90s nostalgia at times.

[@marioreyes7971]

Both Bret Heart & Chris Jericho have been in both WWF & WCW games at the same time due to development times!