All Elite Wrestling: Fight Forever

Worth PlayingCody Medellin

7.5/10

AEW: Fight Forever combines nostalgic, arcade-wrestler feel with innovative AEW finishers and tandem offense moves!

Impulse GamerGareth Newnham

AEW: Fight Forever is an odd beast. Both nostalgic and brand-spanking new at the same time. In other words, it has a serious case of the Yoka Laylees.

There’s room for improvement, and it’ll be interesting to see how that takes shape, given that they’ve said the plan is not for annual sports game style releases, but instead iterative development over many years. Maybe adding in a cage match, smoothing out some of the games’ slightly rougher animations, even if they are hand-drawn, and adding commentary would be good for a start. Yes, I know, I’m asking for them to add in even more DLC, but it seems like that’s what they actively want to do here, and it might just be the right approach for the challenger brand.

GamereactorJohan Vahlström

6/10

I have mixed feelings about AEW: Fight Forever. It's really fun to play and it's top-notch arcade wrestling when everything works in the ring, but unfortunately that doesn't always mean it's not pretty devoid of content. The best description I can give is probably the match between Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega in the aforementioned Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match. The base is damn interesting and special, but in the end it's just a sparkler and not a big explosion. But even sparklers have their entertainment value.

Try Hard GuidesErik Hodges

6/10

AEW: Fight Forever is undeniably a unique and unconventional game. The game’s charm lies in its distinctiveness, using its captivating licensed soundtrack and departure from traditional gameplay mechanics to make something strange and unique. The unusual control scheme, cartoony graphics, and limited player customization may deter newcomers and those outside of the target audience from picking it up, but the game was made for fans, and for those fans I say go ahead and give it a try.