Good career mode? No ,lots of match types? No, full roster ? No, universal mode? No, only minor bugs and glitches? No, good pin system? No, wasted potential of a good game? Yes

@MR.__G

5 ай бұрын

Mini games and battle royal in a wrestling game ? YES !! Lmao

@whitemamba0089

5 ай бұрын

@@MR.__G lol yea they really hooked us up with those features

@MR.__G

5 ай бұрын

@@whitemamba0089 lmao !!! Bro like who the hell asked for that ? That’s like putting a basketball tournament in god of war lol

@whitemamba0089

5 ай бұрын

@@MR.__G I know kenny omega was head of developing what the gameplay should look like so I'm blaming him lol idk how your a gamer and make the decisions he and his team did it baffles me

@MR.__G

5 ай бұрын

@@whitemamba0089 couldn’t agree more ! Mind you there’s so many wrestling games out there to take notes from and follow. There’s no reason it should be this barebones in 2023.

When people today refer to N64 wrestling games as arcade it reveals alot. It was actually the Smackdown games on PS that were the arcade type. The No Mercy type games were the slower, simulation type.

@savagejiren9660

4 ай бұрын

The is 100% what I’ve been saying. No Mercy was never an arcade game. I’m starting to think a lot of people saying that never played the game.

@hawaiianaf2308

4 ай бұрын

Totally agree with you. Arcade style was definitely the early Smackdown! games.

@Krazyness

4 ай бұрын

So true

@the_real_tay_loud2072

4 ай бұрын

The N64 warzone game and wrestlemnia the arcade game were both pick up and play button mash arcade

@TheVoidofNothing11

4 ай бұрын

Yeah I don't get why people are saying this. I still haven't played this.

People keep saying WWE is more focused on simulation gameplay but they keep forgetting you can literally go into the options and get rid of all of the simulation aspects of the game. Its literally right there in the options.

@Jayden20933

4 ай бұрын

I mean yeah but u can’t get as hardcore as before. I don’t want my wrestling game to be like wrestling today that’s weird I want my universe insane and it’s just not possible

@ben7932

4 ай бұрын

Literally?

@yutikoo

3 ай бұрын

where lol

@groovingames215

3 ай бұрын

@@yutikoo in the options and gameplay settings dipshit.

@mihaimercenarul7467

3 ай бұрын

@@yutikoonowhere. The only option you can remove is the weight detection, you can set it to arcade, so small guys can lift up giants, but other than that nothing much changes.

People on reddit SWORE they loved this game. They were kidding themselves

@TheDeviantPro

4 ай бұрын

There's entire subreddit that still defend this POS game.

@blackguy3278

4 ай бұрын

I mean I do enjoy it. It just needs more features.

@Dave_Albright

4 ай бұрын

this game is fun with friends. I have already 600h on this game. It just lacks on content like cage match, tornado tag, backstage, speacial ref...

@brodieharper4599

3 ай бұрын

I still enjoy the game. It does need more content and a lower price though. I prefer the gameplay over 2K

I consider Mdickie's Wrestling Empire as the spiritual successor to the N64 era of wrestling games.

All that time spent on those awful mini games would have been better spent expanding the match types and adding more layers to the main game mechanics. What a complete waste of time and effort. WWF No Mercy never had all that crap, it focussed entirely on good gameplay, a solid branching career campaign, and excellent match modes that were all fun to play. I feel bad for Evil Uno having to promote this and he never even got to be in the game. What a slap in the face.

@matthewcorrigan8730

4 ай бұрын

Could not agree more. The mini games were a swing and a miss. Just awful and a huge waste of time. With all the other wrestling games that have come and gone, you'd think they would have incorporated the best parts and made an outstanding wrestling game. Instead they tried to be so different from wwe they went too far in a confusing and useless direction that will be damn near impossible to come back from. Even if they some how muster up a sequel, I will not be purchasing it.

@stingersplash

4 ай бұрын

A BR mode is embarrassing. It's what you do when you have no actual ideas. I'd never play one.

@JohnHanlin

4 ай бұрын

@@matthewcorrigan8730, horrible game. I thought Wrestlemania XIX and the TNA game was bad but this game was just 5x worse than both of those games. Kenny just had to have his mini games!!!

@dhenderson1810

3 ай бұрын

Kenny Omega wanted mini-games in, and Yukes got overruled by AEW on everything. One of their people went to Visual Concepts and worked on WWE 2K24, and said it was much better, as they can just make the game without WWE interference, and WWE just tick off on things.

It’s funny how just about every criticism of this game could also apply to the company itself.

@stingersplash

4 ай бұрын

"Everything is great. Thanks guys!"

People wanted a game that reminded them of 90s wrestling games, not a wrestling game that felt like it was made in the 90s.

Just goes to show that nostalgia doesn't always sell.

@ozkrow2386

4 ай бұрын

It would have if the end product wasn’t so bad. They should have had their online mode top notch considering playing vs. online people would be a huge part of the game

@KillMooseKill

4 ай бұрын

​@@ozkrow2386the end product was always going to be bad, this game isn't anything that wasn't promised or shown ahead of time.

@JehBasquiat

3 ай бұрын

There’s nothing nostalgic about this game though. It’s nothing like Yukes former projects 😂 it’s like Fortnite wrestling, absolutely trash.

How do you have a wrestling game without even a basic cage match?

@daylebacchus5395

3 ай бұрын

Did the original smackdown game have a cage match? People expect a brand new game to keep up with a game that’s been going on for 20+ years

@ChrisSucio

3 ай бұрын

​@@daylebacchus5395original Smackdown did have cage matches lol I remember playing them

@daylebacchus5395

3 ай бұрын

@@ChrisSucio smackdown 2 did but I don’t believe the original did

"Decline?" Dude, that suggests that the game actually had a peak. It was hamstrung the second it came out, and never even bothered to correct its off-the-shelf problems prior to losing any and all direction. I'm hard pressed to think of another game that had so much hope and goodwill going in, only for the devs to squander it with such an aggressive level of ineptitude. You expect that crap from shovelware on steam and EA/Ubi/2K, but these dopes pulled the heel turn of the decade in how they've treated their supporters.

@DLynch

5 ай бұрын

yeah this game was DOA

@XTheManX

4 ай бұрын

Bought this game day one and got the special edition and I genuinely felt like I was robbed lmao.. worst purchase I've ever made.

@kitezzz360

4 ай бұрын

yes bad use of the English language, something can't 'decline' if it was never successful to begin with

@ScottySchweggs

4 ай бұрын

You thought this game had hope?

@JohnHanlin

4 ай бұрын

@@ScottySchweggshad a lot of hype but this game was an utter failure. I had it for 3 days and returned it for a full refund. First time I’ve ever asked for a refund for a game!

Yukes should’ve went for a smack down feel and not a no mercy feel

@nlee4566

4 ай бұрын

I never cared for No Mercy, always loved SD games on ps1 style.

@dranzerjetli5126

4 ай бұрын

One thing is clear. Yukes suck ass

@dhenderson1810

3 ай бұрын

​@@nlee4566Should have tried to be like "Here Comes The Pain", not "No Mercy".

@Latin00032

3 ай бұрын

This game didn't come close to being like Smackdown here comes the pain or No Mercy. It was not really even a mix of both.

I weep knowing Owen Hart is in this failure of a game.

I remember reading tweets from AEW and Tony Khan fanboys that this was gonna be the game of the year lmao

I just want a remake of Here comes the pain. To this day it's still the best wrestling game for me at least.

What’s really sad is I want to play it but I’m not buying it at the price it’s at. No demo. No trial. Not a big enough sale… I wonder how they’re doing in the sales department. That price has to drop. I can’t really give an opinion on it until I play it myself. For WWE 2K23 I can spend HOURS just cresting a wrestler. Thats not to mention creating an entrance for them and a moveset if I chose to do so. Im not buying AEW Fight Forever even at $40 if its customization is so limited. So sad.

Fight forever's problem is that it tried so hard to be like no mercy but didn't aspire to be anything more than that.

@The80sWolf_

4 ай бұрын

I would have been fine with a even more copy paste of no mercy

@Hellwolf36

4 ай бұрын

This is what you get when you sell a game on nostalgia bait.

@solame4983

4 ай бұрын

I would have literally taken a reskinned No Mercy with the storyline scenarios rewritten for AEW characters

@solame4983

4 ай бұрын

I would have literally taken a reskinned No Mercy with the storyline scenarios rewritten for AEW characters

@solame4983

4 ай бұрын

I would have literally taken a reskinned No Mercy with the storyline scenarios rewritten for AEW characters

Very fair and accurate review. The game is desperate for more depth in terms of matchtypes which it's currently severely lacking.

@BrianPurnell-hh7ri

4 ай бұрын

Exactly I agree it's fair

they should be sued for comparing this game to No Mercy

It's crazy we live in a world where more players on playing WWE 2K19 via steam than AEW Fight Forever

@deepblue8143

4 ай бұрын

I don't think that's weird at all. 2K19 was great. Fight Forever is absolute garbage. I feel so cheated that I bought this, given Tony and the current AEW product I should have known better.

@TheChrisPhoenix

4 ай бұрын

@@deepblue8143 Oh no I am sure you are right, I had fun with 2K19 to the point I just might revisit and start a new universe mode since the newer titles have been boring for 2K at least to me. And Fight Forever looks like a joke.

@sorryyourenotawinner2506

4 ай бұрын

2k games are simulation this is old school arcade. Kid.

@angusbeefyeung

3 ай бұрын

​@@sorryyourenotawinner2506no, old school arcade are cheaper than this.

If they made AEW : Backstage Assault I would played it 😆. I would played as CP Munk.

@retrokoh1507

4 ай бұрын

I get that reference😁

@kidwaryodproduction

4 ай бұрын

@@retrokoh1507 Bring Colt Cabunny Back. Also Portgas D. Ace Steel 😆 Tony StarKhan in the game cover.

@retrokoh1507

4 ай бұрын

@@kidwaryodproduction not gonna lie I would consider buying the game if a Chikara Expansion Pack + Bugfixes came around

@djchillout91

4 ай бұрын

Punk would injure himself in the first match😂

@dhenderson1810

3 ай бұрын

You win a match as Punk, you unlock his dog.

The game feels to me as though they had problems with development, finally got things generally working and then just as they were about to flesh their basic ideas out, someone said "right - time's up. Release what you've got. Oh and by the way, there's no budget to continue working on the game after launch so get the DLC sorted and we'll leave it there." There's massive potential in this game but every aspect of it needed another 6 months to refine and build upon and that clearly didn't happen.

@retrokoh1507

4 ай бұрын

That's the thing. It needed another 6 months or so, but it had already taken an incredibly long time to put together... and it feels like the game suffered from massive feature-creep

@delonjohnson5907

4 ай бұрын

Basically every aaa game in the market being rushed and put out in horrible state. Yeah I'm talking about you mw3

Even in the video game space, AEW tried desperately to be like one of WWE's products.

I vividly remember when Kenny Omega hyped the shit outta this. Very disappointed.

Kenny Omega gets to tug it publicly by telling people he's a video game character and developer: missions accomplished!

The whole eating and training thing in the career mode was so boring. Pretty much what stopped me playing.

Wrestling fan here, favorite video game...Here Comes the Pain.

"The last few years people having been asking for a video game that captures that same energy of those N64 titles" Nah... the mistake was thinking that. Only a certain group of fans grew up playing those 90s games. A 16 yearly old wrestling fan today could care less about No Mercy on N64.

@markelscott100

4 ай бұрын

Exactly ppl didnt want the n64 era they wanted the svr era back

@jdevlin1910

4 ай бұрын

@@markelscott100 Yup, and Fight Forever is closer to Battlegrounds than anything else.

Why tf don't they have entrances for more than five seconds

A very fair review! Its limitations really let the game down. I enjoyed the general tone of the game and the old style mechanics. Road to Elite was fun the first couple of plays throughs, but not long after I started it up for the third time I gave up on the game all together. The fact there's no acknowledgement or title storyline after you win one sums it up. It had lots of potential, but there's not enough to keep the user coming back.

@Stroop1715

3 ай бұрын

@jimcornnetesync

A decadent game released almost 1 year ago and still expensive here in Brazil

Once I seen how limited the CAW options were I knew i wasnt likely to buy the game. Then seeing all the mini games that took up space that sealed the deal for me.

@MR.__G

4 ай бұрын

7 total match types made me save my money. When I was 12 playing here comes the pain, I could do almost every match type I saw on tv. How the hell does a 20 year old game have more match types than a brand new game on current gen ? Absolute joke

@savage_the_wild

4 ай бұрын

@MR.__G yeah its wild that this game feels like a 25 year regression. I'm still rolling with 2k22. I skip every other year unless they do something huge. '24 is shaping up to be a banger!

@MR.__G

4 ай бұрын

@@savage_the_wild they said it would be a successor to no mercy and it ended being a a bad prequel to no mercy lol…. Smart on you ! The only reason I picked up 23 because it was on a great sale. Paid a little under 30 dollars. So I said why not lol

@savage_the_wild

4 ай бұрын

@MR.__G understandable! Hope they dump this game and start focusing on the next installment instead of the endless DLC they talked about. If they do a few volumes of dlc with nothing but CAW options I might consider it down the road.

@MR.__G

4 ай бұрын

@@savage_the_wild what they need to do is not copy wwe and be innovate. Imagine if they decided to work with the people working on the wrestling code. Imagine funding that with a billionaire and having aew’s name on it. That could’ve been incredible ! people gotta let go of nostalgia and go back to being creative… and you would think with how advance technology is these devs would want to experiment new ideas

great vid. fair assessment. btw, love the song in the backround. thats from a PS1/SegaSaturn game called MachineHead

I played this game for a good solid week then never went near it ever again

Honestly, I could forgive a lot of things about this game but 2 things kill me: -Customization SUCKS. This is not a secret, but like god damn it's disgraceful how few customization options there are for CAW. -Mash to kick out. I get no feedback from this system, I don't like it at all. The 2k stick-flick up for kickouts isn't great but at least I feel in control.

@MR.__G

5 ай бұрын

I feel they purposefully made the creation suite so bad to force people into buying dlc wrestlers.

@kidwaryodproduction

4 ай бұрын

Even not much good game like WCW Backstage Assault and ECW Anarchy Rulz have a very good CAW and unlockables things to use and customize.

@MR.__G

4 ай бұрын

@@kidwaryodproduction damn I forgot backstage assault had a CAW lol !! Will definitely have to KZread that.

Is there a meme where AEW Fight Forever replaces the Waterworld arcade game Milhouse deposits 40 quarters into?

The good news is that money mark doesn't have to make money on wrestling, video games, or anything as long as pops keeps giving him an allowance of car bumper patents.

I had high hopes honestly since Yukes made Day of reckoning on the gamecube. Those games were my favorite.

@JohnHanlin

4 ай бұрын

AKI made the Day of Reckoning games. Yukes made all the SvR games and 2K games up until 2K20

@Linkoftimeg

4 ай бұрын

@@JohnHanlin no Aki made the n64 games. Their last game wwf no mercy.

I still can’t get a decent online match. Never had luck getting a tag match. It’s horrible. Don’t get me started on vs. the ai matches. Holy hell

Everyone should've known better. Writing was on the wall from the first gameplay pics and screenshots.

if the create a character was good the community would've saved this game

I feel like to make a good wrestling game you have to focus on customization and ai

My mom rented it from the NYC Public library for me... was a cute gesture and also surprising it was available for a rental lol

I was pretty excited for this game till I saw the graphics. That made me wait for the reviews. Even the reviews that were good the gameplay looked bad. Hopefully they learn and come back with a better sequel.

Is the gameplay, control-wise, similar or identical to that of No Mercy?

@MaddMan621

3 ай бұрын

virtually identical to no mercy

@BaronLector

3 ай бұрын

@@MaddMan621 This is a good thing. This puts it on my eventual purchase list. I forget where I heard it, but I swear Tony Khan mentioned that, instead of annual game releases, he plans on releasing annual update DLC.

How many millions did Omega convince Tony to invest in this again? 😂

@sorryyourenotawinner2506

4 ай бұрын

ok wwe drone

@ConkersSquirrel

4 ай бұрын

@@sorryyourenotawinner2506 the answer is 20million

At no point in its release was Fight Forever ever going "smooth".

So the game is repetitive with not much for storylines and has lots of glitches. It sounds spot on to actual AEW shows

If you unlock tickle bunny cosplay mode by hiding tony's uppers to distract him so the evps can play grabass you unlock corny n he has a stroke

@carniac1

3 ай бұрын

Omg i bout died readin this hahHa good comment

What I like about WWE2K is GM mode, picking a roster and booking matches, how they didnt put that in here makes no sense.

I hadn't been this excited for a game in years. I deleted it the day it came out after 3-4 hours of playing. Small, incomplete game and with 100% sincerity...I can say it felt like getting robbed of $80 almost immediately.

Wow I thought that was clickbait but it literally only has 3 players right now on pc

Should have season mode for 25 years with storylines

I hope they add backstage brawl where we can fight backstage, ambulance match,and other wrestlers 😢😢

'Decline' implies there was some success to begin with, there wasn't, this game was a flop out the door. You really should retitle this video

Its not a sad decline.... everyone except YOU saw that this game was DOA.

The problem with stadium stampede is that nobody is ever online to play it.

Good job on the review. I think you were very fair with your assessment and I agree with a lot of your points. It's such a shame as the game has so much potential to be something special.

The turn off for me was that the weapons and tables fade out, when someone is front of it

For a day or 2 I was like this is soo cool and unique on release. I bought the ultimate edition and to this day I regret it. I tried 7 times to get a refund all times denied

All the missing modes and CAW stuff could have been fixed if they didn't waste time on a sh*tty fortnite wanna-be mode and stupid mario party modes nobody wants to play. Give that budget to most wrestling fans and they would put out a better game.

Can it decline if it started at rock bottom?

Every time i see this game on a store page im blown away that it actually released

I redownloaded this game to play with some friends yesterday …. We did a 4 way match which was almost unplayable with how glitchy it was ….. oh that’s the only option for 4 people matchups. Nice. So we did the rumble. Just tons of glitches anytime more then 2 people are in the ring

Played this when it came out and it made me think of the PS2 WWF smackdown games, so I dug out my Smackdown Here comes the pain game and played it on my PS2 instead. Hopefully the sequel of the AEW game has better graphics if they ever do one

The wrestlers that were added post launch shouldve been free

nothing worse than wasted potential,the game promised so much and delivered very little!

I was really hyped at first but lost interest within 2 weeks of playing 💀

The gameplay is actually fun, but the devs really needs to add a whole lot of free stuff to it

Fight forever is the worst wrestling game that I've ever played. Worse than wcw thunder on the ps1 or wrestlemania challenge on the nes. This game is the drizzles

@MR.__G

4 ай бұрын

Worst then backstage assault? Lmaoo

No Mercy still absolute 🔥 in 2024!

Sad? How about MAD?! At least for us that pre-ordered the deluxe edotion

Not having Evil Uno could have only made the game better.

Anyone else notice he using Smackdowns just bring it playlist music as his background music

@CharlesRSTJ

4 ай бұрын

Those early Smackdown titles had some of the best playlist music. First thing I noticed about this video lol

Should've been on Game Pass etc from launch to have a chance. Or at least the battle royale should have been. All of my mates would've tried it instead of none of us.

I think smackdown vs raw 07 was the best wrestling game of all time.

Umm I’ve never heard any one say that those were their favorite. It’s always “Here comes the pain” or Smack Down Vs Raw 07/06

@dantemcedgelord9331

4 ай бұрын

maybe you are too young

@TreyBeam

4 ай бұрын

@@dantemcedgelord9331 na that ain’t gonna work here old head.. I grew up with the N64 games they don’t come close to HCTP

@carniac1

3 ай бұрын

Revenge is still byfar my fave wrasslin game

One of the biggest Wrestling Gaming Flops ever. It's still since 29.06.23 a Early Access Beta and 90% Content behind a Paywall. What a huge Flop. It had Potential, yes but with all these Paywalls etc Bugs etc. broken cheesey Mechanics etc.. it's over! Nobody will really coming back to this Game.

@MR.__G

4 ай бұрын

FF is worst than 2k20 !! They managed to do the unthinkable

This game shares much more similarities with the 2 WWF Day of Reckoning games on GameCube than it does the AKI N64 games.

Half the roster has defected to wwe by this point Brody Lee passed away. CM Punk fired Jack Perry and Moxley quit. Sting retired. That's a ton of wrestlers that's left to make it feel outdated

I find it crazy that it's 2024 and here comes the pain is still the best wrestling game period

I'd say this game was pretty successful. In getting suckers like me to plunk down that sixty on day one. Well that's how it goes...

Anyone reading this, check out WWF Legends Challenge 64 on PC! It's a mod for N64 WWF No Mercy, with a later 80s, early 90s roster & amazing graphics!

Was the TNA game any good?

Here comes the pain always had me 😂🐐

when you ask about best wrestling games, those two dont come up to mind at least in my group, it's wwf attitude and smackdown series

The game is currently 30 bucks on amazon and i thought about buying it for this price. But I'm thinking maybe waiting until i see it for 10-20 bucks since it seems to really not be worth it. I still want to support it so atleast they can make another one

@juancoronado4798

4 ай бұрын

Wait untill its free atp waste of money for 30 bucks

@itsblack90

4 ай бұрын

​@@juancoronado4798 yeah at this point i just play wwe 2k23 online with randoms so i have no problem waiting to see this game be cheaper for me to get it.

@oldemonteef

4 ай бұрын

i think if they make another game cokehead tony should be tried for crimes against humanity and he and his clown ass father should have to give their stolen money back to the working class.

@chrishernandez3699

4 ай бұрын

They're not making another one 🤣

@Jason_Moore619

4 ай бұрын

They should pay us to play it

They didnt even bother putting on sale for Christmas, nobody wants this trash. The sad thing is, those of us who saw this coming and said so in the comments for years during gameplay trailers were seen as negative, or WWE fan boys. Hate to be right.

I just picked this game up today for $10.00 at a local Walmart. The arcade style seems interesting. Yet to determine. This is April 2024.

Graphics 1 star, gameplay 2 stars, originality 3 stars, fun factor 3 stars, longevity 2 stars. All in all a poor effort. The graphics for this gen are unbelievably bad. Really glitchy, restrictive roster, nah.

How do u know they had a budget of 10 million?

Hey, remember those wrestling games from 20 years ago, here it is for $60 and more. Who asked for that? Only dumb marks who never played the originals. No Mercy and Revenge were good FOR THE TIME PERIOD, as AEW just showed, it sucks today.

@MR.__G

4 ай бұрын

People are drunk off nostalgia. Whatever happened to creating new ideas ?

rumble roses on the 360 is a far better game in every aspect

The AEW fanbase has fallen off since one bill phil departed.

10 Million is a tiny budget for a modern game with this scope.

shouldve sold it at 29.99 for the base game

Which one of us will run out to buy a sequel? Not me. At least not at full price.

The game was announced as a long-term game... Translated: there will be some paid DLCs to come.

Is CM Punk on this AEW game?

I gotta laugh at the people who bought this game at full price