10 Ups & 4 Downs For AEW: Fight Forever - REVIEW

by Andrew Pollard

1. The Daftest Of Daft Fun

AEW Fight Forever Road to Elite Liberty Bell Jon Moxley Ricky Starks
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Much like pro wrestling itself, pro wrestling video games don't have to be super serious affairs. And with AEW: Fight Forever, the order of the day is very much about having fun.

This is a game which has its tongue firmly in its cheek at times, with a genuinely grin-inducing undercurrent to some of the subtle humour at play throughout Road to Elite. But while that mode offers up the phenomenal prospect of taking CM Punk out for Poutine in Toronto or checking out the Liberty Bell with Jon Moxley, just as fun is the basic fundamentals of the wrestling on show.

It's also fun that Fight Forever allows intergender matches and intergender title switches. In fact, it isn't a case of selecting an intergender match, per se, as for any contest you can just select wrestlers of any gender to go up against one another.

Fight Forever might not be flawless, but it's constantly a bunch of daft fun, in the best possible way. This is a release which you could grab some friends, stock up on a few beers and pizzas, and have a total blast on. Likewise, you could spend an afternoon having so much enjoyment experiencing Fight Forever with your children, or even hand your granny a controller and let her crack skulls as Miro for an hour or two.

Whether playing on your own or with friends, AEW: Fight Forever is a wrestling video game like no other. While there are some obvious creases to iron out in future releases, Fight Forever is a fantastic first foray into video games for All Elite Wrestling.

It may have taken an age to get here, but AEW: Fight Forever is the sort of easily accessible fun that you can spend a quick 10 minutes on or get lost in for hours on end.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.