ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Episode 144: AEW Fight Forever
AEW Fight Forever is a professional wrestling video game developed by Yuke's and published by THQ Nordic. It is the debut title on home consoles and personal computers based on American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The game was inspired by many games of the past, including the AKI developed titles for the Nintendo 64. Many even hinted at the game being the spiritual successor to the beloved WWF No Mercy. But does it live up to the hype?
He's back! One more before Sting's last match.
Which is Tonight
Every time i see an upload from this channel i get so pumped. Been watching so long but never get sick of the topics covered or the way it's presented. You do great work man. Just checked. I been watching your channel for 11 years jeez.
Thanks for the continued support! I truly do appreciate it. 🤘
To say I was dissapointed is an understatement. The game was barley advertised and had a random release date lining up with Street Fighter 6.
SF6 was June 2nd, AEW was June 29. doesnt line up at all.
I mean, coming out in the same month isn’t the best idea.
Oh, and worse thing about the CAWs in this game is having to play through the story with _each wrestler_ in order to raise their stats
Really makes it hard to be motivated to make more wrestlers for me. Was a bad choice imo
That's taking things all the way back to SmackDown! 1 lol
I was really hoping to see more legends in the game. Guys like Glacier and Mortis would have been so cool to see included - especially as Glacier was actually on the first AEW PPV!
Those characters are owned by WWE as WWE owns WCW’s intellectual property. Basic stuff man, come on.
Legends and glacier or mortis does not belong in the same sentence
Personally, I really enjoyed this game. I like the more arcade style of play.
I give it some slack for being the first game and was built from zero.
But the next one, having the benefit of the base infrastructure built, I would expect would bring on what it really could be. Like WCW/nWo World tour to Revenge, to mania2000, to no mercy. Each hugely improved on the previous but the leap between world tour and revenge was the real leap
I love the gameplay and the groundwork is laid if TK decides to fund a hopefully much more fleshed out successor.
He finally remembered his password 😂😂😂
Barely!
I just wish the CAW mode was better. The black hairstyles were severely lacking (especially for a company that prides itself on their diversity)
And the fact that they had the nerve to count the shirts and shorts with different flags and camo patterns as "unique options" to add the illusion of choice was insulating.
I’m glad to see you’re back, bro. Your videos always bring a smile to me😌.
AEW Fight Forever had SO MUCH potential, but due to the constant delays, and then eventually, its big lack of content at release, the way DLC is handled when in reality it should ALL be free, it definitely is a mess and it sucks. Yes the core gameplay is undeniably the best part of the game, as it definitely plays like No Mercy, and I have to give credit where it is due. I wanted a newer game to have that same gameplay and I’m happy we got it here. Just a shame the rest of the game is lacking the spirit that made No Mercy legendary, from the creation suite and vast amounts of content such as match types, backstage areas, and even a much better executed story mode. To sum it up, the core gameplay is just amazing, but everything else is bad. If the DLC was all free, I bet this game wouldn’t have gotten much frag as it does now. Oh well, it is what it is🤷♂️.
Very good review homie, and once more, I’m happy you’re back. Hope you have a very good one today.😊❤️
I agree, the gameplay is great but the lack of not just match types but match varariations is horrible. The lack of alt attires and the horrible CAW mode kills it. Plus the fact that there is no community creations is trash too.
Aew fight forever was so disappointing. When you immediately hate the gameplay and controls it’s a rough experience.
I pre-ordered it, played like 3 matches and haven't touched it since. I still have the rest of season 1 dlc I need to download lol
The gameplay isn't the problem lol
@@kidz919 the whole game is the problem for sure haha.
@@kidz919some of that is for me. I don’t like only running in straight lines. Reason I won’t get it unless it’s free
@@wolfwang8464 Running in straight lines is exactly how it worked in all AKI Games and Fire Pro games.
So glad you are back! I'll be waiting reviews for the WWE games not covered yet. Great vídeo!
Thanks! 🙏
Welcome back, Nik.
Good to hear from ya again... and with the PERFECT "come back" video!
Good shit, man.
Take as long as you want between videos... most of us aren't going anywhere!
Edit: "Dixon Sighed"?
Nice... VERY nice. You got a laugh out of me.
I still cant believe Owen Hart is part of the official roster... I need to buy this game now... so I an take him all the way to the Heavyweight championship!
Please keep the videos coming! Missed your opinions. Love this channel.
Something games from that era did was include a bunch of talent from other promotions under pseudonyms - like how WCW vs. The World did. AEW's game not doing that, along with the terrible CAW system, means I'll probably never buy this. It was the first wrestling game in decades I had been excited for, and they fumbled all the things about those games that I actually wanted to see return.
I will say that I like that almost all the wrestlers have unique grunt sounds and even audio when you lock in submissions, something that the WWE 2K games don't really have.
nice. glad youre making vids again!
If it just had a more customization I'd forgive all sins. Had fun with it but no crossplay and limited CAW really put a timer on my enjoyment. Had a blast the first few weeks after it came out though.,
HOLY SHIT HES BAAAAACK!!!!!
Can't believe I'm this early for a Nikateen video
I hear Donkey Kong Country 2 and F-Zero X ost at background 👌
I'm still debating whether to buy AEW Fight Forever on Nintendo Switch
Get it on sale. The gameplay is amazing but the lack of content makes the full price hard to justify
The price has dropped to $30, but I would still wait since you have to include the season passes. The game runs at 30 while other versions run at 60. 120fps on PC.@@moogibeans9822
It's $30 at Wal-Mart these days. I got it for $40 and then like a week later they lowered the price LOL. It will probably be $20 soon.
@@ssean1290 It'll be free on PS+ in June.
I need a wrestling game to relive the days of WWF no mercy so i guess this will have to do for now. Keep up the good work.
It wasn't bad, the gameplay wasn't bad and isn't bad but there wasn't enough content
Exactly how I feel. It’s lacking so many features/options, but gameplay to me felt pretty good.
Finally Nikateen has come back to TH-cam I’ve been waiting for u to review AEW Fight Forever since the game first came out I hope more content will be released for 2024 and will u do a review of WWE 2K23 and 2K24 and I hope u could do a game room tour I’ve been watching your content since 2020
I vastly prefer the gameplay in Fight Forever to the 2K games. It needed more match types, DLC to be more affordable, and a better creation suite. Personally, I also prefer the stylized look over the boring realism of 2K. They should've focused on more match types people expect and better creation tools, as well as a better campaign, over mini-games, the cool but unnecessary Stadium Stampede match, etc. Get the essentials in there before adding stuff that didn't need to be added. No cage match is a massive WTF.
@jabrone.destoroyahFFNY isn't a wrestling game, it's a fighting game. Vendetta is a wrestling game. Anyways, I didn't like either of those games as much as other people since I absolutely loathe rap music. I'll stick with WCW/NWO Revenge, WM 2000, No Mercy, SYM, HCTP, SVR 06 and 07, WM XIX, DoR 1 and 2, etc., if I want to play old wrestling games. I have a modded PS2 and Gamecube, as well as an N64 with an Everdrive cart, with all of those games installed.
The gameplay is fun but it's dated.
It's also lacking way too many simple features like a backstage area.
I don't think this game is really that bad. I mean, it's an ok wrestling game, but this not focused in that. The point is it could be a pretty decent family friendly game. Not so hardcore gaming, not so nintendo party like game. The problem is the license in that based on. Aew is far from being a pg wrestling company
Man I wanted so bad for this game to be good. They had all the resources to make something great
While not quite as good as No Mercy it is good to have an alternative to the 2k games from WWE. I actually really like the career mode in this game.
Glad to see u back dude and yeah hopefully if they do a sequel they fix the issues and improve what the first one lack similar to Wrestlemania X8 to the more improved Wrestlemania 19 on GameCube
Good to see you back, homie. You're the authority on wrestling games, so I was looking forward to this one. 🤘🏻
Thanks a lot!! Much appreciated. 😎
Omfg my mans has uploaded!! I feel gipped that TH-cam did not notify me wtf! I cannot wait to watch this when I get home. I want my whole undivided attention for this bad boy!
Thanks a lot!
Your character creation is still on fleek 😂
The OG wrestling game reviewer is ALL ELITE
Totally forgot that Cody Rhodes was in both WWE and AEW games in 2023
The original wrestling video game reviews is back! I appreciate the F-Zero X music!!!😊 I was just saying I'll buy Fight Forever when NikateeN does a review
Mane I was feeling like I lost until I seen this upload i stg I was watching yo wrestling game reviews since high school plus I seen a kings banner one time it’s sactown shit 😂 glad you’re still uploading
👑 😎
I haven't played the game, but i believe they have the actual wrestlers do the grunts and taunts.
I have the best memories with the N64 wrestling games with my friends. AEW FF was a huge slap in the face due to the comparisons to those great games.
I wanna like it, as No Mercy is still my favorite wrestling game ever…but running to the corner usually results in running the ropes. Trying to switch opponents in multiple person matches or stay on target is ridiculously frustrating. Lack of depth to the roster, when you see WWE2K releasing HUNDREDS of wrestlers on theirs…and perhaps the most frustrating, is the utter lack of online anything, literally missing out on half the game, you can’t access Stampede cuz no one’s ever online… I routinely beat the computer on “Elite’’ in under three minutes…there’s little to no challenge. Ugh, the creator mode is ridiculously lacking…yeah, this game was such a let down.
Yeah let’s fucking go not even guna watch this yet, saving it for later and savour every second
Someone said it best “they tried to copy no mercy so much they forgot it’s 20 years old”
Ff is a beautiful game that looks great, has super fun and addictive gameplay, and its super fun to have a good aew video game. But sadly the lack of content is a massive bummer. Theres so little to this game. Its an amazing game, but no match types, small roster, few arenas, no entrances. This game would be incredible if only it had more content
They keep adding a minimal amount while charging half the price of the game for each addition. I really want the handful of wrestlers theyve added since release, but I cant afford the price they're asking for it all
No disrespect but it can't be called an "Amazing game" with all the flaws you listed. Plus you forgot to mention the incredibly weak create-a-wrestler and lack of customization of any kind, no backstage areas, laughable career mode, and it goes on and on. Definitely not the definition of an amazing game.
@@jonathanturbide2232The gameplay is outstanding though, that's why the OP mentioned the game being "amazing". Because the gameplay engine is one of the best wrestling engines we've had in YEARS. The 2K games have notoriously clunky gameplay and weak, slow paced intensity that lacks impact. Fight Forever is superior in the core gameplay standpoint.
2K24 actually took notice of Fight Forever BIG TIME. That's why it ripped off a bunch of features that exist in Fight Forever, believe it or not.
@@jonathanturbide2232 every game has flaws. Theres no perfect game. Thats a dumb standard to have
Game is amazing, but needs more. Nothing contradictory in what I stated. Its an incredible foundation that aew is sadly neglecting atm
The wrestling company "for the fans" releases a bare bones game with anti consumer practices. It was doomed from the start.
Who’s ready for AEW Revolution!!!!
21:25 dumps orange juice on your wrestler lol
New Nikateen! And yes the game has it's flaws but seems to be fun most of the time, totally worth buying IN A SALE, not the full price
It should definitely be a $30 game at the very most.
this happened because of all the trolls calling it "wait forever" and David Zaslav.
22:43 it reminds me of the PSP SVR 2006 minigames
It was overhyped to no end and was given many excuses for its shortcomings. Basically like the wrestling product itself. Hopefully they get the chance to go at it again.
I’d love to see a sequel, with all of the things this game was missing.
Great to see you back man! Hope you are in good health and enjoying life. Great video bro thank you
Great to see you back !! Always enjoy your content.
Thanks!
I’m a huge aew MARK. The game def has its flaws but every company has their first game. I enjoyed it. Thanks for your awesome in depth video.
damn ive been straight binging your shit the past week. THE CHAMP IS BACK🔥
The game felt like an unfinished WrestleMania X8 for GameCube, which is unacceptable to me in 2024. We had more options and featuring in 20 year old gamecube and N64 games than this.
How did Yukes mess this up? It has potential but felt not finished right.
Nikateen, You know how to hit it out of the park with another awesome game review. Speaking of games I did buy the new 2k24 for the Xbox Series S which im having fun with. But I still enjoy goin on my Xbox 360 to play some WWE 2k14 because i still enjoy the gameplay of 2k14 to this day and its a game i will never stop playing.
Thanks so much! I look forward to getting my hands on 2K24 one of these days.
@@NikateeN I think you will enjoy it in my opinion. Speaking of which I think you should do 2k14 definitive review kinda like you did with Here Comes the Pain
Only thing good about this game was the controller layout. Definitely captured the simplicity and muscle memory of the N64 AKI games.
My theory is that this game faced a lot of development setbacks and they needed to release it in its barebones state to make some money back. Here’s hoping the sequel is actually a good game.
I hope you get to make reviews for 2K18 to 2K23 soon!
Nice to see you back on TH-cam
Dig diggity, dig diggity Dog!
One big problem oft the game are the overpriced DLC's or Season Passes. It's just not enough content to keep the game alive. The game itself is fun to play and playing everything for the first time is exciting. But I got bored after a while and even being a big Owen Hart fan who had the honor to see him live in germany, I quit playing before I reached the 100 wins in exibition mode. The potential is there for a great game, but they should give us more for free. Just stopp adding stupid community created wrestler and add more real ones could bring back a lot of players. Even middle and low card wrestler for free would raise the interest in the game.
I’ve said this before but I feel like it remains true, Fight forever feels like someone tried to make a modern No Mercy after playing No Mercy for three hours at a sleep over in 2001. It’s an undercooked bland failure of game. The career mode might be the worst I’ve ever played, and the CAW is laughably bad. All they had to do was make No Mercy with an AEW skin and they fuck it up. I can’t wait for Ultra Pro Wrestling. That game looks like the proper successor.
The gameplay, lights out and exploded barbwire match was top notch, but the variety, match types is real miss on me
imo
Can we continue this AEW wave with an ARENA SHOWCASE? 😬 It's always a good day when a random NikateeN video drops
Just when I thought I was out, Nikateen pulls me back in
When the world needed him the most, he returned :)
😁
Like Lynch Reborn said. The models look like HCTP with modern shaders.
This game doesn't even have cage matches...
I was surprised to say the least.
Man idk what’s going on but I think my comments are coming up as spam on my other account. I hope they fix that because I have premium on my other account lmao. Anyways man just wanted to leave a comment and another like. Thanks for making this. I waited since the day aew fight forever was announced for your review on it
Thanks!
Welcome back!! We need more reviews
Much like aew no mercy was overrated it wasn't the greatest ever it had a niche fan base but for blown out of the water by smackdown and the series as a whole
I wanna hear your thoughts on the 2K22,23 and the upcoming 24
Im laying here in bed anf thinking: "huh, i wonder what nikateen is up to!?" Bam! New video!
I was really disappointed that they had no trios matches... they have a set of championships dedicated to that division...
don't compare flops with an all timer game..also it straight up rips off the no mercy gameplay ..just simply copying it
U MEAN WCW VS NWO WORLD TOUR ....
I do appreciate what AEW tried to do with Fight Forever, with tried being the key word in that sentence. Everything to me was a letdown. Gameplay was decent but not nearly as expansive as the n64 AKI titles were but was probably the best part of the game minus the random glitches. Graphics were good enough since it was a throwback to the No Mercy type of graphics. I absolutely hated Road To The Elite because it was so repetitive and not a linear, story driven experience like No Mercy and even WM 2000 were. They had those dumb ass mini games that were effectively pointless and I’d rather have seen a better season mode and maybe a mode similar to universe mode from the 2k games only with the AEW twist on it. And finally, yes, the creation suite was a major letdown. I get AEW and THQ Nordic were on a deadline but there were very few options in creation suite. I realistically wasn’t expecting 2k level of creation options but I also wasn’t expecting a level under what games like WWF Warzone or WWF Attitude had. The online mode was laughable from what little I saw of it and there’s zero in the way of community creations to share the creations you can make. Many of these things could be forgiven if things were added in future updates but it appears as if AEW and THQ Nordic are content with the game mostly as it is. That’s the truly most frustrating and disappointing part, AEW FF has all the potential in the world to still be an amazing game. And maybe some things will eventually be added but it’ll be far too late because fans like me have long since stopped playing. I never thought I’d buy the same 2k WWE game ever again until I played AEW FF. I’ll gladly create an AEW universe mode if I ever buy WWE 2k24 and stick with that.
The game they wanted to go for came out in 2000. AEW had powerful machineries at their disposal and this is what they could come up with?
They really made a game called Fight FOREVER then put in the bare minimum of content to occupy your time. I think people would be more forgiving if they had released more/better DLC that wasn't ridiculously priced and never goes on sale. I'm not ever paying $10-$12 for just ONE wrestler. I hope they're working on a sequel that addresses all the issues this game had. Call it AEW: ALL IN and actually go ALL IN.
Wwe2k is way better
Wrestling Games nowadays are just plain lazy: no full entrances is absolutely unacceptable. I also found WWE 2k23 showcase mode a joke with no commentary.
I LOVE THIS GAME
SOOO EXCITED FOR TOMORROW
NEW DLC
Awesome video and welcome back man 😎!
Thanks!
The game is pretty fun overall. I think with a little more polish, more a better single player campaign, and more match types, the game would be fantastic. I would give up the silly mini games for more polish. I like the idea of using workouts, food, etc. but I'd like to have seen a bit less repetition of what you can do.
I agree!
Honestly i dont see the point of making another No Mercy copy like game, especially since that gameplay style is so primitive. Nostalgia riders overrate that game so much, every SmR plus a good chunk of the 2k games are better than No Mercy.
WWE 2K24 video next Nik? =)
It’s a possibility. I haven’t picked it up yet but I do plan to.
Hell yeah a new Nikateen video!
The fact that the roster was small to begin with and to get a few extra characters will cost you more then the actual game says it all about this scam of a game.
I appreciate them trying to recapture the essence of the N64 golden era of wrestling.
But my biggest issue is that I'm not personally a fan of AEW. So I have no connection with their wrestlers, unlike WCW or WWF.
I'm sad to hear actual fans of AEW found this game disappointing themselves. So it doesn't seem like it hit the mark there either.
Overall it is a solid, super fun game. Just lacking so hard in content, and all dlc is minimal with a 25$ price tag for each individual addition, making it not worth the purchase
It could be the greatest wrestling game of today if they could just put in some real content
Nah, it's not oberhyped. Its just as disappointing as everybody says. It actually performs just as bad as its sales might suggest you.
If anything, it was overhyped before release.
That’s the point I was trying to make. It was overhyped during development. Obviously it’s not overhyped now, it’s pretty hated. 😂
I couldnt pin down why I disliked the visuals so much, but I realized that it looks like saints row. I dont even think the art style is bad, saints row just made me hate anything remotely close.
Saints Row! It does look like that, that’s a great comparison!
Its difficult to find games that are this technologically below industry stanards. You'd have to look at like handball 24 or something. Or the australian football or rugby games.
Unpopular opinion, but, why would we want a successor to No Mercy? I'd much rather have a current 2K game than that.
Nostalgia is like an addiction.
Having played the modern 2k games and fight forever, I actually ended up not enjoying the 2k gameplay after spending time with ff. Really think the arcadey gameplay is more fun than the super realistic wrestling sim gameplay of the 2k games
The character creator for this game is what I take the biggest offense with imo.
Even when compared to No Mercy, the options are pretty piss poor. I can look past the lackluster career mode and roster, ommisons of certain arenas or tag teams, but at the very least let the fans have a way to fill in the blanks via CAWs. Here, theres just not much to work with.
The fact they even tried making the ingame store into a "Fortnite Cycle", yet we're still looking at the *exact same* 5 items with no changes, meanwhile everything else via DLC requires REALWORLD money, tells me they didnt really plan this out as well as they should have. AEW adding generic lizard and robot skins just isnt enough to fix that issue, I think.
If there ever is a sequel, CAW seriously needs a massive overhaul.
Welcome Back. Hope all is well.
Thanks a lot!
Drink every time he says "I, for one"
I, for one don’t think this would be smart!
Ultra Pro Wresting is looking like the true successor. Can't wait for it to come out.
Over hyped by a few neckbeards
Have you thrown anyone out of the ring in the exploding barbed wire yet?
Not yet, but I’ve seen it in a video.
Hell yeah! The man is back.
Very fun game, but after getting the platinum, there's really no reason to go back, especially not for the overpriced small DLC packs.
I like AEW Fight Forever
and I am exhausted trying to explain my choice to WWE marks who don't want anything else to exist
I can see that. I wouldn’t say that I love it personally, but it seems like some people don’t want to hear to hear a single good thing about the game.
@@NikateeN I have been attacked on reddit many times for my enjoyment and I am Just going to keep my opinions to myself because you can't argue with stupid