42
As I said up top, there’s a paucity of good wrestling games on the Switch, which means that it’d be very easy for a half-decent one to break through and feel like it’s Game of the Year-material. Action Arcade Wrestling, unfortunately, isn’t up to that task.
70
Action Arcade Wrestling is a fun pick-up-and-play arcade wrestling game to play with a friend. It won’t hold your attention for too long. Still, with the massive pool of customizability and readily available downloads from the AAW community, there is enough here to wet a wrestling fans’ appetite. If only it had the same depth with its available modes, it would have gone from a good game to a great one.
70
As long as you’re able to gather your buddies onto the couch for some gaming fun now and then, you’ll have a good time with Action Arcade Wrestling.
9
I used to be a huge wrestling and wrestling video game fan growing up, but I never really played any of the games after Here Comes the Pain. The more recent titles always looked a bit sterile and lifeless to me. But Action Arcade Wrestling captures that older wrestling game feel without being stiff. Of course there could be a career mode or similar. And it would make the game even better. But still there are many match types to choose from. The actual gameplay and mechanics work really well in my opinion. I like the counter mechanics and they do offer a challenge. Also I am really really happy that you get to unlock stuff, like in the old days :) so there is a reason to keep playing the game besides it being fun. It is a bit difficult to find community created wrestlers that are not real/copyrighted should that concern you.
Action Arcade Wrestling
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Feb 9, 2022
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Feb 15, 2022
70
As long as you’re able to gather your buddies onto the couch for some gaming fun now and then, you’ll have a good time with Action Arcade Wrestling.
Feb 15, 2022
70
Action Arcade Wrestling is a fun pick-up-and-play arcade wrestling game to play with a friend. It won’t hold your attention for too long. Still, with the massive pool of customizability and readily available downloads from the AAW community, there is enough here to wet a wrestling fans’ appetite. If only it had the same depth with its available modes, it would have gone from a good game to a great one.
Feb 14, 2022
70
Action Arcade Wrestling is a beautiful and smooth game that’s very attractively priced. Easy to pick up and play, it boasts a deep (but separate) creator’s tool with plenty of community-created wrestlers to download. What it does, it does well. But it’s missing features to make it a great game, specifically a career or federation mode. The framework is there, so hopefully, we will see that in the future.
Feb 17, 2022
42
As I said up top, there’s a paucity of good wrestling games on the Switch, which means that it’d be very easy for a half-decent one to break through and feel like it’s Game of the Year-material. Action Arcade Wrestling, unfortunately, isn’t up to that task.
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SummaryPerform a BODY SLAM, knock’em down with a CLOTHESLINE, pull off the classic PILEDRIVER AND… shoot a FIREBALL into your opponent's face?! Whatever you do… don’t find yourself looking up at the lights!
Rated Tfor Teen
Platforms:
- PC
- PlayStation 4
- Nintendo Switch
- Xbox One
Initial Release Date:Feb 9, 2022
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