Pro Wrestling Sim
- March 29, 2021
- Pro Wrestling Sim
- 60h median play time
Get on Steam"Pro Wrestling Sim is a single-player, text-based business sports game that simulates running a pro-wrestling promotion. Decide on rosters, create storylines, and settle matches with the outcomes in your hands. Customize your world, edit the database, and share with friends for endless possibilities."
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Reviews
- Pro Wrestling Sim offers a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to navigate and book shows, appealing to both new and experienced players.
- The game features extensive customization options and mod support, allowing players to create their own wrestling promotions and storylines.
- Regular updates from the developer enhance gameplay and address community feedback, ensuring continuous improvement and engagement.
- The game currently lacks depth in certain areas, such as detailed match summaries and a more complex storyline system, which can make it feel less immersive.
- Some players have reported bugs and issues with the game's mechanics, particularly regarding financial systems and contract negotiations.
- The default database is limited, requiring players to rely on community mods for a more enriched experience, which may not be ideal for everyone.
- story42 mentions
- 5 % positive mentions
- 88 % neutral mentions
- 7 % negative mentions
The game's story aspect allows for extensive customization, enabling players to create their own wrestlers, companies, and storylines, which enhances the overall experience. However, users express a desire for more built-in story beats and angles, as well as improvements to the storyline menu for easier navigation and management. While the game encourages players to set their own goals and craft unique narratives, many hope for future updates that will expand storytelling features and streamline the creation process.
“Storylines are easy to make, same with tournaments.”
“You can create your own companies, wrestlers, storylines, and matches.”
“There are elements I dislike, such as the lack of angles/story beats, and the only way to get more is through either creating them yourself, which is a pain, or downloading from the workshop, of which there's only one good angle template download in the workshop.”
“Also, the storyline menu leaves something to be desired when you compare it to the booking screen of the game.”
“There's no 'story' for you to beat - this is very much a 'set your own goals and make your own fun' sort of game.”
- gameplay20 mentions
- 20 % positive mentions
- 65 % neutral mentions
- 15 % negative mentions
The gameplay is generally well-received, praised for its addictiveness and improved match mechanics compared to its predecessor, TEW. While the core gameplay and interface are considered strong, some users note the lack of depth in tournament mechanics and mention existing bugs and UI issues that need addressing. Overall, it offers a compelling blend of simplicity and complexity, making it a recommended choice for newcomers, though veterans of TEW may find less novelty.
“But the core gameplay is good, and most importantly (for the genre) - the interface is very nice.”
“Plus, the match mechanics are so much better than TEW because you can have a match with two jobbers and it will not tank the entire show!”
“It's a fantastic mix of the simplicity of JOW with sprinkles of complex mechanics that TEW brings to the table.”
“Tournaments exist purely as a widget and have no game mechanics.”
“Obviously, there are plenty of kinks that need to be worked out, random little bugs and missing UI features that would make the gameplay even more convenient.”
“Admittedly, I was not a big fan of the basic gameplay compared to TEW, but I started playing more and it's really addicting!”
- graphics10 mentions
- 20 % positive mentions
- 60 % neutral mentions
- 20 % negative mentions
The graphics are highly praised for their visual appeal and user-friendly interface, making navigation and gameplay seamless. While some users note that the default aesthetic may not match the highest standards of the genre, the availability of user-created mods enhances the overall experience. Overall, the visuals are considered superior to other games in the same category.
“The graphics are great; it's so easy to navigate the game.”
“Making matches and angles is so easy because the graphics are easy on the eye and the UI is easy to navigate through.”
“Aesthetically, it is not at that level, and the default universe is not as good; however, there are plenty of user-made game worlds on their forums, with modern or historical mods.”
“The visuals are also more pleasing to the eyes than any other game of this genre.”
- music4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game allows players to assign custom entrance music to wrestlers by linking videos from platforms like YouTube, enhancing the personalization of the experience. Users have expressed a desire for additional features, such as background music integration and a display window for entrance videos, to further enrich the presentation.
“There is a feature that you can assign entrance music to wrestlers by linking any YouTube (or any other site) video.”
“A dream request would be a plugin that allowed you to incorporate entrance music in the background or even perhaps a window for displaying entrance videos?”
- replayability4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Reviewers highlight the game's exceptional replayability, noting its user-friendly interface and multi-level angles that contribute to an infinite replay value. This aspect significantly enhances the overall gaming experience, encouraging players to return for more.
“Endless replay value.”
“The interface is much more user-friendly than TEW, and the multi-level angles make the replay value infinite.”
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Users generally find the grinding aspect of the game tedious, particularly when it requires repetitive manual effort for each show.
“I find this tedious to do manually for every show.”
