RetroMania Wrestling
- March 23, 2021
- Retrosoft Studios
- 76h median play time
RetroMania Wrestling is a fully-realized throwback with a ton of heart and polish, delivering one of the finest 2D wrestling titles in decades.
Get on Xbox Games Store"RetroMania Wrestling" is the official sequel to the 1991 arcade game Wrestlefest, offering strategic, fast-paced action with 12+ unique wrestlers. Experience local multi-player fun for 2-8 players, with various match types, entrance animations, and crowd reactions. The game boasts beautiful 2D pixel art and animation, easy-to-learn gameplay, and additional content via DLC.
Reviews
- story69 mentions
- 23 % positive mentions
- 74 % neutral mentions
- 3 % negative mentions
- gameplay56 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 70 % neutral mentions
- 5 % negative mentions
- graphics28 mentions
- 57 % positive mentions
- 43 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- music14 mentions
- 64 % positive mentions
- 36 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- funny2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- replayability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 100 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- ads1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
- stability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
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- emotional1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
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- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Critic Reviews
RetroMania Wrestling Review
Think pay to win is bad? WWF WrestleFest did everything but put its hand in your wallet, but RetroMania Wrestling is here to fix that.
70%RetroMania Wrestling Review
RetroMania Wrestling looks like WWF WrestleFest, plays (a bit) like Fire Pro and has a wide variety of entertaining arenas to play in. However, the tiny roster, lack of creation modes, lack of online and brief single-player experiences mean you're really going to need to be interested in local multiplayer if you're going to be playing this one for a long time. To give it the Cena test: it's got our respect for going old-school and it'll get loyalty from the cult following it'll inevitably gain, but it still needs a bit more hustle before it's the finished product, whereas just now it feels like The Prototype.
60%RetroMania Wrestling review – Stuck in the past
Despite its dated aesthetics, RetroMania Wrestling can still bring the pain. Unfortunately that struggle translates to issues both in and out of the ring. Sometimes, it's important to consider why design decisions were abandoned in the past, rather than meticulously recreating frustrating mechanics for modern audiences in the name of authenticity.
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