Wonderful effort from East Side Games to make an addictive portable wrestling game.

As much as it pains me to say this, I'm enjoying this game far more than I have AEW Fight Forever when comparing equal time spent on each game. Don't take that as a knock to AEWFF, Yuke's or THQ, though. I actually consider it a compliment to what the team at East Side Games has been able to do with AEW Rise to the Top in such little time. I have high hopes for both this game and AEWFF, as well as their other projects, in the future. Thank you for offering wrestling fans a mainstream alternative with your product, TK! Your efforts haven't gone unnoticed by so many lifelong wrestling fans such as myself.

Two-Star Game I actually enjoy and play

So it’s your run of the mill idle tap grow game. The difference is it involves wrestling — so I’d play most anything at that station. Totally huge screw up that made me give it 2 stars instead of 4? If you want to play the game on another device and start where you’ve put so much time into getting to, you have to play the beginning of the game through until Episode freakin 5. Not being able to log into your account immediately is a giant faux pas — but making me play (when each episode takes a considerable amount of time) til the fifth level essentially is mind numbingly Greek, to say the least. So in the end, I’ll prolly end up deleting it cause I can’t play it on it big iPad, where the game would be a great upgrade due to its style from my iPhone. Developers: what were you thinking? Whoever implemented that should have their brains scanned. ✌🏻 UPDATE: So, I bluffed, I played to episode five on my iPad. LoL … not only did it reset me to the beginning of the game after on my iPad, it did so as well on my 30+ hours played original device. Heartbreaking to say the least … thank god I didn’t throw any cheese down on the game — I was very close many a time. Actually irritated badly … welp, in the name and words of Matthew Douglas Hardy: “DELETE! DELETE! DELETE! DELETE.” It was mediocre getting to know ya, Rise to the Flop.

Fun, Possible to Win with Careful Planning

Edit: Pros: They fixed the Ads Malfunction that would rob rewards; variety of wrestlers; the interface is functioning/looks great while offering different games. It is possible to win without breaking the bank. On the PVP side, you have to save your Gems from Mondays and Tuesday to Thursday play. This way you can splurge to win on the weekend play. Cons: The main game tends to get stuck where you need to contact tech support to advance you to the next episode. Previous review: I enjoy the game. It is like all the other ‘pay to play’ games. I indulged a little bit (I don’t with other games). You can win currencies by careful planning. I would like to see something where you can boost up ‘Rare’ wrestlers to be powerhouses against the ‘Epic’ wrestlers. It is like the only way to win the PVP Arena. I find myself using the same 3-5 Legendary and Epic Wrestlers. Recently, the ads have been malfunctioning. After the ad plays and says Reward Granted, nothing happens. Clicking on the X doesn’t work; rather it allows the user to select text. This doesn’t happen with the ads for the King that keeps getting into trouble.

Woah Nelly

I am an AEW fan. I enjoy the effort they put into the gameplay, where you build up your favorite wrestlers and follow some storylines and fight pvp. There are ads, but they’re not as bad as other games that have made me un-download them. The part that bothers me, however, is how much they’re charging for wrestler/upgrade packs and the backstage pass!!! I’m the kind of person to spend $1-5 at a time on games I like, and asking over $50 for some legendary wrestler cards is insulting. I would even be interested in the backstage pass if it wasn’t $20! I think y'all should lower your prices so that your fans can get more out of the game that they desire, and will stay loyal enough to play for a long time….

Not Really a Game.

I love the animation style and the way the wrestlers look. But it’s not a game and you don’t wrestle. The goal is to make money by automating matches that you don’t watch by pressing an icon on the screen. For the main event you click an icon that says “start match” and watch simple stock animation of them bopping each other. And then it’s over and you set up another. Unlocking characters and a bunch of other nonsense as you go. Its redundant and boring. I wish they’d just make a game where you’re actually WRESTLING. Fans don’t want “fantasy booking”. I don’t want to dress up wrestlers, book them, feed them like tamagotchi etc. I want them to wrestle in a game just like on Xbox. Simple. Another case of the owner thinking that everyone likes the same things he does, like fantasy booking and NJPW.

Features don’t work on iPad pro

I want to enjoy. But this game is not completely compatible with iPad pros. The game seems zoomed in it cuts off cut scene text so I can’t read what is being posted. Also in the new in game event I can’t even select cards to make a complete team. Nothing scrolls to different areas. Needs fixed asap. I enjoy the game, but I’m frustrated I can’t even participate in special events due to bug in game. I would love to leave a 5 star review once this is fixed. Edit issue was fixed. I can now enjoy the whole game.

Fun gotcha game

The game is fun. Looking forward to more in the future from it. Its 100% a gotcha game (throw as much money as possible to do better) but it can still be fine as of now as ftp. One issue I keep seeing with it is at times it just will not load content after connecting to server. Something to look into. There needs to be more added for a reason to actually play the game vs set up and check later. Yes I understand it’s a idle game but there also has to be some perk for idling with the game open vs just set up auto and log out to check later. Where it be things running slightly faster or something anything really that benifits anyone whom chooses to actually be in the game playing and not set up and log out.

AEW Gotcha Game

Game play is casual, requiring little strategy and can be played by any age group. Game offers events often. Rewards are cards to upgrade characters you earn. Money will advance you in the game, while diamonds will be what free to play players will want to save for the events offering a card they need/want. Gameplay is repetitive, with challenge gauntlets that require buying or earning the rare cards to enter them. PVP refreshes every week, with new focused character traits that give bonus damage for those characters on a multiplier. I like the game. Though I do believe its NOT dynamic enough to keep you playing for a long time. Free to play players do not get a chance at any cards that are of high quality without a lot of patience and saving of their diamonds (to hopefully) earn during an event that those cards are the rewards for. The monthly Elite Pass freebie tier offers very little reason to continue playing it in comparison to the paid tier. The rewards for free players at the end should at least give you one of the Elite Pass character in my opinion.

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