History VideoGame / AEWFightForever

* BookEnds: Road to Elite begins with the player participating in the Casino Battle Royale at Double or Nothing (or a Fatal Four-Way match for female wrestlers), and ends with a title shot at Double or Nothing.

* {{Railroading}}: You are not allowed to skip any of the wrestler's entrances, nor are you allowed to increase the time limit on the Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match, meaning that it will always explode after 2 minutes.

* ProWrestlingIsReal: In the game's logic and the logic of Road to the Elite, wrestling is treated as an entirely real sport. When you encounter people during activities in Road to Elite, they talk as if the storylines you are in are real. When you get [[spoiler: injured by being put through a table in block 3C, it is a real injury]] or when [[spoiler: you beat the Young Bucks for their jobs as {EVPs} of the company in block 4A]], you are actually put into that position.

* ProWrestlingIsReal: In the game's logic and the logic of Road to the Elite, wrestling is treated as an entirely real sport. When you encounter people during activities in Road to Elite, they talk as if the storylines you are in are real. When you get [[spoiler: injured by being put through a table in block 3C, it is a real injury]] or when [[spoiler: you beat the Young Bucks for their jobs as EVPs of the company in block 4A]], you are actually put into that position.

* BattleRoyaleGame: Released in a post-release update on September 24, 2023, the game has a battle royale mode called "Stadium Stampede," based on the match type of the same name. In it, thirty players compete to be the last champion standing, using an assortment of weapons at their disposal.

* GuestFighter: Wrestling/OwenHart appears in the game as an unlockable wrestler, due to a partnership between AEW and The Owen Hart Foundation.

* MirrorMatch: Appears at one point in Road to Elite: [[spoiler:Before the Double or Nothing PPV match in Chapter [=4B=], your character's self-doubt manifests as a shadowy doppleganger you have to defeat to muster the courage to go out and fight in the main event.]]

* TheStarscream: In the Inner Circle's chapter, similar to in AEW's history, MJF leads a coup from within the Inner Circle, betraying Chris Jericho in order to strike out on his own and found the Pinnacle.

* TakeThat: As to be expected of a company known for calling out its competitor, the end of the storyline in 4A has a distinctive shot at their rival company, Wrestling/{{WWE}}. [[spoiler: After defeating the Young Bucks at Double or Nothing, making you the Executive Vice President of the company, your character will make a reference to two very maligned stories from said company.]]

* WouldHitAGirl: You can pit men against women in any match type, even the Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch.

* BattleRoyaleGame: Released in a post-release update on September 24, 2023, the game has a battle Royale mode called "Stadium Stampede," based on the match type of the same name. In it, thirty players compete to be the last champion standing, using an assortment of weapons at their disposal.

* TakeThat!: As to be expected of a company known for calling out its competitor, the end of the storyline in 4A has a distinctive shot at their rival company, Wrestling/{{WWE}}. [[spoiler: After defeating the Young Bucks at Double or Nothing, making you the Executive Vice President of the company, your character will make a reference to two very maligned stories from said company.]]

* VirtualPaperDoll: Character creation lets players make their own wrestler, down to their appearance, fighting style, and ring entrance.

** [[spoiler:Owen Hart, who you can unlock by winning 100 matches in exhibition mode.]]
** [[spoiler:Brodie Lee, who you unlock by finishing the Dark Order storyline in the Road to Elite.]]

** Sometimes when eating out, your character in Road to Elite may muse "[[VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}} Warrior needs food badly]]".

Created as a throwback to more arcade-style wrestling games of the 1990[=s=] as popularized by ''VideoGame/WWFNoMercy'', ''Fight Forever'' features a simplified fighting system in comparison to the Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s contemporary games, with an easy-to-pick-up control style that allows players to immediately take to the ring and slug it out with the all-star roster of the AEW, from Wrestling/CMPunk and Wrestling/BryanDanielson to Wrestling/JeffHardy and Wrestling/JungleBoy, all the way up to the Cleaner himself, Kenny Omega. Complimenting the pick-up-and-play gameplay is a suite of creation options for players to make their own rings, teams, and wrestlers. The main attraction of the game is "Road to Elite", a career mode that lets players live out a calendar year of AEW action, where their every action, from the frienships and rivalries they forge to the matches they win or lose, affect the outcome of the story!

* MiniGames: Players can participate in minigames, organized by the Best Friends in Road to Elite. These games range from memory challenges to Simon Says (or Penta Says, in this game) to home run challenges. Winning these games in Road to Elite earns you extra skill points and fight money.

* BookEnds: Road to Elite begins with the player participating in the Casino Battle Royale at Double or Nothing, and ends with a title shot at Double or Nothing.

** Eating soul food in Atlanta may lead to a run-in with Bryan Danielson who, after a brief conversation about food and wrestling, says he should probably go before "[[Wrestling/TheRock Dwayne]] smells what we're cooking]]".

* VirtualPaperDoll: Character creation lets players make their own wrestler, down to their appearance, fighting style, and ring entrance.

* FoodPorn: Eating out while on tour gives you a chance to sample local cuisines, from Jacksonville's fried gator to Washington DC-style pizza.

* BookEnds: Road to Elite begins with the player participating in the Casino Royale Battle Royale at Double or Nothing, and ends with a title shot at Double or Nothing.

''AEW: Fight Forever'' is a WrestlingGame based on Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling, developed under the supervision of Kenny Omega and AEW Games by Yuke's (of VideoGame/WWEVideoGames fame until 2018) and Published by THQ Nordic for the UsefulNotes/Playstation5, UsefulNotes/Playstation4, UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and PC. It was released on June 29, 2023.