Justin Leeper Says AEW Fight Forever Team Is ‘Pretty Happy’ With Response To Game

Justin Leeper comments on the reaction to AEW Fight Forever.

With the game being out for nearly a full week at this point, many fans have gotten the opportunity to play AEW Fight Forever. 

Currently, the game has a Metascore of 65/100, as well as a 6.0 user score on the same platform. Furthermore, Fight Forever has a 3.1 rating on Google.

In a new interview with Cultaholic, Justin Leeper, who served as the Lead Narrative Designer for the game’s Road To Elite story mode, noted that the team is pretty happy with the response to the game. Leeper also noted that he was aware that reviews for the game wouldn’t be in the stratosphere.

“Yeah, I think we’re pretty happy. I think that, I was at least aware, that reviews might not be in the stratosphere, but at the end of the day, I make games for the player. I make games so that the people that are interested in it, will pick it up and find some fun and enjoyment in it. Does that mean I made a perfect mode, no definitely not. Is this a perfect game, no it is not. Especially taking it as a from the ground up, first ever effort for a brand new IP, I think we accomplished what we wanted to do. I think I accomplished what I wanted to do on the mode, I think we made it a kinda easy to play, hard to master kind of game that was intuitive to the controls and fun to play. It’s something to build off of, very much so and I hope there are some updates that come that bring some other people into the fold [who hadn’t bought the game yet]. By in large, the people who I’ve heard from that are playing it, are enjoying what they’re playing.”

Before joining the Fight Forever team, Leeper served as a cutscene director for WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 and 2010.

Kenny Omega recently noted on Twitter that AEW Fight Forever will have continued support. Fans can learn more by clicking here.

Furthermore, AEW SVP Nik Sobic recently talked about the inclusion of mini-games in Fight Forever. Click here to learn more.

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