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So, I don't know if you've gotten any information about this game elsewhere, such as Reddit or other message boards for example. But, I'm gonna do my best to talk about the game itself, as well as the promoter mode. The thing is, I believe there is a lot of blind praise for the Fire Pro series. It's a great series and World is a really strong game, but I think people overlook at lot of flaws in the games, as well as ignoring that people may not like how bare bones the game is. I'm not sure if you've ever played Returns or any other games in the series, so if you have, you'll know what they're about. So, if you have, you can ignore this brief little about the game.

The Fire Pro games, World in particular, is a strong game for capturing the in ring aspects of pro wrestling. They have a strong logic system that allows wrestlers to behave in a certain way, which you can use to program your created wrestlers to wrestle like they do in real life. So guys like Sting would go for certain combos, for example, he might taunt before a Stinger Splash or know to follow up a Scorpion Death Drop with the Scorpion Death Lock. But, it lacks in a lot of features, there's a few gimmick matches, but it doesn't have a ton of bells and whistles like the WWE games, which isn't a turn off, but you should know what you're getting into. It's a game where you need to learn the controls, how it plays, and more before you master it and that may turn people off. It's a complex game and you  have to approach it differently than your yearly WWE release.

Now, if you've played previous installments, let's talk about the Promoter mode. I haven't pumped that much time into it yet, so someone else may have more info and insight, but I did play a bit of the same mode in the Game Boy version. This is a slightly updated version of that. And it's fun, but there are some things that it has against it.  The good is, the mode allows you to manage a promotion, compete against other promotions, and try to grow your company across the board. Hiring people, making merchandise, selling out bigger arenas, and so much more. 

The thing is, for you to turn this into something like Universe Mode, where you have various promotions competing against each other, well that's the first obstacle. As you'll have to really put the time into downloading the wrestlers, creating the promotions in the game, making stables, etc, etc. It's not like that'll take you hours, but you'll have to put some time into really customizing the game to your liking. But that's the least of the issues I have, besides the more wrestlers you have, the more fun you can have with both the mode and the other exhibition modes.

The thing is, in terms of really immersing yourself in the game and creating say, WWE or whatever your preferred choice of promotion is,it only goes so far as the name and wrestlers. But, since you're playing with Steam, there's probably mods for this, but on console, you can't change the rings used for your promotion, meaning you use a default ring and if you like to play or watch matches, it does take you out of it a bit, trying to watch an NWA show with classic wrestlers, only to see them in a default, generic ring. Same with belts, you can't change belts to my knowledge, but again, on PC, there's probably mods. But I'm stuck with a World title, tag title, cruiserweight, six man, and six man cruiserweight belts. WWE doesn't have the last two, which takes away from an authentic experience. Some may not see that as a big deal, since you don't have to use those belts, but I think it's a bit of a knock against it.


You can change how many guys your promotion starts with, but even if you download 100 wrestlers for a promotion, you still max out at like 25 or something and have to sign the rest. It's not bad, but you can only try to sign one person a month and if that fails, you don't get a redo. Some people may like that, as it adds some challenge and strategy to the game, but I think it's a poor decision. There's also an issue I ran into, where if you try to do a cross promotion show and they book a match for a cruiserweight title, if you don't have a wrestler in that weight class, you're stuck and can't progress. Meaning you either have to reload a save, which for some, could be months prior if they don't save frequently, erasing progress. Or if you saved the game before trying to book the show, to my knowledge, you're stuck and have to restart the game. 

There's no feuds, no cutscenes, and you only book one show a month. Those may not be deal breakers, but it lacks the experience of building up feuds, trying to set up big time matches for higher attendance and better show ratings. It's just like booking matches and hoping that you have the star power and the popularity as a promotion to sell out and grow. Also, you can't do triple threats, four ways, or any sort of battle royal within the mode, it's only  singles, tags, and handicap matches. And if you book a cage match or a death match, your whole show is contested under those rules. Again, for some, that may be fine, but it's little things like that, that I personally think should have been fixed/changed, before bringing this mode into the game.

I wouldn't say it's not worth the money, you probably will enjoy it and if you're into modding the game, you can probably fix some of the issues that I think came with the mode. I guess if anything, like I said originally, I just wanted to point out some things that I think people will either overlook or sweep under the rug, because they have a bit of blind love for the Fire Pro games and won't see how, it can be off putting and not as enjoyable to new people playing for the first time.

I'd be fine with that as long as it's all released with HOF Ceremony.

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