Overall, the main event of every new region – and the stories told throughout – is the gallery of colorful and often silly characters. It feels way more organically engaging than some other little storylines, like having to rescue a rival wrestler because they know a shortcut to your destination. Among my favorites is a small side arc where a lucha libre legend is forced to choose between his family and his role as the region’s champion. The small bright spots of genuinely touching story and character play pop up consistently enough to pull through over the almost 40-hour tale, though. The flaws stick out most when control switches back and forth between these two groups of heroes, often abruptly stopping the flow of one story to make incremental progress in another. Sadly, the flimsy plot fails its attempt to hide the “go here, fight this” nature of WrestleQuest’s design under narrative face paint. This is in contrast with Muchacho Man’s less compelling quest to be the Toy Box’s best wrestler, and slowly finding out the hard way why that’s unlikely to happen. The story of the Honest Bucks tag team slowly growing apart on their quest to achieve stardom and honor their family lineage is a strong thread that runs through much of the adventure, even if it drags you through diversions that feel more like busywork than meaningful plot developments or twists. This sort of "everything is wrestling" approach hits more than it misses.Įven so, this sort of “everything is wrestling” approach hits more than it misses. We’re pretty clearly not supposed to think about it too much. A corrupt businessman attempting to cheat fights is just as abhorrent as a local mob boss burning down a school, by WrestleQuest’s confusing logic. Other times you’re just passing through but get caught up in a war between neighboring promotions, complete with fortified outposts and pitched gun battles… and yet it feels like everything that happens in the Toy Box has the same level of importance to everyone else in it. Sometimes you come to a zone simply to challenge their local champion and to make a name for yourself. The tone is inconsistent across these locations, though.
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