Passing controllers, laughing at your friends, pointing and screaming in their faces, are all a big part of what makes games like this fun.īut it’s also all the things I’m not allowed to do in a pandemic.īeing in lockdown means the closest I’ve come to this is on the couch with my partner. Wrestledunk Sports is a beautifully fun local multiplayer game. The expressions of the similarly rectangular commentary team in the background of the stages are also great, though it can all be easy to miss amidst all the action. The looks of triumph and disappointment are laugh-out-loud hilarious during a close match, but can often accurately and playfully mimic the mood of the player at the time too, which encourages you to laugh at yourself, building on that rowdy party game environment.Įxplosions, crash-zooms, and fire effects during tense moments of the game all add wonderfully to the experience.
Characters are represented by rectangular blocks, which can be given a variety of costumes, but the real personality comes from their wonderfully expressive cartoon faces. It feels as effortless and unpretentious as a game like this should be.Įffective simplicity extends into the overall presentation of Wrestledunk Sports as well. Wrestledunk Sports is chaotic elegance distilled into a pure, party game form. These moments are unforgettable while they’re happening, and as they continue to happen they compound into a euphoric overall sense of joy. Strategically squashing foes by diving on top of them in Wrestling feels just as good as accidentally flinging yourself off the bouncy ropes and getting the win anyway. Nailing a winning spike in Volleyball after you’ve messing it up and self-scoring every other time is euphoric.
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