WAKFU

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5.8

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  1. Kyuubei1985
    Apr 15, 2018
    1
    Bien, voy a dar mi opinión crítica sobre Wakfu:
    Llevo jugando MMORPGs desde 2007, me he criado con MU, y con World Of Warcraft. He visto, en los 7 años que le he dedicado a estos dos juegos (4 de WOW y 3 de MU), el gran potencial que les han sacado a estos juegos, y también a juegos como Iruna Online, que es de móviles.
    El juego está muy bonito, con un diseño de arte espectacular, muy    Bien, voy a dar mi opinión crítica sobre Wakfu:
    Llevo jugando MMORPGs desde 2007, me he criado con MU, y con World Of Warcraft. He visto, en los 7 años que le he dedicado a estos dos juegos (4 de WOW y 3 de MU), el gran potencial que les han sacado a estos juegos, y también a juegos como Iruna Online, que es de móviles.

    El juego está muy bonito, con un diseño de arte espectacular, muy llamativo, y que te invita a jugarlo, tiene una historia muy interesante, y muy buena, aunque tampoco es innovadora, ya que es clásico en los MMORPG. La posibilidad de tener servidores de diferentes regiones (yo lo jugaba en el de Eibor, el hispanoparlante), y es bueno chatear con personas. Sin embargo, todo esto es opacado por unos defectos, que no veo que hayan solucionado desde su creación. Esto lo resalto en estos puntos:

    + Entorno gráfico y artístico muy bueno, acorde con la temática del juego.
    + Historia muy bien hecha, aunque no es muy novedosa.
    + Variedad de misiones (hablar con alguien, conseguir cosas, etc.)
    + Variedad de mazmorras, clases, y la opción de personalizar a tu gusto a tu personaje.
    + Una gran cantidad de slots para crearte más personajes, ya que puedes especializarte en más de una clase.
    + Una comunidad muy buena, no he tenido problemas con usuarios.

    - Su jugabilidad e interfaz de juego. Complicada, y que siempre te hace depender del grindeo hasta aburrirte, sumado a una ausencia de un minimapa, al menos para que no te quedes viendo el mapa a cada rato.
    - Una muy pobre cantidad de puntos de ataque, y movimiento, por cada misión, o nivel que subas.
    - Un sistema de progreso muy deficiente, que invita, o mejor dicho, incita, al pagar para tener aunque sea, una espadita para bajarle 1 punto a la cantidad de golpes que des a los enemigos (eso de matar bichitos nivel 5 estando en nivel 20 no me parece algo gratificante).
    - Una economía de juego bastante mala, que invita e incita a pagar con dinero real (que alguien me diga si es bueno recibir 2 kamas, moneda del juego, luego de vencer a 4 enemigos con un nivel un poquito más bajo que tú)
    - Un enredo a la hora de ir a mejorar armas, comprar pociones, etc...

    Entiendo que estos juegos F2P tienen que vivir de algo, pero podrían no convertir el sistema de progresión en un escollo? Intenté disfrutarlo, pero el juego pudo contra mí.
    Si esto es el futuro de los MMORPGs, prefiero no tocar ninguno más.
    En resumen: Un descarado "pay to fast" disfrazado de un bonito y adorable "free to play".

    Well, I'm going to give my critical opinion about Wakfu:
    I've been playing MMORPGs since 2007, I've been raised with MU, and with World Of Warcraft. I have seen, in the 7 years that I have devoted to these two games (4 of WOW and 3 of MU), the great potential that these games have taken to them, and also to games like Iruna Online, which is mobile.

    The game is very beautiful, with a spectacular art design, very striking, and that invites you to play it, has a very interesting story, and very good, although it is not innovative either, since it is classic in the MMORPG. The possibility of having servers from different regions (I played it in Eibor, Spanish-speaking), and it's good to chat with people. However, all this is overshadowed by some flaws, which I do not see that have been solved since its inception. This I highlight in these points:

    + Very good graphic and artistic environment, according to the theme of the game.
    + History very well made, although it is not very novel.
    + Variety of missions (talking to someone, getting things, etc.)
    + Variety of dungeons, classes, and the option to customize your character to your liking.
    + A lot of slots to create more characters, since you can specialize in more than one class.
    + A very good community, I have not had problems with users.

    - Its gameplay and game interface. Complicated, and that always makes you depend on the excesive grinding, added to an absence of a minimap, at least so that you do not get to see the map every time.
    - A very poor amount of attack points, and movement for leveling.
    - A system of very poor progress, which invites, or rather, encourages, by paying to have even a little sword to lose 1 point to the number of blows you give to enemies (that of killing bugs level 5 being in level 20 does not seem rewarding to me).
    - A very bad game economy, which invites and encourages you to pay with real money (someone will tell me if it's good to receive 2 kamas, the game's currency, after defeating 4 enemies with a level a little lower than you)
    - An entanglement when it comes to improving weapons, buying potions, etc ...

    I understand that these F2P games have to live on something, but could not convert the progression system into a stumbling block? I tried to enjoy it, but the game was against me.
    If this is the future of the MMORPGs, I prefer not to touch any more.
    In short: A cheeky "pay to fast" disguised as a nice and adorable "free to play".    … Expand
  2. Sparksvonrou
    Mar 4, 2016
    2
    Non existent support. Issues paying from the USA. Go get a CVS card and use that. That's so silly. What age do we live in? The dark ages? Often have to log out or restart to fix things. How long has this game been out and there are still things not working and bugs. Oh, I have been playing now for a year and a half so I think I have enough experience to review. PVP system is ridiculous. INon existent support. Issues paying from the USA. Go get a CVS card and use that. That's so silly. What age do we live in? The dark ages? Often have to log out or restart to fix things. How long has this game been out and there are still things not working and bugs. Oh, I have been playing now for a year and a half so I think I have enough experience to review. PVP system is ridiculous. I abhor bullying and that is what this game condones. Turn off your PVP and guess what. It doesn't matter. Very high level players massacre entire groups of people with hacked games. Oh that's so much fun to have De-darm and have to wait 10 minutes for HP to recharge so you can continue playing only to have them hit you again if you don't "run away" or "leave" to quote Ankama Tech Support. Oh and twice their responses never even addressed the issue of hacking. I have played all that time to reach the level I am and trust me have pretty much the best equipment possible and best weapons for the level I am. So when a lower level player can jump me and almost immediately kill me... yes, it's hacked. Often times reports to tech support are responded with a off the wall question that was answered in the original report. It's their way of dealing with it. Just spoof the person and you don't have to do any real work. Redundant. Same old stuff over and over and over to gain Level to get something new. Good rare drops are almost non-existent. There are Quests that literally give millions and millions of XP but hundreds of things that give absolutely zero. Everything should give at least one if you do it. Some of these Quests start with several players with ten thousand XP or 50 thousand. And it just mysteriously goes down and you win totally out of normal play regime. So in summary: Fun addictive game with non existent or lousy support. Difficulty paying from the USA with out extra steps. Organized bullying encouraged. Bugs unfixed requiring restarts and log outs. Quests not completed and just there (Mt. Zinit and the arena). You have to spend real world money to be eligible to vote. Lag issues. Apparent Ankama indifference to hacked players beating up other players. PVP switch some times does not work. (both with it on and trying to turn it on). Yeah I know there are areas that are open to PVP. I also know you can become an outlaw and be open to PVP. Elsewhere, PVP off should b PVP off. After almost two years... I give it a 2 and think I am going back to EnB.
    Sparks    … Expand
  3. Tayto
    Sep 21, 2014
    0
    I couldn't even make it past the tutorial because it bugged out on me. (Gather seeds. Nothing happens when you gather enough.) I have no patience for a game that's been out for years and still fails on what's supposed to be the very first impression for a new player.

    /uninstall
  4. ramza941
    Sep 4, 2014
    0
    Terrible game.

    So many bugs, duping, hacking, character revamps, poor customer support, a broken payment method for over 6 months, and a support system that takes months to reply to tickets are features of a ill ran company. Ankama, wakfu''s company, was so awfully run that Square Enix was forced to drop wakfu despite acquiring it a few years back. Do not recommend this game to    Terrible game.

    So many bugs, duping, hacking, character revamps, poor customer support, a broken payment method for over 6 months, and a support system that takes months to reply to tickets are features of a ill ran company. Ankama, wakfu''s company, was so awfully run that Square Enix was forced to drop wakfu despite acquiring it a few years back.

    Do not recommend this game to anyone, it's a complete waste of time as it is just plagued with numerous problems that are not being addressed.    … Expand
  5. Soulsquest
    Aug 1, 2014
    0
    I'm guessing you where tricked by Steam and found your way here. Lets start debunking things right away.

    Quests and Dungeons: "Live exciting adventures, explore lots of unique dungeons, and complete hundreds of quests that will not ask you to kill 10 wolves and bring back their heads. You’re here to save the world, after all!" This is **** one of the first 'quests' that you do    I'm guessing you where tricked by Steam and found your way here. Lets start debunking things right away.

    Quests and Dungeons: "Live exciting adventures, explore lots of unique dungeons, and complete hundreds of quests that will not ask you to kill 10 wolves and bring back their heads. You’re here to save the world, after all!"

    This is **** one of the first 'quests' that you do involve getting 10 bow-meow teeth there is also generic 'collect 10 to 150 of X random monster drops'.

    Build your own world: 'While others offer you houses, we give you worlds! Haven Worlds! Join a guild and acquire your own little piece of the world, to build and develop just as you wish. Don’t worry, in the Haven Worlds there are houses too, and so much more! '

    Nope; all of the Haven worlds have been bought up; you have to join a per-established guild if you want to make use of these in a meaningful way. Made worse that the guild cap is so small and how little impact one person has on guild leveling.

    Master the ecosystem: 'Respawn is a lie. When you kill something, you’d better replant it, or you might accidentally wipe out an entire species. Our unique ecosystem feature will give you complete control over mobs population. '

    Nope; it might have done so years ago; but it just isn't the case anymore. Most of the time monsters only go 'extinct' when they bug/glitch and never respawn again (the great Dhreller drought comes to mind); or even worse when they won't stop spawning and breaking a map and making it impossible to get clan bonuses.

    Political life: "NPCs are so yesterday… Write your own destiny and join the political dance of your Nation. Become Governor or one of his ministers, and make decisions that will impact thousands of players. The choice is yours: decide if you’d rather be a democratic, peaceful leader, or a tyrannical conqueror!"

    There are still NPC's but they are pretty meaningless; you will only hate them when you need to find someone to teach you a profession or something No shops; so enjoy trashing thousands of excess items you can't do anything with. Politics is a joke; did I mention that only paying players can vote? It isn't just a popularity contest, it is a pay to win popularity contest. It is worth mentioning that the politics and pvp system is mostly used for griefing and meaningless one day wars.

    Turn-based tactical combat: "Tired of brainlessly running through the forest pressing 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, on every monster that jumps on you? Discover our turn-based tactical combat system, and develop a more creative strategy to defeat monsters that will keep challenging your tactical skills.

    15 original classes: No standard knight, ranger, mage and cleric here. Discover our 15 classes, each with their unique set of skills and gameplay. From Foggernauts, the robot wreckers, to Xelors, masters of time, you're sure to find the character that's right for you."

    These two go together; given that they are sort of the same thing. You will end up pressing 1-5; because focusing on anything but one element will gimp you to the point of uselessness. In order to level a spell up; you will be casting it over and over again; thousands of times. There is no class variety; people just play the least (or most) broken one. Usually whatever class that has recently been remade. Foggernaughts, Xelors and Masqueraders are extremely rare while Enutrofs are all over the place.

    The languages are a lie. First of; it isn't fully localized from French to English. Many of the spells, abilities and items are not translated; and the developers have openly said that they won't be fixing it. Srambad Quest Line is being translated by players and not Devs! I honestly couldn't care too much about item fluff; but Sram's passives are a good example of something that needs to be done. in less you are fluent in French; you will be doing things by trial and error.

    It has been in 'beta' since before 2011; actual big fixes, content and updates are infrequent at best. The 0 turn bug persisted for years, tiles spawn of the map and onto the background, your haven bag (think housing system) has a chance to reset with no chance of getting your items restored. Your hard earned Kama can vanish for no reason at all (like using an appearance/gender change potion) What they do push is frequent 'adjustments' like nerfing exp, or adding a min level requirement in order to curtail carrying and power leveling. Then they try and sell exp pots in the store.

    Customer support is non-existent. I waited for more than a month to get a generic and copy pasted answer. The store DOES NOT WORK. I'm not a business major; but when checkout doesn't work; it should be fixed ASAP.

    Don't even bother till they get their **** together.    … Expand
  6. yopukainvencibl
    May 7, 2014
    1
    1/10, the game was released like two years ago and still have some beta issues:
    -bugs everywhere
    -some bugs even eat your items and pets and of course ankama never gives an answer to the people affected
    -memory leaks make nearly impossible to play the game even with only one account.
    -endless grind fest
    -horrendous drop rates
    -the custom service its a myth
  7. nephelin
    Dec 30, 2013
    0
    Completly the game sucks. Theres no support, the game developer just want take off your money. The game have milions of bugs that dont get solved. People get neglected by the developers about their problems on game.
  8. YadaYada1
    Dec 30, 2013
    1
    Nice art, lots of potential. NONEXISTENT CUSTOMER SERVICE; if something happens on their behalf youre screwed. AWFUL UNJUST MODERATORS, horrible economy, horrible management, grind fest on a turn base mmo, less tactical and more time consuming than anything. Horrible game, do not be fooled by how pretty it is.
  9. fallendeus
    Jul 1, 2013
    0
    Nothing to do but grind and grind and.... grind. Seriously this game is absolutely awful, that is if you can get on their horribly made website and actually create an account. It took multiple tries on their buggy site, somehow they even managed to up and make doing the captcha a grind, before i could make an account then i finally managed to get in and play and found that it is sincerelyNothing to do but grind and grind and.... grind. Seriously this game is absolutely awful, that is if you can get on their horribly made website and actually create an account. It took multiple tries on their buggy site, somehow they even managed to up and make doing the captcha a grind, before i could make an account then i finally managed to get in and play and found that it is sincerely not fun at all.… Expand
  10. Gimmesomesugar
    Jun 27, 2013
    3
    Wakfu has nice art, creative and unique turn based game play, as well as a fun social dynamic. Wakfu also has an animated series and you can find my creatures, villains, and landscaping from the anime in the actual game. Unfortunately there are still a lot of bugs, even though it has been out for over a year. New content has been released at incredible speed. However, the new content lacksWakfu has nice art, creative and unique turn based game play, as well as a fun social dynamic. Wakfu also has an animated series and you can find my creatures, villains, and landscaping from the anime in the actual game. Unfortunately there are still a lot of bugs, even though it has been out for over a year. New content has been released at incredible speed. However, the new content lacks depth and usually brings with it a new round of bugs and glitches. Character balancing has been slanted more towards PvP instead of geared towards PvE when the game is not designed for PvP. Customer service is nearly non-existent. If you have a bug you might as well quit playing because it won't be fixed. Which is rather frustrating after you have given them money and they still won't resolve let alone knowledge your issue.
    Overall while I do love playing the game and there is huge potential the flaws make it nearly unplayable. Ankama needs to slow down and focus on what really matters. The quality, not quantity.    … Expand
  11. ntall1
    May 3, 2013
    0
    Even if you wanted to like the game you will be turned off by the horrible company. The ads for the game are deceptive, and there is nothing free to play about a demo. You would not call any $59.99 game free to play because it has a demo. In addition to the subscription based play there are pay to win micro transactions. And if you do buy any of these expect to be filling out supportEven if you wanted to like the game you will be turned off by the horrible company. The ads for the game are deceptive, and there is nothing free to play about a demo. You would not call any $59.99 game free to play because it has a demo. In addition to the subscription based play there are pay to win micro transactions. And if you do buy any of these expect to be filling out support tickets to deal with your lost premium currency, and items that never arrived in your in game mail. Buyer Beware.

    Even if you do get a subscription and access to the full game it is no more than a grind fest with little to no rewards or purpose.

    The game is broken, and basically still in beta even a year after official release. Classes don't work as intended, skills are broken, and pvp is a joke due to the horrible character balance. Hope you never have to fight a ranged character as a melee.

    So if you like mindless grinding, no rewards, pay to win, bad companies, and a lack of players in your MMO than this is the game for you.    … Expand
  12. valoiz
    Oct 10, 2012
    3
    ANkama its the worst enemy of his Own Game....looks like they actually dont know what to do with it..... I played like 2 months and they change my char 3 times make it unable to acomplishe his original propose... ALso the comunity its full of rud players who will troll u and atack u (in game and forums) if u sumit any complain.
  13. normyp
    Jun 10, 2012
    1
    Friggin terrible. You feel ridiculously weak until you get to level 70 + Lack of quests, mixture of feelings of this is a waste of time and pointlessness. The only redeeming thing is the cute and quirky graphics but after a while you realise the only things moving are the animals and characters the backgrounds are just manga paintings. It's not a MMORPG it's a WOTRPG (Waste of time RPG).
  14. extenacia
    May 31, 2012
    0
    so much change,say want to balance the game but actually they kill the game....this new spell exp system only can make 1 class with 1 spell user will get more advantage while me(earth cra)need more spell to survive the game(on 1 branch)..i do want make multi element as my support spell but now they KILL it thanks a lot ankama and the other people that support it -_-
  15. Andulesan
    May 16, 2012
    2
    Very ambitious on Ankama's part but a total flunk of a game. While it does has very nice artwork and music, it is just a total grind with very limited options for F2P - not as good as Dofus.
  16. blazingeyes
    May 15, 2012
    1
    I went from a hardcore lover of the game, to the most disappointed player on the server within 3 months of my year subscription. If I had to some up wakfu with one word it would be 'bait and switch'. Nearly every class is riddled with game breaking bugs that are still existent from open beta. Nearly every unique selling point advertised such as the unique character progression, or uniqueI went from a hardcore lover of the game, to the most disappointed player on the server within 3 months of my year subscription. If I had to some up wakfu with one word it would be 'bait and switch'. Nearly every class is riddled with game breaking bugs that are still existent from open beta. Nearly every unique selling point advertised such as the unique character progression, or unique ecosystem checks and balances has already been taken out of the game and is no longer true, and their is zero end game content. There's a reason you can't experience 95% of the game until you pay. Buyer beware.… Expand
  17. Paraphrase
    Apr 23, 2012
    0
    The definition of wakfu is squandered potential. I can't emphasize that enough. Let me do it again. The definition of wakfu is squandered potential. The reviews are equally split between good and bad. They're both right. It's 5 stars if it's taken like a $5 one-time phone game you play for a week, but it's 1 star for its long term appeal and currently available buggy features and terribleThe definition of wakfu is squandered potential. I can't emphasize that enough. Let me do it again. The definition of wakfu is squandered potential. The reviews are equally split between good and bad. They're both right. It's 5 stars if it's taken like a $5 one-time phone game you play for a week, but it's 1 star for its long term appeal and currently available buggy features and terrible balance. This 5 year old game, which is still in beta condition. It is just another grind game. Such a waste.… Expand
  18. sugam
    Apr 19, 2012
    0
    One of the worst MMO's I have seen. Hard to know where to start.......

    boasts this MMO is tactical. Well...its not even close to being tactical. The MOST unbalanced class's I have ever seen in any MMO in the last 20 years its a major grind fest (99% of the game is grinding), who the hell likes that? almost zero feedback on things in the forums, unless you read FRENCH PvP is garbage, PvE    One of the worst MMO's I have seen. Hard to know where to start.......

    boasts this MMO is tactical. Well...its not even close to being tactical. The MOST unbalanced class's I have ever seen in any MMO in the last 20 years
    its a major grind fest (99% of the game is grinding), who the hell likes that?
    almost zero feedback on things in the forums, unless you read FRENCH
    PvP is garbage, PvE is garbage. There is no point to any of it.

    and this.....YOU CANT UNSUBSCRIBE. It has been months since release and they don't even admit this. They hide from this issue every time its brought up in the forums.    … Expand
  19. Xardon
    Apr 17, 2012
    3
    As a big fan of Final Fantasy Tactics I was initially skeptical of this game. Although the cartoon type style bothered me a little bit, my original thought was it was more for a younger crowd, I decided to try it anyway. I was pleasantly surprised at the CONCEPT of the game being an MMO. The way the game is presented on a functional level is pretty solid. I never tried Dofus, so beingAs a big fan of Final Fantasy Tactics I was initially skeptical of this game. Although the cartoon type style bothered me a little bit, my original thought was it was more for a younger crowd, I decided to try it anyway. I was pleasantly surprised at the CONCEPT of the game being an MMO. The way the game is presented on a functional level is pretty solid. I never tried Dofus, so being unfamiliar with the world some things were confusing, including the types of monsters, they just seemed odd. As many others have mentioned class balance seems to be an issue, I also did not see much in the form of a community. I found mostly people running around just soloing. Since I was under the assumption this was free to play, it wasn't until I read the forums that there is a huge disconnect between paying players and free players, mostly because of the games design flaws. The other frustrating piece was the fact that very early on you get quests that you cannot complete because you need to pay to be able to use or do certain abilities or skills to complete even the earliest of quests. Overall, I do wish for the success of Wakfu only so that I can hope someday they will do a Final Fantasy Tactics online with that universe and job system, as the core concepts would be easily able to be transferred over. Unfortunately, because of the limited things you can do as a free subscriber, the game turns in to just an exp grind very early on making one lose their interest very quickly.… Expand
  20. takewithfood
    Apr 3, 2012
    0
    Wakfu is a disaster that should go down in history as a "what not to do" lesson for all MMOs to come. Even it's beautiful and unique artistic style doesn't even come close to making up for the abject failures in essentially every other aspect of the game. It is a bug-ridden, hideously imbalanced grind-fest with a whimpering economy and scarcely enough content to last you two good weeks.Wakfu is a disaster that should go down in history as a "what not to do" lesson for all MMOs to come. Even it's beautiful and unique artistic style doesn't even come close to making up for the abject failures in essentially every other aspect of the game. It is a bug-ridden, hideously imbalanced grind-fest with a whimpering economy and scarcely enough content to last you two good weeks. Over the 3+ years I have spent beta testing this game I have seen it go from great to good to bad to downright embarrassing. There were versions of this game that were incredibly fun, promising, and well-loved, but these were inexplicably deleted and replaced with the sort of garbage we see now. There are bugs in this game that have festered for so long that they've actually celebrated birthdays. I don't know what else to say. It's probably unfair to judge the reviews of others, but I get the impression that the majority of the highly positive reviews here are from people who have not yet delved deeply enough into the game to realize just how ill-conceived, imbalanced, buggy, grindy, and short this game really is. I loved Dofus, I love turn-based strategy, and I love Ankama's unique artistic style, and I tried so hard to love this game - but it's truly awful. What a waste.… Expand
  21. boop
    Apr 3, 2012
    0
    As game enthusiast my wife and I frequently try new mmos. Wakfu was the most promising we have played in a while and we are extremely disappointed at the fact that not the game but the official website is the reason we have given up on playing. It started with banning us from creating 2 accounts (one for me and one for my wife to play the game together) on the same IP for 24 hours! WeAs game enthusiast my wife and I frequently try new mmos. Wakfu was the most promising we have played in a while and we are extremely disappointed at the fact that not the game but the official website is the reason we have given up on playing. It started with banning us from creating 2 accounts (one for me and one for my wife to play the game together) on the same IP for 24 hours! We overlooked that and fell in love with the game play and decided to subscribe only to be met with another BAN for 24 hours. For some unexplained reason we "could not be charged" and costumer support was impossible to contact. The account forums are flooded with people posting that they are having the same issues and some who had been able to subscribe couldn't unsubscribe leading to money being taken out of the bank when they didn't wish to pay anymore. This game fails on the most important part to a gaming business and thats the account information and money handling.… Expand
  22. HellsingDS
    Mar 28, 2012
    0
    I just want to point out, do most of these positive voters sound like real people or generated advertisements? This game is in no way ftp and you are basically paying to play beta. Wakfu have spent the past 6 years wasting their potential on bad leadership and constant mind changing. Fighting in pve gets very repetitive very fast and classes are either broken or unbalanced making pvp allI just want to point out, do most of these positive voters sound like real people or generated advertisements? This game is in no way ftp and you are basically paying to play beta. Wakfu have spent the past 6 years wasting their potential on bad leadership and constant mind changing. Fighting in pve gets very repetitive very fast and classes are either broken or unbalanced making pvp all but pointless. The game is very grind-centric with very little sense of achievment or progression.… Expand
  23. Dashen
    Mar 27, 2012
    3
    The game has been in development for at least 6 years, and has been through every stage of development a lot of times. Open beta, closed beta, complete overhaul of several class gimicks, crafting system, and at one point the whole project was started over, with new graphics and skill leveling systems. I was part of the closed beta of this last year, during which one thing became reallyThe game has been in development for at least 6 years, and has been through every stage of development a lot of times. Open beta, closed beta, complete overhaul of several class gimicks, crafting system, and at one point the whole project was started over, with new graphics and skill leveling systems. I was part of the closed beta of this last year, during which one thing became really obvious: The customer support was completely non-existant and feedback would be completely ignored, unless it was posted on the french forums. Many times it would seem that they were making fun of the players, when a huge issue or bug would appear in the game and they wouldn't make a mention of it and ignore it for several months such as item duplication bugs, or huge flaws on the many important and unique mechanics in the game. One of them is the political system: Once every 2 weeks or so, each of the 4 nations would have elections and choose 1 player to be a governor, and that governor would be able to start war with other nations, choose laws, set taxes, or buy "challenges" that are small contest-like events that would earn prizes for players that won them. A wonderful idea, or at least thats what it sounded like but when applied it was easy to see that the elections did nothing but act like popularity contest.
    Or the weather and ecologic mechanics, were mobs and resources such as trees, flowers and wheat could go extinct if people collected/destroyed too many of them without replanting, but in the game it is really easy to see a thousands of selfish players that straight out REFUSE to replant, and it is the work of small caring bunch to keep stuff alive, since everyone else is just too lazy to waste 15 seconds replanting even 1 tree for every 20 they cut down. I have seen people complain that while they are trying to replant resources, they will have players chase them around and collect the resources they just planted as soon it becomes possible, and sometimes destroying them before the resources can be collected just because they can, and then those same people are seen walking around complaining that they can't find more trees to cut
    Classes are awfully unbalanced, and even now that the game is released, they are still releasing balancing patches that make some mayor changes to most classes, most of the time making the overpowered classes even more overpowered, and nerfing even more the ones that are already struggling to stay alive. Since this is a released product, i don't need to explain why it is a bad idea to make such drastic changes to the way some classes work when there are a lot of people that have made builds around those spells and such.
    The elemental spells gain experience when you use them. So if you want a spell to become stronger, you only have to use it a lot. When you use many spells in a fight, the spell exp is split among the used spells depending on how much they were used, but you also get a small exp bonus the more spells you used. For example, using only spell A gives you 10 exp, using spell A and spell B equal amount of times get 6 exp o each of them. They did it this way to reward players that use more variety in spells, so they get less exp per spell but the total exp is higher. The problem with this is that many spells are extremely situational and will rarely be leveled since they are not worth being used often. Also, even thou the extra exp was made to benefit players that use many spells, truth is the less spells you use the stronger you will be, because those spells that you use all the time, the most effective powerful combo will always be the best one to use, so there is no pont on leveling spells that are not part of that combo. This is a game with beautful aesthetics and with lots of subtle puns or references based on a world with a great lore, but i believe nothing can save it now. Ankama has ignored feedback for a long time, rushed the production for release and right now, it feels that they are just looking for ways to milk the players from their money in some agressive marketing before the game sinks for good, like adding a cash shop on this game that is already subscription based, advertised as free to play. Ankama had plenty of time to change their ways. It is just painful to see the direction the game has taken.    … Expand
  24. dzonib
    Mar 27, 2012
    0
    The game is in beta test yet even its released , its full of bugs , client crashes , unbalanced classes and more , isn't worth paying for, i recommend stay away from it for another year or so.
  25. Sourc
    Mar 27, 2012
    0
    Bad suport, not informing player from changes before they are maded, bugs "fixed" that really aren't. Forun admin calling you xenofobic and racist. Not recomended.
  26. Aeganim
    Mar 26, 2012
    0
    What a huge failure. Lack of skills respec, bugs everywhere, completely unbalanced classes, undeveloped mechanics, horrible equipment stats distribution. In short, I paid 5 euros for a game which should still be in closed beta.
    Do not waste your time and money in this grindfest. Wakfu is a game with great potential, but it looks like Ankama and Square are only interested in milking their    What a huge failure. Lack of skills respec, bugs everywhere, completely unbalanced classes, undeveloped mechanics, horrible equipment stats distribution. In short, I paid 5 euros for a game which should still be in closed beta.
    Do not waste your time and money in this grindfest. Wakfu is a game with great potential, but it looks like Ankama and Square are only interested in milking their customers.    … Expand
  27. Falcord
    Mar 26, 2012
    0
    Been following this game since it was a mere concept. It's an absolutely disgrace to see how corporate greed has turned a beautiful project into a train wreck.

    Intending to reach two audiences that require diametrically opposed features to please (sandbox and themepark lovers), Ankama overextended in every single way, releasing an unfinished, buggy product and charging for it in an    Been following this game since it was a mere concept. It's an absolutely disgrace to see how corporate greed has turned a beautiful project into a train wreck.

    Intending to reach two audiences that require diametrically opposed features to please (sandbox and themepark lovers), Ankama overextended in every single way, releasing an unfinished, buggy product and charging for it in an immoral, borderline illegal way.

    The worst facet of this issue is the unjustifiable mistreatment of the playerbase by Ankama. Players have been lied to (officially promised to have a cosmetics-only cash shop, then a P2W shop was released on day one after people had paid preorders), blatantly ignored (still no official response on the arbitrary server restrictions that separated friends for absolutely no reason) and neglected when it comes to customer support (I have a 5 month old open ticket, go figure...).

    If I have to say it at gunpoint, yes, the game is "fun". Combat mechanics are fine, animation and art style are flashy. But that doesn't compensate for the abysmal balance, myriad of bugs and overall broken character developement system, which has been reported a million times during the beta, and repeteadly ignored.

    Do not support Wakfu. It is half a game, yet they're charging double for it (subscription PLUS pay to win shop). Your money is much better spent elsewhere.    … Expand
  28. Kossad
    Mar 26, 2012
    0
    The graphics, animations and the soundscape of Wakfu is breathtaking. Unfortunately the game is currently in a terrible state. The only content of the game is never ending grinding of levels and farming of resources. I can not suggest this game to anyone at its current state.
  29. Direct
    Mar 26, 2012
    0
    This game is not worth playing. All you who are thinking about playing this. I recommend just playing Dofus if you want a turn based MMO or just wait a year or two so they get this game together. Then we'll see if this is still alive and consider it again.
  30. Rainywolf
    Mar 26, 2012
    0
    It might seem like a nice game with interesting features at first, but don't be fooled. All this game has is wasted potential.

    As proven by previous games and management, Ankama have no idea what they are doing. The marketing is terrible (its NOT a f2p game, the free is just a trial, yet they act as if it is f2p instead of trial/demo). Its ridiculously bad programmed and heavy (JAVA is    It might seem like a nice game with interesting features at first, but don't be fooled. All this game has is wasted potential.

    As proven by previous games and management, Ankama have no idea what they are doing. The marketing is terrible (its NOT a f2p game, the free is just a trial, yet they act as if it is f2p instead of trial/demo). Its ridiculously bad programmed and heavy (JAVA is also a stupid idea to program it on, as its easier to create bugs that way, which the game is full of).

    To start with, the servers are IP blocked, because they think that's an awesome idea. This means if you're german you're confined to play in the german server and so on. There is almost no content (and even less content than beta stage), there is not even end game content, this means they released the game even more incomplete than beta. The class balance is terrible. The political system is **** up and highly exploitable. It has a cash shop which sells items to reduce in-game effort (which even got its downfall video from the players http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHX-88-E0z0&feature=youtu.be ). They scrapped on the last months and during the beta a lot of good ideas to make the game more similar to Dofus, such as scrapping gemlin (a pet supposed to be entirely customizable), making the graphics worse (one of the beta versions had a much better graphic), ruining the haven bag system (sorta like housing).

    They also allow multiclienting, which, for being a turn based game, will soon be a huge problem in many ways. (such as multiple voting on elections). The combat system is a joke. Just as an example, you should be using a single spell all the time if you want it to be maxed when you get lvl 100 (and have all others at low level). The game is pure grind. It was not so much in beta but they increased the XP needed to level by a lot on release, probably to slow people from getting to unexistant end game content. I could go on with the failures... The developers keep making bad design choices which obviously show they don't know what they are doing all the time, I just can't remember them all.

    They can't even make decent changelogs, they do not list all changes on them and do not explain them well.

    Tl;dr: Don't waste your time, this game is not what it looks like at first.    … Expand
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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. PC Gamer UK
    Apr 16, 2012
    58
    A beautiful alternative to the standard MMO, but unlikely to draw you away from more structured questing for long. [May 2012, p.88]
  2. Ten Ton Hammer
    Apr 16, 2012
    83
    Wakfu isn't for everyone, but it is right up your alley if you love a grid-based strategy RPG with the MMO elements we're all familiar with. It has enough charm to keep you in awe for days, and enough depth to keep you playing for weeks.
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  3. MMORPG.com
    Mar 23, 2012
    78
    If you're expecting epic quests, great loot, a compelling storyline and larger than life battles, then maybe Wakfu isn't the game for you. But if you're interested in exploring a drop-dead gorgeous world without getting aggro from every single mob you come across and being able to chat freely without restrictions to all the other players in the game, then you'll probably love this game.
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