War Thunder

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3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1908 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 590 out of 1908
  2. Mixed: 203 out of 1908
  3. Negative: 1,115 out of 1908

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  1. ashiles
    Nov 12, 2018
    1
    This starts off as being a great game; however, as you progress the game sets you up in the most unfair situations. You will be playing in a session with opponents that are 1.5-2+ higher than you are. While playing in tanks, I have hit an opponent point blank and barely damaged them; they hit me in response and kill me. Not fair and not realistic. Great graphics. Fun playing aside fromThis starts off as being a great game; however, as you progress the game sets you up in the most unfair situations. You will be playing in a session with opponents that are 1.5-2+ higher than you are. While playing in tanks, I have hit an opponent point blank and barely damaged them; they hit me in response and kill me. Not fair and not realistic. Great graphics. Fun playing aside from the glitches. The game just pairs you up unevenly. There is no excuse with 20-30 thousands of users to not be able to pair you up more evenly.… Expand
  2. gryps
    Apr 9, 2019
    1
    The game is good IF:

    - you play with low BR tanks or plane or ship. Forget about leopard , abrams etc... a few tanks are powerfull but the helicopter can kill you from their spawn etc.... meta of the game à hight battle rating is bad... very bad. - your map is a good one and there are 3 points = 2 map out of 3 are bads - you fight peoples on the same level than you. If you fight    The game is good IF:

    - you play with low BR tanks or plane or ship. Forget about leopard , abrams etc... a few tanks are powerfull but the helicopter can kill you from their spawn etc.... meta of the game à hight battle rating is bad... very bad.
    - your map is a good one and there are 3 points = 2 map out of 3 are bads
    - you fight peoples on the same level than you. If you fight people with better battle rating sometimes you can't hurt them.... you are just their plaything.
    - You don't play somes countrys. You have to take a premium for somes countrys or you lose money and spits blood to play them.
    - You Pay to win. If you pay for a plane or a tank you get a better tank or plane than the one you can research. A lot of players have premium vehicules!

    A waste of potential    … Expand
  3. Wishmaster87
    Sep 10, 2019
    1
    Gaijin is removing iconic vehicles like the Maus and Panther II because such vehicles never entered full production or were just concepts, and according to Gaijin "the Maus is too strong when down tiered but to weak if up tiered, which is true for literally every vehicle in game. They could just write a script that prevents Maus players from being up/down tiered but NO, they have to removeGaijin is removing iconic vehicles like the Maus and Panther II because such vehicles never entered full production or were just concepts, and according to Gaijin "the Maus is too strong when down tiered but to weak if up tiered, which is true for literally every vehicle in game. They could just write a script that prevents Maus players from being up/down tiered but NO, they have to remove one of the playerbase's favorite tanks. Meanwhile they are keeping the Object 120, of which only one was ever built, and adding the Ostwind II, which was only ever a concept on paper with not even a prototype built. Not to mention the dozens of other vehicles already in the game that never went past prototype stage or were purely conceptual altogether. Screw Gaijin.… Expand
  4. anotherone
    May 22, 2023
    1
    A brilliant game like no other,with a very fun combat system and an economy designed to specifically juice as many dollars out of you as possible the moment you hit rank 4.

    Putting a score of one, because the product is sabotaged by an out of touch management team.
  5. aleuscream
    Dec 12, 2019
    1
    de verdad no vale la pena perder el tiempo en este juego, la nación de la que es dueña el juego son inmortales y tienen muchas ventajas, es decir si no juegas con rusos no te vas a divertir , no esta balanceado a la hora de jugar y solo comerás frustraciones si no eres premiun , en otras palabras no jugar amenos que te guste los rusos no no tengas absolutamente anda mas que hacer
  6. Sawiszcze
    May 19, 2023
    1
    So that's it, I'd you asked me about this game 3 years ago I'd say that it's a dream for a military enthusiasts, although grind was a bit hard but manageable, but as of now things changed, through years of constant developers' greed the game is in almost unplayable state for any new player, and even veterans have hard time enjoying it. Until situation improves I advise against playing this game.
  7. Iketani
    Jul 12, 2020
    1
    The worst multiplayer junk I have ever come across. The game is completely unbalanced and flooded with physics issues which sadly make the game very frustrating even when you play well and are at the top. Writing this review after playing it for 2 years. A score of 1 for the great variety of vehicles and
    models faithful to the originals.
  8. aNoob
    Apr 8, 2021
    1
    After 400hrs fiddling with this "russian simulator". Here are some points i would like to note:
    _It'll be fun if you're a noob that keeps dying. Why? Because the "supreme russian balance" algorithm which takes K/D raito into account will group you with generally decent players. If you're playing like what you should in any other games, then **** you, carry these noobs. It'd be ideal that    After 400hrs fiddling with this "russian simulator". Here are some points i would like to note:
    _It'll be fun if you're a noob that keeps dying. Why? Because the "supreme russian balance" algorithm which takes K/D raito into account will group you with generally decent players. If you're playing like what you should in any other games, then **** you, carry these noobs. It'd be ideal that maintain K/D ratio of 1 or lower.
    _More fun if you pay tribute to glorious mother russia, frequent downtier for you, shots have more chance to KO instead of leaving your enemy struggling
    _Absolute fun if you pay even more, skipping the "gulag" grinding proccess.
    _Yet, for real issues like: ultra-low graphics, invisible obstacles, **** latency that causes the one who shoot first miss, unbalace BR. Gaijin has no intention to tackle them. Even worse, recently they keep adding irrelevant contents and slowly change the game into a mere FPS game but sucks hard. In short, the game has turned into a pure pay2win game that keeps accumulating issues.
    _It's worth noting that all the high score reviews here either paid or from people who've paid tributes to gaijin.
    P/S: 1 point for trying to keep a dead game alive since 2015    … Expand
  9. DEA765
    Jun 30, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I would love the game if it had just Tank mode. Bombing and Air-strikes have ridiculously made playing Tanks unplayable unless you are a pay to win player. You get bombed so much you can't even fairly combat against enemy tanks. If you are in a good fighting position they will just drop an air-strike right on you. It has made me hate the game and become totally frustrated. I am just about to delete this game and stop playing all together. The game play sucks now. Pay to win players have an extreme advantage over you. Blows… Expand
  10. Dddprime
    Mar 5, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Repair costs are irritating af . They get greedy with every update and increase repair cost . New players just stay out coz the grind will be ****… Expand
  11. szczotekyt
    Mar 12, 2022
    1
    lm like pancakes and that game isn,t pancakes ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
  12. The_D4RknesS
    May 25, 2023
    1
    this game is very realistic, immersive, beautiful BUT it is pay to win the economy of the game sucks!
  13. xRed_Ray
    May 20, 2023
    1
    This game has some pretty interesting mechanics at its core. But do not get me wrong! It is a horrible game, designed by absolute c*nts with horrible russian bias, managed by a greedy, money hungry company that blocks out all community feedback and actively spits on its players at every opportunity, along with begging them for money like their disappointed mothers once a month when theThis game has some pretty interesting mechanics at its core. But do not get me wrong! It is a horrible game, designed by absolute c*nts with horrible russian bias, managed by a greedy, money hungry company that blocks out all community feedback and actively spits on its players at every opportunity, along with begging them for money like their disappointed mothers once a month when the rent is due... but it has its moment. Singular! ONCE EVERY 20 HOURS OF PLAYTIME… Expand
  14. pilgrimiscool
    May 21, 2023
    1
    Grind is extreme, even with premium time and vehicles.

    If you do badly in match you lose in game currency which you need to progress. Premium vehicles are expensive (costs as much as some video games for one vehicle). Grind that is reasonable at the start but brutal immediately after in order to frustrate the player into spending money. Various balance issues. A focus on    Grind is extreme, even with premium time and vehicles.

    If you do badly in match you lose in game currency which you need to progress.

    Premium vehicles are expensive (costs as much as some video games for one vehicle).

    Grind that is reasonable at the start but brutal immediately after in order to frustrate the player into spending money.

    Various balance issues.

    A focus on adding and marketing vehicles at an increasingly unobtainable top tier which requires large in game purchases and or 100s of hours to reach.

    Battle rating compression, and balancing based on player performance, this leads to players regularly having to face vehicles which completely outclass their vehicle, especially in the lesser played tech trees.

    Focus on adding more vehicles as opposed to adding or improving game modes.

    Recent economy changes that made things worse.

    Do not play if you value your time or your money.    … Expand
  15. TRPilot06
    May 18, 2023
    1
    A brilliant game with immense possibily ruined by greedy developers. WT couldve been a great game but its nothing more than a chore. You have to work your ass off just to be able to playe the vehicles you own. Thats ofc considering that you have actually managed to grind your life off getting that said vehicle.
  16. Filibiny
    May 18, 2023
    1
    the game balance is awfull, many vehicles are extremely overpowered with others suffering, the game actively tries to put you against stronger vehicles the better you are, which is a good idea, untill a point where the game puts you against enemies you have no chance of killing, with some being literally unkillable by any of your vehicles, furthermore the developers keep making economythe game balance is awfull, many vehicles are extremely overpowered with others suffering, the game actively tries to put you against stronger vehicles the better you are, which is a good idea, untill a point where the game puts you against enemies you have no chance of killing, with some being literally unkillable by any of your vehicles, furthermore the developers keep making economy changes which actively make the players play more and gain less so that the players need to buy premium accounts/vehicles and even then they are not earning enough… Expand
  17. ALTe-
    May 21, 2023
    1
    Constant updates targeting player progression. Economy nerfs intended to hurt players. Lowering of reward multipliers on premium vehicles paid for with real money.
  18. Shark_pupet
    May 21, 2023
    1
    The game in its core might be fun and really cool, but the awful economy and greedy developers have completely ruined it and the game has become a chore to play and not a fun experience.
  19. NewSneaker
    May 21, 2023
    1
    Fun gameplay, horrible economy and grind. If you saw trailers and want to play your favourite modern MBT or jet fighter prepare for months, if not years of grinding through ww2 vehicles. Or you can just buy one for $60 and get obliterated in every game by people who have over 2000 hours of playtime.
  20. jasttim
    May 21, 2023
    1
    The economy to the game is deliberately broken in such a way to basically ensure you cannot progress without buying expensive premiums and premium account time

    Even then you will hardly earn any RP/SL to progress. Sure there are thousands of vehicles but no, if you're new to the game you will never own them. After 1400 hours I have uninstalled, I strongly advise people find a different    The economy to the game is deliberately broken in such a way to basically ensure you cannot progress without buying expensive premiums and premium account time

    Even then you will hardly earn any RP/SL to progress. Sure there are thousands of vehicles but no, if you're new to the game you will never own them.

    After 1400 hours I have uninstalled, I strongly advise people find a different game to play    … Expand
  21. Tucomtk
    May 21, 2023
    1
    Gaijobless wants only your money and , dont sell your soul to the snail!!!!
  22. Outsurgent
    May 21, 2023
    1
    I have over 1,000 hours in the game and I can say the game is good for about a month or two before the thin veneer of a well-balanced and well-designed free-to-play game erodes. If you care about the game and want to play it, the developers will find ways to frustrate you into buying in-game currency, premium time, or premium vehicles. There's no other way to realistically progress in theI have over 1,000 hours in the game and I can say the game is good for about a month or two before the thin veneer of a well-balanced and well-designed free-to-play game erodes. If you care about the game and want to play it, the developers will find ways to frustrate you into buying in-game currency, premium time, or premium vehicles. There's no other way to realistically progress in the game. The game is riddled with OP vehicles, OP weapons, terrible matchmaking, and vehicle balancing (WW2 vehicles fighting 1960s/70s tech? really?), punishing economy, and progression grind. Mention the blatant bias and disrespect the devs and publishers have for the player base. They do what they want to grab as much money as they can.

    Avoid. Do not get sucked in - it will cost you more than money.    … Expand
  23. Mandosole
    May 21, 2023
    1
    have 2k hours in the game, spent a lot of money and the game is getting worse and worse, at most the economy, first they killed wt sim, then enlisted, and wt realistic gets worse too something has to change
  24. Armaeger
    May 21, 2023
    1
    The economy sucks ass and the developers are the worst, most deaf tone people that I have ever seen
  25. SenorMiguel
    May 21, 2023
    1
    I played this game since closed beta testing and was loving it. However, I stopped playing some time ago because the economy was getting worse and worse, and grind got unbearable even with premium account and premium vehicles.
    I hope they introduce some positive changes but, as they were decreasing rewards for couple of years already, I don't see it coming.
  26. wooboo
    May 22, 2023
    1
    It was a fun, excellent game. There is a high possibility of development. However, Gaijin's anti-gamer behavior, unethical, miserable, disastrous, despondent, hopeless, selfish, discriminatory, shameful and hopeless operating methods are increasingly destroying the original value of the game. Should customers be constantly sacrificed for Gaijin's pride?
  27. Paranipstew
    May 22, 2023
    1
    Used to be amazing for the first few years after release. But the Devs have turned it into a moneysponge. Every update is a new "feature" to make the game less playable. It's not free to play, it's not pay to win, it's *subscribe* to win. You need to pay hundreds, if not thousands in real money to enjoy the game any more. Which is a shame as it has SO much potential. But the devs areUsed to be amazing for the first few years after release. But the Devs have turned it into a moneysponge. Every update is a new "feature" to make the game less playable. It's not free to play, it's not pay to win, it's *subscribe* to win. You need to pay hundreds, if not thousands in real money to enjoy the game any more. Which is a shame as it has SO much potential. But the devs are greedy now, as you can see from the company financial reports… Expand
  28. Hellek
    May 22, 2023
    1
    used to be a good game but the publisher started focusing on short-term profit and ruining the game. will probably be dead soon so don't waste any time on it.
  29. Timm504
    May 22, 2023
    1
    Game is free in the beginning but later u willl have to pay money to continue
    Also players that pay usually get a buff which Breaks pvp
    Ingame Economy is f.ed
  30. Senkru
    May 22, 2023
    1
    Devs don't listen to the community, terrible balancing system that gives f2p players a disadvantage.
  31. frodzis
    May 22, 2023
    1
    Ive been playing this game for a little bit since 2013. At the begining of 2022, I picked it up again, and got heavily addicted to it, sinking over 2000 euros on it. It was a little pay to advance, but I was fine with it. after reading posts about how theyre tanking player advancements, i got a little worried. but since their recent changes, i am starting to regret the amount of money iveIve been playing this game for a little bit since 2013. At the begining of 2022, I picked it up again, and got heavily addicted to it, sinking over 2000 euros on it. It was a little pay to advance, but I was fine with it. after reading posts about how theyre tanking player advancements, i got a little worried. but since their recent changes, i am starting to regret the amount of money ive spent, because the developers are just milking people like me dry, trying to make it unplayable without premium accounts and vehicles. even with a premium vehicle it can take months to get to top tier. ive had 200 games in a single premium jet, and i probably still need around 100 games to reach the top tier jet i want. imagine the grind for a free to play player. find a better game to spend your time and money on… Expand
  32. audwn
    May 23, 2023
    1
    Was a good game in the past. But how they manage the economy and progressions makes the game pass far away from F2P.
  33. kasp02
    May 22, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. bad economy whit developers who don't listen to players. Why does the review have to be 75 characters?… Expand
  34. tardilord
    May 22, 2023
    1
    I have played for a number of years and the current state of the game is the worst ive ever seen. Whilst most of the game play can be fun - besides the whole endgame vehicles, compressed matchmaker, national imbalance etc - the economy and progression are mind blowingly bad.
    I have 1100hrs in the game on steam and have unlocked one (1) top tier vehicle. A few hundred of those hours were    I have played for a number of years and the current state of the game is the worst ive ever seen. Whilst most of the game play can be fun - besides the whole endgame vehicles, compressed matchmaker, national imbalance etc - the economy and progression are mind blowingly bad.
    I have 1100hrs in the game on steam and have unlocked one (1) top tier vehicle. A few hundred of those hours were also played with premium time. I understand a games requirement to make money, and selling premium time and vehicles is not something I take issue with. The fact that I feel I cannot afford to play my highest teir vehicles without paying money is the issue. Even some lower tier stuff is essentially locked behind a profit wall (some rank V british tanks have repair costs equivalent to roughly 10 kills) where you lose money even on a good performance. When gaijin makes the game player friendly, I will delete this review. Until then, Do Not play this game.

    For existing players, do not log in on the 26th of may or the subsequent 2 weeks. Join the war thunder players union on reddit.    … Expand
  35. Nikarion
    May 22, 2023
    1
    It's a fun game with a lot of potential, but plagued by a mismanaged studio that actively antagonizes and gaslights its own playerbase. Every economy update they slash rewards and repair costs/times get raised, to the point where F2P is barely profitable once you hit rank 3/4 and premium time is a minor improvement unless you go full whale and just buy a top-tier lineup. The F2P tag isIt's a fun game with a lot of potential, but plagued by a mismanaged studio that actively antagonizes and gaslights its own playerbase. Every economy update they slash rewards and repair costs/times get raised, to the point where F2P is barely profitable once you hit rank 3/4 and premium time is a minor improvement unless you go full whale and just buy a top-tier lineup. The F2P tag is also a lie, think of it as ye olde shareware games where the beginning (first 3 ranks) are free but if you want to progress any further you need to buy premium time and vehicles if you ever hope to finish a single tech tree out of the 43 currently available.

    So as it stands, I cannot possibly recommend this game to anyone until Gaijin takes a step back and starts paying some attention to the community that wants this game to prosper.    … Expand
  36. tkrcry
    May 22, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. FixTheEconomy.Deaf developers with the community. Want to have a voice, we were silenced in the game forums. We must be heard.… Expand
  37. rubberduck923
    May 23, 2023
    1
    War Thunder, a game that once held great promise and brought endless enjoyment, has sadly lost its way, leaving players feeling abandoned by the developer. What was once an engaging experience has been tainted by exploitative economic practices and a disturbing pattern of neglecting player concerns.

    One of the most disappointing aspects of War Thunder is its predatory economy,    War Thunder, a game that once held great promise and brought endless enjoyment, has sadly lost its way, leaving players feeling abandoned by the developer. What was once an engaging experience has been tainted by exploitative economic practices and a disturbing pattern of neglecting player concerns.

    One of the most disappointing aspects of War Thunder is its predatory economy, specifically designed to drain players' hard-earned resources. The developer shamelessly employs tactics that force players into frustrating cycles of grinding or expensive microtransactions. The in-game economy feels unbalanced, making progress painfully slow for those who choose not to spend real money. It's disheartening to witness a game that was once fair and enjoyable devolve into a blatant money-grab.

    Even more disconcerting is the developer's constant gaslighting of the playerbase. Despite overwhelming negative feedback and valid concerns raised by the community, the developer consistently downplays and dismisses legitimate criticisms, attempting to spin every negative change as a positive improvement. It's both bewildering and infuriating to see them refuse to acknowledge the erosion of trust and goodwill they once had from their players.

    This persistent gaslighting not only undermines players' faith in the game's future but also creates a toxic environment within the community. Rather than fostering open dialogue and genuine engagement, the developer seems content with pushing their own agenda at the expense of player satisfaction. This blatant disregard for player feedback and concerns is a direct insult to the loyal fanbase that helped War Thunder thrive in the first place.

    It's truly disheartening to witness the downfall of a game that was once beloved by so many. The developer's profit-driven economic model, coupled with their gaslighting tactics, has soured the overall experience for players who were once deeply passionate about War Thunder. It's high time for the developer to reflect on their choices and reevaluate their priorities, as their current path only serves to alienate and frustrate the playerbase they should be nurturing.

    In conclusion, the decline of War Thunder speaks volumes about the developer's misguided decisions and their willingness to prioritize profit above player satisfaction. The exploitative economy and persistent gaslighting tactics employed by the developer have transformed what was once a promising game into a mere shadow of its former self. It's a regrettable state of affairs that leaves dedicated players disenchanted and searching for a gaming experience that genuinely values their input and enjoyment.    … Expand
  38. MetalTheDragon
    May 24, 2023
    1
    I put 1.991 hours into this game and I can't recommend it to anyone. Even if I hate them with ever fiber of my body I cannot recommend this game. There are so many unbalancing issues and economy issues to list. The only good thing this game has going for is the visuals and that is it. The devs like to mock and blame the player base for everything. Mocking and blaming your player base forI put 1.991 hours into this game and I can't recommend it to anyone. Even if I hate them with ever fiber of my body I cannot recommend this game. There are so many unbalancing issues and economy issues to list. The only good thing this game has going for is the visuals and that is it. The devs like to mock and blame the player base for everything. Mocking and blaming your player base for what you did to your game is pathetic… Expand
  39. Solax
    May 24, 2023
    1
    Les nouveaux changements sur l'économie in-game sont catastrophiques et résultent en un grind impossible pour obtenir les derniers (à partir du 5ème rang jusqu'à 7) véhicules. Un jeu jadis merveilleux qui sombre de plus en plus à chaque mise à jour.
  40. Planty4Dayz
    Jun 9, 2023
    1
    Used to be fun until Gaijin ruined the economy with 80€ for a plane and repair costs through the roof.
  41. fukk_you
    Aug 3, 2023
    1
    I don't play anything else than ground battles so if you are a tank enjoyer wishing to take part in TANK VS TANK fights then don't play this game. It is absolutely f-ed by planes giving, in 95% of the occurrences, 0 chances for tank players to survive. Planes are ridiculously easy to spawn with, very often you see players taking a very fast low tier tank, cap a point and get an assist andI don't play anything else than ground battles so if you are a tank enjoyer wishing to take part in TANK VS TANK fights then don't play this game. It is absolutely f-ed by planes giving, in 95% of the occurrences, 0 chances for tank players to survive. Planes are ridiculously easy to spawn with, very often you see players taking a very fast low tier tank, cap a point and get an assist and voilà, thy spawn in a ridiculously overpowered bomber ready to nuke half your team. And if you have the displeasure of killing a player with planes, be sure that 100% of the time you're the main target. It doesn't matter if they dive and just die after killing you ; it doesn't matter if there are lightly armored tanks nearby, you showed them you're more skilled on the ground, well they will **** you up from the sky where you can just cry about it and go back to the garage. GROUND REALISTIC BATTLES are cancerous because of these planes that ruin the entire experience, and there is nothing you can od about it. It is the same at every stage of the game, whether you have low tier vehicles or modern ones fighting on the ground against jets that have missiles that can lock on to your vehicle from kilometers away, without you even beginning to consider that a plane is aiming at you. And I won't even begin to talk about long-ranged drones...This game is worth nothing, and especially not your time. Go play WoT, at least you can fight ground targets there.… Expand
  42. Taxmen
    Aug 24, 2023
    1
    I have been playing this game since the day it came out. It is really fun, However dev's only care about making themselves money. You have a better chance becoming an actual fighter pilot IRL then reaching top tier without premium. If you are planning on being a free to play player, stay away you are literally wasting your time.
  43. bilsantu
    Sep 26, 2015
    0
    Gaijin is the worst thing that happened to War Thunder. They have zero respect for the players and don't care about the feedback. The forums are dictatorship. Save yourself from the madness.
  44. Tomwyr
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Long time player, I like quite a few aspects of the game, but the problems (in-game economy, BR compression,...) have become so big that I really can't currently recommend War thunder to new players.
  45. agapito37
    Nov 1, 2014
    0
    War Thunder has a fake free to play system where if you dont pay you are worst than the pay to win players. This is dont by adding fake non realistic planes with overpowered stats and secret boosted multipliers that make them invincible in combat. Also the matchmaking is tricked, if you play as a f2p you will always have the worst battle rating of the match and enemies will have theWar Thunder has a fake free to play system where if you dont pay you are worst than the pay to win players. This is dont by adding fake non realistic planes with overpowered stats and secret boosted multipliers that make them invincible in combat. Also the matchmaking is tricked, if you play as a f2p you will always have the worst battle rating of the match and enemies will have the higher. This make planes battles very difficult to win but impossible for tank battles as you cant pierce the enemy.… Expand
  46. Caelib
    Jul 13, 2019
    0
    The visuals and variety of game play elements are fantastic, but the game has major issues with pay-to-win micro-transactions and matchmaking balance. This is the only game I have played in 30 years that punishes winning by forcing players to be uptiered (communist matchmaking system). As with most successful games, over the years this game has evolved from features-created-to-be-fun toThe visuals and variety of game play elements are fantastic, but the game has major issues with pay-to-win micro-transactions and matchmaking balance. This is the only game I have played in 30 years that punishes winning by forcing players to be uptiered (communist matchmaking system). As with most successful games, over the years this game has evolved from features-created-to-be-fun to features-created-to-generate-revenue. This game will be a lot of fun for the first few dozen hours, then you will see that it is nothing more than a treadmill to make you pay money due to communist matchmaking.… Expand
  47. Aquila
    Apr 14, 2015
    0
    The game have good aspects like graphics are very good and just the game itself, flying and tanking is fun. But it gets often overshadowed by the issues in the game (see list below).

    It seems the devs don't know how to do it exactly right, for just 1 example they just changed the perfectly working mouseaim system over night and made the game unplayable all of sudden. Then change it back    The game have good aspects like graphics are very good and just the game itself, flying and tanking is fun. But it gets often overshadowed by the issues in the game (see list below).

    It seems the devs don't know how to do it exactly right, for just 1 example they just changed the perfectly working mouseaim system over night and made the game unplayable all of sudden. Then change it back because of the massive feedback. Its typical in the past the devs do 1 step forward and 1-3 steps back. Its like the game is a test server. It is in beta for a very long time, sometimes ground forces even feels like alpha. At this rate it seems the game is forever in beta. And potential is a meaningless word in the present.

    My list of issues:
    - Bugs. For 1 example like that you can shoot trough houses or objects, still possible here and there (and many more bugs).
    - Physics and collisions still VERY wonky. Garry's mod or HL2 had A LOT better physics in 2004.
    - Invisible tanks
    - Any sort of low quality setting advantages (ULQS or grass and trees)! Even in AB tanks i managed (testing reasons, i play without ULQS) to get an advantage because you can see the tank weak spots a lot easier. Big reason why RB/SB is unplayable in a competitive manner unless you can bear ugly graphics.
    - Cap balance and map design like Mozdok and Karelia is very poor.
    - Planes/bombers vs tanks they don't add anything in AB, just frustration. When i get bombed i cry, when i bomb i feel dirty. And in RB or SB they feel overpowered if you know how to fly. Planes usually top the SB score list (and RB). Like a month into the no marker events and you still get spawn bombed with bombers/attackers spawing right into a dive on an open spawnzone of player tanks, simply said you spawn you die... 100% ridiculous.
    - Gamemode design like Break with respawns and respawns in general, its to spawnkill or spawn and free kill. Can't turn side/back to the enemy spawn point at all times. For AB it is not all that bad but for RB and SB it feels ridiculous.
    - BR's or Matchmaker. Facing teams FULL of IS-2's and TigerII H in my max 5.7BR setup, you have almost no chance. Or the enemy team has 2 IS-2s and our teams highest BR is 5.7. Or in GFSB 1 team is all aircraft.
    - RNG bouncing on slopes. I saw Phlydaily bounce with his Zis-30 (122mm pen) on a locust with 26-32mm of effective armor not too far away just because of the RNG mechanic.
    - DM's (damagemodels tanks and planes) and FM's(flightmodels for planes). Penetration effects still at bit weird, armor holes, sparkles(planes). And including gunbarrels breaking too easy and the lack of spalling.
    - Economy. Don't like Wagers (do like daily rewards), they are too random, you are bound to do a task not to play how you want, and sometimes don't even recommend playing for the win but to do your task instead. RP and Silver gain feels too low. I can imagine a (new) f2p player is looking up an endless mountain to climb, could scare him away. Even with premium it is going slow.
    - Repetitive. In a similar fashion like WoT with AB battles(arcady gameplay), its not like "Hey im gonna play some arcade planes for half a day". Games are just too chaotic in AB. Repetitive with RB because of downtime with takeoffs, return-to-bases and travel times. But RB still is a decent game mode.
    -Killstealing or rather the reward system, Killstealer goes away with all the credits+RP with 2 bullits taking the kill while you just shot your entire ammoload on the target crit it and set it on fire.
    -Pay2win or Pay2faster. Because you will have much better results (and stats) if you lets say unlocked everything with golden eagles. Not a huge issue because most people do not spend into this, but still makes the game worse. With Ace crews, training crews to the max instantly, skipping stock vehicles which are terrible (unlocking modules with gold) and playing any favor of the month at will.
    - There is more things i forget in this list that drives me away from the game instead of attracting me to it. Like teamkilling (not the game's fault but it is still annoying).    … Expand
  48. garett
    May 24, 2023
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    Blatant ripoff game that's been sucking f2p players dry. Even as a premium I find it hard to afford tech tree vehicles, playing only premium lineups in 90% of my games. Revert economy back to 2018 levels if you want reviews to improve!
  49. corey2444
    Sep 26, 2014
    0
    DO NOT SPEND ANY MONEY ON THIS GAME!! I had a name that was offensive to the Russian moderators and they decided to ban my account. They gave me instructions to update my profile and send the a PM indicating I changed my name and to ask to be reinstated.

    After changing my name I discovered they also banned me from all forum privileges, so it's impossible to get reinstated. In 3 weeks    DO NOT SPEND ANY MONEY ON THIS GAME!! I had a name that was offensive to the Russian moderators and they decided to ban my account. They gave me instructions to update my profile and send the a PM indicating I changed my name and to ask to be reinstated.

    After changing my name I discovered they also banned me from all forum privileges, so it's impossible to get reinstated.

    In 3 weeks time I had spent $160 US dollars. I had had the account for just over 3 weeks. My name from day 1 had been "commie_bastards". They took my money on 3 different occasions with this in game name.

    After they felt they got enough money out of me, they decided to ban me and prevent me from logging in or posting.

    It's like going to a store and buying something. Right after you check out, they take the items back and keep the money. When you complain, they stuff a sock in your mouth. That's the best way i can describe it.    … Expand
  50. Segador
    Jul 15, 2014
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    The perfect example of a potentially excellent game killed by the Devs. Every patch the developers delivery a worse gaming experience and increase the grind. Bugs are left untouched for months or never fixed. Community is largely ignored. Moderation deletes any post critic whit the game or the Devs, even constructive criticism is banned. FM and DM are a joke, the majority beingThe perfect example of a potentially excellent game killed by the Devs. Every patch the developers delivery a worse gaming experience and increase the grind. Bugs are left untouched for months or never fixed. Community is largely ignored. Moderation deletes any post critic whit the game or the Devs, even constructive criticism is banned. FM and DM are a joke, the majority being placeholders who never get realistic FM.… Expand
  51. Alsmir
    Jun 16, 2014
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    Once a very interesting game that continues to get worse and worse.

    The worst problems are: Completly messed up matchmaking. The system that used to be clear and simple got replaced and now we have MM based on BR (battle ratings) of each plane. The spread is way too big and on top of that we have ridiculous modifiers. For example players that perform really well in a couple of games    Once a very interesting game that continues to get worse and worse.

    The worst problems are:
    Completly messed up matchmaking. The system that used to be clear and simple got replaced and now we have MM based on BR (battle ratings) of each plane. The spread is way too big and on top of that we have ridiculous modifiers.
    For example players that perform really well in a couple of games in the row will get matched against opponents with better planes. No, you won't get matched agains more skilled players, but rather vs more powerfull planes. Similarly, after a few bad games you will get enemies in weaker planes.
    The system is basically rewarding bad players and punishing good ones.
    It's not unusal to see players crashing their planes on purpose to eventually get matched against really bad opponents and dominate them.

    Secondly, money-grabbing system.
    It gets more and more ridicculous. The grind keeps getting worse and playing without premium account that speeds up your progression gets pointless after a certain level. We also have premium planes. Those can only be obtained with rl money. Way too often when they get released they offer incredible performance with low Battle Rating. The only downside, seems to be their price. Then, a couple of months later, their stats get significantly nerfed. But don't worry, there's new premium plane available - limited offer - great performance, great cost.

    Russian bias.
    Russian developers work really hard on making russian airforce the best one available. Realistic approach towards plane's stats is only used for other nations.
    Some tech trees (Japan) aren't completed and require a lot of work, but devs keep on adding new overperforming russian planes. It's been like that since the game got released so it doesn't seem like anything's going to change.

    Lack of communication between devs and players.
    Appearently devs have a clear vision what they want to achieve with this game. Player feed back is irrelevant. Positive feedback is allowed, neagative one - not.
    Mods go as far as removing posts, editing them, bannig people and locking+deleting threads that contain the posts they'd rather not see.
    Latest bigger patches (1.37, 1.39, 1.41) that brought many negative changes caused a lot of pople posting it on the forums. Needless to say, all of the official topics where ppl discussed changes got deleted because there was a lot of negative feedback.
    Asking (politely) why my posts got edited to the point where no longer made sense got me a warning - without any explaination.

    I strongly advise to stay away from this game.    … Expand
  52. sqaush25
    May 22, 2023
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    Death to the snail, until they actually decide to listen until their playerbase instead of hunt for money, dont play this game.
  53. neldot
    Feb 10, 2021
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    Summary: This game has a lot of visual charm, and it will initially make a very good impression to you. Don't be fooled! ,Pretty soon, as you progress very slowly in it, you will realize that everything is broken and left broken in order to make you pay money. The sheer frustration will replace your initial impression at the point of cursing the day you started to play it.

    PROS: -    Summary: This game has a lot of visual charm, and it will initially make a very good impression to you. Don't be fooled! ,Pretty soon, as you progress very slowly in it, you will realize that everything is broken and left broken in order to make you pay money. The sheer frustration will replace your initial impression at the point of cursing the day you started to play it.

    PROS:

    - The planes and tanks models are great, the visuals are beautiful. The physics and the vehicles simulator part seems overall very well made (it's not, but you'll discover it later) and potentially funny to play.

    CONS:

    - It's basically a P2W game, disguised as "Pay to go faster", because grinding can take forever and, while you grind up your vehicles and your crews, you basically will play for a very long time with handicapped vehicles and crews, while paying players and veteran players will start with more powerful vehicles and crews, basically slaughtering you everytime.

    - The maps and the game modes are boring, repetitive and bugs ridden (maps too small, missions impossible to accomplish, etc.).

    - The gameplay is totally unbalanced, and in a very frustrating way. It is based upon an unsatisfactory Battle Rating level. You will end up constantly fighting and being slaughtered by better vehicles than yours and by better players than you. It's exactly how the game is intended to work. Don't forget, you can play for free, but then you are treated as cannon fodder.

    - If you chose to play for free the grinding to unlock and then to "spade" (i.e.to upgrade) every new vehicle can be horrible. In addiction, you have to grind also your crew, because even the best vehicles with a low level crew act as bricks.

    - The premium vehicles, and generally all the paid features are terribly expensive to buy, but often will give you a serious advantage over other players.

    - This is not a beginners friendly game. The learning curve is very slow and painful, it lacks any "novice" mode to play, and the only way to (slowly) learn something is to be constantly and mercilessly bashed not only by the very expert long-time players, but also by the paying, not so good but pampered by the game, wallet warriors.

    - The game economy is completely broken. You are supposed to play for free, but everything, from new vehicles to repairs and ammunitions, will cost you insane amounts of the ingame currency, while the earnings of this currency (obtained only in battle or exchanged with real money) has been severely hampered. So, if you aren't good enough in battle and earn too little (and you have to be extremely good, not simply average, to earn something), you'll end up paying real money just to repair your vehicles and to buy their ammunitions for every battle.

    CONCLUSIONS: Avoid at all costs this trap if you care for your mental health. The humiliation and the frustration that you will endure before actually beginning to learn how to play a bit better will be long, unbearable and simply not worth it. And then, the frustration will not end after you improve your skills, because you will still deal with how broken the game economy is.    … Expand
  54. Genelegasse
    Aug 26, 2014
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    Makes no sense. Tells you to land for ammo and what have you if you land its a automatic crash and fail... No tutorial of any kind? Completely confused in this entire monstrosity of a **** things on the ground in the air nobody knows whos shooting what. It's a globby mess... I would advise something more organised.
  55. Ramoncho
    Aug 29, 2013
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    The game is still in beta phase and about 33% completed, there are dozens of bugs and shortcomings, Gaijin is a terrible company that won't listen to feedback and won't implement a way to turn off chat completely, even if asked by the users, with Gaijin systematically censoring any dissenting opinion found within their own forums.

    Inside the game, the game masters are non existent and    The game is still in beta phase and about 33% completed, there are dozens of bugs and shortcomings, Gaijin is a terrible company that won't listen to feedback and won't implement a way to turn off chat completely, even if asked by the users, with Gaijin systematically censoring any dissenting opinion found within their own forums.

    Inside the game, the game masters are non existent and it is a fest for trolls and grievers, balance is hopelessly broken and alternative inputs other than mouse do not work well, interestingly enough, Gaijin thought the most precise aiming device, the mouse, requires aim assists, putting anybody using a controller or a joystick at a tremendous disadvantage.    … Expand
  56. neemz
    Jan 12, 2015
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    An extremely frustrating game with a large number of pay to win features. Fun to play for free for a few hours, but definitely not worth wasting any money on.
  57. Hersir
    Nov 10, 2015
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    It all started out good with War Thunder - we could see nice graphics and sounds, devs chatting about how they're going the realism way unlike World Of Potato products plus having planes, tanks and ships in one single client instead of the aforementioned World Of Potato division into three different games...
    But things change and War Thunder has gone the bad way:
    - 1. Community    It all started out good with War Thunder - we could see nice graphics and sounds, devs chatting about how they're going the realism way unlike World Of Potato products plus having planes, tanks and ships in one single client instead of the aforementioned World Of Potato division into three different games...
    But things change and War Thunder has gone the bad way:
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    1. Community management is terrible. All those talks about forum dictatorship are true - even objective criticism is not welcome there. CMs allow themselves mocking comments like "win" in regard to the questions like "What should I do on Me.262 versus far more advanced post-war jets" or "just donate" and etc.
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    2. Economy/research has turned into a disguised cash grab. Unlocking mid- and especially high-tier units requires a lot of grind forcing you to donate if you want to skip it at least a bit. Worst thing is that from patch to patch the research efficiency keeps droping.
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    3. The praised historical and realistic focus of this game is mostly gone. Some historical units like A-26 or BTD-1 are premium only while standard unit trees got DOZENS of prototypes and 'paper planes'. Also get ready for things like 1944 German planes fighting post-war aircraft they never met IRL. And they're doing it based on self-determined 'battle rating' of those units for the sake of 'balance'...
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    4. ...Which is by the way pretty broken despite they chose not to be bound by historical limits. You could see things like F-2H Banshee jet with 4 cannons and a thrust-to-weight ratio of War Thunder's TOP JET, MiG-15, fighting piston engine planes... That was fixed not so long ago, but it is just one example, many others remain.
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    5. Game is losing player base, new content is added pretty slowly, problems aren't solved and the general dynamic of things is negative.    … Expand
  58. Laetima
    Nov 18, 2013
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    Pay to win, got robbed, stopped that stupid game.

    For some reasons I though this one was different when free to play tries to become less pay to win and for some reasons WT decided not to listen... Like they do with their community...
  59. Shiloh17
    Nov 24, 2013
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    No way is this the best war flight simulator. I bought the Steam package to get access to the 2 campaigns offered there. The "campaigns" are just cut scenes from a movie. "Cut scene" before mission. Take off, "cut scene", before engaging target "cut scene". Tired of having my flight interrupted by this nonsense.

    To be able to fly certain aircraft for a side such as the U.S You start    No way is this the best war flight simulator. I bought the Steam package to get access to the 2 campaigns offered there. The "campaigns" are just cut scenes from a movie. "Cut scene" before mission. Take off, "cut scene", before engaging target "cut scene". Tired of having my flight interrupted by this nonsense.

    To be able to fly certain aircraft for a side such as the U.S You start with a lower tiered aircraft such as the P-26 Peashooter. You gain "XP" as you successfully complete mission etc, When you have enough xp
    for a level you gain a new level, unlocking a few new aircraft you can fly.

    If you want to fly for the British, Japanese or Russians you have to start at level 1, just as above, and gain
    xp one level at a time until you unlock all the aircraft.

    If you want to fly full real battles, be prepared for a wait.

    If you want to gain xp faster, you can pay to get premium account usage which will gain xp faster for you.

    When I logged on to write this, there was maybe 35 people on, mainly in the arcade battles. If you want
    arcade action this is the game for you.

    Had this been a paying mmo, with all the cut scenes taken out of the campaigns, xp done away with, and all the planes opened to the player base, even keeping the arcade, historical and realistic aspects of flight,
    maybe I'd have subscribed, but I'm forever done with this frustration.    … Expand
  60. Pbs
    Dec 20, 2013
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    Version 1.23 War thunder was a really promising game.
    Version 1.27 Things getting worse
    Version 1.29 Beginning of the End
    Version 1.37 Rest in peace, WT. Rest in peace...
  61. Utheriz
    Jan 17, 2014
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    This game has nice graphics yes but the gameplay is terrible. It is so unbalanced and such a scam. Its not f2p its p2w (pay to win). Even after this its a graphically nice game but the logic and balancing is just terrible and they just make it worse. Not to mention such a waste of time. The amount of time you have to put into it, its not worth the "fun" your supposed to have...

    I    This game has nice graphics yes but the gameplay is terrible. It is so unbalanced and such a scam. Its not f2p its p2w (pay to win). Even after this its a graphically nice game but the logic and balancing is just terrible and they just make it worse. Not to mention such a waste of time. The amount of time you have to put into it, its not worth the "fun" your supposed to have...

    I love ww2 era history but this is just a big money scam and a waste of time.

    There is no ingame options to change graphical settings and not much towards any hardware configuration in game. Even for a beta phased game this is a must have instead of closing it down and changing settings on the launcher.    … Expand
  62. desperx
    Oct 12, 2015
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    Very bad game. Planes fly like on rubber and one shooting each other, very boring and very quicky. Flight model is joke. Grind and pay2win is very real too.

    Tanks are even worse, tanks drifts like in NFS, one shotting each other completelly random, there is no skill in this game only luck, you have better luck if played russian tanks (also planes). I am kind of dissapointed, it    Very bad game. Planes fly like on rubber and one shooting each other, very boring and very quicky. Flight model is joke. Grind and pay2win is very real too.

    Tanks are even worse, tanks drifts like in NFS, one shotting each other completelly random, there is no skill in this game only luck, you have better luck if played russian tanks (also planes).

    I am kind of dissapointed, it wasn't bad game few years ago but they didn't make any progress with content, the gameplay is still same crap.

    You can be suck in with pretty graphics and easy to play controls which 5 year old child can play with you. But the game is really dumbed down version of competitions for 4-6 year old who think that one shoting everything is best fun ever.

    Stay away of this pile of ****

    When you play russia tank like as IS 3 you shot and kill everything but if you play german tank you see +1 hit, +1 hit, +1 hit, +1, then the noob finaly turn gun on you and boom you are dead. Lol.    … Expand
  63. TheNewYorker
    Feb 14, 2014
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    This game will forever be in "beta". Developer Gaijin relies on funding by an impossible grind where you are forced to fly certain planes in an esoteric order, and to do that you will either be stomped a lot or pay. The more they patch it, the more bugs get introduced, could have been a good game. Get Wings of Prey instead.
  64. ChaosLord
    Mar 4, 2014
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    This game f-ing horrible, from the ridiculous grind (where even worse than WOT, the only way to use "free experience" is by paying), the obnoxious russian bias both in air combat and ground combat, it feels like the developers are compesating for something, with russian planes that were a piece of crap in the war being the most undertiered, over armored, best armaments, best speed,climbingThis game f-ing horrible, from the ridiculous grind (where even worse than WOT, the only way to use "free experience" is by paying), the obnoxious russian bias both in air combat and ground combat, it feels like the developers are compesating for something, with russian planes that were a piece of crap in the war being the most undertiered, over armored, best armaments, best speed,climbing and turning compared to other nations and the developers could care less, they will just ban you for stating the obious bias.What else we got, oh right, an cannon centric game where mgs are the most useless weaponry out there, 7.7 feel like BBs and 12.7 even with incendiary ammo fail to do any damage to fighters ( God forbid bombers then) while cannons tear wings and tails in one salvo at best ( unless you deal with horrible networking where all you get is sparkles from hitting an enemy).

    Then we have bombers being **** carrying small loadouts ( unless american or russian), vulnerable, slow and incompetent AI that even with maxed crew can't hit a plane 100 meters behind it and don't forget that if they fire, from the constant "gunner unconcious" to reloading a mg which take more than one minute( even more than BOMBs!).Then you flight models and damage models, some planes downright suck at flying, can't turn, climb or throttle, you are easy picking while there are plenty of UFOs out there (especially russia) that also have a generous DM, granting the ability to soak ridiculous amount of bullets and sometimes cannon shots( just take a look at youtube, it is filled with evidence on it), for instance japan has piss por armor and equipment, can't dive well, can only turn fight good at low atitudes with Zeros( their fighters also suck, with exception with the first one with its UFO nature), can't take one shot from anything and have guns constantly jamming while the glorious slavs with their wooden planes can take any punishment, have miniguns that hardly jam.Another point, this game is very anti-german just like WOT, germans have horrible planes that can only BnZ if you dare try making any turn your plane loses all control( not only that but germans have horrible early tiers, if not one of the worse) while any one faction can with no problem BnZ and turn fight ( lets not count the Stuka and its paper mache tail).

    There is far too many to say, but to resume, this is a scam game, you pay to progress( sometimes it is the only way to get good planes), you pay for "backup" planes( the same op plane can be used twice), you'll suffer at the frustating mechanics as g-force in every turn making your scream go black and losing your target, you'll be ramed all the time by friend and foe, but the worse part is the without a doubt the before mentioned balance, it is just so bad you'll start to see every slav( count WOT with its "Stalin was benevolent" crap) as some sort of brainwashed loony.

    Do a favor, stay far away from this time consuming, frustating scheme    … Expand
  65. Michael_J_Wall
    Jun 1, 2014
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    This is a good game and its very addictive, but STAY AWAY its a money grabbing cash cow. Don't even consider playing you will end up spending far more money in a few weeks than you would normally spend in a few years on computer games. These types of games should be banned, what ever happened to paying an up front £39.99 for a game then play for as long as you like. Something should beThis is a good game and its very addictive, but STAY AWAY its a money grabbing cash cow. Don't even consider playing you will end up spending far more money in a few weeks than you would normally spend in a few years on computer games. These types of games should be banned, what ever happened to paying an up front £39.99 for a game then play for as long as you like. Something should be done about this very worrying trend of paying more & more to play.
    People will argue that its free to play but what they don't tell you is that if you want cool things in the game and to be able to compete with other players you will have to start regularly paying money to the developers & they constantly bring out new missions & campaigns that have to be paid for.    … Expand
  66. D88isaac
    Apr 7, 2014
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    Game is decently redundant. The staff are horrendous, to the point I would not advise spending one dime on the game. Unless you want to risk losing everything you purchase if you espouse political views that differ with the Game Moderator staff. Only one of the seven staff-members responded to my questions professionally. I actually was threatened to back off of a question for "my ownGame is decently redundant. The staff are horrendous, to the point I would not advise spending one dime on the game. Unless you want to risk losing everything you purchase if you espouse political views that differ with the Game Moderator staff. Only one of the seven staff-members responded to my questions professionally. I actually was threatened to back off of a question for "my own good". What? Now they threaten me with a blanket statement of possible harm? Ok, done with this game! Do not recommend for anyone pro-US.… Expand
  67. sirdezzy
    Nov 18, 2020
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    Used to be a nice game. Now it is complete unbalanced garbage. its also full of clans who just exploit the map with cheap tactics. Clans should be forced to only play each other, so they can bore each other by sitting on the edge of the map.
  68. dave1207
    Sep 26, 2015
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    Gaijin is the worst thing that happened to War Thunder. They have zero respect for the players and don't care about the feedback. The forums are dictatorship. Save yourself from the madness.
  69. cylian3
    Jul 7, 2014
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    I tried to like this game. I really did. But there is so much rubbish you have to deal with, I have a hard time believing anyone can truly enjoy this game without spending a bucket-load of cash into it. Including investments for joysticks and a 3d visor to make the first person view have any viable elements of enjoyment.

    To begin with, the matchmaking. You level up a certain faction and    I tried to like this game. I really did. But there is so much rubbish you have to deal with, I have a hard time believing anyone can truly enjoy this game without spending a bucket-load of cash into it. Including investments for joysticks and a 3d visor to make the first person view have any viable elements of enjoyment.

    To begin with, the matchmaking. You level up a certain faction and the higher rank you get, the more planes you unlock. And on these ranks they have built the MM to be 2 ranks each tree. As in, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 and so on. Sure, it may be a bit of a pisser to know heads on that you are gonna meet people that are one higher rank than you.. But the kicker here is you have a possibility to meet people from other ranks as well. Including a tier above you. Say, you're level 7. That makes you eligable to meet planes in the ranks of 9-10. And the same goes for lower planes at 5-6 being able to meet you. It would be an acceptable pool bendage if this game had some problems with the MM waiting time.. But it doesn't. The longest I have EVER waited is about 35 seconds which begs the question as to just why they allow imbalancement like this to exist when It is very clearly not necessary?

    The second disappointment is the balance. There are several factions/teams that are essentially just different countries which you gain rank in by participating in battles and gaining XP to unlock planes and for some reason, there are these huge gaping areas of designment neglect. Just an quick example would be the fact that the faction Japan got about 20-25 planes whereas Germany has about 50-70. This creates some pretty big gaps on how faction players in Germany have to pout out 5 times the amount of cash of constantly buying new planes in order to reach the ones they want whereas Japan's player hoard so much money, they can't possibly spend it all unless they jump to another faction. The overall stat balance of all the planes is down the toilet too.

    At most early stages of the game, England has an absurd amount of more superior planes in terms of everything be it manouverability/turntime, firepower/mass per second or raw speed/max rise and nowhere does this grow more apparent when the waiting time for US is 4 seconds, and the wait for England pushes at 35+ seconds around the ranks of 2-7. It has been like this for months and I fail to see any design philosophy that justifies it. Especially now since these problems have persisted through-out the beta and onto the official release.

    Third fault that personally lets me down the most is the neglect of Bomber planes. They are huge, clumsy, downright impossible to do ANY kind of dogfighting in (Manouver to hit enemies with the front guns of your plane) and they are designed to do one thing and one thing only. Go from A to B and drop bombs. Why is this a let-down to me?

    Because the developers figured a couple of months ago to majorly nerf not only the explosion radius of your bombs (rendering any load below 500lbs to be extremely unreliable/requiring needle-precision or close-range dive drops) but also neglect their overall ability to function by nerfing their gunners (Guys sitting in the back fending off planes on your tail). They are now almost completely useless except against straight-flying very light enemy planes that are almost at blank range behind you. The decision to seal the crate shut, effectively burying bomber planes when they were already at an underwhelming position with massive outcries by the community in protest will be a developer standpoint I'll never be able to understand.

    But the nerf wasn't just global. There are several specific plane models have been made incredibly vulnerable, like, take 5 shots to your tail (the most attacked direction from behind) and you will crash & instant die from not being able to steer, leaving the rest of the plane useless.

    Another example of this pure neglect would be how one of the game tips at the loading screen prompts bombers to fly high (achieve great height) to avoid enemy planes. Great philosophy. .Just one problem. A rank 7 bomber can have a maximum height of 8500 meters. Pretty impressive, right? Wrong. There are level 1 fighter planes that can reach up to 9000 meters and 5-6 rank fighters that go above 12000 meters. Once you take a stern look at the situation bombers are in and people that spent so much to try to be helpful to their team get smacked across the face so hard, It's enough to make you depressed.

    Fourth and last. (Yeah, I can keep going but the character limit prevents me from doing so.) Manouverability in this game. Even the most nimblest of planes utterly STRUGGLE to shake off very clumsy enemy planes off their six and nowhere does this get more annoying when you are playing with a couple of beginners, leaving any situation where someone fires at you from behind a death sentence due to teamwork neglect (no wingman) because of all the new players Steam are pulling in.

    RIP War Thunder    … Expand
  70. FailT
    Aug 3, 2014
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    0 ingame balance. Epic fail matchmaking.

    Everythin "op" from nation A gets swiftly nerfed, everything "op" from nation B remains the same no matter what.

    Critisism earns you a forum ban.

    It looks pretty and that's about it.

    Nothing else needs to be said.
  71. Tevinter
    Aug 24, 2014
    0
    Normally I would of given this a 10/10 but the Moderators and the creators Gaijin have ruined this game to the point that it is sickening. Secret police style banning and removal of anything not praising the game, the sickening bias towards Soviet arms and the slow nerfing of germany. A constant lock of Russia/Germany, nothing else.
  72. ManMeinAuto
    Sep 1, 2014
    0
    As one of the few fellower of about 2 years, I'm heavly disappointed in the current meta game. No promises were hold, no improvements were done to fix the broken balance related match making. No
    critical and constructive feedbacks are welcomed.

    Gaijin is really a terrible company.
  73. CorbanDallas2
    Apr 28, 2015
    0
    awful game..... seriously....
    promotes itself as a 'simulator' yet pits light tanks from the early 1930's with late WW2 tanks. played this game for a few hours, maneuvered carefully around the battlefield, flanked the enemy.. aaaaaand sat there firing away at an invincible tank only to have it turn around and fire 2 shots at me to kill me.. in 6 games my shots 'hit' approximately    awful game..... seriously....
    promotes itself as a 'simulator' yet pits light tanks from the early 1930's with late WW2 tanks. played this game for a few hours, maneuvered carefully around the battlefield, flanked the enemy.. aaaaaand sat there firing away at an invincible tank only to have it turn around and fire 2 shots at me to kill me.. in 6 games my shots 'hit' approximately 50times.... and didnt score a single point.... because you start the game with a tank that belongs in WW1 era against tiger 1's and 2's...
    disgusted....    … Expand
  74. cyberdamn
    Dec 15, 2019
    0
    This WAS a good game. Like maybe 5 years ago? When there were little to none paper vehicles that never existed IRL, economy was not about grind and there was less of "you play good so we will balance you with the worst team ever and oh, you can't penetrate this XXmm armour with your shot of XX+50mm penetration because of resons!" Screw gaijin "entertainment". And nowadaysThis WAS a good game. Like maybe 5 years ago? When there were little to none paper vehicles that never existed IRL, economy was not about grind and there was less of "you play good so we will balance you with the worst team ever and oh, you can't penetrate this XXmm armour with your shot of XX+50mm penetration because of resons!" Screw gaijin "entertainment". And nowadays USSR+Italy+Germany VS USA+France+Japan teams on WW2 era tanks is okay.… Expand
  75. kinkywithknives
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Fix the game economy and morale shall improve.

    r/Warthunder on Reddit to get involved.
  76. Game_Fanat1c
    Jan 27, 2015
    0
    My background: Thousands of hours playing virtually every flight game ever made. USNF, Falcon 4.0, IL2, etc, RPGs, FPS, MMOs.

    OVERALL I SAY THE GAME SUCKS BECAUSE: 1. Totally Anti-American. 2. Totally Russian propaganda. 3. STEAM censors posts for $$. 4. No diversity. Only a handful of massively overpowered planes that EVERYBODY plays. Soon boring... 5. No sense of being part of a    My background: Thousands of hours playing virtually every flight game ever made. USNF, Falcon 4.0, IL2, etc, RPGs, FPS, MMOs.

    OVERALL I SAY THE GAME SUCKS BECAUSE:
    1. Totally Anti-American.
    2. Totally Russian propaganda.
    3. STEAM censors posts for $$.
    4. No diversity. Only a handful of massively overpowered planes that EVERYBODY plays. Soon boring...
    5. No sense of being part of a bigger battle or any importance whatsoever to what you're doing.
    6. Teamplay. What team play? You'll truly learn to hate your teamates.
    7. Unlocks and level ups are a rainbow chase with a pile of poo at the end.
    8. Matchmaking system designed to favor Russian planes and Russian IP Addresses. If you see a player with 1.3 BR higher than everyone else, 90% of the time he is either a) playing Russian planes, or b) his name is Yuri or Aleks or Rus11223 or something- you’ll get the point just play and see…

    First things first- the Russian developers of this game are totally anti-American. They screw USA in every way possible. Seriously, their treatment of American planes is nothing short of propaganda. Yes you CAN do well in USA planes, maybe get 3 kills per round, but if that's your skill level, you'll get 9+ kills per round in anything else. The game is designed to favor Russian dogfighting and NOT Boom n Zoom (USA). BnZ gets punished by lower Activity scores (which is HUGE), silly stupid hit to kill ratios like 10:1, where other planes get 2:1 hits per kill. One game recently as USA I got 47 hits and ZERO kills. And that kind of thing happens ALL THE TIME. ITS JUST STUPID HOW THEY SKEW THIS GAME TO FAVOR RUSSIA AND SCREW USA. And BTW, while you're 'Zooming', dogfighters are stealing your every kill. Kills BTW get ALL the points. So you really don't get crap playing USA in this game and the Russian developers like it that way. Yes, you CAN play USA well, but no matter what your skill level, you'll get 10x the points with ANY OTHER NATION.

    WORSE The developers at Gaijin are TOTALLY fascist. In the forums they've locked and deleted literally THOUSANDS of threads complaining about stupidly negative treatment of USA, and block users from posting if they ever said anything even remotely critical of the game. DON'T GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY! YOU'RE ONLY SUPPORTING FASCISM AND CENSORSHIP! YES, REALLY.

    I suggest you just play the game for FREE, take their resources(karma!), and learn FOR FREE what the community is like (CRAP) seriously the worst MMO environment ever. You will learn to totally hate your teamates as they are NEVER there to help you out when your smoking with an enemy on your tail, they'll just fly away, but if you have an enemy on fire, your entire team will INSTANTLY DROP EVERYTHING to put the last bullet in and steal your kill. Yeah. It's like that. And the Russian developers like it that way. Say anything about adjusting the points rewards system to favor teamwork and your post will be deleted and you'll be banned permanently.

    BTW, THERE IS NO CONTENT AVAILABLE THAT IS WORTH PAYING FOR. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PLAY RUSSIA AND YOU AUTOMATICALLY WIN. The very first Yak 1 has a 20mm gun, which is like a 500mm nuclear death star ray or something. The difference between 50 cals (12.7 mm mgs used by USA) and 20mm canon (used by Russia) is so TOTALLY EXAGGERATED, simply to favor Russia- to an absolutely stupid degree. Russian guns of equal caliber are more powerful, and win every head-on, their planes don't catch fire, they have massive hit point buffs and resistance to crits, they win EVERY collision ramming conflict and use it as a cheap shot easy win. If you want to win, just play Russian Laggs = auto win. Or German 190s, or Spitfires (if you want some variety), JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. BUT DON'T BE SO STUPID TO ACTUALLY PAY THEM MONEY FOR CRAP THAT DOESN'T HELP ANYWAY. Lagg/Spit/190 = auto win, and they're FREE. So basically EVERYONE is playing the same 3-5 planes = BORING.

    Oh yeah- anyone who tells you it's more balanced in RB is full of crap BC nobody plays RB, everyone plays Arcade = faster points/unlocks, more action, no 20 minute waits just to get instantly critd and game over no points, by players with every exploit mastered with thousands of hours gameplay. In Arcade which you WILL play 99% of the time JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, the three planes noted are so massively superior its silly.

    AGAIN, DON'T BUY ANYTHING. Don't give em your money just to chase higher levels and jet unlocks. THE LOWEST LEVELS ARE THE MOST FUN ANYWAY!!! Everyone who unlocks the later game jets agrees the gameplay is no fun. So you gave em all your money, just to unlock planes that are really just a disappointment. When you could have just played the very first level Yak 1 with a BR 2.0 and AUTO WIN.

    Play the fist Yak, Lagg, 109, or 190, or Spitfire and automatically win. And you can learn all this very soon, and FOR FREE. MOST IMPORTANT DO NOT SUPPORT THE PROPEGANDA AND CENSORSHIP BEHAVIOUR OF FASCIST GAIJIN DEVELOPERS.    … Expand
  77. zCosmicCorvus
    Mar 16, 2015
    0
    I have one honest opinion of the game. When you get it on steam, and you find the game and hope it's actually good, this game was better when it was downloading.
  78. BlackVoid
    Apr 14, 2015
    0
    There is no invert mouse when looking around only for controls.
    Unplayable.

    There is no invert mouse when looking around only for controls.
    Unplayable.
  79. TheMadGolem
    Apr 14, 2015
    0
    I know alot of the game is great but what I find a letdown is this. in patch 1.47 (the current patch as of Feb 2015.) The Devs Just F**KED the game up. This lead to the anger of the community and the forum admins banning everyone making it worse. Many people have quit the game as a result of this.
  80. skinjob
    May 24, 2023
    0
    Gaijin has been milking its players for every last cent for too long. Real Shatter implementation for aircraft is STILL a complete disaster. Can not recommend currently.
  81. Schauffer7
    Apr 22, 2015
    0
    War Thunder is a game that, given the opportunity and some decent developers, could take off like a rocket. And right their the problems start. Developer Gaijin, who also made the hit game IL-2 Shturmovik, has bitten off far more than they can chew. With their small development team, Gaijin simply can't, or choses not to, invest more effort into their game.

    Grind: The grind to get new    War Thunder is a game that, given the opportunity and some decent developers, could take off like a rocket. And right their the problems start. Developer Gaijin, who also made the hit game IL-2 Shturmovik, has bitten off far more than they can chew. With their small development team, Gaijin simply can't, or choses not to, invest more effort into their game.

    Grind: The grind to get new vehicles becomes almost unbearable once you hit the third tier of vehicles. Even with a premium account, you can expect to play at least 25 matches to earn a single tier 3 plane. And as you can probably guess, tiers 4 and 5 are horrendous. My recommendation? Up the number of research points by at least 5 times the current amounts, and then for free accounts. Premium accounts should be done at roughly 10 times the current rate.

    Micro transactions: Buying a premium plane simply is not worth it. Half of them do not even have the proper loadouts, and most never flew, or flew sparingly as test aircraft only.

    this game is not worth your time. Stick with actual simulator battles by a committed company, not one merely in it for the money.    … Expand
  82. Xeno72
    Sep 29, 2015
    0
    This is a good game. However, I have proven it for false advertising, and have contacted BBB. A game bonus that is to last for over a day was only allowed once on several occasions for only one time. Since my complaint filed, I have been kicked out of game and the only way I could get back in was changing my password. Well now a counter to that has been implemented by War Thunder hasThis is a good game. However, I have proven it for false advertising, and have contacted BBB. A game bonus that is to last for over a day was only allowed once on several occasions for only one time. Since my complaint filed, I have been kicked out of game and the only way I could get back in was changing my password. Well now a counter to that has been implemented by War Thunder has made sure that even my password change won't allow me back into the game. They are ripping people off, and I highly recommend NOT giving this game and Gaijin a single dime. They think, apparently, that they are above law, and to prove my sincerity, my complaint ID with BBB is: 10820803. Also, my virus protection showed from their download a high-risk file: SAPE.Heur.9C040 or SAPE.Heur.9CO4O, and I let my virus protection people know about it.… Expand
  83. Treo535
    Oct 31, 2015
    0
    This is about the tank side of WT only. Tries to be a bit more of a simulation than World of tanks, which is refreshing, but totally fails at everything else. In tiers 1 to 3 it has to be one of the least balanced games ever made, why they have even included german and american tanks in the game is beyond me! Maybe because the "god mode" T-34 needs cannon fodder. Also, while in theoryThis is about the tank side of WT only. Tries to be a bit more of a simulation than World of tanks, which is refreshing, but totally fails at everything else. In tiers 1 to 3 it has to be one of the least balanced games ever made, why they have even included german and american tanks in the game is beyond me! Maybe because the "god mode" T-34 needs cannon fodder. Also, while in theory beeing a free to play game, it's very much pay to win.
    Strongly recommended to stay away from this heap of manure.    … Expand
  84. amirdarkone
    May 12, 2020
    0
    pay to win
    or grind for years to no end.
    i had bean playing this garbage for 800 hours. top 3 player in most mach
    yet still have been grinding modification for 2 Weeks for just one tank.
    wtf!!!!
  85. asdfasdfsd
    Dec 27, 2015
    0
    nice graphics for a free simulation. that's all that there is to it.

    now the negative points in short: **** community, **** gameplay, **** balance, **** mods/supprters/developers, **** premium (as in op and expensive as hell) and buggy as hell. it gets worse with every update and gaijin seems to care less and less. details: -**** community: friendly fire is the war thunder way to say    nice graphics for a free simulation. that's all that there is to it.

    now the negative points in short: **** community, **** gameplay, **** balance, **** mods/supprters/developers, **** premium (as in op and expensive as hell) and buggy as hell. it gets worse with every update and gaijin seems to care less and less.
    details:
    -**** community: friendly fire is the war thunder way to say hello. also you have to pay for the repairs yourself. also you can't disable friendly fire. also, reporting friendly firing teammates will make your team a lot weaker than it already is after all the quitters left. also there is no way of joining a normal game later. so you're pretty much **** if you have an **** on your team. i usually have 2.
    -**** gameplay: wow, cool, as if camping and sniping for hours without end in other games wasn't boring enough, you can now do it in a tank that takes 5-60 seconds to reload after every shot depending on how **** you are. **** yay.
    yay king of the hill mode, like i haven't seen that one before. yay domination, something new. yay, there is literally nothing interesting in this game, except if you like to drive 10 mins with a tank at 15mph to try to flank the enemy just to get one-shot.
    also: one shots. you'll get one-shot all over the place, doesn't matter if the enemy is right in front of you or a mile away. you'll get one-shot through buildings, the floor, debris, dead tanks, and even ricochet from a friendly unit.
    -**** balance: t34 best tank in the world. world war winning tank with stalinium armor and cryptonite ammo. nuff said. the russian bias is real - who would've thought it, it's a russian game after all.
    interestingly gaijin writes about tanks at level 1.0 ("battke ranking") that are able to deal with tanks at level 3 (which is true). but they dont change the level of that tank. nope. seems about right.
    also tank levels seem to change with every day passing and depending even of game type you're playing, but you cannot look up the real facts, when that very tank has what level, so that after you made a decent team and joined a game, you see that the levels are all over the place and your once balanced team suddenly has one very high level member and you now have to fight other players that have way stronger units, not as if one-shotting wasn't a huge issue anyway, now you cant even retaliate.
    -**** supporters/mods/developers: there is actually a forum where you can post all your bug reports just to have them ignored. yay. each update comes with new bugs. yay. old ones rarely get fixed. nay.
    -**** premium: how about you pay a **** of money to get great units to fight real **** ones? great, isn't it? you're invincible and can one-shot everybody for some cash. also, you can buy the whole game for millions of dollers. awesome. some people actually grind all the stuff for years on end. yeah, **** them, amirite gaijin

    also who the **** came up with these ideas:
    spawning points are not possible to get artillerized, but can very well can get bombed.
    airplanes should start out being built out of wood, so that you catch on fire the first 100 times you fly it until you have researched the last def-upgrade. same applies for tanks, except there you can't upgrade you def normally, but fire extinguishers aren't available from the start either. also you cant repair your tank from the start either, everything has to be researched
    you can help your squadmate repair, but not your other teammates. it's also not possible to repair a tank if you havent made that specific upgrade, even if your squad mate has the same tank as you do and is around to help but you cant start repairing.
    fires cant be put out under water
    your crew drowns literally in 3 seconds
    maps usually look like each team just came from their respective base to the battle, still you start out with tanks all over the place, srsly, noone drives a tank backwards to battle, not even the ai, not even 90° tilted. also you spawn on/in eachother which gaijin only could solve by making your tank impervious to damage for some time at spawn - great, but useless against all spawnkillers and "traffic jams" at game start.
    if your tank's tires/chain is damaged your crew immediately refurse any orders for a second and stop driving to start repairing it asap. nice feature, right? nope, you cant hide like this from enemy fire, you cant put your tank in a more favourable angle to the enemy fire. you'll have to wait 4 seconds to be able to do anything. also, crew doesn't give a damn if literally everything else is destroyed, but hell brakes loose if the chain is loose.
    killing ai will not give you any points whatsoever for researching your already very weakly starting new units, so that it's even more of a pain to try and use new units. also, most matches have like 50% ai, which makes for very boring , since not very intelligent, play.
    (this review had to be shortened)    … Expand
  86. tamanade
    Sep 13, 2016
    0
    update........8 months ago i described this game as "terrible game,terrible gameplay, pretty graphics,.indifferent devs who just want your money so make the free to play stuff such a grind that you will either quit or spend money to win.
    it has no balance, loads of bugs (that the devs don't want to hear about) massive russian bias (it's a russian made game after all ) the only plus this    update........8 months ago i described this game as "terrible game,terrible gameplay, pretty graphics,.indifferent devs who just want your money so make the free to play stuff such a grind that you will either quit or spend money to win.
    it has no balance, loads of bugs (that the devs don't want to hear about) massive russian bias (it's a russian made game after all ) the only plus this game has is it looks good and thats it!
    AVOID this game it is just terrible !" well i have just given it another go (hoping against hope it had improved) welll sadly it has not in fact it may actually be worse!! shame really but just as before AVOID THIS GAME IT IS TERRIBLE!!!    … Expand
  87. Willmack
    Jan 5, 2016
    0
    well today i was banned from Warthunder for talking about the american elections no abuse just a friendly talk on who might win it was only about 3 to 5 lines of text. Well bam 2 day chat ban for talking about unrelated topic in Warthunder and a 1 day game ban based on "political spam" o.0 so cant play warthunder for 1 day and a 2 day chat banned well now we know what GAIJIN is truely likewell today i was banned from Warthunder for talking about the american elections no abuse just a friendly talk on who might win it was only about 3 to 5 lines of text. Well bam 2 day chat ban for talking about unrelated topic in Warthunder and a 1 day game ban based on "political spam" o.0 so cant play warthunder for 1 day and a 2 day chat banned well now we know what GAIJIN is truely like just a warning to anyone. And before you say it that i shouldnt talk about political topics in a game well i do have the right to freedom of speech and so does everybody else for that matter… Expand
  88. Wyv
    Feb 5, 2016
    0
    The game, after 10 patches, gets worse and worse. Gaijin is ruining a great game. It is not realistic, it is not balanced and it is not historically accurate. I wasted more than 600 hours on it. Premium planes are OP and made by adamantium. Pay 2 win, friend fire, teamkillers, poorly optimized (from 110 fps to 40 in a patch), they only care about the money they can make from selling OPThe game, after 10 patches, gets worse and worse. Gaijin is ruining a great game. It is not realistic, it is not balanced and it is not historically accurate. I wasted more than 600 hours on it. Premium planes are OP and made by adamantium. Pay 2 win, friend fire, teamkillers, poorly optimized (from 110 fps to 40 in a patch), they only care about the money they can make from selling OP stuff. This game is disgusting. The only good thing is the graphic.… Expand
  89. Red9
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Absolutely anti-consumer practices of Gaijin are not acceptable. I played this game for thousands of hours and this is the last straw.
    They are refusing to hear players and instead they are trying to silence them out.
  90. Enno
    May 21, 2018
    0
    Greetings fellow gamers!

    I've done with 600+ hour gameplay in this,,, well call it game and here i'm to tell you something about it. In early stage of the game, its just fine and joy able. But what about then? I'll notice that Gaijin does not care about the game's quality or balance as 1. There is soooo much leaver in this game which ruin it, and gamemasters told me in answer my    Greetings fellow gamers!

    I've done with 600+ hour gameplay in this,,, well call it game and here i'm to tell you something about it.
    In early stage of the game, its just fine and joy able. But what about then? I'll notice that Gaijin does not care about the game's quality or balance as
    1. There is soooo much leaver in this game which ruin it, and gamemasters told me in answer my ticket that, THEY DONT BREAK ANY RULE BY THAT WAY, pf lol.... so they will do as they want and as much as they want. Then u'll find yourself in 5vs15 situation very quickly
    2.They 95% of the time only bann account whose are inactive low level account user. Yes there is still some cheater around on high lvl and if u report them 99% that wont happen anything.

    Regards!    … Expand
  91. familiadaza
    Jul 28, 2016
    0
    This game its garbaje, DO NOT EVEN TRY IT BETTER GO PLAY MINE SWEEPER INSTEAD OF WASTING YOUR PRECIOUS LIFE WITH THIS UNBALANCE GAME.

    This is just a sad creation that shows the worst side of humanity.
  92. t3caz
    Jul 18, 2016
    0
    it is one of the pay to win games!! matchmaking is a joke. it can match you when you have tier 2 tank and your opponent have tier 4 tank. You can never 1-1 with this matchup.
  93. ted_isted
    Aug 12, 2016
    0
    War Thunder was once great, And the single player missions are still fun to do every now and then. But online gameplay has been destroyed over mixing very high rated players with very low rated players. And they have turned the game into a buy to win. It used to be anyone could win and get upgrades as long as they worked for it, Now it takes a free to play player forever and ever. And youWar Thunder was once great, And the single player missions are still fun to do every now and then. But online gameplay has been destroyed over mixing very high rated players with very low rated players. And they have turned the game into a buy to win. It used to be anyone could win and get upgrades as long as they worked for it, Now it takes a free to play player forever and ever. And you now get burned out long before you ever get any upgrades or new planes. And to add insult to injury the game packages they sale are way overpriced! This is why I hate any online gaming scenario! Because in the end the greed of the devs always destroys the game for the players. And to add more insult to injury many players are using aimbots while Gajin continues to deny aimbots exist. And any member that mentions this will get attacked by several fan boys. You even get threatened of being banned for mentioning it. So it's safe to say War Thunder has been completely destroyed by it's own developers. You don't take away everything from the player unless they pay for a overpriced package! And you don't call the people who play and support your game liars and threaten them simply for pointing out about aimbots! So it's safe to say War Thunder has been completely destroyed by it's own developers. The players become less and less each day. Eventually the snake will eat it's own tail unless Gaijin finally decides to get their heads out of their own sphincters.… Expand
  94. eva3si0n
    Jan 5, 2023
    0
    Terrible optimization for macOS on ARM. If the game itself comes with a high graphics preset in native resolution on the base M1. Then the very launch of the game is a real torture. On Ventura 13.1, the in-game and system mouse cursor are constantly duplicated, the FPS in the hangar drops to 25-30. And the game process can nail the work of the OS itself, even completing the process inTerrible optimization for macOS on ARM. If the game itself comes with a high graphics preset in native resolution on the base M1. Then the very launch of the game is a real torture. On Ventura 13.1, the in-game and system mouse cursor are constantly duplicated, the FPS in the hangar drops to 25-30. And the game process can nail the work of the OS itself, even completing the process in Resource Monitoring will not help in any way. It is better on macOS to bypass this underproduction… Expand
  95. ineptdesign
    Jun 6, 2020
    0
    You're going to jump in thinking that the "russian bias " memes are just jokes. But you'll quickly realize there's no point in playing anything but premiums or Russian planes in "real battle" mode
  96. butseriously
    Nov 26, 2016
    0
    The negative reviews are accurate. Impossible research tiers. Could take months at top tiers to get next vehicle, & it gets to the point where you can't afford to repair, which is frustrating when the gameplay is getting you killed 1/2 - 2/3 of the time.
    DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS GAME.
  97. Mechanist
    Mar 1, 2017
    0
    Awfully unbalanced game. Toxic community. Endless grind. Horrible mechanics: Shoot through terrain, long distance one shot kills (killed driving a Tiger II by inferior tank). Endless camp fest on some maps. Arcade mode is ridiculous, GTA V is a better "simulator" than this game.

    Don't to pay for it! You won't win either.
    Even better: stay away from this garbage made in Russia!
  98. Didoens
    Mar 8, 2017
    0
    Unbalanced game that proposes to be "realistic" which is a blatant lie. There's no realism only an unbalanced and frustrating gaming experience in both Air and Ground Forces modes.
    Balance is nonexistent across the board and the so called Battle Rating system is completely broken and quite frankly a to complicated and very unsatisfactory method of progression compared to this games    Unbalanced game that proposes to be "realistic" which is a blatant lie. There's no realism only an unbalanced and frustrating gaming experience in both Air and Ground Forces modes.
    Balance is nonexistent across the board and the so called Battle Rating system is completely broken and quite frankly a to complicated and very unsatisfactory method of progression compared to this games competitors.
    The Games ardent defenders claim that is is not pay to win, only pay to progress which is total **** Because progressing ones crew is paramount if you want to be able to compete with the hordes of seal clubbers that infest the game and ruin every chance for a good new player experience.
    So unless you're a white whale gamer, who's looking to seal club new players, which seems to be the stable of Gaijins customers, look elsewhere for a tanking game, this is not it!    … Expand
  99. kevinbrown
    Jul 15, 2018
    0
    My friends and I couldn't even get passed through the menu after 40 minutes. Terrible interface. Unplayable.
  100. Imnuktam
    Jul 1, 2017
    0
    The game was pretty fun and graphics were great. If it wasn't for the virus/Trojan it comes with I would probably have rated it a 6 due mainly to poor balancing and how. I played it mostly for the air combat and found Russian planes insanely OP compared to all others. Big surprise after doing my research, it was a Russian company making the game.

    The Trojan it installs on your machine    The game was pretty fun and graphics were great. If it wasn't for the virus/Trojan it comes with I would probably have rated it a 6 due mainly to poor balancing and how. I played it mostly for the air combat and found Russian planes insanely OP compared to all others. Big surprise after doing my research, it was a Russian company making the game.

    The Trojan it installs on your machine is called Gaijin.net . It enables itself w/o permission to start when you start your computer. It is a known problem if you google search it before getting the game and you will see the moderators act like you can just disable a check box and it will go away then they lock the forum thread to keep people from talking about it.

    So I unchecked the box they suggested, rebooted and it didn't work.

    I followed that by unchecking ALL the boxes on that page, but that also didn't work.

    I finally uninstalled the game because of it. After doing that I rebooted to find it still there loading up when computer starts. StILL THERE AFTER UNINSTALLING GAME, think about that for a second.

    I then had to turn on "see hidden files and folders" then go manually find it and delete that folder. And even after that, and to this day it is still on my brand new computer hiding somewhere inside my windows 10. Even had a guy from Microsoft using remote access and controlling my computer and he couldn't find where its hiding. Best I could do in the end is Win key + R, then msconfig and disable it from starting up when computer does.

    0/10, would NOT DOWNLOAD THIS VIRUS AGAIN!    … Expand
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  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Jan 25, 2017
    87
    One of the cornerstones of War Thunder is that player’s skill is more important than his wallet. Premium vehicles offer no combat advantages, there is no “microtransaction-only” ammo or consumables, so no amount of cash will buy you a spot on the top of the food chain. [Issue#216, p.56]
  2. GRYOnline.pl
    Jan 13, 2017
    75
    The official launch of War Thunder reminded me why I like this game so much. It's adorably chaotic - in contrast to the reliably designed World of Tanks. That's why it can be really fun and frustrating at the same time. There's tons of great vehicles (and the planes are superb!) and a difficult simulation mode, but there are also balance and technical issues.
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  3. CalmDownTom
    Aug 14, 2014
    90
    Overall the War Thunder tank battles are great even at this early stage.
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