War Thunder

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3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1908 Ratings

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  1. LilKittyC
    May 22, 2023
    0
    For those that are new to the game and looking for a great game about tanks and planes (excluding helicopters and naval because those are ass), War Thunder is not for you at the moment. The economy is so bad that you NEED to be a god-like player to play and gain. For now just look the other way and wait for improvements.
  2. devolman1
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Trash Game, I don't recommend to anyone unless you want to spend hundreds of dollars/euros to progress through the game without suffering horribly.
  3. mirinae_
    May 22, 2023
    0
    **** balance, **** economy patch, monkey developers.
    DON'T BE MESSY WITH USERS EVER AGAIN.
  4. Yippee_
    May 22, 2023
    2
    Incompetent devs and higher ups. Think the players want everything even though they're greedy and ruin the game for F2P players and even now the paying ones.
  5. Vargax83
    May 22, 2023
    0
    I've played this game since it came out, it used to have an ok progression and economy. But they have made it harder and harder to progress just to force ppl to buy more stuff. Even with prem account and tanks it's a hard grind...
  6. DHwoopa
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Great game that rapidly goes downhill with every update. Economy is awful, no balance, you're forced to pay in order to progress. Please avoid to keep your sanity
  7. ask21pilot
    May 20, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game has a lot of good content but it gets ruined by bugs and in game economy that got worse and worse over time. Due to the terrible changes Gaijin did to the game, a lot of damage was done to the trust of the playerbase.… Expand
  8. DroneHivemind
    May 22, 2023
    0
    I genuinely want to be able to recommend this game, the graphics are nice, and there is no other game like it, but it just feels like every update they want to make things worse for you, the grind gets worse and worse, money rewards go down, prices keep going up. It's like the game wants to make you hate playing it.
  9. ToastedThunder7
    May 22, 2023
    0
    I have over 1000 hours in this game, so I'm certified to say that war thunder is almost a really fun game to play. The problem is the "almost" because Gaijin seems to do everything in their power to milk the players dry for money every way they can, from lowering sl rewards for players to making the grind take actual years to finish. They contradict themselves by saying that playersI have over 1000 hours in this game, so I'm certified to say that war thunder is almost a really fun game to play. The problem is the "almost" because Gaijin seems to do everything in their power to milk the players dry for money every way they can, from lowering sl rewards for players to making the grind take actual years to finish. They contradict themselves by saying that players shouldn't have access to everything immediately and should learn the game through the progress and grind, but sell top tier vehicles for $70, giving everything to new, inexperienced players.… Expand
  10. Senkru
    May 22, 2023
    1
    Devs don't listen to the community, terrible balancing system that gives f2p players a disadvantage.
  11. 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
  12. themadseventeen
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Bad economy, impossible to progress even if you spend money to get premium account
  13. sova0007
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Greedy company killing good game. Every update is making the game worse. Just don't play it.
  14. LeoWanKenobi
    May 22, 2023
    0
    War Thunder is amazing and I don’t want to write this but due to the greed of gaijin and them ignoring the communities needs it must be done
  15. TsarFlaps
    May 22, 2023
    0
    They need to fix the economy and fix the balancing of vehicles. Some vehicles are unplayable at the point at which they are at. This game gets insufferable at points.
  16. mamama987
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Playing this game is like putting a salt in your wound. Painful, and has no meaning at all. this pile of junk cannot give you any good memories, nostalgia, lots of fun.

    All about War Thunder is Pain, Grind, Boring. Devs who never listen to their customer should not develope any games. I never, EVER have seen such a disapointing & indelicate respone when players finally got enough of    Playing this game is like putting a salt in your wound. Painful, and has no meaning at all. this pile of junk cannot give you any good memories, nostalgia, lots of fun.

    All about War Thunder is Pain, Grind, Boring.

    Devs who never listen to their customer should not develope any games. I never, EVER have seen such a disapointing & indelicate respone when players finally got enough of their crap and protest. You had last chance, Gaijin. And you ruined it.

    Don't play any of this company's game at all. they will never learn from mistake in War Thunder.    … Expand
  17. Fondor_Dweller
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Don't spend one penny on this leech of a game. The snail must pay for their unceasing greed.
  18. Cleobae
    May 22, 2023
    0
    This game is not worth your time, it has interesting ideas, but the attitude of the developers to the community is simply unacceptable.
  19. elffltdelete
    May 22, 2023
    0
    stupid and weird economy system make lose silver lion even using premium accont and vehicles.
    How can we understand get 5~6000 silver lion just 1kill and pay 20000 repair cost?
  20. Rozar765
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Gainjin removed the steam banner from their site, so I came to review it in case they decide to pull back from steam. Anyway the game is **** at the moment and gaijin is doing nothing to improve it, on the contrary they seem more interested in ruining it more.
  21. Saendbeard
    May 22, 2023
    0
    The "free2play" model has been pushed to a pay to play model, confirmed by the developers. After Gaijins condescending letter to the community it is time for change or time to leave.
    Bonus points to the incredible visuals and models though.
  22. GDLS
    May 22, 2023
    0
    The absolute worst company to exist. They don't care about their players, devs don't play their game, absolute worst economy, grind so long that it exceeds people's lifespan. Bugs left and right, basically terrible game. If you're a new player who wants to play it, please don't. It really isn't worth the mental trouble this game gonna make you go through. It'll objectively make you a worse person.
  23. ImARagingBaby
    May 22, 2023
    0
    They have obviously never played an rts because their economy is quite terrible.
  24. aThief
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Joke economy, spend half of your life unlocking just one tech tree, premium time and premium vehicles are super expensive and after the recent changes they don't even boost your progress.
  25. WilhelmCanary
    May 22, 2023
    2
    After playing for years I have recently uninstalled the game. I have played both World of Tanks/Warships and this game. The devs of these companies seem to be competing with each other to see who can be the most toxic towards their playerbase. I for one am now done with both games and unless the toxicity of the devs changes for both will likely never return. The gameplay is great, theAfter playing for years I have recently uninstalled the game. I have played both World of Tanks/Warships and this game. The devs of these companies seem to be competing with each other to see who can be the most toxic towards their playerbase. I for one am now done with both games and unless the toxicity of the devs changes for both will likely never return. The gameplay is great, the abusive psychological manipulation of players by the publisher/devs is the worst I've seen.… Expand
  26. Crescent_Star
    May 22, 2023
    1
    This game is very much a love hate relationship with me since it's beta. On one hand you have good and unique gameplay designing with vehicles not seen in other games. It has plenty of vehicles, modes, and ways you could enjoy it...

    Then there is the other hand. The game is very unbalanced using the guise of 'realism'. The economy is complete and udder trash tier. You lose money per    This game is very much a love hate relationship with me since it's beta. On one hand you have good and unique gameplay designing with vehicles not seen in other games. It has plenty of vehicles, modes, and ways you could enjoy it...

    Then there is the other hand. The game is very unbalanced using the guise of 'realism'. The economy is complete and udder trash tier. You lose money per match the higher tiers you go even if you're an average or decent player because they include repair costs without the payout to recover those losses. The ability to max out one tree for one faction for one vehicle type can take thousands of hours because of low rewards or the outright punishment of losing money per match.

    Then there is the elephant in the room. The devs are some of the pettiest people I've seen in gaming. Gaslighting and blaming the community when they're finally fed up with bad practices that has been happening for years. Removing negative posts or constructive critisism on their forums and ignoring other means of communication. So petty they removed the steam logo from their website because of the bad reviews from people fed up with their stuff.

    I wrote my original negative review on steam around 2018 calling out these bad practices and finally people are waking up to it after recent controversies. Nice to have you guys finally on board. Don't get complacent and let Gaijin know that their practices are no longer acceptable. Don't stop at a small step to 'fix' the economy, demand them balance the game, fix the bugs, and finally listen to the people who actually give a crap.

    The game gets a 1/10 until the problems are fixed and that 1 is just because there is a good game under the hood of a destroyed economy.    … Expand
  27. HolocaustDenier
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Remember when WT was fun, it had cool vehicles. It had good game modes, now it's all pay to win and giga turbo grind. Remembers when dev's cared about the player base and not responded with tone deaf new postings. I remember.
  28. fkwarthunder
    May 22, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game has a very abnormal economic system. And it works user-hostile. If you knock down your opponent, you get 2,000, but if you fall, you lose 10,000. If you want to make money, you have to knock down five people like you to make money. But the developer thinks it's normal to get 1,000 silver and lose 15,000 silver with the new update. I think this is abnormal and not normal, and I can see that the game company is very hostile to users… Expand
  29. SALTTHESNAIL
    May 22, 2023
    0
    The Salting Will continue until the economy improves.

    All jokes aside. The reason is that they for years have been making the game more and more unbearable to play. Combined with the constant gas lighting from the devs on the game forms dismissing/banning anyone that disagrees with them. A perfect example of this is that around 2018 they removed the public api that would let players    The Salting Will continue until the economy improves.

    All jokes aside. The reason is that they for years have been making the game more and more unbearable to play. Combined with the constant gas lighting from the devs on the game forms dismissing/banning anyone that disagrees with them.

    A perfect example of this is that around 2018 they removed the public api that would let players see how vehicles where performing. Then whenever we complain about a vehicle not being balanced they say "according to our statistics the vehicle is balanced" - source trust me bro vs us being able to call them out with the statistics pre 2018.    … Expand
  30. chocochoc0
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Too much grinding .

    This game sucks life out of player. Economy is messed up cz Gaijin is greedy
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#45 Best PC Game of 2013
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#10 Most Discussed PC Game of 2013
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#18 Most Shared PC Game of 2013

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  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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