War Thunder

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3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1908 Ratings

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

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  1. Johny404_
    May 22, 2023
    0
    This game is about play to grind, especially when you want to play with modern era vehicles.

    I personally play this game for Realistic Ground Battles so review will be around those. I played Realistic Air Battles in past but do not play them anymore as they are boring. Ships never interested me so I do not bother to even try them. Modern tanks in War Thunder was reason why I started    This game is about play to grind, especially when you want to play with modern era vehicles.

    I personally play this game for Realistic Ground Battles so review will be around those. I played Realistic Air Battles in past but do not play them anymore as they are boring. Ships never interested me so I do not bother to even try them.

    Modern tanks in War Thunder was reason why I started playing again. It is most interesting part I want to experience as there is basically no alternative (Armored Warfare is dead PvE game). It is a lot of fun to play with modern features on tanks and have planty of mechanics to use however there some huge drawbacks to that.

    1. Grind
    This is one of the most painful thing in game. You cannot just play modern vehicles without grinding entire tech tree full of WWII crapy tanks. The only option is to get high tier premium tank with premium time and play lots of battles with it to get into modern era. Regural grind is just too slow to be viable option for working person. End even with premium tank and account there is still problem with credits as credits rewards are just too low in my opinion.

    2. Matchmaking
    Most of the games you get uptier games. I still do not understand why both Gaijin and Wargaming have to have stupidly large spread for games. Most of time they use word "diversity". I really do not care about diversity of tanks in battle I just want to have fair fight to have fun. It is really not fun to try fights tanks where you struggle to pen frontal weakspot on tank on map where you cannot flank. It is just so frustrating on bad maps.

    3. Maps
    There are a lot of maps that are just not suitable for modern tanks. Some maps are just too small and team that win first wave will just spawn camp second team. Some maps are so open that it result in sniping contest from one spawn to other. Gaijin should make some maps available just for modern tanks and some just for lower tiers. I can't imagine suffer when you get extra large map with slow WWII tank.

    4. Limited time Content
    This is just pure money milking. There are some tanks that can be obtainet during events and this is just plain stupid. If you join game right now you won't be able to get those tank or have to pay ridiculous prices on market. Limited time content alway was and will be cancer of gaming as you locking out potential future players from it.

    5. CAS
    I would love to have option to play tanks only battles. CAS is just feature for frustration. There is no AI protection from CAS. The only counter are AA vehicles but most of time noone plays them from start of the game as they are simply useless until someone spawn in plane or heli. If you kill someone be prepared you mostly die in revenge bombing. In some battles it feels like you are in your tank just NPC to be destroyed by plane or heli. The worst part is you cannot do anzthing about it unles you have AA in your arsenal and even than you will have hard time to shoot them down unless you have good AA.

    I strongly do not recommend any new player to start to play this game. It will be pure frustration if you want to go for modern tanks.

    It is sad that neither WoT or WT does not have any real competition as both Gaijin and Wargaming only wants to milk money their player base and they can do it because there is no other option.    … Expand
  2. cnbt
    May 22, 2023
    0
    To all the players of War Thunder:
    I believe everyone has noticed the recent changes in the in-game economy, whether it's for naval, ground, air battles, AB, RB, or SB. Gaijin is continuously pushing the boundaries and testing the limits of its players. If you are familiar with the game "Escape from Tarkov," you probably know the consequences when game developers constantly provoke their    To all the players of War Thunder:
    I believe everyone has noticed the recent changes in the in-game economy, whether it's for naval, ground, air battles, AB, RB, or SB. Gaijin is continuously pushing the boundaries and testing the limits of its players. If you are familiar with the game "Escape from Tarkov," you probably know the consequences when game developers constantly provoke their player base. As players of this game, we contribute to its activity, and in theory, Gaijin should appreciate each and every one of us who continues to support and encourage this game. However, Gaijin keeps pushing the boundaries and exploiting each and every one of us. This recent economic change is not just a simple adjustment, Gaijin is gradually making it clear that if you don't pay for this game, you don't deserve to play it.
    I implore every player here to bravely stand up and resist this behavior. Gaijin has now infringed upon our rights as players, and we cannot, and should not, let Gaijin continue to exploit us in the future. It is time for us players to unite and stand together. We should be a collective, a class, opposing Gaijin's exploitation and oppression towards us. We are here to enjoy this game, to find joy in it, and we should not be working for Gaijin.
    1 hope that each player will save and spread this message. This post will undoubtedly be deleted, but we should copy it, share it, on any platform, anywhere that allows us to make our voices heard. Fellow warriors, let's fight for our future. Stay strong!    … Expand
  3. Tawret
    May 22, 2023
    3
    War thunder is genuinely a great game. With well designed models of the machines of War and cooperative online battles it would be criminal to assume that the game won't do good. However there is one major flag with this game that the community cam no longer bear. And that is the blatant disregard for the players time and community well being. Gaijin entertainment has proven they are outWar thunder is genuinely a great game. With well designed models of the machines of War and cooperative online battles it would be criminal to assume that the game won't do good. However there is one major flag with this game that the community cam no longer bear. And that is the blatant disregard for the players time and community well being. Gaijin entertainment has proven they are out of touch with the community by continues making one of the most complaint problem in the game even worse, the ingame economy. In war thunder you progress with Silver Lions and Research Points. You will receive RP (Research points) and SL (Silver Lions) through in game activities such as getting a kill, an assist, capturing the objective, hitting enemies and critically hitting enemies. Its easy to get the in game currency in war thunder however the amount you earn is what is the issue. In later tiers you have to start worrying about the repair cost of a vehicle you use, the repair cost being the SL you have to spend to repair your vehicle to be able to use it again in your next game. There are some vehicles in this game that are not worth using because of the risk of loosing the money you made in the one game because you were destroyed in that very expensive vehicle. So your progression is bound to stagnate. There is a premium currency as well called Golden Eagles. Now GE (Golden Eagles) can be used to purchase premium vehicles, cosmetics, loot boxes, crew slots, Crew XP, Modifications, SL, convertible RP, Event Missions, the Battlepass... you get my point. GE is not easy to obtain as a F2P player as the only way you get them is via login bonus rewards or Golden wagers. Wagers in this game is very difficult to complete as you're tasked with needing to score a ridiculous amount of kills 10 times in a row without failing 3 times to receive the maximum reward. Those are standard SL wagers. The premium wagers are setup to make you fail with the neigh on impossible requirements to get the wager completed.

    The in game economy recently got scuffed further with another update to it that nobody in the community wanted. Some vehicles were given a better SL reward to loss ratio but for the majority of the affected vehicles it was made worse. The community complained on the forums and on reddit to no avail.

    The community has no rallied against Gaijin entertainment with the demands to fix the economy. Only then will they stop review bombing War Thunder. Clock is Ticking Gaijin. I still love this game but if you value your time and sanity do not play this game as it will suck you and your wallet dry in the current state that it is in.    … Expand
  4. Gunitz
    May 22, 2023
    3
    Not worth your time, too much grind, too terrible, terrible economy, terrible game mods stale as hell, i will come here and change it if they revert this:

    You don't get points for taking off/landing anymore. You don't get points for being in combat/dogfight with ennemies around you anymore. You don't get points for ricochets anymore. You don't get the daily x5 anymore. You don't get    Not worth your time, too much grind, too terrible, terrible economy, terrible game mods stale as hell, i will come here and change it if they revert this:

    You don't get points for taking off/landing anymore.
    You don't get points for being in combat/dogfight with ennemies around you anymore.
    You don't get points for ricochets anymore.
    You don't get the daily x5 anymore.
    You don't get the daily x2 anymore (that used to be x5)
    They gutted the gains multiple times.
    They added a soft lock to how much gains you could make in a single mission.
    They gutted the missions from 55 minutes to 25 minutes max.
    They removed gold rewards for completing tutorials
    They removed gold wagers
    They decreased gains from victories from 20% and added 20% to losses (this is bad for anying with a positive win ratio)
    They gutted sim rewards
    They gutted the rewards linked to activity in battle
    They ruined helicopter EC and made them even harder to grind
    Made assists overall harder to get
    The battle passes have 3 vehicles instead of 4, you can't just sell the first vehicles anymore without having to grind even more.    … Expand
  5. dova0027
    May 22, 2023
    0
    User-hostile management, scolding users' opinions and deleting forum comments.
  6. manggame
    May 22, 2023
    0
    The worst game that consistently rejects and mocks user feedback, and even goes as far as shutting down community-driven efforts for game improvement on Steam
  7. blue172
    May 22, 2023
    0
    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
  8. kmi112
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Gaijin are greedy, manipulative liars.

    After trying to screw the players on the economy changes they then blame it on "miscommunication" and blame the players for making these choices and not fully understanding the changes. They lie, gaslight, blame and silence their community to try and push greedier and greedier updates. Until these are fixed, this game is not worth playing or    Gaijin are greedy, manipulative liars.

    After trying to screw the players on the economy changes they then blame it on "miscommunication" and blame the players for making these choices and not fully understanding the changes.

    They lie, gaslight, blame and silence their community to try and push greedier and greedier updates.

    Until these are fixed, this game is not worth playing or putting money into    … Expand
  9. Huney_Mustard_
    May 22, 2023
    0
    it's terrible
    Communication with users is not possible,
    and even the community forum manager makes fun of users..

    everything is wrong
  10. yejun1019
    May 22, 2023
    0
    endless nerfing user reward. You can see what happening in reddit community.
    Gaijin did **** to war thunder.
  11. E_Striker99
    May 22, 2023
    0
    worst game maker.
    worst economic systems
    worst F2P Game
    dont play this
    dont pay for this game
  12. 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?
  13. EvaTuna
    May 22, 2023
    0
    f2p blabla~~ 20% of users spend money blablabla~~~

    Don't ever play this game

    The commercial shows the current generation of tanks and fighter jets

    In fact, it starts with the old planes of World War I, and it takes a lot of money or time

    The same goes for tanks

    And they don't listen to the player at all
  14. TofuNum
    May 22, 2023
    0
    This is worst game ever I played. Gaijin will never know what they did wrong
  15. Raven_Knight_07
    May 22, 2023
    0
    The economy is horrible, the grind is endless, half of the games mechanics don't function properly, and you're basically forced to buy a premium subscription plus a premium vehicle just to progress at a barely tolerable rate.
  16. santarori
    May 22, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad Steam Review -> Run away XD
    Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in longshot. Gaijin also    … Expand
  17. gdsafgd
    May 22, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. dont play this game un balance just un balanced
    they see user like a **** dont play this game    … Expand
  18. qwpoqwpo
    May 22, 2023
    0
    terrible experience.
    dont play this game.
    if u wanna play modern vehicle. u have to pay at least 100$ or use 2-3 years
  19. Jas0n6
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Dev team became greedy and tried to milk their already too-forgiving player base even further than they've already had, If you wanted to enjoy war thunder, build a time machine and travel back to when ground battles were first added, or even further back and go back to when it first came out.
  20. ske07048
    May 22, 2023
    0
    This game is hostile to users and is not being managed properly.
    There is no balance of the map, and there is no balance between equipment.
  21. pne4685
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Greedy developers prioritized money and ego over normalization of the game.
  22. RaptorJesus163
    May 22, 2023
    0
    There is a very good game to be found here, providing an experience unlike any of its peers. Unfortunately that game is buried by devs who act seemingly to harm the community, doing their best to make the game less fun and more frustrating. They rarely listen to bug reports for issues with the game itself, and will completely disregard community suggestions trying to make a vehiclesThere is a very good game to be found here, providing an experience unlike any of its peers. Unfortunately that game is buried by devs who act seemingly to harm the community, doing their best to make the game less fun and more frustrating. They rarely listen to bug reports for issues with the game itself, and will completely disregard community suggestions trying to make a vehicles performance data closer to what it is attempting to represent. They are also constantly adding new monetization methods to the game at increasing costs, whilst also providing less for the money you pay. Not to mention they do their best to gaslight the playerbase, telling them that the changes they are making are good and that the playerbase should be happy, whilst it is clear to everyone it is the exact opposite.

    They have also previously given the community the option to pick what they would like the new end of match reward multiplier to be for a win/loss, however both options resulted in a net loss of rewards for the playerbase. Then when critiqued about this decision, they constantly blame the community for the loss of rewards, saying it is what they chose, when no matter the outcome, the rewards were to be lower.

    War Thunder has serious potential, too bad Gaijin would rather squander it in favor of making a quick buck.    … Expand
  23. MwhY1S
    May 22, 2023
    0
    The game used to be great until the tone-deaf corp didn't listen to User feedback unless it was a chance for them to make more money, which it's a company should make money to say alive. Still, they also have to come into the middle ground where players are enjoying the game and wanting to come back, and not spend years to get through a tech tree, and that's if you have used premium timeThe game used to be great until the tone-deaf corp didn't listen to User feedback unless it was a chance for them to make more money, which it's a company should make money to say alive. Still, they also have to come into the middle ground where players are enjoying the game and wanting to come back, and not spend years to get through a tech tree, and that's if you have used premium time which is a must if you want to progress, Good game, Horrific economy.… Expand
  24. 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
  25. chocochoc0
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Too much grinding .

    This game sucks life out of player. Economy is messed up cz Gaijin is greedy
  26. 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
  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. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
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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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Metascore
81

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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