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. wolfaust
    Jul 14, 2021
    5
    If you have an anger control issue I don't recommend you to play War Thunder. Because, there are lots of users who are using cheats, abuse, and exploits.

    The tank features are not logical at all, a tier 2 tank can even pierce Tiger's armour. That's weird... Trust me! However, if you are feeling to play some tanky games with your friends, you should try co-op mode. It is much more fun    If you have an anger control issue I don't recommend you to play War Thunder. Because, there are lots of users who are using cheats, abuse, and exploits.

    The tank features are not logical at all, a tier 2 tank can even pierce Tiger's armour. That's weird... Trust me! However, if you are feeling to play some tanky games with your friends, you should try co-op mode. It is much more fun than a game match full of cheaters and abusers.

    What I am saying is that matchmaking of War Thunder is not fair at all, also its anti-cheat is not working.    … Expand
  2. 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
  3. Astro99
    Jun 25, 2021
    0
    Das Game ist absoluter Dreck. Man merkt diesem Spiel einfach an dass es FreeToPlay ist. In fast jeder Hinsicht. Absolut nicht zu empfehlen. Schmutz.
  4. Robinjhoe
    Jun 12, 2021
    5
    Im really having a hard time rating WT. even after 1,4k hours, i still dont actually know if i like it or not.

    The thing is, at first glance everything should go against it. The trailers are always obvious bait. And you can only progress past rank 5/6 vehicles if you start putting in real money for the premium time and benefits, you try to embrace the grind or you just stop playing it.    Im really having a hard time rating WT. even after 1,4k hours, i still dont actually know if i like it or not.

    The thing is, at first glance everything should go against it. The trailers are always obvious bait. And you can only progress past rank 5/6 vehicles if you start putting in real money for the premium time and benefits, you try to embrace the grind or you just stop playing it. And i mean the grind wall you will hit your head against is huge. The first hours or days you will progress fairly fast through the first 3 maybe 4 ranks, but after that its 100 of hours for a single vehicle.

    Also i always hated certain game mechanics. For example, when you unlock and buy a new vehicle it comes with no upgrades, usually meaning not the best ammo or gun, or engine but in this f**ing game you have to unlock the ability to repair and put put fires! Seperatly! Its the dumbest thing to think a tank crew cant repair or use an fpe because they didnt bring any to the battle.

    TL;DR Game has huge historical amount of vehcles and they look great and also (mostly) feel great to play. Sadly everything surrounding the game is pure agony and suffering. If you like the historical part, great, i like to collect most of the vehicles rather than playing them. But that you need to amke your own grind goals, so that you dont start eating you own skin, is a bit much. But they make money, and have next to none competetors. So why would they stop? I really love/hate the game

    Reduce the grind, decompress the br´s and maybe it would be time for some new game modes besides elimination and conquer, but i doubt that will ever happen.    … Expand
  5. kenkus
    Jun 6, 2021
    0
    This game is really crappy because of incredibly poor balancing. Gaijin (the developer) is also a stereotype idiot constantly doing things that disappoint players (e.g. removing iconic German tanks no matter how much the community cried not to do it) and never addressing things that have been requested for years (e.g. BR decompression). Furthermore, Gaijin has a track record of censoringThis game is really crappy because of incredibly poor balancing. Gaijin (the developer) is also a stereotype idiot constantly doing things that disappoint players (e.g. removing iconic German tanks no matter how much the community cried not to do it) and never addressing things that have been requested for years (e.g. BR decompression). Furthermore, Gaijin has a track record of censoring any comments, opinions and even feedback they don't like. I advice players not waste any money or time on War Thunder until Gaijin fixes the balancing and stops being idiot (hasn't happened for the past 8 years).… Expand
  6. Grandhatred
    May 23, 2021
    0
    **** game, u can't tell me with a straight face that churchill can survive a shot of kv2 in the face turret in less that 100 meter, never give ur money to this ****ty developer **** trash and gaijin like we will give u 1 good match where u able to kill 4+ enemy then give 4+ ****ty match where i die even before notice what happening
  7. Yuri_Andropov
    May 18, 2021
    0
    Lack of development for Airplane modes. Stupid Airplane game modes can't be turned off if the player dislikes them. Example: you have a fast jet and the mode Airfield Domination wants you to land/strafe an airfield with 700+ km/h...
    Shiny new 3D models once and then with made up physics.
    No real balancing efforts/mechanics for Arcade mode. Air "Realistic" Battles are just repainted    Lack of development for Airplane modes. Stupid Airplane game modes can't be turned off if the player dislikes them. Example: you have a fast jet and the mode Airfield Domination wants you to land/strafe an airfield with 700+ km/h...
    Shiny new 3D models once and then with made up physics.
    No real balancing efforts/mechanics for Arcade mode.
    Air "Realistic" Battles are just repainted Arcade Air Domination Battles.
    Planes have their own mode since release 2012 but the company is unable to provide this for Tanks despite the player numbers going up.

    Bad balancing attempt via repair costs(if you fail you get punished double).
    Airplane only modes exist for years but no Tank only mode.
    Tank mode is always with airplanes/Helicopters than kill you out of thin air. Gets worse the higher you go. This is one of the reasons why I stopped playing Ground Forces.
    Naval mode is boring, going to the dentist is more fun.
    "Events" are never fun.
    Lack of PvE/Coop modes for chill game.
    Made only PvE mode ridiculously harder in order to force players back into Ground mode.
    The higher the Battle rating you come, the less fun the game becomes.
    Introduced more and more guided missiles and higher Air battles remind more an more of Ace Combat, except Air Combat is fun.
    Bugs: Invisible tanks, planes, trees with buggy large collision boxes... Immortal Airfields. Failing hit registration for Air and Ground battles. Disconnects, crashes.

    Suspect payed Forum users that act as undercover moderators, that being said the Forum moderation is feces. Company buys likes for their Youtube videos.    … Expand
  8. Chris-
    May 15, 2021
    1
    Ive been playing on and off for serveral years and in my opinion it's only getting worse.
    Gaijin has jumped on the funny EA *we only want money* train and it shows ingame.
    New tanks new premium stupid battlepasses only veteran players can make. premium time that costs a fortune and a Forum driven by players, there is no development team that even listen to the players the only listen to    Ive been playing on and off for serveral years and in my opinion it's only getting worse.
    Gaijin has jumped on the funny EA *we only want money* train and it shows ingame.
    New tanks new premium stupid battlepasses only veteran players can make. premium time that costs a fortune and a Forum driven by players, there is no development team that even listen to the players the only listen to what you can put into the game. the game is on it's knees it's barely enough players to play in the morning and the max total players playing at any giving time is around 100 000 and that it split by arcade Tanks/boats/planes, realistic battles Tanks/boats/planes and simulator battles tanks/boats/planes. and then there is the "Tiers" 1-10 and every tier is splitting the players up EVEN more.
    And not to talk about the absure prices to repair one of your tanks/ships/plane. if you are a good player and kan make 3-7 kills per match you will get around 50-120k silver a round some of the tanks/boats/planes costs 45k+ to repair so if you have a bad player that barely make a kill will never have enough of silver to repair..... and then there is the mods..... banning players from chat because they asking when the game is going to be better...... if you see this DON*T PLAY THIS I rather actually go back to a **** game called World of tanks instead of this..... it's just getting worse and it's stupid how gaijin think they can still go on the money train and never make the game better.... it's all about money and Honestly DON'T even bother playing it.......    … Expand
  9. KevLooney
    May 12, 2021
    6
    The game is both inaccessible, non intuitive, and game design takes a backseat to checking off content from a history book.
  10. mrFox11
    Apr 26, 2021
    0
    В этой игре ужасно всё. Начнём с начала
    - Баланс. Комментарии излишни. Просто не удивляйтесь, если вы на танке времён Второй Мировой ВДРУГ встретите вражеский танк 50-60 годов. Привет всяким итальянским Фиатам и французским EBR'ам.
    - Баги. Некоторые из них существуют ещё со времён бета теста. Фиксить их разработчики и не чешутся, потому что нафиг надо. - РПУ. Многие будут говорить, что    В этой игре ужасно всё. Начнём с начала
    - Баланс. Комментарии излишни. Просто не удивляйтесь, если вы на танке времён Второй Мировой ВДРУГ встретите вражеский танк 50-60 годов. Привет всяким итальянским Фиатам и французским EBR'ам.
    - Баги. Некоторые из них существуют ещё со времён бета теста. Фиксить их разработчики и не чешутся, потому что нафиг надо.
    - РПУ. Многие будут говорить, что у меня шиза, что я всё придумываю, что эту механику давно отключили, но сколько я играю, столько и замечаю, что нифига её не отключили. Более того, она вам всячески постарается помешать затащить и без того сложный бой. Запомните - от вас и ваших союзников ничего не зависит. Исход боя уже предначертан. Поэтому не удивляйтесь, если от множеств попаданий по вражескому самолёту вы увидите такие надписи как "повреждение средней стойки шасси" или "повреждение закрылка". Вы не собьёте противника до тех пор, пока игра сама этим не распорядится. То же самое и в танковых боях. Вы уверены, что пробьёте эту Пантеру подкалибером? Не-а. Вы не пробьёте её. Игра всё спишет на мифический рикошет, на баг, на что угодно, но пробития не будет. Когда вдоволь настрадаетесь, МОЖЕТ БЫТЬ, данная механика станет на вашу сторону и поможет вам.
    - Топы. Здесь постараюсь быть лаконичным. Просто возьмите F-104 Starfighter и попробуйте повоевать против всяких МиГов, Фантомов и прочих. Сразу увидите что к чему.
    - Графика. Казалось бы, за графику я мог бы подрисовать единичку в оценку к игре, но нет, я не буду этого делать. Объясню почему. Вернёмся снова на землю. Попробуйте включить и выключить траву в прицеле. Да и не только в прицеле, а и вообще. Чувствуете разницу? Верно. Чем хуже у тебя настройки графики, тем виднее тебе противника. В то время, когда я хочу насладиться ультра настройками, меня вполне может выцелить какой-нибудь нубик с минимальными настройками графики, которого я бы даже в упор не разглядел. Разрабы подыгрывают "бичарам"?
    В общем, игра для тех, кому некуда девать свои кровные. Никому не советую.    … Expand
  11. 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
  12. THGodFather
    Apr 6, 2021
    4
    this game is awesome and all but it does not matter if you cant play because of its INGAME downloading witch raises your PING and PacketLoss every time you see a tank with marketplace CAMO in every match there is.
  13. ardaulgur
    Apr 5, 2021
    7
    It is a very realistic game. But, if you want to play in good quality, you must have a very very good PC. Otherwise you gonna have low FPS (around 20-25 and you my see 15) and low graphics.
  14. Adalad
    Apr 4, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Too many scripts, I can't win when I play the game with friends, the game scripts you like an idiot, you can't pen tanks that was ez to pen and the bullets aren't going where you are shooting, and I don't want to speak about airplanes lol.… Expand
  15. idw_76
    Mar 22, 2021
    10
    Best online military game. Very realistic damage module and lots of vehicles.
  16. FlameFace582
    Mar 20, 2021
    8
    Actually good game, gameplay is 10/10 but russia is OP and you have to pay money for camos and bushes on your tank. Thats all
  17. Leplivo19
    Mar 17, 2021
    0
    This game is just awful, Gaijin couldn't care less about the game and the community, Germany players just whinning and crying everywhere about Germany suffers even though it's the best nation in the game with 70% winrate and they still get buffed and get new op tanks. There is no simulation or realism in this game, just 2 modes called Realistic Battles and Simulator. This game is the mostThis game is just awful, Gaijin couldn't care less about the game and the community, Germany players just whinning and crying everywhere about Germany suffers even though it's the best nation in the game with 70% winrate and they still get buffed and get new op tanks. There is no simulation or realism in this game, just 2 modes called Realistic Battles and Simulator. This game is the most broken game on the market that is still not being fixed after 8 years of it's release, I don't recommend this game to anyone, if you like playing with modern tanks then it will take you years to do so unless you spend a lot of money in this game which is not worth it. I have 2,000 hours in this game and I completely regret wasting it.… Expand
  18. JWilliams
    Mar 14, 2021
    0
    Terrible developers, refuse to address any of the issues with the game, such as miniscule maps, CAS spam and spawn camping, in favour of adding more overpowered premiums, have not once listened to anyone who has played more than 20 minutes of the game and it shows in their continued ineptitude. Avoid at all costs.
  19. InsolentDuck
    Feb 25, 2021
    2
    he people who advocate for this game, content providers on You Tube, are lied to and deceived on a routine basis, given something that hasn't been released yet to do a video on it, but things are different about what gets released. Or announce they are told there is something that will not be changed in the game, cause the developers told them so; Several weeks later the oppositehe people who advocate for this game, content providers on You Tube, are lied to and deceived on a routine basis, given something that hasn't been released yet to do a video on it, but things are different about what gets released. Or announce they are told there is something that will not be changed in the game, cause the developers told them so; Several weeks later the opposite happens... The content providers are again apologizing to their audience... Gijien probably gets a good laugh, when they crawl back for more.
    -- Nobody gets gamed, more than the gamers. Being experienced, and having 80% trash happen for 20% decent games, even if you lose... Turns into the average, especially if you spend money on the game. It's like a mode gets turned on, because you will be trying, and not leaving soon.
    -- One of my favorite episodes: There was a type of tank that was killing me every time, for about ten games in a row...once, got me at the beginning of a game point blank as I came around a corner, before I make it four hundred yard... I was about 1,600 yds to that teams supposed start point... Oh, guess which typed of tank was on special that week?
    -- Caught them using a player's gamer tag, that wasn't in the game. He was a friend in a group, all chatting while we were in the game - he was playing Rocket League. HIs status on Xbox verified that, on friend's list. Have check this out on PC and Console. So while you are off, AI may very well be using your tag. Any blacklisting, or complaints people lodged in the game, about you using aim bots or whatever, you'll never see or hear of. Isn't that lovely?
    -- When it's "Whales night out", you will find yourself repeatedly on maps that allow the other team to limit your travel to one area, where the team is surrounded and destroyed... usually by people in a squad, in voice communication with each other, seal clubbing a multiplayer team who have no idea who the others on the team are (or even if they aren't bots), limited to stopping and typing on the keyboard for communication. I ran simulators in a previous life, and know being gamed when I see it, I used to do it to people.
    -- Great graphics and some hard work done on the game, too bad the ethics seem to not be there. I can't imagine the incredibly large customer base they would have, if honest and fair were the biggest compliment this game got... and people simply didn't leave.
    AI is used heavily in the game. AI can look at all your teams behavior and habits, and counter accordingly. This game and World of Tanks have a relationship with the Russian Military - WoT even has had it's logo on the side of Russian Tanks in International Competitions - and they are collecting data for them. They are Russian Companies, so saying no may not be an option. For some of you wondering how these games can be so broke and full of "cancer", and still survive financially... Wonder no more. It is a data gold mine, and behavior experiment also worth it's weight in gold. A great platform to test AI's ability to come up with an Order of Battle on the fly. So understand this going in.
    Basically, you will be dealing with Carnies at the State Fair... Cool game, Technically speaking.
    Also, people can dumb down the graphics in settings... So much for not allowing cheating.    … Expand
  20. neldot
    Feb 10, 2021
    0
    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
  21. WCM320
    Feb 6, 2021
    8
    War thunder is very much a matter of "It's not perfect but its the best in class"
    The only other game of it's kind that I really worthy playing right now is World of Warships. And these two games are different enough that they don't overlap.
  22. AresRules
    Jan 22, 2021
    2
    I began playing War Thunder in Dec. 2016. I left for over a year when an update reset my consecutive login days from almost 900 days to 1. I returned in October 2020. Another major factor in leaving is not easy for me to explain since I don't know much about computers. It often seems when facing a low level player or another squadron's player, my tanks are being nerfed and the enemies areI began playing War Thunder in Dec. 2016. I left for over a year when an update reset my consecutive login days from almost 900 days to 1. I returned in October 2020. Another major factor in leaving is not easy for me to explain since I don't know much about computers. It often seems when facing a low level player or another squadron's player, my tanks are being nerfed and the enemies are buffed. Soon will learn how to record battles and will post them for the others to see. I find it frustrating that I spent so much time and money on a game that cheats against the players.… Expand
  23. Ibuprom3
    Dec 31, 2020
    0
    One of the worst games i have ever played. Controls are really broken and gameplay is so boring
  24. Qiwin18
    Dec 30, 2020
    8
    Я играю в эту игру уже 2 года, не сказать что это много, но достаточно чтобы повидать многое. Тысячи реклам от ютуберов, блогеров и вообще из каждого утюга, заставляют сверкать пятки славы, бегущей далеко впереди проекта. Лучшая в своём роде, ибо по-факту единственная. Есть много симуляторов, но они не онлайн. Есть много игр про технику, но они не столь реалистичны и красивы. Эта играЯ играю в эту игру уже 2 года, не сказать что это много, но достаточно чтобы повидать многое. Тысячи реклам от ютуберов, блогеров и вообще из каждого утюга, заставляют сверкать пятки славы, бегущей далеко впереди проекта. Лучшая в своём роде, ибо по-факту единственная. Есть много симуляторов, но они не онлайн. Есть много игр про технику, но они не столь реалистичны и красивы. Эта игра позволяет тебе играть так, как ты захочешь. Твой комп смахивает на печатную машинку прямиком из канцелярии рейхсфюрера СС? Не беда, ведь игра просто великолепно оптимизирована и на минимальных настройках её потянет любое ведро. Не забыли и про игроков с топовыми ПК, кому позавидовали бы передовые инженеры Пентагона. Для них существуют ультра настройки, где у вас глаза повылазят из орбит от красоты происходящего на экране.
    Что касается геймплейной составляющей, тут беспокоится не о чем. Приближенная(!) к реалистичной система повреждений, которой могут составить конкуренцию разве что топовые симуляторы. Есть возможность поиграть как аркадному геймеру-новичку, так и заядлому симуляторщику. Для этого предусмотрены различные режимы игры. Подбор техники происходит по боевому рейтингу, который иногда меняют, дабы получше сбалансировать игру.
    Если говорить о минусах (которые тут есть), можно отметить не идеальную систему повреждений. О ней можно говорить очень много, долго, хорошего и плохого но по-факту она зачастую может быть попросту случайной, а если добавить к этим случайностям нередкие баги дамаг модели, то получается весьма сомнительного качества картина. Но. Но. Гайджин стараются сделать реалистичные повреждения, а это весьма сложно, ведь определить и просчитать урон осколками или самим снарядом по различным типам брони и внутри них, невероятно сложно, а я напомню что вам это даётся на безвозмездной основе!
    В целом и общем, по-моему мнению это лучшее из того, что может вам предложить игропром в этом жанре. Да, она не идеальна, но если вы любитель техники, её истории и всяческих масштабных баталий, то эта игра подарит вам десятки, сотни, а то и тысячи весело проведённых часов.    … Expand
  25. Pimmelschilz
    Dec 23, 2020
    0
    The overall idea of the game is quite good:Having large scale multiplayer matches with tanks, planes and ships througout many decades sounds fun. Unfortunately, the game does not have any matchmaking. After being lured into the game by playing against bots, you are thrown into the shark tank and play against players with 10,000 hours of playtime. You will last 2-3 minutes until being tornThe overall idea of the game is quite good:Having large scale multiplayer matches with tanks, planes and ships througout many decades sounds fun. Unfortunately, the game does not have any matchmaking. After being lured into the game by playing against bots, you are thrown into the shark tank and play against players with 10,000 hours of playtime. You will last 2-3 minutes until being torn apart. If you have the endurance and frustration resistance to play 3000 games until you can compete, then congratulations. If not, make a bigbow around this. You won´t have fun.… Expand
  26. VadimVyat
    Dec 23, 2020
    7
    This game is frustrating when you play alone, but so fun and interesting when you play it with friends. This game is hard to learn and hard to master, but when you learn it, you can start getting some pleasure and fun with your friends. It's F2P, but not completely P2W. Seriously, you can destroy premium Abrams using BT-5, or shoot down the most advanced helicopter or plane using someThis game is frustrating when you play alone, but so fun and interesting when you play it with friends. This game is hard to learn and hard to master, but when you learn it, you can start getting some pleasure and fun with your friends. It's F2P, but not completely P2W. Seriously, you can destroy premium Abrams using BT-5, or shoot down the most advanced helicopter or plane using some random WWII biplane. The main problem is grind. Not balance, not graphics, but A LOT OF GRIND. Yeah, you can easily get rank 3 or 4 (Like T-34s or Shermans) of any nation in one month or less, but if you want something higher (Abrams, F-4C or T-72), you'll have to donate or grind for more than a year. But, if you like WWII planes, tanks or ships - this game will give you them all in some time, but if you want Mig-19 or Mirage, you'll have to grind a lot. But if grind doesn't stop you, then just try it. There's good graphics, plane's physics (much better than in other games) and bit worse tank's physics. Gameplay is not so exciting, but with friends, you can have some fun. Just my small advices: T-72s, Abramses and other modern stuff doesn't worth your money and time, but jet planes can be interesting, and Arcade battles much worse than Realistic, but for newcomers arcade is the best way to learn the game basics.… Expand
  27. wyt491
    Dec 22, 2020
    9
    Лучший симулятор танковых сражений на данный момент. Множество различной техники и реалистичная модель повреждения, учитывающая множество мелочей вплоть до баллистических колпачков на снарядах. Плюс отличная оптимизацияЛучший симулятор танковых сражений на данный момент. Множество различной техники и реалистичная модель повреждения, учитывающая множество мелочей вплоть до баллистических колпачков на снарядах. Плюс отличная оптимизация
  28. MaelstromT26
    Dec 19, 2020
    5
    This is the game that's always almost fun but is usually just frustrating. I don't mean that in the Dark Souls kind of way, it's just a poorly designed tech tree, for one. Every update is some sort of monkey's paw-esque kind of deal where one thing gets fixed only for a litany of other issues to take it's place.

    I've played this game off and on since 2015.
  29. Rektasaurus
    Dec 17, 2020
    0
    Are you living a happy life, but want to make it negative enough to kill yourself? Are you leading a successful career, with money on one hand and a beautiful wife on other hand; but need a reason to commit suicide? If yes, this is definitely the game for you! Why? You ask. Imagine. You come home after a hard day at work/school and want to let off some steam. You jump on this son of b*tchAre you living a happy life, but want to make it negative enough to kill yourself? Are you leading a successful career, with money on one hand and a beautiful wife on other hand; but need a reason to commit suicide? If yes, this is definitely the game for you! Why? You ask. Imagine. You come home after a hard day at work/school and want to let off some steam. You jump on this son of b*tch game from a son of a b*tch dev, just to get your a** blazed by some level 100 players on lowest tier games, worse, their crews have maximum training and definitely are better than your sh*tty newly bought crews. But it's fine, you may think, it's just game after all. You queue for the next and the next games. In one game, you want to chill with your scrub tier 1 tank and BAM, uptiered MOFO. And in another game, BAM you get shot by some glorious plane warrior in a game full of tanks, to make it worse, now there're planes with bloody cannons. Because planes need attention too said our "beloved" Dev aka Gaijin aka RUSSIANS. Finally, you overcome all the negative feelings just to realize the MOFO on other side paid more than you and he's plowing through your team with his premium babies. After many games, your researching vehicle progress still stuck at about 10% and the option to pay for research point appears.
    P/S: Take a grain of salt of what official reviewers say or steam reviews. They are paid to say so, and steam reviews are mostly from gaijin zombies    … Expand
  30. KolaySerga
    Dec 8, 2020
    0
    Забагованый кусок кала. Худшая игра мира из когда нибудь созданных. Хуже игры просто нет.
    Просто помойка. Донатная помойка
    Разрабатывают её криворукие идиоты. Игра гавно - потому что она русская. Если её продадут то есть шанс сделать норм игру, а пока она у юденцовых игра просто хуже и хуже.    Забагованый кусок кала. Худшая игра мира из когда нибудь созданных. Хуже игры просто нет.
    Просто помойка. Донатная помойка
    Разрабатывают её криворукие идиоты. Игра гавно - потому что она русская. Если её продадут то есть шанс сделать норм игру, а пока она у юденцовых игра просто хуже и хуже.
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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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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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