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. DimaPL
    May 26, 2023
    0
    Раньше было забавно, но последние обновления превратили игру в доильню, где уже толком невозможно заработать и прокачаться без премиум аккаунта. Зато мыло, баги с физикой и отсуствие баланса как было, так и осталось.
  2. Antoris
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Good luck to players who intend to play higher than tier 4-5, top tiers require premium, and preferably premium + premium vehicles.

    Playing without a premium account totally misses the point, you will rarely be able to collect enough points to come out on plus with Silver Lions. The last update with the new economy (VERY invasive by the way) only activated an avalanche of rage from    Good luck to players who intend to play higher than tier 4-5, top tiers require premium, and preferably premium + premium vehicles.

    Playing without a premium account totally misses the point, you will rarely be able to collect enough points to come out on plus with Silver Lions.

    The last update with the new economy (VERY invasive by the way) only activated an avalanche of rage from people - who have been struggling with the economy of this game for years - for years the economy has been worsened to force people to buy a premium account.

    Gaijin should be ashamed, apologize and improve the economy of the game immediately - preferably by removing the cost of vehicle repairs - that would probably be enough.

    It is a great pity that such a situation has occurred, because the game itself is unique, there is simply no other such game with such mechanics.    … Expand
  3. ohmassa
    May 25, 2023
    0
    proguedir no é jogo quase impossível, te forçando a gastar muito dinheiro e ainda assim não alcançar os melhores veículos
  4. BlueAmbers
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    - TOO MANY HACKERS - Top tier has too many cheaters especially since the Asia server shut down. I have found 6 aimbot+wallhackers (confirmed via replay from their perspective) in just a week of playing at top tier! And the worst part is that I reported them in every way possible weeks ago. Their accounts are still up.
    - RUSSIAN BIAS - The devs are russian, and as a result, russian tanks    - TOO MANY HACKERS - Top tier has too many cheaters especially since the Asia server shut down. I have found 6 aimbot+wallhackers (confirmed via replay from their perspective) in just a week of playing at top tier! And the worst part is that I reported them in every way possible weeks ago. Their accounts are still up.
    - RUSSIAN BIAS - The devs are russian, and as a result, russian tanks are insanely overpowered at almost every level of the game. NATO tanks don't get their correct armor and are often 10+ years older than the Russian counterparts. Don't bother playing top tier if russia is not generally on your team.
    - ANTI FRANCE ITALY BIAS - One of their wives must have cheated on them with a french-italian man, because these two nations are gimped in incredibly petty ways that make them pure pain to play especially at high-top tier.

    The only good things about the game are the damage models and how accurate the tanks are VISUALLY compared to real life (performance vs IRL depends on the devs' feelings about the nation)    … Expand
  5. 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!
  6. Marinusf
    Jun 8, 2023
    0
    Worst game ever, the grind is unreal and Gajin planned to make it harder to get anything.
  7. Remiw
    Dec 17, 2022
    4
    What's the Point Of Grinding when You can just Buy Top tier vehicles for 60 Dollars? The Game Tries to make you spend money on it at every turn. If you want to Grind the Game Without Buying Premiums It might take years to do 1 Tech tree. And if you do Buy Premium you can only hope The Developers won't Nerf it to the ground for it to be Unusable.
  8. Arrows_of_Doom
    May 25, 2023
    0
    Imagine a company that cared so little about their players that it seemed like they were doing the opposite of what the community wanted 99% of the time. When the community began to give negative reviews on Steam they were removed. War Thunder takes greed to a new level. Do not play this game.
  9. 1PapaJohn1
    May 27, 2023
    0
    This game was fun but I am sick and tired of gaijins greed,#FixTheEconomy, Gaijin you may claim that you won't budge but your screwing your game by not doing anything, and now I want to see your game burn
  10. ANVILDEVIL
    May 25, 2023
    0
    im just gonna say one thing that its gonna be pretty self explanatory.......

    ESPORTS READY (which btw this game is not). Ok in all honesty now, if you are considering starting to play this game just because you are interested in the modern era stuff then DO NOT start to play it. The grinding and economy systems are the worse and scummiest you'll find in a game and somehow Gaijin    im just gonna say one thing that its gonna be pretty self explanatory.......

    ESPORTS READY (which btw this game is not).

    Ok in all honesty now, if you are considering starting to play this game just because you are interested in the modern era stuff then DO NOT start to play it. The grinding and economy systems are the worse and scummiest you'll find in a game and somehow Gaijin manages to make it worse every time they touch it.
    One more thing. following the latest developments I'm now sure that Gaijin thinks all players are dumb just because we don't like the current state of the game.    … Expand
  11. 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.
  12. mrtubtubs
    May 21, 2023
    2
    Most predatory business decisions you can find in any game on the market, ever. Grind is UNFATHOMABLY long. 1700+ hours and I have top tier in a SINGLE TECH TREE on a single nation, only using premium time without premium vehicles. Took about 700 hours to do so. The game is only ever advertised with modern vehicles, yet the time sinks to reach them are a complete joke. If you actuallyMost predatory business decisions you can find in any game on the market, ever. Grind is UNFATHOMABLY long. 1700+ hours and I have top tier in a SINGLE TECH TREE on a single nation, only using premium time without premium vehicles. Took about 700 hours to do so. The game is only ever advertised with modern vehicles, yet the time sinks to reach them are a complete joke. If you actually value your time and money, stay as far away as possible from this game. Every 3 months an update is released that only worsens rewards and punishes the player more, elongating the grind. Save yourself, go somewhere else.… Expand
  13. CrimsonEon
    May 21, 2023
    3
    Warthunder devs have been nothing but greedy and it's finally come to bite them
    710 hours in the game, and I'm hardly even close to finished, the grind is horrible, it's time to move on.
  14. idkwhatign
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Game is extremely pay to play, you basically have to spend a lifetime just to progress and also developers are more than willing to be extremely scummy to the point where they put people in debt when they mess up when they couldve just written it off as a sign on goodwill(also happened near christmas)
  15. Chadaturk
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Making fake positive reviews wont save you gaijin
    And you know you poked the playerbase for too long instead of threathening your players fix the economy add new gamemods and stop being so greedy the game wont even add fun tech tree vehicles its all premiums or marketplace vehicles and Im %100 sure you dont even play your game "we want variety so we increase the grind" is a lie because    Making fake positive reviews wont save you gaijin
    And you know you poked the playerbase for too long instead of threathening your players fix the economy add new gamemods and stop being so greedy the game wont even add fun tech tree vehicles its all premiums or marketplace vehicles and Im %100 sure you dont even play your game "we want variety so we increase the grind" is a lie because every match there are 12 same premium tank in a 16 player team    … Expand
  16. Ihategaijin
    May 21, 2023
    0
    i mean what the hell can i say more,gaijin is probably the most incompetent,greedy,lying and gaslighting scums in this industry.
  17. Carbayu
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Economy goes whoosh, reviews go BOOM. Salt the snail until there is no greediness left.
  18. Ventilator
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Gaijin gives a damn about all players (even those who spent money) and only cares about their profit.
    Salt the Snail!
  19. yjie242
    May 21, 2023
    0
    The game is good but just the economy system is bad, those creator of the game just like the kindergarten students learn economy, only for highest number.
  20. Fart_Deposit
    May 22, 2023
    0
    The curent state of the war thunder economy has made me leave a negative review .Basicly if you don t buy premium rime or don t have a 3+ k/d ration you will be losing silver lions after generaly playing vehicle after late ww2
  21. Vanessa0-0
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Do not go into the game as a new player, you will have fun for the first bit but eventually you will get slammed into a brick wall. This game could be fun but until the company decides to retract it's predatory methods, AVOID AT ALL COST.
    Currently, there is a boycott on May 26th, 2023. it is encouraged to not play on that day and after until something is done. Change can happen.
  22. Ahmada200
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Gaijin is ruining the game with the economy update. Join the cause and protect the game at r/warthunderplayersunion Viva la revolution
  23. Snapz46
    May 22, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I switched to this game from World of Tanks because of greedy upcoming changes that hurt the game substantially and the big RNG factor. It was quite refreshing to try War Thunder and I quickly fell in love with the game, probably mostly because I couldn’t yet grasp the scope of economic **** going on with Gaijin. I purchased some premium vehicles as well as premium account and processed quickly through the lower ranks. The higher I got them and the more I learned about the game on Reddit made it clear that Gaijin is just as bad as Wargaming. It’s sad to see game developers resort to milking the player base when creating a good game would probably ensure more new players in the long run and more revenue for a longer period of time.… Expand
  24. skysmeller
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Fix those repair costs. Fix those BRs. Fix your goddamn game! It was brilliant, beautiful! But now - it is just unplayable anymore, you broke maps, you broke vehucles, you broke litteraly everything!
  25. realhenry
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Greedy Greedy Greedy Greedy Greedy Greedy Greedy Greedy Greedy developers. Takes forever to do everything.
  26. waffe_jager
    May 22, 2023
    0
    i have never in my life seen a worse economy in my life it feels so bad that i think that if the us would default on its debt it would still have a better economy than this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ repair costs are outrages i get one kill and it gives me 3k sl and i die my sl is negative its almost twisting youre arm into buying sl with real money and not to forget them gaslighting the community in theiri have never in my life seen a worse economy in my life it feels so bad that i think that if the us would default on its debt it would still have a better economy than this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ repair costs are outrages i get one kill and it gives me 3k sl and i die my sl is negative its almost twisting youre arm into buying sl with real money and not to forget them gaslighting the community in their statements about the outcry its almost unplayable at brs higer than 80 for ground rb and not playable for more than 10 br air rb not to forget the stupidity of some tanks and how over powered they are i shouldnt be dieing to apfsds from a russian premium tank in my ww2 heavy some countries are favored in areas more like usa air or russian ground i can nolonger afford to buy a new tank once i unlock it i have to go rush point and then hide just so i dont die and my sl goes away and oh yea you cant play the game without a premium account anymore its almost a necessity at this point some things like aphe , apfsds. parts and fpe should be free with a reduction to repair costs this doesn't mean the game is going to be easier or wont take as long to finish a tech tree but at least dont punish me for unlocking a new tank it like every time you unlock a tank you have to ace it before its usable and not to forget cas spawn camping its a tank battle their shouldn't be planes maybe helis I love the game but sometimes I want to smash my keyboard over my face from hou frustrating this game is i shouldn't go down a br to have fun like I play 6.7 Germany which is pretty good but i get tired half of the time to 7.0 and 7.3 which isn't fun as a final note increase earnings sl and rp and lower repair costs and the game would become so good that I don't have to stress about my irl wallet and my in game one… Expand
  27. Kitsune310
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Absolutely horrendous in its economy, so much that this should be psychological torture, stay away, please, for the good of everyone that plays this and for yourself
  28. SnailSalter
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Hello! I wanted to share my opinion, the game is just awful and very boring, the economy of this game is very bad and gross and predatory. Waste of time!
  29. Darth_Modred
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Claims to be a free to play game but devs are constantly making it impossible to progress unless you pay.
  30. Gaijinslayer
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Gaijin became pigs from George Orwell's Animal Farm. At first, they seemed together with War thunder playerbase, but they are just greedy, self awareness lacking people.
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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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