War Thunder

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3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1908 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 203 out of 1908
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  1. IbarakiSien
    May 23, 2023
    0
    I played this game from end of 2013, the economy system really destroyed the game, you can only have fun while you have money and skill
  2. www-xxx-com
    May 23, 2023
    0
    great game,but developers and designers are **** exploit game economy too times, now are impossible to play with out cheating.
    all gamers participle our protest please, don't play the game after 26 may for 2 week
    thx
  3. Deniskamrda
    May 23, 2023
    0
    joining review bombing, I would like to express my opinion about this game as much as possible. After 6 years of playing this sh**, I would say that it is not worthy of your attention in 2023, it feels like you are playing an open beta project that requires donation from you to "support" the game. While indie games that are developed by one person have normal quality leaves, in War Thunderjoining review bombing, I would like to express my opinion about this game as much as possible. After 6 years of playing this sh**, I would say that it is not worthy of your attention in 2023, it feels like you are playing an open beta project that requires donation from you to "support" the game. While indie games that are developed by one person have normal quality leaves, in War Thunder the leaves have not changed since the release of the game, even on new maps. The balancer does not play the game, but is based on the statistics of earned research points and silver lions. They recruit map makers from freelance, because for three years there was not a single normal map. Lods on maps are generally a separate art form, and especially in Helicopter PvE. In tank RBs at high BR, attack aircraft are not playable due to the abundant amount of air defense systems, the repair cost for these attack aircraft is unjustifiably high, and stock vehicles are the most unplayable vehicles in the game, if you want to play donate, if you want to get to the top vehicle faster, donate if if you want to have damage, donate (I don’t know how it works, but it works), if you don’t want to play on one map, donate. And your list of unwanted cards in this game does not count. And Gaijins wanted to sh** on the opinion of players who don't donate to the game. No donation, no game////

    присоединяясь к review bombing хотелось бы максимально высказаться по поводу этой игры. Спустя 6 лет игры в это говно, я бы сказал что оно не достойно вашего внимания в 2023, такое чувство что ты играешь в открытую бета, проект который требует от тебя доната что бы "поддержать" игру. В то время как инди игры которые разрабатывает один человек имеют листья нормального качества, в War Thunder листья не менялись с релиза игры, даже на новый картах. Балансировщик не играет в игру а основуется на статистике заработанных очков исследования и серебряных львов. Картоделов походу с фриланса набирают, потому что в течении трёх лет не было ни одной нормальной карты. Лоды на картах это вообще отдельный вид искусства а особенно в Вертолётных PvE. В танковых РБ на высоких БР штурмовая авиация не играбельна за счёт обильного количества ЗРК, цена ремонта на эти штурмовики не оправдано высока, а стоковая техника это самая не играбельная техника в игре, хочешь играть задонать, хочешь быстрее дойти к топовой технике, задонать, если хочешь что бы у тебя был урон, задонать (не знаю как это работает, но оно работает), не хочешь играть на одной какой-то карте, задонать. А твой список нежелательных карт в этой игре не учитывается. И Gaijins срать хотели на мнение игроков которые не донатят в игру. Нет доната, нет игры    … Expand
  4. Ravsamal
    May 23, 2023
    2
    They only wants your money. Bad economic. You can play only in lowest grafic settings to see enemies . Bad servers. Ultra high prices. Bad maps. No balance. Good game onl on low tier levels.
  5. shets
    May 23, 2023
    0
    developers treat the community like ****. it must stop. made a normal economy in sb and rb
  6. QCold
    May 23, 2023
    0
    I've played about 1,000 hours since 2015 and in 2020 my patience ran out. Finally, I'm not the only one who's had a breakdown. As an experienced player I would like to list the "pluses" of this wonderful game that have been introduced.
    1) Taking away points for taking off and landing
    2) Points are no longer given for engaging in combat/virtue with opponents 3) No points given for tanking    I've played about 1,000 hours since 2015 and in 2020 my patience ran out. Finally, I'm not the only one who's had a breakdown. As an experienced player I would like to list the "pluses" of this wonderful game that have been introduced.
    1) Taking away points for taking off and landing
    2) Points are no longer given for engaging in combat/virtue with opponents
    3) No points given for tanking
    4) No more x5 and x2 reward for first battle of the day on a nation
    5) Reduced combat time from 60 to 25 minutes
    6) Deletion of Gold Wager
    7) Removal of gold for completing training
    8) Nerf profit for winning by 20% (yes it was added to the loss, but the profit itself is less in net figures)
    9) Elimination of helicopter modes and the complete inability to pump helicopters without donation
    10) Even from their highly questionable and controversial battlepasses they cut one vehicle, making them 3 instead of 4
    11) Points from capturing the point is now divided among all, rather than given to each, so there is no point in waiting for people on the point
    12) Removal of crowbars as stock ammo for tanks
    13) Removal of small prizes in marathons (previously there were 6 prizes, but now there are only 4)
    14) Introducing tank based vanshooting anti-aircraft guns to the centre of the map
    15) Nerf rewards and orders for farming in battle
    "Write to the forums, they will listen to you mentally inadequate modders who enjoy blocking and ignoring players.    … Expand
  7. 1574thBoeing747
    May 23, 2023
    0
    The game itself may be novel, but it is operated by the worst game company that mocks users. I recommend that you do not even look at this game.
  8. Kkop
    May 23, 2023
    0
    Ther chanching the econamy of the game very bad i cant beleav that a plane every time u die have to pay 17 k silver iven if i got 2 killsvi cant pay for it.
  9. pikachewbs
    May 24, 2023
    0
    the game is getting worse and worse every update, especially that economy patch that users cannot play without paying 100 usd per month.
  10. Unppu
    May 24, 2023
    0
    This game has the most frustrating economy I have ever seen in Western free 2 play
  11. giovannimoffs
    May 24, 2023
    0
    I'd say it's been a constant downhill slide, but it's more of a constant, growing squeeze towards making exorbitant pay-to-play in-game purchases the only sustainable way to research and maintain a roster of vehicles. The game is soul-sucking and mostly painful. The company is greedy **** The occasional high of shooting down a jet at mach 2 in no way makes up for the rest of the smell.
  12. jackattack15
    May 24, 2023
    0
    The game's economy is still relatively pay to win and negative towards the player which needs to be fixed.
  13. 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.
  14. No5k1ll
    Jul 26, 2023
    1
    Personally, I played War Thunder because of the tank battles. The tanks are actually a lot of fun, and especially in realistic battles, War Thunder stands out from WoT (World of Tanks).
    BUT the aircraft in tank battles ruin the balance, and it's just not enjoyable. Tank battles are broken because of the aircraft, and I wonder: Why isn't there a Tanks Only mode? Why?
    Gaijin! Give us a    Personally, I played War Thunder because of the tank battles. The tanks are actually a lot of fun, and especially in realistic battles, War Thunder stands out from WoT (World of Tanks).
    BUT the aircraft in tank battles ruin the balance, and it's just not enjoyable. Tank battles are broken because of the aircraft, and I wonder: Why isn't there a Tanks Only mode? Why?
    Gaijin! Give us a Tanks Only mode at last!
    It's not fun to fight against aircraft, and I don't want to do that; otherwise, I wouldn't choose tank battles.
    There are more criticisms too, as the progress in the vast research trees is very slow, especially without a Premium account, making the game feel more like Pay to Win.
    For these reasons, I can only give the game a very poor rating.    … Expand
  15. sqaush25
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Death to the snail, until they actually decide to listen until their playerbase instead of hunt for money, dont play this game.
  16. ice05
    May 21, 2023
    1
    Worst grind via any game, horrible economy. Classic story of greedy company who killed a game.
  17. 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
  18. 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.
  19. Bjau
    May 22, 2023
    1
    Its been gooing from Pay to advance abit faster, to straight up Pay 2 play over Therese laste couple of years.
  20. Bergebis
    May 20, 2023
    2
    The game is alright through mid ww2 vehicles, but after that, the developer has gated everything behind two different grinding gates: 1) In game economy - this has slowly been nerfed into the ground, and even premium players need a 2-3.0 KD to break even in game, and 2) research grinding - which has been slowly nerfed by adding new vehicle variants you are required to research andThe game is alright through mid ww2 vehicles, but after that, the developer has gated everything behind two different grinding gates: 1) In game economy - this has slowly been nerfed into the ground, and even premium players need a 2-3.0 KD to break even in game, and 2) research grinding - which has been slowly nerfed by adding new vehicle variants you are required to research and increasing vehicle research costs.… Expand
  21. m0nsterkilla219
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Greedy company making a "free to play game" into a "pay to play" game. Unbearable repair costs for f2p players with garbage rewards
  22. h4nk
    Jul 17, 2022
    0
    Pay to WIn
    Unbalanced
    Unfair Boring Buggy Laggy Dev Sucks hard making just P2W Games like that and don't care.. don't even Allow Player Feedbacks most Times, don't Fix Bugs over Years, don't improve things everyone seems to hate. And nerf the **** you already Paid for when your Country Recieve some nice Aircraft f.e. that the US allready had for Years, then comes a new Airplane    Pay to WIn
    Unbalanced
    Unfair
    Boring
    Buggy
    Laggy
    Dev Sucks hard making just P2W Games like that and don't care.. don't even Allow Player Feedbacks most Times, don't Fix Bugs over Years, don't improve things everyone seems to hate.

    And nerf the **** you already Paid for when your Country Recieve some nice Aircraft f.e. that the US allready had for Years, then comes a new Airplane exclusive for US (again), nothing comparable or just nothing for others and the one you Played and Payed for getting nerfed.    … Expand
  23. chechebo
    May 21, 2023
    0
    absolute garbage, broken economy makes griding painful and almost unending, stay away from this wicked game
  24. Blaazouille
    May 22, 2023
    0
    If only this company was trying to make something fun with a healthy progress and not just milk their player base.
    In this state, go play something else, there are plenty of good games worth your time
  25. Mr_Alaskan
    May 22, 2023
    0
    I've been playing this game on and off since air open beta, and at this point the game is beyond saving if they continue like this. The only way to progress at any sane rate is to have a premium vehicle and premium account, otherwise you are actively losing silver lions every match. Just don't play anymore, they have the gall to threaten closing the game so let's see if they're bluffing or not.
  26. lattevill
    May 22, 2023
    0
    I'm stupid for spending 2800 hours on this goddamn game
    DO NOT play this F*** game
  27. 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.
  28. BrotherJ
    May 20, 2023
    0
    A terrible investment that new players should avoid. While new vehicles are added at a regular clip, they provide trivial differences to what is old, tired, uninspired game play and game modes that haven't changed in nearly a decade. The game isn't so much updated as it is regularly restocked and occasionally tweaked to extract more time and money from those who have already invested tooA terrible investment that new players should avoid. While new vehicles are added at a regular clip, they provide trivial differences to what is old, tired, uninspired game play and game modes that haven't changed in nearly a decade. The game isn't so much updated as it is regularly restocked and occasionally tweaked to extract more time and money from those who have already invested too much of both.… Expand
  29. Pagaille21
    May 21, 2023
    2
    The game has simple gameplay modes - same ones we’ve been doing for 20 years. The sound design is incredible due to recent updates. Damage modules of the tanks isn’t consistent. Get used to hearing your teammates whining. This game costs you time and money to play. It takes a part of your brain. It’s not worth it. Avoid. The recent economy changes made this worse
  30. chusoman
    Aug 3, 2023
    4
    as simulator is the best available, as whole game, is a **** the studio turned a free to play game in a pay to win game without decorum, non-premium players lose half the prices with the same repair, armament, and crew replenishment costs, the premium vehicles are insanely pricey for a virtual good, skins are made by community and sold by the company, the matchmaking is broken, premiumas simulator is the best available, as whole game, is a **** the studio turned a free to play game in a pay to win game without decorum, non-premium players lose half the prices with the same repair, armament, and crew replenishment costs, the premium vehicles are insanely pricey for a virtual good, skins are made by community and sold by the company, the matchmaking is broken, premium vehicles are slightly better than free vehicles even in the same model. IDK, there are lots of things that are broken in the game, and executives are trying to squeeze the community with **** content.… Expand
  31. Raivier
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Fun game with alot of potential ruined by the greedy cowards who manage it. Don't let them hide their negative feedback.
  32. Waterscape
    May 22, 2023
    0
    2000 hours into this game. 1200$ also.

    RUN AWAY from this game it's not worth your time I swear. It's after your money and only your money. Everything is pay to play or pay to win inside the game. The devs made everything a cashgrab.
    Like the frog and the boiled water, it's made to take away your money without you realising it.
  33. sajtburger
    Jun 19, 2023
    3
    Will consume your soul, and your cash.
    Save yourself until you can.
    Once you start to play, there is no back.
  34. Seonu
    May 21, 2023
    0
    We did nothing for 10 years just watched the game ruined The gaijin drained out players and we are ran out of patience Now we will change and you will change too
    Gaijin
    First we rollback economy change(it made gsme impossible to play without money) And we were angry for A SINGLE announcement What kind of game developers says "if you don't stop review bombing we will quit the game"(this is    We did nothing for 10 years just watched the game ruined The gaijin drained out players and we are ran out of patience Now we will change and you will change too
    Gaijin
    First we rollback economy change(it made gsme impossible to play without money)
    And we were angry for A SINGLE announcement What kind of game developers says "if you don't stop review bombing we will quit the game"(this is real)
    will never stop until you listen us and increase reward, re-balance entire game
    And remove repaircost    … Expand
  35. RYNOCIRATOR_V5
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Game is virtually unplayable after these recent economy changes and Gaijin Entertainment just spits in our face when we try to tell them that being required to buy several premium vehicles AND premium account time just to make a silver lion profit on matches.
    This is unacceptable, the game will DIE if this continues, denying that anything is wrong, gaslighting your playerbase saying the    Game is virtually unplayable after these recent economy changes and Gaijin Entertainment just spits in our face when we try to tell them that being required to buy several premium vehicles AND premium account time just to make a silver lion profit on matches.
    This is unacceptable, the game will DIE if this continues, denying that anything is wrong, gaslighting your playerbase saying the complainers are the minority, and removing the game from Steam is NOT how a respectable company should behave.    … Expand
  36. HerrGrubber
    Jun 24, 2022
    0
    IDEA is ok
    Execution of before said idea is pathethic, bouth in coding and in greedines of gaijin
    So much bugs, but they dont stop and think about how anoying and gamebreaking they are, only thing that is important is making new update and pushing out couple new vehicles because they hold a guinnes record for number of vehicles (they can also go for number of bugs in the game, not sure    IDEA is ok
    Execution of before said idea is pathethic, bouth in coding and in greedines of gaijin
    So much bugs, but they dont stop and think about how anoying and gamebreaking they are, only thing that is important is making new update and pushing out couple new vehicles because they hold a guinnes record for number of vehicles (they can also go for number of bugs in the game, not sure why they dont take that title since every expirienced player knows its true...)
    And new bugs come with every update, for example, me 264, german bomber, in game since i started playing couple years back (posibly even longer, not sure) so after one of the before mentioned updates that plane didnt have brakes for nearly a month, because science i guess....
    Maybe gaijin refuses to pay decent coders so they just cycle trough cheap ones...
    Then they "fix" the game for a week or two, they fix the bugs they want, "smaller" ones they see as non esential linger for longer if not for ever as some trademark or something....

    Now lets dive into their "coding"
    Match maker is a joke, one fight you get a steamroll team where you look at the enemy tank and before you fire or just as you fired some of "maniacs" in your team kills it
    Other option is epic fail team, that has 15 kills (5-10 usually mine) and 12 tickets left, yday i had a "privilege" of being in air realistic with 3 epic bots, got one kill in unaviodable headon and died after doing some ground targets, so im spectating 3 "team mates" and one enemy bomber circling around his airfield
    All this bots should have done is pick of ground targets to get the ticket lead but that one bomber won after 10 minutes of pathethic bots insulting him for "airfield camping"
    Comunity is mostly, plane and simple, retarded, learning curve of a dead stone (i know stones cant be alive but i like to emphasize) on the bottom of a lake...
    Gaijins fault, because its their game, and they failed miserably at geting new players to learn the game through decent tutorial, famous youtubers make things worse with dumbass oversimplified advices
    Further more, the "toxicity" of some players is simply logical, if you consider how annoying the game can be, so basicly, gaijin makes a p.o.s. game that annoys the hell out of people, and than all of a sudden people are toxic without any reason (i know its not cool but lets face it, if your pissed off because you wasted 500 bulets from couple guns on a bot player that is flying straight after your bomber without even trying to dodge the bullets only to get couple hits and maybe a crit just to get killed by that persistant bot you will sooner or later call him a retarded monkey...)
    Tutorial in the game is teaching players wsad left right klick, basic driving and shooting, in a game that can have 50% of the keyboard keybinded with something usefull.....
    God forbid they explain stuff like flanking or cooperation, helping team mates in need of fliping over after bomb blast fliped them if they were lucky enough to survive...
    Air realistic with a bomber is a nice example how stupid game can be, instead of telling people how much bombs of what "caliber" they need to take down a base you are left out there to guess, and since i stated that thing about learning curve all you can see is how people are dive charging the closest base and droping all they can on the base and quite often dying in the next min or two...
    In a real war, pilot gets his mission, 99% of the cases in great detail....
    It is also very "heart warming" when a patch changes the base hp, and they tell you they changed the base hp, but they dont say from what hp to what hp....
    Hitboxes
    I would dare to say that hitbox is the single most important part of shooter game, so there you are, waiting behind a cover of some building rubble for a "rabbit" that will probably try and zoom into uncaped base over the clearing, you see one, you smile, 250m away, clean side shoot with 90% chance of one shoot, pop out of cover, shoot, and hit the rubble....that is shown to be 0.5m left of your barrel when you look at it.....
    Or you are flying low 5-10 meters over the buildings, just to hit a rooftop, that is shown to be atleast 5m bellow you....
    Maybe some invisible alien satelite dish...
    This was just two examples from two maps in two game mods
    There is also naval
    Where people charge a ship with their airplane, flying straight at the ship, not trying to avoid the bullets, out of 20x2x20mms, plus couple 40mms, 4-5 100mm secundary guns with proximity shells, just so you can get a plane kill just as he droped a bomb on you and killed you, because science times number of bullets divided by that bot not avoiding.....
    They basicly took pure math game (penetration minus armour equals pen or no pen) and they added some "x factor" in it

    And after all said they charge 30-40-50-60 euros per tank/plane/ship (ofc there is around 100 or even more premiums available)
    3A game price..
    Plane and simple pathethic scam...    … Expand
  37. Poloto38
    Jul 7, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. From 2013 until now, there are still many bugs that the developer still can't fix, too hopeful for a most anticipated game.… Expand
  38. D4mbra
    Aug 17, 2022
    3
    Игра ужасна как по логике так и по комьюнити
    Если с багами смириться можно, то с игроками нет
    Мы вечно испытываем боль от тиммейта к примеру из Англии которому даёшь инфу и он вместо того чтобы понять пишет ингеаш плеазе (ну не тупые ли?) Самый лучший вариант играть в эту игру это играть без чата и без тиммейтов тогда игра будет не помойкой    Игра ужасна как по логике так и по комьюнити
    Если с багами смириться можно, то с игроками нет
    Мы вечно испытываем боль от тиммейта к примеру из Англии которому даёшь инфу и он вместо того чтобы понять пишет ингеаш плеазе (ну не тупые ли?)
    Самый лучший вариант играть в эту игру это играть без чата и без тиммейтов тогда игра будет не помойкой
  39. RickGrimesTheGo
    May 21, 2023
    4
    very boring and lackluster gameplay some good ideas but its not there and the countless bugs don't help
  40. 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.
  41. komet2
    May 18, 2023
    0
    The game has become a cash grab, don't waste your money on the game, don't even waste your storage space.
  42. The_Clear_File
    May 19, 2023
    4
    This game is like this in a word.
    "Game hostile to users"
    They said that they make games by reviewing and researching real-world data. It's a lie and a comedy. Except in some countries (*cough*Russia*cough*), most of the performance and wrong vehicle in reality that users find difficult to understand appears, causing despondency and anger. For example, Japan has never had an f16 but    This game is like this in a word.
    "Game hostile to users"
    They said that they make games by reviewing and researching real-world data.
    It's a lie and a comedy.
    Except in some countries (*cough*Russia*cough*), most of the performance and wrong vehicle in reality that users find difficult to understand appears, causing despondency and anger.
    For example, Japan has never had an f16 but it does or Italy's Ariete MBT's armoured material is expressed as having none just because it's confidential.
    And you should be very good at this game or subscribe to premium benefits.
    Or most of the time, when you look at the results window after the game, you make a little bit of money, or you lose money.
    Other than this, there are some minor bugs and errors in each patch, some unbalanced game maps, some developer who forgot this was a game, but it's fun to watch various war machines come out and fight each other, so it's a game that's good enough to get 4 points.    … Expand
  43. LTcoolk
    May 19, 2023
    0
    This game has become unplayable due to the company’s greed, I wouldn’t recommend playing until they fix the games issues.
  44. Gunther_222
    May 19, 2023
    0
    The grind has become unbearable. Repair cost are too high with everything and the SL gain got nerfed into the ground.
  45. sexman69
    May 19, 2023
    0
    GARBAGE GAME **** YOU GAIJIN dfdfdfdfdfdfffffffffffffffffffffffdfddfdfdfdfdf
  46. busted-betty
    May 19, 2023
    0
    The Devs dont care about a healthy relationship with the Customer , they only care about your money, nothing else, some bugs(mostly the broken ones)never get fixed or just looked over it,

    they never plan to fix basics

    they allways blast out premiums.
  47. Vigno
    May 20, 2023
    0
    To pair this review with the most recent clown economy changes(and the ones from the past 4-5 years), we've gone from grinding vehicles(lets say 3-5 vehicles on average) in about a week, to 3-5 vehicles in several months from 2017-2023, you will take years to get a vehicle you want at the end of the tech tree line, and that's not even accounting for the comical amounts of ingame currencyTo pair this review with the most recent clown economy changes(and the ones from the past 4-5 years), we've gone from grinding vehicles(lets say 3-5 vehicles on average) in about a week, to 3-5 vehicles in several months from 2017-2023, you will take years to get a vehicle you want at the end of the tech tree line, and that's not even accounting for the comical amounts of ingame currency you need to actually buy the vehicle, crew the vehicle, expert it for convenience and actually use it with a high repair cost( almost every vehicle people want to use have high repair). The grind is atrocious, and coming from a player who's played since 2015, I don't think this game deserves any better than the lowest review possible. The developers will tell you they deserve more because monetization, but they've been doing amazingly well since the player boom from the pandemic, and lots of newbies giving out free high reviews, this is not what the game actually looks like, or is even after say, 10-20 hours of playing. (and you will be playing a lot if you want even a low rank vehicle)

    To anyone reading about this for the first time, tread carefully since this game is addictive, and soul crushing. The monopoly it holds in this genre is astounding, and the developers refuse to admit their fault when it comes to handling the game by "using statistics over years" over actually playing the game or listening to players. It is no different from what EA does, and Gaijin Entertainment has made it clear they're not going to change.    … Expand
  48. transfer2
    May 20, 2023
    0
    The economy in this game gets worse and worse with every update and the monetization is getting out of hand.
  49. Reddey
    May 22, 2023
    0
    The economy has been in a downwards spiral for the past 10 years. This May (May 2023) the community reached a breaking point and decided to finally fight back the only way we can. DO NOT play this game if you are new. It is a black hole and not in the good way. Later tiers are a slog, requiring on average up to 80 (!!!) matches where you perform extremely well to progress if you decide toThe economy has been in a downwards spiral for the past 10 years. This May (May 2023) the community reached a breaking point and decided to finally fight back the only way we can. DO NOT play this game if you are new. It is a black hole and not in the good way. Later tiers are a slog, requiring on average up to 80 (!!!) matches where you perform extremely well to progress if you decide to not spend a single dollar on the game. Avoid this pay to win, grindy, sloggy mess until it's fixed. Look for alternatives if you must play a military vehicle game, otherwise stay as far away as you can.… Expand
  50. SgtToast
    May 21, 2023
    0
    F**k your god awful economy changes making the unplayable to the where even paying players like I struggle to even have fun with such s**t rewards and never mind that even with a premium vehicle and premium time it takes forever to do ONE tech tree unless you make this game your whole life
  51. M808B
    May 21, 2023
    0
    I've been playing this game since 2014. But now, some 10 years later, the game's developers are money-mad. If you want to spend your money hard and throw it in the trash, spend it on this game
  52. Sowmon
    May 21, 2023
    0
    The game at its core its good but the greedy devs have ruined the economy for them to be able to milk to the last penny of his playerbase with in-game micro transactions, premium account and vehicles.
  53. big_bigode
    May 21, 2023
    0
    since the last update it is unplayable, it is harder to get any new vehicle and ur stuck either in low tier or having to buy premium vehicle for 70$ just to get a little easier
  54. 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.
  55. Shraknel
    May 22, 2023
    0
    I have been playing since the early days of this game before jets and tanks were even a thought in this game.

    I have played on the stand alone client and then moved to the steam client version when it came to steam. The 1300 hours that steam shows that I have doesn't even begin sum up the amount of time I have put into this game. With that said I highly suggest avoiding this game.    I have been playing since the early days of this game before jets and tanks were even a thought in this game.

    I have played on the stand alone client and then moved to the steam client version when it came to steam. The 1300 hours that steam shows that I have doesn't even begin sum up the amount of time I have put into this game.

    With that said I highly suggest avoiding this game.

    Since I started playing top tier I've bought premium time every time it's on sale. Even then it doesn't solve the economy issues, it just makes them a little more bearable.

    The thing is, the net rewards I get now WITH PREMIUM TIME are less than the net rewards I got a few years ago without it. How does that work? Gaijin creates a problem, and sell the solution, except the solution doesn't work.

    Playing Sweden is downright impossible, and having fun at anything over 7.0 in any nation is a laughable suggestion.

    It's almost as if Gaijin has learnt that a lot of the playerbase 'subscribe' to war thunder, mainly due to gaijin's continuous negative economy changes, that war thunder is pretty much now accepted as a subscription game, especially over 7.0. given the large proportion of subscribers, the general earning of vehicles get skewed up, thus gaijin has to change them in order to push more premium vehicles, and premium time onto players. The problem is, most of those players are already paying for premium time. Premium time is no longer an option that lets you progress faster, it's a subscription to the game, and you suffer the same as F2P players at lower tiers do. This is Unacceptable.

    Gaijin has even admitted that tech tree vehicles are balanced to not be profitable. In a game that relies on players making in-game money to progress, giving them vehicles that are designed to cause them to lose SL does not make them want to spend more on the game, it turns them away.

    More and more premium vehicles get added every update, but the F2P and premium subscription players get shafted with rewards decreases and repair cost increases.

    As much as I appreciate Gaijin needs to make money, their operating costs haven't significantly increased, yet the playerbase and number of paying customers has. Many players, myself included, would be far more inclined to spend money on the game if the changes benefitted the paying players. Selling a premium jet for the price of an AAA game is ridiculous, given this is generally not a one-off purchase for the individual, they may buy others. AAA games that sell for half as much still get continuous updates, despite the sales pretty much being the purchase of the game. I'm sure MANY players would pay for war thunder, even subscribe (as a lot do already) if the game actually rewarded them for spending their hard earned money on it.

    Again do not play or spend any money on this game till Gaijin turns the greedy ass around and makes the game something that is enjoyable to play.    … Expand
  56. Pedasjma
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Its bad the economy sucks, this means you can play hardly any off the vehicles advertised
  57. herorok
    May 21, 2023
    0
    They are a war crime nation. They run war crimes in games and operate very dirty games for users. They must be ruined.
  58. TropicalJumbo
    May 21, 2023
    0
    While the game itself are great with spot that can be improved upon. The developer or the people who made the decision are the champion in hating it fanbase while also milk the aforementioned fanbase wallet dry.
  59. VMS
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Absolutely horrible game.

    Rewards are horrible (even with premium), getting to the very top vehicles can take over a year of you time and the game just isn't fun.
  60. Palffy
    May 21, 2023
    0
    The game is going downhill, devs constantly increasing the repair cost of vehicles making the game really frustrating and honestly not fun anymore, they are testing to what limit they can push this and get away with it, we cannot let them do this.
  61. Gallantin
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Greedy devs decided to milk the already small amount of players that stayed and endured the horrible economy.
  62. Thommygun
    May 21, 2023
    0
    The progression in this game has become insane, i cannot recommend playing this game until this issue is fixed.
  63. Luka17
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Don't let the free ti play fool you a greedy company will ruin all the fun forcing you to spend money
  64. gladwalker
    May 21, 2023
    0
    at the time of writing I have 4,542 hrs of playtime in this terrible game, I for one no longer play as much as I used too because they chew out veteran players because why the hell not? as a person with this many hrs please please PLEASE take it from me DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME EVER. they screw the player over at every possible turn. through economy changes or just premiums that destroy theat the time of writing I have 4,542 hrs of playtime in this terrible game, I for one no longer play as much as I used too because they chew out veteran players because why the hell not? as a person with this many hrs please please PLEASE take it from me DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME EVER. they screw the player over at every possible turn. through economy changes or just premiums that destroy the game for months. ive had my fair time in war thunder and at no point has it been fun the grind out flares, repair kits, fire extinguishers or anything to make the vehicle your using bearable. dont play this game if you want your sanity. or friends

    DO NOT PLAY    … Expand
  65. NickoMSicko
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Devs have been slowly turning game to Pay 2 Play.

    Even the strong suits to stay - graphics, realism, sound - are at best meh and at worse ****
  66. realifY
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Absolutely trash developers have ruined the game, you can't last long if you dont pay greedy developers lots of money.
  67. Lumpy87
    May 21, 2023
    0
    The Grind will kill you....

    Rewards are horrible (even with premium), getting to the very top vehicles can take over a year of you time and the game just isn't fun.
  68. WTisbad
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Used to be a great game but the developers got to greedy and made the game unplayable if you don't spend money.
  69. 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.
  70. Justvibin1
    May 21, 2023
    0
    I reached leopard 2a4 without buying anything (with real money) in between 1000-1100 hours.Yea,economy system doesn't let you reach the top tier(modern tanks)easily.So dont be fooled by modern tanks in the photos,it wont be easy.Gaijin,pls fix.
  71. NoFou
    May 21, 2023
    0
    I'm willing to pay ~15 bucks for a good game, but to regularly pay 10 and on top of that 40 for a premium plane for progress to still be impossibly slow, then it's definitely not an enjoyable game
  72. Apollo1641
    May 21, 2023
    0
    War Thunder is a game like no other, with a comprehensive damage system, combined arms, and variety of beautifully modeled tanks, aircraft and ships.

    Unfortunately, this "uniqueness" has left Gaijin with little real competition over the years. What started off as a "free to play" title has over time become less and less free. Gaijin keeps adding nations and vehicles, while at the same    War Thunder is a game like no other, with a comprehensive damage system, combined arms, and variety of beautifully modeled tanks, aircraft and ships.

    Unfortunately, this "uniqueness" has left Gaijin with little real competition over the years. What started off as a "free to play" title has over time become less and less free. Gaijin keeps adding nations and vehicles, while at the same time increasing repair costs and lowering player rewards. A premium account isn't enough to comfortably progress anymore, now you also have to buy premium vehicles in every nation.

    For the new players reading this, Gaijin has recently admitted that they balance free vehicles around a negative income. That means they WANT you to lose money by playing, so you'll be forced to buy microtransactions, for example overpowered premium vehicles.

    This isn't just greedy, it also destroys the matchmaker and the balance of the game. Since you only profit using premium vehicles they often end up being spammed. In battlerating 8.7, more than half the players on each team are in premium tanks. This results in rampant "one death leaving". These players only spawn their premium tank and leave when it's destroyed, leaving their team in a bad situation. Sometimes the premium is their only tank for the tier, othertimes it's because "free" tanks aren't worth the high cost to repair.

    Gaijin and their purposefully frustrating economy is ultimately to blame for this. There's so many other issues and scandals I could bring up, like how you can't repair or extinguish flames on your new tank before unlocking "parts" and "FPE". Gaijin wants you to pay gold to skip the grind for these essential tools.

    In it's current state, I wouldn't recommend this game to anybody. That might seem hypocritical considering my hours spent in this game, but believe me. It's new players who suffer the most. Gaijin doesn't care about me, you, or the playerbase. Don't make the same mistake as me. Find another game that values your input, and respects your time.    … Expand
  73. mightymaggie
    May 21, 2023
    0
    I am extremely disappointed with the direction the company has gone in regard to the management of its vehicle balancing and economy. you cannot play a single mid or high tier game without the majority of your team being made up of premium vehicles. beyond that, the progression is grueling and beyond stupid, and the fact that they want to make said grind even more grueling is just horrible.
  74. OmegaZeta
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Great concept gameplay wise, beautiful 3d models, insane variety of vehicles. Economy is absolutely mobile gaming tier trash. 1000s of hours of slow progression to even get the chance to stock grind modern aircraft. Balance is a joke, which fuels their model of making you pay for premium account, vehicles, and talismans to even have a chance at unlocking things in one lifetime. Shame onGreat concept gameplay wise, beautiful 3d models, insane variety of vehicles. Economy is absolutely mobile gaming tier trash. 1000s of hours of slow progression to even get the chance to stock grind modern aircraft. Balance is a joke, which fuels their model of making you pay for premium account, vehicles, and talismans to even have a chance at unlocking things in one lifetime. Shame on you Gaijin.… Expand
  75. WannaBe_pilot
    May 21, 2023
    2
    A solid 2. I have 1800+ hours on this game, and as good as it is gameplay wise, I couldn't help but wonder, for how much longer will I be taking Gaijin's **** as if it's nothing? Every single update, something gets worse in the game. They add modern new vehicles, use them in advertising, but then it turns out that you have to play for 1200+ hours to get to those vehicles. That's roughlyA solid 2. I have 1800+ hours on this game, and as good as it is gameplay wise, I couldn't help but wonder, for how much longer will I be taking Gaijin's **** as if it's nothing? Every single update, something gets worse in the game. They add modern new vehicles, use them in advertising, but then it turns out that you have to play for 1200+ hours to get to those vehicles. That's roughly how long it took me to complete TWO branches in US air tree (there's 5 branches). Company actively DISCOURAGES players from playing their game by utilizing a system of repair costs, it's very hard or almost impossible to progress past rank V without some weird shenanigans, or a fat wallet. Last economy update that came out on may 16th was a last straw for me and for many other players. Developers have completely isolated themselves from their player base, they only listen when **** hits the fan, and that's rarely happens. If you value your time, money and want to have fun, AVOID WAR THUNDER. Developers have made it clear over the years that the only thing they care about is PROFITS, even if that means losing potential buyers or killing their game entierly.
    Sincerely WT player.    … Expand
  76. Nixpressf
    May 21, 2023
    0
    After spending 800 hours in this game, after buying premium account , after buying premium vehicles, farm still feels like ass. Many bugs, very bad damage from some munition, meta vehicles kills the game. But recent economic changes were the last drop.
  77. rentschlern
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Payment is necessary to progress reasonably in the game. The game is free to play by technicality only. In truth, a player who does not pay for one of the four currencies (SL, GE, RP, Gaijin Coins), and subscribe to a premium account, and purchase a premium vehicle, will not see reasonable progression. Gaijin increases the time to grind regularly in a vain effort to frustrate the playerPayment is necessary to progress reasonably in the game. The game is free to play by technicality only. In truth, a player who does not pay for one of the four currencies (SL, GE, RP, Gaijin Coins), and subscribe to a premium account, and purchase a premium vehicle, will not see reasonable progression. Gaijin increases the time to grind regularly in a vain effort to frustrate the player base, with the expectation that frustrated players will spend real money in the game to ease the grind. When confronted in May 2023 about their actions, Gaijin decided to gaslight their player base, claiming that the player base wanted a grindy economy; and that any player who thought differently was wrong. Gaijin refuses to change, and they regularly delete suggestions, reviews and criticism from their official forum, because they disagree with it.… Expand
  78. 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
  79. yunicoed
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Even when I started playing the game from the beta start, I was constantly quiting this game. Mechanics are nice, but an economy is built drastically wrongly. There is no way to play above 4th tier. You will become bankrupt firstly of silver lions and then must start paying money to play on modern vehicles that were mostly on most advertisements - this is just a marketing tool, theseEven when I started playing the game from the beta start, I was constantly quiting this game. Mechanics are nice, but an economy is built drastically wrongly. There is no way to play above 4th tier. You will become bankrupt firstly of silver lions and then must start paying money to play on modern vehicles that were mostly on most advertisements - this is just a marketing tool, these vehicles are impossible to play long due to their enormous repair costs. Then you should constantly farm on 3rd tier with up to 100 matches to play 10 matches on top-tiers and become with no-money again…

    Also, they started to unfold vehicles in tech-tree and it became more difficult to get to the top tier just wasting time and money on opening similar vehicles.

    It would be nice if they allow to not research the same duplicate vehicles in other nations.    … Expand
  80. FunkoChan
    May 21, 2023
    0
    The developers of this game are openly hostile towards their userbase, and actively ignore & censor any criticisms of the game. Recently they have decided to force through numerous updates which have ruined the in-game economy to a breaking point, leading to an outpouring of negative reviews - this one included. There are also a suspicious number of positive reviews appearing on metacriticThe developers of this game are openly hostile towards their userbase, and actively ignore & censor any criticisms of the game. Recently they have decided to force through numerous updates which have ruined the in-game economy to a breaking point, leading to an outpouring of negative reviews - this one included. There are also a suspicious number of positive reviews appearing on metacritic at the same time, while real users on Steam continue to edit their old reviews and add new negative reviews - to the point that the recent reviews are overwhelmingly negative, and all time reviews dropped from mostly positive to mixed.

    New users beware, this game is absolutely disrespectful of your time, baits you in with advertising of "modern vehicles" which are locked behind either $70 premium purchases or 2-3 years worth of active daily grinding in the game.    … Expand
  81. Armaeger
    May 21, 2023
    1
    The economy sucks ass and the developers are the worst, most deaf tone people that I have ever seen
  82. The_Cow_God
    May 21, 2023
    0
    **** gaijin and their predatory monetization. i’ve had enough of their ****
  83. CrazyMech
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Used to be fun to play until the in-game economy started to decline. Now its at the point where most players are review bombing wherever possible as its the only thing Gaijin listens to.
  84. virtualpolecat
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Horrible in game economy, if you aren't a god tier player, it will take you years to reach the shiny jets and tanks they advertise.
  85. rjmonteh
    May 21, 2023
    0
    In game economy is horrible and the company behind the game is constantly out to make it worse and make the vehicle grind longer. If Gaijin could just reverse some of the economy nerfs from over the years I'd bump my review score to a 7 but as of right now I'm tired of Gaijin ruining one of my favorite games so I'm giving them a 0 to hit them where it hurts and to discourage any new orIn game economy is horrible and the company behind the game is constantly out to make it worse and make the vehicle grind longer. If Gaijin could just reverse some of the economy nerfs from over the years I'd bump my review score to a 7 but as of right now I'm tired of Gaijin ruining one of my favorite games so I'm giving them a 0 to hit them where it hurts and to discourage any new or aspiring players to just not play this game created and led by an extremely predatory company when it comes to monetization practices.… Expand
  86. Tdw311
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Once loved what was an amazing game. Unfortunately, Gaijin has torched the game, it's economy and alienated the player base all at once. It is impossible to enjoy the game at this point. It is bug ridden and the economy is so punishing to the player you will have to hand over your wallet and first born to progress properly. They have hired people to post fake reviews because they are beingOnce loved what was an amazing game. Unfortunately, Gaijin has torched the game, it's economy and alienated the player base all at once. It is impossible to enjoy the game at this point. It is bug ridden and the economy is so punishing to the player you will have to hand over your wallet and first born to progress properly. They have hired people to post fake reviews because they are being flamed everywhere else. I have 10 years and over 5,000 hours invested in this game and can't make headway anymore. Sad to say the company destroyed their own baby.… Expand
  87. Tilkidud
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Greedy company ruins game's potential with horrible business model. Exploits players. Disrespects them and does not value their time.

    Speed up the progression, remove repair prices, improve your game, keep selling your overpriced premium vehicles
  88. Ohsnap99
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Gaijin ruining everything as always, cant Even fix economy with their **** new udateret
  89. Reimeru
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Money grab, no regard for player base. This game has been ruined by the greed of gaijin entertainment.
  90. GageM
    May 21, 2023
    0
    I really like War thunder, and have sunk a food few hundred hours, but goddamn has Gaijin just **** the economy, the game basically requires you to buy premium now to have any chance of progressing, which leaves me and many other f2p players mostly destitute of any sl.
    There is an ongoing review bombing of War Thunder, and it's for a good reason, do not play the game on May the 26th and    I really like War thunder, and have sunk a food few hundred hours, but goddamn has Gaijin just **** the economy, the game basically requires you to buy premium now to have any chance of progressing, which leaves me and many other f2p players mostly destitute of any sl.
    There is an ongoing review bombing of War Thunder, and it's for a good reason, do not play the game on May the 26th and possibly not for a little while afterwords, make Gaijin improve the economy.    … Expand
  91. Illsustrious
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Gaijin's greed knows no bounds. I understand that this company is still a company in a capitalistic market, but there is no need for such a large player base to be milked dry like this. Gaijin and their higher ups care not about their consumers, merely whatever it takes to fill their shareholders pockets. Blatantly ignoring proper community responses and caring only about what the next topGaijin's greed knows no bounds. I understand that this company is still a company in a capitalistic market, but there is no need for such a large player base to be milked dry like this. Gaijin and their higher ups care not about their consumers, merely whatever it takes to fill their shareholders pockets. Blatantly ignoring proper community responses and caring only about what the next top tier premium will be. I personally reached a breaking point with the addition of the SEVENTY DOLLAR PREMIUMS (you might be thinking, well it's only 10 dollars more than the rank VI premiums! Well, I don't agree with a single vehicle and a few golden eagles and premium time to be equivalent to a modern/semi-modern AAA titles). Most people recently lost it with the proposed economy changes. As a few content creators had portrayed, making silver lions became such a grind, even more than before. This just loops back around to Gaijin being one of the greediest and cutthroat gaming companies I know of in the industry. And they wanted to plunder all of their cash by turning their free-to-play one of a kind game into a cash cow, but they can only milk it for so long. Poking and prodding your player base with major shifts in economy and the requirement to spend money on this game is not the way to go.… Expand
  92. LLB3RTYPRLM3
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Terrible economy, gaijin forces you to buy your way to top tier if you don't want to spend a year or 2000 hours grinding
  93. Gromit8681
    May 21, 2023
    0
    I am hopping on the band wagon after seeing Gaijins awful tone deaf response. I am joining the review bombing because its the only way to get through to the devs, Gaijin cannot silence or remove our comments on here like they do on their "feedback" forms. For the sake of the game, I hope they can listen and make appropriate changes.
  94. Blake419
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Greedy company and game. The economy is pay to play. I would highly recommend avoiding this game.
  95. Cattac12
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Basically impossible to grind without forking out hundreds of dollars constantly
  96. N1C4T
    May 21, 2023
    0
    Gaijin's policy made me to post this. I hate Gaijin not the game. This is unique game and its uniqueness made Gaijin so greedy
  97. Dweebb
    May 21, 2023
    0
    One of my favourite games for a very long time that was completely destroyed by greedy developers who actively belittle the fans of their game by insulting our intelligence and ever plundering the depths of what corporate greed and bad video game monetary practice means.
  98. Rocknpool
    May 21, 2023
    0
    this game has a terrible economy, made worse every update by developers that are attempting to nickel and dime the community
  99. Hedge373
    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
  100. frexium
    May 22, 2023
    0
    Grind thunder. Just overall bad economy and no balancing.
    Also developper show a lack of understanding of the game + they don't care about their playerbase
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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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