WildStar

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  • Publisher: NCSOFT
  • Release Date: Jun 3, 2014
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 960 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 656 out of 960
  2. Mixed: 129 out of 960
  3. Negative: 175 out of 960
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  1. Airlick
    Jun 3, 2014
    0
    Wildstar is the best thing since TBC and WotLK (up to and including Ulduar, before all the casualization started). It's literally the game that WoW would be if it launched in 2013/14.

    The questing. Many people complain that Wildstar has bad questing. It's not true. It's the same old questing that every other MMORPG out there has (maybe except of TSW, but I didn't play that game, so I    Wildstar is the best thing since TBC and WotLK (up to and including Ulduar, before all the casualization started). It's literally the game that WoW would be if it launched in 2013/14.

    The questing. Many people complain that Wildstar has bad questing. It's not true. It's the same old questing that every other MMORPG out there has (maybe except of TSW, but I didn't play that game, so I can't voice my opinion). It's just the usual "kill X, gather Y, fetch Z". The difference is that Carbine didn't spend millions of dollars on voice acting (like SWTOR and probably TESO did) that becomes irrelevant after you pass the questing content, instead they spend it on dungeons, raids and developing new content. There is one more difference about questing. Wildstar's questing truly does teach you how to play the game. It's not hardcore experience by any means, but it's infinitely harder than questing in other MMORPGs. By level 50 you have to become a decent player, or you'll just die on every pack of mobs.

    There's one annoying thing about questing - challenges. There's just too many of them. Fortunately, you can disable them if you don't want to bother with them.

    Alright, I wrote about the questing first, because that's the first thing you do. Now let's talk about combat.

    Combat is incredible. WoW has set the new frontier for fluid and responsive combat. No game has matched WoW's combat for 10 years. Well, now it has. Wildstar's combat is just as fluid and responsive. It's also more demanding and engaging, since you have to stay constantly on the move. And don't even get me started on healing - but let's just say there's a reason why healers have pretty much as long queues as dpsers. Spoiler: it's because it's just so damn fun.

    Crafting is, generally speaking, great. I'll leave discovering everything about crafting to you, I'll just speak about the only flaw of the system. There's no way to repeat an old craft multiple times, every time you have to manually add the additives. Gets pretty dull if you have to craft, say, 10 of the same item. I'm pretty sure an addon will solve that soon, or Carbine will, given time. This is just a matter of polishing, really.

    Now to the best part. Dungeons. Even the entry dungeons are equal to WoW's raids (I'd say they are equal to flex/normal raids in terms of difficulty). They are challenging, they require the whole team to know how to play. They are definitely not Deadmines. And the most important part is - they are just so damn well designed and FUN.

    I can't speak for end-game content and PvP, so I'll leave it to the others. I'll just say it again: Wildstar is the new WoW. Whether it will be nearly as successful is to be decided (it probably won't), but it definitely deserves it.

    Just try the game and get to level 15 for the first adventure and 20 for dungeons. You'll be amazed, that's guaranteed. This game is not TESO or SWTOR. The hype is real this time. Don't listen to idiots giving Wildstar 1/10 or 0/10.    … Expand
  2. brmorgen82
    Jun 24, 2014
    0
    Game is 100% broken. There are teleporting bots on every server which mine all the minerals. I am not joking about teleporting bots, the are real and Wildstar (just like Guild Wars 2) is overrun with them. Carbine will do NOTHING about this because the bots are paying customers, if they couldn't fix them in GW2, they sure ain't fixin them in Wildstar. Disgraceful game, disgraceful company.
  3. Muh-Master
    Jun 5, 2014
    4
    While I really like the graphics and the universe the levelling is quite boring an repetetive which ruins it pretty much. The boss mechanicss of the first 2 dungeons are easy to understand and comprehend and offer no real challege (after 2 deaths everybody should know what to do). The craftig and cooking systems are quite unique and offer a lot of experimentation possiblities.
  4. dsparil
    Jun 6, 2014
    1
    I tried this game looking for a new MMO. I admit that the art style and childish humor is not my cup of tea but my score is not based of any of that as it would probably appeal to a younger audience.

    What I was hoping for is a MMO to move the stagnating genre forward, and sadly this is not it. The game has been in development for 7 years and it shows. All of the concepts have been done    I tried this game looking for a new MMO. I admit that the art style and childish humor is not my cup of tea but my score is not based of any of that as it would probably appeal to a younger audience.

    What I was hoping for is a MMO to move the stagnating genre forward, and sadly this is not it. The game has been in development for 7 years and it shows. All of the concepts have been done before and I dont really see Wildstar adding to the genre at all.

    If you are looking for a MMO identical to all current MMOs but with a Sci-Fi Comic feel to it try this game, but if you are into a more serious MMO focusing on more than rushing to the end game there are better MMO's on the market.    … Expand
  5. davo2000
    Jun 4, 2014
    3
    Fighting in this game was rather fun but the rest of the game bogs down into a boring grind. I can see this game having a initial spike at launch due to the hype and a quick decline after a month when people realize its all fluff & no substance
  6. retrobax
    Jun 5, 2014
    2
    Boring generic MMO in a bright & colorful wrapper.
    I was initially excited by this game but the more I played, I realized that there is nothing new on offer here. Boring quests, long queues, bugs and broken mechanics.
  7. kooskadawer
    Jun 4, 2014
    1
    Outside of the combat system which looks more like a Rave than a RPG game there is nothing to write home about in this game. It has all been done before and better.

    Maybe the higher level dungeons (30+) and raids are fun but I am not going to play 100 hours to get to the "fun" part of a game. If all this game is about is the dungeons and raids, they should have just made a Lobby and    Outside of the combat system which looks more like a Rave than a RPG game there is nothing to write home about in this game. It has all been done before and better.

    Maybe the higher level dungeons (30+) and raids are fun but I am not going to play 100 hours to get to the "fun" part of a game.

    If all this game is about is the dungeons and raids, they should have just made a Lobby and let me join the dungeon/raid I wanted to and left the rest of the game out as it is boring as hell.    … Expand
  8. AthanasiosT
    Jun 5, 2014
    3
    Cartoonish mmo, which is really addressed to players up to 12 years old. Plot is non-existent and the whole game has a wow-clone-ish taste. I could stay logged for a maximum time of 2 hours and after that the game was uninstalled from my hdd.
  9. Rugi
    Jun 8, 2014
    0
    I spent money on this game and cannot play. Why? The game isn't optimized at all, even though it's already launched! If you have a multi-core CPU or one of the CPU's that the Wildstar dev's didn't optimize for then save your money. Wildstar gets anywhere from 10-30 fps with everything turned on low, while games such as SWtoR get 60+ on ultra. If they ever fix this issue to where I can playI spent money on this game and cannot play. Why? The game isn't optimized at all, even though it's already launched! If you have a multi-core CPU or one of the CPU's that the Wildstar dev's didn't optimize for then save your money. Wildstar gets anywhere from 10-30 fps with everything turned on low, while games such as SWtoR get 60+ on ultra. If they ever fix this issue to where I can play without developing a migraine I will update this review. Until then, Wildstar gets a 0 for their piss poor optimization.… Expand
  10. Random-Guy
    Jun 6, 2014
    0
    A childish cartoonish game that promises a lot and delivers nothing. It's a boring, uncreative, cheap wow clone that doesn't even worth trying. Avoid it for now and wait till it goes f2p.
  11. TinEater
    Jun 8, 2014
    0
    The best thing about this game is its tech support. I've honestly never received personal responses so quickly from any game's support team. They were also very honest. After four or five rounds of tests, they finally admitted that my PC was working fine and that WildStar was in need of "additional optimization." Translation: the game runs at 8 fps on a PC that exceeds the systemThe best thing about this game is its tech support. I've honestly never received personal responses so quickly from any game's support team. They were also very honest. After four or five rounds of tests, they finally admitted that my PC was working fine and that WildStar was in need of "additional optimization." Translation: the game runs at 8 fps on a PC that exceeds the system requirements, because they didn't bother to finish it before taking people's money. If you are running an AMD GPU, best to save our money until these "additional optimizations" are complete. As for me, all I got for my $60 was a little wisdom that I'll close with: never buy an MMO on launch day.… Expand
  12. Hirou
    Jun 4, 2014
    0
    What would be the right word to describe this game? Boring.

    Fetch quest after fetch quest, unispired dialog and booooring PvE. Combat system seems to be decent enough to give you little enjoyment, but that's it. One of the biggest disappointment in years.
  13. Not_Me
    Jun 6, 2014
    0
    A below than average game with zero innovative gameplay and cartoonish (WoW like) graphics that were made back in 2001. With boring linear questing and story, and a mediocre combat system this game appeals only to ages between 12 and 17, if you are not between these ages avoid it at ALL costs.

    And on top of that, its full of game breaking bugs. I would suggest to wait few months till    A below than average game with zero innovative gameplay and cartoonish (WoW like) graphics that were made back in 2001. With boring linear questing and story, and a mediocre combat system this game appeals only to ages between 12 and 17, if you are not between these ages avoid it at ALL costs.

    And on top of that, its full of game breaking bugs.

    I would suggest to wait few months till it goes f2p and play it then if u still want to, otherwise do not bother now.    … Expand
  14. Herroprs
    Jul 24, 2014
    3
    Too hardcore for my taste. I was looking to get away from hardcore WoW raiding and just enjoy a game. Unfortunately trying to heal the first instance was incredibly hard and unforgiving. One shot mechanics, interrupts requiring 3/5 people to interrupt and many more torturous mechanics.
  15. Rangermuffy
    Jul 20, 2014
    3
    Buggiest game ever, after playing a month and am starting end game, obvious it is just a grind made extra annoying by a subpar UI as it is barely finished. Just made to be annoying to try to stretch out getting every dollar they can to attempt to get people to play longer..like crafting mats they force you to get one part a day so it takes you three months to craft something decent etc...Buggiest game ever, after playing a month and am starting end game, obvious it is just a grind made extra annoying by a subpar UI as it is barely finished. Just made to be annoying to try to stretch out getting every dollar they can to attempt to get people to play longer..like crafting mats they force you to get one part a day so it takes you three months to craft something decent etc... Customer support is slow not to mention bad. Worst "pay for" game I have played. Never had this type of experience in WoW, Rift, or EQ. Won't find me resubscribing. Combat system is only thing it has going for it, but it is really the same spells for all classes...same basic principles boring.… Expand
  16. AndersGrevelund
    Jul 26, 2014
    3
    I played this game on a guest pass and only until level 16 so I get that I probably have seen very little of the game. What killed it for me was how boring and repetitive the leveling felt. There is A LOT of quests but they are bland and boring to the extend that I stopped reading them and just clicked the arrow for where to go after a few levels. Its not just that most quests are grindI played this game on a guest pass and only until level 16 so I get that I probably have seen very little of the game. What killed it for me was how boring and repetitive the leveling felt. There is A LOT of quests but they are bland and boring to the extend that I stopped reading them and just clicked the arrow for where to go after a few levels. Its not just that most quests are grind this, click this, run there but the fact that you do nothing else with very little meaningful story.

    I really wish I could like this game and get to the fun part which I've heard is after level 20. From level 13 to 16 I would log in, level for 20 minutes and log out again because I was bored senseless.

    To top this off I really dislike the UI and the lack of simple features that you are used to having in modern games.

    On the positive side the combat system did look promising and I liked the crafting system although this too suffered from UI problems.    … Expand
  17. Kumakorosu
    Nov 12, 2015
    0
    This gets a zero out of ten from me based on their customer support alone.
    The game is fun enough, but their customer support has made me sorry to have ever played this game.
    I have no fond memories of Wildstar any longer, only anger and sadness. All due to their terrible customer service. It's not worth it to play this game on the off chance you might have to deal with their    This gets a zero out of ten from me based on their customer support alone.
    The game is fun enough, but their customer support has made me sorry to have ever played this game.
    I have no fond memories of Wildstar any longer, only anger and sadness.

    All due to their terrible customer service.

    It's not worth it to play this game on the off chance you might have to deal with their customer support.    … Expand
  18. Violett
    Aug 8, 2014
    3
    Incredibly incredibly boring. I thought it would be great to try a new game after ten years of WoW, but I was wrong. We made it only to level 15, and then dropped. Same quests, same dark zones, same depressing music. Levelling is so slow so I was yawning since 5th level. Plot is so twisted I could not understand a grain. Zones are so empty so it feels like you play solo game. Interface isIncredibly incredibly boring. I thought it would be great to try a new game after ten years of WoW, but I was wrong. We made it only to level 15, and then dropped. Same quests, same dark zones, same depressing music. Levelling is so slow so I was yawning since 5th level. Plot is so twisted I could not understand a grain. Zones are so empty so it feels like you play solo game. Interface is unintuitive. Maybe after 50th level you will get some fun in raids, but I doubt it, after 200 or 300 hours of boring levelling you will want nothing, but to end this soon.… Expand
  19. shapesforms
    Oct 16, 2015
    2
    This game would have ben cool 10 years ago. But today it just lacks basic features we are all used to and love. Also the community is rely toxic and unfriendly. You are getting kicked out of low lvl dungeons while levelling because you dont do top dps and Dunn stuff like that.
  20. Protp
    Nov 16, 2014
    1
    After 4 months the optimization is garbage, still full of bugs and that comes without mentioning the lack of population after a "server merge" in two "mega" servers. Awful times queves to dungeons, broken pvp .

    Clearly carbine is a sub par developer that don´t have a clue of how to fix/balance the game, lack of direction, forum moderators lock any attempt of feedback since the beginning    After 4 months the optimization is garbage, still full of bugs and that comes without mentioning the lack of population after a "server merge" in two "mega" servers. Awful times queves to dungeons, broken pvp .

    Clearly carbine is a sub par developer that don´t have a clue of how to fix/balance the game, lack of direction, forum moderators lock any attempt of feedback since the beginning (still the same guys).

    It was a nice idea and had some good points at the beta, but now it's to late and broken to waste your money (drop 3 was a bandage to a broken leg).    … Expand
  21. deathshake
    Jul 18, 2014
    3
    If your idea of playing an MMO is endless grinding and gating to make the game longer, then this game might be for you. Dungeons are unsatisfactory, raids are already dead and the PvP has more bots than I've ever seen.
  22. EzekielDawn
    Aug 7, 2014
    4
    I generally like MMOs, but I've seen the traditional ones too many times already. I really wanted this MMO to be something new and fresh and immersive, but it's the same old, same old. It lacks depth and intelligent story content. The game feels and seems cold and shallow when you start it up.. and it also is. The colors, world, interface.. everything seems to be a bit more repulsive thanI generally like MMOs, but I've seen the traditional ones too many times already. I really wanted this MMO to be something new and fresh and immersive, but it's the same old, same old. It lacks depth and intelligent story content. The game feels and seems cold and shallow when you start it up.. and it also is. The colors, world, interface.. everything seems to be a bit more repulsive than inviting in the game. There isn't anything really new there MMO wise. Even the sci-fi setting fails... you start in a space-ship and end up hunting rhinos on a savannah. Nothing interesting there for sci-fi lovers.

    I played it regularly with friends and even the co-op action didn't help. Maybe it's an MMO for action junkies and for Hardcore people. The dynamic action part is fluent and okay, but everything else is boring. Eventually I guess that the game works and that it has all the pieces a game needs but it's totally boring and disappointing nevertheless.    … Expand
  23. carbon_14
    Jul 20, 2014
    3
    Wildstar has some novel mechanics and some of the more difficult group content I have come across in an MMO, but ultimately the game degenerates into a boring grind fest. Now I know that the majority of MMO's employ grinding to some degree to extend content and fill in gaps between content releases, but Wildstar takes grinding to a whole new level of boredom that only people who need toWildstar has some novel mechanics and some of the more difficult group content I have come across in an MMO, but ultimately the game degenerates into a boring grind fest. Now I know that the majority of MMO's employ grinding to some degree to extend content and fill in gaps between content releases, but Wildstar takes grinding to a whole new level of boredom that only people who need to feed their daily OCD monster would enjoy. As for all the high scores this rubbish receives, I can only assume that people reviewed the game as soon as they started playing without experiencing the true Wildstar experience after the shiny wrapper falls off.… Expand
  24. sasha94
    Jul 23, 2014
    4
    If there was one word that I had to use to describe Wildstar it would be Try-hard.
    While it is certainly an ambitious attempt to recreate the wanderlust of the original wow it fails miserably and after about 30 levels I lost the interest to log on. Its is honestly the most boring MMO I have ever played. I don't think I have ever not made at least one top level character in any other MMO I    If there was one word that I had to use to describe Wildstar it would be Try-hard.
    While it is certainly an ambitious attempt to recreate the wanderlust of the original wow it fails miserably and after about 30 levels I lost the interest to log on. Its is honestly the most boring MMO I have ever played. I don't think I have ever not made at least one top level character in any other MMO I have played.
    There has obviously been a lot of effort put into the game design and there is a lot to do, but it all feels like a chore, more work than fun.
    What at first I thought would be a breath of fresh air to the MMO genre has turned out to be a moldy smell from behind the couch.    … Expand
  25. drwebs
    Jul 24, 2014
    0
    This game tries very hard to be world of warcraft. They beg you to stay and enjoy it's "WoW like quality" The quests are all fetch and grind. The environment is stale and if you wait in the same area for more then 10 mins you will de a lot of Déjà vu. Failed imho.
  26. RedFoxDelta
    Jul 14, 2014
    3
    This game is boring. Now, this is a common complaint hoisted at RPGs, especially MMOs. It is an extremely subjective attack on the game- so I will break it down into its components. The story is, as is often the case in games using text in lieu of voiced dialogue, very weak. You choose a side, based on who wears the most stylish uniforms, and are soon dropped into the open world. Where youThis game is boring. Now, this is a common complaint hoisted at RPGs, especially MMOs. It is an extremely subjective attack on the game- so I will break it down into its components. The story is, as is often the case in games using text in lieu of voiced dialogue, very weak. You choose a side, based on who wears the most stylish uniforms, and are soon dropped into the open world. Where you wander around, doing standard MMO quests- "fetch ten bear's asses for a reward". I didn't play very far through the story, because it's boring and pointless. I honestly don't believe anybody cared once about their story content. This brings me to the combat. The combat is smooth, with GW2-esque style. The combat, in PvE, at least, is passable. O.K. meh. However, after enough of it, it just feels like a grind. The animation style, which... ugh... looks pretty bad, reminds me of borderlands 2 in the worst ways. Come to think of it, it reminds me of BL2 in a lot of ways. Crappy art style, boring quests and garbage storytelling. Also, I didn't finish either.

    Interestingly, I never bought this game. I played about ten hours of it in the free 'beta' about a week before release (IE, the full game, but just a trial). And that told me everything I needed to know. Including that there was no way in hell I would fork over $60 and a subscription fee for this. Funny, how this game has a higher rating than ESO, a superior MMO by all means.

    3/10
    -Lame story, bad graphics, meh combat. $60 bucks and sub fee.    … Expand
  27. meegooo
    Jun 7, 2016
    0
    No new content about 2 years and now its completely based on the cash shop for new skins or something else. Just another mmo without any interest of players, just want to do more cash.
    6 dunjons, 3 raids in 2 years... but all was announced in 2013... the crafting system is a big **** without any interst in the game. so.. don't pay for it, any adventage.
  28. Superstring
    Jun 30, 2014
    3
    After playing Wildstar for a couple hours I've realized that I'm not looking at the game world at all. My vision got tunneled. In combat I'm looking at the telegraphs. While questing every clickable object has shiny icon on top of it. So all I do is run from one shiny icon to another. The bright world style and the full screen bloom effect doesn't help either.
  29. blubsterer
    Jul 2, 2014
    4
    This MMORPG is so generic and typical in all aspects you really don't miss out anything if you don't play it. If you choose to do so, you will have a fair amount of fun (at least for the first, free month). But I can't see any reason to actually subscribe to it, unless it's exactly what you are looking for (a generic, typical Themepark grindfest with no real soul).

    BTW: don't get fooled    This MMORPG is so generic and typical in all aspects you really don't miss out anything if you don't play it. If you choose to do so, you will have a fair amount of fun (at least for the first, free month). But I can't see any reason to actually subscribe to it, unless it's exactly what you are looking for (a generic, typical Themepark grindfest with no real soul).

    BTW: don't get fooled thinking this game is somewhat more "hardcore" than anything else out there. It's not. Sure, you can die way faster in Wildstar due to many merciless, one-hit mechanics. But in the end it's the same **** like in any other MMO you've played so far. If you don't have problems memorizing the movement in other games, there's really not much difference here. It's simply an annoyance thing, not an evolution in game mechanics ....    … Expand
  30. Synol
    Sep 25, 2014
    0
    Not even worth the time it takes to install this game. None of the comedy from the game trailers is in the game at all. The quests are very boring to read and to complete. The only positive aspect of this game is the housing but if you've got Minecraft then you already have a better game.

    Every person I know that got this game quit within the first month (I quit after a week and a    Not even worth the time it takes to install this game. None of the comedy from the game trailers is in the game at all. The quests are very boring to read and to complete. The only positive aspect of this game is the housing but if you've got Minecraft then you already have a better game.

    Every person I know that got this game quit within the first month (I quit after a week and a half). Most got to max level to find that the only way to successfully complete a dungeon (with a decent ranking for good loot) was to run only with people from the guild. So unless you have a guild full of competent people that don't mind running some of the most boring content in an MMO there really isn't a reason to get this game.

    You can literally pick ANY other MMO on the market and they are better than this game.    … Expand
  31. cooper76
    Aug 2, 2014
    0
    Hopefully Wildstar is the last of the mmorpgs who started development 5 years or so ago that attempted to capitalize of WoW's success by coping systems and design.
  32. Legojon
    Jul 12, 2014
    0
    Whilst I don't really want to write a review, I just want to warn others. I was bored by this game, so haven't played for about 3 weeks. But hoped to build up the enthusiasm to play it again, so left my subscription active. A week ago they took a months payment and then suspended my account for cheating!!! Now 1:- I never cheat at anything... ever. 2:- I've been working away for 3Whilst I don't really want to write a review, I just want to warn others. I was bored by this game, so haven't played for about 3 weeks. But hoped to build up the enthusiasm to play it again, so left my subscription active. A week ago they took a months payment and then suspended my account for cheating!!! Now 1:- I never cheat at anything... ever. 2:- I've been working away for 3 weeks. 3:- Its almost criminal they took a months money and then immediately afterwards handed me a suspension and then cancelled my subscription! They are thieves! Just stay away!… Expand
  33. Phix105
    Jul 16, 2014
    0
    I don't think this game deserves a 0 but I have to give it a 0 to compensate for the fanboy 10's. Its too much like WOW kill and fedex quests. The colors are overwhelming and cartoony. The screen looks convoluted and cluttered. The character animations are ridiculous and over the top. Good ideas that wasn't put to good use. A waste of money unless you have more than you know what to doI don't think this game deserves a 0 but I have to give it a 0 to compensate for the fanboy 10's. Its too much like WOW kill and fedex quests. The colors are overwhelming and cartoony. The screen looks convoluted and cluttered. The character animations are ridiculous and over the top. Good ideas that wasn't put to good use. A waste of money unless you have more than you know what to do with. Will go F2P within a year or so, so if you must play it wait till then and save your hard earned money for something else.… Expand
  34. Neylian
    Sep 2, 2014
    0
    Total crap - same things as every other game trying to copy past WoW and yet same boring quests and dungeons, ay housing is fun but that's it, the rest is total crap. If its your first MMO well then you will enjoy it, for those who really love MMORPG games this is total disaster.
  35. Kirnl
    Jul 9, 2014
    0
    No Australian Servers not worth playing. PVP and PVE both hindered by lack of servers located in either AU or South East Asia makes pvp unfair the game shouldn't even be marketed without local servers
  36. Fyralon
    Sep 9, 2014
    0
    Absolute nothing new.Horrible performance even with High end PC,absolute boring Quests,bad Customer Service...

    I'll never buy anything from Carbine.
  37. garhent
    Jun 27, 2014
    3
    Wildstar as it stands now is a solid 3, it could be a significantly better game however:
    -2 pts for launching the game with a teleport hack in place and allowing it to be live for 3 weeks into launch. if you are a trade skiller, this is killing you because you can't gather resources due to teleporting bots gathering them in less than 1 sec of the resources spawn. I'll remove all of the    Wildstar as it stands now is a solid 3, it could be a significantly better game however:
    -2 pts for launching the game with a teleport hack in place and allowing it to be live for 3 weeks into launch. if you are a trade skiller, this is killing you because you can't gather resources due to teleporting bots gathering them in less than 1 sec of the resources spawn. I'll remove all of the negativ points save the last one when they are fixed.

    Until then DO NOT BUY THIS GAME.

    -2 pts for seriously bugged main quest line. I mean seriously bugged once you hit the level 40+ world quests. What makes it even more egregious is the poor instructions for the puzzles in the game and then after spending time doing the puzzles you get a bug and have to redo another 30 minutes.

    -1 pt for nausea inducing quests. I suffer from vertigo and while doing the Secrets of Nexus in the center room with the rotating green platforms I got physically sick. You would think the developers would realize this and find a better way to create an artificial stupidity to their quest lines rather than this. At least the devs haven't decided to flash colors randomly to induce epileptic seizures in their user base.

    -1pt for poorly worded terms of service. Namely, if you use a macro to chain your abilities, something that I've done in EQ, EQ2, WoW, and SWOTOR, it will get you banned. There is extremely poor communication of this bannable offense to the players. A lot of people will get perma banned because the devs decided NOT to educate their user base on their design decision. This -1 is permanent.    … Expand
  38. capthavic
    Jul 8, 2014
    3
    The few good things they do to update or add a new twist are outweighed by how bog standard and even old fashioned it is. It's not hard to tell it was made by people who worked on vanilla WoW because it felt that old in game design. All in all I was just bored with the game quickly and the few interesting bits lost their freshness quickly. It's not really a bad game but WIldstar simplyThe few good things they do to update or add a new twist are outweighed by how bog standard and even old fashioned it is. It's not hard to tell it was made by people who worked on vanilla WoW because it felt that old in game design. All in all I was just bored with the game quickly and the few interesting bits lost their freshness quickly. It's not really a bad game but WIldstar simply feels like a old school MMO with a new coat of paint, doing the same stuff countless other MMOs have done for years. Maybe if it were F2P then I could overlook this but in this market you have to stand out to justify charging a monthly subscription but Wildstar just doesn't have the chops IMO.… Expand
  39. Molec_man
    Jun 25, 2014
    1
    I thought this game looked promising from the reviews, but it is extremely boring. They tried to do way too much and missed the mark. The graphics are way too busy for me. And the quests have you running in fifty different directions and fetching and returning - the communicator is a good tool, but should be used 100% after you meet the quest giver. The quests with icons bug out and makeI thought this game looked promising from the reviews, but it is extremely boring. They tried to do way too much and missed the mark. The graphics are way too busy for me. And the quests have you running in fifty different directions and fetching and returning - the communicator is a good tool, but should be used 100% after you meet the quest giver. The quests with icons bug out and make the quests utterly frustrating to complete.

    This is the first MMO that I have played since UO (and I have played most of them) that I am not motivated to level beyond 15-20. The game is MMbOring and empty. TWO weeks played and I am not motivated or interested in this at all any more. That too is a record - considering I gave SWTOR many solid tries to my dismay.    … Expand
  40. forgath
    Jul 8, 2014
    0
    Bad graphics, old style content, repetitive and annoying.
    I see no reason to play such a boring game.
    Take one quest, complete, do another one, do a dungeon, pvp is very lacking...
    Not recommended
  41. nox12
    Jul 12, 2014
    0
    this game is just nope nope nope,i can not find anything i like in this game and got jaw drop when i see it has 8 official rating..what is wrong with those that give this pice of **** that high rating,it is alot of better games out there that do not are expensive as this crap, and are much more fun.
  42. Laiuna
    Jun 20, 2014
    3
    How can this game have such a high review?? i have no idea ,game play is boring, graphics looks interesting at later level,but starting area looks horrible . Human race looks ok,but any other race looks ugly crap. Finally there is a robot race in game! ,wanted to make bad ass dominion terminator or transformer, BUT when i saw how they are running ...omg for a moment wanted to commitHow can this game have such a high review?? i have no idea ,game play is boring, graphics looks interesting at later level,but starting area looks horrible . Human race looks ok,but any other race looks ugly crap. Finally there is a robot race in game! ,wanted to make bad ass dominion terminator or transformer, BUT when i saw how they are running ...omg for a moment wanted to commit suicide . This game is made for 5-10 year old children i think. Music is so boring and ugly, better to play without music.Waste of money. WoW is so much better !… Expand
  43. Gunnath
    Jun 18, 2014
    0
    I WAS very excited about this game, until the lack of customer service ruined it for me. After 2 weeks of logging in and hoping the game would 'grow' on me, I was suddenly not able to anymore (even though my credit card had been charged for mine AND wife's copy). There is no phone number to call. NONE. You "get" to use this lame 'file a ticket' system. Hers is in the same unusable stateI WAS very excited about this game, until the lack of customer service ruined it for me. After 2 weeks of logging in and hoping the game would 'grow' on me, I was suddenly not able to anymore (even though my credit card had been charged for mine AND wife's copy). There is no phone number to call. NONE. You "get" to use this lame 'file a ticket' system. Hers is in the same unusable state mine is in and hers was only played 1 day.

    I have played almost every single MMO that has come out in the last 14 years including the original EQ. I have never had an issue like this with any of them, including when I played other games under NCsoft (Aion and Gw2).

    So I have sat here all night tonight wondering what happened. The closest I have come to an answer is that "some" accounts the purchased the game and got charged, and never got the serial codes emailed to them. (I didn't get serial codes in ANY email except a XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-1234 serial code has been used on your account. The irony is that the forum topic under billing that describes this is dated May 31st saying resolved, and here it is June 18th. Their recommendation is for me to buy another copy of the game... LOL HAHAHH! As if I am going to do that with the charges from my last order (June 1st) still sitting on my bank statement.
    IF I am able to actually get in and play I will come back and redo this rating but until I can, I have paid for something that is unusable. I'd give it less than 0 if I could.    … Expand
  44. Srfrogg23
    Jun 15, 2014
    0
    I have a really high tolerance for new MMOs when it comes to bugs or broken quests (ESO tested my limits but atleast I could play the game), but the carnal sin is selling a product that isn't optimized for a wide variety of system configurations. I have no idea if this game is actually good or not because it freezes and crashes constantly on a system that can easily play other games onI have a really high tolerance for new MMOs when it comes to bugs or broken quests (ESO tested my limits but atleast I could play the game), but the carnal sin is selling a product that isn't optimized for a wide variety of system configurations. I have no idea if this game is actually good or not because it freezes and crashes constantly on a system that can easily play other games on High settings (GW2, ESO, WoW, SC2, TSW, D3 to name a few). Carbine rushed this product out the door at the last minute without taking into account that their paying customers had a wide variety of system configurations and now the most popular topic on their forums is "Why won't this game work for me? My system meets the requirements!" Seriously, check it out before you gamble away $60 on this game. If you do buy it, don't be surprised if you're one of the many unlucky people who were dumb enough not to see into the future and know exactly what kind of hardware Carbine would design this game to work on. I have been left with a product that I can't even play for 5 minutes before it crashes so spectacularly that I have to restart my entire computer while in a "major city" (I'm stuck in Thayd, and I can't get out because the game just crashes after I log in!). Before I got stuck in Thayd, I could only get 20+ FPS by turning the resolution and rendering down to the point that everything just turned into a blurry rainbow colored pixelated mess. If you think it's unfair to give this game a 0, ask yourself what score you would give a $60 product that you can't use, but by all rights should be able to play. My system is no slouch, and I bet yours isn't either. Do yourself a favor and research it before you gamble away your money on this game because you might end up like me- down $60 with nothing to show for it.… Expand
  45. White_Black
    Jun 24, 2014
    2
    This game me to put it mildly not impressed But I can't played it, but only looked trailera know how you feel, but I don't like this game.This game something is similar to games like Warcraft .
  46. FogCityRoller
    Mar 14, 2015
    4
    Wildstar at its launch was a very promising and thrilling game. It didn't depart from the typical grind of MMO leveling but the storyline was fresh and intriguing. The graphics weren't exactly cutting edge but it is an MMO and let's be real, the graphics can't have a massively high card requirement or most people won't be able to buy it. Then things went downhill...fast. There were clearWildstar at its launch was a very promising and thrilling game. It didn't depart from the typical grind of MMO leveling but the storyline was fresh and intriguing. The graphics weren't exactly cutting edge but it is an MMO and let's be real, the graphics can't have a massively high card requirement or most people won't be able to buy it. Then things went downhill...fast. There were clear issues with the game's pvp from the very beginning and none of that got addressed. The population began to flounder immediately. Wildstar went from garnering the loudest rumors of "WoW killer" to having a reputation for most disappointing potential WoW killer in the history of MMOs.… Expand
  47. krammerlock
    Jun 21, 2014
    4
    Having played it some more, I have a question for the developers. Where is the fun? There is no hook to this game. Nothing that compels us to play it, be interested in our characters or our world.
  48. Cyliann
    Jun 21, 2014
    0
    A sad day indeed that MMORPG's like these try to distinguish themselves under the guise of "skill" when all attacks, powers and spells have these huge, obnoxious targeting boxes, charge-up time and delays.

    Even after hours of playing some of the PvP, I always found myself in the situation where I either 1. was spamming the same attacks over and over and over and over again, or 2.    A sad day indeed that MMORPG's like these try to distinguish themselves under the guise of "skill" when all attacks, powers and spells have these huge, obnoxious targeting boxes, charge-up time and delays.

    Even after hours of playing some of the PvP, I always found myself in the situation where I either 1. was spamming the same attacks over and over and over and over again, or 2. waiting for the other guy's cooldown. It's the same, disgusting gooey mess that is MMO combat which has been delivered time upon time again for the last 12~ years, only in a better format.

    Did this game get overhyped? Yes. Does it deliver on promises? On some of them. Is it worth 60€ + a hefty subscription fee? Hell. No.    … Expand
  49. archanjo
    Mar 4, 2016
    4
    this one is very easy to review :

    pros :

    cons : its dead

    don't waist your time, they had their chance, they killed their game , move along sir nothing to see there
  50. SpartanRock
    Jun 11, 2014
    3
    Since I've been playing MMOs from Everquest, I haven't really come across a MMO that's as bland as Wildstar. I'll start by saying that this is my opinion on the game and I think a game like this will receive wildly different scores depending on the players.

    When I play an MMO, I want to feel part of a different world. It's about escaping into something cool. The Nexus was the stalest    Since I've been playing MMOs from Everquest, I haven't really come across a MMO that's as bland as Wildstar. I'll start by saying that this is my opinion on the game and I think a game like this will receive wildly different scores depending on the players.

    When I play an MMO, I want to feel part of a different world. It's about escaping into something cool. The Nexus was the stalest world I've ever set foot in. When I say bland, I'm not kidding. The quests are boring, the storyline is cliched and unoriginal, and the visuals are marginal.

    It does everything else right. The mechanics are solid, and the systems or old but stable and work well. Monsters are a bit tougher since you need to learn to dodge specials, but after a while that becomes routine but tedious. Perhaps I could have gotten over the shortcoming of the game except the grind is something aweful - easily the longest leveling process in any game I've played.

    I think the game is geared towards hardcore players that enjoy a very long and tough grind and don't really care about fluff like story or atmosphere.    … Expand
  51. Oralfun
    Jun 14, 2014
    1
    First the game is horribly optimized on AMD gpus. It basically makes no difference what it is 7850 and a R9 290X will preform about the same.

    The profession system in the game is stand out. Crafting harvesting materials etc are all very enjoyable and rewarding compared to other MMO's. Combat is cool for a little while. There is no auto attack is not really true. You do have an auto    First the game is horribly optimized on AMD gpus. It basically makes no difference what it is 7850 and a R9 290X will preform about the same.

    The profession system in the game is stand out. Crafting harvesting materials etc are all very enjoyable and rewarding compared to other MMO's.

    Combat is cool for a little while. There is no auto attack is not really true. You do have an auto attack but you must aim and cast it constantly. You will be hitting the 1 button 10 to 15 times per mob at higher levels (20 ish). This wasn't horrible as i bound my AA to my mouse thumb button which made strafing and dodging much easier.

    The paths system is just another unrewarding grind much like achievements in games.

    These are things i could live with in an MMO but were WILDSTAR lost me was in character development.
    When you level up in you have no decisions to be made. For those of you who have played diablo 3, leveling in wildstar is like leveling your paragon level in diablo 3 ros. You have very limited options and what options u do have do very little. (4% crit severity). Compounding this is the fact that your rotation for level 2-50 and beyond will be exactly the same for the most part.

    The housing system is also top notch and i really liked it but the game play was so boring and uninspired.

    Ive played this game about half way thru and felt like i was just as powerful and was doing the same attacks as when i was level 2.

    I really like theorycrafting and messing with specs and builds. Wildstars talent andskill tiering is so shallow that they should have just left it out.

    GW2 perk system is extremely complex compared to wildstar. im giving a 1/10 to try and make metacritics score more objective. As i type this i see tons of 10/10 reviews from people written on june 3
    which is the day it was release LOL

    Hell I thought it was amazing the first day as well. Im sure most people will. But i desired more strategic depth and character diversification.

    In a nutshell Wildstar is stunning at first but lacks the progression that MMO players desire.    … Expand
  52. oocuriousity
    Jun 13, 2014
    3
    Once again a WoW-clone is made and once again people rush off to give it a high mark. Don't be fooled. You'll be doing the same questing, the same leveling, the same raiding, the same EVERYTHING you've always been doing. The only thing this game has going for it is the house development, which is rather fabulous and the only reason this game didn't have a 0 from me. Unfortunately, that isOnce again a WoW-clone is made and once again people rush off to give it a high mark. Don't be fooled. You'll be doing the same questing, the same leveling, the same raiding, the same EVERYTHING you've always been doing. The only thing this game has going for it is the house development, which is rather fabulous and the only reason this game didn't have a 0 from me. Unfortunately, that is the most interesting thing about this game, and hardly worth a monthly fee. Pick up Rift or Neverwinter instead and save your money.… Expand
  53. lonetkhx
    Jun 14, 2014
    0
    Very boring game. Leveling is slow, game play is more repetitive than WoW, lore is generic. Overall the only thing the game does well is make money by suckering people in. Best to spend your money on a different game.
  54. m1mdc
    Jun 22, 2014
    0
    I played beta up to level 20 and I felt that the game is pretty solid. So I decided to buy it and play it to cap (level 60). From that point, the game is full of bugs. Here I just list a few problems:
    - ALL instances have bugs. Yes, all instances (adventures). There are 4 instances as released time, but all have bugs and if anyone gets passed an instance, they are lucky.
    - Auction house    I played beta up to level 20 and I felt that the game is pretty solid. So I decided to buy it and play it to cap (level 60). From that point, the game is full of bugs. Here I just list a few problems:
    - ALL instances have bugs. Yes, all instances (adventures). There are 4 instances as released time, but all have bugs and if anyone gets passed an instance, they are lucky.
    - Auction house is bugged (I do not use auction house, but that is what I have read on the forum)
    - Buying extended mount is bugged. Buy it but there is no item.
    - Buying storage is bugged. It buys all your gold
    - PVP is full of AFK. People just afk because even they loose, they still have XP and gold.
    - Quest is bugged. At level 35, we cannot continue the main quest (the main way to levelling). So we have to do all the optional quest to get to 60.
    - World bosses are bugged (those bosses are required to be able raid later on).

    There are more, but I don't remember all of them. I don't understand why publisher lets the game released while it has full of bugs like that. It shows that dev is carelessly doing their job. I played 2 weeks and I gave up because I wasted at least 4 hours everyday (it is too much for a causal player) to do instances without finish them properly.

    0/10    … Expand
  55. lolodin
    Jun 16, 2014
    0
    Fetch quest after fetch quest, unispired dialog and booooring PvE. Combat system seems to be decent enough to give you little enjoyment, but that's it. One of the biggest disappointment in years.
  56. justjohn
    Jun 23, 2014
    0
    This game is lucky that it is an original IP. It is just the same bug riddled, unfinished, unoptimized, bot laden dribble that MMO developers have been passing off as finished products the past few years.

    Had this game been called Star Wars: Wildstar or The Elder Scrolls Online: Wildstar, it would have received the same harsh criticism those games got.
  57. Seryin
    Jun 16, 2014
    3
    Words cannot express how sick and tired of these clones I am.
    A 60 dollar price tag and 15 dollar a month sub?
    The "Most feature complete MMORPG to be released since WoW." That is the most laughable claim of all the laughable claims they made. I promised WoW would be the last, then I promised Aion would be the last, then I promised TERA would be the last, well I freaking guarentee you    Words cannot express how sick and tired of these clones I am.
    A 60 dollar price tag and 15 dollar a month sub?
    The "Most feature complete MMORPG to be released since WoW." That is the most laughable claim of all the laughable claims they made.
    I promised WoW would be the last, then I promised Aion would be the last, then I promised TERA would be the last, well I freaking guarentee you this is the last. Wildstar just broke the camel's back. Any hope or desire I ever had to experience another MMORPG is forever gone. I officially despise MMORPGs now.
    Go die in a fire, MMORPGS.
    Someone just hand me an XBox controller and a CoD game. That crap MUST be better than this junk.    … Expand
  58. suslikwishmaker
    Jun 16, 2014
    3
    Straight and too the point, they put too much focus on artificial challenge on this game. All they did was amp up the damage output the enemies do and call it challenging. Its not fun or challenging just annoying. The game is also riddled with bugs, broken quests, and lag. At least the Q times are gone...probably because the hordes of people that left due to the reasons mentioned above.
  59. Xelluse
    Jun 13, 2016
    0
    This is worst optimized game ever, also with very low player base for MMO. It's not that I can't recommend to try, but nothing good left in this game, unlike to fix problems they just totaly cut gameplay, go F2P to somehow save game and now they try to use Steam, but all problems from 2014y are still alive.
    Most of AMD card owners do not have huge problems with the game, but even GTX1080    This is worst optimized game ever, also with very low player base for MMO. It's not that I can't recommend to try, but nothing good left in this game, unlike to fix problems they just totaly cut gameplay, go F2P to somehow save game and now they try to use Steam, but all problems from 2014y are still alive.
    Most of AMD card owners do not have huge problems with the game, but even GTX1080 players on onf forums say that they can't even get stable 60FPS... So forget to play the game on 600, 700 or 800 GPU versions. Also instead of fixing code problems they are forcing players to use side guides and changing gamer optimized systems to somehow normally run Wildstar and make all other games unplayable on this systems, also some of that fixes may harm you machine if you don't know what and how to do... So take care. Very strange that Wildstar graphics level game can't run better, even same like Black Desert or Star Citizen... (some funboys say that Wildstar have Better graphics than Black Desert or Star Citizen... Happen... O.o)
    Graphics are way old for resource consumption, even Legion expansion provides same level graphics with very low resource usage, will say nothing how far Wildstar is from WoW.
    But ideas of the game on lunch was cool and really fun, but all even live features (don't wait new ones at all) are cutted off and optimized for very low online Steam helps a little to increase player base, but anyway there are very low number of players who play it.
    Can't say do not try it, maybe you will like it, cos game still have nice ART and still left some interesting features, but game which developers don't want to fix 2-3 years old problems and make game somehow playable for its level can't be scored by me. So sorry, but 0/10, Shame to NCsoft after so many great projects creating Wildstar...    … Expand
  60. leaveit
    Dec 29, 2020
    2
    NCSOFT embarrasses themselves again with a moderately generic WoW clone that removes any improvements made to the formula this century and injects various 2014 team game cliches: Pixar-esque art (though more genuine than cringeworthy attempts by Gearbox, at least), the One Pet Class That Is a Roboticist, an obvious attempt at ripping off Pandora of Borderlands but with cat girls instead ofNCSOFT embarrasses themselves again with a moderately generic WoW clone that removes any improvements made to the formula this century and injects various 2014 team game cliches: Pixar-esque art (though more genuine than cringeworthy attempts by Gearbox, at least), the One Pet Class That Is a Roboticist, an obvious attempt at ripping off Pandora of Borderlands but with cat girls instead of shirt designs from Hot Topic, "dodge the danger zone" boss mechanics like it's a phone game, and an obvious imminent discontinuation of support. Meanwhile combat is slow, quests are boring, there's absolutely nothing that is new except nominally, and once again NCSOFT is providing the worst customer support in existence.

    Unsurprisingly the game went free-to-play within moments of its release, as will be the case for most MMOs from here on out, along with mechanics that increasingly resemble freemium phone games such as 20 different currencies from 20 different sources, AFK passive gameplay, data mining, daily DLC that requires more research than investments, over-emphasis on copying video games from the early 2000s, deceptive marketing that makes the product almost indistinguishable from a more successful competitor, utterly cluttered user interfaces, and, of course, a much higher price hidden behind exploitative marketing tactics.

    Thank you o NCSOFT for this blessing (turd) you have bestowed upon the MMORPG market. Now bring back City of Heroes or sell it already.

    REVISITING THE REVIEW IN 2020: support was indeed discontinued in 2018. Wow, who could have guessed? It's as though I'm more familiar with the workings of NCSOFT than the people who rated my review.    … Expand

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#48 Best PC Game of 2014
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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 52
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 52
  3. Negative: 1 out of 52
  1. Eurogamer Germany
    Oct 29, 2014
    90
    Carbine never was set to reinvent the wheel. But they put a nice set of custom rims on their vehicle. And then they strapped the whole thing on a space shuttle and send it into space.
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  2. Eurogamer
    Oct 28, 2014
    70
    For those burnt out on WOW's content, WildStar is easy to endorse. Immediately familiar to anyone who's visited Azeroth and with enough new twists on the tried-and-tested theme park formula, Carbine's game is so overflowing with stuff to do that it's certainly justified in asking for a subscription - even if less people seem prepared to sign up to one.
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  3. Ragequit.gr
    Oct 20, 2014
    80
    Wildstar banks on hardcore raid and instance difficulty as well as its excellently implemented "dancing" real time combat mechanic to offer something significantly new and fresh to the MMORPG scene. Low server population and annoying hints of a "Pay To Win More" model hold it back in certain areas, but it has all the potential of becoming a well established and much loved setting for years to come.
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