WildStar

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

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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.
  15. 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
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  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. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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.
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  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. 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.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 52 Critic Reviews

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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