WildStar

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

Generally favorable reviews- based on 960 Ratings

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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
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#48 Best PC Game of 2014
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#19 Most Discussed PC Game of 2014
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#44 Most Shared PC Game of 2014

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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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