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. Positive: 656 out of 960
  2. Mixed: 129 out of 960
  3. Negative: 175 out of 960
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  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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.
  15. 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
  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. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  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. 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
  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. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. 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 .
  29. 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
  30. 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
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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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