Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem

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  1. PenetratorGod
    Aug 21, 2023
    4
    A failed diablo clone. The game repeats itself too much and the main story is very bad. Some parts become extremely difficult, the difficulty level is very unbalanced. I played for long hours but I don't like it so far. I will try again in the future.
  2. Morbus47
    Mar 15, 2023
    2
    They released Endgame, which takes all of your characters, drops them all to level 40, takes away all of your skill points, all of your talents, all of your Stormfall upgrades that take days to complete, spits in your face, and expects you to just.. be okay with it and do it all again. Now all the gear you've collected cannot be used until you reach the appropriate level.. again. And theyThey released Endgame, which takes all of your characters, drops them all to level 40, takes away all of your skill points, all of your talents, all of your Stormfall upgrades that take days to complete, spits in your face, and expects you to just.. be okay with it and do it all again. Now all the gear you've collected cannot be used until you reach the appropriate level.. again. And they compensate you with level one gear. These devs are such a joke it's unreal.

    I'm not even going to play the new chapter. It's just not worth it at all.

    Don't buy this game. This is like the fifth time they've taken everything away from the players and said "Do it again" without any warning. Every single update makes this game worse. Every single update breaks five times as much as it fixes. Just leave it to die. The devs want this abomination dead.    … Expand
  3. MorRin
    Dec 29, 2022
    0
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  4. dotrem
    Feb 27, 2022
    3
    What? WTF is this? Is it even a game? Are you sure that it's not a demo version?

    It's so short unbeleavable. There are just a couple hours of game play in main compain. And after only some kind of simcity and raid:shadows legends(no ads). Okey. If we talking about compain only. Well you can compare it with D3 and PoE and all of them on same ResidentSleeper level. But you can not    What? WTF is this? Is it even a game? Are you sure that it's not a demo version?

    It's so short unbeleavable. There are just a couple hours of game play in main compain. And after only some kind of simcity and raid:shadows legends(no ads).

    Okey. If we talking about compain only. Well you can compare it with D3 and PoE and all of them on same ResidentSleeper level. But you can not compare Wolcen with good action rpgs, couse if you start you find Wolcen in tresh bin.

    There are no punishment, no challenge, nothing what can push you to change your build. Just a unharm journey into unicorn lands.

    Also standart set of untested action rpg bugs:
    Invisible chests.
    Clickable companions what prevent your moves.
    Freezes on RTX 3070.

    Will i recoment it? No.    … Expand
  5. DingerDonger
    Dec 23, 2020
    4
    You can't reassign left click. That is insanity and on its face is an instant failure for an ARPG in my book. But let's keep going, because the game honestly isn't all bad.

    Almost every skill has a cooldown. This is incredibly lazy design and extremely boring to play ESPECIALLY considering that this game has a unique resource system that could have been used to balance these skills    You can't reassign left click. That is insanity and on its face is an instant failure for an ARPG in my book. But let's keep going, because the game honestly isn't all bad.

    Almost every skill has a cooldown. This is incredibly lazy design and extremely boring to play ESPECIALLY considering that this game has a unique resource system that could have been used to balance these skills instead. Why do game devs keep putting cooldowns on every skill? Learn to balance your games in more meaningful and creative ways.

    Gameplay is overall slow, partially thanks to everything having cooldowns. Don't play this if you like Diablo 2 or POE.

    Let's talk good though. Character customization is great, the skill tree is really cool, and the game definitely looks good and sounds good overall.

    But realistically the cons outweigh the pros. There are a LOT of cons I didn't cover but I think those are covered well enough by other reviews. Skip this unless you're looking for a casual game to play with friends.    … Expand
  6. Rufasa
    Nov 28, 2020
    0
    Its been a week since release and i still cant progress past the 3rd act boss (on 3 characters) because of a bug where the boss just simply does not exist after the cinematic
  7. koubiak13
    Nov 28, 2020
    0
    un jeu bourré de bug a ca sortie , une campagne vraiment trop courte 3 act fini en 3 jour meme en travaillant et en ayant une vie a coté payé plein tarif pour jeu qui n est qu une beta c est vraiment pitoyable
  8. Amigos
    Nov 20, 2020
    0
    game is not supported, are incompleted and all kickstarter backer no have receive the physical rewards
  9. Itsamine
    Nov 19, 2020
    0
    Garbage game full of bugs boring story and generally a waste of time dont even bother buying this trash
  10. Hexen-Slayer
    Sep 5, 2020
    2
    I regret buying WOLCEN: LORDS OF BOREDOM, which is probably the worst hack & slash game out there. Sure, it's got good graphics (good, not great), and a new twist on a skill system, also doing away with the classes, but all that doesn't change the fact that WOLCEN is BORING.
    Hack through bland enemies in gauntlet labyrinthian levels, switch your loot, return to store to sell obsolete    I regret buying WOLCEN: LORDS OF BOREDOM, which is probably the worst hack & slash game out there. Sure, it's got good graphics (good, not great), and a new twist on a skill system, also doing away with the classes, but all that doesn't change the fact that WOLCEN is BORING.
    Hack through bland enemies in gauntlet labyrinthian levels, switch your loot, return to store to sell obsolete items, rinse and repeat. Let's face it, this genre needs some innovation, the same old - same old is not gonna do it anymore, and just a different class system is not enough. Even the HUD is hardly distinguishable from that of DIABLO and its clones.
    Paired with tons of bugs and bad controls (try hitting a mobile small enemy like a rat with a pixel-big click window) I got sick and tired of this game halfway through.
    Avoid WOLCEN: LORDS OF BOREDOM like the plague!    … Expand
  11. App1e
    Jul 27, 2020
    1
    Dont buy this game its scam. We paid full price for bugged alpha. There is no communication between players and devs, they just dont wanna repair the game we paid for ..
  12. orukusaki
    Jun 30, 2020
    0
    They released an unfinished buggy ass game for $59.99 lol THAT STILL IS VERY BUGGY as I write this review. Unless they release a very large update patch to fix a lot of obvious issues do not waste your money.
  13. andre_pl
    May 31, 2020
    2
    Wors h'n's i've ever played. Weird, stupid mechanisms, glitches, high system requirements, everything works different than should, irritating tutorial... and many many more
  14. CesarV
    May 18, 2020
    0
    Worst progression system possible, mobs are so easy you breeze through them, you get to bosses you get your arse handed to you like there's no tomorrow with insta kill mechanics and buggy abilities, if you have summons they will simply hand around doing nothing during boss fights.

    Game is done in corridors, you can't refight any of the bosses or minibosses for loot, and levels feel very    Worst progression system possible, mobs are so easy you breeze through them, you get to bosses you get your arse handed to you like there's no tomorrow with insta kill mechanics and buggy abilities, if you have summons they will simply hand around doing nothing during boss fights.

    Game is done in corridors, you can't refight any of the bosses or minibosses for loot, and levels feel very small.

    Lots of abilities are buggy or downright don't work, it's also normal to simply lose all progression because of corrupt saves. This game should still be in alpha.    … Expand
  15. EustaceCS
    May 3, 2020
    0
    Used to own it at GOG - back when they sold their game on GOG.
    Then - 'hello GOG players! we're scrapping GOG version! Enjoy playing eternal alpha version!'
    Of course, it isn't LITERALLY the text of that announcement but: 1. The announcement's theme was essentially this. No recommendations on how to refund, no advice on how to keep playing the helluva mess the game was back these    Used to own it at GOG - back when they sold their game on GOG.
    Then - 'hello GOG players! we're scrapping GOG version! Enjoy playing eternal alpha version!'
    Of course, it isn't LITERALLY the text of that announcement but:

    1. The announcement's theme was essentially this. No recommendations on how to refund, no advice on how to keep playing the helluva mess the game was back these days. No nothing except 'GOG version won't be updated anymore. Thank you for understanding.'
    Let it sink in for awhile.
    They canned the whole segment of their playerbase and got away with it like it was absolutely okay.

    2. The announcement was NOT posted at GOG.
    Let it sink in for a while.
    They started selling undeveloped game at GOG - and, after deciding to halt the development, they refused to inform their players.

    3. As per what I got from my correspondence with GOG Customer Service, GOG staff was not aware of this... decision either.
    Let it sink in for a while.
    The developer didn't informed the publisher that the game won't be developed for publisher's platform.

    Not mentioning that, as per reviews from my Steam-based brethern, even after actual Release the game is, essentially, incomplete and bugged.

    Absolutely horrid game from bunch of scammers.

    The only place where this game and these developers may get a positive score is a 'Scam Of The Century' award show.    … Expand
  16. poxi1
    Apr 27, 2020
    0
    This game suck hard ,in Act 1 my spells and mobs spells are invisible and i cant win fight with edirc bcs game relocate my chemp into his (still invisible) spells and i die every time. If rest game look same i will thanks and drop this **** into trash
  17. Vasot
    Apr 19, 2020
    4
    Boring and repetitive with plenty of bugs all stages feel the same i only keep playing because of the story the gameplay is meh
  18. Squatchasaurus
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    I'm gonna start off by saying this is my second review of this game because apparently the Devs deleted my previous one which was petty, if you can't accept your game is hot garbage then don't bother making another game...I mean that don't think about it just give up because this is dreadful and the fact it's compared too the greats such as Diablo is laughable, this game is more akin too aI'm gonna start off by saying this is my second review of this game because apparently the Devs deleted my previous one which was petty, if you can't accept your game is hot garbage then don't bother making another game...I mean that don't think about it just give up because this is dreadful and the fact it's compared too the greats such as Diablo is laughable, this game is more akin too a mobile ARPG and it's just as badly made. get gud/10 Wolcen "developers".… Expand
  19. SRKNZ
    Apr 17, 2020
    4
    Wolcen Lords of Mayhem is cast in a similar vein to Diablo. On the plus side its game play is enjoyable, its interface sensible and mostly easy to use. The environments are varied, colourful and well rendered and the enemies including boss creatures, creative and interesting. Cut scenes are well done too and generously sprinkled through the game.

    On the downside, there are LOTS of bugs    Wolcen Lords of Mayhem is cast in a similar vein to Diablo. On the plus side its game play is enjoyable, its interface sensible and mostly easy to use. The environments are varied, colourful and well rendered and the enemies including boss creatures, creative and interesting. Cut scenes are well done too and generously sprinkled through the game.

    On the downside, there are LOTS of bugs in this game. Enemy targeting is at times "off". The character literally gets stuck on points in a map forcing you to repeat an area. The game took me back to the first episode even though I'd reached the second. Thankfully there was a fix of sorts which required editing a game file. It worked but still who expects that. Lastly the game crashed more than a few times on shut down and locked up so far once during game play.

    I found using potions, such as health and magic, a real issue. Either there's yet another bug or some really impractical decisions have been made. Potions even when equipped often take time to show up in the interface and you simply can't use them in the interim. When you do they often fail to offer a significant effect or sometimes just don't work until you mash the Q or W keys several times.

    This is a substantial shortcoming that badly undermines game play when you are facing off against hordes of creatures or bosses. The result is a frustrating grind where you repeat some sequences over and over and luck sees you through. I can see why people have not rated this game, game play is poorly balanced, in part because of this.

    I really feel this game URGENTLY needs patching and perhaps it was released prematurely? Wolcen has so much promise, if the list of bugs were fixed I'd be unreserved in my praise.

    As it stands 4/10.    … Expand
  20. greenisgood
    Apr 4, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TL;DR - Being a Kickstarter does it mean we are to look forward to a horrendously stupid amount of bugs and crashes?
    This is a question we should put forward to devs before supporting a newbie Kickstarter Games in the future.

    (Re Edit - Dropped score to 2 from an initial 4 currently on final mission, almost everything in this game is unbalanced and feels surprisingly untested. Just because your game looks good does not mean we need to excuse 90% of the game being an unbalanced crapfest.... Clearly and Pointlessly Quantity over Quality was concentrated on which is a horrible decision in any game.
    Instead of cramming in so much dev time in a massive amount of abilities and passives they should have spent time streamlining the game instead. Most of us would have been happier with less than half of the passives and abilities per class with a stable, streamlined experience.
    Because In-game the passives are not enhancing my experience at all in the face of unresponsive controls, delay inputs, movement issues and abilities not working the way they should.
    For Example Flesh Golem - This ability is needed for casters but half the time the golem is tanking a single enemy away from you while 10 others are chasing you all over, regardless of using the Taunt.)

    RE-RE Edit - WTF Ending was that??? OMG I feel like dropping the score to zero. The devs were clearly under the impression that they were making an experience equivalent to the The Second coming of Christ. Such a fcking disaster especially since the gameplay has promise but every decision around it which should have been to give a good experience was replaced by the exact opposite. The least they could do was give some kind of ending to the damn experience, it would not be that hard to continue the story in DLC after giving the current story some closure.
    Fcking Heartbreaking.    … Expand
  21. Kinatsu
    Mar 7, 2020
    4
    They created a good way for "customization" that solved many problems of Diablo 3. I really enjoy the CC-based game where all skills applies some debuff and you can play with this locking runes or using the talent tree, but the game is broken, i mean, a lot of talent and runes just doesn't work, we have a few viable builds for late game and the dev team are working on bugs that makes theThey created a good way for "customization" that solved many problems of Diablo 3. I really enjoy the CC-based game where all skills applies some debuff and you can play with this locking runes or using the talent tree, but the game is broken, i mean, a lot of talent and runes just doesn't work, we have a few viable builds for late game and the dev team are working on bugs that makes the game unplayable for many players first. Since they said they would release a patch every week, we won't see this game balanced and optimized for at least 3 years, and wait all this time without new content because the devs are fixing their own game is sad.… Expand
  22. rot5000
    Mar 7, 2020
    4
    Unacceptable released piece of **** We should not accept these kind of developers/companies. Pure robbery.

    + graphics are good
    + SFX are good
    + hitfeedback

    - passives that don't work
    - gold dupe
    - item dupe
    - character save gone, resetting back to act 1
    - item stash bug, items disappearing
    - Graphics glitches
    - FPS drops
    - Unbalanced skills
    - TONS more negative stuff
  23. reflex88
    Mar 4, 2020
    3
    This game should be labeled as ALPHA due to myriad bugs, exploit opportunities and unbalanced gameplay. I'd give this game at least 6 months to repair and re-release. As it stands, this was one of the most epic release failures that I have experienced.
  24. Ivanbbrito
    Mar 4, 2020
    3
    The game starts great, everyone is hyped, finally a promising ARPG for all people waiting...
    But it begins to unveil what it really is pretty early games:
    - bugged skills - bugged talents - bugged hitboxes - infinite money bug so simple a 5 year old child could do it - stashs and items disappearing - campaign progression changes when you enter another person online game, so if    The game starts great, everyone is hyped, finally a promising ARPG for all people waiting...
    But it begins to unveil what it really is pretty early games:
    - bugged skills
    - bugged talents
    - bugged hitboxes
    - infinite money bug so simple a 5 year old child could do it
    - stashs and items disappearing
    - campaign progression changes when you enter another person online game, so if you're on Act 1 and join an Act 3 friend, your personal progress jumps to Act 3
    - devs went silent with really really really small updates, that often break more things than fix
    - bugged everything basically, there is not a single thing in the game that doesn't have a bug

    Ok, it is bugged, now lets talk about the game itself:
    - very few skills
    - spellcaster is null, only uses staffs but it sucks
    - endgame even more repetitive than D3, and less fun to repeat
    - loot is bad, uniques and legendary doesn't really mean anything
    - story is OK
    - fashion is GREAT, really, it is more an armor design program than an ARPG, you can do a lot with the transmog system, this is the ONLY great thing about this game
    - 99% of really powerfull endgame is based on a single skill, bleeding edge
    - there are 2 or 3 talents that is mandatory for everyone to dps properly, so build diversity is really bad, we don't know if its a bug or its just bad talent design
    - offline is really just to try anything you want, it is completely modifiable by a single .txt edit, so its good that you cant bring offline char to online
    - descriptions like +10% damage works like **** since most of the damage is calculated weirdly, there are a lot of discussion about cumulative and additive and multiplicative, I dont really understand, but I know that if it says +100% damage to skill X, skill X damage will actuallly jump from 1000 to 1010.

    Final thoughts:
    This is clearly an "we are out of money, and we **** up, let's release so we don't bankrupt", it is sad since it had a clear audience, a clear opportunity, but they really **** up.
    I think it is Anthem level of incopetence and launch.    … Expand
  25. duffman85
    Mar 4, 2020
    4
    This game has (or had) promise but just doesn't deliver in many regards.

    Pro's: -Graphics, animations, environments, and custom cosmetics look fantastic -Interesting skill wheel with lots of options (albeit not well balanced) -Cool approach to hybrid classes -Interesting skills -Boss battles are hard Cons: -Too many bugs to count - broken skill nodes, unbalanced skills, UI    This game has (or had) promise but just doesn't deliver in many regards.

    Pro's:
    -Graphics, animations, environments, and custom cosmetics look fantastic
    -Interesting skill wheel with lots of options (albeit not well balanced)
    -Cool approach to hybrid classes
    -Interesting skills
    -Boss battles are hard

    Cons:
    -Too many bugs to count - broken skill nodes, unbalanced skills, UI issues everywhere, characters clipping or getting stuck in environments
    -Boring story
    -Complete mystery on what certain affixes do and how they calculate into damage (multiplicative v. additive)
    -Seems like everything from this game is copied from another game - skills work like D3 runes, force shield and skill tree is basically POE, socketing, gems, crafting, rerolling, stash, UI all look like from other games
    -Story isn't that long and the end game is very repetitive and boring
    -Loot is mostly junk and uninspiring. Takes way too long to sift through and then guess if the affixes will favorably calculate into improvements.
    -The Unique (rarest) items usually suck    … Expand
  26. d333s
    Mar 3, 2020
    1
    When I heard of this game back in 2016, I saw a real competitor to current Action-RPGs at the time. It had unique features, interesting ideas and it looked beautiful. But as time passed by it became a mess. Bugs are unfixed for years, YEARS. Being able to communicate with devs (which was partly used to market the game) is gone for a few years too. Constructive criticism doest matter and itWhen I heard of this game back in 2016, I saw a real competitor to current Action-RPGs at the time. It had unique features, interesting ideas and it looked beautiful. But as time passed by it became a mess. Bugs are unfixed for years, YEARS. Being able to communicate with devs (which was partly used to market the game) is gone for a few years too. Constructive criticism doest matter and it not heard. If you voice any concern or disappointment in any manner, be it respectful OR rude, you will be banned from their Discord server and their forum. I don't see this game progress anywhere. It has copied other games and didn't revolutionize the genre, although it could, it had everything to do that. Don't buy it, don't follow it. It's not worth it.… Expand
  27. warriorn
    Mar 1, 2020
    0
    There is nothing good about this game. Pathetic story line which ends after 2 hours and starts unending grind where yellow items are better then special unique ones. Tons of bugs, glitches e.g. non-working multiplayer, untargetable monsters, not working passives etc etc. Tons of empty promisses which weren't completed after more than 4 years of development. Open world consist of about 10There is nothing good about this game. Pathetic story line which ends after 2 hours and starts unending grind where yellow items are better then special unique ones. Tons of bugs, glitches e.g. non-working multiplayer, untargetable monsters, not working passives etc etc. Tons of empty promisses which weren't completed after more than 4 years of development. Open world consist of about 10 environments (maps) with 10 types of monsters and that's it. You won't find anything more there. Promised end game housing is non-existent and city upgrading is a joke as they removed only thing from it which was slightly useful. Even after almost 10 years I suggest you to buy Diablo 3. It's much more enjoyable and rewarding than this.… Expand
  28. sNk77
    Feb 28, 2020
    0
    For 30 eur buy tons of bug.... waste of time and money. DONT BUY!!!! I just cant kill the boss because the boss teleport on u and kill in 0.00001 sec. And you dont know what's going on. Some skills work, some do nothing. Sometime 10 sec need for activate the skill or sell something or just go in instance..this game is pathetic for 30 eur. For free maybe.
  29. Mordgier
    Feb 28, 2020
    0
    Update: It's even worse than I thought it could be. The most recent patch nerfed Bleeding Edge - which was indeed broken, also nerfed Winters Grasp which wasn't really. They 'fixed' the exploited gold by simply wiping the gold of anyone who had more gold than some wonky formula they used based on player level, so if you had 'too much' money based on level, it got cut to like 5k*levelUpdate: It's even worse than I thought it could be. The most recent patch nerfed Bleeding Edge - which was indeed broken, also nerfed Winters Grasp which wasn't really. They 'fixed' the exploited gold by simply wiping the gold of anyone who had more gold than some wonky formula they used based on player level, so if you had 'too much' money based on level, it got cut to like 5k*level meaning even legitimate players lost gold.

    Fine whatever - but it gets worse - the latest patch broke willpower/rage transfer times bricking plenty of legitimate builds and further broke mob spawns in expeditions creating situations where by stage 3 you may get a map that just does not have enough mobs to spawn the boss.

    But wait - there is more! Gold gains from expeditions sometimes just don't work - sometimes you just don't get paid and online mode is laggier than ever. It can take several seconds just to sell an item...

    Balance is even worse than before as is build diversity. Right now if you want to run the end game maps, you pretty much need a rare unique item which is absurdly OP - the BIS for every build I referred to in the original review - The Trial belt is basically used to prop up the otherwise unplayable builds.

    So the three ways to play the end game right now is The Trial and whatever, BE Crit build, ailment stacking build. That's it. The wolcels are busy defending this by saying you CAN use other builds - and that's true if you're willing to spend 20-30 minutes a map, thus a full hour on a single expedition - but that's not my idea of fun.

    The devs are too busy nerfing to test, the nerfs are massive and no effort is being made to improve other abilities sufficiently. Don't even bring up the buff to summons, they are still trash tier worthless and their AI is roomba grade stupid.

    ----------------------

    I believe that this game is doomed to complete failure.

    The bugs that exist can be fixed. I believe that they will be.

    What I am afraid of is that this will never be a balanced game.

    I have no reason to believe that the devs understand how to fix it.

    Without new experienced talent, they are screwed. The same people who put this disaster of scaling, passives and skills together can't fix it.

    The game is pretty, it plays well, the skill effects are satisfying the spinning tree is a neat design....but the numbers behind all of it are a disaster.

    I just don't expect the people who put this together in the first place to see where they went wrong.

    There are just too many broken passives and they are not being fixed but essentially disabled.

    Damage for block %? Pointless now.

    Secure Parry (the 10% health regen per counter skill) turned into 1% - made totally useless.

    These guys released a game where you could have 100% block and 100% block efficiency and they did this without alarm bells going off in their head when they designed this?

    There are too many skills to name that are god tier surrounded by absolute mediocrity. No brainers like getting resists from helmets and chests from Salvatory Anchor as opposed to the other nodes, absurdities like infinite rage from The Heat of Battle interacting with Fatal Pact. Merciless Lethality being a logical choice even for non crit builds...

    I just can't wrap my mind around any these things - any experienced ARPG player looking at this tree should see the broken things. This isn't a "They didn't QA this..." issue - this is a "This should have been obvious!" issue. The same that is true for passives is true for skills, there are far too many obvious choices - nodes for skills that everyone will run because of the massive DPS boost - extra havoc orb projectile? Duh. Bleeding Edge that stays around for 4s? Duh.

    I would love it if somehow this game became balanced, with real build diversity and skill viability, but I cannot imagine this happening under the control of a dev team who has show that they are absolutely unable to understand the math behind the skills.

    This is without doubt the most unbalanced broken ARPG that I have played in over damn near 30 years of gaming..

    Worst of all - none of this is rocket science and none of it uncharted territory. There are free to play ARPGs for mobile made by amateurs with better skill balance...

    I haven't even touched item balance because that's a whole different can of worms with the loot painfully bland, uninteresting and serving as a poor carrot to chase. Just look at the uniques - they range from utterly useless to absolutely Best In Slot for EVERY build broken.

    I don't think these devs can fix the game because at this point I don't believe they have the basic grasp of what a balanced ARPG would even look like.    … Expand
  30. Kirnl
    Feb 27, 2020
    0
    Do not wast your time or money on this steaming trash heap. wait 5 years and the devs might have a release candidate ready. because this is still alpha with a release price tag. i am just glad i didn't pay full price for this
  31. Rageoverrun
    Feb 27, 2020
    0
    Had a lot of potential, but botched launch plus the devs ruining it with patches killed it for me.
  32. franksepe
    Feb 27, 2020
    0
    Wolcen scammed players and made them pay to alpha test the game. They are crooks. The game is not even beta. Its so bugged it aint even funny. There is no way it should have gone live in this horrid state. Wolcen devs should be ashamed of themselves.
  33. Tinhoso
    Feb 27, 2020
    0
    Wolcen, Anthem, google stadia and warcraft reforged. A new trend of companies, deceive the consumer saying that they will improve the product in the future. But they take our money right away, This practice must be combated strongly. Wolsen 1.0 is consumer product not suporter product..I feel cheated. I am a consumer not supporter.
  34. Flying_Disk
    Feb 27, 2020
    0
    Do not buy this game.

    I tried to get into this game, as I love the genre. Unfortunately, I tried for far to long to get a refund of this horrible game. The story is dull, predictable, and unfinished. The story quite literally ends mid-scene, with no actual resolution to the plot, and you "wake up" at the endgame. I'd be utterly shocked if there were a dozen tile sets for the    Do not buy this game.

    I tried to get into this game, as I love the genre. Unfortunately, I tried for far to long to get a refund of this horrible game.

    The story is dull, predictable, and unfinished. The story quite literally ends mid-scene, with no actual resolution to the plot, and you "wake up" at the endgame.

    I'd be utterly shocked if there were a dozen tile sets for the endgame map generator. Endgame "expeditions" are nothing more that walking the same layout of the same five tile sets killing the same 6 monsters. The "town expansion" is an utter joke, and literally nothing more than a list of "rewards" to pick from for running those repetitive expeditions.

    Skills are bland, animations are boring. The passive tree has almost no information, and what little there is has no explanations. The whole system is so unbalanced. There were one or two good skills for endgame, but those were all quickly nerfed into uselessness. As I read through the patch notes, it's nerf after nerf for the skills that actually work well, and no improvements to anything else.

    Controls are terrible. You're stuck with a crap keyboard layout, and no way to remap keys. The lag is horrible. I've lost count of the number of times I've died while smashing the Q key, because the animation for the spell I tried to cast 3s ago finally decided to start.

    After 40 hours of trying, the nerf to the one usefull engame skill did it for me. This game is uninstalled, and I'm trying to get a refund from Steam as I purchased this expecting a complete game upon release. Don't think I'm going to get it, but I'm going to try.    … Expand
  35. Stuvok
    Feb 26, 2020
    3
    besides the endless problems, skills that bug out, and terrible performance the entire point of the game is broken if only a few selections on the skill tree multiply damage while the rest add. The skill tree becomes a sham full of fake choices. 0/10 until a large number of patches.
  36. BlackLotus
    Feb 26, 2020
    0
    How am I suppose to give it more than a 0 when the server is down for 2 days at launch. Maybe I will edit my review once they get their stuff together, but for now, it is a dumpster fire.

    OK back after 2 weeks, and game is still a dumpster fire. I can not log on for more than 5-10 minutes before a disconnect. SO many bugs it is not even funny, just go to their forum and look at all the    How am I suppose to give it more than a 0 when the server is down for 2 days at launch. Maybe I will edit my review once they get their stuff together, but for now, it is a dumpster fire.

    OK back after 2 weeks, and game is still a dumpster fire. I can not log on for more than 5-10 minutes before a disconnect. SO many bugs it is not even funny, just go to their forum and look at all the bug and technical issues.    … Expand
  37. horgrimm
    Feb 26, 2020
    4
    Here are few points I'd like to make about this game, and being taken to the cleaners for the $42.99 purchase price on Steam:

    *Basically, I paid for a game I couldn't play for the first 48 hours after launch. I never understand this. Even companies like Blizzard have problems with launches, so I suppose an Indie company with a small group of devs would, too, though this makes no    Here are few points I'd like to make about this game, and being taken to the cleaners for the $42.99 purchase price on Steam:

    *Basically, I paid for a game I couldn't play for the first 48 hours after launch.

    I never understand this. Even companies like Blizzard have problems with launches, so I suppose an Indie company with a small group of devs would, too, though this makes no sense. I guess it's a question of how much money they want to spend on infrastructure coupled with the prediction of the initial player base.

    *There are multiple major and minor bugs in this game.

    This one I can't really forgive. When I spend my hard-earned money on a game, I expect the basic premise that they advertise/claim to work and perform accordingly. I have no interest in purchasing a game that doesn't work from the onset, or that requires multiple patches to even get it to the starting line. This is simply false advertisement. For a game that's been in development since 2015 (i.e. 4+ years), I would expect ALL of the major bugs to be fixed come launch day. The price was also increased a week or so before launch, from $30 to $40. That's a stiff price for a game that doesn't function at 100%.

    *But the studio developing it is small, only 13 or so devs.

    Consider that Condor (Blizzard North) made Diablo in about a year with a staff of around 10 people, facing bankruptcy and *luckily* were acquired in a deal with Blizzard. They had no kickstarter, and received a woefully small budget of $300k to make Diablo, but yet managed to put out a product that WORKED from day one. So no, this excuse doesn't hold much water.

    Buyer beware. Steam (Valve Corporation) is very resistant to giving refunds due to their 2 hour playtime policy. Even though there were launch issues, I stuck with Wolcen since the story and gameplay were pretty good, even through all the bugs (b/c I really did want to like this game) and then ran headlong into Act 3 and it's bugged encounter leading to a halt in progression.

    Also consider that there are multiple negative reports on the Better Business Bureau's website for Valve, and their shady business practices for which they've never replied (did not expect this). You can see that here: https://www.bbb.org/us/wa/bellevue/profile/online-gaming/valve-corporation-1296-27030704/details#all-alerts    … Expand
  38. Matsudo
    Feb 26, 2020
    3
    If we ignore the rocky launch and all of the current bugs, then Wolcen is a game that initially presents itself really well. The graphics look nice, the campaign was enjoyable, the combat feels relatively smooth and on the face of it the game seems to have a decent amount of depth.

    However, once you get to the late game you quickly begin to realize that many of the underlying systems    If we ignore the rocky launch and all of the current bugs, then Wolcen is a game that initially presents itself really well. The graphics look nice, the campaign was enjoyable, the combat feels relatively smooth and on the face of it the game seems to have a decent amount of depth.

    However, once you get to the late game you quickly begin to realize that many of the underlying systems are heavily flawed at their cores. This includes itemization, power and speed scaling, the hour by hour gameplay loop, level design, and so on and so forth.

    In the end Wolcen just doesn't compare to the established ARPG titles and would require a fundamental overhaul if it was to compete with the PoE and Diablo franchises. With all the bugs, exploits, inconsistent terminology and unfinished online-play, it feels like Wolcen in its current state is at best a very mediocre ARPG that should still be in alpha.    … Expand
  39. CDQUINT
    Feb 23, 2020
    0
    no han cumplido nada del kickstarter, el juego es muy bonito si, pero han engañado impunemente, encima de los 7 actos prometidos sólo han salido 3, los otros ya si eso, como eso muchas más cosas como el mundo abierto, que pasó de mundo abierto a, serán grandes zonas interconectadas entre sí, y al final es más pasillero que nada, y y así podría seguir, pues no saquen el juego como versiónno han cumplido nada del kickstarter, el juego es muy bonito si, pero han engañado impunemente, encima de los 7 actos prometidos sólo han salido 3, los otros ya si eso, como eso muchas más cosas como el mundo abierto, que pasó de mundo abierto a, serán grandes zonas interconectadas entre sí, y al final es más pasillero que nada, y y así podría seguir, pues no saquen el juego como versión final y le pongan subida de precio, acaben primero y luego ya se verá, en fin, una pena… Expand
  40. Kaindred
    Feb 23, 2020
    3
    Shameful display. This rushed, unbelievably bugged game shouldn't be released as it is of today, especially not for the price they are asking. I tried to enjoy this game but it is impossible due to wooden game-play and bugs. There wasn't a 5 minute period that I didn't glitch in some way but the my patience reached it's limit when I joined my friend who was further down the story-line.Shameful display. This rushed, unbelievably bugged game shouldn't be released as it is of today, especially not for the price they are asking. I tried to enjoy this game but it is impossible due to wooden game-play and bugs. There wasn't a 5 minute period that I didn't glitch in some way but the my patience reached it's limit when I joined my friend who was further down the story-line. When we finished playing, my own progress was gone and I am stuck with low level at the point that my friend finished. There are many cases like this.
    Interface is so bare-bones that it hurts, no quality of life solutions, everything in this game screams that it is unfinished, rushed and that the devs stopped caring and just poorly copy-pasted ideas form other, similar games. This game is so frustrating to play that me and my friends have uninstalled and hidden this game in our libraries.
    This is well below average and took care to note the names of the developers so I don't buy anything from them in the future.
    Don't bother with this title. Get Grim Dawn or POE, which are much worth Your time.
    People who give this title 10/10 or something more than 5/10 must be so used to getting screwed by the developers that they don't even notice anymore. Stop paying for unfinished garbage like this game!    … Expand
  41. moggsor
    Feb 23, 2020
    2
    I would not recommend this game... YET...

    that said i still like the game, but it feels a bit unfinished... Lots of bugs to name a few: x)many times unable to spend stat points on level up, solved by restarting game every level up to assign points x)Monsters hitboxes disapears making them invulnerable, semi-solved by using AOE skills but sometimes that doesent work eather x)Skills    I would not recommend this game... YET...

    that said i still like the game, but it feels a bit unfinished...
    Lots of bugs to name a few:
    x)many times unable to spend stat points on level up, solved by restarting game every level up to assign points
    x)Monsters hitboxes disapears making them invulnerable, semi-solved by using AOE skills but sometimes that doesent work eather
    x)Skills dont buffer or cue up, making the gameplay very clucky, this means you have to spam the same skills alot of times for them to work, since if ur in another animation the action input doesent register, this makes combos and the general flow of battle super clunky and slow (same goes for potions)
    x) ALOT of tooltip errors, missing info in skills, hard to understand what exactly does what
    x) cant open inventory when rewieving the mega big quest reward screen, so its hard to choose what reward to take since u cant compare to what you already have

    this is just to name a few on the top of my head.

    Also the transform skill, aspect thing, is super lame, it does almost no damage and seems to have no purpose, its just a flashy transformation, should be completly removed imo if not removed atleast up its damage and make it with only 1-2 active skills, its to much with 6 skills with the clunky combat system.

    The game is nice and all, i can see it become super good in a couple of patches, but dont buy it yet...    … Expand
  42. aq2lx
    Feb 23, 2020
    0
    game very laggy bad performance i changed every graphic settings form very high to low all settings fps down to 10 - 20
  43. Der12te
    Feb 22, 2020
    3
    Nothing woks. Solo Play boring.
    Online Play doesnt Work.
    Game Crashes in Soloplay ever hour 10 times.
  44. Quarrel
    Feb 21, 2020
    3
    This game has great potential, it is fun and enjoyable when and if it works. There are so many problems with the game its surprising. The game was in early access for years yet nothing was fixed. There skills and points that DO NO WORK! These are core points in the game, and they don't work or are broken. There are still major bugs that stop the progress of the game.

    This game needs    This game has great potential, it is fun and enjoyable when and if it works. There are so many problems with the game its surprising. The game was in early access for years yet nothing was fixed. There skills and points that DO NO WORK! These are core points in the game, and they don't work or are broken. There are still major bugs that stop the progress of the game.

    This game needs another 3-6 months minimum in beta/pre-release.    … Expand
  45. RiaskoFF
    Feb 21, 2020
    0
    Game is in unplayable state. Bugs, lags, stashcharacter dissapearing.
    Just don't buy it. They paid a huge amount of money to streamers and video bloggers to cover the launch of the game but failed to deliver a finished and working product.
  46. AddMan4002
    Feb 21, 2020
    2
    Ignoring the server issues on launch, the game is FULL of insane bugs / glitches / exploits and just un-finished. The fact that the devs claim this to be a full 1.0 release is an embarrassment to games. 1/2 the passive skill tree isn't working properly (or just at all in some cases), people are losing their stashes and even their characters, STAY AWAY. There are some good ideas here, butIgnoring the server issues on launch, the game is FULL of insane bugs / glitches / exploits and just un-finished. The fact that the devs claim this to be a full 1.0 release is an embarrassment to games. 1/2 the passive skill tree isn't working properly (or just at all in some cases), people are losing their stashes and even their characters, STAY AWAY. There are some good ideas here, but nothing worth your money right now. Maybe in a few years.… Expand
  47. Raslu
    Feb 21, 2020
    0
    Bugs and all other things aside, I really wanted to like this game since I'm starving for Diablo 4... But no thank you. The first big boss fight was a huge disappointment.. Seems you need to max your character before attempting it or you might burst an artery. I could bang it out and attempt another 20 times...if only the controls felt better and you actually played a class with properBugs and all other things aside, I really wanted to like this game since I'm starving for Diablo 4... But no thank you. The first big boss fight was a huge disappointment.. Seems you need to max your character before attempting it or you might burst an artery. I could bang it out and attempt another 20 times...if only the controls felt better and you actually played a class with proper abilities. RNG ****… Expand
  48. RingK
    Feb 21, 2020
    4
    The problem are not the servers on launch day, the problem is that this game os sold as finished while it's clearly in a pre-beta stage. In offline, you can finish the game and be level 90 changing an entry in a .ini file... Why do that you may ask? Because, randomly, your progress can be erased and you'll be sent back to act 1 opening cutscene. In online, game breaking bugs (infiniteThe problem are not the servers on launch day, the problem is that this game os sold as finished while it's clearly in a pre-beta stage. In offline, you can finish the game and be level 90 changing an entry in a .ini file... Why do that you may ask? Because, randomly, your progress can be erased and you'll be sent back to act 1 opening cutscene. In online, game breaking bugs (infinite money, 1000000k % magic find, no tecture, disappearing stash content, duplicate items and so on) are not being fixed and bug abuser are not being banned. 35€ for this? No thanks. My only explanation is that they launched the game before the new seasons of D3 and PoE to gather some money, but they did know to have a broken game in their hands. Very sad, it had a good potential.… Expand
  49. Doomtune
    Feb 21, 2020
    2
    Horrible game mechanics, clunky and slow. Wolcen has no endgame content you could have fun with for more than three hours.
    I deeply regret watching all those sponsored streamer videos and then buying Wolcen...
    This game is unfinished and full of bugs.
  50. Hectorbodies
    Feb 21, 2020
    0
    Warning: don't buy!
    My pros:
    -Graphics -so many bugs/exploits. is very funny and unique! - you can fight Diablo and Kitava in the same game! (seriously guys????) My cons: -a bad mix of D3/Poe/Grim Dawn/40k, no personality. Every aspect of the game is a copy -the "story" -the gameplay: this is why I think the game will never be good, even if they can fix all broken things, there    Warning: don't buy!
    My pros:
    -Graphics
    -so many bugs/exploits. is very funny and unique!
    - you can fight Diablo and Kitava in the same game! (seriously guys????)

    My cons:
    -a bad mix of D3/Poe/Grim Dawn/40k, no personality. Every aspect of the game is a copy
    -the "story"
    -the gameplay: this is why I think the game will never be good, even if they can fix all broken things, there is nothing special about the game. If you are new to the genre; play POE or Grim Dawn, even D3 and have fun for a while. If you are an Arpg veteran: save you time and money, ity's not worthy.

    I don't give 0 because it's a new studio.    … Expand
  51. MadnezZ
    Feb 20, 2020
    0
    It is not optimized game and full of bugs.. i hate this terrible and horrible copy game.
    looks like diablo2 & 3 based systems, poe passivel tree, lost ark skills, and more more

    totally disgusting bugs garbage game
  52. Aaramore
    Feb 20, 2020
    0
    For a game that was in early access for 4 years, with a a long development cycle before that, the number of bugs and game breaking issues, just means I can not recommend this game in it's current state for the price they are asking. I really don't care about the server issues, all games at launch have those problems, I mean Blizzard have been releasing games and expansions for over aFor a game that was in early access for 4 years, with a a long development cycle before that, the number of bugs and game breaking issues, just means I can not recommend this game in it's current state for the price they are asking. I really don't care about the server issues, all games at launch have those problems, I mean Blizzard have been releasing games and expansions for over a decade and they still can't get it right.

    This is more about the sheer number of bugs and issues that should have been fixed over the 4 year early access period. It honestly feels like that game has only just started it's early access phase. Most recently the newest patch they just put in, deleted all my unique items from my stash, so kinda put a damper on my enthusiasm for the game. I hope they can fix all the issues, because I think they need to go back into an early access, even beta state, before releasing the game like it is t the moment.    … Expand
  53. LinkThePast
    Feb 20, 2020
    0
    Lag, rollback, Server authentification fail, Full of bugs (Enemy Hit boxs for exemple)
    I'm very disappointed.
  54. Strothy
    Feb 19, 2020
    2
    It's just a huge bug-fiesta with a tonne of exploits on top. The game in the current state looks cool and sounds really nice for that it gets a few points, but the rest is just horribly BAD. Talents stack in ways that enable you to one hit bosses, you can dupe items, you can dupe gold, you can brick your game by using the forge or the black market, features promised back in the KickstarterIt's just a huge bug-fiesta with a tonne of exploits on top. The game in the current state looks cool and sounds really nice for that it gets a few points, but the rest is just horribly BAD. Talents stack in ways that enable you to one hit bosses, you can dupe items, you can dupe gold, you can brick your game by using the forge or the black market, features promised back in the Kickstarter phase got completely deleted... Maybe the devs will fix it but at the moment this game is a pure disappointment, especially if you bought it on Kickstarter...… Expand
  55. inudax
    Feb 19, 2020
    0
    Am I getting too old to understand the gaming industry anymore? I've never seen a game with these many bugs... I guess it's OK...
  56. seprot
    Feb 19, 2020
    0
    Devs spend last money on streamers to build hype and released this bugged mess. Lack of itemisation - unique/legendary items hardly different from any other items, tons of bugs - half of passive tree just doesnt work, some stats doesnt work, bugs that was reported in alpha still here. Devs are good in only one thing - cash grabbing
  57. 21grams
    Feb 19, 2020
    3
    DO NOT BELIEVE HIGH SCORE REVIEWS!

    This game literally feels like early alpha build - and I'm completely ignoring the server fiasco on launch weeked - because bad stuff occasionally happens. The problem is, this is untested buggy and unbalanced mess of a game and I'm assuring you - NOBODY TESTED ANYTHING! Many of the keystone passive on the tree do not work at all, some build    DO NOT BELIEVE HIGH SCORE REVIEWS!

    This game literally feels like early alpha build - and I'm completely ignoring the server fiasco on launch weeked - because bad stuff occasionally happens.

    The problem is, this is untested buggy and unbalanced mess of a game and I'm assuring you - NOBODY TESTED ANYTHING!

    Many of the keystone passive on the tree do not work at all, some build archetypes do not scale into end-game at all, notably ALL SPELLS. Yes, spells are not viable for endgame at all no matter how you build them, because you'll be doing like 1/20th of the damage that certain melee or pistol builds can do.

    There are literally two build scaling methods that actually scale into endgame, so unless you are using very specific mechanics in your build - your build will 100% suck.

    I strongly recommend waiting couple of months till (perhaps) they fix it, or you'll be pulling your hair out of your head from things not working, not scaling, bugs and other problems. IT IS NOT A FINISHED PRODUCT, not even close.

    This game has potential and it has some fun ideas, but everything that comes down to mechanics and numbers behind it is one big pile of utter untested garbage. STAY AWAY FROM IT FOR NOW!

    I'm giving 3 points purely for cool ideas they had for it, otherwise it would be straight up 0/10. I played nearly every single diablo-like aRPG: Diablo 1, 2, 3, Torchlight 1, 2, Sacred 1, 2, all Van Helsing games, Path of Exile - and this one is singlehandedly the most unbalanced game with broken and not functioning mechanics I've experienced in any game of this genre in 20+ years, by miles.

    And looking at how their early access went, with whole honesty I very much doubt they are competent and willing enough to ever fix it. It honestly seems like complete blatant cash grab - they'll pretend patching the game for few weeks while there are still some sales going, then they'll just wash of their hands and abandon it - because that's what dirty devs do. I'm not 100% sures, but they did everything in their power to make such impression.

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    tl;dr Broken, buggy and unbalanced mess - 3/10 just for few cool ideas - AVOID unless they fix it.

    PS: you can check my other reviews - this is not some throwaway account to brigade on a game!!!    … Expand
  58. peetleouf
    Feb 19, 2020
    1
    I'm sorry but a game that's been in early access for 4 years can't be in this state on day 1.
    It's a shame ! lag, bug, launch problems...
    I'm going to wait a long time before restarting this game...
  59. Rhhh808
    Feb 18, 2020
    3
    Game is unplayable and buggy. I think it has a lot of potential but as of right now do not buy
  60. UKite
    Feb 18, 2020
    2
    This game is still a mess. It is not optimized and runs like garbage. Furthermore, servers are unstable and devs got nothing but excuses (apparently, it is our fault that we want to play the game). Skills are not balanced and the game in general is full of bugs.

    Avoid. But in a year when it's $15 and has more content.
  61. darmzv
    Feb 18, 2020
    0
    Avoid like the plague, this game is not fit to be released, it is in a beta state right now, most of the game is broken, including passive tree's, items, various stash/end game bugs, the developers are among the worst ive ever encountered and it has shown to me how bad games can be with greedy developers, this has been in beta for 4 years and this is the outcome they have produced... aAvoid like the plague, this game is not fit to be released, it is in a beta state right now, most of the game is broken, including passive tree's, items, various stash/end game bugs, the developers are among the worst ive ever encountered and it has shown to me how bad games can be with greedy developers, this has been in beta for 4 years and this is the outcome they have produced... a unplayable game, with servers that rarely work, no transparancy with the community from devs, seems like a total cash grab to me, wasted my money, asked steam for a refund!… Expand
  62. helltux
    Feb 18, 2020
    0
    This should not be a release, but a Beta 2 with no ETA to release.
    - Bugs going from people not being able to click on portals to progress the story to progression being reset
    - If you use a certain end game structure your game will crash and you will not be able to connect to servers until they fix it (NO ETA right now, lots of people cannot play the game, unless offline without friends    This should not be a release, but a Beta 2 with no ETA to release.
    - Bugs going from people not being able to click on portals to progress the story to progression being reset
    - If you use a certain end game structure your game will crash and you will not be able to connect to servers until they fix it (NO ETA right now, lots of people cannot play the game, unless offline without friends since there's no local LAN coop)
    - Bugs in online play like money, item duplication, Magic Find stacking...
    - Unfinished and buggy animations
    - Tool tips with tons of English errors also not providing any information on what it does
    - Tons of passive nodes and skill do not work, others a way over tuned. You can have 100% damage mitigation (Be invulnerable) and some passives scale up your damage 100x than the others because of a programmer typo (Wrote 50 instead of 0,5). No plans to fix it, everyone is abusing it. Only 1 or 2 builds can actually do the endgame
    - Online stash keep missing. They had to rollback the servers (3 days without servers right after launch) but the bug is still happening
    - Endgame progression getting reset sometimes
    - Hitboxes for some mobs are really bugged

    This is just a list from the top of my head. If you check their discord and the official reddit r/wolcen you can see the terrible release this was.    … Expand
  63. Gorula
    Feb 18, 2020
    0
    The game is a sad clone, play the original game aka Path of Exile.
    Cloning the visual style of Warhammer fantasy, make a brainless mashup of PoE and D3 systems, in an already dead engine, hype it, profit.
  64. marschiee
    Feb 18, 2020
    0
    Wolcen is a game that has NO identity of its own, let me proove that to you.

    -artstyle/atmosphere: from Warhammer 40K. Check the Wolcen homepage then some Warhammer 40K art and youcan see that they basically just ripped that game straight off. -in game flaskmgmt: Ripped off from Path of Exile -passivetree: Ripped off from Path of Exile -Skills/modifiers: Basically a version on    Wolcen is a game that has NO identity of its own, let me proove that to you.

    -artstyle/atmosphere: from Warhammer 40K. Check the Wolcen homepage then some Warhammer 40K art and youcan see that they basically just ripped that game straight off.
    -in game flaskmgmt: Ripped off from Path of Exile
    -passivetree: Ripped off from Path of Exile
    -Skills/modifiers: Basically a version on Active/Support skills in Path of Exile.

    I couldn't play more than two hours before I got bored. Seen everything before. And coupled with the worthless voice acting, animations and overall tame pg13 aestethics it should've been a refund but I'm too late. I waited for them to fix the online mode so I could try it with my friends but it came too late.

    Don't buy this game if you are serious about your art.    … Expand
  65. Jamezuh
    Feb 17, 2020
    2
    So I won't give this game a 0, because it really does have some shining moments.

    On the positive side, the game is beautiful. The models are nice, the environments are nice. The skill customization and passive tree are both very promising and I think if this game adds content in the way that something like Path of Exile does, it will be a good game. On the negative side - holy cow    So I won't give this game a 0, because it really does have some shining moments.

    On the positive side, the game is beautiful. The models are nice, the environments are nice. The skill customization and passive tree are both very promising and I think if this game adds content in the way that something like Path of Exile does, it will be a good game.

    On the negative side - holy cow what an absolute dumpster fire this game turned out to be at launch. I will rewrite my review in the future if things change. This game was RUSHED out of beta with what was clearly ZERO testing internally outside of the beta tested items.

    The game is OOZING bugs. There are bugs that cause your stash items to disappear, your dyes and transmogs to disapear, bugs that were known in beta that let people dupe items and gold (that the devs have now threatened to ban for), half the passive tree literally doesn't work, ailments are broken (besides rend), there are nodes on the passive tree that give 100x the bonus they are supposed to, the server was down for literally 2 days after less than a day at launch, monsters dont spawn in act 3 half the time and if they do they just stand still, side zones requiring you to kill monsters but not enough spawn to get the rewards, spells do not scale into endgame at all, the game feels clunky, input commands aren't registered, potions do not get used half the time you try and use them, the game wont let you rearrange your items sometimes, it takes several clicks to sell an item sometimes, the stat screen gets completely bugged out sometimes, the list is JUST TOO long.

    Do not buy this dumpster fire AT LEAST until the devs have done their job and release an actual playable release version.    … Expand
  66. Attackfinch
    Feb 17, 2020
    0
    3 days after purchasing the game I was finally able to play for around 20 minutes. Came back to the servers down again and had enough. Clearly this game was not ready for launch, may come back once the game is playable.
  67. Mobius77
    Feb 17, 2020
    0
    So many years of development and such garbage in the end.
    About the launch of the game has already been written, it sucks.
    The developers were not even able to properly implement the ideas they stole from other RPG games, although there was plenty of time for this. Extremely small number of skills, just ridiculous. It gets boring very quickly. There is no endgame. Legendary items don't    So many years of development and such garbage in the end.
    About the launch of the game has already been written, it sucks.
    The developers were not even able to properly implement the ideas they stole from other RPG games, although there was plenty of time for this.
    Extremely small number of skills, just ridiculous. It gets boring very quickly. There is no endgame. Legendary items don't have anything unique, except higher stats.
    Separately, I want to say about the animation...they are at the level of the elder scrolls 3: Morrowind.
    There were a lot of promises, but in the end we get a product that costs no more than $ 5.    … Expand
  68. LocutusvonBorg
    Feb 17, 2020
    4
    Full of bugs, graphics not as good as it could be for cry engine, the storyline is horrible. I played the betas and i am hugly disappointed by this game. It has been released way too early. The story isnt even finished, that release is a work-in-progress.

    The game also suffers from logic errors in the storyline, i were asking myself a lot of times "why are you doing this, it is so    Full of bugs, graphics not as good as it could be for cry engine, the storyline is horrible. I played the betas and i am hugly disappointed by this game. It has been released way too early. The story isnt even finished, that release is a work-in-progress.

    The game also suffers from logic errors in the storyline, i were asking myself a lot of times "why are you doing this, it is so obvious that ...". And this took the devs 4 years.

    But, the game it is now wasnt developed 4 years, two maybe, but definitly not four. The game had some transitions in its past. First from open world to more linear levels and then, there is the skill-system, which had a bunch of iterations and with each it got closer and closer to diablo 3. The reason i wanted the game back in the days was, that it is NOT diablo 3. Now i have a mix of diablo 3 and path of exile and not even a good one.
    The reason for that, they tried to be as flexible as a path of exile, the downside is, they werent able to proper balance it. People do have problems with certain bosses, because of their builds. The user have no feedback, if their chosen build is any good or not. There are also the skills, the whole skill-system feels like being stoped after 80% is done. There are some details that would greatly improve the gameplay. For example seeing the level of the skills without clicking on each and every one of them, or if you choose the "+10% average damage" modifier, it realy is being increased by 10% and not just two like in my case, because they do some fancy math there, which the user cant see. Also provide more information, if something increases the helth of a summon... how much is the increase ? There are a bunch of modifiers, that have no real explanation what are the changes in numbers, not even after you have chosen them, you cant see it.

    All things considered, i had high hopes, got hughly disappointed and the game is far behind of what it could have been.
    They need to fix all those bugs, the plot stoppers where you have to restart the game in order to go on, fix the plot holes where its just not logical, finish he work done on the skills and the passive tree.

    Another year would have been a good idea, this release was way to early and now we are all beta testers.    … Expand
  69. Dubsys
    Feb 16, 2020
    2
    Wolcen is actually pretty good, just needs to work on communication, build, boss mechanics, endgame progression, economy, skill tree, loot system, promises, game quality, community managment, bug fixes, doors, loot pick up, frame drops, getting better than d3, Poe, Grim Dawn, and about a dozen mobile games.
  70. Superjkfried
    Feb 16, 2020
    0
    Could've been a great release but it released with so many game breaking bugs and online mode not working. Game crashes, progress resets, duplicating items and gold, memory leaks, characters and saves getting deleted, invulnerable enemies, item stats not working, the list goes on.

    Developers pushing back fixes and delaying patches while posting excuses and things like "We didn't expect    Could've been a great release but it released with so many game breaking bugs and online mode not working. Game crashes, progress resets, duplicating items and gold, memory leaks, characters and saves getting deleted, invulnerable enemies, item stats not working, the list goes on.

    Developers pushing back fixes and delaying patches while posting excuses and things like "We didn't expect the game to be this popular" shows how much faith in their game and planning they had.

    In short, the game is very buggy, broken, untested and unbalanced and is unacceptable for a game developed for 7 years and released in 2020.    … Expand
  71. BradsUserName
    Feb 16, 2020
    0
    This game ruined my President's Day Weekend. Massive amount of bug makes online play impossible. I will never be able to celebrate presidents day and not have horrific memories of disappointment that the creators of Wolcen could not get the servers and database working. If i could given a review lower then 0 I would.
  72. Jmababa
    Feb 16, 2020
    0
    Too many Issues I'll name 5:
    1. Getting stuck somewhere
    2. Offline is still online
    3. Ranger has no good crowd control build
    4. server Issues
    5. some projects are useless but need to do to unlock more
  73. Annecy1345
    Feb 16, 2020
    0
    Disaster too many bugs kinks server issues and stealing money on epic failed game
  74. susasusa
    Feb 16, 2020
    0
    Zero forever FU Devs for a bad game too many bugs, server issues and more Issues even with projects
  75. motorista100
    Feb 16, 2020
    0
    Wolcen is a bad game never buy this too many Issues bugs sderver Issues and just ate a **** ton of my SSD space
  76. ladny
    Feb 16, 2020
    0
    3 dni po premierze a serwery dalej stoją. Kpiną jest to iż wiedzieli że gra nie działa a podnieśli cenę z 107 zł na 140 zł!
  77. Serentino
    Feb 16, 2020
    2
    A well deserved 2 out of 10 thanks to the non-working online for 3 (!) days after release.
    Incompetence should not be tolerated.
  78. Rynaras
    Feb 16, 2020
    3
    Overall the game has a couple great ideas, for example being class-less and building your own skill and talent trees to fit your playstyle.
    The lategame grind is a little hardcore and does feel like work, because you drop to many items and have to check them all to spot improvements etc.
    Graphics are quite decent. The description on talents and skills are atrocious for example 3 talents    Overall the game has a couple great ideas, for example being class-less and building your own skill and talent trees to fit your playstyle.
    The lategame grind is a little hardcore and does feel like work, because you drop to many items and have to check them all to spot improvements etc.
    Graphics are quite decent.
    The description on talents and skills are atrocious for example 3 talents each give 20%+ force field,
    so you would assume you either get force field x 1.6 or you get force field x 1.2 x 1.2 x1.2,
    wrong you someone how out at force field x 1,42, i Have yet to figure out the math fail behind that.
    A lot of other skills and talents have descriptions that leave you to wonder about the actually math behind them.

    And not related to the gameplay:
    they screwed up beyond reason .... 7 years of development, open alpha, open beta, delay their release in the last minute for 2 weeks, release happens and the servers die for 2 days with no solution or fix in sight. Not to mention the single player has almost all the bugs that were fixed in the beta version. I believe the game will be working in time, but taking 7 years of work with open alpha and beta, only to release it in this state is a hard flaw to overcome.    … Expand
  79. mettriol150
    Feb 16, 2020
    0
    Full of visual bugs, unbalanced spells, bad hardware management and servers offline alltime...
  80. Gecko382
    Feb 16, 2020
    0
    Worst game launch I've ever experienced in 15 years of gaming. I haven't even gotten in yet and I'm discouraged to even play it now.
  81. Fiotours
    Feb 16, 2020
    1
    I really wanted to like this game and maybe I will play it in the future, IF they can repair the enormous amount of problems they have but i don't have any hope anymore after 2 days Server down, a lot of minor bugs and some really major gamebreaking ones.
    Sure some people did not have such issues or maybe denying their existence. But i guess most of the players have it.
    And the worst is    I really wanted to like this game and maybe I will play it in the future, IF they can repair the enormous amount of problems they have but i don't have any hope anymore after 2 days Server down, a lot of minor bugs and some really major gamebreaking ones.
    Sure some people did not have such issues or maybe denying their existence. But i guess most of the players have it.
    And the worst is all the copy/paste excuses like every other developer who f.... up their games/releases.

    Playing the offline-mode is not an option, it is the same buggy mess. Even worse, because u can easy lose ur progress/characters and other stuff and it is not how i want to play this game. I bought it because of playing with Friends. At this state i can't recommend, instead i warn u to buy it at the moment. Wait some months, and if the game still Exits then u might take another look in to it.    … Expand
  82. Veristeron
    Feb 16, 2020
    0
    This game has potential to become truly amazing title. Sadly - not yet. Decision to move from early access to release was rushed. From day one, game is not stable, small annoying bugs are turning pleasant gameplay into little nightmare. And if somebody wants to play online... they're not able to, as servers are either tripping and not letting people in, or there's nearly two dayThis game has potential to become truly amazing title. Sadly - not yet. Decision to move from early access to release was rushed. From day one, game is not stable, small annoying bugs are turning pleasant gameplay into little nightmare. And if somebody wants to play online... they're not able to, as servers are either tripping and not letting people in, or there's nearly two day maintenance. It would be better if this title stood in early access to become what it could. Right now it's only a shadow of what it could have been. Quite annoying shadow.

    Worth revisiting in sometime if devs won't drop the ball like they're doing right now. But right now it's best to stay away.    … Expand
  83. benjaminpascu
    Feb 16, 2020
    1
    Had a lot of potential, but right now its a disaster.

    Too many bugs (duping, MF abuse ruining the economy etc.) and not to mention the DISASTROUS MULTIPLAYER. I have been trying to come online for 3-4 hours in total before coming in, and due to this, steam has been unable to refund this game, because too much play time.

    G **** G, well played, now you steal my money on this failed game.
  84. zweibusen
    Feb 15, 2020
    0
    a lot of bugs and server downtime. the start is a mess. the publisher should take more time to fix their game.
  85. Rumbl
    Feb 15, 2020
    2
    Really buggy, servers crashing and unoptimised game. Prepare for unexplained lag even though your latency may be great, prepare for frame drops during combat and game almost becomes unplayable when exploring a large map. This finished product also took 6 years - this game should have stayed in beta for another 2 years.
  86. Arbtek
    Feb 15, 2020
    3
    Im Grunde ein gutes Spiel ala Diablo, Path of Exile und Co. viele neue Ideen und tolle Grafik. ABER: Aktuell kein online-Matchmaking möglich, Charakter items verschwinden über Nacht, regelmäßige Abstürze beim Gebietswechsel, usw. Wolcen ist leider eher im Alpha-Stadium, wie fertig programmiert.
  87. OnidasAlagoas
    Feb 15, 2020
    2
    Excuses at alpha, excuses at beta, excuses at launch.

    "But Diablo 3 had these same server issues at launch" - Yeah? And where is Diablo now? Take a visit at the discussion forum, you will notice that 1/3 of its posts are bug repporters. I can't recommend it, the game seems incomplete. They promised 5 acts but they only released 3. One day from release and I still can't connect to    Excuses at alpha, excuses at beta, excuses at launch.

    "But Diablo 3 had these same server issues at launch"
    - Yeah? And where is Diablo now?

    Take a visit at the discussion forum, you will notice that 1/3 of its posts are bug repporters.

    I can't recommend it, the game seems incomplete. They promised 5 acts but they only released 3. One day from release and I still can't connect to the game servers, having to play it offline, this is a general problem the community is having without any prevision of fixing it. This wouldn't be such a big problem if I had ways to transfer my offline char to the online later, but you can't do it and me and the ones playing offline at the moment will have to start again once they fix their servers.

    Even tho caster and melee combat is very dynamic, pets/minions are dumb and die in every encounter.
    The ammount of skills that you can equip is very limiting (only 5 keyboard and 2 mouse buttons). If I could I would post pictures comparing it to other arpgs. You can't even equip an aura, activate it and them unequip to free up space for another skill, since it will be deactivated instantly.

    Lore and story are lacking, there are no lore notes/audio. The game is too linear, there aren't any side quests and the char talks by himself in dialogs, leaving no place for immersion or connection to the npcs; this brings the question: What is the point of creating and customizing character appearance in the char creation menu since he has its own voice and personality, and even if you create an old warlock/wizard, he will still sound like a cynical and sarcastic young man?    … Expand
  88. Sarimae
    Feb 15, 2020
    0
    Game unplayable since Launch.
    Either, you play offline and risk losing any progress, or you play online...
    BWAHA...no...no online yet. Bigga problems. But its only a 7 year development....
  89. AshmakerTV
    Feb 15, 2020
    0
    I really cant even comprehend how people can say this game is a good ARPG.

    ARPG's are my favorite genre and I have played almost every single one. I've put thousands of hours into Diablo 2 and 3, over 10000 hours into PoE, I've played Grim Dawn, Titan Quest, Torchlight 1/2 and Sacred. I have a ton of experience playing these games. Wolcen is by far the worst. Its disguised in great    I really cant even comprehend how people can say this game is a good ARPG.

    ARPG's are my favorite genre and I have played almost every single one. I've put thousands of hours into Diablo 2 and 3, over 10000 hours into PoE, I've played Grim Dawn, Titan Quest, Torchlight 1/2 and Sacred. I have a ton of experience playing these games.

    Wolcen is by far the worst. Its disguised in great looking graphics courtesy of CryEngine (every cryengine game looks great). But the combat is the worst I have ever played. The resource system interrupts the flow of combat, no animation canceling locks you into attacks/casts which is extremely bad for these fast paced games. Melee namelock skills are trash often causing you to whiff monsters entirely because they have moved by the time you swing.

    Its mind boggling how people think this game is anything but trash.    … Expand
  90. neffu
    Feb 15, 2020
    0
    While most online games suffer problems at launch, Wolcen takes the cake.
    The game is a never ending story of game creation bugs, progression wiping, in game bugs and maintenance that get extended and extended. Even if typically games do get a rough start, this one is the roughest start i have seen so far. Completely unplayable online for DAYS. And even in singleplayer it seems its bugged    While most online games suffer problems at launch, Wolcen takes the cake.
    The game is a never ending story of game creation bugs, progression wiping, in game bugs and maintenance that get extended and extended. Even if typically games do get a rough start, this one is the roughest start i have seen so far. Completely unplayable online for DAYS. And even in singleplayer it seems its bugged like hell.
    What is unfortunate is that it seems players are expected to be forgiving, which pushes each next developer to drop the ball even more.    … Expand
  91. Ayrtiom
    Feb 15, 2020
    1
    The game is good but unplayable. Servers down ( or have issues ) since release. Offline is bugged, a lot of people have the bug "Quit the game and your character is deleted". So it's a kind of scam for now.
  92. Marvik
    Feb 15, 2020
    1
    Beta continues (
    Absolutely not optimized and buggy game.
    6 years of development, you laugh!?!?! ((((
  93. David775456
    Feb 15, 2020
    0
    Solid 0 for an unskilled team. The price is too high (35€) for a bugged game, probably never tested.
  94. Ultrahoolgamer
    Feb 15, 2020
    1
    People talk here about Day 1 problems with servers. Folks, day one is over and they have still a lot of server problems. Story is okay but not "wow". There are some game breaking bugs!!! and i didnt start talking about the balance!!! Melee Skills totaly OP, Spellcaster a bad joke and Summoners inexistent (Pets with no KI). Lets be honest, the Game has potential but atm its a pain in the ass.
  95. dr0nzer
    Feb 15, 2020
    4
    The game itself looks very promising and very polished and you can tell the labor of love the project has been, story seems strong, talent, skills, weapons and gameplay look solid, definitely worth a look if you're in the market for an ARPG.
    The low score is attributed to a disastrous full release launch, with very large periods of downtime and service "maintenance" coupled with server    The game itself looks very promising and very polished and you can tell the labor of love the project has been, story seems strong, talent, skills, weapons and gameplay look solid, definitely worth a look if you're in the market for an ARPG.
    The low score is attributed to a disastrous full release launch, with very large periods of downtime and service "maintenance" coupled with server instability which is unacceptable for a fully released title, you pay your fee, you expect to be able to use the product. No studio or company, irrespective of the size and scale gets a pass on this.
    Buy with severe caution! if you're on the fence, stay on the fence for a few more months and if your interest is still there, perhaps jump in then.    … Expand
  96. itchyBum
    Feb 14, 2020
    2
    While this game seems to have a lot of potential it also has some issues. The pros are that the games graphics are good and the game is different enough and similar enough to some of the classic RPGS to be interesting.
    The cons however are the bugs. Hit boxes don't appear to work sometimes. The game crashes occassionally. The game graphics seems to bog sometimes. Online mode has been    While this game seems to have a lot of potential it also has some issues. The pros are that the games graphics are good and the game is different enough and similar enough to some of the classic RPGS to be interesting.
    The cons however are the bugs. Hit boxes don't appear to work sometimes. The game crashes occassionally. The game graphics seems to bog sometimes. Online mode has been mostly down since launch.
    The offline mode is playable however the characters in offline mode are separate from online mode characters which are the one you want to play with multiplayer and are not interchangable. From what I've seen (in act 2 presently) of the gameplay and the leveling/gear systems the game has to offer, it does promise to be of better value than it's presently rendering. However, until they resolve some of the issues the game is in a frustrating place for users. Particularly not being able to log online.
    It's because of this and not enough experience with the game yet that I give a score of 2/10 and not a 7-9/10. Although I think it may be capable of a 7-9/10.
    No game is a 10/10 in my opinion. That's perfect and no game is perfect.    … Expand
  97. DonoTruth
    Feb 14, 2020
    1
    The game has been down more than its been up since launch day on the 13th Feb. It has crashed on me a couple of times, but not being able to log into an online server is more frustrating. It went down sometime around dinner time today (was supposed to be down for about an hour) and at 12:30am it was still down. How anyone could give a rating of 10 to a game they couldn't have played moreThe game has been down more than its been up since launch day on the 13th Feb. It has crashed on me a couple of times, but not being able to log into an online server is more frustrating. It went down sometime around dinner time today (was supposed to be down for about an hour) and at 12:30am it was still down. How anyone could give a rating of 10 to a game they couldn't have played more than a couple of hours is disingenuous or dubious. If the game was flawless and was terrific ok.
    The company posted that their server(s) were being overwhelmed and thus the down times but that doesn't ring true to me. Any company would know that they would get hit with high traffic upon launch and if they were diligent and professional they would be prepared. Especially since this excuse has been used countless times in the past. It feels like they aren't being entirely truthful.
    Now I'm willing to accept that there may be some unforseen bugs that need to be worked out. Little things here and there that they diligently work to resolve. But until they are resolved no game is a 10/10. Not being able to log on for virtually 2 days is not a little bug. It's a massive turd.    … Expand
  98. DonD
    Feb 14, 2020
    1
    So far I haven't had much luck with logging into online mode. I got a message while I was playing in the text box that there would be a hotfix and there may be some logging issues for about an hour. That was about 5 hours ago and still getting a message saying server down for maintenance.
    I'm not sure why people would be giving the game 10s out of 10 since the game is having issues.    So far I haven't had much luck with logging into online mode. I got a message while I was playing in the text box that there would be a hotfix and there may be some logging issues for about an hour. That was about 5 hours ago and still getting a message saying server down for maintenance.
    I'm not sure why people would be giving the game 10s out of 10 since the game is having issues. My game crashed twice while playing in the short time the games been up, and it allowed me to send a trouble report which I did. A 10 should be for a perfect no issue game that's fantastic. This game doesn't fall into this category yet. IF they weren't having such horrendous problems with people logging on I might give it a 7 so far but that would be after only playing a bit into act2. If they fix the server issue in a timely fashion I will change my review score.    … Expand
  99. Axl_roads
    Feb 14, 2020
    0
    I would wait a month or two before purchasing.

    To start with, login issues due to yet another dev underestimating server demand on release. People excuse this because it "happens all the time" - I feel like that's even more reason for it to be unacceptable. It shouldn't be a surprise. Then there is the poor decision making by the devs. I was playing fine this morning, then they    I would wait a month or two before purchasing.

    To start with, login issues due to yet another dev underestimating server demand on release. People excuse this because it "happens all the time" - I feel like that's even more reason for it to be unacceptable. It shouldn't be a surprise.

    Then there is the poor decision making by the devs. I was playing fine this morning, then they announced a hotfix being applied. Apparently this was to fix some minor crashing issues.

    Well this hotfix broke a lot of peoples' stash, totally wiped them, and caused some character data to be rolled back/lost.

    So they then took the servers down, on the second day of release, to investigate why they're not-really-super-necessary minor hotfix broke everything.

    Offline play is available, but pointless as characters are stored locally, so no progress can be transferred to online play. So if you don't have any friends, or weren't planning on grouping with strangers, then sure, you can play. Otherwise, game is quite LITERALLY unplayable.    … Expand
  100. ZZrotas
    Feb 14, 2020
    0
    Log In Servers: Broken. Gameplay Servers: Broken. Enemy Hit boxs: Broken. Save files: Broken. Plenty more issues including not being able to rebind left click too move a staple for ARPGs. Oh and no Hardcore mode though with the servers being a broken mess there would be no point to risking it.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 25
  3. Negative: 2 out of 25
  1. GameSkinny
    Apr 10, 2020
    50
    There may never have been so promising a game so completely destroyed by launch bugs as Wolcen.
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  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Apr 8, 2020
    62
    Extraordinary beauty (and extraordinary bugginess) aside, Wolcen is a run-of-the-mill ARPG that takes "inspiration" from every popular game in the genre and mixes it with its own questionable know-how. [Issue#244, p.64]
  3. Multiplayer.it
    Mar 30, 2020
    60
    Some good ideas but with a price too high and with too many limits.
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