Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem

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5.6

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  1. Dariz4
    Feb 21, 2020
    8
    A great game with a lot of loot and independent character creation and building. However could not give a higher score due to the multiple bugs experienced but I am sure that Wolcen Studios are working very hard to iron them out.
  2. Alexion
    Feb 21, 2020
    10
    In my opinion Wolcen is the best ARPG on the market. It has some issues yet - but i'm sure everything will be fixed soon. Server issues are solved already - which caused the other half of the negative reviews about the game.
    Wolcen has 3 irresistible qualities: Graphics, audio, combat - The perfection of these 3 elements are what makes me patient about the further bugsolving because i    In my opinion Wolcen is the best ARPG on the market. It has some issues yet - but i'm sure everything will be fixed soon. Server issues are solved already - which caused the other half of the negative reviews about the game.
    Wolcen has 3 irresistible qualities: Graphics, audio, combat - The perfection of these 3 elements are what makes me patient about the further bugsolving because i hardly can mention any other game which visuals would be so amazing as Wolcen's. Maybe there are a few games, but they are in other game-genres. In terms of ARPG Wolcen is the most beautiful with its incredible landscapes, weather effects, and special effects in battle, and every visual aspect of the game is wonderful.
    The sound effects in battle are striking - making your attacks almost palpable together with the animations of the enemy as they are hit - some player-mob positioning should be specified yet - but the battles are very satisfying and successfully build the feeling of "I want it again".
    Other strong aspect of the game is the music, which is a masterfully composed orchestral flow with smooth transition between the pieces. Epic soundtrack with heroic parts when nice tunes are played, and with beating parts with strong drums for the darker battles. So the 8 hour orchestral soundtrack is very diverse, and contains excepcionally beautiful parts, and exceptionally thrilling parts. The music is so great that i would listen to it forever, and together with the incredible graphics the immersion is irresistible.
    On forums there are players who suggest to go back to GD or PoE or DIII, but before that, i suggest to everybody to give Wolcen a try. Because after Wolcen all the mentioned ARPGs will look expired monochrome-interlaced VGA games with cirip sounds.    … Expand
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. Spicys
    Feb 20, 2020
    10
    Perfect! Je parle francais flemme.. bon alors ce jeu est tout simplement parfait pour débuter le genre.. flemme de farmer a la PoE 1200h pour avoir un stuff convenable
  6. Norvel
    Feb 20, 2020
    10
    the game is very fun, but little buggy.
    He's beautifull
    The story is good
  7. 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
  8. Matumach
    Feb 20, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the game is excellent, it has some bugs, but the devs are working ... I love this game… Expand
  9. ravenblade
    Feb 20, 2020
    6
    You can't fault the developers for trying but you can't shake off the feeling either that it's been an over-sized project for a too small of a team. The result has been a severe cut-down of features,that couldn't have been realized anyway given the limited resources,which were seemingly being replaced with boilerplate ARPG features instead. Between systems that barely seem to meshYou can't fault the developers for trying but you can't shake off the feeling either that it's been an over-sized project for a too small of a team. The result has been a severe cut-down of features,that couldn't have been realized anyway given the limited resources,which were seemingly being replaced with boilerplate ARPG features instead. Between systems that barely seem to mesh together, noticeable bugs and a host of other gameplay issues especially in regards of balancing and skill functionality, you'll find a visually nicely crafted game that often gives you a feeling of déjà-vu in terms of gameplay and is held together by a continuously character-narrated story that didn't really capture me. However ARPG storylines are traditionally railroads to the final boss. I'm not sure whether any developer would like to see an "Okay" seal of approval for their work but it's sadly just that: an okay game especially once issues have been ironed out.… Expand
  10. 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
  11. Seju34750
    Feb 20, 2020
    9
    Very good ARPG, Game need more hotfix, you just need to wait a moment. team are very reactive so be patient and have fun ! Thx wolcen for this beautifull game !
  12. Hokijo
    Feb 20, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The online mode had huge issue at the release of the game (5000 pre order, the studio rent server for 10 000 users but got +/-130k users the first day of the release, so server down), but you have so much to learn about builds !
    Every run is fine, I'm not a big hack'n slash player but this feel right: elite or boss that you can find in your run can OS you even if you are tank with a shield and this force to dodge to follow the strat, and to me it's a good mechanics, you have to stop rolling your face on the keyboard if you want to survive, plus you have only 3 rez per run.
    The end game content is huge, you'll have to upgrade your town to unlock reforge, item upgrade, and other.
    The skull tree is huge if you like to theory craft you would love it !
    For 30€ it's na amazing game, the next story update is in 4 months, 1 new act and maybe HM mode.    … Expand
  13. LinkThePast
    Feb 20, 2020
    0
    Lag, rollback, Server authentification fail, Full of bugs (Enemy Hit boxs for exemple)
    I'm very disappointed.
  14. Dubeau
    Feb 19, 2020
    5
    Wolcen has some qualities. Nice graphics. The voice overs are good and the music too. The game plays like a Diablo clone, except it's less smoother in terms of animations. Most of the loot serves for money. The upgrade system seems fine but you hardly see it in the game. At least it's very hard to tell the difference. That game has bugs in it. And the saving system is horrible. You won'tWolcen has some qualities. Nice graphics. The voice overs are good and the music too. The game plays like a Diablo clone, except it's less smoother in terms of animations. Most of the loot serves for money. The upgrade system seems fine but you hardly see it in the game. At least it's very hard to tell the difference. That game has bugs in it. And the saving system is horrible. You won't see it in the first chapter, but at the beginning of chapter 2, the autosave is just atrocious and obligates you to start long stretch of the game. Since there is no load/save system it really feels like the thing is broken. Not hard, broken. I give it 52%. I play offline because of their server problems, and even then, I couldn't play beyond chapter 1 ending, because of bugs and the saving system.… Expand
  15. 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
  16. 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...
  17. sovereignsfall7
    Feb 19, 2020
    5
    Should’ve never been released in the state that it was. Has some potential but it’s been squandered with terrible online functionality and lack of polish overall
  18. HellReid
    Feb 19, 2020
    8
    I liked the game, but I have to change my review about it to negative? Why? Yes, because I and a very large number of players can not play online because You can not, like any other Studio, quickly respond to problems and solve them, whether it's hotfixes or some other solutions to problems. Right now, hundreds of players can't play online, and you're like, " we know about the problem, theI liked the game, but I have to change my review about it to negative? Why? Yes, because I and a very large number of players can not play online because You can not, like any other Studio, quickly respond to problems and solve them, whether it's hotfixes or some other solutions to problems. Right now, hundreds of players can't play online, and you're like, " we know about the problem, the hotfix is ready, we'll install it this week, we can only install the hotfix once a week." 1-and When this 1 times in week Vasya from neighboring villages us will tell, whether you all same? 2-what the **** only 1 time? How many projects I know at the start-Yes, there are always a lot of bugs, problems with servers, etc., but the first month the studios work as demons and release 2-3 fixes a day, bugs are fixed almost on the fly. I'm almost 3nd day in the game go, and a lot of people - as well. Why? Because someone isn't doing their job. I do not mind the 1st fix in a week, you can even 1st fix in a month - but only when everything works well, but not when the fix came out, played 1 day, ran into a bug and all, you can not play the game until the fix comes out in a week.
    Until the situation with the quality of the game is corrected, there will be a crappy review. Everyone who reads me-please also give this game a crappy review. I hope temporarily.    … Expand
  19. paxecko
    Feb 19, 2020
    9
    2080ti / I9700

    Game has excellent gameplay, beautiful graphics, interesting story and a decent narrative. I really like how it gives you the freedom to play any style you want without being too overwhelming (looking at you PoE). To me, it is the right balance between Diablo and PoE. There are problems though, it is still a little buggy; music goes off sometimes after a big fight and    2080ti / I9700

    Game has excellent gameplay, beautiful graphics, interesting story and a decent narrative.
    I really like how it gives you the freedom to play any style you want without being too overwhelming (looking at you PoE). To me, it is the right balance between Diablo and PoE.

    There are problems though, it is still a little buggy; music goes off sometimes after a big fight and I had issues logging in once. No frame drops so far or any lag at all.
    I'd normally give it an 8 due to these minor issues but since this is their first game and they seem to be paying a lot of attention to fixes and community concerns, I'm giving it a 9 with promises of a 10 if they start patching what needs to be fixed    … Expand
  20. 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
  21. Monolithik
    Feb 19, 2020
    5
    People that give this game a 10 are fanboys of the small indie studio that made this game. It is why I supported the game, too, but they are not being helpful by giving this game a 10. It was released too early. It is broken. It is not finished. They released the game because they ran out of money and are using the hyped release revenue to fix and finish the game. Maybe in a fewPeople that give this game a 10 are fanboys of the small indie studio that made this game. It is why I supported the game, too, but they are not being helpful by giving this game a 10. It was released too early. It is broken. It is not finished. They released the game because they ran out of money and are using the hyped release revenue to fix and finish the game. Maybe in a few months this will be a great game.

    The game is 80% Diablo 3 (they even copied a very iconic boss fight...), and 20% Path of Exile.

    CONS: UI is broken. You can't quickly sell items in your inventory, because if you click too fast, the system does not register your mouse click. Certain actions like interacting with a vendor, and then hovering over an item in your inventory will not bring up the item's info window. You have to sort of click somewhere in your inventory screen in order for the system to activate it, and then the info window will pop up when you hover over an item. You cannot rapidly click through your skills when fighting either. And if you button spam, it will cast and cancel the spell you were trying to use. There is no item trading with your friends, no way to combine gems, no smart loot type of system, Party member could not travel with me to a side quest because his screen did not have the icon (staircase).

    PROS: Looks great. Skill tree is great.    … Expand
  22. Endrance
    Feb 19, 2020
    6
    Gameplay: 8
    The gameplay feels rather smooth and there are a reasonable amount of build archetypes that makes theorycrafting complex enough to be enjoyable, but not so complex that one is lost without extensive guides. So if you compare it to PoE and D3 (which are the two games most people know), it's somewhere in the middle in terms of complexity.
    For my taste the mob density is still    Gameplay: 8
    The gameplay feels rather smooth and there are a reasonable amount of build archetypes that makes theorycrafting complex enough to be enjoyable, but not so complex that one is lost without extensive guides. So if you compare it to PoE and D3 (which are the two games most people know), it's somewhere in the middle in terms of complexity.
    For my taste the mob density is still too low after release and the game feels kind of slow as a result (and because of long cooldowns and generally slow movement), which is a -2 points in gameplay for me.
    If gameplay is all you care about, this game might be worth looking into for you.

    Story: 3
    If you've played MMOARPGs before, this feels pretty much exactly as shallow and generic. If I could just skip the story altogether, I'd do it.

    Music: 5
    I usually play with my own music on anyway, but to me the Wolcen soundtrack doesn't create an atmosphere that fits the areas very well. It's not terrible by any means, but I'd rather play with it off.

    Graphics: 6
    I personally don't like most of the level designs, although objectively speaking the game looks pretty solid. Probably a tad better than PoE and D3, but that shouldn't be too hard considering those games are both pretty old. Graphics are personal preference for the most part anyway and I can totally see if some people would give it an 8 here.

    I purposely took the server issues aside, as the game was playable offline. I also didn't include all the bugs in this review, as most of those tend to be fixed within the first week.
    Overall I don't think the game is worth it's price tag in it's current state. It has potential (other than the storymode) to become one of the big games of the genre, but right now I'd place it somewhere on low average. I'd give it a 5.5, but am rounding it up to a 6.
    Again though, if gameplay is all/most you care about it might be worth trying.    … Expand
  23. Deadbus
    Feb 19, 2020
    7
    This is good action rpg once authors deal with all the problems and bugs. What I'm worried about is endgame since itemization seems linear and dull - only thing that changes is numbers in front of item affixes.... no unique abilities on items sadly. Story is mediocre at best I've found myself quickly just skipping entire cutscenes and dialogues with npcs.... other than that game hasThis is good action rpg once authors deal with all the problems and bugs. What I'm worried about is endgame since itemization seems linear and dull - only thing that changes is numbers in front of item affixes.... no unique abilities on items sadly. Story is mediocre at best I've found myself quickly just skipping entire cutscenes and dialogues with npcs.... other than that game has beautiful graphics, passive skills tree seems entertaining enough to take a while to figure everything out and if multiplayer will work as intended this will be fun game for quite a while.… Expand
  24. 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
  25. Feroxious
    Feb 19, 2020
    10
    There is a multiplayer problems and few bugs, but we must understand that this is a small indie group of developers that realesed a better diabloid game than blizzard after diablo 2 LOD :) so a little bit patience. We must give a chance to developers :)
  26. 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...
  27. Mlohavi
    Feb 18, 2020
    10
    Guys have some patiance. Game is good overall. Devs just didnt expect 150k people to play their game at the same time.
  28. Tanabor
    Feb 18, 2020
    10
    At the beginning the servers were down, but now they fixed it and it runs very well. Until now, i did not have any issues. Great game. Almost as good as Diablo
  29. 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
  30. 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.
  31. Farbrorhumla
    Feb 14, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok game but If you compared Diablo 2 this game is trash what’s wrong with People today wake up.… Expand
  32. LogicalSceptic
    Feb 18, 2020
    5
    The longer you play this game the worse it gets,bugs just keep piling up .
    I understand that it's a small team and I want to empathize but for a game that's been in development for like 7 years (?) Holy Crap!
    It looks good,sure! but it feels so clunky to play. Seems like most of the time/budget was spent making it look nice and not making it work and feel good. Even in offline mode    The longer you play this game the worse it gets,bugs just keep piling up .
    I understand that it's a small team and I want to empathize but for a game that's been in development for like 7 years (?) Holy Crap!

    It looks good,sure! but it feels so clunky to play.

    Seems like most of the time/budget was spent making it look nice and not making it work and feel good. Even in offline mode It feels like you're on 1000ms! You cant animation cancel in this game btw,so you press a button and are stuck doing that thing and cant do anything until that action finishes and everything has this weird casting/charge up time that just adds to the clunk!

    Can't bind " move only " to a mouse button in 2020? HUH!
    Have to hold alt to see loot and click 50 times to pickup items in 2020!!?? HUH??

    All the apologists keep comparing it to other games on release and making excuses -my GOD! as soon as you get past act 1 you start noticing all the bugs.

    Playing online ? Blink twice and your stash might vanish and sometimes it might not come back :/ or complete a certain part of the endgame and your game just outright breaks.

    Its insane!

    If at bare minimum you could load up the game and just make some builds and kill some monsters it would be maybe okay...but 90% of the passive tree doesn't work (like passives do nothing at all-no effect) so whats the point?

    It has potential to be a game you can enjoy on the side when bored of other games. A bit better itemization and potential build diversity (due to the mini PoE-like passive tree ) than d3 and a hybrid endgame(sort of) from d3/poe. Enough to keep you engaged longer than d3.
    It still needs quite a bit of work before it can be recommended....

    There is a semblance of a game here but it's greatly overshadowed by the issues surrounding it.    … Expand
  33. astrL
    Feb 18, 2020
    8
    This indy game would be a master piece into the Hn'slash landscape.

    Some polish is still needed but wow for this price... donno other game with this quality.
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. Xemnuz
    Feb 18, 2020
    6
    The most similar game of another I have ever seen (other than shooters), but that's good for me. I love Diablo 3 and this is 80% similar, seriously the same game, mobs and bosses with different combat abilities. The luanch was hella messy but it has absolutely no effect of the score I give the game as it now is stable and playable. I have now gotten to end-content and my first worries hasThe most similar game of another I have ever seen (other than shooters), but that's good for me. I love Diablo 3 and this is 80% similar, seriously the same game, mobs and bosses with different combat abilities. The luanch was hella messy but it has absolutely no effect of the score I give the game as it now is stable and playable. I have now gotten to end-content and my first worries has come, I don't see there being much to do in the end game. To be honest, Diablo 3 is such a perfect game in the sense for the type of game it is that it's close to impossible to compete with it. You can throw a thousand hours at it and there are still things to do. The best comparison I can give is Greedfall and Dragon Age Inquisition. DAI is almost untopable (for what type of game it is) GF tried and did a good job, as did Wolcen - but it's not nearly as good, same for D3 and W-LoM. 6.5 / 10… Expand
  37. 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.
  38. OsbornYu
    Feb 18, 2020
    10
    I really like this game. I think it has great potential and I look forward to its development. Next, please optimize and fix the errors. Good games are worth our wait, I hope players can give more tolerance and patience.
  39. 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
  40. BullPower
    Feb 18, 2020
    10
    So far so good. Im having fun playing and thats what matters the most. All thy crybabies complaining about servers at launch day lmao. The game has the great potential after some polish for sure !
  41. Syrona7
    Feb 17, 2020
    7
    Game: FUN
    Bugs: MANY
    Online servers: TRASH. NOT PLAYABLE IN THE EVENING.
    Ready for release: NO
  42. saurabh1312
    Feb 17, 2020
    10
    I don't understand why launch server downtime should affect the permanent rating given to a game. The servers are up now and the game is simply excellent.

    Wolcen has raised the bar for all hack and slash ARPGs. It has better story, gameplay, graphics and sound quality than Diablo 3, Path of Exile 1 and Grim Dawn. I am having this much fun after a long time.
  43. 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
  44. Kedanza
    Feb 17, 2020
    8
    It's fun, it has good loot, a lot of build possibilities and customization and the graphics are amazing. Despite the Bugs the Game has on release, we had a lot fun playing the campaign and still have fun in the Endgame. Not a must buy, but it is worth the 40$ and your time.
  45. 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.
  46. Mercyow
    Feb 17, 2020
    10
    great game .dont believe these bad reviews whining babies .all problems with servers have been solved and the game is great .
  47. ArthurDL
    Feb 17, 2020
    10
    I have followed Wolcen as a project very closely ever since the kickstarter campaign, and I'll be honest, It seemed so ambitious on paper and I had no idea if it would deliver what it was promised or not . Wolcen did indeed deliver as it turns out. It is a fantastic action RPG. It's gorgeous. The gameplay, the skills and the character progression is fantastic. The scenario is a bit tooI have followed Wolcen as a project very closely ever since the kickstarter campaign, and I'll be honest, It seemed so ambitious on paper and I had no idea if it would deliver what it was promised or not . Wolcen did indeed deliver as it turns out. It is a fantastic action RPG. It's gorgeous. The gameplay, the skills and the character progression is fantastic. The scenario is a bit too much at times, in that the scriptwriters want the universe to look so grand and deep, the dialogues become ridiculous instead, which is a shame. Also yes, there are some bugs, and there have been some server updates, but just like many other game launches of games produced by AAA companies. People would be astonished if they knew how small the project team was when they started compared to the team they have now, and the results they provided. This game is a real success story in the current video game industry landscape. Play it, and enjoy it.… Expand
  48. smw119
    Feb 17, 2020
    8
    I am having a great time with this game despite it's launch day issues.

    There are many bugs at launch. Online servers appear to be crumbling under the pressure, which is a problem that likely should have been figured out prior to launch. All of that said, I think this game does a lot to further the design of the modern ARPG. Graphics are impressive for an ARPG. Combat is aggressive    I am having a great time with this game despite it's launch day issues.

    There are many bugs at launch. Online servers appear to be crumbling under the pressure, which is a problem that likely should have been figured out prior to launch.

    All of that said, I think this game does a lot to further the design of the modern ARPG. Graphics are impressive for an ARPG. Combat is aggressive and cathartic. The resource management system is very satisfying to use. Here's hoping Wolcen Studio is able to get this game working well soon before enough people are turned off of this game to handicap the potential that this game has. I love the art direction and the mechanics and controls are very tight. I have had a decent experience with this game and I'm loving it so far. I can't blame anyone for giving this a lower score though since I can only say that the issues facing this game haven't affected me personally enough to tank my experience. I would recommend it to ARPG fans that would like something different. If the idea of bugs is off-putting to you, then I would wait a week or two for the issues to get patched out then jump on board.    … Expand
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. Drahamus
    Feb 16, 2020
    10
    I think it´s amazin and motivating. The Serverdowntimes on weekend sucked but it runs much better after that.
  52. 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.
  53. 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
  54. 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.
  55. 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
  56. Annecy1345
    Feb 16, 2020
    0
    Disaster too many bugs kinks server issues and stealing money on epic failed game
  57. susasusa
    Feb 16, 2020
    0
    Zero forever FU Devs for a bad game too many bugs, server issues and more Issues even with projects
  58. 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
  59. dafunkk
    Feb 16, 2020
    6
    Much like playing an open-world Ubisoft game and feeling like you've played it before. You have, more or less. Same old house, new coat of paint. A few truly good ideas to build upon, a solid engine (save a few remaining but certainly fixable bugs...)-- it's simply too familiar. If you've played any ARPG since the genre first grew to it's zenith, odds are you've played a game that'sMuch like playing an open-world Ubisoft game and feeling like you've played it before. You have, more or less. Same old house, new coat of paint. A few truly good ideas to build upon, a solid engine (save a few remaining but certainly fixable bugs...)-- it's simply too familiar. If you've played any ARPG since the genre first grew to it's zenith, odds are you've played a game that's eerily similar. Perhaps better, perhaps not. WLoH is absolutely something you'll find yourself extremely comfortable with from the first moment. If that fires you up, fire away. If you're looking for someone to truly reiterate on the genre, you'll find yourself wanting.… Expand
  60. 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!
  61. Wyvernjack
    Feb 16, 2020
    10
    The game itself is great. It plays just as you'd expect it. They have some nice quality of life traits such as cosmetic gallery and the talent wheel's can be spun around to creature unique builds. The negative reviews are based mostly around online servers not working at launch. People are review bombing the game because the servers had issues on launch, but 65k of us are still enjoyingThe game itself is great. It plays just as you'd expect it. They have some nice quality of life traits such as cosmetic gallery and the talent wheel's can be spun around to creature unique builds. The negative reviews are based mostly around online servers not working at launch. People are review bombing the game because the servers had issues on launch, but 65k of us are still enjoying the game offline.… Expand
  62. 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.
  63. Narrowave
    Feb 16, 2020
    10
    This game is very promising. Too bad people slow down because they Fanny play for 3 days...
  64. 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
  65. mettriol150
    Feb 16, 2020
    0
    Full of visual bugs, unbalanced spells, bad hardware management and servers offline alltime...
  66. 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.
  67. 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
  68. 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
  69. 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.
  70. ItemME
    Feb 16, 2020
    10
    For everyone putting a 0 because servers are offline, and are comparing this to Blizzard's launch, you have literally no idea how things are working. Go play offline if you're that impatient, this isn't a mmorpg. You desperately want to play with your friends? Give them time, we're not talking about a few hundreds of players, we're talking about literally around 100k players trying toFor everyone putting a 0 because servers are offline, and are comparing this to Blizzard's launch, you have literally no idea how things are working. Go play offline if you're that impatient, this isn't a mmorpg. You desperately want to play with your friends? Give them time, we're not talking about a few hundreds of players, we're talking about literally around 100k players trying to login. This is a small studio, they don't have unlimited funds, they don't have tons of engineers, you really need to chill out and see things the way they are; this is an indie game, not a AAA from a insane company, so just gotta be patient and support the devs. Game is stunning, it has insane content for a day one. You guys are short on memory, it tooks years to PoE to reach that much people at the same time online, D3 launch was a pure mess as well.… Expand
  71. StoneCZE
    Feb 16, 2020
    10
    Currently the best ARPG game, also better than current Diablo3 version. Although there are lunch release problems still, everyone are able to play due to implemented offline mode. Online will be fixed soon. But the game itself is having the best game mechanisms, content and beautiful graphics
  72. Dreag
    Feb 16, 2020
    10
    Jeu prommeteur, à ceux qui mettent 0 car c'est inadmissible de pas pouvoir jouer au jeu lors de la release: ya juste un mode offline :) de toutes façon votre premier perso sera sûrement raté alors familiarisez vous avec le jeu et ses mécaniques en offline pendant quelques jours nan ?
  73. vardrag1
    Feb 16, 2020
    10
    i managed to go to lvl 25 before i had server issues.
    Game is great, i'm having much fun.
  74. 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.
  75. Armaril
    Feb 15, 2020
    5
    This is the world's first offline online game, my respect for the innovative approach.
  76. 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.
  77. farside79
    Feb 15, 2020
    6
    The game looks and sounds amazing. The skills are just so so and still feel a bit clunky and slow and are not (imo) dynamic. Also way too many skills have loooong cool downs. I know they want this to be slower but the genre does not lend itself to slow game play. In any game where farming and grinding is paramount, speed will be the sought after goal. If the game prevents that due toThe game looks and sounds amazing. The skills are just so so and still feel a bit clunky and slow and are not (imo) dynamic. Also way too many skills have loooong cool downs. I know they want this to be slower but the genre does not lend itself to slow game play. In any game where farming and grinding is paramount, speed will be the sought after goal. If the game prevents that due to clunky mechanics, people will stop playing.

    The servers are a mess. I have been spamming offline pretty hard and am currently doing expeditions in the 80-85 level range. However, the rewards are terrible and level 40 gear is dropping in level 85 zones.

    I am already feeling slightly bored if being honest. When spamming expeditions it is the same 2-4 tile sets and same 2-4 mob types over and over and over again. This repetitive scenery will not lend itself well to longevity.    … Expand
  78. Geber
    Feb 15, 2020
    8
    Very good game. Excellent to be the first game of this indie game company. People who complain about online are impatient or retards, is the every first game of this company give them a break.
  79. 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.
  80. 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
  81. 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....
  82. 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
  83. 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
  84. Jerkerraner
    Feb 15, 2020
    10
    Love The game!
    When they fix The server issues which they are working Hard on, and can ginally fix bugs. This game Will become The next big arpg!
  85. 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.
  86. evilstorm007
    Feb 15, 2020
    8
    This is what Diablo 3 is meant to be! A Diablo game done right 8/10. it could've been 9/10 if not the server issues. But dude seriously you have offline mode just go and play offline while servers are down. For a 20$ (it's probably higher now) experience I bought during beta this game is just too awesome! I just hope Wolcen studios will continue to support the game and it will eventuallyThis is what Diablo 3 is meant to be! A Diablo game done right 8/10. it could've been 9/10 if not the server issues. But dude seriously you have offline mode just go and play offline while servers are down. For a 20$ (it's probably higher now) experience I bought during beta this game is just too awesome! I just hope Wolcen studios will continue to support the game and it will eventually becomes a new PoE success :D… Expand
  87. Vek134
    Feb 15, 2020
    10
    I have not enjoy arpg for a while, apart from the lunch crash that i was expecting, this game has already lot of feature that took year to implement in other game, the graphic are nice, i wish there were more cgi cutscene but the story telling is still really good, i hope the will had more content to keep playin relevent!
  88. scottdjones08
    Feb 15, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Calm down, yes server issues on launch, but the game is awesome! Many Triple A titles have launched with worse server errors.… Expand
  89. Marvik
    Feb 15, 2020
    1
    Beta continues (
    Absolutely not optimized and buggy game.
    6 years of development, you laugh!?!?! ((((
  90. Shiorequis
    Feb 15, 2020
    10
    Everyone forgotten what d3 was like at launch , this game is so much fun played 14.5 hrs so far ok some server issues .. you played wow on patch / expansion day .. development from a small studio doing a better job than activision, this ip has so much potential best arpg since d2 no hope for d4 or immortal, epic game looks stunning plays extremely well support this ip don’t feed the trollsEveryone forgotten what d3 was like at launch , this game is so much fun played 14.5 hrs so far ok some server issues .. you played wow on patch / expansion day .. development from a small studio doing a better job than activision, this ip has so much potential best arpg since d2 no hope for d4 or immortal, epic game looks stunning plays extremely well support this ip don’t feed the trolls who want to see the world burn , want to see an end to toxic community’s bring back the old school feeling in the games.… Expand
  91. David775456
    Feb 15, 2020
    0
    Solid 0 for an unskilled team. The price is too high (35€) for a bugged game, probably never tested.
  92. CoolStreamer
    Feb 15, 2020
    5
    Баланса нет - либо шотаешь ты, либо тебя, и это уже на сюжетке. Система аттрибутов бесполезна, по факту там только урон и жизни. Кривой таргетинг, неудобно подбирать лут, нет лутфильтра. Механика и сам геймплей скучные, боёвка медленная, локации пустые. Графика норм, но по дизайну уступает ближайшим конкурентам. Онлайн тоже бесполезен, ибо его нет, это просто кооп.
    По проработке геймплея    Баланса нет - либо шотаешь ты, либо тебя, и это уже на сюжетке. Система аттрибутов бесполезна, по факту там только урон и жизни. Кривой таргетинг, неудобно подбирать лут, нет лутфильтра. Механика и сам геймплей скучные, боёвка медленная, локации пустые. Графика норм, но по дизайну уступает ближайшим конкурентам. Онлайн тоже бесполезен, ибо его нет, это просто кооп.
    По проработке геймплея и баланса где-то на уровне между Торчлайтом и Д3. Диабло Грим Давн и уж тем более ПоЕ заметно "хардкорнее".

    Как итог, 5/10, где +2 балла только потому что за последние годы ничего крупного в подобном жанре не было. Тем, кто любит диаблоиды рекомендую подождать полгода-год и купить по скидке, к этому времени пофиксят баги и возможно что-то подкрутят.    … Expand
  93. 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.
  94. 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
  95. horhechaos
    Feb 15, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра нормальная. если не считать проблемы со стартом . у меня претензий пока нет. моя оценка 8 ( 9koff Games )… 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. Marigoldran
    Feb 14, 2020
    10
    Visually beautiful for an ARPG. One of the most unique mechanics that makes hybrid characters even better then min/max ones. There are negative reviews for the game only because it was so f-ing popular on Steam that it crashed the servers. Hit 90k players online concurrently, which is third place on Steam charts, behind GTA and COD. The developers simply weren't prepared for what aVisually beautiful for an ARPG. One of the most unique mechanics that makes hybrid characters even better then min/max ones. There are negative reviews for the game only because it was so f-ing popular on Steam that it crashed the servers. Hit 90k players online concurrently, which is third place on Steam charts, behind GTA and COD. The developers simply weren't prepared for what a smash hit the game was, hence the server issues.

    If you wanted a successor to Diablo 2 or Path of Exile, this game is it.    … Expand
  98. Tenshu
    Feb 14, 2020
    10
    Awesome arpg, dont listen to the spoiled kids crying about server issues. I
  99. 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
  100. 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
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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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