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.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

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  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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