Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem

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5.6

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  1. 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
  2. Seba1812
    Feb 13, 2020
    10
    Game is receiving bad reviews because of issues with servers on the launch day (due to the massive users concurrence). This happened even to Diablo 3 and not represent the quality of the game.
    I could appreciate Act 1 in the early access and the game looks really promising.
    I set a 10 to bring a little bit of balance here...
  3. Artslet
    Feb 29, 2020
    5
    The game is good and has potential. But story is made with hurry, and the game has a lot of bugs (mostly passives not working) and is not really balanced. Maybe in some months goes better
  4. SRKNZ
    Apr 17, 2020
    4
    Wolcen Lords of Mayhem is cast in a similar vein to Diablo. On the plus side its game play is enjoyable, its interface sensible and mostly easy to use. The environments are varied, colourful and well rendered and the enemies including boss creatures, creative and interesting. Cut scenes are well done too and generously sprinkled through the game.

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

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

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

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

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

    As it stands 4/10.    … Expand
  5. RingK
    Feb 21, 2020
    4
    The problem are not the servers on launch day, the problem is that this game os sold as finished while it's clearly in a pre-beta stage. In offline, you can finish the game and be level 90 changing an entry in a .ini file... Why do that you may ask? Because, randomly, your progress can be erased and you'll be sent back to act 1 opening cutscene. In online, game breaking bugs (infiniteThe problem are not the servers on launch day, the problem is that this game os sold as finished while it's clearly in a pre-beta stage. In offline, you can finish the game and be level 90 changing an entry in a .ini file... Why do that you may ask? Because, randomly, your progress can be erased and you'll be sent back to act 1 opening cutscene. In online, game breaking bugs (infinite money, 1000000k % magic find, no tecture, disappearing stash content, duplicate items and so on) are not being fixed and bug abuser are not being banned. 35€ for this? No thanks. My only explanation is that they launched the game before the new seasons of D3 and PoE to gather some money, but they did know to have a broken game in their hands. Very sad, it had a good potential.… Expand
  6. N3ar
    Mar 16, 2020
    7
    Well, although i really enjoyed the game, it still has a long way to go, in my opinion this game wasn't ready for a full release, it came out buggy and a bit broken, and it lacks a bit of content, nut don't get me wrong, the game has some content, just not as much as it should in a full release, and you'll feel that specially when you're in the late game, that's where things start to getWell, although i really enjoyed the game, it still has a long way to go, in my opinion this game wasn't ready for a full release, it came out buggy and a bit broken, and it lacks a bit of content, nut don't get me wrong, the game has some content, just not as much as it should in a full release, and you'll feel that specially when you're in the late game, that's where things start to get repetitive. Ok, now let's talk about what made like the game despite the thing I've said here, the game has a solid gameplay, great sound design, and a skill tree mechanic that is outstanding, the liberty that the game gives you to create your builds is amazing, you can make characters from a simple warrior to a gunslinger mage, one of the best mechanics in this game is that there's no class! yes, you can choose what your first weapon and ability will be, but that does not limit you in which kind of weapon/armor/skills you can have, the story of the game (although it's not finished) is intriguing and interesting, and last but not least the visuals, the game uses the "Cryengine" (as the name suggests, the same one as crysys), which gives Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem the best ARPG graphics I've ever seen (at least until Diablo IV is out).… Expand
  7. Der12te
    Feb 22, 2020
    3
    Nothing woks. Solo Play boring.
    Online Play doesnt Work.
    Game Crashes in Soloplay ever hour 10 times.
  8. 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.
  9. Kaindred
    Feb 23, 2020
    3
    Shameful display. This rushed, unbelievably bugged game shouldn't be released as it is of today, especially not for the price they are asking. I tried to enjoy this game but it is impossible due to wooden game-play and bugs. There wasn't a 5 minute period that I didn't glitch in some way but the my patience reached it's limit when I joined my friend who was further down the story-line.Shameful display. This rushed, unbelievably bugged game shouldn't be released as it is of today, especially not for the price they are asking. I tried to enjoy this game but it is impossible due to wooden game-play and bugs. There wasn't a 5 minute period that I didn't glitch in some way but the my patience reached it's limit when I joined my friend who was further down the story-line. When we finished playing, my own progress was gone and I am stuck with low level at the point that my friend finished. There are many cases like this.
    Interface is so bare-bones that it hurts, no quality of life solutions, everything in this game screams that it is unfinished, rushed and that the devs stopped caring and just poorly copy-pasted ideas form other, similar games. This game is so frustrating to play that me and my friends have uninstalled and hidden this game in our libraries.
    This is well below average and took care to note the names of the developers so I don't buy anything from them in the future.
    Don't bother with this title. Get Grim Dawn or POE, which are much worth Your time.
    People who give this title 10/10 or something more than 5/10 must be so used to getting screwed by the developers that they don't even notice anymore. Stop paying for unfinished garbage like this game!    … Expand
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. Raslu
    Feb 21, 2020
    0
    Bugs and all other things aside, I really wanted to like this game since I'm starving for Diablo 4... But no thank you. The first big boss fight was a huge disappointment.. Seems you need to max your character before attempting it or you might burst an artery. I could bang it out and attempt another 20 times...if only the controls felt better and you actually played a class with properBugs and all other things aside, I really wanted to like this game since I'm starving for Diablo 4... But no thank you. The first big boss fight was a huge disappointment.. Seems you need to max your character before attempting it or you might burst an artery. I could bang it out and attempt another 20 times...if only the controls felt better and you actually played a class with proper abilities. RNG ****… Expand
  13. Kinatsu
    Mar 7, 2020
    4
    They created a good way for "customization" that solved many problems of Diablo 3. I really enjoy the CC-based game where all skills applies some debuff and you can play with this locking runes or using the talent tree, but the game is broken, i mean, a lot of talent and runes just doesn't work, we have a few viable builds for late game and the dev team are working on bugs that makes theThey created a good way for "customization" that solved many problems of Diablo 3. I really enjoy the CC-based game where all skills applies some debuff and you can play with this locking runes or using the talent tree, but the game is broken, i mean, a lot of talent and runes just doesn't work, we have a few viable builds for late game and the dev team are working on bugs that makes the game unplayable for many players first. Since they said they would release a patch every week, we won't see this game balanced and optimized for at least 3 years, and wait all this time without new content because the devs are fixing their own game is sad.… Expand
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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.
  18. 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
  19. 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.
  20. 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
  21. Matsudo
    Feb 26, 2020
    3
    If we ignore the rocky launch and all of the current bugs, then Wolcen is a game that initially presents itself really well. The graphics look nice, the campaign was enjoyable, the combat feels relatively smooth and on the face of it the game seems to have a decent amount of depth.

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

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

    In the end Wolcen just doesn't compare to the established ARPG titles and would require a fundamental overhaul if it was to compete with the PoE and Diablo franchises. With all the bugs, exploits, inconsistent terminology and unfinished online-play, it feels like Wolcen in its current state is at best a very mediocre ARPG that should still be in alpha.    … Expand
  22. moggsor
    Feb 23, 2020
    2
    I would not recommend this game... YET...

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

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

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

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

    The game is nice and all, i can see it become super good in a couple of patches, but dont buy it yet...    … Expand
  23. 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.
  24. horgrimm
    Feb 26, 2020
    4
    Here are few points I'd like to make about this game, and being taken to the cleaners for the $42.99 purchase price on Steam:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Also consider that there are multiple negative reports on the Better Business Bureau's website for Valve, and their shady business practices for which they've never replied (did not expect this). You can see that here: https://www.bbb.org/us/wa/bellevue/profile/online-gaming/valve-corporation-1296-27030704/details#all-alerts    … Expand
  25. Sephrinx
    Feb 14, 2020
    5
    The game has a lot of potential, however in its current state it's just a total mess.

    The skills, abilities, and combat is incredibly imbalanced. The final boss of the first act I can face tank with a 2h warrior class spamming 2 abilities and destroy him, and on the other hand he 1 shots my mage and I deal no damage at all. There aren't enough "unique" or fun skill modifiers for    The game has a lot of potential, however in its current state it's just a total mess.

    The skills, abilities, and combat is incredibly imbalanced. The final boss of the first act I can face tank with a 2h warrior class spamming 2 abilities and destroy him, and on the other hand he 1 shots my mage and I deal no damage at all.

    There aren't enough "unique" or fun skill modifiers for skills and abilities, and a large portion of the passive skill tree is basic and boring. They have a lot of work to do, I look forward to 2 years from now when this game is worth picking up and playing, but currently it's not worth 40 bucks. 15? Maybe.

    It's super buggy and I'm constantly running into weird issues.    … Expand
  26. 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.
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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...
  30. ZZrotas
    Feb 14, 2020
    0
    Log In Servers: Broken. Gameplay Servers: Broken. Enemy Hit boxs: Broken. Save files: Broken. Plenty more issues including not being able to rebind left click too move a staple for ARPGs. Oh and no Hardcore mode though with the servers being a broken mess there would be no point to risking it.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

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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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