World of Tanks

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3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2115 Ratings

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  1. The_D4RknesS
    Jul 1, 2022
    7
    this game should have a campaign mode hey I don't like online games ......
  2. Lelik_mc_kawai
    Jun 17, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ни рыба, ни мясо
    С 2010 года играю, вроде иногда получается а вроде нет, но развитие игры и щедрость разработчиков не знает границ    … Expand
  3. fangekar
    Jan 8, 2021
    6
    The main thing about this game ist the maps are the same without any creativ things and after 3 Rounds on the same map the battle are in the same spots on the map
    The positive aspect is the visuals and shapes of the tanks on hitoric baesd pictures and blueprints
  4. dinn
    Aug 5, 2020
    5
    На нижних уровнях игра начинается весело. Тебе немного фартит, почти все снаряды летят в цель и урон выше среднего. Но потом... ВБР (Великий Белорусский Рандом) отворачивается от тебя. Снаряды или уходят в землю, или гусеницу без урона. И лишь после этого можешь наконец-то пробить борт. Танки от 8-го до 10 уровня (кроме премов (танков за реальные деньги)) уходят по серебру (внутриигроваяНа нижних уровнях игра начинается весело. Тебе немного фартит, почти все снаряды летят в цель и урон выше среднего. Но потом... ВБР (Великий Белорусский Рандом) отворачивается от тебя. Снаряды или уходят в землю, или гусеницу без урона. И лишь после этого можешь наконец-то пробить борт. Танки от 8-го до 10 уровня (кроме премов (танков за реальные деньги)) уходят по серебру (внутриигровая валюта, которую ты получаешь после боя) в минус, поэтому, если не хочешь донатить в игру, играй на 7 уровнях. А тебя, например, на Льве (немецкий тт (тяжёлый танк) премиум танк 8-го уровня) с 400 метров постоянно попадают в командирскую башенку. Это я ещё не пишу о вездесущей арте (артиллерия), пт сау ( противотанковое самоходное орудие), которые не светятся в 75 метрах от тебя и голде (снаряд, который раньше продавался за золото, которое можно в основном получить только за реальные деньги), которая часто будет прошивать броню тт. Но всё же у меня в этой игре много хороших воспоминаний (играю с 2011 года). Там я завёл много хороших друзей и знакомых, с которыми до сих пор постоянно болтаю и гуляю. Также было много весёлых моментов. Например, в бою случайно заехал в дом, где враги никак не могли достать меня. И из-за этого бой закончился ничьёй. Я думаю у многих игроков в WoT есть хорошие воспоминания о ней и были у них такие же весёлые или тащерские моменты, как у меня. Поэтому у меня рука не поднимается поставить этой игре отрицательную оценку. В заключение, я хочу сказать вам: "Удачи на полях сражений! И прибудет с вами ВБР!"… Expand
  5. 1nvas1on
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    I enjoy most of the game. I dont like the pay2win premium tanks, the grind to the tech tree is painful when playing with a free account and sometimes you play and win just to lose credits....
    The RNG at time is terrible and doesnt feel random at all.
  6. SmallSalix
    May 22, 2020
    7
    Not a bad game overall.
    Many cool tanks in game,but sometimes playing this game is annoying.
    Unskilled players, SPGs, RNG may ruin your game experience.
  7. Leather_Moose
    Feb 1, 2020
    5
    still playing this game, dont ask me why. I still like it. The game mechanics are nice and unique, the updated graphics are good, the competitive aspect is decent. Problem is the developer, they build the game around "suffer" factor. Basically you suffer all the time and if you play well, you suffer less, if you pay for boosters and etc, you suffer less, you get the idea. Problem is youstill playing this game, dont ask me why. I still like it. The game mechanics are nice and unique, the updated graphics are good, the competitive aspect is decent. Problem is the developer, they build the game around "suffer" factor. Basically you suffer all the time and if you play well, you suffer less, if you pay for boosters and etc, you suffer less, you get the idea. Problem is you cannot play this game completely for free, the way economy is made, it kind of pushes/forces you to drop money on boosters and other things. Another problem are the tanks, older tanks (those that been in game for long time) end up being bad picks, noncompetitive, developers take year to buff them, because it doesnt makes them money, instead choose to release new tanks, so you grind and while grind, pay for boosters. The matchmaker is another story, is it alright in general, however developer uses it to manipulate you into spending money on boosters. So you see where it's all going, developers want your money, not making interesting, competitive game. I still play it because i like the mechanics and there no other games alike.… Expand
  8. mcmillan
    Jul 26, 2019
    5
    I am writing my first review on metacritics. (I use Google translator)
    What can I say about the game, I am a veteran of the game, I played around for 7 years and I can express what the game has serious disadvantages, and what to do with them.
    1. Arteleria or art. Arteleria was conceived as a class of support, but in the end everything did not go according to plan and now Arta can pull    I am writing my first review on metacritics. (I use Google translator)
    What can I say about the game, I am a veteran of the game, I played around for 7 years and I can express what the game has serious disadvantages, and what to do with them.
    1. Arteleria or art.
    Arteleria was conceived as a class of support, but in the end everything did not go according to plan and now Arta can pull out the lost game, especially at low levels (2-5).
    I propose to do the following, namely to reduce the damage and stun time, but to compensate for a better disguise.
    2. Pumping crew.
    A rather contradictory minus of the game is also why
    You will not have a light bulb then you lit up or not. In other games it is already from the beginning of the game, and in the same WoT Blitz there is a light bulb and you will not need to pump over the crew again or replant it. Also about the transfer of the crew, so that you do not swing the crew on the new tank again, then you have to transplant it, but in order to transplant it without loss you have to put a small amount of gold or put real money. I also forgot to say about the barracks, it’s still an extra charge for places so that your crew is somewhere.
    What I propose to do.
    I suggest that the developers make the crew system like in WoT Blitz it turned out to be more successful.    … Expand
  9. Tilt1k
    Jan 29, 2019
    7
    This game is definitely not free, but you just need to pay one-time to get to best possible tanks and have a lot of money. If you are wiling to pay 40 E just once like for any other new game then you are good to go. I dont know why a lot of people are crying just because they cant play totally free-to-play it isnt that much of investment are you all poor af or what? Still you cant have theThis game is definitely not free, but you just need to pay one-time to get to best possible tanks and have a lot of money. If you are wiling to pay 40 E just once like for any other new game then you are good to go. I dont know why a lot of people are crying just because they cant play totally free-to-play it isnt that much of investment are you all poor af or what? Still you cant have the best autoloaders and the matchmaking and gold ammo are kinda weird choices from Wargaming. Very fun to play with friends, had some great times while playing it. Brilliant end-game content and there is a lot of diversity to all the tanks and tank trees. You can spend your life in this game and still doesnt unlock everything. If they will fix the MM and repair gold ammunition to also have some downsides i will higher up the score for sure.

    And yeah it has absolutely worst players in any game i have ever seen. But thats not the problem of the game. Its problem of the people who doesnt have more than 10- brain cells.

    Also huge + is that updates actually make this game better, which is something most multiplayer games cant tell.

    Guys who say its P2W are those getting rekted i have never used a single gold ammo shot and i am doing much better than average player. So you are just a bunch of noobs = FACTS    … Expand
  10. JibbityTibbit
    May 16, 2018
    5
    this review wont be about the game, it will be about the things that i hate about it.

    i want to say that the matchmaking is extremely bad. you play against other tanks that are far stronger than you sometimes, and you might think that skill will let you win, but the stronger tanks have obviously more experience than you., so you are meeting stronger and more skilled players that you can    this review wont be about the game, it will be about the things that i hate about it.

    i want to say that the matchmaking is extremely bad. you play against other tanks that are far stronger than you sometimes, and you might think that skill will let you win, but the stronger tanks have obviously more experience than you., so you are meeting stronger and more skilled players that you can rarely beat in this game. but i have came around this bad feature by relying on my equally strong teammates to take out the strong enemies, but the game would be much more fun and less unfair if we where matched with the same tier. i know the problem is tweaked to be less annoying but its still here and its effect still annoys me.
    also the game is self aware that this is a bad thing and they of course solve it by money, there is something called "premium matchmaking" which only takes effect on premium tanks which are only bought by real money,
    what it does is it only matches your premium tank with others that are not 2 tiers above yours.
    and you might think that for example if you get a tier 5 m4 sherman, then you wouldnt have to worry about the tier 6 tanks anymore which where annoying when you only had tier 4 tanks to fight them with, but now you will meet tier 7 tanks which are also annoying. and when you get a tier 6 you will meet tier 8, this 2 tier above matchmaking will keep on going until you reach tier 9 and 10. (which are extremly hard to get because the progression is so slow even after tier 5.)

    i still enjoy playing this game and i hope they would listen, and fix this issue.    … Expand
  11. veter05111
    Nov 23, 2017
    5
    За последние несколько лет игру убили в дно. Например взять арту или ввод новых наций и убивание старых танков в том числе и прем танков
  12. Guinness
    Oct 18, 2017
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This review will be based on tips on how to enjoy this game (from beginners to advanced players..you will learn about the game and how to play it):

    - spend 3 USD, no more, just to buy enough gold to be able to demount equipment when moving it from tank to tank. This will save your 100's of thousands of silver. Those 3 USD will last you years, if you dont spend the gold on other things. (10 gold for demounting a piece of equipment)

    - Grind Russian Heavy line for most forgiving tanks and most fun (people will tell you that Russ mediums are the best, but those are designed to take your money indirectly through high repair and ammo costs until you get so frustrated that you start to spend real money on premium accounts)

    - Play only tier 5 and 6 tanks because those are the most fun and DO NOT cost credits to play. Tier 7 and 8 are horribly imbalanced, and tier 9 and 10 while very fun, will cost you money in the end. Tier 1-4 are crap-shoot and tend to feature over powered premiums, where skilled players "seal-clubbing" the new players. Just rush through T1-4 as fast as you can.

    - Dont pay for premium tanks...you can get those for free by doing missions each month. You can play those when you have free premium account to make a lot of credits.

    - Do not under any circumstances consider that this is realistic sim. For example, German epic WW2 tanks which dominated WW2 battlefields, are in this game often combating against tanks which are introduced years after WW2 and are far more superior in armor and guns.

    - Never buy Premium account. WOT will from time to time give you free premium access for few days. Use those days to grind tier 5 tanks, combined with personal multipliers (you get those for free when playing or during xmas season)

    - always play with experience multiplier enabled, even if you play only for half hr. Those will increase your exp points earned up to 100% significantly reducing your time to open the next piece of equipment or the next tier tank (again, you get those for free by simply playing)

    - And last the most important point: DO NOT give into "Win rate" nonsense. WOT benefits highly of trolls who somehow see themselves as special for having above avg win rate. This in turns makes people to think that they have to pay2win. In reality this is the most ridicules means to measure ones skill in the game, and it is completely meaningless, compared to K/D ratio or total damage, which is far more reflecting personal skill and what the other games use.

    Otherwise, tanks are really nicely modeled with lots of HD features. Maps will also get a face lift with HD features in the near future.

    Review is based on 9.20 version    … Expand
  13. destinyfan1
    Jun 19, 2017
    5
    This game is most of the time garbage and just boring, the only thing is that kept me playing is the amount of tanks in this game, i love wo2 tanks because i play alot wo2 games( seems obvious).
    But eventually you get so bored that you want to go to another free to play game.
    Only fun with friends ( even then occasionally boring ) If your the hardcorest of the hardcorest tank lover ,    This game is most of the time garbage and just boring, the only thing is that kept me playing is the amount of tanks in this game, i love wo2 tanks because i play alot wo2 games( seems obvious).
    But eventually you get so bored that you want to go to another free to play game.
    Only fun with friends ( even then occasionally boring )
    If your the hardcorest of the hardcorest tank lover , download this game , others go to warthunder.    … Expand
  14. GARYOSAVAN
    Jan 14, 2017
    5
    Top Tier (Tier 9-10) is a complete cancer exp and money earning level. Unrealistic vehicle behaviours, nearly need for speed game style with poor graphics arcade game. Gameplay logic is very simple, find a big bush or tree, ambush in there until you see an enemy vehicle, than fire and escape from there to an other bush. Thats all... :P
  15. dibduppalabupp
    Nov 26, 2016
    6
    Very good game, with a lot of tactics, but with a terrible match-making. Tanks are balanced, but teams are not. The match is already won, or lost, thanks to the horrible teams.
  16. Irrompibles
    Nov 8, 2015
    5
    I can recommend playing this game, as long as you understand and accept this:
    1) You have to play it like an Arcade. Log, run, shoot and die. Never care about points, about rankings or ladders, about team play. No more than 30 minutes each time. Will be fun.
    2) Modding is mandatory, not an option. Download aslains stuff. Basic features are missing in the barebone game. 3) Tiers. Not    I can recommend playing this game, as long as you understand and accept this:
    1) You have to play it like an Arcade. Log, run, shoot and die. Never care about points, about rankings or ladders, about team play. No more than 30 minutes each time. Will be fun.
    2) Modding is mandatory, not an option. Download aslains stuff. Basic features are missing in the barebone game.
    3) Tiers. Not only 1 to 4 are fun to play. As long as you are not matched against Tier 10 guys, will be fun. So... is useless going beyond Tier 7 stuff. The T10 guys are golden ammo, golden tank, golden cheat.
    4) NEVER give even 1 dollar, Euro to these guys. The way to play FUN is to play FREE. This game is the worst pay2win engine i ever met. It is said that they make 1.5 millon Euro .... a day!! Dont care of the golden ammo, you can kill those guys anyway.
    5) Type of tank: i prefer Arty, because i can hit even the biggest guys even if they have some cheats (sorry "paid things") activated. But antitank sniping is OK and also some heavies or Mid (mid are very difficult to play well). I am in the yankee branch: T29, T20, T67, M44 (22 sec recharge :P). Arty only care about recharge time, other things doesnt care in the "Arcade". Light tanks not for me. Scouting is not fun.
    6) Short tactics: Heavies go ahead and shot everything you see, only cover against Arty. Mids run fast , flank and shoot...and die. Antitank hide, snipe, hide again, snipe, they spot you , you die. Arty go "the place" to shoot. Get the biggest guys first, they are easier, they will hate you... is very fun to doom a golden boy!!!
    7) Community. Never care about login there, there are a loy of guys very angry because they pay real money and they get almost nothing. They will not help you, they cannot.

    In short: if you play like me is a nice 9. If you do not play Arcade like, is very frustrating, its a 1. Average: 5

    A word to my wargaming friends: if you design this way a game, its up to you.    … Expand
  17. FinDefaulted
    Jul 17, 2015
    7
    Lately I've gotten back to playing World of Tanks and I thought I'd share my thoughts about it.
    WoT is basically a very fun game to play. There are tons of ways to mod it more interesting (Arnold voice mod) and playing with friends makes it even better. The graphics are very good and the game physics work well. There are multiple different tank types to choose from and fun events    Lately I've gotten back to playing World of Tanks and I thought I'd share my thoughts about it.
    WoT is basically a very fun game to play. There are tons of ways to mod it more interesting (Arnold voice mod) and playing with friends makes it even better. The graphics are very good and the game physics work well. There are multiple different tank types to choose from and fun events happening from time to time.

    WoT has some big flaws though. It's one of those games where you need to grind. A lot. Buying premium will give you a boost in earned XP and money and isn't too expensive to consider when compared to other monthly subscription games, but it will still take forever to earn that XP for the next tank. Most of the times you either die really fast or don't do enough damage to the enemies to get any XP and that can be frustrating.

    There are also a lot of small annoying things, like only being able to sell x amount of tanks per day, changing your cannon will leave you with no ammo and while selling a tank you need to write down the price.

    I'd recommend downloading WoT as that game that you might play an hour or two every week when bored. More when playing with friends.    … Expand
  18. ametacritic
    Mar 13, 2015
    7
    This is a not a great game, nor a fair game. As others have said the matchmaking can make winning a match near impossible before the first shot is fired. However, I've been playing it for over a year and still get a kick out of it. I've never spent any money on this game, nor will I. And now that the E25 is not available neither should you, hate those things, satisfying to kill though.This is a not a great game, nor a fair game. As others have said the matchmaking can make winning a match near impossible before the first shot is fired. However, I've been playing it for over a year and still get a kick out of it. I've never spent any money on this game, nor will I. And now that the E25 is not available neither should you, hate those things, satisfying to kill though. Tier VI is the sweet spot, but fun can be had at any tier, just realize you'll have to deal with no win scenarios. Personally, based on the fun I've had with this game versus any other game in the last year it would get a 10. And I don't really play as Soviets or Axis, because who wants Hitler or Stalin as commanding officer, some great tanks though. But big picture, 7.5 is about right.… Expand
  19. Magnethead
    Jan 1, 2015
    6
    Well, last I reviewed this game, I gave it a 9. Unfortunately things have changed for me since then. The game has fun mechanics and the tanks really feel like they should much of the time. However, you reach the top tiers and it just grinds to a halt. It takes forever to get the next tank and several of the high tier models you need to play through are annoying. That may well mean that youWell, last I reviewed this game, I gave it a 9. Unfortunately things have changed for me since then. The game has fun mechanics and the tanks really feel like they should much of the time. However, you reach the top tiers and it just grinds to a halt. It takes forever to get the next tank and several of the high tier models you need to play through are annoying. That may well mean that you need to spend fifty hours of gameplay working a tank you hate just to get to the next one and that's not ok. You can pay your way out of it but on high tiers that easily means paying 50€ if not more to convert the XP you need. For one tank.

    When I drive my favourite tanks, I have fun, but getting on with the game from there isn't something I have the time or money to actually bother doing.    … Expand
  20. tormentor55
    Dec 1, 2014
    7
    You either love this game or hate it. This is a slower paced tactical, team oriented tank simulator. (This isn't call of duty with tanks)This game also has an emphasis on realism and grinding. Unlike Destiny (which forces you to grind through a **** randomly generated rigged loot system) this form of grinding is more "fair." In addition the actual tank battles are thrilling and the sheerYou either love this game or hate it. This is a slower paced tactical, team oriented tank simulator. (This isn't call of duty with tanks)This game also has an emphasis on realism and grinding. Unlike Destiny (which forces you to grind through a **** randomly generated rigged loot system) this form of grinding is more "fair." In addition the actual tank battles are thrilling and the sheer variety of tanks is astonishing (This goes beyond your typical WW2 game) allows for the lessening of the blow. Another thing to be aware of is the steep learning curve for some players as the game punishes you for taking a lone wolf approach, tackling an enemy head on without cover and missing shots. (This game HEAVILY EMPHASIZES ACCURACY.) In addition it is free to play so it won't hurt to try out the game.
    If none of what is mentioned appeals to you even a little bit you're probably not gonna like this game. (This game isn't meant for everyone and will take some patience to play.)    … Expand
  21. ivannritter
    Aug 14, 2014
    6
    (WoT veteran wright this to us)! Score 6. Mixed.
    If you look reality of this game, is free to install and download from internet..,but then..
    The developers makes this game before it relased 2.years ago,and did it smart...against you. the game has 10 tier stage tanks in technology three-for all nations about 70 vehicles. first 5 stage tanks are for free basicly other 5 your game    (WoT veteran wright this to us)! Score 6. Mixed.
    If you look reality of this game, is free to install and download from internet..,but then..
    The developers makes this game before it relased 2.years ago,and did it smart...against you.
    the game has 10 tier stage tanks in technology three-for all nations about 70 vehicles.
    first 5 stage tanks are for free basicly other 5 your game economy can't support you with silver
    the game has economy that does not support you with silver for rapair your destroyed tank in battle so current long story short,-you need to buy gold!the golden word., with real money.so you must constantly have premium account and atleast 1 premium tier VIII. tank..witch cost about 100$ to play this game against economy that is puts on russian way on you die or pay.
    in my personal opinion i dont like to play this game at all but a played a lot. for one reason that they going for, i like collect stuf special tanks we all natural like!we are human so they goes on that weak point.i like only their look of tanks and look of garage explosions and sound of real tanks you seek else where or you will be in circle of death.    … Expand
  22. bgath37
    Jul 26, 2014
    5
    About 95% of your time spent in World of Tanks will be grinding away to unlock your next tank, unless you want to invest your life's savings into one of many premium options to achieve an edge over your opponents. In addition to this obvious pay-to-win game structure, the game play itself can be insanely frustrating if you aren't very experienced. I can safely say that the community is oneAbout 95% of your time spent in World of Tanks will be grinding away to unlock your next tank, unless you want to invest your life's savings into one of many premium options to achieve an edge over your opponents. In addition to this obvious pay-to-win game structure, the game play itself can be insanely frustrating if you aren't very experienced. I can safely say that the community is one of the worst I have ever run into, and that the developers don't really seem to care about the opinions of the players at all.
    Additionally, be prepared to be branded as a trashy player by your teammates, as some among them will have installed XVM, which allows them to view your average win ratio. It is not uncommon to see an XVM user abandon the match before it even starts due to his mod predicting a low chance of his winning the match.

    Yet despite all this, I have (on occasion) really enjoyed myself playing World of Tanks, and not necessarily when I'm winning. Certain aspects of the game can be very rewarding, and the in-game models and terrain are surprisingly pretty. Some of the tanks, especially the Russian ones (I wonder why...) are especially fun to play, even for new players.

    Despite it's many (obvious) negatives, I can tentatively recommend World of Tanks. Just don't waste any money on it; trust me when I say, it is NOT worth it.    … Expand
  23. agentKmurph
    Jun 27, 2014
    5
    World of Tanks is one of those games that is novel and fun to play for a while but you quickly begin to ask yourself why you keep at it. Sure, driving history's most renowned tanks around and blowing things up is fun. The shooting system of the game is incredibly well done with believable gun dispersion and inclusion of details like the fact that armor effectiveness increases with angle.World of Tanks is one of those games that is novel and fun to play for a while but you quickly begin to ask yourself why you keep at it. Sure, driving history's most renowned tanks around and blowing things up is fun. The shooting system of the game is incredibly well done with believable gun dispersion and inclusion of details like the fact that armor effectiveness increases with angle. This allows for fun little tricks like angling the hull of your vehicle to turn ordinarily tough armor to invincible. Shot leading also factors in on moving targets and you had better stop or at least slow down to take a shot because there isn't any run and gun in this game. The tank armor models are also well-refined allowing for the little guy to pin the bullies up if he knows what he is doing.

    But that aside, the variation of the game is incredibly limited with its few game types and virtual lack of meta games. This isn't even mentioning the time requirement for each game which often is often lengthy with its hurry up and wait style of gameplay. This can be attributed to many factors but most of all (and sadly) the game's core mechanics like the ultra-long range mega-damage artillery, chance-based spotting rather than continual sight of targets, and camouflage system, all of which strongly encourage camping. That all i can actually stomach.

    What I principally took issue with was how World of Tanks seems to think its players want to spend literally months getting those big bully tanks. The level of grinding is game isn't even rivaled by World of Warcraft if that is believable. Managing your bankroll is also a huge chore which forces you to play tanks you would rather not just because they make money. Tanks also start in virtually unplayable configurations that leave you out the money for at least the first 50 or so games in it until you can upgrade them. Anything past the mid-level tanks will always leave you out the money which significantly saps the fun out of playing them. And good luck ever getting a max level tank. You'll be spending $50 minimum on the premium tanks to keep your expenses in the black and you'll have to drop out of school and/or quit work if you want to get one in under 6 months.

    Of course if you like that kind of slow progression and those extended management exercises, World of Tanks has plenty of that. What ultimately ferreted my resignation from its servers was the bugs, the glitches, and the downright unpolished, unfinished hackwork that was the game's patching system. Tanks get added on a such a regular basis its dizzying. You lose track of which one is which. Meanwhile, the matchmaker still makes no record of player ability resulting in many landslide games; one side of a map is heavily favored resulting in more forgone conclusions; and preexisting tanks fall into disuse because they are inappropriately tiered or because the new ones do everything better anyways.

    Furthermore I've had shots literally pass through tanks without incident; I've been hurled out of the map; I've had client crashes that cost me the game; and these all occurred with a frequency that makes counting inane. The most grievous of all the sins of this game though - the patcher didn't even work. Every time I downloaded a patch, it would corrupt my install and force me to redownload the entire 10 gb game - NOT OKAY!    … Expand
  24. ben_cool
    Jun 20, 2014
    5
    good game good graphics after 9.0 update!
    but match making should be fixed
    team mates are very bad out of 15 only 5 are cooperative rest all are noobs! and they dont even support or listen to you
    and pay to win
    match making is very bad most of times after match making gets fixed it will be better game
  25. Unurautare
    May 2, 2014
    5
    World of Tanks is a free first person/third person shooter with tanks, there are ways of paying for things to make it easier to advance, but the game can be played absolutely free, with lots of contests and festivities that will, or might, grant you "gold"(the most uses it gets is buying premium time, which gets you +50% more credits per battle and +50% crew experience, and buying garageWorld of Tanks is a free first person/third person shooter with tanks, there are ways of paying for things to make it easier to advance, but the game can be played absolutely free, with lots of contests and festivities that will, or might, grant you "gold"(the most uses it gets is buying premium time, which gets you +50% more credits per battle and +50% crew experience, and buying garage slots and barracks enlargements). The game involves many skills: having reflexes like in any other popular FPS game, but it also involves a lot more tactic and planning. I think of it as a combination of chess and a shooting game would be the best way to describe it. The game offers tanks from many nations ranging from the 1930s to about the 1960s, with some model of tanks being totally speculative. The nations you can play, so far, are Germany, the Soviet Union, China, Great Britain, Japan, the United States of America and France, with more to be added in the following updates (and I'll note a part that I dislike: Nazi Germany, which of course doesn't get the historical flag, even got a ban on wartime German heroes, unlike the Soviet Union with Joseph Stalin and communist symbols). You start the game with tier 1 tanks, and progressively move up the technology tree(s) until you get to tier 10, and despite the name, there aren't only tanks(which can be light, medium or heavy), but also Tank Destroyers and (mobile) Artillery, each with a different role and purpose. The gameplay can differ dramatically from nation to nation, sometimes from tier to tier. It's not a newbie friendly game as it usually takes thousand of battles to form your battle "instincts", as I stated earlier, it's equally important to know how and when to shoot as it is to know where and how to go, positioning in this game can be the most important thing, depending on the role of your tank and the positions of your allies and enemies. The standard battles are 15 vs. 15(the game allows you to platoon with up to two friends if you so wish), with no nation versus nation, the match making only taking account of the battle tier of your specific tank(supposedly), this can lead up to teams being made up of vary bad players vs. teams with very good players, which is frustrating for most people(from personal experience the match making will also have "periods" of giving the player only bad teams, and it also "punishes" players that play a lot by giving them bad teams at one point, with the reason of not letting them "farm" win percentages(which doesn't make any sense to me as it punishes people that play their game). There are also many other single modes, and team modes(company battles, similar to random battles in size, but with handpicked teams; team battles, 7 vs. 7(where you can win as much credits as having a tier 8 premium tank, if you win of course, it's also the battle mode which is used in professional tournaments), and for people that want to belong in clans there are Clan Wars, also similar to team battles, but with tier 10(unless you want to give your team a disadvantage), and with a world map in which you can conquer provinces for gold and possibly other benefits. One should keep in mind that this is a game, and it's made to be balanced, tanks won't die from one hit, they have hit points, and lots of other factors to advantage people that use their brain for tactics and strategy. Overall this game is just "decent", neither bad or very good, so I can't give it more than 7 because the balance of the tanks isn't perfect(there always are some beasts that dominate the battlefield or 1 vs.1 encounters, such as the T18 for tier 2, KV-1S and Hellcat for tier 6, IS-3 and AMX 50 100 for tier 8, E-75 and ST-I for tier 9, WT auf E-100 for tier 10 etc.), the graphics aren't remarkable, the game doesn't support multicore computers(it just runs with a single core), the game modes aren't that enticing, except for team battles(which has a limitation to tier 8 max., no tanks above are seen unless it's a rare bug/exploit), the fact that it's not based on skill leads to the "balancing" of the tanks be set upon the mediocre/awful play of most players, which also leads to the teams being always more or less imbalanced, and the more imbalanced, the more frustration it generates to most of the players, it does however offer an interesting gameplay, the opportunity to use the brain on more than just reflex-type reactions and allows players to drive iconic tanks such as the Panzer IV, M4 Sherman, Tiger 1, T-34, IS etc. and for professional players it does end up giving them nice earnings, yet the developers still need to find a way to make said tournaments be attractive for larger audiences to watch AND understand what goes on the field of battle.… Expand
  26. Kazek7
    Mar 10, 2014
    5
    Though the game has been improved over the patches and updates, The game is still severely lacking. Unless you spend the time to grind experience for the over priced max level gun, your tank is complete trash. The infamous Stock tank grind can be over with quickly, or it can carry on for an eternity. Wargaming doesn't listen to community feedback, and never will unless it means they earnThough the game has been improved over the patches and updates, The game is still severely lacking. Unless you spend the time to grind experience for the over priced max level gun, your tank is complete trash. The infamous Stock tank grind can be over with quickly, or it can carry on for an eternity. Wargaming doesn't listen to community feedback, and never will unless it means they earn some money. Almost every single map in this game is unbalanced, with one side having more advantage then the other side, Such as in Mines, Sacred Valley, Hidden village, etc, and often the maps are designed for one specific type of tank, leaving either Artillery, Tank destroyers, or Heavy tanks in the dust, as they serve no purpose, (Artillery on Himmelsdorf) (Heavy tanks on Malinovka) (Tank destroyers on Sand river).
    The main Problem with World of Tanks however, is the player base. You get many types of undesirable players, which there is no shortage of. You get the Ragers, The whiners, the Statistic Elitists, the butthurts, the annoying little children,the Dead player who orders players around like Field Marshal Rommel, The Bots, The wallet warriors, and the weekend players. All these players in one form or another ruin the atmosphere of the game, and take away any form of enjoyment. Often players will charge one side of the map, and die, leaving the surviving players to defend against the enemies (which usually outnumber them). With almost 5k battles, I can say this game is addicting, But if you don't spend money on it, it is a dull grind fest. Also I note the Russian tanks seem to have a Bias to them. This game is far from being historically accurate and the majority of the tanks in the game are from blueprints. Its a mediocre free game, But its better then a lot of the other crap we get for free games. Be prepared for frustration if you are planning on playing WOT.    … Expand
  27. Legato
    Jan 8, 2014
    7
    World of Tanks has much problems which need to be solved to become a really good game. Such problems as balance in matchmaking, graphics and server optimization, some gameplay moments. When all this problems will be solved, World of Tanks can become a perfect online game, not earlier.
  28. Daniel_Rocha
    Dec 29, 2013
    7
    Honestly I think this is one of the best F2P game out there. Good graphics, detailed tanks and very fun to play!
    Having said that I must add that it does not come without its problems. No game is perfect and WOT has a serious problem that comes from being F2P! The biggest problem the F2P format is the incredible amount of "noobs" playing. I play WOT for 3 years now and is not the painfull    Honestly I think this is one of the best F2P game out there. Good graphics, detailed tanks and very fun to play!
    Having said that I must add that it does not come without its problems. No game is perfect and WOT has a serious problem that comes from being F2P! The biggest problem the F2P format is the incredible amount of "noobs" playing. I play WOT for 3 years now and is not the painfull XP/Moeny gathering, the artillery, OP tanks or the MM that often seems to be on crack that bothers me.

    My biggest problem with this game is that inexperienced players flood the servers making the game virtually unplayable. To be successful in this game is indispensable a platoon of at least two very experienced players.

    Play alone and get ready for 15 painful minutes of pathetic performace of players with less than 3k matches parading in their useless premium tanks, not doing anything to help the team and dying with only a few enemy shots.

    It's a fun game, but I must warn to not play fot a long time each day if you are a playing alone.

    Make friends and play in a platoon and try to have fun...which is very hard to do in this game!    … Expand
  29. william63
    Dec 25, 2013
    5
    I played WOT for 3 years. The game was great at first, but slowly but surely Wargaming ruined it's product. End tier content is broken and dumbed down. WG is non-responsive to it's player base. If you can have fun tolerating this game without spending any money, go for it. Most people aren't that patient or forgiving and would be best served to just skip this money grab.
  30. Motcritic
    Dec 6, 2013
    6
    World of Tanks is fun if you are looking for a first person shooter where your character is a tank. After some time becomes a boring repetitive experience. Keep in mind that this is a free game and, for a free game is good.

    At first it looks like an amazing game, it looks very fun and dynamic, after a while you get to mid tier tanks, still fun enough but you start noticing some    World of Tanks is fun if you are looking for a first person shooter where your character is a tank. After some time becomes a boring repetitive experience. Keep in mind that this is a free game and, for a free game is good.

    At first it looks like an amazing game, it looks very fun and dynamic, after a while you get to mid tier tanks, still fun enough but you start noticing some discrepancies and tank balance problems.
    With time, frustration starts to build up, some poor map design, huge unbalance, pay to win tanks, and so on, but, it's still a nice game to keep playing.
    When you get to higher tier tanks, the game suddenly becomes slow and boring and the randomness of the game starts to weight a lot. By the time I reached the top tier tanks I just couldn't play this game anymore.

    Something that really annoys me is that when you buy a new tank, the stock gear is really really bad, you can barely do anything, even against same tier tanks, it becomes a boring grinding until after many games where you have almost no influence, you get the points to get the best gear.

    The spotting mechanics are very odd, this game doesn't work by line of sight, instead the tank and crew "skills" define if you see or not targets, and, while this looks nice in paper, its really not in practice. Also, after you get spotted, even if you hide, the enemy can see where you are for a few seconds, this might sound like its not a big deal, but it is, if you play the game you will understand.

    Another very odd thing is artillery. Artillery is like the sniper role, but the difference is, it fires a very powerful round that can reach most of the map, it causes massive damage even if doesn't hit, it can kill with one hit if it hits, and this unit is safe behind enemy "lines" hidden away from danger, which is in my opinion the very definition of game unbalance, which is enhanced by the bad spotting mechanics.

    Considering that this is a free game, I recommend trying it out, if it wasn't free I would give it a much lower score.    … Expand
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#47 Best PC Game of 2011
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#8 Most Shared PC Game of 2011

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. Games Master UK
    Dec 18, 2012
    80
    Bucketloads of depth and surprisingly simple to jump into. It's free, too! [Jan 2013, p.84]
  2. Gamereactor Sweden
    Dec 12, 2012
    80
    World of Tanks is the ultimate tank battle game, and with a price tag of 0 whatever your currency is - there really isn't anything major to complain about.
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  3. GamingTrend
    Apr 10, 2012
    88
    It combines aspects of great RPG games and first person shooters, wraps them into a package that will appeal to the historian, and tosses in a dash of addiction to combine into one great final product.
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