World of Tanks

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3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2115 Ratings

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  1. sheppard90
    May 29, 2019
    2
    Very beautiful graphics, music, sound design and fun gameplay ruined by perhaps the most aggressive p2w system in the PC gaming history.

    I was playing War Thunder before WoT, and I wanted to see how it fared against it. It's a lot more arcadey, but that doesn't mean the game is not fun. It's a lot of fun until I realized how quickly the grind got out of hand. Even with premium, I was    Very beautiful graphics, music, sound design and fun gameplay ruined by perhaps the most aggressive p2w system in the PC gaming history.

    I was playing War Thunder before WoT, and I wanted to see how it fared against it. It's a lot more arcadey, but that doesn't mean the game is not fun. It's a lot of fun until I realized how quickly the grind got out of hand. Even with premium, I was stuck in progress because, in this game, ammo costs you in-game money and if you don't perform well enough you will gain very little if not lose money match to match.

    There is fog of war in this game, it looks like it doesn't but it does. And your crew level determines how accurate your shots will be, and how far your tank can see. With just grinding, topping off the whole crew takes a lot of grind. But you have the option to just pay real money to outright buy fully experienced crew members which will give you superior accuracy, fire rate, FoV, and even perks like "Sixth Sense" where if you're seen by an enemy an alert warns you and you can avoid certain death.

    Ammo seems like it's not premium but the strongest AP rounds are so much more expensive then regular ammo (10 times) if you buy them but die without getting lots of kills, you will lose tons of in-game money. But you can always buy premium to gain more exp and in-game money, or you can just convert your premium currency to in-game currency.

    I've learned these all the hard way, I didn't know any of this when I first started playing WoT. I've got my *** handed to me by "sixth sense, eagle-eyed superhuman crewed tanks" so many times, I thought the game was glitching or I was playing against cheaters.

    Stay away from this mess if you want to stay sane.    … Expand
  2. d4nny97
    May 20, 2019
    2
    Actual User's score: > 60% NEGATIVE Critic's Score: POSITIVE Google: 4 stars out of 5

    I gave it a 2 star rating. At times I enjoyed it, but for the most part....... Pay no attention to the Critic's Score or Google's evaluation. They are not being honest or do not understand the game play, plain and simple. The "Critics" were given the use of a Press account to play the    Actual User's score: > 60% NEGATIVE Critic's Score: POSITIVE Google: 4 stars out of 5

    I gave it a 2 star rating. At times I enjoyed it, but for the most part.......
    Pay no attention to the Critic's Score or Google's evaluation. They are not being honest or do not understand the game play, plain and simple. The "Critics" were given the use of a Press account to play the game. Those accounts have every vehicle available in the game, includes the best vehicles. The real users actually start with 11 basic (lowest, weakest, unappealing) tanks to play..

    POSITIVES:
    The game can be fun at times.
    Extensive list of vehicles that can appeal to History or Military buffs.
    Graphics and special effects are pretty good.
    Battles are short, 3 to 15 minutes (maximum).
    Supposedly "Free to play".
    Great time waster.

    NEGATIVES:
    Russian Company. The best/most extensive roster of vehicles are Russian (Russian Bias).
    Customer Service is horrible.
    Many cheat MODS available and used by players - difficult to police.
    Earning in game credits is based on performance and winning to advance more quickly.
    The more real money you pay, the better your chances of quick advancement and success.
    Only start with 11 basic tanks.
    You can buy "Premium" tanks with real money as high as `$80.00 USD
    Can take years to get to a tank that you desire to play (unlike the press accounts).
    Steep learning curve and very little instruction material - easily found.
    Game is dying in North America. Used to have as many as 50,000 people a night playing. Now, barely 5,000 at times due to the inequity and toxic atmosphere between players.
    Game actually tries to determine when you win or lose (Not completely skill based).

    Honest review: I liked the game. As a History buff, it appealed to me. I enjoyed the graphics of the vehicles. But there "seems" to be a Russian Bias towards Russian vehicles (better armor, more powerful guns....) The game is based on Win/Loss to distribute in-game credits, but after statistical analysis, the new player has no hope of winning very often. People who pay real money for past tanks do not get the same value as people who pay real money for the new tanks, continually forcing you to pay more money to "keep up with the jones". It can take years to get to a top tier tank (best tanks), depending on how often you play. The only way to continually play the top level tanks is to be the best of the best players or pay alot of your own money. Buying something from this company does not guarantee you anything. Your purchased vehicle can be changed (for better or worse), removed from the game, or be outclassed by a newly introduced vehicle.
    Cheaters using cheat mods were rampant and the high number of toxic abusive players shows the frustration level people experience while playing this game. There's just too many negatives to justify spending any money on this game - which includes the following.. World of Warplanes, World of Warships.......... Anything from Wargaming. Move on - find another game to play. Save yourself the money and frustration.    … Expand
  3. Dement
    May 15, 2019
    2
    If Wargaming is spending so much money to advertise its game it will have to develop it on the same level. But that's not the way Wargaming has chosen. They chose "pay to play" and grind politics. As a result, game has no optimisation, weak balance, linear gameplay and bad reality.
  4. SkyTraix
    May 14, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Хорошие товарище по игре, сплоченная команда, хороший баланс, чудо карты, донат не решает, все только что перечисленное, не каким образом не относится к этой убогой игре. Вас будет унижать арта, вас будет бесить не пробитие, рикошеты. А еще в этой игре есть колесная техника которая быстрее вас в 2-4. Еще тут есть прекрасный вид овощей под название "КУСТАДРОТЫ" от которого ваш пердак будет гореть как турбина боинга.… Expand
  5. Mroizo
    May 14, 2019
    0
    A pure pay to win game, with poor servers, unbalanced tank classes, unbalanced match maker, OP premium tanks, long and boring grind.

    Customers service is a joke, like this game
  6. Giorgos_gr
    Apr 29, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the customer support is very bad , the matchmaking put 2 teams and one of the teams is very good players and the other team is full of wick players , its like vip players and non vip players , the vip must always win. i send too many messages to support and they refuse to answer about it and always send me a copy paste of information , but that information is very wrong.… Expand
  7. StMariner
    Apr 11, 2019
    0
    Когда я начинал играть в WoT это была интересная и необычная игра. Танчики были действительно чем-то новым. Я с удовольствием играл в них в течение 4-х лет, а потом сделали голдовые снаряды за серебро... И с этого момента WG творит полнейшею хрень, арта стала ещё более токсичной, голдострелов ещё больше, куча имбалансной техники, куча раков, бои длятся в среднем 4 минуты. Это звездец,Когда я начинал играть в WoT это была интересная и необычная игра. Танчики были действительно чем-то новым. Я с удовольствием играл в них в течение 4-х лет, а потом сделали голдовые снаряды за серебро... И с этого момента WG творит полнейшею хрень, арта стала ещё более токсичной, голдострелов ещё больше, куча имбалансной техники, куча раков, бои длятся в среднем 4 минуты. Это звездец, товарищи, танки умерли.… Expand
  8. YetAnotherPiss
    Mar 24, 2019
    0
    I play this game since the beginning (more than 8 years already). It was amazing game back then with a lot of cool, kind and nice players. Years after years it was just getting worse and worse to now NOT WORTH IT to spend your time in it. It becomes a play to win one where it's throwing you in a an absolut **** MM (MatchMaking) where the weaker players (no ofense) are given better RNGI play this game since the beginning (more than 8 years already). It was amazing game back then with a lot of cool, kind and nice players. Years after years it was just getting worse and worse to now NOT WORTH IT to spend your time in it. It becomes a play to win one where it's throwing you in a an absolut **** MM (MatchMaking) where the weaker players (no ofense) are given better RNG (RandomNumberGenerator) so they have bigger chance against you (if you are skilled one). Here is the time to mention the onse (old unicum players) who are using illegal modes because they just can't give up. There are too many issues which are been pointed by previous guys here so no need to share them again.
    If you are new player - do NOT, I repeat, do NOT waste time and money to invest in this game if you respect yourself and don't want to be made fool by the arrogant and ignorant WG staff! The grinding to get to the top tier is a HELL now. Most new players are just giving up. By the time they've reached tier 8 they've already spent too much cash for it and it's becoming harder to give up. It's a magic circle where a lot of people are trapped.
    The game is advertised that there are over 100 milion players which is so hilarious. In the EU server there are no more than 70k per day online and this is at the peak time not to mention that there are people using 2-3 accounts (yes, they are for real). In the US server the players sometimes wait more than 8 minutes to get into a battle because of lack of people ( I have friends in the game who switched from US server to the EU because of this).
    There is of course good thing but it's mostly for old school players like me who have more than 30 tier X tanks in the garage and this is the Strongholds, Team battles and Clan Wars where you play with your Clan members against another Clan. This is the only fun which have left here.
    Everything else is a lost cause.
    Hope I'll safe some souls on their way to the slaughterhouse called WG.    … Expand
  9. ChaoticTitan
    Mar 21, 2019
    1
    this game is pay to win garbage, tanks look cool but all gameplay is random crap involving random teams random hit targeting and poor level design. the only thing buying tanks does is give you massive hp and armor buffs to actually survive more than 3 hits
  10. Gameming
    Mar 4, 2019
    9
    The game is awesome, this is my very first FPS free to play account online game since 2013 and wargaming is one of the largest games company at America and EU at the states i honest, world of tanks can't be compared to any other games i know there's such as war thunder but I just hopefully the premium tanks price won't get too high than $70 or $50 above , but the game is very unique andThe game is awesome, this is my very first FPS free to play account online game since 2013 and wargaming is one of the largest games company at America and EU at the states i honest, world of tanks can't be compared to any other games i know there's such as war thunder but I just hopefully the premium tanks price won't get too high than $70 or $50 above , but the game is very unique and world of tanks need to catch up with Jajin war thunder and world of tanks need to improve the games mechanical things like that and add more free tanks and wish they would sell us like 3 days of premium account total of $5 at least this cheap price then will buy from there games websites as well.So i will give 9 /10 becuase this is my very first online tank game back when i was 12 years old.… Expand
  11. DBomb73
    Mar 1, 2019
    0
    Wargaming (Slavic People) are Sociopaths. They use Fixed Match-Making and Number Generator. They help out worthless players to get kills and wins. So if you're good, they punish you for it. They can't handle any kind of Criticism.
  12. G4mbl3
    Feb 23, 2019
    1
    NOT WORTH PLAYING !

    This game really had me for about 2-3 years but then It changed to a piece of frustration and hate, not a game I enjoy. So what makes this game bad ? There little to no real balancing, that mean that tanks who are tier 8 can't stand up to the very good tier 9 and 10 tanks. Now because the matchmaker does not match teams on skill, games are often uneven, games    NOT WORTH PLAYING !

    This game really had me for about 2-3 years but then It changed to a piece of frustration and hate, not a game I enjoy.
    So what makes this game bad ?
    There little to no real balancing, that mean that tanks who are tier 8 can't stand up to the very good tier 9 and 10 tanks.
    Now because the matchmaker does not match teams on skill, games are often uneven, games don't feel balanced because some tanks who might be Tier 10 but don't have much armor face off against tanks of the same class and tier who are just straight out better.
    You tend to face enemy tanks which are 1-2 tiers higher than you most of the time, tanks which you have almost no chance of beating. Well why don't you only play tier 10 then, huh ?
    There are tanks in Tier 10 which are so much better than some of the others, as a game developer you cannot balance everything right, but you can listen to the feedback of the players that play the game. Wargaming simply does not care about the community feedback.
    The next thing is that some premium tanks, you can buy for real world money are flat out better than their normal counterpart, so here is a Pay-to-win aspect. Note that anyone can get Premium tanks.
    The penalty system is also very bad, people can get away with shooting / pushing you all game without them getting banned while you have no way of defending against griefers like that and if you shoot back and turn blue which means they can now shoot you without getting any punishment.
    There are many more things but I want to keep this short and only list the things that bother me the most.
    The negative aspects of the game out-way the positive with a ratio of 100 to 1.

    I have about 5000 hours in this game and I play since 2012, and I have no reason to really give a positive opinion.    … Expand
  13. cejoos
    Feb 8, 2019
    0
    The game just does not work. I tried to solve the problem with the support. That asks me practically to format my computer. I Uninstalled.
  14. PanzerStrike100
    Jan 30, 2019
    9
    This is a pretty good game. It is difficult to get into. It is kind of a pay to win game but you need to be good at the game to have fun. And the teams are crap and the match making is broke. So is the gold ammo. But I like the clans. Some of the clans are very fun to be in. I would recommend skirmishes, strongholds, and advances with your clan mates. Over all, I would say it is a goodThis is a pretty good game. It is difficult to get into. It is kind of a pay to win game but you need to be good at the game to have fun. And the teams are crap and the match making is broke. So is the gold ammo. But I like the clans. Some of the clans are very fun to be in. I would recommend skirmishes, strongholds, and advances with your clan mates. Over all, I would say it is a good game. And Wargaming should remove arty. I sometimes TK arty players and blacklist them.… Expand
  15. 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
  16. Lego_Chubzik
    Jan 6, 2019
    4
    I have played from Beta till now and the game has gone from good to bad to worse. The biggest problem are the Devs who totally ignore their gaming customers unless they are Russian or Belorussian. Their love for everything Russian boarders sorry I meant Soviet is a joke topped now only by their Hero worship of Stain which they have now openly declared. The European Server is going nuts andI have played from Beta till now and the game has gone from good to bad to worse. The biggest problem are the Devs who totally ignore their gaming customers unless they are Russian or Belorussian. Their love for everything Russian boarders sorry I meant Soviet is a joke topped now only by their Hero worship of Stain which they have now openly declared. The European Server is going nuts and they keep on ignoring them, worse still is the censorship that they impose is also one sided. Collapse… Expand
  17. justforreviews
    Dec 27, 2018
    0
    The most disgusting, communist company to ever create a game.
    They constantly ignore feedback from their player community and employ egregious monetization tactics.
    Wargaming willingly adds unbalanced vehicles and in-game characteristics to make you pay out of frustration. 10 years into the game and they still can't produce a decent map, preferring to keep the ones designed by the CEO's    The most disgusting, communist company to ever create a game.
    They constantly ignore feedback from their player community and employ egregious monetization tactics.
    Wargaming willingly adds unbalanced vehicles and in-game characteristics to make you pay out of frustration. 10 years into the game and they still can't produce a decent map, preferring to keep the ones designed by the CEO's crayon eating son.
    World of Tanks is probably the most blatant use of false advertising and unregulated gambling I have seen so far in any game/product/service or company. Chinese dick pill labels are more trustworthy than an offer from Wargaming.

    You only have to options with this game: Pay to Win or Free to Lose    … Expand
  18. auricgold
    Dec 21, 2018
    1
    **** game in terms of fairness. You will continually be put into games against higher tier tanks. The worst part of the game are that you will have to deal with tanks that magically remain invisible to you, even in open terrain. Not realistic at all.
  19. g4blel
    Dec 18, 2018
    2
    its like war thunder except everything is RNG, removing any element of skill from the shooting, it also still carries the P2W bias that war thunder has, so for people like myself that were looking for a more fair alternative to WT, its terrible, unfun and outright frustrating, especially when a perfect shot decides to deviate randomly because RNG
  20. zerolevel
    Dec 17, 2018
    2
    this game is a joke.
    There is another tank game outthere and it makes this one looking like ...cartoonish, pathetic, useless.
    Bad approach, bad development.
    Funny , they say even the bad critics love the game.
    How fake is that?.. just read the reviews :)
  21. qqq_
    Dec 17, 2018
    0
    I've sunk over 2k hours into this game - probably more like 3,5k, If you factor in all the stuff you have to do outside of the battle. And I got very good at it, to the point where I could see all of its' flaws.

    The game itself is a very fun concept - arcade tank battles. Unfortunately, it got perverted by a greedy developer. Introducing a new OP (or close to it) tier X tank, just to    I've sunk over 2k hours into this game - probably more like 3,5k, If you factor in all the stuff you have to do outside of the battle. And I got very good at it, to the point where I could see all of its' flaws.

    The game itself is a very fun concept - arcade tank battles. Unfortunately, it got perverted by a greedy developer. Introducing a new OP (or close to it) tier X tank, just to nerf it a few months later, after a lot of people bought gold to reach it faster. Driving up the sales of premium accounts by overbuffing armor on some tanks, requiring you to spam the more expensive ammo at it. Heading towards actual P2W by making a tier VIII premium tank with 90% of the stats of a tier IX. Knowing WG, I very much doubt they've stopped doing those things (and more...) since I've quit.

    There is a point in this game, when you either start improving your gameplay - reading up on the mechanics, memorizing the armour layouts, learning maps etc. - or you go on and become a noob. If you're in the first group - then you'll eventually start seeing the faults of the game itself. Things like bad MM (maybe they fixed it, doubt it though), constant stream of bugs, RNG, SPGs, bad map design, bad balance and stupid buff/nerf decisions, "russian bias", treating the EU server like a cash-cow (also, WG EU are a bunch of idiots), occasional bots and cheaters. Things that gradually take away the fun from it, until you're playing it just because you've got nothing better to do, not because you enjoy it. If you're in the second group and you don't notice all of that, then maybe you can have fun. Dunno, personally I don't take pleasure in being bad at something.

    All of this combined made me quit. I would sooner, but I needed a game I could occasionally spend half an hour on, when I didn't want to play something too serious. So, thanks Warframe, for saving me...

    If you want to just drive around in a tank, shooting stuff without too much commitment - this could be a fun game (just please don't support the **** devs with your money...).
    But If you actually want to get good at this game, and you value your sanity - stay as far away from this as you can.    … Expand
  22. Mcpuffin
    Nov 27, 2018
    0
    Usually the matchmaker will give me loss after loss for 3 hours or more nonstop. literally imagine sinking hours into the game only to lose every single time. This type of player abuse builds up rage in me, and then i say ok, i'll just teamkill players since i'ma lose anyway, right? what does it matter if i try or not when i will lose forsure.

    The matchmaker decides who wins and who    Usually the matchmaker will give me loss after loss for 3 hours or more nonstop. literally imagine sinking hours into the game only to lose every single time. This type of player abuse builds up rage in me, and then i say ok, i'll just teamkill players since i'ma lose anyway, right? what does it matter if i try or not when i will lose forsure.

    The matchmaker decides who wins and who loses. And those who PAY MONEY will win, and those WHO DONT PAY MONEY will lose. 100% of matches there are bots, trolls, suiciders on both teams. 99% of players left are using cheats. The toxic wallet warriors actually believe they have good stats because of skill and not because they dumped a buttload of cash into this game.

    Basically the idea for the game is great, its just been butchered by MONEY-HUNGRY losers who designed this game to be more frustrating than fun, and if u want fun to give them money. You will regularly be placed bottom tier of your team 99% of the time. But when you play a lower tier tank you will see the same tank you have placed top tier and ask yourself, "How come when i play that tank its bottom tier, but when someone else plays the same tank they get top tier?" The answer is you need to pay them money to experience any joy whatsoever.

    Actually trolling your team by camping at spawn/teamkilling is more fun than putting in any effort to this totally rigged trash pile. Funny thing is the game is dying and if they had only made it fun for ppl they would be having many players and much more profits. When you look at it rationally its basically like they WANT their game to die. Very pathetic.

    I didnt even get into the terrible performance for not so amazing graphics. the water and trees are completely not optimized. And i could find a million more faults with the game that they ADDED onto it.

    Before their graphical update it was actually much better. But the matchmaker giving you only losses nonstop for hours, the cheaters, and the pay 2 win ammunition+tanks are the 3 biggest flaws that ruin any and all fun that could have been had.

    I played over 18k battles and since 2010. And it has only gotten worse over time. It appears as though they took all the money made from this game and used it in all types of other projects, such as warplanes, warships, etc. So if you pay here you're not paying to fix the game, you're paying for the devs to move onto new pastures as they let this game die.    … Expand
  23. SuPeR_RolleR
    Nov 10, 2018
    0
    Worst game in human history.Cheaper to the devil to sell the soul than to play it
  24. Xfuhit
    Sep 16, 2018
    0
    Don't waste you time with this game, surprised it has s Score of 80. It's not a game for that score any more, numerous changes, numerous wastes for your time. I've 26k+ battles in this game and have quit twice, I am about to quit my third and final time. Wanna play a game where skill doesn't matter and fully aim at a tank's weak spot to have your shot miss or bounce? Play this game. WantDon't waste you time with this game, surprised it has s Score of 80. It's not a game for that score any more, numerous changes, numerous wastes for your time. I've 26k+ battles in this game and have quit twice, I am about to quit my third and final time. Wanna play a game where skill doesn't matter and fully aim at a tank's weak spot to have your shot miss or bounce? Play this game. Want to angle your armor in a top tier super heavy tank and have every shot pen your tank? Play this game. Wanna actually play smart and snipe at tanks with a good gun platform tank only to be spammed by Arty which are controlled by players of no skill? Play this game. Are you a pro with Wargaming who will literally give you the BEST and I mean the BEST, "RNG" (Random number generator, aka are you paying enough or being paid to play in wargaming leagues to give you good 'rolls?" If so, play this game. Are you a normal player looking for a FUN game to play with little garbage game play mechanics. A game that is actually fun? Don't play this game. This game WAS good back in the day. With the release of new tank lines. "Power creep." ((New tanks with better armor, guns, view range, movement, etc" vs old tanks are more and more. Wanna play an old tank? Have fun being the weakling. Again. I'm on my third strike with this game, if I uninstall after thousands of dollars, (No lie, numerous 60 dollars plus premium tanks, many hours of premium time (Which you need to make any real progress in this grind fest game), seasonal bundles of 100 dollars plus, millions of free xp conversions of tank xp, thousands of play time hours and games commited with no chance of a refund? And good stats so I'm no potato talking? Perhaps take the word of a semi sane "Hard to be after this game." person and avoid this game. Don't waste your time.… Expand
  25. Najibe_Raid
    Jul 14, 2018
    0
    ARTY .. That's all i have to say.
    but since i have to type 75 letters thing .. this game would be so much more fun if there was no arty. ****
  26. SaydaNeen
    Jul 9, 2018
    0
    After 7 years I was told i couldn't get my unattractive Username changed and that I would have to spend $20 to change it myself. That is just 1 example of the greed that plagues this company. I had one game (without Premium) with a Tiger II, 1 kill and 6 hits, got destroyed 3/4 through the match and went in the hole 3K silver... Stupid that I am "losing" progression after a decent match.
  27. MajorFoxy
    Jun 16, 2018
    0
    It used to be good, but all the **** they are pulling to get more money out of it makes this game a NO-GO!
  28. bitterlemonade
    Jun 7, 2018
    1
    This game is fun only if you are a clueless noob.
    Game is p2w, increasingly so. Tanks are not balanced, some suspect it's on purpose for monetary reasons. Maps are tiny and buggy.
    Game is based on LOS combat, but there is a class that can fire indirectly with no way to avoid it or retaliate. Most of players are bad or resigned or both, community is very toxic, starting with the devs.    This game is fun only if you are a clueless noob.
    Game is p2w, increasingly so. Tanks are not balanced, some suspect it's on purpose for monetary reasons. Maps are tiny and buggy.
    Game is based on LOS combat, but there is a class that can fire indirectly with no way to avoid it or retaliate.
    Most of players are bad or resigned or both, community is very toxic, starting with the devs.
    Low tiers have unbalanced garbage gameplay with many seal-clubbers preying on inexperienced players.
    Game has 10 tiers of tanks with ever increasing capabilities. Matchmaker will try to make a 3 tier spread battles in 3/5/7 template, which means players spend 85% of the time as bottom tier, unless they are playing tier 9 or 10, where game stops being free because of the ammo/repair costs.
    Grinds are terrible and long, stock tanks are very inferior to their fully researched counterparts.
    Heavy tanks are pointless, since the only strength they have, armour, get easily defeated by more expensive premium ammo even by tanks 2 tiers lower. When bottom tier, HTs are just slow pinatas, since +1/+2 tier tanks have no problems damaging them.
    The game has been losing players fast, prime time population on EU server cluster has dropped from 150k at the release of 1.0 to 100k in just 3 months.
    I think the publishers know the game is dying so they are just milking it till it does.    … Expand
  29. bakerpharma
    Jun 5, 2018
    2
    Whilst I wouldn't describe this as the worst game ever, the developers do seem to be trying to win that award with a series of recent updates (and planned ones) that have badly harmed relations with their community.

    A new matchmaking system has been implemented that heavily favours top tier tanks - i.e. tier 10 and tier 9 - that basically means that if you are playing tier 8 in    Whilst I wouldn't describe this as the worst game ever, the developers do seem to be trying to win that award with a series of recent updates (and planned ones) that have badly harmed relations with their community.

    A new matchmaking system has been implemented that heavily favours top tier tanks - i.e. tier 10 and tier 9 - that basically means that if you are playing tier 8 in particular you will always be at a disadvantage (and you'll be xp pinatas for the higher tier tanks). Talking of tier 8, WOT released a whole series of premium tanks that are hugely op, thus making the game even more pay to win and also means there is little benefit in progressing past tier 5/6.

    Maps are hugely uninspiring with very limited choices in maps to play - the developers have removed more maps than they have added, with most maps being variations of pre existing ones (they added snow) which add little to your game experience. Cover (an important mechanic for light tanks) has also been removed, thus making most matches played a dull zerg rush with little tactical thinking.

    Check the videos of klaus kellerman (coarse language warning) , the mighty jingles and aging jedi (now markgfl) for more info. regarding the declining scale in quality of WOT, and the general contempt the company has shown towards their player-base in the last 24 months.

    Overall, I could not recommend spending money (and thus supporting) on this game in it's current state - I have spent in excess of 150 gbp to date over the last five years and shall not be spending anymore. What once was a tremendously enjoyable (yet flawed) game is now clearly a tool for wargaming to fleece their player-base, whilst at the same time ignore and censor any critique (see sirfochgate). By all mean play it for free, but don't open the wallet!!

    Thanks for reading    … Expand
  30. floppyxd1
    May 29, 2018
    3
    Firstly, I would like to let you know that I created an account on this website just to write a negative review on this game, so that's saying something.

    Pros - "Historical" (to a very little extent) - Decent soundtracks - Wide variety of maps, nations and lines Cons - Piss poor MM ensures that you will be bottom tier 70% of the time - RNG can be complete BS at times -    Firstly, I would like to let you know that I created an account on this website just to write a negative review on this game, so that's saying something.

    Pros
    - "Historical" (to a very little extent)
    - Decent soundtracks
    - Wide variety of maps, nations and lines

    Cons
    - Piss poor MM ensures that you will be bottom tier 70% of the time
    - RNG can be complete BS at times
    - Pay-to-win aspects (OP premium tanks, Object 268 v4 etc.)
    - Very steep learning curve
    - Artillery is unenjoyable for both the player and the receiving end
    - Retarded high alpha guns
    - Gold spam. Screw armor, most people can just press the 2 key and cut through your armor like butter - may as well be driving a paper tank!
    - Armor is pointless - see above
    - Toxic community: No matter how hard you try, people will judge and berate your actions like no tomorrow, even if you did the right thing. Have fun receiving hate mail after every match!
    - Wargaming's decisions. This company has ridiculously poor decision-making abilities. Not only do they refuse to listen to the players and community contributors, they completely ignore any advice thrown at them. All they care about is money and they will try to earn cash by all means - over-buffing tanks, releasing new OP premium tanks etc.
    - Horrible low tier experience. Wargaming really just doesn't give a damn about balance in low tiers. New players will enter the battle in stock and underpowered tanks and get raped by pretty much everything in the way

    Overall:
    If you're a dead set tank enthusiast, then the game might be worth it for you. Otherwise, you can pretty much go screw yourself as Wargaming doesn't give half a damn about their customers and treats them like idiots.    … Expand
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#47 Best PC Game of 2011
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#12 Most Discussed PC Game of 2011
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#8 Most Shared PC Game of 2011

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80

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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