World of Warships

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5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 417 Ratings

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  1. kwawn
    Jul 25, 2016
    2
    You want a game where you are often the top-scorer of your team? Then this game is for you: the bad - you will still always lose. The matchmaking-system seems to have some regulation in it - the better you play the more brain-afk your team becomes. the worse is you depend on your so called team.

    Is a rating of 2 point fair? The game has solid/average graphics, it's free (you think), and    You want a game where you are often the top-scorer of your team? Then this game is for you: the bad - you will still always lose. The matchmaking-system seems to have some regulation in it - the better you play the more brain-afk your team becomes. the worse is you depend on your so called team.

    Is a rating of 2 point fair? The game has solid/average graphics, it's free (you think), and the concept of the game is indeed interesting. When you start the game at first you will think it's more worth than 2 point.

    But the problems will raise when you advance. The spoken matchmaking with bad players will lead you in MASSIVE frustration.

    Ask yourself: do you want to play a game a server forced you to have no fun? It's a typical rip-off. better don't try it. It only may work with a clan or something.    … Expand
  2. fixento
    Jan 8, 2016
    1
    The balance of the game has gotten worse with the company's attempt to satisfy low tier players who spend money for "specials". Don't believe the "reviews" that have access to all the ships upgrades and captains skills. Skill are meaning less. You buy into this poor excuse for balanced game based on your achievements, you will regret it. The developers know in order to support theThe balance of the game has gotten worse with the company's attempt to satisfy low tier players who spend money for "specials". Don't believe the "reviews" that have access to all the ships upgrades and captains skills. Skill are meaning less. You buy into this poor excuse for balanced game based on your achievements, you will regret it. The developers know in order to support the lower class they have to penalize those that previously invested into the game. In short the are POS that want your money, nothing more or less.… Expand
  3. chumpwithnoname
    Jul 5, 2020
    0
    Typical predatory manipulative pay 2 win game. Avoid at all costs, do not even start playing this piece of garbage.
  4. AtomicGundam
    Aug 19, 2021
    1
    In the last few years, World of Warships has become inundated with increasingly aggressive monetization tactics and gambling mechanics. Nearly everything that gets added to the game now involves some attempt to incentivize spending more and more money on in-game items. And there are more and more loot boxes being "offered" every day.

    Furthermore, the game balancing has gotten worse and    In the last few years, World of Warships has become inundated with increasingly aggressive monetization tactics and gambling mechanics. Nearly everything that gets added to the game now involves some attempt to incentivize spending more and more money on in-game items. And there are more and more loot boxes being "offered" every day.

    Furthermore, the game balancing has gotten worse and worse, with new purchasable ships being given advantages over older ships, both purchasable and free to play. Entire ship lines are being added primarily to drive yet more sales, while other lines are artificially propped up to keep the number of players using them at an acceptable level. Everything now revolves around maintaining gameplay stats where the parent company wants them and constantly increasing revenue.

    My advice is to avoid this game completely. Whatever fun can still be had here, it's not worth dealing with the ongoing efforts to wring every last penny out of the player base. Spend your time and money elsewhere.    … Expand
  5. TLRoff
    Aug 16, 2021
    0
    This WAS as amazing game and in still is in many way.. WAS how ever the operative word. Over monetization, Pay to win mechanics, gambling marketed to children as young as 7 years old (PEGI 7 rating) and double shuffle monetary practices. The problem isn't the game, it's the studio management. If you choose to play just be aware that the game is no longer player friendly. All you areThis WAS as amazing game and in still is in many way.. WAS how ever the operative word. Over monetization, Pay to win mechanics, gambling marketed to children as young as 7 years old (PEGI 7 rating) and double shuffle monetary practices. The problem isn't the game, it's the studio management. If you choose to play just be aware that the game is no longer player friendly. All you are is a self propelled revenue stream, not a valued customer. Be aware!… Expand
  6. idontwantit
    Jul 22, 2021
    0
    heavily biased and very poor simpleton design. you can win ONLY with a thick-armored ship. I won't play this sh*t forever
  7. BloodyCorrey
    Jun 10, 2021
    0
    Absolute Crap Game - No Teamork,Middle Grafic, to long and sleeping Gameplay and Premium Buying Ships with Horror Prices
  8. MadWinning
    May 12, 2021
    0
    Gamble/Greed/Rigged based scam. Graphics, sounds, "gameplay", "history" are a cover. Wargaming tries to turn players into junkies and milk them on a daily basis.
  9. Cosmin
    Aug 18, 2021
    0
    Have been playing since beta. It's only gotten worse over time. The game looks and sounds amazing (congrats art department), but it's a complete dumpster fire in all other areas that matter:
    - gameplay is scuffed - as ONE example there is currently a torpedo bug that literally puts torpedoes where you DON'T send them (this has been acknowledged and not fixed for several patches now);
    -    Have been playing since beta. It's only gotten worse over time. The game looks and sounds amazing (congrats art department), but it's a complete dumpster fire in all other areas that matter:
    - gameplay is scuffed - as ONE example there is currently a torpedo bug that literally puts torpedoes where you DON'T send them (this has been acknowledged and not fixed for several patches now);
    - the balance is balans - everything Russian is made of stalinium which is the strongest metal on Earth (even stronger than adamantium and vibranium combined) - and this means both hulls and shells - basically everything russian is incredibly well made even though most of their hulls would not even stay afloat the way they're presented in game. Historical realism is something the company takes pride in but there are so many "paper ships" nowadays it doesn't really matter at all (ships that never existed outside of drawn plans);
    - the marketing and aggressiveness of monetization has become absolutely insane over the past few years, it's like Wargaming is trying to burn their game down and in the process collect as much money as possible in the process whilst alienating the community at the same time; loot boxes everywhere, unreasonably priced and with wording that makes you believe something that is not real (drop chance of a certain wanted item) - also with hidden mechanics.

    This game is also rated pegi-7 but is literally a slot machine simulator with boats. As good as those boats look and sound, I'ma head out now.    … Expand
  10. Heisei_Rider
    Aug 19, 2021
    4
    Firstly the good things i found in playing this game: Great graphics - the ships are fantastic modelled, the environment looks great and kind of realistic. The game play can be intense and fun if you are into slow paced arcade games. Don't be fooled by its title, this game is a naval combat themed arcade shooter. It just puts you into a naval theme to shoot at things nothing more andFirstly the good things i found in playing this game: Great graphics - the ships are fantastic modelled, the environment looks great and kind of realistic. The game play can be intense and fun if you are into slow paced arcade games. Don't be fooled by its title, this game is a naval combat themed arcade shooter. It just puts you into a naval theme to shoot at things nothing more and nothing less. It doesn't simulated naval combat in any fashion, most of the stats and the way things work are fantasy to make the game interesting and work properly and this is nothing bad per se.
    Now the bad:
    The power gap between the classes and levels are huge, this especially true because you can face up to 2 levels (tiers) above you own. The power creep is also a big factor in this game, balancing is inconsistent and seems to focus on maximizing the profit for the developer. This leads to overpowered ships left in the game for months, sometimes for years. Certain classes have a huge griefing factor because there is no counter and the interaction between the classes are one sided (air craft carriers vs other classes). Skill can mitigate that to certain point.

    Interesting and powerful content is more often behind a pay wall, so that adds a certain pay-to-win feeling to the game. But you can still play without spending a dime and all tech tree ships are available without spending real cash.
    Overall I think this game is ok for killing some time but in my opinion on a downward spiral.    … Expand
  11. GeneralAdonis
    Jun 2, 2021
    2
    It has so much potentioal. The graphics are really good and the gameplay is fun.
    But its straight up pay to win:
    -russian ships are always better then their counterparts -premium ship will never be nerfed and feel like playing 2 tiers higher -from tier 9 onwards you wont make any progres if you dont pay a lot of money -the new carrier rework is completly unbalanced. They have no    It has so much potentioal. The graphics are really good and the gameplay is fun.
    But its straight up pay to win:
    -russian ships are always better then their counterparts
    -premium ship will never be nerfed and feel like playing 2 tiers higher
    -from tier 9 onwards you wont make any progres if you dont pay a lot of money
    -the new carrier rework is completly unbalanced. They have no counters and can even drop flak cruisers without much penalties. If you play a battleship you will lose 40k of your health in one attack run (and you only have ~90k health)

    The game was so fun when it was neew, but they patched it to **** and came up with one dumb idea after another... Now only carriers and premium ships are "fun".

    Dont spend any money and play only lower tiers like 4 to 7    … Expand
  12. Space_Sloth
    Apr 3, 2021
    0
    Firstly the gameplay is fun and good, the problem is one, the balancing of ships, and 2 the company.

    The company doesn't care one bit about the player base and health of the game, they just want more and more money, so ever new ship they release is just more broken, unbalanced, and OP. Basically this game is played by sitting at the back of the map sniping while aircraft carriers    Firstly the gameplay is fun and good, the problem is one, the balancing of ships, and 2 the company.

    The company doesn't care one bit about the player base and health of the game, they just want more and more money, so ever new ship they release is just more broken, unbalanced, and OP.

    Basically this game is played by sitting at the back of the map sniping while aircraft carriers spot and destroy all the squishy ships. It is incredibly passive and if you push and try to do something, you die.

    I honestly really like the gameplay in this game, but the problem is the ship balancing which is close to nonexistent. While Wargaming makes money they ignore the core player base    … Expand
  13. JKShulenburg
    Aug 17, 2021
    3
    Ive bought into the open beta of the game, played 5,000 games over 4 years and over a thousand hours.

    This game is not the game I loved. Over the past 3 years, the developer has openly and brazenly worked to implement and push gambling on its customers, implemented massive game changes or revisions with little or no testing under the assumption that nobody will notice, completely broken    Ive bought into the open beta of the game, played 5,000 games over 4 years and over a thousand hours.

    This game is not the game I loved. Over the past 3 years, the developer has openly and brazenly worked to implement and push gambling on its customers, implemented massive game changes or revisions with little or no testing under the assumption that nobody will notice, completely broken game balance for the sake of money making the game now free to participate, not free to play or free to win. They started a program with popular streamers and you tubers to have direct communication with the developers and then alienated those streamers so completely that manj threw up their hands and quit. People would rather give up free perks in the game than work with this company.

    The developer is hoping that they can continue replacing their old hemmoraging player base with new blood forever. I'm here to warn you not to be that new blood. There is still some fun to be had here, but it's not worth the near weekly PR disasters, predatory practices and wildly imbalanced game. I'd advise you to look elsewhere    … Expand
  14. Dokdo
    Mar 20, 2020
    0
    Not to mention how expensive everything is, if you want every premium ship available it wil cost you more then a month's salary :(
  15. Sanggau
    Jun 4, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I think this game is dead game. I dont want to play it again. Unintall game is clever decision… Expand
  16. Mezastar
    Jul 12, 2020
    0
    Game is lag, lag lag. Every update gets worse and worse. Cant even get out of battle screens anymore. Notice the scores getting worse and worse over the years? They have really messed this game up big time.
  17. xitertua68
    Sep 18, 2020
    0
    If you trust a game that is run by the lowest quality staff, full of greed but not abilities you may try it. This game tries is all about luring victims to play what they call free game. In fact this game is all but free.
    Cause if you try to play it free, you will notice that the RNG of the game does some funny things. You may find yourself playing 30-40 games, and be always on teams that    If you trust a game that is run by the lowest quality staff, full of greed but not abilities you may try it. This game tries is all about luring victims to play what they call free game. In fact this game is all but free.
    Cause if you try to play it free, you will notice that the RNG of the game does some funny things. You may find yourself playing 30-40 games, and be always on teams that have not a chance to win. Or you will try to shoot fully aimed targets noticing that your shots steadily fly away of targets.
    It's a pure scam game, and you better avoid it to save time and money!    … Expand
  18. unademmu68
    Nov 1, 2020
    0
    Greedy company behind expensive and dirty p2w games.
    This is a clear example of a terrible company with lowest quality people trying to squeeze money from victims through a badly developed p2w game.

    Bad practices, rigged gaming tricks, to get money through an awful dirty game promoting hatred.
    Choose a better game to spend your time. Nothing this company runs is worth any money.
  19. mevsthevoices
    Jun 8, 2018
    0
    Pay to win, broken as ****. I've played it for a year, and they've only ever made it worse
  20. cammellogiallo
    Sep 18, 2016
    2
    __ The Good __

    * Graphics, Sound, UI __ The Bad __ - It's a glorified SLOT MACHINE, make sure you pray to RNGesus before playing. * Using AP? Pray to RNGesus for good shell dispersion and citadel hits * Using HE? Pray to RNGesus to hit AND cause a fire * Playing a destroyer? Pray that your torpedoes actually hit something * Playing a carrier? Pray that your planes survive    __ The Good __

    * Graphics, Sound, UI

    __ The Bad __

    - It's a glorified SLOT MACHINE, make sure you pray to RNGesus before playing.

    * Using AP? Pray to RNGesus for good shell dispersion and citadel hits
    * Using HE? Pray to RNGesus to hit AND cause a fire
    * Playing a destroyer? Pray that your torpedoes actually hit something
    * Playing a carrier? Pray that your planes survive the enemy AA, which has a - guess what - random chance to
    kill your planes at any second

    I know, this is Wargaming we're talking about... even then, there's even MORE RNG in this game than in World of Tanks (which sucks, too)

    * Full of retards who can't understand the basics, simply because it's F2P (like WoT)

    * Frustrating mechanics - destroyers / cruisers firing while stealthed (invisifiring), **** class mechanics (carriers that can bully slow / not agile ships with poor AA, destroyer torpedo spam)

    * Some P2W elements; you can buy premium ships that are outright better than others (Gremyaschy >> Gnevny, Murmansk >> Omaha, and others I'm not aware of surely) and are NOT affected by global nerfs - e.g. all soviet mid-high tier destroyers damage / chance of fire / visibility when firing were nerfed, except the Gremyaschy of course. Also, you can buy flags for money - they give some neat benefits, although not gamebreaking.

    In short: too much RNG, too little consistency, I never feel like I'm in control of the game - more like the other way around ... like a slot machine.    … Expand
  21. timafey
    Oct 23, 2019
    0
    Хорошая игра. Во всяком случае, мне нравится. И графика и геймплей на самом высоком. С удовольствием играю и другим рекомендую.
  22. KelesK
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    Incredibly shady and underhanded monetization practises which emphasises gambling to minors.
  23. Finkel72
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    Pay to win. Everything new is behind a paywall=lootbox. Grinding game. Not worth the time
  24. MrBenis
    Dec 29, 2015
    4
    This game is precisely average. I have a list of specific complaints which can be detailed here;

    Firstly is the ship balance, you enter new tiers and your new ship - unless you use FreeXP to get basic hull upgrades first becomes a liability instantly and causes you to lose against more powerful opponents. Secondly the free vs paid ships; in almost all ways the paid ships are better,    This game is precisely average. I have a list of specific complaints which can be detailed here;

    Firstly is the ship balance, you enter new tiers and your new ship - unless you use FreeXP to get basic hull upgrades first becomes a liability instantly and causes you to lose against more powerful opponents.

    Secondly the free vs paid ships; in almost all ways the paid ships are better, instead of simply paying for a different kind of ship you can pay for a ship which is stronger, faster, does more damage and has abilities that don't belong to its class. In addition to this is other certain aspects surrounding the paid unlocks such as faster progression generally, more money etc etc. Yes I have played F2P before but this is obscene because P2W ships will always get a game even if they're blatantly not tier appropriate.

    Thirdly is the aircraft carriers - IJN and USA CV will get discussed to death here and elsewhere but it's really evident that the developers are playing musical chairs with who gets to be OP in order to maximise your time spent grinding. IJN CV are hands down better than USA because even in their fighter heavy configuration they still get 3 bomber units on top of their 3 fighter units vs the 2/0/1 or 2/0/2 of most USA CV. You are demonstrably non-competitive in USA CV up until the later tiers.

    The tier 6 USA CV is literally the ship which made me decide not to pay for this game. Feel free to quote me on that, the indepedence is the vessel that made me decide not to give you the money I felt you deserved up to that point. The soul crushing grind and underpowered t6/t7 I have experienced since isn't encouraging me to spend the money, it's just making me resent my time spent even more.

    Fourth and finally is the sheer arrogance of the development and moderator teams. Letting cheating go on blatantly, allowing super testers to threaten other people with doxxing and cyber attacks as well as cynically doubling down on players by not making certain P2W features clear at the outset and then charging the newbie a stipend for their refusal to explain fully what's happening is just another reason to not give this game your money.

    With that being said I'm now dropping my score from a 5 to a 4. The game has its good moments it can't be denied but in the face of so much smug and psychological browbeating I cannot in good faith even give this game a score of 5.

    Wargaming you are losing players globally and unless you change your behaviour as a business this game cannot last. At least your game is free. Kind of.    … Expand
  25. masiyaa
    Feb 13, 2016
    1
    get ready for crappy events that make it so you need to buy premium.

    a match making system that takes none + accounts and puts you VS premium players

    its a novelty move on
  26. Container173
    Aug 18, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A game made by a company with a PR team so piss poor at their job that you wouldn't believe they actually get paid… Expand
  27. RosebudSC2
    Aug 19, 2021
    2
    A beautiful game, with quite good mechanics BUT the company doesnt care about user feedback and continuously pushes people to spend real money. What started as a really nice game is now a clear cash-grab
  28. fjw88888888
    Dec 12, 2015
    2
    Like all the developers games, it's great at first, then you invest and WHAM... NOT fun no more unless you pay to win... Yes, if you have money to burn, go ahead, if not walk away... It starts to be a joke no matter what your gaming skill levels are. My review is try it and you will love it.... Unless you start investing and upgrading...you will be PZZZD...
  29. GuntherUltrabol
    Feb 7, 2016
    1
    Game is awesome. Love the game mechanics, graphics and sound. All top notch. The problem I have with the game is the pay structure. Once you start hitting tier 7,8 and higher, you'll be paying quite a lot to repair your ship. Even a great performance can be rewarded with a negative credit rating if you lose your ship. War Gaming argues that this mechanic is in place toGame is awesome. Love the game mechanics, graphics and sound. All top notch. The problem I have with the game is the pay structure. Once you start hitting tier 7,8 and higher, you'll be paying quite a lot to repair your ship. Even a great performance can be rewarded with a negative credit rating if you lose your ship. War Gaming argues that this mechanic is in place to encourage lower tier play. However they offer 30 million credits (and 20k dabloons) for $99. Doesn't take a genius to figure out thier angle here. I'd gladly spend up to 50-60 bucks to play this game indefinitely. I'd consider paying again for an expansion of some sort down the road. However, it is apparent that WG wants more than that from me.… Expand
  30. oilreg
    Dec 22, 2020
    1
    - the most horrible matchmaking i ever seen in any game EVER
    - after Tier 6, the game becomes nearly impossible in terms of F2P
    - the most horrible grind ever ever for basic stuff like Credits, - if you wanna play COOP you ll get punished with x5 less Credits,, XP which can be earned - playing Random Battles is even worse due to the horrible matchmaking. - Greedy Developers (A Single    - the most horrible matchmaking i ever seen in any game EVER
    - after Tier 6, the game becomes nearly impossible in terms of F2P
    - the most horrible grind ever ever for basic stuff like Credits,
    - if you wanna play COOP you ll get punished with x5 less Credits,, XP which can be earned - playing Random Battles is even worse due to the horrible matchmaking.
    - Greedy Developers (A Single Ship can cost up to 300 USD)
    - Never EVER buy any of their containers, the chance that you win in Lottery is way higher then getting a good ship out o them    … Expand
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#54 Best PC Game of 2015
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#22 Most Discussed PC Game of 2015
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#52 Most Shared PC Game of 2015

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. CGMagazine
    Dec 29, 2015
    80
    For a free MMO, it’s technically proficient, looks great, and will provide a fun experience. Even though I couldn’t find myself getting into it, I definitely understand why it has the following it has.
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  2. Eurogamer Poland
    Dec 11, 2015
    80
    Contrary to appearances, slower pace of combat never makes it boring. Successful hits from long distance are very satisfying, even after many hours. It's a pity that the micro-transactions system is not perfect.
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  3. Games Master UK
    Dec 1, 2015
    84
    A unique and satisfying bit of seafaring, with enough depth to rival the Atlantic. [Dec 2015, p.83]
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