World of Warships

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5.7

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  1. vlad_k
    Nov 24, 2021
    2
    1. Несбалансированность классов. По задумке, здесь все должно соответствовать принципу "Камень, ножницы, бумага", то есть один класс должен бороться с другим. Но НЕТ!!
    2. Премиумную технику нерфят после акций (продажи). По сути покупаешь корабль с отличными ТТХ, а через некоторое время ее нерфят. Отличный пример "Graf Zeppelin"
    3. Техническая поддержка не решает вопросы токсичности    1. Несбалансированность классов. По задумке, здесь все должно соответствовать принципу "Камень, ножницы, бумага", то есть один класс должен бороться с другим. Но НЕТ!!
    2. Премиумную технику нерфят после акций (продажи). По сути покупаешь корабль с отличными ТТХ, а через некоторое время ее нерфят. Отличный пример "Graf Zeppelin"
    3. Техническая поддержка не решает вопросы токсичности игроков, а также на юридические жалобы игроков.
    4. Отток игроков на данный момент огромный.
    5. Полное лицемерие аудитории и полнейший модераторский беспредел на форуме в зависимости от настроения и возраста модератора . Комментарии удаляются зачастую по надуманным предлогам ,подводя под правила форума. Ощущение,как после грязной лужи.    … Expand
  2. Gernor
    Feb 17, 2020
    10
    The game is really great. For me, the main thing is stable work without crashes and nice graphics! Everything is super.
  3. JohnSimms
    Jan 15, 2020
    10
    Perhaps one of the few games that fascinated me for a long time. Earned skills play a major role in achievements of the world of warships.
  4. spongeman131
    Jan 23, 2016
    0
    Not worth playing, balance is garbage and WG seems to fail to realize that their broken mechanics are broken and that P2W premium ships are in fact P2W
  5. Razzic
    Sep 30, 2015
    2
    Played for about 3 - 4 hours. In this time just noticed what other players and reviewers have said about the game. Firing so many shots, random as hell where I seem to go down hell fast. The grind reminds me of WoT so turned me off pretty damn fast so after this time just uninstalled.

    Great for people that have nothing else to do but grind, but this is EXTREMELY repetitive with the same    Played for about 3 - 4 hours. In this time just noticed what other players and reviewers have said about the game. Firing so many shots, random as hell where I seem to go down hell fast. The grind reminds me of WoT so turned me off pretty damn fast so after this time just uninstalled.

    Great for people that have nothing else to do but grind, but this is EXTREMELY repetitive with the same maps, same ships etc. And just progression is SO SO ever so slow.

    A lot better free to play games out there. Not a fan of wargammings grind in general, hoped this would be different, it is not.    … Expand
  6. Welkore
    Feb 20, 2016
    4
    + Graphics
    + History material
    - Lack of maps. One of them is just an open sea. - Unfair match making. - Repetative gameplay. - No balance between and inside the nations. Some of the branches are absolutely useless. - P2W And two of the things that I usually call "nobody cares, but extremely important for me in some reason". - Why do the projectiles look like I play a Star    + Graphics
    + History material

    - Lack of maps. One of them is just an open sea.
    - Unfair match making.
    - Repetative gameplay.
    - No balance between and inside the nations. Some of the branches are absolutely useless.
    - P2W

    And two of the things that I usually call "nobody cares, but extremely important for me in some reason".

    - Why do the projectiles look like I play a Star Wars game and shoot with plasma cannons?
    - Where are the crews? Put just some people on board so we can see life on them during the battles.    … Expand
  7. elhimp
    Jul 14, 2019
    3
    Long story short:
    Base game deserves attention, because of systems it have right from beginning.
    Continuous development doesn't succeeded at breaking this systems completely, yet, while trying harder and harder. Yet, no one cares besides beta veterans who somehow managed to not bail in past 4 years.
  8. RDonnell
    Oct 14, 2021
    1
    Ok so i like Submarines. But the way they target is total fabrication and boring and player unfriendly. I like Aircraft Carriers as well very cool. But the one reason i refuse to play is the unrealistic childish way the ships and submarines glide across the water. Not only is it too fast but the cornering is too fast they seem to glide not break water or waves. We all know yhis looks daftOk so i like Submarines. But the way they target is total fabrication and boring and player unfriendly. I like Aircraft Carriers as well very cool. But the one reason i refuse to play is the unrealistic childish way the ships and submarines glide across the water. Not only is it too fast but the cornering is too fast they seem to glide not break water or waves. We all know yhis looks daft once aeen this can not be unseen.

    Must change for 1.0 launch and new graphical engine with raytracing is serious about being a good game.    … Expand
  9. BestNoob
    Feb 18, 2020
    5
    Another developer who is too unable to use the options provided by Steam. A direct account link without nickname / profile change or new creation has been possible for years and is used by thousands of games, only Wargaming does not integrate or use the mighty power of Steam.

    I can recommend the game in RETAIL but not the miserable Steam Integration which is really embarrassing for    Another developer who is too unable to use the options provided by Steam. A direct account link without nickname / profile change or new creation has been possible for years and is used by thousands of games, only Wargaming does not integrate or use the mighty power of Steam.

    I can recommend the game in RETAIL but not the miserable Steam Integration which is really embarrassing for every developer.

    But there are also a lot of bugs, the MM was only improved in 2019, let's see how it goes now.

    The autopilot is e.g. still bugy.

    The punishment for friendly fire is also exaggerated, the system does not recognize whether someone was shot or rammed on purpose or unintentionally.

    And Wargaming Support is incompetent and totally incapable.    … Expand
  10. Golden_chance_1
    Dec 13, 2019
    6
    A fun game run by abusive and exploitative mechanics designed to trick you into thinking you have spent too much money to stop spending more (sunk cost fallacy)

    The game was a pretty solid ship arcade game, and then they reworked the carriers and caused all kinds of new problems. It was ok-ish but then they started to go down the path of high hidden costs, exploitative psychological    A fun game run by abusive and exploitative mechanics designed to trick you into thinking you have spent too much money to stop spending more (sunk cost fallacy)

    The game was a pretty solid ship arcade game, and then they reworked the carriers and caused all kinds of new problems. It was ok-ish but then they started to go down the path of high hidden costs, exploitative psychological mechanics, power creep, and pay to win.

    This Christmas, they intentionally make the "free" ship impossible to get, and anyone who spent money to boost this impossible task would eventually be confronted with wasting their money, or spending more to complete the task at the the risk of getting nothing.

    It's the price of a AAA game for a single ship in this game, and now the T10 ships costing almost $300 in hidden, lure/bait based gating and hiding of true costs... this game is a mugger in an alley waiting to gank you for your money.

    I would advice anyone to be very wary of spending a lot on this game without careful reading and extensive thoughts about the true hidden costs of purchases.    … Expand
  11. DaL33TG33K
    Dec 13, 2019
    0
    Poor game design. Laughable balance issues. Poor treatment of player base. Predatory pricing.
  12. Nosmirc
    Dec 13, 2019
    2
    The game is great but sadly wargaming are greedy pigs. 240 usd for a ship and they say you can get it for free but that is a lie. Wargaming lie and cheat to steal your money. SHAME FREE PR
  13. aekrogi1
    Dec 15, 2019
    0
    **** pay2win game. Check the reddit page for the game and see the what I'm talking about. DO NOT INVEST YOUR TIME AND MONEY IN THIS GAME
  14. Hack_Play
    Jan 15, 2020
    10
    I watched all the online games that are tied to the naval theme. My opinion is unequivocal: World of warships are in the lead in this series
  15. nikolai0212
    Jan 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I Express my gratitude for such an interesting and high-quality game. Graphics at the highest level. When you play, you are completely immersed in it. I really liked it. I advise everyone!… Expand
  16. YaNeJolygolf
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    Игра от кампании воров (воргейминг). Самая скучная игра, смотреть в окно интереснее.
  17. Hmcs_Halifax
    Feb 4, 2020
    0
    The gameplay gets thrown out the window as soon as there is a Carrier on each side. All intelligent play and positioning goes out the window. Core aspects that make the game a fun experience, showing how you can out think and outplay the enemy team are gone. Ships that rely heavily on stealth have this negated due to how the spotting mechanics work.

    WG refuses to listen to their    The gameplay gets thrown out the window as soon as there is a Carrier on each side. All intelligent play and positioning goes out the window. Core aspects that make the game a fun experience, showing how you can out think and outplay the enemy team are gone. Ships that rely heavily on stealth have this negated due to how the spotting mechanics work.

    WG refuses to listen to their community contributors. Testers and player base as a whole. Avoid this game and don't waste your money on it. Find something better.    … Expand
  18. YerzhanNurgalie
    Feb 13, 2020
    10
    I recommend this game to everyone! The game is cool, the graphics are super. Management is just awesome! I recommend!
  19. Mugaro26
    Apr 25, 2021
    0
    В игре нет паланца вообще изучил топустим корабль iii уровня а против тебя с таким же кровнем только мощьнее тебя в 3 или 10 раз когда у тебя 17к или 18к хп и выносят с одного выстрела
  20. Moby_dick
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT DOWNLOADING THIS PIECE OF CRAP GAME. This company has SURPASSED even **** EA! This game is just an online casino and everything and I mean EVERYTHING is monetized, might as well at this point monetize the air you breath while playing this game. As if this was not enough, this company called wargaming (or more accuratelly wargambling) is ruining this game by ignoringDO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT DOWNLOADING THIS PIECE OF CRAP GAME. This company has SURPASSED even **** EA! This game is just an online casino and everything and I mean EVERYTHING is monetized, might as well at this point monetize the air you breath while playing this game. As if this was not enough, this company called wargaming (or more accuratelly wargambling) is ruining this game by ignoring player and community contributors feedback by breaking the balance of the game more and more each time. First we had the CV rework which was a total disaster and ruins the game for everyone, then they added premium ships with broken or boring to play with gimmicks, then they did a captain rework which ruined the gameplay even more, after that they implemented submarines in the game which are utterly boring and not balanced at all making games totally boring and many many more things that Im not gonna bother to type. Just make a quick search in youtube and you ll see what Im talking about. This game is like those free mobile games that when you download them, they ask you to pay real money to progress further in the game. Just for the love of God, if you like warships and you want to play a game with warships just wait for another game to come out, unless your pocket is so far deep and full that you dont give a **** I ve been playing this game since 2015 or 16 and I recently stopped playing this pile of toxic **** where players cant even do the basic stuff in this game even though they ve played almost 2k games. Just go play league of legends, at least this game is indeed a pile of toxic **** too but tou can have some fun with it for about an hour or two.… Expand
  21. pineconee
    Sep 30, 2021
    0
    Absolutely awful game. Simply one of the worst I have ever touched. The sheer incompetence of the development team never ceases to amaze me. Every time I play this game, every time I press the battle button, I am instantaneously and totally disappointed. That disappointment stems both from small things -- the fact that trees don't render properly outside the binocular mode, the UI bugsAbsolutely awful game. Simply one of the worst I have ever touched. The sheer incompetence of the development team never ceases to amaze me. Every time I play this game, every time I press the battle button, I am instantaneously and totally disappointed. That disappointment stems both from small things -- the fact that trees don't render properly outside the binocular mode, the UI bugs associated with the zooming, the numerous bugs on new test ships -- to large, gamebreaking balance features like aircraft carriers or submarines, to the deplorable and disgusting company culture inherent in Wargaming Saint Petersburg. The amount of disrespect and borderline malice shown to the playerbase is simply ridiculous -- this company treats us like the staff treats their rat infestation at the local Papa Johns; first baiting us, then exterminating us entirely.
    More pressing is the languid bureaucracy of the company execution. The system for suggesting and implementing changes in this game is simply kafkaeqsue -- its designed in a purposely convoluted way to specifically disencentivise it. Anyone who comes near Wargaming is instantly tainted by their disgusting practices and policies. I would rather dig graves for a living and earn minimum wage than be a Wargaming executive and earn six figures a year. Probably the worst commercial game developing company in the industry -- and yes, I've heard of EA.
    If you're thinking of getting this game, don't touch it. Don't look at it. Don't interact with anyone in the community. Just press the x at the top right of your screen and forget it ever happened. Go outside and get some fresh air. Do your chores -- you'll probably find it more fun anyways.    … Expand
  22. Nuryaga
    Nov 20, 2021
    8
    The game is very cool. But my computer can't run this game at 30fps so it's hard for me to rate this game
  23. skoorviel
    Sep 21, 2015
    8
    I've been playing Warships since closed beta and have something around 1000 combined battles. It's a good game! It's very similar to World of Tanks (duh, the game engine and the developer are the same, and even the premium membership benefits are shared across the titles), but now the battles happen on water. Once again: ten vehicle tiers to advance through per tech branch, captainsI've been playing Warships since closed beta and have something around 1000 combined battles. It's a good game! It's very similar to World of Tanks (duh, the game engine and the developer are the same, and even the premium membership benefits are shared across the titles), but now the battles happen on water. Once again: ten vehicle tiers to advance through per tech branch, captains (crew) to level up, XP and credits to earn by damaging enemies each round. I prefer this game over Tanks, however, because the pace is slower, more premium is placed on positioning and sticking together, and simply because I love ships more than I like any other war machines from WW2. And since there is no other battleship game of this scope and quality currently out (Navy Field 2 is utter trash, unfortunately), I will be playing WoWs for the foreseeable future.

    What could be better about this game? I would like some more complexity in ship loadouts. I used to play Navy Field 1 in the early 2000's, and I wish that WoWs had some of its features. The number of upgrades for each ship is rather limited (compared to Tanks, for example) and the different modules don't change the stats all that much (compared to Tanks once again). I remember Navy Field 1 having 5 different gun options for a ship, the armor was customizable (i.e. how much armor do I want to put on deck, belt, or torpedo bulge?), different types of FCS (Fire Control System) gave different benefits (manual was extremely accurate because you had to aim the guns manually with the keyboard, and the auto ones were easier to use but had different distance/accuracy trade-offs), and different engines had different accelerations/max speeds/overheat values. Mounting this equipment had to be balanced against your ship''s displacement: a ship can only carry so much weight, so big heavy guns left less displacement for armor, engine, and even crew (yup, you could even determine how many sailors per position, which would affect the crew's performance negatively or positively). In WoWs, you'll usually find one upgrade for each of the systems: hull, FCS, engine, guns/torpedoes, and each of the upgrades is marginally better than the previous one. For example, the FCS gives a straight upgrade of 10% more range. How about giving us 2 or 3 FCS options that change accuracy, range, and perhaps view distance in different proportions? One would give much better accuracy but decrease range, another would increase both slightly etc. Or engines: right now the upgraded engine increases the top speed of the ship slightly over the stock one, why not give us different engines that affect acceleration, top speed, reverse speed in different ways? I would love to see some variety and complexity in the modules.

    All this being said, the game is still evolving with new features being added on a consistent basis. Just like Tanks evolved over the years with many features, new game modes, and vehicles being added, I am sure WoWs will evolve along the same lines. If you have played Tanks in the past, take this game for a spin. If you never played a War Gaming title ever before but you like ships, then there is nothing stopping you from trying it either. It's free to play!!!    … Expand
  24. Karnack
    Sep 21, 2015
    8
    Have been playing it for a few weeks now and am still addicted to it !

    Shame that the Royal Navy and German Navy are not yet in game but am informed that their coming. Quite a few swearing kids in game chat but mostly helpful and probably mature players. Its not perfect but after a few adjustments and the addition of more nations (just USA and Japan atm) will get much better.    Have been playing it for a few weeks now and am still addicted to it !

    Shame that the Royal Navy and German Navy are not yet in game but am informed that their coming.

    Quite a few swearing kids in game chat but mostly helpful and probably mature players.

    Its not perfect but after a few adjustments and the addition of more nations (just USA and Japan atm) will get much better.

    IMHO already better than World Of Tanks and I played that for ages!

    It is technically a free game but there is an in game purchasing system for bonus xp and various ships that appear in store every so often. Tirpitz being one of them.
    In theory you could play through to any tier 10 without spending a penny.    … Expand
  25. Anonymous_Quark
    Sep 23, 2015
    9
    As a veteran World of Tanks (WoT) player, I've been in clan wars, campaigns, tournaments, leagues, company battles, stronghold battles, team battles, and thousands of random battles... Needless to say, I've spent an overwhelming amount of time playing WoT, learning the complexities of an outwardly simple game that, at its core, has immense tactical depth. I've committed to learning theAs a veteran World of Tanks (WoT) player, I've been in clan wars, campaigns, tournaments, leagues, company battles, stronghold battles, team battles, and thousands of random battles... Needless to say, I've spent an overwhelming amount of time playing WoT, learning the complexities of an outwardly simple game that, at its core, has immense tactical depth. I've committed to learning the game mechanics and perfecting upon skills that often feel diminished by unfair metrics of balance and incompetent teammates. However, I'm here to talk about World of Warships (WoWS). Offering many of the same appeals of WoT, WoWS solves many of the former's issues. However, WoWS is (arguably) the exact same type of game albeit with a much more obvious level of complexity. Ultimately, WoWS is firing and maneuvering. Whereas WoT players sometimes found themselves hopelessly outmatched against higher tiered vehicles and tank types (heavy, medium, light and destroyers) mattered little to the metagame (camo and DPM), the different classes of warships (battleships, cruisers, destroyers and aircraft carriers) have significantly more distinctive playstyles. As a result, WoWS players will never feel incapable of affecting the outcome of a battle as WoWS rewards intelligent play in away WoT does not. Although a completely different game, WoWS will feel serendipitously familiar to WoT players who remember feeling excited at the prospect of a game with so much potential and opportunity for growth. I truly recommend that you give it a shot.… Expand
  26. SirDiddles
    Feb 7, 2016
    6
    A good game at the start. I found few technical issues that were show stopping. Early ships are reasonably well balanced. Game play and winning is largely decided on by players and their tactics. Progression is relatively quick up to about level 5 ships. After level 5 it is a different game. Progression is extremely slow. Weeks playing a single ship before you can progress is typical.A good game at the start. I found few technical issues that were show stopping. Early ships are reasonably well balanced. Game play and winning is largely decided on by players and their tactics. Progression is relatively quick up to about level 5 ships. After level 5 it is a different game. Progression is extremely slow. Weeks playing a single ship before you can progress is typical. Ports and virtually every feature costs real money. To those who have every ship, they have spent several hundred dollars just to buy ports.

    Premium ships are vastly superior to the regular ships. In every sense this is a p2w game. Thank the gods there are not many of them but faced with a team of premium ships tactics don't much matter.

    While carriers add a dimension to the game they also distort the essence of play. Playing in a carrier is a different view even, like a map based tactical view, you are no longer in a ship. The airplanes can also rather easily spot destroyers highlighting them for cruisers and battleships to destroy. Even if there are no carriers in your game, prepare yourself, many battleships have planes and even cruisers. So by level 5 in a destroyer prepare to have games were you do ok, and other games where you die without getting a single shot on anything. So by level 5 or 6 playing a destroyer is unpleasant.

    Quite often when I play my battleship, it is so slow I find the battle has already been decided before I can fire a single round. All my destroyers and cruisers rush forward, engage their mass of ships, get destroyed, and I am left with the carrier to die. Still haven't fire a shot. Not the fault of the game that my teams tactics are horrible, but that is typically what happens.

    So you have decided the only thing to play is a cruiser. Jack of all trades. Maybe the only consistent and relatively decent ship class in the game.

    No ability to put on ignore the children who play this game. I would say this alone makes the game loose a full point. Upgrading to a new ship is really annoying. They have made it so that an upgrade actually is worse than your current ship, all you have to do is upgrade everything about it to make it better. Transfer a captain from an old ship. Either pay to transfer him at no penalty or spend weeks with him penalized to incompetency before he understands how to make this new ship work. So pay, then pay, oh yeah new ship = new port so pay, then pay .... you get the picture.

    My advice would be to play this game to level 4, enjoy it as much as you can, and don't plan on higher level ships, from level 5 ships on you will start to experience a very different game.    … Expand
  27. awesomesonic
    Jan 18, 2018
    0
    Fake russian reviews in Steam. They make orders to write positive reviews about the game on special reserves so that people do not pay attention to real ones.
  28. emerson123
    Oct 16, 2015
    1
    Totaly p2w, have huge paywalls, the game essense is good, the HUD, the ships, but the rest... R.I.P

    If u like to grow stronger in a game dont play it, T7 is a paywall, T8 - T10 makes u lost money (-100k or more) in every match. Even with premium. The MM is a joke, totally unbalanced. In this game u will only have fun in T1 - T3 (that u can reach in 30 mins), the rest is a pain in    Totaly p2w, have huge paywalls, the game essense is good, the HUD, the ships, but the rest... R.I.P

    If u like to grow stronger in a game dont play it, T7 is a paywall, T8 - T10 makes u lost money (-100k or more) in every match. Even with premium.

    The MM is a joke, totally unbalanced.

    In this game u will only have fun in T1 - T3 (that u can reach in 30 mins), the rest is a pain in the *** and very frustrating.

    If u are new here and dont like a p2w game with 923445 paywalls, google another...    … Expand
  29. ogower
    Jan 15, 2017
    2
    An interesting concept that translates into a fairly awful game. It looks good, within the boundaries of an increasingly dated engine. The game mechanics are an exercise in frustration, which is multiplied by WG's love of adding 'RNG' or randomness into their games. Particular note for the OP aircraft carriers and the frankly ridiculous presence of states such as the USSR in a naval gameAn interesting concept that translates into a fairly awful game. It looks good, within the boundaries of an increasingly dated engine. The game mechanics are an exercise in frustration, which is multiplied by WG's love of adding 'RNG' or randomness into their games. Particular note for the OP aircraft carriers and the frankly ridiculous presence of states such as the USSR in a naval game set in the 20-40s period, a period dominated by a handful of countries that did not include Russia (though a Russian company makes the game, so...). Uninstalled.… Expand
  30. quidditch3
    Aug 26, 2017
    1
    #FreeiChase I used to love this game but if they are going to punish one of there best quality and most honest/caring CCs for speaking out when WG is clearly trying to screw over the player-base by releasing unfinished ships then this game doesn't deserve the rating it has. I've been with the game since alpha and I am no longer impressed
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Awards & Rankings

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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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