World of Warships

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5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 417 Ratings

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  1. Richardca84
    Aug 24, 2023
    1
    This game has been going downhill from a developer who doesn't want to listen to their player base at all about making the game more fun but instead keeps pushing out stuff that makes the game less and less fun. Every time I jump onto the game now if I do, I just get the feeling this game is dying quickly and the only way to fix it. is to allow someone else to do it and listen to theThis game has been going downhill from a developer who doesn't want to listen to their player base at all about making the game more fun but instead keeps pushing out stuff that makes the game less and less fun. Every time I jump onto the game now if I do, I just get the feeling this game is dying quickly and the only way to fix it. is to allow someone else to do it and listen to the player base. The game before 2020 was good and then they made the CV Rework which broke the game for CV to be so OP that if you had anyone that could barely play them now could do a massive amount of damage without learning how to play them. I played this game from the beginning and just seen it go from good to great to good to now just right boring, not fun to play, and ships that are overpowered towards other ships. It is just so wrong to see. Ships that were designed for AA defense cannot do anything against them. Ships that were designed to destroy Submarine cannot get close to them to destroy them either.
    Lastly, the microtransaction or what I say macrotransaction are just so high that normal people cannot afford it, and when they do afford it. it is too late for them to get what they want and just so f this poop, I am out.
    The great part of the game and has been since the start is the Art in the game. Everything else is so boring now and no new content except new ships in every update for people to buy that are just copy-paste ships from every other ship in the game.    … Expand
  2. Pytera
    Aug 14, 2023
    2
    Up until 2 years ago, the game was really fun, because you could more or less counter everything and you noticed what you did wrong and that your opponent was better or worse.

    But since the Nakhimov, the superships and especially the submarines, the game has just gotten worse. Nakhimov can be balanced by reducing damage, okay, doable. But with the submarines you would have to change    Up until 2 years ago, the game was really fun, because you could more or less counter everything and you noticed what you did wrong and that your opponent was better or worse.

    But since the Nakhimov, the superships and especially the submarines, the game has just gotten worse.

    Nakhimov can be balanced by reducing damage, okay, doable.
    But with the submarines you would have to change everything. They're too fast, the ping has far too much range, homing torps..... who doesn't know them. I heard that sonar was supposed to help against submarines. But not in WoWs, nothing should help against submarines.

    Actually, the game should work like rock paper scissors.
    Destroyers counter battleships, cruisers counter destroyers, battleships counter destroyers. Planes can be avoided and skilled on flag.

    But submarines have no counter. Yes you can kill them, but the effort is way too big.

    I hope that people from Wargaming never go to companies they like, because the company is broke after 2 years or the quality is still at 10% of the original quality.    … Expand
  3. dizanck
    Jul 7, 2023
    1
    PLEASE NOTE, the critic reviews are over 7 years old. The game has changed drastically over that time. They literally threw out any strategy out the window and introduce ships that make this game un playable.

    They want you to spend money on new ship after new ship. Dont get sucked in.
  4. Fatman3000
    Jan 14, 2023
    0
    The game has potential, but unfortunately the decisionmakers at the company are literally and have been for years, destroying the game in terms of fun. Specifically force feeding unfun mechanics (submarines, aircraft carriers) down our throats. The other insane problem is the matchmaking which is really trash and insanely unbalanced to the point where matches are basically decided when uThe game has potential, but unfortunately the decisionmakers at the company are literally and have been for years, destroying the game in terms of fun. Specifically force feeding unfun mechanics (submarines, aircraft carriers) down our throats. The other insane problem is the matchmaking which is really trash and insanely unbalanced to the point where matches are basically decided when u enter the game.

    My clan is pretty active, but we have "rules" against talking negative about the game, because almost everyone despises so many aspects that we just continuously have negative discussions whenever we talk about the game.... And we even try to stay positive to (as we are optimistic people in general) so that should tell you enough really.......

    There is unfortunately no sign of things improving as the community has been screaming for years, but they continue the force-feeding.

    Hopefully in a couple of years, when they wake up with their IP destroyed, mainly by bad monetary results from a dwindling player base and boycotters (brand name is already really down bad, basically unsavable in its current state) they will make positive changes to the game. I am waiting.    … Expand
  5. tjohobbit
    Nov 27, 2022
    0
    And as always premium ships are of the charts.

    So full of exploits and even admins PM about buying cheats. Such a blatant crapgame. Its only greed that drives their games. They removed gold ammo because the whales would here its was because they paid but the fame is the same crap as it always have been and will be. The game is dead. Only cheaters and bots left because they    And as always premium ships are of the charts.

    So full of exploits and even admins PM about buying cheats.

    Such a blatant crapgame.
    Its only greed that drives their games.

    They removed gold ammo because the whales would here its was because they paid but the fame is the same crap as it always have been and will be.

    The game is dead. Only cheaters and bots left because they never plugged the exploits.
    Even on the offical forum ppl can link to cheats =)    … Expand
  6. geo12
    Oct 9, 2022
    0
    This game is crap, end of story rigged games ships you get that are tweaked by wargaming or "russia" same thing that are worthless after you buy or research. All this is is a company that cheats its players changes the game so u have to buy to win. Its a total scam and they should be imprisoned for fraud. RUN RUN RUN
  7. Gestus
    Sep 17, 2022
    0
    A standart pay to win game. Slowness uniformaty is in everypart. Play only if you have a lot of free time
  8. ASRBriggs
    Aug 12, 2022
    0
    Game is good (for the most part). But the monetization schemes are INCREDIBLY scummy, the developer is truly unapologetic about it, and player support is non-existent.
  9. falconkm
    Jul 11, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. game is infested with robots and hackers that the company insists on saying that it doesn't exist but just look on youtube, extreme pay to win you only win if you buy the ship of the moment… Expand
  10. noIdeaw
    Jun 22, 2022
    0
    Great game with only art department working. Other department can be replaced by primary school students. They making the game worse ever update. Can't give more marks than that. Hope they can make some changes later.
  11. Noiza
    Jun 13, 2022
    4
    This Game has a high frust factor for multible reasons.
    It is a F2P game, but i think it more as a Pay2Progress with some Pay2Win mechanics, just saw i thread on Reddid how one got his first T10 ship after 4(!) years of constantly playing the game. A huge part is locked behind a paywall and gambling (lootboxes) and some advantages are payed by real money. Skins and Flags (not the    This Game has a high frust factor for multible reasons.
    It is a F2P game, but i think it more as a Pay2Progress with some Pay2Win mechanics, just saw i thread on Reddid how one got his first T10 ship after 4(!) years of constantly playing the game. A huge part is locked behind a paywall and gambling (lootboxes) and some advantages are payed by real money. Skins and Flags (not the economic) give you extra stats and player power.
    The estetics are awsome, great looking grafic, high amount of details and good sound.
    You have 5 classes: Desdroyers (DD), Cruisers (CL/CA), Battleships (BB), submarines(SS) and aircraft carryer (CV).
    Now to the frust factors:
    1. No respawn + high TTK: Frustrating when you are getting oneshottet.
    2. Community is really toxic: especially if you are playing playing as SS or CV, even tho they are not they most anoying thing in the game.
    3. The grind: this game is brutaliy grindheavy, especially if you are a F2P player, then you will spend months grinding
    4. Pricepolicy: their pricing policy is bold and one of my biggest points. I never saw a game with such absurd high costs.
    Monthly 8,20€ to get double XP and credits and you still grind your a** off. Ships can cost between 40€ - 70€ and if you want an even ship now, it will go up to 250€. Flaggs and skins cost (with some eceptions) real money and are gone after one match...or one one-shot.
    5. Matchmaking: this can between 2 Tiers. Means you can face Ships that are 2 Tiers above yours and thats a huge difference and really frustrating.
    6. Meta: Right now, from my experience, the meta looks like only two classes are in only one way playable: Sniper-BBs and ambush-DDs.
    Cruisers are just XP Pinatas, destroyers ambushes with a one-shot torp salvo while beeing stealth in front of you. BBs are just slow, chonky snipers in the background and flaming the CV for only existing. SS stay underwater somhere and get flamed for beeing in game and get oneshottet after beeing spottet.
    7. Events: most events are very grind heavy and you still have to pay to take part    … Expand
  12. That_floof
    Mar 26, 2022
    5
    It's an okay game, but the higher you go, the less fun you will have. It is certanly better than things like war thunders naval, but still annoying sometimes
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. EXx
    Oct 2, 2021
    3
    Alright let's make it quick. I used to love this game. Then Wargaming ruined it. You know the story, heartbreaking...
  17. 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
  18. SharkBite0322
    Sep 22, 2021
    9
    I like the game, since i do not a credit card, for it is not a pay to win, i would have given 10/10 if it didn't glitch and all my information was erased, either the glitch is fixed or i wait for years, but it still a good game and i can't wait until i play it again.
  19. 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
  20. Finkel72
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    Pay to win. Everything new is behind a paywall=lootbox. Grinding game. Not worth the time
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. KelesK
    Aug 19, 2021
    0
    Incredibly shady and underhanded monetization practises which emphasises gambling to minors.
  24. 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
  25. 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
  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. 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
  28. 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
  29. ctlvrjerrygrcia
    Aug 8, 2021
    3
    Having played from closed beta until yesterday(August 7 2021) I cannot recommend this game to anyone. The game was fantastic and could still be fantastic. However Wargaming LLC refuses to listen to players and rams new mechanics and classes into the game. They are focused solely on short term game and ignoring everything else including the health and balance of the game. If you doHaving played from closed beta until yesterday(August 7 2021) I cannot recommend this game to anyone. The game was fantastic and could still be fantastic. However Wargaming LLC refuses to listen to players and rams new mechanics and classes into the game. They are focused solely on short term game and ignoring everything else including the health and balance of the game. If you do choose to play this game do not buy anything not even premium account time.… Expand
  30. 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
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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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