World of Warships

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5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 417 Ratings

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  1. vilyan
    Apr 13, 2020
    2
    a better name and more reallistic must be: world of russian overpowered paper ship...

    if you want to play another nation, be prepare to be rape by russian ships who never exist in real life and are totally overpowered and ruins the game.
  2. Aaradorn
    Jun 8, 2020
    5
    It was a great game, the ships were epic and everything was pretty well balanced.

    At some point they started favoring the Russian server over all other servers and the game took a nose dive in quality and balance. They started adding HE spamming ships with such little Armour that you could barely scratch them because everything over penned. They added Russian battleships that were    It was a great game, the ships were epic and everything was pretty well balanced.

    At some point they started favoring the Russian server over all other servers and the game took a nose dive in quality and balance.

    They started adding HE spamming ships with such little Armour that you could barely scratch them because everything over penned. They added Russian battleships that were clearly better then all other nations with waterlines so low the ships would probably sink should they have ever been build. Then they added submarines with barely any counter play. They made it so everyone could play aircraft carriers no matter how brain dead they were.

    The devs feel extremely disconnected with the player base and do the weirdest things imaginable.    … Expand
  3. KOREA_UN
    Mar 22, 2020
    10
    다른분들은 다르시겠지만 저는 이 게임 좋다고 생각합니다 물론 초보자들한테도 이 게임 추천 합니다.
  4. Nana_ikd
    Apr 11, 2020
    2
    Played the game for 5years. And WG is making the game worse and worse. Just pay to win and the Russia ship is always the best.
  5. tagginondawal
    Jul 20, 2020
    8
    This is a fairly fun game that uses WW1 and WW2 ships. However it's certainly not perfect

    Good: The graphics gameplay is solid Variety of different ships, each with it's unique characteristics Neutral: the ships The grind. If you know world of tanks, or Warthunder, you'll understand you start with old, antiquated war machines then rank up to newer stuff. Same here. Unlike WoT, you    This is a fairly fun game that uses WW1 and WW2 ships. However it's certainly not perfect

    Good: The graphics
    gameplay is solid
    Variety of different ships, each with it's unique characteristics

    Neutral: the ships
    The grind. If you know world of tanks, or Warthunder, you'll understand you start with old, antiquated war machines then rank up to newer stuff. Same here. Unlike WoT, you can play against AI and still gain exp.

    Bad:
    Russian Bias (it's wargaming)
    Matchmaking. It's based on "tier level" not "time played/experience" so if a person who's played since 2015 decides to join a Tier 5 game and seal club some noobs...well, that happens.
    Some ships deemed "pay to win"

    Okay, the game is pretty fun. It's graphics are good, the detail on the ships is good, and the gameplay is fun. Grinding is so much easier than WoT, another wargaming title. You can actually survive long enough to get credits and exp, and you can (if you want/no one's up) play against bots. And they can win. Unlike WoT, the chat is somewhat civil (there's still salty ass people there, but no where as bad).

    However, with the rework to the aircraft carriers last year, in order to make them viable they've made them too powerful, thus rendering AA cruisers mostly ineffective. While they can work, the consumables they use will run out while the Carrier can keep attacking.

    They've also taken away what made Japanese destoryers fun to play as (their long range torps.) While they still have range, they're giving other countries the same range so it's making them less viable.

    Note to BB (battleship players), to avoid raging at people with torps, please... USE W A S D to change course and speed! Going in a straight line makes it easy to kill you!!!!    … Expand
  6. sefhyro
    Jul 22, 2020
    0
    a little of background story...
    i played this game since it was in closed alpha, back therm the game was promising, the ships looked balanced overall, each branch had it's strong point and it's weak points, but they **** it up has usual from wargaming...
    1: they started by ****ing up the Japanese destroyer lines in 2 branches none of witch performed well after that 2: the introduction    a little of background story...
    i played this game since it was in closed alpha, back therm the game was promising, the ships looked balanced overall, each branch had it's strong point and it's weak points, but they **** it up has usual from wargaming...
    1: they started by ****ing up the Japanese destroyer lines in 2 branches none of witch performed well after that
    2: the introduction of captain skills and consumables that basically where a deterrent to who ever decided to p+lay or was playing ANY nation destroyers
    3: events where you had to play 24h/day games just to manage to grind for free ( THE PAY TO RICO EVENT) has a example
    4: they don't give a **** to they're community contributors
    5: the ranked battles where you have to have tier 10 in order to procede to higher ranks
    6: pve battles, are a joke, no balance at all
    7: the match making system is a piece of unbalanced ****
    8: the grind up to level 5 it's easy but after that you end up in matches where the opposing team has at least 1 radar detection ship or sonar in it
    9: premium destroyer ships are weak, they need be buffed but wargaming is a **** and doesn't listen to it's player base
    10: costumer support doesn't existe
    11: no tutorial explain how a player should counter or avoid a radar ship

    this pretty much sums up this game...
    another piece of **** courtesy of wargaming    … Expand
  7. Holdr
    Aug 16, 2020
    8
    graphic is good, game play is good, game mechanic somehow is okay and not pay to win and its actually pay to progress however the problem is with the matchmaking system too much RNG, sometimes you will get 4CVs in a match which not fun when they snipe you and you cant do anything about it. matchmaking is also often put you on the bottom tier which you will facing high tier ships.
  8. EvergreenXCVI
    Aug 26, 2020
    2
    This game is insanely frustrating. Power creep is insane, balance is retarded and they only reason people still put up with the **** devs is because the game has no real competitors.
  9. Ex_Flask
    Oct 3, 2020
    0
    Recommend spending your time and money elsewhere. They don't care about any player base outside of Russia. Their match making system is broken and will match Tier 7 ships against Tier 10s. They will also pit the same T7 against the T10. It's not worth the anger, frustration even to download their games.
  10. Redink
    Jan 21, 2021
    3
    This game could be great. But it's like the Dev team doesn't play it at all.
    CV's are absurdly over powered. They make concealment pointless by spotting everything at will. They can create a deadly crossfire anywhere on the map. They make positioning (80% of the game) meaningless because they can see/hit you anyway. They have equal to or better armor than even tiered BB's. They're not    This game could be great. But it's like the Dev team doesn't play it at all.
    CV's are absurdly over powered. They make concealment pointless by spotting everything at will. They can create a deadly crossfire anywhere on the map. They make positioning (80% of the game) meaningless because they can see/hit you anyway. They have equal to or better armor than even tiered BB's. They're not even slow, heavy cruisers lose in a footrace. 15 minutes into a game they can still field full squadrons of aircraft even though by then whoever is left is going to have reduced AA due to attrition. Not that AA is a counter to aircraft anyway. regardless of your AA rating, they will get at least 2 attack runs at you per squadron. Other ships might be able to spot, or create a crossfire, or deal massive damage, or have awesome armor, but in order to take advantage of these capabilities the ship must put itself in harms way, risking or spending HP. CV's can do all this without risking HP or positioning.
    CV's function in the game like a tax. if there's one in the game, you're going to lose health to them.
    This is AFTER the big CV rework. a joke.

    The most recent patch as of this review was the commander skill update, 10.0.0 including a buff to BB dispersion of 10% (which is massive) as long as no ships are within your normal spotting distance. ensuring that BB's are played at max range. this combined with the state of CV's and HE spammers means BB's don't brawl anymore. leaving cruisers and DD's on the front line. so they stick to their islands and hide. makes for amazing gameplay (sarcasm). Unless of course there's a carrier in the game, then the island is worthless anyway and the whole thing devolves into a camp-fest and wait for the last 5 minutes to play.

    And now WG is going to release Subs into this mess... virtually guaranteeing BB's won't come near a cap.
    The current meta of the game: Whichever team pushes first, loses.

    And WG could fix this. it didn't used to be this way. There used to be a viable place for brawling BB's, for sniping BB's, for concealment centric cruisers and island hoppers. Playing used to be dynamic. In its current state its stale, stagnant, frustrating.

    If WG decides they want to make a good game they can. until they make this one, I suggest War Thunder.    … Expand
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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.
  15. 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
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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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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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