War Thunder Reviews

2 stars for the painful grinding, even at low tiers... Tech tree is composed of variants that basically are the same tank or plane with diff gun/mg, etc... Maps are mediocre. 2007 graphics. I have the account created since 2012 as a beta player... And overall it doesn't have that spark. I play it from time to time.

Game is rubbish on PC too

F***
Game crashes everytime, and when i finally can go on War Thunder i start at level 1 every time.

the worst matchmaking i have seen terrible pay to win it could be a very good game but the Devs destroyed this chance

I fully agree with Scott Simpson's review.
I stopped playing WT (Arcade Battles) a couple of years ago because the growing faults and unfairness.
I wrote my experience and thoughts in two web pages, "A beginner’s guide to War Thunder Ground Arcade Battles" and "A beginner’s guide to War Thunder Air Arcade Battles", still on internet.
After two years I started again to play, finding it more or less the same: great graphics, a lot of vehicles, the usual unfairness.
If you don't pay, you can't really have success beyond level III / early level IV.
But I've discovered that Custom Battles, i.e. battles you can set up against bots (with a password protected battle, to prevent others entering it), are fun enough and much more relaxing.
Air custom battles are quite easy (too much easy, in fact) for a medium level player, because air bots are no clever at all. It's very unlikely to be downed, apart from the bomber gunners, real and dangerous snipers.
Ground custom battles, on the contrary, are more difficult because ground battles need less skill and smartness, so tanks bots can be dangerous (and usually your bot tank team is dumber than the enemy one!).
Set up the battle against upper level bots (e.g. fight with a T34 against Tigers II) and you'll find some challenging and enjoying difficulties.
All in all, Custom battles, i.e. playing against bots, are enjoyable enough and you will not feel cheated and fooled.
On-line gaming is a different kettle of fish and I can't advise you doing it beyond level III, which is the last "fair" level for a non-payer, both for planes and tanks.
After it, you'll hit a "virtual money wall": no money, almost no win.
And I don't recommend paying because it's an unfair game anyway, unless you like to pay to "feel like a winner".
In addition to the lack of fairness, there are also many other flaws, such as problems of realism in the effectiveness of the weapons, questionable mechanisms for winning or losing battles, patches released almost every day etc.
It could be a great game (the graphics are really nice and lately even improved) while it is "just" a good game.
However, the range at which you can play it for free and with pleasure is large enough to still recommend trying it.

I enjoy this game.Its immerse gameplay and hundreads vehicles from 1900s to today. All vehicles have fantastic models, and game is well optimized. Althought, it can be sometimes frustrating, as progres is much faster with premium account etc. But you can achieve anything completely free. I suggest you trying this game, it gives you absolutely crazy content for free. (played 5 years(if you want to make sure, that this review is made upon my experience, you can find me under nickname "oumygot" ;-) ))

For a small company the graphics & sounds are good but the game play is broken in parts & has been for years, it has a pay to win structure, if any player want to compete they HAVE to spend real money & lots of it.
Damage mechanics of this game are a joke, usually it's a 1 hit & dead, regardless of where you get hit or vehicle used, Arcade mode where new players usually start is a steep learning curve & tends to drive new players off.
Game is really only for wallet warriors as updates & bug fixes only ever caters towards them, bugs & gameplay issues that affect lower level players are never addressed
The company continue to ignore the real problems with the game & instead of fixing what is already there, they just add more content such as premium vehicles that require real money to get.
Play it if you don't mind spending lots of money & can put up with bugs & gameplay issues as long as your arm.
Don't play if relaxed & balanced gaming is what you're after or are willing to pay lots of money to be able to compete
Don't play if being forced to fight against higher leveled vehicles (ground battles) & can do nothing against them isn't your thing.

I played on it many years ago, and I really enjoyed it. I tried several planes, and I really liked German and Soviet planes. Italians planes were very "poor", although their camouflage was nice! And why don't talk about background music, which was very exciting (it's played by a "true" orchestra), it's perfect for classical music lovers. Although it's a free game, you earn enough money and you don't have to pay like other warfare games (you could pay also for more camouflage, if you want, but it's not mandatory). I had a lot of fun with this game, I recommend it! Recently developers put on it some tanks, I tried them and the driving style was a bit complicated, I suggest to use planes instead.

When I woke up this morning I got on and everything was working fine when I got into a battle but then once I went into my menu and my controls my all my controls were gone for everything can you please give me my controls by cuz I cannot figure out how to get them back