An Actual Review of War Thunder
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- Опубліковано 13 гру 2024
- You don't see people making reviews on War Thunder too often, so I thought I'd take a jab at it. It's gonna be a bit of a speedrun review, but the fundamentals are there. I talk about its user interface, graphics, sound, music, and gameplay. This is primarily from the perspective of a tank player, though a lot of this still applies to air RB, not just ground RB. The title is borrowed from Shammy's "Actual Review of" series. I asked for his permission before using the naming scheme.
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I know it's pretty short for a review, but I still think I managed a brief synopsis of most aspects. The title is borrowed from Shammy's "Actual Review of" series. I asked for his permission before using the naming scheme.
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Ah, another fan of that owl boy :)
so are you a vetran sense your know how about combat vehicles is accurate
thank you for this video
The new sharable sounds for artillery are Ear Bursting, I will be sitting quietly trying to hear an engine then ear rape shrapnel sounds, and there like 3 different sounds and they repeat constantly
You forgot the heli battle cancer
"I forgot about naval, but so did gaijin"
Oof.
Wonder what he meant by that...🧐
Honestly I don't know cuz I don't play naval that much
Yorkshire Tea I used to play it a lot. It’s actually could be pretty fun gameplay, but the maps are awful for anything over a PT boat. The BR compression is literally insane, where you might be .3 BR below a ship you literally cant damage. The worst part is that Naval EC was actually fun, until they tried to make it so wrecked ships would stay in the game, which fucked everything up. If they had just had Naval EC running all the time, people would probably play naval more.
@@schuylerkandarian7325 I remember the good old times in the closed beta for naval (me and my clan had fun!)
@@schuylerkandarian7325 yeah it sucks how dead it is some of the time for low tier I ended up playing WoWS
I wanted so bad to love navel
"War Thunder is almost fun" hah, that's the perfect way to describe WT
Sarge, those mongrels from earlier are back
Sarge. I saw you back in Japanese war thunder video. And probably gonna see you alot
@@Cirnein What are you talking about, private?!
I said it Sarge, see you
@@AverageWarCrimeEnjoyer where do i get my new power armor sarge?
"Hey spookston, you forgot Navy"
"Yeah, well so did Gaijin"
Holy shit that's a burn and a half
"Holy shit you fucking killed Gaijin dude"
Burns more than their new fire effects...
Also really nothing about planes in the “actual review”
@@garrettpater6557 Yeah, but the overall summary he made of the game ties into air battles.
But air rb is very different than ground battles. The problems he addressed (Sounds, bushes, servers) I don’t have a problem with. So I think this was just a tanks review, as there weren’t even ships in it.
“It’s a good idea but executed horribly”
*Looks at Chinese tech tree*
Ahh, the copy paste tech tree
*looks at swedish tech tree*
Nobody with a brain wanted this
atleast the swedish tech isn’t ctrl c + ctrl v
also,
stridsvagn 103
@@dinosawrmems8339 yeah but at least the copy-paste vehicles take some actual skill to play
Demospammer9987 are you implying the swedish tech tree is op? all the vehicles suck in my experience fighting against them
" fairly historically accurate matchup "
Ah yes, the famous 1944 nazi design fighting against 80s vehicles
Except for some sepcialized vehicle, the latter doesn't usually exceed the late 50s
Also British 1945 design fighting early 1960s jets.
@@TheNicestPig 1 word: Maus
@@dragox1135 Blame the germans for putting that much armor on it. The only reason it was viable in game is because the powertrain don't break down constantly, ground pressure isn't a thing and logistics doesn't exist.
@@TheNicestPig ITs not even the armor lol. Pz3 fights vs 1940's shermans :rofl:
I'm a war thunder veteran who can't speak clearly, anything I say turns to dust. That's just how the game feels. For the most part it's a good game executed poorly. Fantastic video spook!
Hi Ash.
Love the vids ash keep em comin
I'm a World of Tanks veteran from 2011. And started War Thunder about a year ago, I can say it seems like in WoT you have a better chance of getting at least a couple of team mates to make a good offensive or defensive play with you. But WT seems to lean more towards realism than WoT does. They both have their moments of glory, and their moments of ridiculous frustration I'll put it like that.
There is no such thing as war thunder veteran, the word veteran is ONLY used for people who actually served in the military
@@lancer8325 LOOOOL
“It’s a good idea but executed horribly”
Just like a lot of gaijin’s other vehicles. *glares at crossout*
@Ian Mayer from what i've heard, there\ll be more and more grind the further you progress in the game. Well, afaik crossout has business model that is similar to WT's, so similar problems are expected
@@deepspacewanderer9897 thing is crossout is EXTREMELY p2w(and for the love of god plz dont pull the argument that wt is p2w as wt is pay-to-progress) and has been since the latter half of crossout's CBT
@@torvamessor3059 i will not say, that WT is p2w (mostly, bushes, duplicates and maby something else are somewhat p2w, and premiums may also be, depending on if they have special matchmaking rules (i.e. if they don't get uptiered)/have been assigned a somewhat lower tier than they should or not).
I will, however, say, that monetization model, that allows for sale of gameplay/progression/...-related things will encourage the developers to modify their game in a way that "encourages" you to spend more money on it, and usually such modifications negatively affect that game's quality. If what you are saying is true, then in crossout this effect is just more pronounced than in WT, for one reason or another.
@Andrés Valverde I don't know what the other, more experienced players, feel about this, but from my point of view as a player who does a LOT of ~ 4.3BR, I find some premium vehicles to be openly p2w. If I'm not mistaken, some vehicles like the T14, the KV1-E, the T-34-57 1943 or the German KV-1s simply outperform any other vehicle of the same class at the same BR. When manned by a good player, they are are nothing short of a pain in the ass to fight against.
Thankfully lots of them are manned by bad players who do not control their tank efficiently, leading to scenarios where you manage to go head-on on them with a KV-1 and get on their side (can't pen the front!), managing to fire at their side armour before they randomly shoot at your front armour and pierce it like butter
@@maloflory I can relate to that and back then the meme was russian bias now fighting against germans at that br and around feels like it is impossible as a URSS mainly the tiger/panther/hezer i mean they can pen all URSS tanks at their br unless lucky but the opposite is not true wtf ? it feels unfair
What WarThunder needs is real competition. Either we'll get WarThunder improve drastically, or we'll get a better game.
World of Donkeys ain't even competing no more 😂, but there's a game that will rival War thunder in Sumilation of tanks, but its in beta/alpha, so yeah, but you right, It needs competition!
@@dela_v8227 What game?
Damien Viljoen i think hes talking about world of tanks
@@biasedsherman I forgot its name, but its like a new upcoming tank simulator, about 10% Arcade and 90% simulation
@@sugoisukhoi bruh💀
One sentence:
"One of a kind, unfortunately."
“It’s almost fun” or another “My favourite game would not recommend.”
Perfect.
Love hate relationship, I always go on and on about this game and then people will ask should they try it out, and I just deadpan say no
im gonna be honest, i supported war thunder for nearly 6 years now, and i have to say that the game is quite unique and there is no other game that i have ever played that is able to compete with how unique and fantastic the game's idea is.
to start, i really like the game as a whole, the only big mess is balance and bugs.
the overall gameplay and graphics is amazing, but there are some things that are frustrating when you play the game, but most of the times you will feel happy and have fun on the lower tiers (as long as you dont get shitted on by premium players with their premium tanks) until you reach the higher tiers where you will feel more frustrated.
as in why you will feel frustrated, you may be having either issues with unbalanced tanks at that battle rating or either the repair cost as in some aircraft or tanks have really expensive repairs (i mean like i have to spend 100k sl per match just because my tracks were destroyed? and the shells are 320sl each? come on gaijin)
and not only that, i think the battle rating system is a "good" system, but not really balanced. like are you gonna seriously fight a cold war tanks with a pershing or a königstiger? and fighting modern mbts with a cold war tank? (and why is the 76 sherman series on 5.3-5.7? it should be on 5.3 and you definitely don't want to fight a henschel tiger II on an uptier with only apcr shells to save you. but i too, take gameplay over realism to some extent.)
the other issue i have experienced is server/client related, as in, ahem, very poor connections to the server even though your internet is fine.
the problem is that whenever you fire, sometimes your shot doesn't register even though your shell was already fired on your screen. this, may lead to an awkward and a very frustrating situation where you have to sit and think to yourself "huh, pretty sure i fired that shell a few miliseconds than him and i still died?", this is quite an issue that i am really unhappy about since this is a very game breaking issue, especially when the people said "wAr tHunder iS EspOrts reAdy"
this also happens when you're playing an air battle and your plane just plops onto the earth and makes you have to pay for the painful 30k repair cost.
and for the final one, the tech tree issue.
some of the nation tech trees are rich in aircraft and tanks, but some nations have a messy tech tree. (i.e china because they just copy and pasted tanks until higher tiers).
some tanks have little to no lineups, and no backup tanks if you lost your only one in the lineup.
for example, the british tanks have no other tank backups for the 5.7 centurion and you will have to rely on the challenger as a backup (in this case, a very niche backup) and the japanese 8.7/9.0 tanks which only has one tank that you can use by playing the game and another one by buying the tank itself (type 87& type 87g.) which can still perform well at higher tiers, but will be underpowered since you have no protection and you have no other backups.
and finally, the other problem is the devs who told us to choke on our own vomits.
sure, it may be by accident that a dev said that, but it seems like the devs really dont listen *too* much to the players, leading into a very unbalanced game.
i am gonna be rating the whole game a 6.9/10 for now, since there are no competitors that i found right now and it has a special place in my heart.
if you've read my own review, i am sorry to take too much of your time and please note that this is my own opinion and it may change as time goes on.
have a good day and stay strong fellas.
Thank you for your time to write this honest opinion.
Agreed, thank you for this review my friend
I don't understand your complaint about some tanks having no backups. The game really throws so many backups at players that I can't use them, I have almost 20 universal backups that I can't use bc I don't need to.
play world of tanks lul
what this game needs is competition
"Its free to play, you dont have anything to lose"
*Laughs in Golden Eagles, and lost nerves*
Mhm
400000 hours of life stoled
I'd rather have to buy the game then pay the price of an entire new AAA game for 1 plane. I played the US branch and realized far to late that the play style is horrible for me. I love RB but each time I play it I lose Lions because US planes + me = actual trash. I have 2 planes to buy before reaching jets and I've stalled for 3 months trying. Arcade is literally the only thing I can play and make a profit. But I hate arcade and so refuse to play it. I'm stuck in an endless circle of gaining and losing because Gaijin makes everything so much of a grind it's not even satisfying to finally reach your goal. I don't want to restart again when I'm this close. Gaijin knows how to ruin an experience.
You dont have to buy GE tho
Probably the most thorough review of wt I've ever seen.
On a side note, if the covenant dance played while I was playing wt I'd probably just be vibing to the music instead of playing the game.
For a second I mixed you two up and I wanted to ask, how come you commented on your own video without YT marking you as the uploader, and why would you even admire your own video. Then I realised.
@@elpatrico2562 Spookston and I are the same person
@@Spitflyer oh damn
I hear that shit in my sleep...
A Thorough 7 minute video
“This would be a feature video, which no one would want to happen”
Well, with your quality, I would C:
Ok great comment ruined by that dumb face you put in at the end. 2/10
Just edit out the face at the end chief
@@homiespaghetti1522 Im going to piss in your ears C:
c:
:c
As someone who has thrown far too much time into war thunder,
I approve of this entirely, its pretty scary how accurate this is.
Keep it up spooks :D
"Yeah, I forgot about naval, but so did gaijin." -Spookston 2020
WT used to play a lot of classical music like Beethoven. Then they removed it :/
Yeah, I still associate Ave Corpus Verum by Mozart with playing War Thunder for the first time
O wow o remember that! I miss it
Tell me if I'm wrong but Grieg's "ases death" was in game
Beethoven's 7th symphony, 2nd movement will always remind me of waiting in queue for Soviet Air AB back in 2014
Why they removed the classics from the game will remain a mystery and a stupid one at that
As someone who has been playing this game since the very beginning my review of War Thunder is basically this. This game is like an abusive relationship, even though the person you're with drinks too much and is aggressive you start to find excuses for their bad behaviour at times. This basically comes down to the love you felt for the person at the very beginning and you wanting them to do better.
Wow, perfect analogy.
Thankfully I am free from it's shackles
but back in the day it was good, planes were tough and realistic tanks were not even in the game navy was forgotten and still not added
we are just being SIMP to Gaijin
@@andrem1851 what does simp mean?
"I'm just sticking around until things get fixed"...... aren't we all
6:52
"If you want Gaijin to listen to you..."
But havent we? havent the CCs? How many videos have gone up, (1) explainging a problem (2) offering solutions to said problem (3) and explaining why this solution will be a healthy change for the game as a whole? More than enough to fix some major WT problems I would say.
I agree abusing the Gaijin devs is a stupid idea, since biting the hand that feeds you, or in this case, makes a game for you, is a bad idea. However if you try time and time again to communicate to the devs what you'd like to see changed, and jack diddly squat gets done time and time again, you have to wonder if the Gaijin Devs even care or listen at all.
Kinda like the saying, _"Trick me once, shame one you. Trick me twice, shame on me. Trick me three times, well..."_
Like how they basically did the bare minimum to "fix" the parts and FPE problem then backstabbed us twice first with needing to grinD IR/night vision to even be able to see at night and then again recently by removing APFSDS for most tanks to help a handful of top tier vehicles, namely the Type 90.
The devs outright do not listen, or worse yet mock us and throw shit in our faces. Events are a joke, helicopters are outright broken and naval is completely irrelevant. Worse yet these problems have existed long since even before tanks were added.
DaSpineLessFish the most “spit in a face” mechanics was map selection. It was advertised as hell, most of the community had a feeling “at last they have listened to us” and expected to have a proper solution to shit-maps problem(who said fulda?). And after a few month of “game changing mechanics” advertising we get this - “you can dislike the map and you will have lower chances to play on it, and with premium you can even ban 1 (one, Karl!) map out of existence.” Literally nothing changed, you still have to play on most of the awful maps, you can’t ban shit if you are f2p player, we don’t even know how disliking a map lower it’s chances to spawn. And while there is at least a dozen obvious solutions to the map-tier problem - we had this useless broken piece of work not fixing a single issue whatsoever. It’s just the gaijin approach at its prime.
@@alexey_chekhovich It's absolute shit
The devs have updates planned one year in the future so unless something is gamebrraking to the point of unplayability ur gonna have to wait a year for your solution to come in its a shitty way of updating the game but thats what they do unfortunately
@@arkplayer179 Planning is fine. Id be completely fine if the devs said "hey, we see the problem you guys are having. So we are planning to fix this problem a year from now, with a well thought out, well designed, and well executed change."
Many problems have been listed, even two years prior to this, that have not actually been fixed. For years. Its less of "when are they going to fix it" and more of "are they going to even bother caring or fixing this at all?"
The best way to solve grind problem: only doing one, single, thing...free experience is actually free
THIS, and repairing costs
I'd like this, I've only got about 5 MILLION free exp just SITTING there
I'd be able to complete like half of the USSR/RU tree since i've never researched it
there is no grind problem....it would be a problem if they messed up something about it
they didn't mess anything about it...it's there to maximise profit detrimentally to the player and that's it
sure i'd love to spend that 15 million free RP but they'll never unlock that and i'm never going to spend thousands of dollars to convert it
they're never going to give something for free unless their income is seriously threatened
that's what having a monopolistic market adds up to
there's no competition so premium stuff is absurdly expensive and they can pull off crazy stunts like the IS6 "bUg" with it's impenetrable turret face that was"fIxEd" after a couple of months when the sales died off
@@doktork3406 Then they fixed it all right by finding sicrit documints about HESH and nerfing it just right so it doesn't even penetrate the front plate of the is6, the only shell in the game able to deal with them and the only reason I've ever researched the british tree. People were glad when they saw a british tank in the game. I will never forget that bullshit, seeing IS6 just run across the map not giving any fuck whatsoever, not even with a stabilizer but they still shot on the move and killed whatever because the others didn't have the armor. While the shills *coughslickbeecough* were saying that it's balanced, you just have to shoot that tiny view port on the mantlet that was often hidden by bushes.
My most memorable war thunder moment: I was playing an M10 and had just lost a track. I then realize that next to me is an SU-122 that has just fired. Now it’s a race between the M10’s manual turret traverse speed and the SU-122’s super slow reload speed.
Who winned?
Bick Boose the SU-122 panicked and turned away and got a 3 inch hole in his tank.
Mine was on blackrock fortress. That was the name I think. It was our first time playing the map. There were boulders blockading the entrance into B point. Its graphic were different than the rest of the wall, so all of us assume we can destroy it. The ENTIRE team were lining up and taking positions and prepping up to charge, some stick near the wall taking cover, and I and a bunch of others were in the middle. Once we were close enough, all of us blast it and charge, only to realize the wall was still there once the smoke is cleared. All of us decided to turn to diff direction and move our own ways.
This is an old comment, but you could have hull aimed instead of solely relying on manual traverse
@@soopespeed "...lost my track..."
The game needs a lot of fixes been implemented. Like a better balance system, better maps and BR changes
I personally think it needs to be more oriented to missions so that the experience feels more immersive.
Like have players organized into certain groups within a match and they must complete the objectives to win the match as a whole. Currently Air RB is a mess. It's solely focused on climbing and getting kills repeatedly. It feels dead and like it's so routine-like.
I want something where you can teamwork or be encouraged to work as a team. Like maybe for certain matches have planes specifically put in their roles instead of every plane does dogfighting. Ground attackers get spawned low, fighters and escorts get spawned near teammate bombers, dive bombers get spawned as a group in a certain area of the map etc yknow.
The match startes and the objective is to bomb a munitions factory. That way the whole game is centered around what WW2 was realistically like rather than fighting constantly for air superiority. and the rewards, are just terrible as well. Half the players in a match don't get any kills.
MASOL I like the idea, the problem is that gaijin won’t give a shit.
And like 200% buff to overall income gain, my God is it painful and boring. And my top tier vehicles are 5,7
@@AverageWarCrimeEnjoyer Totally agree need better non-premium Income or simply lower the repair costs. I have literally researched the entirety of the U.S. tank line through Tier V but can't either purchase or crew half of tier V. Can't really play some of my favorite tanks like the T34 Heavy or T32 or Doom Turtle cause I want to move on to higher B.R. tanks and getting one shot from a pizza car from across the map and having to pay 15k-21k in repair costs just drains you. 100% with you.
Maps created after the base game are almost all disgusting
I used to love how you could easily identify tanks by their gun sounds, things like the German 128, L44 and Russian 122 used to be so easy to identify. Now all you can hear is whether it's a Russian gun or not
true, and even identifying calibers is possible irl, all guns sound slightly different to one another
"The War Thunder Grind is insane"
Crossout: "Let me introduce myself..."
Atleast with crossout you can just do whatever and build whatever lol
World of Tanks: "AMATEURS!"
@@danielsteger8456 Grind in Wot is easy, i've unlocked like 6 X's without premium or anything.
@@BadBabcia but at what cost?
@@beresrobert4262 time, a lot of time.
Can't forget that they have some of the WORST map designs known in gaming history
I'm a new player and quite honestly I agree. Coming from other games involving vehicles or just shooters in general, gaijins maps are dreadful.
Most maps usually have a clear design idea behind them. But looking at the maps in wt it just looks like they filled a map full of stuff with careless abandon with no sense of direction added a cluster of buildings in some randomly chosen spot and called it good.
Feel you. One time i got sniped right after a few seconds i spawned in.
Berlin…
I really enjoy spawning with 4 enemies in view and then being funneled onto a death bridge.
Yeah they just literally force us to play tanks in call of duty maps
"Yeah, I did, but so did Gaijin" Someone call 112 because you just murdered Anton Yudintsev
Game go cyka sometimes doe, ghost shells got me like 100 PERCENT PACKET LOSS, boom dead
Doe?
@@davidhonfi2683 slang for though
Or he just can't spell, who knows....
@@davidhonfi2683 knowing the internet its possible, sadly
@AManNamed2 1. I'm not a native English speaker, and no matter how good I am at the language, I can't possibly know every slang out there
2. I'd much rather spell things the way they're actually fucking spelled......
"One of the most underrated aspects of War Thunder is its soundtrack, it has a more classical style to it."
War Thunder today: *channeling the spirit of deadmau5 for the main theme*
That last line burned so hard, you worked for this sub brother. Thank you.
"Overall, my feelings towards it are negative, but it does provide an experience I can't get anywhere else" That's pretty much it.
I'm tired of obvious technical bugs, intentional imbalance, crappy map design, guns that sound like pipe drums, a horrible in-game economy, and sweeping changes (like penetration formulas) that hurt gameplay _and_ realism.
But you're right. There's nothing else quite like it.
EDIT: grammar
We need a competitor but the only thing I feel could be anywhere close is battlefield V someone needs to make a competitor and ad fully combined arms I’m talking infantry, tanks, artillery, aircraft and ships in one game
@@jameson1239 Guess what - Gaijin is doing such game - yeah, GAIJIN. They will compete with themselves. Its called "Enlisted".
Michał Madeja yes I know but I wouldn’t really consider the same company making a similar game competition
@@jameson1239 how about GHPC, but it in alpha/beta
royaldarkness what’s GHPC? I have never heard of it
“This would be a feature length video, which I don’t think anyone wants”
You underestimate us fans of MauLer93
3 hours is barely enough time to get into it
Valentine yeah I enjoy my reviews to be long enough to where 10 seconds isn’t a decent length of time since uh games are pretty massive in terms of stuff to talk about
honestly, I'll give it a 6.5/10 in its current state as a whole.
Still generous to be honest
@@thepulle4722 Id give ground and air Rb an 8 if you play at low-mid tiers 3.7 especially is a really fun tier to play in
yeah I gave it a 5/10 and it was mostly focused on tanks, as there's not much to talk about Naval and air it seems.
@@JakeTheTankmaster Yeah, I know its very generous, but its because I do like the game... I... TRY to grit my teeth and enjoy it through all the bullshit and problems, and THAT my friend is how I got chat banned for life.
Air RB when it comes to jets is a 2/10 for me
To be honest it’s like eating your favorite meal everyday, sometimes you need a break but when you come back it is so good
War Thunder is like almost every modern counterpart to old, classical movies:
A good ideia, a bad execution.
You've pretty much summed up my thoughts exactly: great concept, abysmal execution. Though personally I've long since given up all hope that the game will ever be improved to a point where it could actually be considered good.
Hi Oxy's time stamp man!
o/
i didnt give up yet, but if i play one more game next year and it was bad im going to officially quit.
as if i didnt do that already
i would love warthunder if it didn't have a garbage grind to play system. i hate it.
just let me pay for the game...
You can, but top tier vehicles cost 80 bucks to buy the research points and the silver lions
@@davidwagner7179 the thing is, you still need to grind the convertable RP before being able to pay money to convert it
@@davidwagner7179 At that point you're better off buying accounts
i see new players in 8.7 MBT's when i had to grind for one.
@AManNamed2 the game isn't worth a 100 bucks. P2p games of this age cost 30€ max.
It’s like my ex, abusive but I can’t get sex like that from anywhere else
- Skysiah0503 - hol' up
punish me senpai >_
Blink twice if your being held hostage
@@adriantaner7950 Gotta love that yandere shit
you know what's the most fun I've had in war thunder?
Air sim battles.
Ive been using a Joystick and VR. Its actually a really cool experience.
are bomber realistically tougher in it?
@@igameidoresearchtoo6511 If you're good, bombers are a force to be reckoned with..
@@greggorytame6672 so they dont get 1 hit killed? yes im good i usually shoot down fighters in my bomber (without getting hit obviously otherwise my plane will disintegrate)
you mentioned C&C Generals, and my brain flooded with memories of my childhood, with LAN parties, with my 4 brothers and dad! good times!
When I heard the new sounds, I thought my cat was being stabbed
Command and conquer music is definitely the right direction for wt "modern" style
I am thinking of something like hell march for Soviet players in their MBTs is gonna be awesome
@@leonghai7522 Mass numbers of is7s and obj 279s rushing in
I was thinking something like Battlefield V's ost style. An orchestral vibe with a bassy mix.
@@Sveta7 T64s, T72s and T80s rushing in would fit the aethetic of hell march 2and 3 better i guesss, tho IS7 and object would be better with hell march 1 slow pace XD
*why do i hear the sounds of Red Alert and Hell March?*
Hey, you forgot about naval.
So did Gaijin.
* ahem * There's naval?
@@begonekneecaps9718 Cocks Gun
Not always has been
@@firestarter-eo8ws *_(Cocks gun)_* *What if it was all just a dream*
@@justsomeguywithasurprisede4059 *cocks gun* and it always will
Me: *Explains the problems and issues that needs to improved, in a clear and well structured sentences that would make my English Teacher cry*
Gaijin: I'll just ignore that
I’m loving it in VR, just flying around in cockpit view is beautiful
I'l be honest, I'm a bit dissapointed.
When I saw the title "Actual Review" I expected a full on 30-50 minute, in depth, Owl PNG.-filled, Shammy style video, and i saw 7:29 minute mark.
But hey, I'l take it.
7 minutes for a Spookston video is akin to an 8 hour movie, lmao.
It didn’t have to be long, it was honest and to-the-point. I couldn’t ask for something better
@@AtomickPhoenix but he forgot both planes and ships
Careful ! The snail will send you some "friends" to your place to "encourage" you to do a better review !
Honest video ! As a very very old Vet', you talked about as much as you could in such a short and efficient format !
At least, it's something very far from what their CC's are making !
That command and conquer general music friggin threw me back in time. How dare you do this to me Spookston
"And if you're thinking, 'Hey spookston, you forgot about naval', yeah i did, but so did gaijin" Didn't expect that one, wow
The heck is that thing on 0:03 I need answers
On the note of music, the Naval soundtrack is a damn masterpiece. Tracks 12 and 13 in particular are masterpieces. Unlike, y'know, naval itself sadly...
naval is great its just laggy
@@igameidoresearchtoo6511 also not use to sinking
"You wanna have fun kiddo, to bad!"
WT in a Hesh shell
"You forgot about Air and Ground battles"
"And so did Gaijin"
3:15 all i heard when i was watching was "Preserving Freedom!" and "We fight for peace!"
"Emotional Damage!"
2:55 synthwave for Abrams and Apache when?
I've long since given up on this game because of how badly balanced the matchmaking is. They should also give the game more PvE modes for those of us who suck at PvP
recently had a friend who got into the game and within about 50-100 matches played , he was constantly running into squads of elite players with crap like 20K+ games under the belt
"warthunder" and "balanced matchmaker" have no right to be in the same sentence
he uninstalled because guess what...having 100 matches played and meeting 2-3 voice chat coordinated gods leave him NO CHANCE
The Senate
Right now it’s balanced by winrates not by skill. Flawed because there is no perfect way to balance it
@@TheCarDemotic Balance by number of matches played. Winrate doesn't mean much since the game does nothing to encourage teamplay and anyone pushing for the objective is punished severely.
Bick Boose
No, the game right now is balanced by win rate. That’s what I was trying to say
@@bickboose9364 blance should be by experience points, players who get more kills yearn their experiance faster.
I know you take a lot of time to make these videos, but I have a suggestion for a “historically accurate” videos. My favorite tank is the panzer 3, so could we get a video on the panzer 3 series? If not that’s fine, just a request
Great review but you could’ve talked about the aerial combat, the reason a lot of players got into it.
In the words of phly daily “war thunder it’s almost fun”
i would give war thunder 4/10 at the moment.
@Delta Recon06 World of Tanks is like a 4/10. War Thunder now for me is like 3/10.
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Just read that review and the dev's response. Now honestly consider if anyone who read that would ever give these people money. Fuck this game and fuck these devs. I don't think Spookston knew about this response when he said not to insult the devs. The time to be polite is over. The devs are fucking cunts and I hope they go bankrupt.
@@funkle2645 yikes
You cant give clear and honest feedback, i once made a very detailed forum post about the loss of colour contrast. I posted it to the right channel, had all info they asked for and followed all the guidelines.
And guess what? It didint even get past the fcking moderators
What the game needs, for someone struggling in PVP, is a good PVE mode.
Better than the atrocious assault.
WoWS does PVE quite well.
Lol i do fine you just need to be a pz4 f2 camper to be good
"Hey Spookston, you forgot about helicopters."
Spookston: "...I know..."
and planes
Nuuuuu ye can't just destroy a entire enemy team in 1 bomb
Haha Pe 8 go boom
2:17 I love the US defeat theme so much
*_War Thunder_* - its *ALMOST* game.
You know why?
Because the longer you play the longer it feels like a long but sometimes entertaining
BUG REPORT
I remember playing this for literally 4 hours a days every day when this came out. I was a little kid but I loved airplanes. Back then it was just planes
I glad i'm not the only one that has negative feelings towards the game yet still plays it cause there is no replacement.
yeah same, i just quit at the moment btw and fund out that DAM GAME called minecraft has more realistic physics than war thunder actually.......and when i learned u can make planes and tanks i was like "hell yeah! great replacement let me get my friends and start making redstone planes and start wars!"
If you want good TANK game, check Steel Fury Kharkov 1942 + Free STA mod. I'm more than sure, you gonna buy full version. Its a simulator, but with same good controls as war thunder. No multiplayer, but pretty hard AI's. Infantry wont come under your tanks, its pretty realistic and not that ugly. Just read instructions for mod installation and you'll be fine.
@@vlad_8011 alright, what about a FREE plane game???
@@igameidoresearchtoo6511 there is allways some compromise - pay and take some fair product, with knowledge what to expect, or play game-service for free and expect unknown reason gameplay changes over time. Thats what throwed me from War Thunder. For planes i dont know what to suggest, as im not fan of planes, tried simulator like il-2 and asked for refound, as i was not able to even start. Yeah, planes are not my "horse".
@@vlad_8011 oh....i heard that game is one hell of a sim tho so MAYBE i could gather sum moneh and buy it soon
“But so did gaijin” man that is such a cool way to end it just how it sounds
"it's music"
new warthunder update: Bye music.
As someone who started playing around 2017, ironically the easiest way to get an enjoyable experience for me is to play air arcade... which almost nobody plays.
you forgot about naval
Spookston: Yeah I did but so did gaijin
oof size lage
last know naval update i remember was HMS tiger.
One of the main problems with the game is the tiering, I play as the USA tree, my highest tank I use is tier 5.3. I ended up playing against Tiger 2 (p) and IS 2 to IS 3.
M4A3E2? Me too man, me too.
0:08 there is a very comprehensive review from a year ago, an hour long going into how balanced, updates, and map changes affect the game before stull like accuracy and server issues gets adressed. But it's in spanish.
*"you really don't have anything to lose..." Well, except you know, your sanity.*
"WT music is underrated" big WoT laugh here. WoT nailed the music perfectly.
Nah. I love the WT soundtrack. I’m not a fan of the WoR music tbh.
@@TheCarDemotic I'm not denying the effort put into WT soundtracks, but they are a mere shadow compared to what WoT has.
Trabant P601 “WoR”? What is that? World of Ranks?
chiller
R is next to T on the keyboard. Mistyped
Trabant P601 I know I was being sarcastic
I stopped playing this game after over 1,000 hours. My wallet and sanity haven't stopped thanking me since.
i wish i had a wallet
"You don't have anything to lose"
Except most of your life
A well arranged, well thought out review. 10/10
Spookston: don’t bully gaijin!
Also spookston: Gaijin forgot about naval
They need to lower the grind in order to make it fun... I’ve been playing since September 2017 and I have only just unlocked German and British 6.7
I Started playing in march 2020 and I have german 7.7. İf you play good enough grind is not that hard.
you must not play a lot then? i manage to go from reserve tier to jets in a week. ill never forget the time i sat down and grinded out the whole american naval aircraft tree in 1 day. WITHOUT premium obviously... never spend money on gaijin.
@@MisterCaprisun that is the point good enought
all these people in the replies with way too much time on their hands
@@MisterCaprisun i also started play in March, and I get 6,8 in the French techtree, but I give up, because with the high Repair costs i can't make any money to buy Others tanks
"An actual review of war thunder" he says, while only talking about and showing tanks.
F for naval combat :,c
I didn't know how much I *needed* to hear C&C Generals music in WT. Thank you.
To me, the game that deals with that "classical music in modern times" problem is Project Reality. It's also completely F2P and every map theme fits PERFECTLY, not to mention being absolute bangers. Ig it kinda makes sense since the game started of as a BF2 mod, which also had amazing music.
people call this garbage of a game "historically accurate, realistic"
thats very wrong.
ghost shells do not exist
balance ruins the game if they wanna call it realistic
@@cc-bk3tx ikr
@@cc-bk3tx soviet allied bias
On balance you really want to never go through a tiger it would be op
@@cc-bk3tx but they hurt in mid tier that's were allied bias is mostly cause in a tiger I see 2 centurions a match and t34 1940 rules with a iron fist without a counter unless it gets a full uptier also Russian tech tree bounce chance is OP but in high tier leopard 2a5 rules and Abrams to
In my Perspective
War Thunder is learning as it goes over the years.
Beside they will run out of Tanks/Planes eventually.
So far that they either will add the Newly In Service Tanks of Today
Or Fix and Rework all the other Tanks in great Detail.
The Game is free to Play and does include Pay wall's to Speed up your Process of reaching Top Tier tanks.
Its not Impossible,but you will need lots of lots of time.
And if you think Pay to Win is wrong? Well look no further then Fallout 76
Boi thats a Shitshow.
Oh and the only thing that upsets me the most are the Tracks that dont work properly on terrain.
And Gaijin could start adding Jiggle effects to tanks to make them feel more Alive and Awesome.
And yea the sounds are all compressed into simular sounds,so goes for the American Crew sounds that the British use.
But other then those minor issues,I love War thunder more then World of Tanks.
I guess that tracks doesn't exist in WT as an physical object. They're not working as they should (curved at wheels where they should be straight - look how tracks works in BT at front and rear wheel, doesn't give you advantage when going over a rock.).
They should rework physics. Stupid fence slows down your tank a lot.
@@wilczur5854 Yea exactly
The Tracks work more like Wheels and not like Actual Tracks.
Take a Big Stair Step for example.
A Car would get Stuck,but a Tank will cross it over.
@@wilczur5854 come to think of it...well its just me nitpicking about those tracks on adjustable suspensions...they tend to stretch out like rubber but heck even my model kit rubber tracks wont allow me to stretch out like in the game kek
3:26
War Theme from Battlefield Bad Company 1 works really well for the more modern era too
What i love about war thunder is that, like you mentioned, its a good balance of realism and arcade. Overall, the physics are more realistic, but the controls are much simpler than full sims. If you want a bit more realism, you can go to sim mode and bind all sorts of controls. If you like fast paced arcade fun, theres a mode for that too.
Hi Spookston :) Nice review!
2:22 not only got you a like button smash... but a sub as well.... you sir are amazing
as soon as i heard brother in arms i got the chills... really brings back memories
Nval combat in a nutshell: uneventful for 99% of the battle, unbelievably hectic and chaotic and whatnot for the remaining 1%, in which you'll probably die, with little tubs the size of a bathtub oneshotting ships the size of 2 schoolbuses without even needing to use their torpedoes
Man, I wish I found this video before I paid. It’s spot on.
Yo, Spookston! Honest to god, best game review I’ve seen, good job!
Real talk I'd happily take that feature length review.
"its free to play, so you really dont have anything to lose" 💀
Woah was not expecting to see many command and conquer Generals fans out there in war thunder i am subbing right now.
I actually really enjoyed how you pointed out how not new player friendly WT is. The first few times I played it I ended up raging from trying to figure how to do basic tasks lol.
I am a veteran of many tank games.
WoT - Joined in Beta back in 2011
WT GF -Joined in Beta back in 2014
Armored Warfare -Joined back in 2015
All of them fallen to the monetization through in game mechanics such as WoT’s gold ammo and OP premium tanks, WT’s skip progression system etc.
We need a “Warframe of tank games “.