This game punishes players for anything less than the best performance - about one in three players make enough in game currency each match to fix the machines they used in it, leaving two thirds of players faced with hard economic choices after each round. Obviously, the devs would prefer players to alleviate this anxiety by spending real money to buy their way into the black, but this is increasingly difficult as costs keep rising and rewards stay stagnant.

The result of this predatory scheme is that each battle is filled with angry, sweaty people who play as conservatively and cheesily as possible, aiming by necessity to score a profit rather than to have fun. Teammates often quit a match the second things turn against them, understandably unwilling to commit more expensive material to a lost cause. Matches therefore are conservative, cowardly snowballs. I cannot recommend War Thunder in its current state, though the base mechanics of the game are quite good.

This game punishes players for anything less than the best performance - about one in three players make enough in game currency each match to fix the machines they used in it, leaving two thirds of players faced with hard economic choices after each round. Obviously, the devs would prefer players to alleviate this anxiety by spending real money to buy their way into the black, but this is increasingly difficult as costs keep rising and rewards stay stagnant. The result of this predatory scheme is that each battle is filled with angry, sweaty people who play as conservatively and cheesily as possible, aiming by necessity to score a profit rather than to have fun. Teammates often quit a match the second things turn against them, understandably unwilling to commit more expensive material to a lost cause. Matches therefore are conservative, cowardly snowballs. I cannot recommend War Thunder in its current state, though the base mechanics of the game are quite good.