After 7 years of writing a pretty poor review I think it's time to make a proper one, so here we go. All I can say about the game is that it went from bad to worse.

DISCLAIMER: I won't be touching on the plane/ship aspect of the game as I don't play that crap.

I could write a whole book on the process of this game going to sh*t, but to spare myself and the reader of this guide the trouble I'll simply say that it all went downhill with the introduction of ATGM vehicles (IT-1 & Raketenjagdpanzer 2).

Ground RB (Tank battles basically) at higher tiers has turned into air RB.. but with player controlled ground vehicles instead of A.I. ! What do I mean by this? Quite simple, they've added so many sh*tty air assets that it has become excruciatingly bad to play top tier ground RB, the tanks are there only to serve as moving targets!

Not only are players forced to fight numerous amounts of jets and helicopters with all kinds of gadgets to easily wipe them all out, they are also forced to fight against drones now against which there is no defense because the drone gets 2 AGMs which means 2 guarenteed kills and once it spends them the player in control of the drone can just leave it.

The sounds are being "updated" with every major patch, which is honestly BAD for the most part. I get that the sound designers don't want to lose their jobs, but what they're doing is ridiculous! One update the sounds are fine, the next they sound like horse sh*t! Especially the engine sounds, they're so badly implemented that you can tell exactly where another tank is at a range of 400 meters simple by lowering the sound of ones engine to minimum and increasing the sound of everybody else's engine to maximum.

The community is full of obnoxious pretentious brain-dead morons whom complain about Russian tanks being too overpowered whilst sitting in their comfortable Leopard 2s & Abraham Lincoln tanks. They complain how Russia has too many tanks with unpenetrable armor and overpowered ammunition, but this couldn't be more further from the truth.

I, unfortunately, had the pleasure to main Russia as a nation since the beginning of my playtrough of the game, I have obtained all the tanks there are (except for the tank destroyers) and all I can say is they have one of the worst tanks in the game. The issues these tanks suffer are: the worst gun depression/elevation, terrible turret traverse speeds, terrible gun depression/elevation speeds, the worst reverse speeds, no pivot steering (steering in place), one of the worst top APFSDS rounds in the game (penetration wise), 3 crew members, cramped interior, slowest reload speed (autoloader) the list goes ON!

I'm not here to cry crocodile tears about it, I just want people to realize that Russian tanks are in no way overpowered. The tanks that are overpowered are German & American.

FINAL VERDICT: Not recommended for tank players!

After 7 years of writing a pretty poor review I think it's time to make a proper one, so here we go. All I can say about the game is that it went from bad to worse. DISCLAIMER: I won't be touching on the plane/ship aspect of the game as I don't play that crap. I could write a whole book on the process of this game going to sh*t, but to spare myself and the reader of this guide the trouble I'll simply say that it all went downhill with the introduction of ATGM vehicles (IT-1 & Raketenjagdpanzer 2). Ground RB (Tank battles basically) at higher tiers has turned into air RB.. but with player controlled ground vehicles instead of A.I. ! What do I mean by this? Quite simple, they've added so many sh*tty air assets that it has become excruciatingly bad to play top tier ground RB, the tanks are there only to serve as moving targets! Not only are players forced to fight numerous amounts of jets and helicopters with all kinds of gadgets to easily wipe them all out, they are also forced to fight against drones now against which there is no defense because the drone gets 2 AGMs which means 2 guarenteed kills and once it spends them the player in control of the drone can just leave it. The sounds are being "updated" with every major patch, which is honestly BAD for the most part. I get that the sound designers don't want to lose their jobs, but what they're doing is ridiculous! One update the sounds are fine, the next they sound like horse sh*t! Especially the engine sounds, they're so badly implemented that you can tell exactly where another tank is at a range of 400 meters simple by lowering the sound of ones engine to minimum and increasing the sound of everybody else's engine to maximum. The community is full of obnoxious pretentious brain-dead morons whom complain about Russian tanks being too overpowered whilst sitting in their comfortable Leopard 2s & Abraham Lincoln tanks. They complain how Russia has too many tanks with unpenetrable armor and overpowered ammunition, but this couldn't be more further from the truth. I, unfortunately, had the pleasure to main Russia as a nation since the beginning of my playtrough of the game, I have obtained all the tanks there are (except for the tank destroyers) and all I can say is they have one of the worst tanks in the game. The issues these tanks suffer are: the worst gun depression/elevation, terrible turret traverse speeds, terrible gun depression/elevation speeds, the worst reverse speeds, no pivot steering (steering in place), one of the worst top APFSDS rounds in the game (penetration wise), 3 crew members, cramped interior, slowest reload speed (autoloader) the list goes ON! I'm not here to cry crocodile tears about it, I just want people to realize that Russian tanks are in no way overpowered. The tanks that are overpowered are German & American. FINAL VERDICT: Not recommended for tank players!