FinalFire

[b]###THIS IS NOT A SERVER BASED OUTSIDE CHINA AND THIS GAME HAS NO ENGLISH TRANSLATION!!!### ###EXPECT HIGH LATENCY AND LANGUAGE ISSUES!!!### ###THE GAME IS DECEPTIVE AND WILL WANT YOUR MONEY!!!###[/b] [i]Pros:[/i] +++ Dynamic gameplay which encourages confrontation rather than camping +++ Good damage calculation mechanism +++ Unique vehicles with different playstyles and abilities ++ Gives a premium currency "military currency" on a daily basis ++ Offers free premium accounts ++ Good for recreational play [i]Cons:[/i] ----- Abysmally high latency, no NA/EU servers ----- No English translation at all ----- Limits economic gains, forcing players into buying premium accounts/vehicles ---- Deceptive and far from a finished product --- Limits progression by limiting maximum action points you can have per day -- PTW as best consumables can only be purchased with real currency -- Very bad optimization If you are tired of long reviews, this should do it. If you aren't, please read on and I will tell you why. Ok. For a start, I am from China, and to be fair, I absolutely love this game, and have more than a few hundred hours devoted to it. It has unique damage calculation mechanisms which is different from those of WOT and WT, which I personally think is a fine balance between realism and gameplay; it has fun gameplay with interesting tweaks here and there, and not to mention infinite respawns which makes death much less punishing and frustrating. Yet I still vote it down. Firstly the optimization is very bad, you cannot hope for a smooth run without top-notch hardware. The devs have said that they are going to rework the game for the unreal 4 engine, but that was already a few years ago and there has been no updates whatsoever after the announcement. Secondly the translation is basically non-existent, which means this game isn't ready for any form of steam release if the aim of this release is to attract foreign players. And by non-existent I mean this: only the "Battle!" and match type buttons are translated, and that is it. Really. That Is It. No translation for ammo info, tank info, or anything remotely important in this game. Thirdly, this game makes the best ammunition available only through real money. Combined with the damage mechanism of this game, if you want to do decent damage and have more chances and options, you have to buy them, and using real money is the only way. This is also true for the best repair kit and fire extinguisher. The fourth point is that the game is deceptive and urges you to pay for services. It will show you 16ms of latency in battle wherever you are, whenever you are playing, and regardless of your network conditions. Simply put, it is a placeholder. It does nothing. There are buttons like "arms trader" which does not give you the whole list of items that you can purchase, but instead have a "refresh" button that you have to pay in-game currency to change its contents. Also, the gains after each game is low when you are at low levels, so the game forces you to buy gold vehicles and/or premium account at your start. Otherwise, your progression will be abysmally slow. Although an upside is that vehicle progression can be done using any vehicle of your choice, the downside is that the amount of "action points" which allows you to accept missions for tank parts used for progression is limited each day, and this basically limits how quickly you can progress. The fifth, and most important point, and the point that literally made me furious, is that THIS IS NOT A FOREIGN SERVER!!! YOU ARE CONNECTING TO THE EXISTING CHINESE SERVER AND WILL BE PLAYING WITH SOME 300+ LATENCY!!! I thought a steam release will mean that they have a server overseas somewhere, but I was deceived by the game, again. So much for my passion, enthusiasm and devotion. I love this game, but the operator is literally a piece of ****, and I am tired of them, Really. Stay away from this game if you are not from China, and you won't become a second me. #Discussion is appreciated. Upvote if you think this is helpful please.