I made a post about this game a while ago, I’m a really big fan of it. It does a lot of things right that I really didn’t expect them to, after playing warthunder for years.

They’ve still got a premiums monetary system, which gates players out of content and forces players to pay real money to get the same things in different campaigns. But, the Stalingrad campaign is experimenting with a different payment method, so hopefully that one’s a bit better.

It’s really not just “warthunder but infantry”, though it has a lot of resemblances, it’s its own game with its own vibe, I highly recommend it to people who like WWII shooters. It’s made by many of the Gaijin devs who worked on warthunder when it was still in beta, so of course certain mechanics and assets are being reused.

The progression is a lot more fun than warthunder (and less of a bullshit, mindnumbing grind), most matches are somewhat evenly made and there aren’t really any cheesy tactics a player can use to get an unfair advantage (unlike warthunder, where certain tanks in BR ranges are OP and players will completely ignore tanking tactics and caution to get easy kills). As long as your team plays the objective, you will do well on the majority of maps, even if you don’t win you’ll still get a decent amount of XP.

A lot of the problems I’ve found with the game are the result of it being in beta, and the devs not having a fully clear idea as to what they want the full release to be like. But, the bright side of that is each campaign they release experiments with new mechanics and tries to fix elements of the previous builds. I’m holding out hope that the full release will consolidate all of the similar campaigns into one, and fix some of the more glaring issues (like the premium system). The devs seem to actually listen to the player base (rare in shooters, unheard of with warthunder) so this one really gives me an inkling of hope for the future of FTP gaming.

…oh yeeeeeeah, another cash farm from Yudintsev brothers.

I even backed this dumpster back when it was in closed beta. Never played it since. The week before the game got released they introduced P2W squads into CLOSED BETA completely breaking any semblance of balance it had left. It was already obvious shit was going to be the same as War Thunder - braindead grindfest.

It turned out even worse, actually. The grind is SO SLOW and your progress is tied to every campaign independently which makes playing it epically painful, long and overall - a chore. Russian F2P is the most terrible F2P a human being made so far. I can proudly say that as a Russian myself and spit on our gamedev which resorted from doing unique and groundbreaking games to releasing F2P microtransaction garbage like one Gaijin are making. Avoid our games for the sake of your own sanity if you do not like to be capitalistically cucked in the worst way possible.

P.S. Actually, I played it after the release, but a couple of hours were enough for me to see that XP and cash earning rates were SO MUCH SLOWER THAN EVEN CLOSED BETA that I just laughed and instantly deleted it. No thanks.