Comments on: Thoughts: War Thunder.

By: Joe McAnally

Joe McAnally — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 04:48:09 +0000

went joy stick and i suck but getting better each day. cannot play mouse now it is just too awkward and wimpy. have joystick bolted to table and sometimes find myself in the middle of the room from yarding so hard on the controls.

By: Tormund

Tormund — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 18:33:46 +0000

After reading your article, I tried it out and was pretty impressed (I had already tried Star Conflict, but haven’t played in a while). Got me to take out a joystick I had but I found myself to do considerably worse. There seems to be a distinct advantage to using the mouse since minor aiming adjustments are much easier.

By: Janek

Janek — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:52:25 +0000

I dunno; left stick for steering, triggers for firing weapons, shoulder buttons to adjust throttle? Not much else needs doing, save on occasion (landing gear, reloading, map?)

By: Hentzau

Hentzau — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:33:25 +0000

Sony are very pro-F2P games these days (see Dust 514, Planetside 2 etc.) and War Thunder is an extremely good-looking game that’ll show off their new console pretty well. After seeing World of Tanks’ player numbers they’d be mad to turn it down, although I have my doubts as to how well it’ll work with a controller.

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 18:33:22 +0000

Anything about it that makes it suitable for a PS4 launch? Seems like they’d be pushing some kind of visual or mechanical hook to sell it, and this sounds niche even for a launch.

By: Hentzau

Hentzau — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:54:36 +0000

Technically it still is a beta, but it’s on Steam now and is apparently a PS4 launch title so this is what the “finished” game will look like. Their plans to add in player-controlled tanks and ships still sound like lunacy, mind.

By: Janek

Janek — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:56:35 +0000

I really enjoyed the beta, but never got around to diving in after launch. Should probably fix that.

I do like how the very setting makes some of the more aggravating behaviours from World of Tanks (i.e. top-tier tanks spending an entire match camped in a bush on the edge of the map) impossible due to the inherent mobility.

I shall set it installing now!