![]() Only two nations currently have tanks: Germany and the Soviet Union. You start off with a number of starter (reserve) planes from the games five playable nations (US, USSR, Germany, Britain and Japan). The relationship between Gaijin Entertainment and their community is obviously a strong one and it shows in how the two have come together to make a title as vast as War Thunder enjoyable for everyone. It’s not hard at all to find excellent guides in the official forums or YouTube. The sheer complexity of War Thunder forces a base line of maturity from devoted players. In-game other players tend to be ruthless but offline, as a community, they are among the best I’ve interacted with in my many years of gaming. Luckily the main website has treasure trove of clear information broken down just waiting for you to dig into. That said you’ll have to do some secondary research on your own outside the game to really understand the finer points. War Thunder has a number of clever tutorials in-game that do a good job of explaining the basics. With a possible 350 planes, 70 armoured vehicles, not to mention research trees, vehicles modifications, crew improvements, campaigns, modes, general options and more there is an incredible amount of information being pushed at you. War Thunder is a deeply complex, detail oriented game and the User Interface is not very good at organizing the vast array of menus into an easily understood system. Once you’ve created a new account and made it to the main hub you immediately feel overwhelmed and a bit confused. Unfortunately the game does not have trophy support at this time. ![]() PlayStation Plus subscribers get another free decal as well as a 15% discount when purchasing content. The console version also get a piece of exclusive DLC in the form of the US attack plane the A26-C Invader. Every PlayStation 4 player gets a free decal. Cross-platform play with PC players is also supported. The camera while using a controller can drive you mad. This is important because while the game is playable with a controller, the sheer complexity of combat makes a mouse and keyboard noticeably better. The game supports a mouse and keyboard option. ![]() War Thunder supports head tracking via PlayStation Camera. Gaijin Entertainment has made an obvious effort to make the game inviting to new players and migrants from the PC version. Hilariously, you CAN use a PlayStation 4 account to play on PC. There’s obviously different circumstances at play, but knowing another MMO, Final Fantasy XIV, was able to share one account across three different platforms (PS3, PS4 and PC) makes not being able to do so in War Thunder sting a bit more than it would otherwise. The hope is one day this will change and accounts could be merged. This slight annoyance is a result of Sony Computer Entertainment policy rather than a mistake on the part of Gaijin Entertainment though. The very first thing I took note of after booting up the game for the first time on the PS4 was that I had to create a new account. Or as fate would have it, a PlayStation 4. Driven by this and the bevy of new titles that hit us every holiday season, I tucked War Thunder away, just waiting for me to get a new PC. It felt like such a waste not being able to play the game at its best. Even though War Thunder has very reasonable system requirements, I still had to trim down my settings much more than I liked. High praise coming from a wary F2P curmudgeon like myself. Nonetheless I had a lot of fun and even spent money on the game. Things like aiming and hit detection were a lot rougher back then. The Ground Forces expansion which added tanks had not yet been implemented. I first played War Thunder back in September 2013 on PC when the games open beta was just kicking into high gear.
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