Recent reviews by [AiF]Waffles

Aside from some issues with weapon/stratagem balance, the game is an amazing PVE experience. Sony's decision to make PSN accounts mandatory now, 3 months after release, feels like a bait and switch and I'm not for it. If we all go along with stuff like this, it will just encourage more overreaches in the future.

UPDATE: Sony reversed their plan to make PC players use PSN after backlash about the late implementation and issues with various regions not even being supported by PSN, which would've caused the game to be unplayable after the update.

A lot of people thought this was goodwill, but Sony has begun de-listing the game in regions where PSN isn't supported, so it's looking like their goodwill reversal was just intended to buy them time so they could implement their original plan without running into any potential legal issues.

Players have been placated and are now back to supporting the game while Sony works in the background to undermine everything again.

Great visuals and audio. Can be played casually if you just want to relax and click stuff, or you can get super into it and min-max your tile layout to get a high score or to unlock new pieces.

Gameplay is fun, audio and visuals are solid, and there is a fair amount of control and HUD customization, so it feels like an actual PC game, which is nice. That being said, multiplayer is free to play and there are a number of features whose implementation may affect some people's enjoyment of the game.

- Matchmaking is broken up into bot games, 4v4, and 12v12. You do not get to choose what game modes you play; you play whatever is in the random rotation. If you want to play a certain mode, you have to do a custom match. Custom matches don't grant XP for the battlepass.

- When a match is over, it sends you back to the MP lobby. The game doesn't auto-queue another match with the randoms you were grouped with, so getting to meet people in-game is pretty much impossible, though there is a recent players list that you can use to find people. If you are grouped with actual in-game friends, it still throws you all back into the MP lobby after a game (together thankfully), so you still have to re-queue for the next match.

- In-game mute functionality is bugged or not fully implemented yet from what I can tell. In my 36 hrs of play, barely anyone has used a mic, but it seems like most of the ones that do aren't even aware that they have open mics, so you end up just listening to their discord conversations or breathing/smoke alarms. You can bring up your team scoreboard and see who is talking, but there is no way to interact with the board and mute/block people from it. You can set team chat to "off", but when you join another game, the setting doesn't actually take effect and you have to turn it on/off again.

- Profile/character progression is limited to ranked mode or the battlepass. There is very little in the way of free cosmetics in the battlepass, and progression is extremely slow. However, the devs have said the battlepasses will not expire like most other games, so you will be able to continue progression well after the event.

- It's a F2P model, so all the cool stuff is in the shop and there is currently no way to earn credits through battlepass or gameplay challenges, only with real world money.

- Customization is fairly restrictive, with little or no cross-compatibility between armors; for example, an Mk V helmet cannot be used on an MKVII suit or vice versa, even though cross-compatibility is lore friendly in most cases. These restrictions can even apply for colors and other cosmetics; if you have a color unlocked on your MKVII armor, you can't use that same one on your MKV armor, you have to unlock it separately. An extreme example of this is the lack of cross-compatibility between the MKV/VII and the Yoroi armor from the current Tenrai event. All of the Yoroi's colors (colors that the other two armors have by default) are tied to in-store bundles that cost real money, so while the armor is free, it is fairly bare-bones compared to the other two armors available to the player (MKVII is the default starting armor and MKV requires the premium battlepass, which is $10). Having certain cosmetics be universal would allow for more customization options across the board and give players more freedom of expression, but features like this were clearly implemented this way to increase profitability.

Overall, I'd say it's still worth playing because the gameplay really is that good (and it's free), but there is definitely room for improvement right now with the customization, progression, and matchmaking systems.

Not much to say about it... you get a pot, you plant stuff in it, and you water it. You can buy plants and pots with real money, and you can also get a free plant once a week when you log in. All in all it isn't a game I would recommend spending a whole lot of time or money on (though, I suppose you could), but it's still a neat concept and it's a good game for when you want to kill a few minutes or just relax.

The trailer on the store page is probably the most honest one I've ever seen for a video game, so if you enjoyed that, then you'll probably have fun with the game. There's one zone with 15 different scenarios right now, but there are 6 more zones planned (one is a sandbox). The devs have also stated that they plan to scale the price with the content, so keep that in mind when you make your decision.

Pros

-Visuals are beautiful
-There's almost no limit to what you can build
-Lots of ways to complete the assigned tasks...you just have to think outside the box

Cons

-Can't rotate blocks diagonally
-Camera controls can be a little tricky. They aren't bad for wide angle stuff, but it can be difficult to get the proper angle when you want to look at something up close

At 29.99 USD, it's priced pretty fairly if you look at the dollar to premium conversions, but it was an outright steal before Gaijin adjusted the price (used to be 19.99 USD).

There are already two non premium mustangs available for the US team and there are other packs available that give you a lot more for your dollar, so I don't recommend this pack unless you are obsessed with P-51s and/or want to grind the US tree really fast.