War Machines：Battle Tank Games Reviews

by Ilyananana

Really fun game when you start out but once you reach certain ranks you start to face off against opponents with stronger tanks and using customization. You are forced to purchase coins/diamonds in order to buy a stronger tank, upgrades or customization. Trying to collect coins/diamonds is not going to cut it when upgrades cost so much. In order to be competitive at all you have to run customization on your tank or you will be lucky to obtain a couple of kills. I have a strong tank but if I don’t spend 2200+ diamonds for 5 days of customization I will be killed easily by opponents. Just no way to compete. And of course purchases are extremely expensive. You will spend several hundred dollars if not thousands if you get addicted to the game and want to compete. And of course as you progress in rank to the general level you start to face opponents that are superior even though you have a strong tank. The matchups become extremely unfair and the developers are obviously trying to get you to spend money to upgrade your tank. Even if I purchase diamonds/coins for $99 it is still not enough to get me one upgrade since it now costs me so much to complete one upgrade. I am done spending money and when I deplete my current coins/diamonds I will find a new game or create a new account and play for free until I am not competitive anymore. Don’t get roped into this game unless you are willing to spend a lot of money down the road.

by The Dude 654421

DO NOT SPEND A CENT ON THIS CHEATING GAME! They allow hackers to run the game. It steals your money if they are allowed to cheating using things such as endless shields as they do. These guys are full on thieves. This is the biggest scam rip off on here. They want 7.99 for pay to play membership per week, ya 7.99 a week. Or you can play for free always lose never get anywhere. Once I got past the early stages they group you with way higher levels to get you to fork out more money to advance your tank. It’s non stop paying money to play. They charge for skins by the hour. They want 4.99 to change your name. You lose 30 seconds per match unless you pay to respawn. The game cheats, doesn’t give you kills you basically paid to get, filled with glitches where tanks just disappear at the beginning of every match. These developers are the greediest I’ve ever seen. There are way better tank games for free. Avoid this scam like COVID 19. Had to add the fact that I don’t even get full points for kills such as first kill. The game is the worst crap on here. Developers are the greediest bunch of scum I’ve ever seen. The developers don’t bother fixing glitches while they rake in huge piles of cash. They do nothing about obvious hacking cheaters and no way to report them. These are the worst people ever to create a game. They should be fined

by HuggyBexar

The game is great when it works. Hands down the best tank game out there.....until you experience problems and you get shortchanged or cheated. Don’t spend any money here. They will take it keep it. I’ve played tons of games over the years and dealt with numerous customer support agencies, and I can say beyond any shadow of doubt that this game has no customer support of any kind. You can never get any resolution, it just keeps looping you through the same questions again and again. If your complaint does fit into their suggested complaints they suggest you choose only one of their choices-all of which are rosy and sweet. They begin to let you think they’re going to listen to you, they take your name and email and just when you think you’re being respected and given support they drop you back into their endless loops of impossible questions. I seriously doubt if this game has any customer support at all. I would have given zero stars if I could have. What total waste of money. This company will rob you blind if you don’t watch them closely. And that doesn’t matter anyway, because when you attempt to correct it-you are thrown into their useless customer support robotic loops. DO NOT SPEND YOUR MONEY ON THIS GAME-THEY ARE CROOKS!

by Elizabethreader

I’ve read a lot of the reviews online and I can relate to a bunch of these I thought I could get XP and get up on the global chart just by playing free but it’s just a game of money and how much money you spend on the game the game always is forcing me to try and go premium but I always ignore it and then whenever I run into people with the best tanks and they’re only level five I don’t believe it I’ve seen a bunch of viruses and cheat reviews were people were getting infinite coins in infinite diamonds I’ve actually found a bunch of videos were people say this is possible and they show you how to do it i’ve read the reviews and I can relate totally this is just a game of money it’s not a game of fun and it is addictive I would give it five stars if there weren’t so many people like level five and having the best tanks and stuff and I got a virus on my phone from this my phone keeps lagging but I am having to delete the game so it won’t Waggy more and my phone worked better after I deleted it so be where all new players this is just a game of money and it will give you viruses 90% of the time

by Fivepicks

Let me start by saying this game is fun. Let me finish by saying that this game is frustrating. We all know what we consider fun. Let me tell you what I consider frustrating.
1) The developers of this game don’t respond to frequently occurring issues like players not being able to connect into the game. Their response? It must be your internet. BS. We have chat rooms in which our clans chat...all have the same problem...can’t connect into the game. Why is this an issue? Because despite the claim that this is a free game...it most certainly is not. We purchase items that have limited time use. When servers are down the clock continues and our purchase is wasted. This happens FREQUENTLY.
2) Glitches within the game...twitchy aim, shots missing despite point range, spawn within a building, and many more.
3) Response to complaints go unanswered for weeks and sometimes never. I myself have 2 unanswered complaints that are close to a month old.
I could go on and on but it wouldn’t matter. What matters is that the developers of this game have no respect for the paying customers. I have one simple expectation...I should get what I pay for. Here, sadly, I don’t.

by Time Stroller

Both the good and bad reviews are correct. This Game is lots of fun, but also very expensive. When you hit about lieutenant level you have to start spending a lot of money otherwise you’re just fodder. I’m at that level now with a very highly ranked level 2 tank that I’ve spent at least $2.5 million game coins and $25 US real dollars upgrading. As soon as I hit lieutenant I started getting placed into battles with level 4 tanks - that’s right, level 2 against level 4. That’s like a Mustang 5.0 vs a Prius in a drag race. No way to compete unless I spend a lot of real money to move up 2 levels or just let them blast me into oblivion. Fortunately for me, I don’t care what my score is so I’ll probably just start putting my tank into play, then watch tv and let them use me as target practice daily then collect the game play money necessary to upgrade. I don’t have any complaint about the developers making money on their intellectual property and I would actually buy more stuff if the prices were any where close to reasonable but as many people have said here and on internet reviews, the prices are wayyyyyy tooooo steep. So I’ll play until I can’t advance then just uninstall it and go to one of the MANY competitive products out there. Have fun at the lower levels but unless you’ve got money to throw away move on once you start to need to spend too much to advance! Cheers!

by RobeccaS

Love the game but there are so many glitches these days that they know about and are unable to fix or just will not fix. Customer service that they say they fixed takes 8+ days to get back to you about any problems and after those 8+ days they past a script in the chat and close the ticket so if you’re not finished talking you have to wait even longer to talk to them again BCBS they are off and your forgotten about for another 8+ days. Get ready to break out that wall out because if you want to have any fun you’re going to be paying after you level up your tank you’ll have no choice but to paid for diamonds BC of the way the game is made. Other tanks will pick up items on the field 2 inches away when you have to physically touch the item so you lose out on coins diamonds and health packs and end up dying sooner because of it not being able to upgrade your tank because of it and not be able to buy any patterns or decals because of it this is a known problem they have been sent many video clips from players and refused to do anything about it. So do yourself a favor just find a different game to play.

by Latteboy50

The gameplay is actually quite fun, but I cannot give this game anything more than one star for one reason alone: it will not stop begging me to spend money. Why can’t a fun game be made anymore without having to beg its users to spend their hard-earned money on in-game currency? Here’s a message to the developers:

I would spend money on this game if there were no micro-transactions. Seriously. Most people would. Don’t make people wait to upgrade their tank parts if they can afford to upgrade them. Don’t make fuel run out and force you to spend diamonds to even PLAY the game. Don’t force people to spend money to even stand a chance in the higher levels. Stop with the scummy dark patterns. I do not want to be constantly pestered to buy premium or of “special offers” or “one-time offers.” This game represents everything that’s wrong with the mobile gaming market. I’ve never played a game before that tries so hard to get you to spend money. Evidently it’s working, but it’s an extremely scummy practice. Charge the user to install the game in the first place, then make it an actual good experience to play.

by XHMG4a

This game is highly addictive. It is fairly realistic and there is a lot to do to keep you busy. You can move the tank easily and different tanks handle differently. It takes a lot of screen time to upgrade your tank and there are often glitches that impede your progress. One thing that is very annoying is that after you blow up several tanks, a glitch can knock you out of the game. When this happens you lose your kills, lose your fuel, and lose any special ammo or power ups that had been deployed. Also, you must SAVE your progress or you could get kicked back to square one. There are coin and stars to pick up in the battlefield-AVOID THE STARS (they only increase your level which makes it HARDER to blow up opponents. If you ask for help...good luck getting any! My last peeve is that for the last three days I have not been able to get into a battle... game glitches me out every time before I can get a kill... and of course I lose fuel to boot! OOTHER THAN ALL THAT, it’s lots of fun. I likely will dump it.

by Sgt. Rock1967

Downloaded WarMachinesBattleTankGames and was immediately addicted. It’s a ton of fun and you level up pretty fast for awhile.

After having WarMachinesBattleTankGames for several weeks, I just uninstalled it. Reason being that once you get up to first lieutenant or so, you have (read HAVE) to start spending real money to stay competitive. I had something like two million of the (mainly worthless) game coins and a new Tier 3 tank that I kept upgrading and upgrading and I was regularly getting smoked in team death match battles. I’d gone from 4 or 5 kills a match to 0 to 2 kills per match. Go from dying once or twice to 5-7 times—I was fighting tanks two or three tiers above mine or had spent God knows how much on upgrades. I know why...because the people who were playing the game were spending real money on fake tanks. Which is fine...I got as far as you can go for free and still have the game be mildly enjoyable and then I wasn’t going to throw away real money.

The tanks you get for ‘free’ or for the ‘coins’ you get in the game are, in my opinion, the weakest in the Tier. To get decent tanks, ammo and enough fuel to level up and fight real wars, you have to spend diamonds; also earned in the game but at a pittance. If you want enough to be a player you have to (you guessed it) spend money.

So play it until you get frustrated with basically being a live training dummy for those who spend money and then go download one of the many competitors.

by Tape Doctor

In their incessant drive to drain your bank account, the developers use an algorithm to put you into battles against increasingly more powerful tanks that have one shot destroy capability against you. I recently spent 4 months upgrading my tier 4 tank and that is with premium membership. Most battles I would see Tier 3-5 tanks which made for mostly competitive battles. As soon as I am thru all 32 levels of upgrades, I start getting placed in Conquest and Team Deathmatch battles against Tier 7 and Tier 8 tanks including the most powerful tank currently available the M1A2. UFB! The only way I can remain competitive now is either only play challenges for each level or wait for it… buy a new tank! The highest you can buy is Tier 5 if you don’t have any honors. They are bringing Tier 9 soon. Better long term strategy is to keep you competitive within your Tier and let players buy smaller packs several times a year rather than so blatantly demanding quite literally $300-$500 to get to a Tier 6 or higher tank fully upgraded. Then you just drive around blowing up almost everyone with one shot. How can that be any fun after a while?

by Pmememe

Like I said the game is very fun in the beginning although the first tier or 2 is very slow. Then it gets better. BUT once you get past a certain ranking they group you in with all the big boys and you don’t have a fighting chance. UNLESS you pull out that wallet and become a pay to win player. And let’s not talk about the sales ads and gimmicks they bombard you with to try to get you to pay more money on top of the premium if you are a premium player. Do you yourself a favor and stay away the fun turns to frustration very quickly.
And that free week of premium they give you rest a sure as soon as you sign up for that free week they’re going to bill your iTunes for the following week or your Google play or your credit card. Immediately. Unlike other side customer service is garbage. All the glitches that happen you get kicked off the game they tell you at your Wi-Fi. Kind of funny because I have a gigabyte fiber optic service. And you got a love the company name fun games for free. That fun free time is limited.

by Fessinator

My advice is to not download this game. You can have fun playing for free in the beginning but pretty soon you can’t be competitive without premium and paying for extras on top of that. Upgrading your tank gets very slow and very expensive in coins. People are right that the game is too expensive but what most don’t mention is that you may find yourself feeling compelled to spend a lot of time playing to meet your goals and advance. I found it to be fun but addicting. I joined a clan and enjoyed that part but that’s where I started putting in a lot of time to do well for the clan. I quit several months ago and thought I’d see if things had improved. While the look of the game is nicer, it’s even more expensive. I’m not going to complain about greedy developers as they should charge whatever people are willing to pay. However I was very disappointed with the customer service. For what they charge it should be top notch. So try a different app. This one isn’t worth it unless you have lots of money to burn.

by 1Tomek1

This game IS fun, but the leveling up is too slow. That makes the ranking up slower than it should be. I’ve seen & experienced blowhards in this game that have become so detached from reality, that they think they are the kings of the G.I. Joes. It’s only a game you fools, & it took you at least 3 years (probably more) to get where you are (not to mention plenty of $$$$). It took me less than half that time to become one of the top players in “Tanks vs Robots” with very little $ spent. Like this game, it costs (in-game money) to get a good fighting machine in “T. vs R.” but you can make that in-game money quicker than in this game in various battles. I was level 25 in “T. vs R.”, which means I may not have been the strongest in that game, but I was one of the strongest. Like I said, you have to play “War Machines” for what seems like an eternity or spend $$$$ & deplete your nest egg in the bank. You also have the unwanted & unneeded pressures of the higher ups in the game. The best thing to do is stay independent & play the game when YOU want to play.

by USA VABCH

Don’t get me wrong, this is over-all a fun game. Graphics are great, and yes it’s addicting. The downside of the game - have your card ready. Sure it’s free if you desire to be target practice for those with larger, more modern tanks. How did they get them - you guessed it , cash. Sure you can spend weeks trying to get decent equipment, but cash is king, and good luck trying to advance. Once you get a tank, you can spend and spend to better your tank. Once you reach a certain level you can pick a better tank, and spend more and more advancing through the levels to improve your tank. Personally done spending as I have been. Got a great tank, and was offered the next level for the right price. Of course I’d be given the lowest level of x tank, but can spend to improve it. Unless you get something like an Abrams, you only serve as target practice for those who have them. Lot of fun , but a lot of spending to get to a good level - of course there is always a better level :)

by GWible

I’ll make this quick. To start, controls are frustrating. I find my ding er sliding across my phone in a futile attempt to move faster. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t. Rotating your turret should have zero effect on your direction of travel, however, whichever way your turret is facing is what forward on the joystick will be. Unfortunately, that’s typically one of the enjoyable aspects of tanks battles, moving one direction while fighting to your side or even behind you. That makes maneuvering a big pita when you are trying to position yourself.
I can’t speak to the pay to play aspects, as I have no desire to spend a penny. Sure, I see some tanks killing it and they have the decals/paint jobs to prove they used coins or diamonds to get, but can’t say they definitely spent money. Tbh one round I’m kicking booty, and the next I’m having it handed to me. All I know is that if the controls were more friendly and accurate, it would be more fun either way.

by 614OSU

The graphics are pretty decent, and the first person shooter aspect is cool, but as other reviewers have noted, unless you’re paying real dollars you don’t have a chance. Without the premium package (i.e. monthly subscription) you cant get the tanks, ammo, supplies, or attribute boosting add-ons that will make you competitive.

Something I found annoying was the way you’re assigned to battle groups. I play one match and my low-level tier two tank is up against two top-lever tier four tanks with attack and armor boosting add-ons. You don’t have a chance. Another time I play a match and go 1-4, turn around and play another match 30 seconds later and I’m 7-0. WTH, no consistency. You can almost see the algorithm manipulating you; giving you just enough to come back, keeping it close so as not to totally discourage you, but making it clear that you need to spend $9.99 to get that elusive XXX.

If you’re willing to pay real money, by all means play; it’s reasonably fun. Just know the Russian trolls, and Texas basement-dwellers are one step ahead of you every time. If you’re not willing to pay understand ahead of time there are inherent limitations.

by Nickmname 327

I do like the action. An appropriate amounts of details are included to make the game realistic enough. There are some details that an actual tank should be to plow through or over but you get stuck behind in this game. There are still some glitches that make the tanks act wonky from time to time. In fact, the latest update introduced more glitches than it apparently fixed.
My biggest peeve is the cost. Not necessarily the extra bells and whistles you can buy, you can avoid these easily enough if you don't want them. But it's the unnecessary pop ups where one accidentally clicks on the purchase button cause it wasn't there a moment ago and then cancel said accidental purchase. I suspect many of them still get submitted to Apple and since I do not keep a record of what I do buy and/or cancel, I realistically cannot contest them. There is also a huge disconnect between when I do buy something to when Apple actually charges me for them. Sometimes it's a week or more till I see the charges and that makes even more difficult to contest. Other games I see the charges within a day or two. Improving this alone would be greatly appreciated.

by Kbarntexas

Do not mislead yourself. This is a pay to play game, and if you are competitive, eventually you will be plunking down real money to play. There comes a point where you have to buy ammo or a better tank. Yes, there are tanks that can be bought with coins you get in the game. However, those tanks are generally the weakest in their tier, and to get a competitive tank you need to spend diamonds. You can collect small amounts of diamonds in the game, but to have enough to buy tanks, or ammo, you purchase diamonds with real money. As an arcade gamer from way back, to me it’s not much different than pumping quarters in a machine. If it bugs you to pay, don’t play. You will get frustrated with it at some point and quit because your tank will become obsolete. Having said all that, it’s a fun first person shooter game. It requires some strategy and being able to work with a team, or clan , is nice. It could use “in game” personal messages, but it doesn’t have that. It does have group chat. Worth checking out.

by Anthony Zagacki

The second I saw this game it already gave me chills up my spine and if I’m being completely honest I don’t really have enough friends growing up but now playing this game gives me lots and lots of encouragement to show people who I am and what my talent is I playing this gameInvolves fun different game moans like team death match free-for-all and all that other stuff you can also customize your tank and by the way if you have enough coins you can even get to level 10 to start your own clan when you’re done starting your own clan now friends can join you on the go as long as you have Wi-Fi you’re OK now if you excuse me I gotta go play some War Machines with my friends

by 19Echo

I’ve been playing for about 2 years. I’ll play it leave it for a while then come back. It’s definitely not a free game but the fun for me is as you see the tanks and weapons that have been payed for inter the game you are still able to destroy them. It’s obvious which have been payed for. The are always updating the game and that makes it interesting. I would like to see more diamonds inter the playing field or just make the coins worth something. After a point you can have all the coins you want and they don’t buy you anything. In the beginning you need the coins so players are going after them but after awhile most are just left on the field. Still it’s a good game