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WWII: Rising

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44%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization
49% User Score Based on 41 reviews

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About WWII: Rising

WWII: Rising is a single player and multiplayer tactical shooter game with a violence theme. It was developed by Bondarius and was released on October 16, 2020. It received neutral reviews from players.

Become a hero during WWII in an Epic Online Multiplayer battles. Play up to 4 different maps with 4 game modes. You can choose to support your teammates with the support class or either fight off the enemy from a long distance with the Recon. The battle has started, come and fight for your country.

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49%Audience ScoreBased on 41 reviews
graphics4 positive mentions
monetization2 negative mentions
  • The game offers a detailed base development system and a wide variety of units representing different countries and military branches.
  • Graphics and art style are praised for being consistent, detailed, and creating a decent atmosphere of the WWII setting.
  • Gameplay can be fun and chaotic, with tactical battles that require thoughtful army composition and some players find it enjoyable especially given its free-to-play status.
  • The player population is nearly nonexistent, making online multiplayer effectively dead and reducing replay value significantly.
  • The game suffers from poor optimization, technical issues such as bugs, connectivity problems, unresponsive controls, and frustrating AI behavior.
  • The inclusion of non-WWII elements, imbalanced units, confusing UI, and some gameplay mechanics like weapon progression and killstreaks feel inconsistent or out of place.

  • graphics

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    40% positive mentions, 30% neutral mentions, 30% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally appreciated for their consistent and appealing art style, offering a decent visual experience. However, some users feel the graphics lack originality, suspecting the use of borrowed assets. Overall, the visuals complement the gameplay atmosphere well despite mixed opinions on quality.

    • “The art style is consistent and looks good for what it is.”
    • “The graphics, quality and the overall feeling while playing this game is worth it and pretty decent.”
    • “I like the graphics and the atmosphere of the game.”
    • “The game graphics look better than you might expect, but that's just because it looks like some or all of them are 'borrowed' from asset stores or wherever.”
    • “Bad graphics, bad gameplay, bad shooting mechanics, and planes are almost un-flyable.”
    • “Graphics are like no skillz = thief.”

  • gameplay

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The gameplay is criticized for its poor weapon progression, unrefined mechanics, and lack of optimization, resulting in frustrating shooting and flying experiences. However, despite these issues and a grind-heavy unlock system, some users find the core gameplay concept promising and believe it has potential once fully developed.

    • “I'm only giving it a positive review since it is still new and because I want to motivate the devs. The game isn't fully fleshed out yet but the gameplay is cool.”
    • “In all seriousness, the game looks nice, the mechanics look solid.”
    • “Gameplay wise, I couldn't figure out why I didn't start with a decent primary weapon.”
    • “The stitched together systems, mechanics, and assets into this not-very-coherent mess feels like it was thrown together by someone new to game development -- perhaps a young teen?”
    • “Bad graphics, bad gameplay, bad shooting mechanics, and planes are almost un-flyable.”
    • “Unlockable guns are behind a ridiculously long and hard grind compared to the quality of overall gameplay you're provided.”

  • monetization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The monetization is criticized for poor optimization and a lack of proper marketing, alongside a user-unfriendly UI with intrusive ads. Additionally, unlockable guns require an excessively long and difficult grind, which many feel is disproportionate to the overall gameplay quality.

  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Optimization is notably poor, with unusually low frame rates despite simple visuals, likely due to missing level-of-detail management and general lack of performance tuning. The user interface also feels unpolished and incomplete, lacking essential options and proper labeling.

    • “(How the heck can I have 40 fps in a game that looks like this? Non-existent LOD perhaps? General lack of any kind of optimization? Nobody knows.) UI is just straight up beta (no option to toggle or hold ads, aim sensitivity is a slider with no option to input a number, the supposed frame limiter that isn't labeled properly is just a placeholder etc.)”
    • “Performance?”

  • story

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The story is minimal or lacking, with the developer relying heavily on player interaction rather than traditional narrative or level design to engage users.

    • “The developer gambled that other players would be an acceptable substitute for adding storytelling, level design, etc., to the game.”

  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users appreciate the game's graphics and find that its atmosphere contributes positively to the overall experience.

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WWII: Rising is a tactical shooter game with violence theme. Common tags for WWII: Rising include free to play, first-person, indie, world war ii, war and others.

WWII: Rising is available on PC and Windows.

WWII: Rising was released on October 16, 2020.

WWII: Rising was developed by Bondarius.

WWII: Rising has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked WWII: Rising for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

WWII: Rising is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.