You don’t have to spend much time playing War Thunder and World of Tanks to know that they both feel completely different. Certainly, some vehicles are stronger than others, but every loss feels like it could have been turned around with better positioning or smarter timing. There are hundreds of different tanks to choose from, each handles differently from the others.Īlthough it might not technically be as realistic as War Thunder, the diversity of tanks and playstyles allow for a battle to play out in a hundred thousand different ways. World of Tanks may only do tanks, but it does them very, very well.

If you want planes in World of Tanks, you’ll have to play the aptly named World of Warplanes. World of Tanks has always been about just tanks from release. War Thunder also has combined arms - tanks and planes fight on the same battlefield! War Thunder began as a flight combat simulator and tanks were added in a later patch. The biggest and most obvious distinction between the two games has to do with the types of vehicles available to the player. If you’re on the fence about which of the two multiplayer vehicle combat games to sink your teeth into, hopefully, you’ll be able to decide by the end of this article. Read on for a detailed explanation of both games, what they each do well, and what they need to work on. War Thunder and World of Tanks have been out for 8 and 10 years respectively but the debate over which is the superior game is still going strong.

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