Wuthering Waves Review - The Final Verdict

On the surface, Wuthering Waves may seem like another free-to-play action RPG title in the vein of Genshin Impact. While some basic mechanics and systems are similar, Kuro Games' take on the genre offers sleeker action, a more post-apocalyptic vibe and an interesting take on creature collecting.

First, you must navigate the underwhelming first hours that inundate you with lore and information without presenting a compelling plot. The English voice acting is uneven in this regard, with some characters sounding monotone. It also doesn't help that the localization has some errors.

Nevertheless, the combat is a strong foundation, anchoring everything else in a commendable fashion, whether battling powerful bosses or experimenting with different Concerto Skills. If you can make it past the opening to the better parts of the story, then Wuthering Waves is a solid experience, albeit one that would still benefit from more time and content.

[artemshenev]

Omitting all the shortcomings and other things that set my butt on fire, I’ll ask a question: - In a game in which all the lore is tied to sound, sound effects and everything like that, it does not have a single puzzle that uses sound, sound effects, music, etc. Seriously? The fact that we once tapped out the Merse alphabet in the general’s quest is generally some kind of joke and does not count) and I sincerely hope that they will remember the meaning of the name of their game and the monsters in it, otherwise there is no point in further perceiving the plot and lore of the game in the future seriously.😮😅

[didu]

My biggest two problems is the not so good optimization on mobile phones and some ui being a bit too similar to genshin

[Testimony]

The iOS version needs controller support asap, the controls are bad tbh. Solo leveling and devil may cry POC slapped in the touch control department ngl, this just feels bad.

[DopePerson]

GREATEST GAME IVE EVER PLAYED, THE SCAR SCENE AND THE SHEEP SCENE IS GREAT STORYTELLING

[javiermontiero]

The single greatest aspect of Wuthering Waves is that they allow you to skip their numerous, numerous cutscenes. Unlike Hoyoverse who DEMANDS you sit through LITERAL HOURS of nonsense to play a few minutes of gameplay. I hope Wuthering Waves succeeds if for no other reason than to humble the hubris of Hoyo.

[peter]

I’m 4min into this review and I’ve understood nothing and it sounds like an AI written summary of absolute nonsense

[Kagari-lfme]

Fair, I'd give Genshin a 9 and this one an 8, the combat is great but storytelling and music aren't there yet. Also it's ironic that people complain about it being genshin clone when genshin was literally botw clone with anime graphics and different combat (this game has different combat too).

[SaviorInTheSun]

I seriously thought that was Tim Schafer in the thumbnail at first glace.

[TheFamousLag]

Still doesn’t understand why they didn’t push for ps5 if they are the Genshin competitor and they knew they will get the europeen market who is not a phone game market

[ProducedbyPDot]

man i just want a JRPG with One fucking character, Reduced story and better story and get rid of these stupid ass side quest like misssions

[rockkiller]

ZZZ looks more fun for me, this looks like another typical Genshin clone

[da_]

for the 1st 2 minutes i had no idea what you are saying. please omit chinese worded terms that a new player has no basis to define. thanks.

[chris_p_lin]

Wuthering waves is AWESOME! Different opinions for everyone imo Genshin is quite old to me now and they have a die hard fan base. Combat and movement feels too slow for me. WUWA definitely gives your MORE chances to pull fun characters and there is even rumor about getting FREE characters through events. I like the countering system GI does not have.This game just came out and the only two games recently released to have some realistic combat and PARRYING is WUWA and ZZZ. They are updating and gifting right on time and adding new features or events to the game. So as a gamer I wouldn’t knock it out the way until you give it a chance. The gameplay is speedy and can be fun at times, what makes WUWA even more fun is that they have their own tastes of characters and abilities that allow the game and combat to be interesting, anime-like, and smoother then most games I’ve played. It’s definitely a better or more improved Gacha imo there is DEFINITELY potential here for Wuthering Waves. 🌊

[saadsylas]

Loooove the combat but after playing genshin impact and hsr the world and soundtracks feel meh.80% of the quests feels boring for me too.Lot and lots bugs and polishing issues too in mobile.Playing on iphone 14pm

[OgRaiZo]

I dont have a pc so it's 🤷🏿 a fun game but they want u to do to much on mobile with touch pad

[jaughnekow]

Xbox be missing out on the gacha games honestly. That'll be a good way to lure more players

[Darkhearts]

I don't understand paying for so much microtransactions in a single player game... Was hoping for more MMO type game.

[phftheebonidiot]

Im enjoying this one over its elders. Its just dark/weird enough to be interesting while still being accessible. Much how I preferred rift or wildstar to wow.

[Arnold_]

The fact that the game does not have controller support on iOS is a huge nope for me

[Big_Dai]

I've had enough of "decent gameplay, AWFUL story tellin" games.. specially if they have dumb playing-gating like Genshin and general gacha games.