Original review at the bottom for the sake of posterity and people being aware of the past issues of the game, so they don't get repeated.

Since my last review, the game has changed a lot, it is now easier to make a profit even without spending a cent and it is easier to research most vehicles, especially top tier, with them making changes even still now to make researching end of the line vehicles easier.
I have played this game for many a year, and spent many a money on it aswell, which means I might be biased, but I do think the game is moving in a very solid direction currently.
Of course gaijin still has the attitude of trying to forcefully squeeze every single cent they can out of you, but at least they are untightening the thumbscrews that hold the F2P players captive, even if only slightly.

All in all I 100% recommend this game now, since it is very fun, and I believe that most people can have that fun given the changes they have now made.

Pro tip, if you want to grind the german air tree, instead of buying a premium, buy the tornado IDS (30€ as of the time of this review on the gaijin marketplace) and use that to grind.
It is not a premium jet, so it won't be able to efficiently grind the lower tiers, but those are easy enough to knock out just playing the tech tree vehicles and getting used to them.
After doing that, you can start playing the nado and getting basically free RP from being able to bomb 2 bases every match (use the fin retarded bombs, they allow you to bomb at a much higher speed, and use 10x1000lb, 5x per base)


OG Review:
If you're looking to try this game, DON'T, wait for a few weeks/months until they've made the changes and help us (the preexisting community) to make gaijin listen.
I know it sounds gatekeepie to say "no new players" but trust us when we say that it will help all of you newcomers in the long run.

Recently the devs have resorted to making changes with the guise of "doing what the community wants".

When the community then complains that these changes are either A: Not enough or B: not what we wanted, they resorted to telling us we were not specific enough, and trying to shift the blame on us.

After the community started reviewbombing the game, they complained about the fact that new players werent gonna try the game because of the massively bad reviews, which translated basically means "Guys, you're cutting into our bottom line because we cant fool new people into playing the game and spending money".

The game itself, if you were to remove the economy, would be amazing, but in it's current state we need to get the devs to listen by hitting them where it hurts.

We may have won a battle boys, but the road to win the war is long, adn we can't stop now!

Original review at the bottom for the sake of posterity and people being aware of the past issues of the game, so they don't get repeated. Since my last review, the game has changed a lot, it is now easier to make a profit even without spending a cent and it is easier to research most vehicles, especially top tier, with them making changes even still now to make researching end of the line vehicles easier. I have played this game for many a year, and spent many a money on it aswell, which means I might be biased, but I do think the game is moving in a very solid direction currently. Of course gaijin still has the attitude of trying to forcefully squeeze every single cent they can out of you, but at least they are untightening the thumbscrews that hold the F2P players captive, even if only slightly. All in all I 100% recommend this game now, since it is very fun, and I believe that most people can have that fun given the changes they have now made. Pro tip, if you want to grind the german air tree, instead of buying a premium, buy the tornado IDS (30€ as of the time of this review on the gaijin marketplace) and use that to grind. It is not a premium jet, so it won't be able to efficiently grind the lower tiers, but those are easy enough to knock out just playing the tech tree vehicles and getting used to them. After doing that, you can start playing the nado and getting basically free RP from being able to bomb 2 bases every match (use the fin retarded bombs, they allow you to bomb at a much higher speed, and use 10x1000lb, 5x per base) OG Review: If you're looking to try this game, DON'T, wait for a few weeks/months until they've made the changes and help us (the preexisting community) to make gaijin listen. I know it sounds gatekeepie to say "no new players" but trust us when we say that it will help all of you newcomers in the long run. Recently the devs have resorted to making changes with the guise of "doing what the community wants". When the community then complains that these changes are either A: Not enough or B: not what we wanted, they resorted to telling us we were not specific enough, and trying to shift the blame on us. After the community started reviewbombing the game, they complained about the fact that new players werent gonna try the game because of the massively bad reviews, which translated basically means "Guys, you're cutting into our bottom line because we cant fool new people into playing the game and spending money". The game itself, if you were to remove the economy, would be amazing, but in it's current state we need to get the devs to listen by hitting them where it hurts. We may have won a battle boys, but the road to win the war is long, adn we can't stop now!