Tonight on April 2nd, the new game from Wargaming, the developers of World of Tanks, launched on Steam: But the launch of Steel Hunters could hardly be going worse. After only an hour, the reviews on Steam are blood red, with significant technical issues.
This is how the first hour of Steel Hunters on Steam goes: Not well at all. The game has reached about 4,479 players on Steam, but the reviews stand at only 21% positive, with the majority being negative.
Many players complain that their PC is already lagging in training. There is heavy criticism of the login system. And even the people who can already play are mostly lowering their thumbs. The mechs feel slow and clunky.
The comments on Steam are really harsh. It is said that Wargaming should just stick to their tanks.
Wargaming has already released a statement.
This annoys players: A simple criticism is that players cannot even create an account because they cannot type an “@” and must instead paste the character.
Just that seems to be upsetting some players so much that they write a negative review on Steam after just a few hours.
Wargaming says: “Bug slipped through”
This is what Wargaming says about the problem: Wargaming states that they apologize for the “rough start” in Early Access. They tested the game, but a bug slipped through, which now appears when many players log in at the same time.
The team is working on a problem and is doing so as quickly as possible.
They are glad to welcome so many players.
What is the idea of the game? Steel Hunters is supposed to be a PvPvE battle game with mechs. Gigantic robots are meant to compete against each other.
Players should already be able to start with 7 different mechs, with 3 maps available.
It is planned that the launch in Early Access will be the soft launch, and everything earned can be kept.
Wargaming surely envisioned April 2nd differently; early reports made Steel Hunters look quite promising. Let’s see how quickly the experienced studio can improve here: The creators of World of Tanks put you back into steel machines, but this time it’s a shooter with mechs instead of tanks
