Metascore
53 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 14
  2. Negative: 3 out of 14
  1. If you enjoy playing "Battlefield 2" and would like to experience a more frequently changing and updated gaming experience, War Rock is definitely worth trying.
  2. War Rock is not a special title, but it is a quite interesting alternative to people who've had enough of Counter Strike and Battlefield, though the attempt to combine them is not all that new.
  3. Likely to remain a bog-basic, reassuringly free shooter that you might just pick up and play in an idle moment on your laptop. Very, very occasionally, in other words. [Apr 2007, p.72]
  4. With so many military FPS types available I just have a hard time recommending this title simply because you have to pay a monthly fee to enjoy benefits that in some cases are still not available.
  5. 59
    It's an ugly game, its sound effects get annoying very quickly, and the shooting mechanics aren't very sophisticated. It's free, however, but that's about the best thing that can be said about it.
  6. War Rock is a mediocre online first-person shooter that feels more like an economic experiment than an actual retail product.
  7. As a free, unlimited, online shooter, War Rock fits the bill quite well, however the more money you put into it, the more you will begin to see its flaws.
  8. In the year 2007, subscribers shouldn't have to worry about sever stability and debilitating amounts of lag, nor should they have to suffer through a substandard interface or bargain-bin audio.
  9. A free massively multiplayer tactical first-person shooter in the vein of "Counter-Strike" and the "Battlefield" games? Sounds too good to be true! And, guess what? It is! [June 2007, p.66]
  10. The biggest problem here is the dated feel of it all.
  11. A decent enough online shooter. If you really need another one. [Apr 2007, p.89]
  12. It's not that War Rock doesn't have a good idea for gameplay direction, as the persistent ranking and economy is an idea that the genre has yet to fully explore. At the same time this direction has no momentum behind it and sometimes seems haphazard at best in its implementation.
  13. Paying money for something like this shameless and undercooked feels like shaking the hand of the guy who's shagging your wife. [May 2007, p.76]
  14. The nagging question is why on earth should a second-rate FPS game that's so indebted to its peers - and one of which, in the case of BF2, does a persistent character thing for free - think it can get away with demanding a subscription fee for any of its content? Answer: It really can't.
User Score

Mixed or average reviews- based on 49 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 27
  2. Negative: 10 out of 27
  1. Not that great of a game... but still better than any F2P Title released by Electronic Arts.
  2. Certainly when I played it (2007) this game was very good. It sort of combined counter-strike with abttlefield. You have round-based Search & Destroy CQC combat, but you also get huge maps with vehicles- choppers, tanks, jets, bikes, jeeps etc. The gameplay wasn't broken. Weapons were balanced, all game modes and maps were fun, graphics were dated but not too bad considering it's free to play. It was generally a fun and addicting experience. The only issues were hackers (as with any free MMOFPS) and major lag. The gun play, sound, maps and classes were spot on though. Full Review »
  3. 1
    This might the most disgusting shooter I've ever played. The controls feel awkward and not only when trying to handle a vehicle, the guns have no feeling in them, the physics are despicable for it's date, the user interface is not friendly at all, and for the cake's icing, it's unplayable by the lag and the amount of hackers, huge disappointment on it's current condition, not worth trying even while it's free. Full Review »