Total War: Warhammer is coming

[Josquius]

What kills the game for me is its just so slow to load anyrhing. Can't really just drop in and out for a quick game.

[Valmy]

I was really looking forward to leading the forces of the empire o  my griffon against the forces of chaos and then I got the first game and I had to spend countless boring hours slowly conquering my own Empire for no reason at all. It was such a slog and so boring I eventually just stopped playing and never had a desire to go back. I hope the sequels were less lame.

[Tamas]

For me what kills is what kills it for most TW games: when it reaches the stage that I need two full stack armies for each battle. NO WAY I am microing all those reinforcements arriving later in the battle across the whole map while fighting the battle in the middle. Just no. So I autoresolve. Which is boring.

[jimmy olsen]

I was really looking forward to leading the forces of the empire o  my griffon against the forces of chaos and then I got the first game and I had to spend countless boring hours slowly conquering my own Empire for no reason at all. It was such a slog and so boring I eventually just stopped playing and never had a desire to go back. I hope the sequels were less lame.

There's more of a EU3-lite HRE mechanic to it these days.

https://totalwarwarhammer.fandom.com/wiki/Imperial_Authority

[Solmyr]

For me what kills is what kills it for most TW games: when it reaches the stage that I need two full stack armies for each battle. NO WAY I am microing all those reinforcements arriving later in the battle across the whole map while fighting the battle in the middle. Just no. So I autoresolve. Which is boring.

Get Lightning Strike on your lords and you can have one on one battles every time!

[The Brain]

With TW games I typically have a good time until it gets silly/grindy, and then I just start a new campaign.

[Jacob]

Yeah, the end-game is pretty dull. The mid-game isn't that great either, IMO. But the early games can be pretty fun.

I find the controls pretty annoying though, so honestly I'll probably give TW:WIII a miss.

[Solmyr]

Preloading this now (you can also preload on Gamepass if you want).

[Solmyr]

TWW3 is getting Immortal Empires in August, aka large world map with every faction on it. Lots of good stuff here: https://www.totalwar.com/blog/intro-to-immortal-empires/

[Syt]

The map for Wahrammer III's Immortal Empires Campaign has been revealed (which will let you play as the Empires from I & II, provided you have them):



Full size: https://content.totalwar.com/total-war/com.totalwar.www2019/uploads/2022/06/17110402/wh3_dlc_ie_parchment_map_english.jpg

For comparison, the current map:



So it seems significantly larger.

Video preview:

TW:W2 is one of those games I'd really like to play, but then also know that it would possibly cost me hundreds of hours to play only a few races.

I did click through the factions just now. The voice of Morathi (Cult of Pleasure) seemed familiar, so I looked it up. It's the same voice as the female Sith Warrior in Star Wars: The Old Republic, the only main story campaign I finished twice.

[Syt]

Rough comparison old vs. new map.

[Josquius]

I really should get back to number 2 sometime. Though the load times are off putting.

[Syt]

Wahrammer

Just noticed this typo, and I think I like it better than the correct spelling. Wah-Rammer sounds like an Orc battering ram.

[Solmyr]

Or Dietrich Wahrammer, Imperial artillerist?

[Jacob]

Or Dietrich Wahrammer, Imperial artillerist?

Who doesn't enjoy ramming a good Wah every now and then?