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May 2016
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The editors liked
Markedly different factions
With unique styles of play
Some stabs at broad-brush storytelling within the Total War framework
Feels fresh
Battles are fun
The two franchises are a good fit
The Warhammer Universe meshes naturally with Total War's gameplay
New races and creatures provide radically different strategic and tactical options
Massive AI improvements
Stellar audio design
With the most exciting and varied combat yet for a Total War game
Offering magic
Aerial units and huge creatures
The battles are some of the most spectacular you will have ever seen in a strategy game
Nicely differentiated factions and characters
Hectic yet manageable matches
Well crafted outofbattle systems
Lack of glitches or crashes
Excellent mechanics building on lore
Hopeful statement for future DLC
Diverse
Compelling races
Massive battles with plenty of strategy
A true-to-Warhammer presentation
Magic adds interesting dimension to battles
The editors didn't like
The RTS side of things is still bare-bones and sometimes broken
A bit less sandbox-y than previous Total Wars
Mediocre tutorial
Sometimes a slog
Occasionally uncooperative camera
A little too streamlined in the grand strategy aspect of the game
Warhammer
Total War does feel a little too shallow with it suffering from a low number of factions/starting positions and a shalllow economy
Could use a bit more of a tutorial for new Total War players
And some visual faction customization would be nice
Published: 2016-05-23, Author: Eric , review by: gamingtrend.com
Diverse, compelling races, Massive battles with plenty of strategy, A true-to-Warhammer presentation, Magic adds interesting dimension to battles
Diplomacy and management slow down action, A lack of clarity in some areas
Total War: Warhammer mixes computer and tabletop effortlessly into a fantasy bloodbath. With four diverse races, plenty of character and a promise of much to come, it's hard to not recommend this to anyone who's ever dreamed of playing armchair general in...
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Published: 2016-05-22, Author: Chris , review by: wccftech.com
With the most exciting and varied combat yet for a Total War game, offering magic, aerial units and huge creatures, the battles are some of the most spectacular you will have ever seen in a strategy game
A little too streamlined in the grand strategy aspect of the game, Warhammer: Total War does feel a little too shallow with it suffering from a low number of factions/starting positions and a shalllow economy
Published: 2016-05-19, Author: Ian , review by: gameranx.com
Abstract: The union of Total War and Warhammer has an air of inevitability to it. While Creative Assembly's Total War has built itself on historical settings ranging from ancient Rome to the Napoleonic era, its epic land battles of giant formations of soldiers have...
Total War: Warhammer is brimming with exciting ideas, interesting characters, and outright, skull-stompingly delightful units and faction mechanics. The current roster of starting positions in the campaign feels thin, but each army therein is a distinctly...
Published: 2016-05-19, Author: Daniel , review by: gamespot.com
The Warhammer Universe meshes naturally with Total War's gameplay, New races and creatures provide radically different strategic and tactical options, Massive AI improvements, Stellar audio design
Imagine the developers took down a can of paint labelled “WARHAMMER” and poured it on to the Total War franchise. That is exactly what this game is and that is why I love it...
It all plays out to make the battles feel more dynamic and interesting than anything that's come before it, perhaps more interesting than most RTS games I've ever played. There are still the inherent problems of Total War past: it can be quite slow moving...
