Scottish Highlanders and Byzantine Cavalry are replaced by Goblins riding spiders, terrifying Wraiths, and Crypt Horrors as the points of difference between races. Morale ranges from stout Dwarfs that take an eternity to break to Orks who must like exercise for how quickly they run into and out of battle, where the Undead are unaffected entirely, preferring simply to crumble and face returning to the grave than bother to run away. The differences between the four standard races go far beyond what you would expect in Total War games chained to pesky historical accuracy, instead of an affinity for cavalry or missile units some races simply lack them entirely. I enjoyed combat in Total War: Warhammer more than any previous Total War game. A touch simplified but not dumbed down excessive bloat and complexity has been removed to the benefit of the package as a whole, and with the freedom of fantasy comes the best real time battles the series has ever produced. This is a Warhammer spiced Total War, not a complete reinvention of the formula.
This is still a turn based strategy game with combat fought in real time, large scale battles.
Total War has lost none of her personality in this union. Dwarf kings and undead Vampire Counts do not have such restrictions and Total War is better for it. I don’t need to know much about Warhammer to know it is a shot in the arm to the Total War formula, a fantasy setting that allows an unprecedented variety in combat units and a focus on heroes (and heroics) impossible in a game chained to historic warfare and figures such as Napoleon or Attila the Hun, who despite their achievements were still just men tied to the laws of mortality. I might not have enjoyed her return to Rome or obsession with Napoleon that much, and skipped her apparently entertaining Attila phase entirely, but we have shared many treasured memories over the last 16 years. For nearly two decades we have been great pals, from her rough but innovative Shogun phase through some incredible times in Medieval Europe and Rome that I count among my favourites in gaming. My only experience with Warhammer is when I mistook Games Workshop for a video game store as a child, computers and consoles kept me from tabletop and figurines - though, whether this worked out better for my wallet is debatable. I know little of the groom I can’t tell you how well the lore of Warhammer is represented or how authentic this is as a Warhammer experience. I sit on the Total War side of the church for this marriage made in heaven.
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