Warhammer and 40K games continue to take zero Ls when it comes to the CGI announcement trailers, good lord.
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I think it's a coin toss between Chaos Dwarves and Dogs of War.
Hobgoblins won't get in as the Pre-order as they need to fit on the WH2 map which is practically impossible. Unless they decide not to follow Norsca which would be odd imo
Can bet my shoe that we've already actually seen a lot of this game. :P
I'd be genuinely surprised if it looked (or for that matter played) much different. If they did a engine upgrade that would be pretty neat, but I doubt we'll see much else if they aim for compatibility with previous games for the map and factions in them.
That's true of course. I've got 500+ hours in Wh2 and i don't expect a revolution in gameplay, that's a big reason why i'm hyped. But there's still plenty of smaller stuff they could change that could make me dislike the game.
I'm pretty confident it'll be good though :P
The campaign map, where you manage your cities and armies, is turnbased civ-like. All the army battles are real time battles with lots of units.
In a sense. Total War combines turn-based grand strategy, think Civilization, with RTS battles. Pretty much, your economy, armies, and cities are handled a turn-based mode, but then battles are RTS battles with hundreds of soldiers clashing.
I think the hobgoblin khanate needs to be scrubbed from the entire game utterly. It would be insane to add them in as they try to expand into Asian markets.
You cannot model a race of backstabbing goblins so closely after a real world people in this day and age. If people are concerned about Tolkien's portrayal of orcs then the hobgoblin khanate is on a different level.
You cannot model a race of backstabbing goblins so closely after a real world people in this day and age. If people are concerned about Tolkien's portrayal of orcs then the hobgoblin khanate is on a different level.
Grand Strategy with RTS battles would be the better description.
This should get you up to speed. Just jump around a little here in there in that video and you'll have seen what it's all about. Massive world map, lots of asymmetric factions with huge gameplay variances, interactions between factions, real time strategy battles between hundreds if not thousands of soldiers strong armies, magic and all kinds of fun stuff.
And it's Warhammer.
Delicious Warhammer.
Goddamn this Great Unclean One looks so good.
(speaking not literally)
Makes me want a full length movie.
(speaking not literally)
Makes me want a full length movie.
If they incorporated some of the changes from Three Kingdoms and Troy it could definitely feel pretty different, even if the it's mostly the same under the hood. Last time I played Warhammer 2 it was starting to feel a bit dated compared to the newer entries.Can bet my shoe that we've already actually seen a lot of this game. :P
I'd be genuinely surprised if it looked (or for that matter played) much different. If they did a engine upgrade that would be pretty neat, but I doubt we'll see much else if they aim for compatibility with previous games for the map and factions in them.
I agree, I think hobgoblins will exist in Chaos Dwarves(dogs of war) with their Mongolian aspects elements stripped and replaced with Chaos Dwarf elements but the Khanate will not exist, at most a hobgoblin LLfor Chaos Dwarves could be in their lands.
Even ignoring that major thing they have the far less significant flaw of being boring as hell, basically a faction based off one unit that already exists in Greenskins(Goblin wolf rider).
I think it's more likely Khuresh,Ind, Nippon get in before them since they were essentially blank slates like Cathay
Fast forward to whenever CA finally ends support for this trilogy, it's absolutely going to be in the running for largest, most ambitious game ever created, non-MMO category. It's just absurd how huge and dense with content it'll be. And that's before mods!
The hobgoblin are probably part of the rooster for Chaos Dwarfs, just like the gnoblars for the Ogre Kingdoms. Perhaps there is a Hobgoblin subfaction that has Greenskin elements, like Arkhan the Black.
I'm not sure they're going to discard them entirely because the Lizardmen also have quite racist origins after all.
I'm not sure they're going to discard them entirely because the Lizardmen also have quite racist origins after all.
Considering where the Grand Cathay is, the Ogre Kingdom would be smack dab in the middle of it all, it'd be hard to ignore that part and not have them included.
Man the Mortal Empires campaign is gonna be biiiiiiiig. Prepare for 20 minute long End of Turn times as the computer goes through all those factions. :P
I can't help but see a basterdized version of Earth's continents. Is that intentional?
Very much so. With Ulthuan of the High Elves being sort of "Atlantis".
It's all there. In northern Africa you have undead Egyptians. In South America you have Aztec lizard people. In Europe you have German Empire, French Knights, Swiss Wood Elves and Scandinavian Chaos Worshipping heathen vikings. And in North America you have edgelord hedonistic aristocratic dark elves who love to bathe in the blood of others and sacrifice people.
Yes. WFB was written by history nerds so there are alot of references and many factions/races have real world inspiration in the setting.
Worth noting that NA is full of pale colonizers who get by on supplementing their super navy with a heavy supply of slaves.
Say I need to get into Total War: Warhammer, having never touched the series.
I own both TW: W I and II somehow and just realized this.
What should I do?
I own both TW: W I and II somehow and just realized this.
What should I do?
Play Mortal Empires in TWWH2. It's the best place to start and you're already set!
The OT is over yonder if you need any help.
I'd say more 4X with RTS battles. Not really a grand strategy game.
Download all the free DLC for both, install 2 and play either the Vortex map for a more concise, story drivenish experience or the Mortal Empires map for a huge sandbox game. No need to worry about paid DLC for awhile unless something really catches your eye.
No, but general theory is that while Cathay and Kislev are blank slates, there HAS BEEN supplemental material for Araby. And it was TERRIBLY stereotypical and outright racist (not quite Pygmies racist, but close). It's a thorny topic that CA and GW are likely deciding to just step aside from for now.
Oh didn't know that, as an Arab I just wanted a faction that I can relate to, even if it's just fantasy. Hope GW fix it.
Understandable! I'd love to see that represented too, and I have no doubts that a re imagining by CA would be great.
Just for reference, here's a wiki collection / summary of what GW has done for the setting.
https://warhammerfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Araby
Looking forward to more of this. Lost a hundred hours conquering the map recently, and loved it.
My OT title for Total War Warhammer 1 on the old site was WAAAAGHCraft 4. I was really proud of it.
Considering they're using The Old World designs for Kislev, I hope this means Cathy will get an army too.
THe OT has to be
It is the CHAOS game!
THe big issue is that the content for Araby is very sterotypical (with heavy racist undertones)
personally i'd love to have Araby (hopefully by not using the racist stuff and instead creating something hyperbolic of Muslim culture). CA clearly has the talent for it and in my ignorant opinion, Muslim/arab and other cultures are very rich in mythological stuff that could fit warhammer very well. I also like elephants in the historical titles, so i'll take any excuse to get an army that could use those beautiful animals.
It is the CHAOS game!
for me it is usually the other way around! i rarely see CHaos beat kislev.
CA has said that Araby isn't on plan.
THe big issue is that the content for Araby is very sterotypical (with heavy racist undertones)
personally i'd love to have Araby (hopefully by not using the racist stuff and instead creating something hyperbolic of Muslim culture). CA clearly has the talent for it and in my ignorant opinion, Muslim/arab and other cultures are very rich in mythological stuff that could fit warhammer very well. I also like elephants in the historical titles, so i'll take any excuse to get an army that could use those beautiful animals.
Kislev leader Katarina
The queen of Warhammer fantasy Russia/Poland/Cossack mashup.