EPTThis weekend TWW2 is free on Steam, a great way to check it out if you haven't already.
TWW1 is 75% off now and TWW 66% off on Steam, a really good deal to get both of them.
Total War: Warhammer II
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Manit0u
Poland17238 Posts
This weekend TWW2 is free on Steam, a great way to check it out if you haven't already. TWW1 is 75% off now and TWW 66% off on Steam, a really good deal to get both of them. | ||
Xxio
Canada5565 Posts
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Latham
9560 Posts
Multiplayer army vs army is pretty competitive and has a sizeable, lively community. This is by far the best Total War ever released. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17238 Posts
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Vindicare605
United States16056 Posts
I guess Total War Warhammer 2 didn't have a thread though. It is definitely a lot better than the previous one, more complete with more fun dynamics and a greater variety of factions. It's also free to play for the weekend on steam so if you guys haven't tried it yet you should check it out. | ||
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CuddlyCuteKitten
Sweden2587 Posts
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Vindicare605
United States16056 Posts
On April 18 2020 04:14 CuddlyCuteKitten wrote: There has also been amazing support on these games from CA. Basically all the new content is great and worth it AND it almost always comes with a lot of free things too. Definitely, this game has arguably the best monetized DLC model I've ever experienced. Well aside from the Blood Pack, we don't talk about that one. | ||
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alone
Poland410 Posts
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Vindicare605
United States16056 Posts
On April 18 2020 06:11 alone wrote: Tempted to get the game right now, pricing seems great. How do 1 and 2 relate to each other? I read somewhere that when you have both games you can combine map and play content from both in warhammer 2. Do I lose much if I only get one (doesnt matter which)? Don't get Warhammer 1. It's an inferior game it isn't being updated either. Get 2 if you're only going to get one. That's going to limit you to just the Vortex map, which is a good campaign map and the 4 default Warhammer 2 races, but the beauty of having both is unlocking the enormous Mortal Empires map that spans the entirety of both Warhammer 1 and Warhammer 2 (well almost all of it)'s campaign map and unlocks all of the Warhammer 1 starting races (non-DLC) races as well, all of which have been updated in Warhammer 2 to be more fun to play. Except the Greenskins anyway but they're next on the list with an update coming in May. Warhammer 2 is still actively being updated and new content comes out for it a couple times per year. Warhammer 1 was cool when it came out but it's nowhere close to being as good as Warhammer 2 is. If you can though, get them both. Think of Warhammer 1 as a big DLC package that unlocks 5 new factions and a much bigger campaign map. | ||
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Latham
9560 Posts
But I'd highly advise getting both for the combined campaign map. It's all I ever really play, because of the variety of races you can choose to play and fight against. DLCs might seem costly as well since you'll be buying in bulk, but for us, people who have been buying them since release, the cost over time decreases while the game just gets better with every release. Tomb Kings and Vampire Coast DLCs are god-like quality and bang for your buck. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17238 Posts
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alone
Poland410 Posts
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r00ty
Germany1050 Posts
The community is great though and there's tons of awesome mods, some with more content than most DLC. | ||
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Elmonti
Spain299 Posts
It has the best AI of any Total War: that has been a problem in the past, even making a game unplayable (Empire Total War... what a waste of that wonderful historical period...). Of course it can be totally outplayed using cheese or some tricks, but that's up to you. It has the most variety of troops, BY FAR. Considering some Total War games have the same roost of troops plus 1-2 exclusive for each faction (Empire, Shogun or 3K) or 4-5 types of armies (Rome 2, Attila), Warhammer has (if you purchase both, which I really suggest) 14... FOURTEEN... totally different armies, each one with 20-30 types of units. I've never seen that variety in any strategy game... This is the main reason why I've spent 1700 hourse on this game. The quality of the DLCs is actually the best of any Total War games, which wasn't very difficult to be honest. But some of them, especially the Tomb Kings or the Vampire Coast packs add new flavour to campaings. Of course, it has its downsides: no naval combat, the empire managment is much simpler than other games (which can be partially fixed with mods like Grindhammer), and its fantasy, which can be unappealing for some people. | ||
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r00ty
Germany1050 Posts
On April 18 2020 18:14 Elmonti wrote: It has the best AI of any Total War: that has been a problem in the past, even making a game unplayable (Empire Total War... what a waste of that wonderful historical period...). Of course it can be totally outplayed using cheese or some tricks, but that's up to you. Yeah i usually don't use it, only when you get into a situation fighting 3 armies+, or so, but the KI is still something to critique. But Total War series is also my most played single player game next to Mount & Blade. Also encouraged people to get it, when on sale. Told my friend it's like Heroes of Might and Magic with realtime battles and he really likes it. If you take mods and everything into consideration it's well worth the price! | ||
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
On April 18 2020 18:14 Elmonti wrote: I also think it's the most polished Total War ever, and that doesn't necessarily mean the best one nor the most realistic one or whatever. It has the best AI of any Total War: that has been a problem in the past, even making a game unplayable (Empire Total War... what a waste of that wonderful historical period...). Of course it can be totally outplayed using cheese or some tricks, but that's up to you. It has the most variety of troops, BY FAR. Considering some Total War games have the same roost of troops plus 1-2 exclusive for each faction (Empire, Shogun or 3K) or 4-5 types of armies (Rome 2, Attila), Warhammer has (if you purchase both, which I really suggest) 14... FOURTEEN... totally different armies, each one with 20-30 types of units. I've never seen that variety in any strategy game... This is the main reason why I've spent 1700 hourse on this game. The quality of the DLCs is actually the best of any Total War games, which wasn't very difficult to be honest. But some of them, especially the Tomb Kings or the Vampire Coast packs add new flavour to campaings. Of course, it has its downsides: no naval combat, the empire managment is much simpler than other games (which can be partially fixed with mods like Grindhammer), and its fantasy, which can be unappealing for some people. It has the same battle AI as the first Rome Total War. It's never changed since then. It has no idea how to respond to well, anything. Every unit acts like an semi-independent unit without any real co-ordination. You don't need cheese or some tricks to fool the rudimentary AI, just the same tactics you have been doing since 15 years ago, because it's the same AI as 15 years ago. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17238 Posts
On April 18 2020 22:18 Dangermousecatdog wrote: It has the same battle AI as the first Rome Total War. It's never changed since then. It has no idea how to respond to well, anything. Every unit acts like an semi-independent unit without any real co-ordination. You don't need cheese or some tricks to fool the rudimentary AI, just the same tactics you have been doing since 15 years ago, because it's the same AI as 15 years ago. It's not exactly the same AI since it has many more different tools now (magic, big monsters, summons etc.) so it'll be way more challenging than any of the previous titles. | ||
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
Maybe it is more "challenging" for you to process all the different units, but the battle AI remains the same. It's actually quite spooky seeing the same AI behaviour across all the different titles. Weak melee, strong missile units still do that dumb thing where they go back and forth without shooting, being shot at when faced against a superior melee and missile force, all slow melee units are just as easily pulled apart as in RTW. Horse archers, whatever the form of the mount, lizard, wolf whatever, run into corners the exact same way as RTW / MTW2 / Empire / RTW2 / Shogun2, when a human player would used superior speed to turn away from the battle edge long ago. It's identical. In terms of manoeuvre, the AI is the same. That's not to say it's bad because of it, I cry tears of joy seeing the models I played in my youth now realistically animated on screen, but it's totally wrong to say it has the best AI when it is the exact same AI. There's lots of things going for WTW2 over the rest of the TW series but AI isn't it. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17238 Posts
New DLC. Looks amazeballs. | ||
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Vindicare605
United States16056 Posts
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