Total War: WARHAMMER II

After 4k hours, I can no longer recommend this game. Vanilla version is a foot deep and mile wide, but it's preposterously better with mods. Playing while the game was constantly updating and having to restart games was a pain, but when they finally released TWH3 they stopped doing frequent updates on this game and I was really able to sink my teeth into long modded playthroughs. However, TWH games have a game mode that blends all the games together into a giant map that's still a foot deep but now 10 miles wide, so they've been putting out little infrequent updates to THW2 that have gotten to the point where staple TWH2 mods are breaking but nobody is updating them because they all either playing TWH3 or they stopped playing.

So if you still haven't gotten this game, you're just in time to watch the best version of it fall apart and revert to its vanilla version, which looks even more lackluster than it used to given what's been put out since then.

Also CA is a callous and mean developer that doesn't deserve your money.

outstanding, better with mods, 10/10, an all time classic

If you're in a campaign there is no option to reload if you make a mistake. You need to exit the game to windows and then relaunch it to load from your last save point. Fuck that.

A good sequel to the first game and a continuation to the Total War style games and a solid prequal to the third game.I love the Lizardmen in this game by the way buy this on sale or else this`ll game alone will bankrupt you with all the DLC.
And by glory to The Emperor why is there so many Skaven factions Holy Moly!

Just the right amount of Warhammer Fantasy for the extremely casual fan (iykyk).

Works as intended on appropriate hardware & running very well off of Linux using latest Proton compatibility model.

The AI in this game is ridiculous. If left unchecked it can spawn an unreasonable amount of major armies and overwhelm you and the economics don't make any sense. When playing as the high elves with Tyrion, I started off the game playing decent and every time Nagarath just ends up spawning 15+ major armies at a time and there's no way to defend it. I would rate this game 1/10 if I could. It has a lot of potential but the AI needs to be re-balanced.

Total War: Warhammer always scratches that: make kingdom, go to war, burn idiots to the ground, itch that i get sometimes. Making your empire grow and beating down others is just satifying when done right. And this game does it better than any other i know. Warhammer fantasy is a great setting for this. The factions are cool even if a bit Cliche, depending on who you play but thats part of the charm too, Balance can be an kinda meh but as long as you don't play on harder difficulties you should be fine with even weaker factions. I will warn you that this game needs you to invest some serious time into learning at least the basics and what your faction is good at or you won't get much enjoyment out of this and it can be a slow burn but its worth it in my opinion. Its so satisfying if you manage to beat that bigger empire back and take their shit because you outplayed them. Another warning for new players: The game can be way more difficult or easy depending on where you start with what faction. If you want to learn the game first (on ''easy mode'') play Tyrion (that vanilla basic bitch elf) cause elfs are easy to understand and the campain is simple. Perfect for beginners. If your not convinced all i can say is the game does what its supposed to do better than any other game i know. Its competent and impressive most of the time even if far from perfect. The simple fact that they made all these beautiful armies that smack the shit out of each other, The monsters and all the other stuff.. well theres a lot of good stuff here and if your up for it you shouldn't regret buying this.

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if you are a culture dude, looking for different playing experience, armies and technology tree, and like smashing monster, this is your place.

Best combination of war tactics and grand strategy.

Nice strategic gameplay...thanks to my mate I win always

Great strategy game with tons of mechanics that make each army feel unique and fun to play. A definite recommend for any Warhammer fan

Geneva convention? Never heard of it. They abolished slavery? Never in this game. Fun game to command your own slaves and then nuke them.

Disgustingly greedy CA ruined this game and the franchise. Buy on sale and get mods to have some real contents. Otherwise the game is just a big asset dump.

Great Game. Lots of fun. Especially If you are a fan of Warhammer Fantasy and Total War type games.

despite the playable tag this game bearly runs, even on low setting on steam deck

While I'm not a Warhammer fan, I am a big fantasy game guy. If you're looking for a good turn-based strategy fantasy game. This one is a great pick for you. Despite having to buy the first game (TW1) in order to play the Mortal Empires campaign, and being nickel & dimed for every DLC. I do enjoy playing this game. My advice is to buy both one and two and DLCs when they're on sale.

A truly amazing mix of strategy, politics and War

So many dlcs you have to buy just puts a sour taste in my mouth and then you cant even play offline. Like fuck i've spend like $150 to play this shit and i cant play it offline wack.

Big learning curve in this game but once you get it wow it is freakin amazing. for an easy mode story mode with a friend it was still over 200+ turns and 30.5 hours of constant fun and challenges.

absolutely amazing game thank you vulcan gaming for getting me into this game 10/10 would recommend

I absolutely love the total war Warhammer series. Even if you are not into Warhammer you will soon fall in love with all the different factions, armies and unit choices available. You end up spending far more money then you should on DLC's, because quite frankly some of them are amazing.

I have spent hundreds of hours on this game, number 1 and 3 as well. Even more when they was available on game pass too. The amount of content you get with the base game is potentially hundreds of hours, and honestly it is amazing to watch thousands of cavalry demolish infantry at your control.

Some of the best DLC's to purchase (which are regulary on sale) in my opinion are, Chaos Dwarfs, Wood Elves and the Ogre Kingdoms are loads of fun too.

I used to love 40k as a child growing up, but never got into the fantasy side. After playing these games I have now re-started painting models after nearly 15 years off! I am obsessed with reading the old world books as well, and there is so much lore around the Warhammer fantasy.

по моему мнению игра растянута а также механика вторжения (на нормальной сложности если вы случайно упустите момент когда противник завершил 1 ритуал так всё он становится сильней и даже если посылатьсамое дорогое вторжение то оно просто не вывезет) лучше сыграйте в 1 или 3 часть

heck yeah! it's fantastic. Just get the DLC on sale so you don't break the bank.

Hours of Fun and tons of different factions and lords to play as making it easy to find a one that fits your preferred play style

Horrible mechanics added to this compared to actual total war games. It is almost impossible to manage public order in settlements. Poorly made trash.

[Verse: Jerma]
Rats, rats, we're the rats
We prey at night, we stalk at night, we're the rats
[King Rat]
I'm the giant rat that makes all of the rules
[All Rats]
Let's see what kind of trouble we can get ourselves into

the price of the game and DLC should be half price going by its age or at least lower the price of the DLC that i think that it should have been 60% cheaper or free
all the free DLC should be merged into one so that it would be managed easier

1st total war: warhammer cost $205.42 with all DLC
the price to buy total war war-hammer 2 cost $242.00 with all DLC
and the 3rd total war: warhammer 3 cost $517.9 with all DLC
so the price to get all the total war: warhammer games cost $965.71 with all DLC

Can be very challenging, even if you're a longtime total war fan, but it's almost a totally different game. Also, has come a long way since WH I, and the content compatibility between WH I and WH II is pretty great.

game is good for strategy but make sure you system is ssd if not the load screens are super long and annoying ruining the fun of the game

A lot of my hours are accidental AFK, but this game has and continues to exceeded my expectations. I made an extra effort to start playing this with all of the mods I felt it would need, based on having played WH I. I'm still in my first play-through as of this post and would highly recommend this, the map is also way bigger than I thought it was going to be. One mod in particular is essential imho, because it allows you to decide which units you want the game AI to handle for you in battles, which can be changed on the fly as a battle progresses. This removes a ton of micro from battles when you for example want to control your general/lord and maybe a few units.

This is the best Total War Warhammer out of the 3, as the AI is challenging the whole way through the campaign.

it is definitely a nice game, but it is unstable on Mac and there is no quick way to restart a battle.

Sorry, but this series is just a mess now compared to it's legendary brilliant entries such as Rome. Not enough depth where there needs to be more, yet far too overly-complex and faffy where simplicity would be better. It's really lost itself.

Same as all the other Total war. limited to simple functions. its fun, enjoyable but not map making friendly and hard to find friends to play with. AI pathfinding is a total trash and like any RTS it suffers from it. no logic on how AI's are to fight.

This is the best of the three Total War: Warhammer games. The first is good but with limited races and options, and in Warhammer III chaos is grossly overpowered in the mortal realms open world games. By the time you're 200 turns into the game, almost none of the NPC races are still alive because chaos has wiped them all out. That only leaves you with fighting against chaos or being them. And the campaign is terrible. Warhammer II is the best balanced and loads of fun.