Total War: Warhammer II
Total War: WARHAMMER II is a strategy game of titanic proportions. Choose from four unique, varied factions and wage war your way – mounting a campaign of conquest to save or destroy a vast and vivid fantasy world. This is a game of two halves – one a turn-based open-world campaign, and the other intense, tactical real-time battles across the fantastical landscapes of the New World. Play how you choose – delve into a deep engrossing campaign, experience unlimited replayability and challenge the world in multiplayer with a custom army of your favourite units. Total War: WARHAMMER II offers hundreds of hours of gameplay and no two games are the same. Engage in statecraft, diplomacy, exploration and build your empire, turn by turn. Capture, build and manage teeming settlements and recruit vast armies. Level up Legendary Lords and Heroes and arm them with mythical weapons and armour.
Game Discussion
Steam User 55
Pretty fun game. You tell yourself that you'll play for about an hour then BOOM you missed work and your gf is sleeping with another man.
Steam User 21
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.
Steam User 15
Good stuff, killed 700 hours for my own pleasure. Of course in part 3 the world became bigger and more saturated with content than TwW2, but the AI in part 2 was not so casual and gave at least some challenge.
Steam User 19
I have had and am still having a blast with this game. In my eyes it is currently the better TWWH experience for multiple reasons. The game has fewer bugs, a more consistent design, a more stable modding ecosystem and it frequently goes on sale. You have nothing to lose by slowly building up your WH2 collection and then eventually moving to WH3 in 2 years once all the major concerns have been addressed (or it goes on sale). The DLCs and content will carry over so you don't have anything to lose.
The game on its own is great. Mortal empires provides nearly unlimited amount of funs, I'm probably a thousand hours in (this account plus another) and I consistently come back every few months to try another campaign. The game design is pretty tight and the powercreep is still relatively under control. Like with all TWWH games, definitely recommend picking up on sale. You can also raw dog it and just buy everything if you have the budget.
Steam User 14
Amazing game. Most of the DLC is worth it to add countless more hours of game-play.
Also the mod SFO: Grimhammer II is AMAZING and I cannot play the game without it.
Steam User 18
Seeing as I've played a bit I think I can say for new players the DLCs are not necessary by any means UNTIL you have a favorite faction. I would recommend trying a play through or two with Each Faction to try and find out what you like. I will always be a big fan of the Karl Franz and Imrik which thankfully are both free. Most DLCs are not necessary but the best DLC is the game Warhammer 1. You unlock the Mortal Empires campaign which is almost necessary to enjoy this game seeing as you get access to 5 new races and an amazing campaign map.
Personally I think the Skaven are the best faction by far even if they aren't necessarily my favorite (they have fucking atom bombs) and have the best DLC by far in my opinion being "The Prophet and the Warlock" which adds a lot of what makes them so fun, especially the weapon teams. "Rise of the Tombs Kings" is also a worth while DLC (close 2nd IMO) literally just cause mummies are dope and it adds a bunch of mummy dudes. "Curse of the Vampire Coast" is also a fun DLC with another faction with a unique play style focusing a lot on gunpowder (and shipwreck-mechs???). The Beastmen and Woodelves are also fan favorite factions and are certainly DLCs worth considering.
If you are an Achievement hunter you'll also enjoy the fact you can complete most of a factions achievements in a single run if you're diligent and plan a little.
So far I've played around 2,000 hours and can honestly say I can't see myself running out of things to do for at least another 2,000, there is simply that many ways to play that many different factions. Warhammer 2 is absolutely still worth the money (I usually wait for a sale regardless) and will continue to be for years to come.
I am curious to those of you who have played this game a bit what you all consider to be the best DLCs because I know opinions vary widely in the fan base?
Steam User 19
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