![]() You can move the scroll wheel to pull the camera back to an overhead view and get a general look of the battlefield at a glance. One of the cool new features is a tactical map. There are tunnels that give you shortcuts but can present ambushes. Among other new touches are subterranean battles where you can fight. (This makes me dream of a Warcraft Total War someday). ![]() The game does however feature aerial units like gyrocopter and gyrobombers which add another layer of tactical strategy to the equation. In my time with the game it appears as though there are no naval battles like in previous games. You still have your infantry, ranged, and mounted units as well as siege units like steam tanks. The developers have said they used them where applicable as many of them aren't part of the Warhammer IP. However there is a noticeable lack of troop formations like wedge, etc. You still build buildings and units, manage taxes, etc. The core of the game is still very much a Total War game and will immediately feel familiar to series veterans. The intro cinematic gives you a quick rundown of the four factions Empire (Humans), Dwarves, Greenskins (Orcs), Vampire Counts and a fifth the Chaos faction as dlc (more on this later). Yes you can jump into this game without any prior knowledge and have a good time. Its this new spin on the Total War formula that spoke to me. However I love high fantasy, magic and fantastical creatures. It needs to be said that I know very little if anything about the Warhammer universe. The UI is also highly customizable allowing you turn off unit markers. The game is richly detailed on the unit models themselves right down to the UI. The game had a few delays and perhaps they were for the best given how polished the end product is. File size is also odd considering the minimum and recommend specs call for 35gb of HD space yet the download from Steam was only 9gb. My 750ti falls just short of the recommended GTX 760. Surprisingly the GPU requirements for the game seem rather low. Its well optimized and runs well even on my modest i5 with 8gb of Ram and a GTX 750ti with 2gb of Vram. I am pleased to say that Total War: Warhammer is a solid effort. My concern with this Warhammer iteration was whether CA had learned from their mistakes and could deliver a game that worked upon release. But even they paled in comparison to the mess that Rome II released as. Sure Empire and Napoleon had their problems. I played every Total War game prior as far back as Medieval Total War. Rome II was such a disappointment when it released that it soured my love for the series to the point I never bothered with Attila. Rome II was such a disappointment when it released that it soured my love for the series to I was hesitant to purchase Total War: Warhammer. I was hesitant to purchase Total War: Warhammer. The fabric of reality itself begins to rend and buckle. And while the Old World is torn by betrayal, war and the unleashing of unfathomable power, a rising threat still whispers in the winds from the north. Yet the motives of the Vampire Counts under Mannfred von Carstein are shrouded in murderous secrecy, his armies raised from the decrepit ranks of the dead. High King Thorgrim helms the stoic Dwarfs forth from their mountain strongholds, marching to right the serious injustices wrought upon them over the millennia. Hungry for the vicious brutality of combat, the Greenskins flock to the tribe of Grimgor Ironhide Orcs and Goblins alike filled with an insatiable thirst for carnage. The courageous Karl Franz marshals the men of the Empire, looking to unite the fractured elector counts under a banner of strength against their common foes. The courageous Karl Franz marshals the men of the Empire, looking to unite the fractured In an era of ceaseless conquest, a myriad warriors clash in epic battles as entire races wage war on one another, each led by a notorious hero seeking dominion over the world. Summary: In an era of ceaseless conquest, a myriad warriors clash in epic battles as entire races wage war on one another, each led by a notorious hero seeking dominion over the world.
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